Ellen Richter

Ellen Richter
Richter in a 1920s photo
Born	21 July 1891 Vienna Austria-Hungary
Died	11 September 1969 (aged 78) Düsseldorf Germany
Occupation	Film actor, producer
Years active	1915 - 1933

Ellen Richter was an Austrian-Jewish^[1] film actress of the Silent era. She was married to Willi Wolff, who directed many of her films. Ellen Richter composed her own production company to create her films.^[2] She worked primarily in Germany and was one of the foremost divas of Weimar (German) cinema, whose films were known for their exotic locations.

Selected filmography

• The Monastery of Sendomir (1919)
• The Toy of the Tsarina (1919)
• Die Tochter des Mehemed (1919)
• Napoleon und die kleine Wäscherin (1920)
• Das Rätsel der Sphinx (1921)
• Lola Montez, the King's Dancer (1922)
• The Woman Worth Millions (1923)
• The Great Unknown (1924)
• Flight Around the World (1925)
• Shadows of the Metropolis (1925)
• The Great Duchess (1926)
• Maytime (1926)
• Heads Up, Charley (1927)
• The Imaginary Baron (1927)
• Die schönsten Beine von Berlin (1927)
• The Lady with the Tiger Skin (1927)
• Immorality (1928)
• Moral (1928)
• The Adventurer of Tunis (1931)
• Madame Pompadour (1931)
• The Secret of Johann Orth (1932)

References

Bibliography

• Bach, Steven. Marlene Dietrich: Life and Legend. University of Minnesota Press, 2011.
• Kreimeier, Klaus. The UFA Story: A Story of Germany's Greatest Film Company 1918-1945. University of California Press, 1999.
• Ragowski, Christian. The Many Faces of Weimar Cinema: Rediscovering Germany's Filmic Legacy. Camden House, 2010.

External links

• Ellen Richter on IMDb