Lyda Salmonova
Acting
Biography
Lyda Salmonova was a Czech stage and film actress. She was married to the actor Paul Wegener and appeared alongside him in a number of films.
Known For
In 16th-century Prague, a rabbi creates the Golem - a giant creature made of clay. Using sorcery, he brings the creature to life in order to protect the Jews of Prague from persecution.
The Golem: How He Came Into the World
This mostly lost film is often confused with director Paul Wegener third and readily available interpretation of the legend; Der Golem, wie er in die Welt kam (1920). In this version of the golem legend, the golem, a clay statue brought to life by Rabbi Loew in 16th century Prague to save the Jews from the ongoing brutal persecution by the city's rulers, is found in the rubble of an old synagogue in the 20th century. Brought to life by an antique dealer, the golem is used as a menial servant. Eventually falling in love with the dealer's wife, it goes on a murderous rampage when its love for her goes unanswered.
The Golem
Rodrigo Borgia, Pope Alexander VI, has three adult children: Juan, who is virtuous and has a sweetheart who is a woman of the people, Lucrezia, who is virtuous and wants to marry Alfonso, and Cesare, who is wicked and lusts after Lucrezia, Juan's girlfriend, and probably others. Cesare has vowed to kill any suitor for Lucrezia's love, and he has three thugs to carry out his wishes. Bodies fall into the Tiber, into the Colosseum (with lions prowling), and onto the Vatican floors.
Lucrezia Borgia
Prague, Bohemia, 1820. Balduin, a penniless student, falls in love with Countess Margit, a wealthy noblewoman whom he has saved from drowning.
The Student of Prague
The Ethiopian King offers his daughter to a powerful Pharaoh to secure peace between the two countries.
The Loves of Pharaoh
A traveler comes into a town overrun with rats and vermin. He promises to free the place of the pests and names his price. When the townspeople refuse to pay him after he has done what he promised, he plays his tune again with consequences. This film survives in incomplete/fragmentary form.
The Pied Piper of Hamelin
In this film, the people of a Tyrolean town climb up into the nearby mountains, searching for a place where they can hold a picnic and a spring festival: ideally, a place where they can eventually erect dwellings and cultivate crops. Led by the local nobleman (Arthur Ehrens), they find an appropriate spot, and the festivities begin. Some children briefly perform a charming folk dance. Suddenly the RĂĽbezahl arrives and threatens to kill all the townsfolk if they don't leave immediately.
RĂĽbezahl's Wedding
A stylized fairy tale in which a farmer sells his soul to Satan in exchange for prosperity.
Hans Trutz in the Land of Milk and Honey
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Der Galeerensträfling
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Das Liebesnest
As a practical joke, an actor impersonates the screen monster he made famous. A lost film.
The Golem and the Dancing Girl
In medieval Italy, a group of men plot to kill a cruel and despotic duke.
Herzog Ferrantes Ende
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Malaria
The bachelor Paul lives as the only man in a household with his mother, his aunts, sisters and cousins. They are annoyed by his teasing.
The Ideal Wife
A man sells his shadow to gain success and fame but soon suffers the terrible consequences of that deal.
The Lost Shadow
Life, love, and the extensively depicted affairs of the dancer Barbara Campanini.
The Dancer Barberina
No description available.
S.O.S. Die Insel der Tränen
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Wandering Souls
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Kadra Sâfa
An Indian mystic uses his power of invisibility to scare a young inventor.