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Lya Mara est une Actrice Suisse née le 1 aout 1897 à Riga (Lettonie)
Lya Mara (1 August 1897 – 1 March 1960) was one of the biggest stars of the German silent cinema.
Lya Mara was born Aleksandra Gudowicz in a Polish family in Riga, Livonia. As a young girl she wanted to become a chemist, as then famous Maria Skłodowska-Curie. Just before World War I, in 1913 Lya Mara moved with her family to Warsaw, as Poland and Latvia were part of the Russian Empire. She began her acting career as a dancer.
In Warsaw, Lya Mara played her first small part in a short fiction silent film under a characteristically simplified title We want husband (1916, as Mia Mara) and soon after in another film Bestia (The Beast, premiere on January 5, 1917) directed by a Polish director of older generation Alexander Hertz. Another Polish actress Pola Negri, who later made an extraordinary career in Germany and in America, was the star of this film. Soon after that film Pola Negri left for Berlin and Lya Mara followed her steps. It was a time of World War I and Poland occupied since 1915 by the Germans, became a part of the German Empire.
Lya Mara's first film in Germany was Halkas Gelöbnis (1918) directed by an Austrian director Alfred Halm, who also scripted her another film Jadwiga. Both films were produced by young and energetic director-producer Frederic Zelnik. Lya Mara married him in 1918.
Zelnik promoted Lya Mara to a major star in Germany as she played mainly in films he directed and produced. Since 1920 Zelnik's film production company was named Zelnik-Mara-Film GmbH. Lya Mara played important parts as Charlotte Corday, Anna Karenina (1919) and Manon, attracting audience with her charm and youthful appeal. Lya Mara and her husband Frederic Zelnik became real celebrities, receiving at their home many known artists. Her popularity has been further cemented by hundreds of her photographs issued as postcards, chocolate and cigarettes trade cards.
A serious car accident at the end of the 1920s interrupted her career.
Somehow Lya Mara could not adapt her acting to the new artistic conditions after the introduction of sound in cinema in 1929, while Zelnik became first director in Germany who postsynchronized foreign films. Lya Mara's only film from the sound era is Jeder fragt nach Erika(1931) directed by her husband.
When Hitler took power in Germany (1933), Lya Mara left with Zelnik for London. There is no record of her acting there, in none of her husband films produced until 1939 in England and The Netherlands.
Frederic Zelnik died in London on November 29, 1950. Mara spent last years of her life in Switzerland and died there on 1 March 1960.
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Lya Mara
Nom de naissance Aleksandra Gudowicz
Nationalité Suisse
Naissance 1 aout 1897 à Riga (Lettonie)
Mort 1 mars 1960 (à 62 ans) à Suisse (Suisse)
Nationalité Suisse
Naissance 1 aout 1897 à Riga (Lettonie)
Mort 1 mars 1960 (à 62 ans) à Suisse (Suisse)
Lya Mara (1 August 1897 – 1 March 1960) was one of the biggest stars of the German silent cinema.
Lya Mara was born Aleksandra Gudowicz in a Polish family in Riga, Livonia. As a young girl she wanted to become a chemist, as then famous Maria Skłodowska-Curie. Just before World War I, in 1913 Lya Mara moved with her family to Warsaw, as Poland and Latvia were part of the Russian Empire. She began her acting career as a dancer.
In Warsaw, Lya Mara played her first small part in a short fiction silent film under a characteristically simplified title We want husband (1916, as Mia Mara) and soon after in another film Bestia (The Beast, premiere on January 5, 1917) directed by a Polish director of older generation Alexander Hertz. Another Polish actress Pola Negri, who later made an extraordinary career in Germany and in America, was the star of this film. Soon after that film Pola Negri left for Berlin and Lya Mara followed her steps. It was a time of World War I and Poland occupied since 1915 by the Germans, became a part of the German Empire.
Lya Mara's first film in Germany was Halkas Gelöbnis (1918) directed by an Austrian director Alfred Halm, who also scripted her another film Jadwiga. Both films were produced by young and energetic director-producer Frederic Zelnik. Lya Mara married him in 1918.
Zelnik promoted Lya Mara to a major star in Germany as she played mainly in films he directed and produced. Since 1920 Zelnik's film production company was named Zelnik-Mara-Film GmbH. Lya Mara played important parts as Charlotte Corday, Anna Karenina (1919) and Manon, attracting audience with her charm and youthful appeal. Lya Mara and her husband Frederic Zelnik became real celebrities, receiving at their home many known artists. Her popularity has been further cemented by hundreds of her photographs issued as postcards, chocolate and cigarettes trade cards.
A serious car accident at the end of the 1920s interrupted her career.
Somehow Lya Mara could not adapt her acting to the new artistic conditions after the introduction of sound in cinema in 1929, while Zelnik became first director in Germany who postsynchronized foreign films. Lya Mara's only film from the sound era is Jeder fragt nach Erika(1931) directed by her husband.
When Hitler took power in Germany (1933), Lya Mara left with Zelnik for London. There is no record of her acting there, in none of her husband films produced until 1939 in England and The Netherlands.
Frederic Zelnik died in London on November 29, 1950. Mara spent last years of her life in Switzerland and died there on 1 March 1960.
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The Crimson Circle (1929)
Réalisé par Friedrich Zelnik
Genres Policier
Acteurs Lya Mara, Fred Louis Lerch, Stewart Rome, Albert Steinrück, Otto Wallburg, Hans Albers
Rôle Thalia Drummond
Note31%
Police battle against a gang of blackmailers known as The Crimson Circle.
Mon cœur est un jazz band (1929)
Réalisé par Friedrich Zelnik
Origine Allemagne
Genres Drame, Comédie, Policier
Acteurs Lya Mara, Charles Puffy, Bobby Burns, Karl Harbacher, Hermann Böttcher, Michael von Newlinsky
Rôle Jessie
Le Cercle rouge (1929)
, 1h49Réalisé par Friedrich Zelnik
Origine Allemagne
Genres Policier
Acteurs Lya Mara, John Castle, Stewart Rome, Fred Louis Lerch, Albert Steinrück, Otto Wallburg
Rôle Thalia Drummond
Note31%
Un homme est abattu par un inconnu lors d'une représentation de gala dans un théâtre. Sur le mort, on trouve une lettre menaçante avec l'avertissement: « Si l'argent n'est pas déposé avant cinq heures, vous êtes un homme mort. » La lettre porte un signe mystérieux, un cercle rouge. Il se trouve que des crimes similaires se produisent à travers l'Europe et que l'auteur de ces lettres semble être à Londres. L'inspecteur Parr est chargé de clarifier l'affaire. Pendant ce temps, Mr. Birdmore, qui a également reçu des lettres de menaces du Cercle rouge, est protégé par le détective privé Derrick Yale. Mais ni Yale ni l'inspecteur Parr ne peuvent empêcher Birdmore de devenir une victime du criminel impitoyable.
Das tanzende Wien (1927)
Réalisé par Friedrich Zelnik
Genres Comédie, Romance
Acteurs Lya Mara, Ben Lyon, Alfred Abel, Eugen Burg, Albert Paulig, Julius Falkenstein
Rôle Komtesse Frizzi Zirsky
Les Tisserands (1927)
, 1h33Réalisé par Friedrich Zelnik
Origine Allemagne
Genres Drame
Thèmes Théâtre, Le monde du travail, Politique, Adaptation d'une pièce de théâtre
Acteurs Paul Wegener, Valeska Stock, Hertha von Walther, Hermann Picha, Camilla von Hollay, Arthur Kraußneck
Note70%
Pendant les années 1840, des tisserands silésiens montent une grève à cause de l'impact de la Révolution industrielle sur leurs vies.
An der schönen blauen Donau (1926)
, 1h33Réalisé par Friedrich Zelnik
Genres Romance
Acteurs Harry Liedtke, Lya Mara, Julius Falkenstein, Ernő Verebes, Hans Albers, Henry Bender
Rôle Mizzi Staudinger
Die Försterchristel (1926)
Réalisé par Friedrich Zelnik
Genres Drame
Acteurs Lya Mara, Harry Liedtke, William Dieterle, Eduard von Winterstein, Margarete Kupfer, Karl Harbacher
Rôle Försterchristel
La Rue sans joie (1925)
, 2h25Réalisé par Georg Wilhelm Pabst
Origine Allemagne
Genres Drame, Mélodrame
Thèmes Sexualité, Erotique, Prostitution, Thriller érotique
Acteurs Greta Garbo, Werner Krauss, Asta Nielsen, Jaro Fürth, Agnes Esterhazy, Loni Nest
Note70%
À Vienne en 1921, dans la rue « Sans Joie » (rue Melchior) d’un quartier misérable, sévissent une mère maquerelle manipulatrice et un boucher impitoyable alors que famine et misère écrasent les foyers des pauvres gens et la classe moyenne. La prostitution dans les endroits fréquentés par des riches reste la seule solution pour survivre. Une jeune femme dans le besoin se laisse tenter par une entremetteuse. Finalement, l’amour d’un soldat américain la sauvera de la déchéance.
Réalisé par Friedrich Zelnik
Genres Drame, Policier
Acteurs Lya Mara, Robert Scholz, Olga Engl, Leopold von Ledebur
Rôle Die Geliebte
Charlotte Corday (1919)
, 56minutesRéalisé par Friedrich Zelnik
Origine Allemagne
Genres Drame, Biographie, Historique
Thèmes Histoire de France, Révolution française
Acteurs Lya Mara
Rôle Charlotte Corday
Halkas Gelöbnis (1918)
Réalisé par Alfred Halm
Origine Allemagne
Genres Drame
Acteurs Hans Albers, Erich Kaiser-Titz, Lya Mara
Rôle Halka
Bestia (1917)
, 48minutesOrigine Pologne
Genres Drame, Romance
Acteurs Pola Negri, Maria Dulęba, Lya Mara, Maria Duleba
Note59%
Pola, fille de bonne famille, passe son temps avec des Apaches, dont son petit ami. Après une dispute avec ses parents, elle s'enfuit de chez elle et vole l'argent de son petit ami alors qu'il était ivre. Elle commence une nouvelle vie, devient danseuse et rencontre un homme marié, prêt à abandonner sa femme et son enfant pour elle. Mais son petit ami n'est pas loin…