Frau Eva Explained

Frau Eva
Director:Robert Wiene
Producer:Oskar Messter
Starring:Erna Morena
Emil Jannings
Theodor Loos
Margarete Kupfer
Music:Giuseppe Becce
Cinematography:Karl Freund
Studio:Messter Film
Distributor:Hansa Film
Country:Germany
Language:Silent
German intertitles

Frau Eva is a 1916 German silent drama film directed by Robert Wiene and starring Erna Morena, Emil Jannings and Theodor Loos. It was based on the 1874 novel Fromont and Risler by Alphonse Daudet. The film was Jannings' first starring role, his previous appearance having been as an extra in Im Schützengraben.[1]

Plot

An ambitious wife spends all of her husband's hard-earned money and then commits suicide out of remorse.[2]

Cast

Bibliography

Notes and References

  1. Jung & Schatzberg p.195
  2. Jung & Schatzberg p.40