The Ancestress Explained

The Ancestress
Studio:	Wiener Kunstfilm
Runtime:	84 minutes
Country:	Austria

The Ancestress (German: Die Ahnfrau) is a 1919 Austrian silent drama film directed by Jacob Fleck^[1] and Luise Fleck and starring Liane Haid, Max Neufeld and Karl Ehmann.^[2] The same story had previously been shot in 1910.

The film's sets were designed by the art director Alfred Meschkan.

Cast

• Liane Haid – Tochter Berta
• Max Neufeld – Jaromir von Eschen
• Karl Ehmann – Graf Zdenko von Borotin
• Eugen Neufeld – Hauptmann
• Josef Recht – Räuber Boleslav
• Eduard Sekler – Kastellan

Bibliography

• Parish, Robert. Film Actors Guide. Scarecrow Press, 1977.

Notes and References

1. Web site: The Ancestress (1919) Review . Cinema Austriaco . 3 January 2021.
2. Parish p.245