Esther Carena
Also Known As: Franziska Lucia Pfeiffer
Biography: The daughter of a German father and Spanish mother, she studied medicine for one semester and trained in an Italian acrobat troupe. Until 1916 she lived mostly in Italy and performed there in stage sketches. In 1916 she came to Germany and was discovered by Swedish film actor and director Nils Olaf Chrisander. She was presented as a heroine in thrillers, dramas, and melodramas that were staged by Harry Piel at the end of the First World War. She designed many of her own costumes. In 1924 she married the set designer Franz Schroedter and retired from films.
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Hannover
Birthday: August 24, 1898
Deathday: January 26, 1972
Adult: No
Gender: Female
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Zur Strecke gebracht
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Original Language: de
Release Date: 1917-01-01
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Die sprechende Hand
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Original Language: de
Release Date: 1918-01-01
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Die Geschichte eines Spitzentuches
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Original Language: de
Release Date: 1918-01-01
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Das Gift der Odawara
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Original Language: de
Release Date: 1918-01-01
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Ikarus, the Flying Man
Overview: Two French spies, Baron d’Aubigny and Clemence de Montignon, blackmail German engineer Günther Ellinghaus with his gambling debts into handing over his construction plans for the new Ikarus engine. He flees to New York and works as a waiter. When World War I breaks, he signs on as a fireman on a Dutch ship and returns to Europe. He becomes a fighter pilot in Germany and faces the former spies as his enemies. After an emergency landing he is taken into their headquarters. He escapes an attempted murder and fights his enemies in an air battle. Both of them survive and after the war Ellinghaus offers them his hand in reconciliation.
Genres: War Drama
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1918-10-27
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Der Schrei des Gewissens
Overview: German silent film
Genres: Drama
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1920-01-10
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Ich klage an
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Original Language: de
Release Date: 1919-01-01
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Wenn Colombine winkt
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Original Language: de
Release Date: 1920-09-16
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Die Diktatur der Liebe. 1. Die böse Lust
Overview: A tale of cheating in both love and business.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1921-01-27
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Die von der Liebe leben
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Original Language: de
Release Date: 1919-09-05
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Die Diktatur der Liebe. 2. Die Welt ohne Liebe
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Original Language: de
Release Date: 1921-03-26
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Die Peitsche
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Original Language: de
Release Date: 1916-12-01
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Der stumme Zeuge
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Original Language: de
Release Date: 1917-12-01
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Der Frauenkönig
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Original Language: de
Release Date: 1923-01-23
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Das neue Paradies
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Original Language: de
Release Date: 1921-05-12
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The Vampire
Overview: German vampire movie from 1920.
Genres: Horror
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1920-01-01
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Women Who Shouldn't Get Married
Overview: The doctor Ada Haller pursues a successful career as a scientist, in which she comes more and more into conflict with her marriage and the role expected by society as a woman. An extremely progressive and conventional film at the same time, which takes up modern themes and shows parallels to the life of the leading actress: Esther Carena, real name Franziska Lucia Pfeiffer, studied medicine for a semester before she came to film through acrobatics and pantomime; after their marriage in 1924, she withdrew from an extremely successful silent film career into private life.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1919-11-07
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