Lyda Salmonova
Also Known As: Ludmila Vilemina Anna Salmonova
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.
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Prague, Czech Republic
Birthday: July 14, 1889
Deathday: November 18, 1968
Adult: No
Gender: Female
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The Golem: How He Came Into the World
Overview: 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.
Genres: Fantasy Horror
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1920-10-28
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Malaria
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Original Language: de
Release Date: 1919-01-01
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The Student of Prague
Overview: Prague, Bohemia, 1820. Balduin, a penniless student, falls in love with Countess Margit, a wealthy noblewoman whom he has saved from drowning.
Genres: Drama Fantasy
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1913-08-22
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S.O.S. Die Insel der Tränen
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Original Language: de
Release Date: 1923-11-01
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Kadra Sâfa
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Original Language: de
Release Date: 1914-01-13
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The Loves of Pharaoh
Overview: The Ethiopian King offers his daughter to a powerful Pharaoh to secure peace between the two countries.
Genres: History Drama Romance
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1922-02-21
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Lucrezia Borgia
Overview: 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.
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Original Language: de
Release Date: 1922-10-20
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The Dancer Barberina
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Genres: Drama History
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1920-01-02
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Evinrude
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Genres: Adventure Western
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1914-02-21
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The Pied Piper of Hamelin
Overview: 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.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1918-12-19
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Hans Trutz in the Land of Milk and Honey
Overview: A stylized fairy tale in which a farmer sells his soul to Satan in exchange for prosperity.
Genres: Drama Fantasy Horror
Original Language: xx
Release Date: 1917-11-01
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The Yoghi
Overview: An Indian mystic uses his power of invisibility to scare a young inventor.
Genres: Drama Horror Fantasy
Original Language: xx
Release Date: 1916-09-01
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The Golem and the Dancing Girl
Overview: As a practical joke, an actor impersonates the screen monster he made famous. A lost film.
Genres: Horror Comedy
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1917-07-10
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The Golem
Overview: 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.
Genres: Horror Fantasy
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1915-01-15
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Rübezahl's Wedding
Overview: 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 Rübezahl arrives and threatens to kill all the townsfolk if they don't leave immediately.
Genres: Fantasy
Original Language: xx
Release Date: 1916-01-01
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Monna Vanna
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Genres: Drama History
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1922-12-21
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The Ideal Wife
Overview: 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.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1913-09-19
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Wandering Souls
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Original Language: de
Release Date: 1921-11-28
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Das Liebesnest
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Genres: Romance
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1922-12-31
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Die Diamantenkonkurrenz
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Original Language: de
Release Date: 1921-01-01
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Herzog Ferrantes Ende
Overview: In medieval Italy, a group of men plot to kill a cruel and despotic duke.
Genres: Drama Horror Adventure
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1922-11-01
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Der Galeerensträfling
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Original Language: de
Release Date: 1920-07-23
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Der verlorene Schatten
Overview: A man sells his shadow to gain success and fame but soon suffers the terrible consequences of that deal.
Genres: Fantasy Drama Horror
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1921-02-03
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The Treasure of Abdar Rahman
Overview: Abdar Rahman, returning from a raid upon a neighboring tribe, brings with him, Romeika, the daughter of its sheik. She is introduced into his harem but repulses all his advances till messengers from her father brings a ransom by which the freedom of the girl is affected.
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 1913-01-01
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