Women Who Shouldn't Get Married

Women Who Shouldn't Get Married

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1919-11-07

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.

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Women Who Shouldn't Get Married

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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.

Released

1919-11-07

Runtime

42

Director

Eugen Illés

Budget

$0

Revenue

$0

Genres

Drama

Language

No Language

Production

Neutral-Film

Casts

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    Esther Carena

    Esther Carena
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    Blandine Ebinger

    Blandine Ebinger
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    Marga Köhler

    Marga Köhler
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    Sigmund Aschenbach

    Sigmund Aschenbach