Ellen Richter

Ellen Richter
Born	21 July 1891 Vienna Austria-Hungary
Died	11 September 1969 (aged 78) Düsseldorf Germany
Occupation	Film actor, producer
Years active	1915 - 1933

Ellen Richter was an Austrian film actress of the Silent era. She was married to Willi Wolff who directed many of her films. Richter formed her own production company to make her films.^[1] Richter worked mainly in Germany and was one of the foremost divas of Weimar cinema, whose films were known for their exotic locations.

Selected filmography

• The Monastery of Sendomir (1919)
• The Toy of the Tsarina (1919)
• Die Tochter des Mehemed (1919)
• Napoleon und die kleine Wäscherin (1920)
• Das Rätsel der Sphinx (1921)
• Lola Montez, the King's Dancer (1922)
• The Woman Worth Millions (1923)
• The Great Unknown (1924)
• Flight Around the World (1925)
• Shadows of the Metropolis (1925)
• Die tolle Herzogin (1926)
• Wie einst im Mai (1926)
• Heads Up, Charley (1927)
• The Imaginary Baron (1927)
• Die schönsten Beine von Berlin (1927)
• Die Dame mit dem Tigerfell (1927)
• Moral (1928)
• The Adventurer of Tunis (1931)
• The Secret of Johann Orth (1932)

References

1. Rogowski p.128

Bibliography

• Bach, Steven. Marlene Dietrich: Life and Legend. University of Minnesota Press, 2011.
• Kreimeier, Klaus. The UFA Story: A Story of Germany's Greatest Film Company 1918-1945. University of California Press, 1999.
• Ragowski, Christian. The Many Faces of Weimar Cinema: Rediscovering Germany's Filmic Legacy. Camden House, 2010.

External links

• Ellen Richter at the Internet Movie Database