Die Pratermizzi (1926)
Marie, a cashier at the Viennese Grottenbahn (Grave Railway) Zum Walfisch, and Baron Christian von B. fall in love, but the dancer Valette, who always wears a mask over her face, interferes in their relationship. Christian eventually follows Valette to Paris. When he tears the golden mask from her face, he is shocked to discover that Valette is disfigured by an illness. He returns to Vienna to die, but Marie is able to save him at the last moment. In this film, the ride through the Grottenbahn is associated with a journey into the inner self.
- Date of release
- 1926-10-28
- TMDB
- 10.0 / 10 (1)
- Runtime
- 50m
- Genres
- Drama
- Director
- Gustav Ucicky, Karl Leiter
Casting
- Nita Naldi — Valette - Tänzerin mit de Larve
- Hedy Pfundmeyer — Double der Tänzerin
- Anny Ondra — Pratermizzi
- Hugo Thimig — Matthias Veitschberger
- Igo Sym — Freiherr Christian von B.
- Ferdinand Leopoldi — Adam Lorenz Stingl, Besitzer der Grottenbahn
- Carl Goetz — Herr von Z.
Interesting facts
Die Pratermizzi is an Austrian silent drama film directed by Gustav Ucicky in 1926, released in January 1927, and starring Anny Ondra, Igo Sym and Nita Naldi. The film was long believed lost until its rediscovery in 2005. The film's art direction was by Artur Berger and Emil Stepanek. This was the last major film role of Nita Naldi, whose career did not survive the advent of the talkies.
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