Gerda Maurus

Gerda Maurus (25 August 1903 – 31 July 1968) was an Austrian actress.[1]

Gerda Maurus
Born	25 August 1903 Breitenfurt bei Wien, Austro-Hungarian Empire
Died	31 July 1968 (aged 64) Düsseldorf, West Germany
Occupation	actress
Years active	1928-1968 (film & TV)

She was of Croatian ethnicity, and initially made her name on stage in Vienna. While performing in the theatre, she was discovered by the director Fritz Lang during a visit to his native city. Lang cast her in the female lead in his silent thriller film Spione (1928) and she appeared in a number of German films during the Weimar and Nazi eras.

Selected filmography

• Spione (1928)
• Frau im Mond (1929)
• High Treason (1929)
• The Daredevil (1931)
• Alarm at Midnight (1931)
• The Stranger (1931)
• Checkmate (1931)
• Death Over Shanghai (1932)
• The White Demon (1932)
• Invisible Opponent (1933)
• The Double (1934)
• A Woman With Power of Attorney (1934)
• The Cossack and the Nightingale (1935)
• Daphne and the Diplomat (1937)
• My Wife's Friends (1949)
• The Little Town Will Go to Sleep (1954)

References

1. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2011-08-02. Retrieved 2011-05-23.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

Bibliography

• Patrick McGilligan. Fritz Lang: The Nature of the Beast. St. Martin's Press, 1998.

External links

• Gerda Maurus at IMDb