Die Pratermizzi

Story

Synopsis

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.

Directors

Gustav Ucicky, Karl Leiter

Writers

Walter Reisch

Language

German

Country

Austria

Release date

28 October 1926

Ensemble

Cast

• 

  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.