Diana Karenne

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Diana Karenne 1924 on a photograph by Alexander Binder

Diana Karenne (* 1888 in Kiev , according to other sources in Danzig ; † October 14, 1940 in Aachen ; born in Leucadia Konstantia ) was a cosmopolitan actress , film director and film producer .

Life

The sister of the film producer Gregor Rabinowitsch appeared in 1914 at Roma-Film and then at Aquila-Film in Turin . During the First World War, she became one of the most famous actresses in Italian silent film.

From 1916 she directed several films with her as the leading actress and also contributed the script. In 1917 she founded her own film production company in Milan . From 1921 she also took on leading roles in German films, as well as in France. Karenne was also a painter, musician and poet. With the dawn of the sound film age, it was forgotten. She died as a result of an air raid.

Filmography (selection)

  • 1916: Lea (also director)
  • 1917: Il romanzo di Maud (also director)
  • 1917: La dama di porcellana (also director)
  • 1917: Justice de femme! (also direction)
  • 1917: Pierrot (also director)
  • 1919: La peccatrice casta (also director)
  • 1919: La signora dalle rose (also director)
  • 1919: Sleima (also director)
  • 1919: Till Eulenspiegel
  • 1920: Ave Maria (also director)
  • 1920: La veggente (also director)
  • 1921: Playing with fire
  • 1922: Marie Antoinette
  • 1923: poor sinner
  • 1924: Spring floods
  • 1925: The woman of forty years
  • 1927: Casanova ( Casanova )
  • 1928: love hell
  • 1928: Rasputin's love affair
  • 1928: A woman of stature
  • 1929: The white roses from Ravensberg
  • 1940: Manon Lescaut

Remarks

  1. ↑ Kay Less and IMDb give Kiev, filmportal.de on the other hand Gdańsk as the place of birth

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personal data
SURNAME Karenne, Diana
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Konstantia, Leucadia (maiden name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION cosmopolitan actress, film director and film producer
DATE OF BIRTH 1888
PLACE OF BIRTH Kiev , according to other sources, Gdansk
DATE OF DEATH October 14, 1940
Place of death Aachen