Mechthildis Thein
Mechthildis Thein , also Mechthild Thein or Mathilde Thein , (* 1888 in Braunschweig , † May 13, 1959 in Singen ) was a German actress of the silent film era .
Life
Thein was an actress at the theater in Frankfurt am Main and the Berlin Palast-Theater and came to film in 1916. The “very slim, tall, fragile, delicate actress” initially took on small roles in the silent films Passionel's Diary and Stein unter Steinen , an adaptation of the play of the same name by Hermann Sudermann . Her first big success was the role of the worker Margot in the fourth part of the six-part film Homunculus , which was released in December 1916. Directed by Otto Rippert , she starred alongside Olaf Fønss , Friedrich Kühne and Theodor Loos .
In 1917 she directed the film Furcht under Robert Wienes and was engaged by Richard Oswald in 1918 for the two-part film Jettchen Gebert's story . She took on the main role of Jettchen Gebert, who is trapped in an unhappy marriage but loves someone else. Also in The Rubin-Salamander of Rudolf Biebrach Thein was occupied in the female lead 1918th The story of the operetta singer Nelly Sand, who stands between two men, was based on Paul Lindau's novel The Brothers . In the same year she also made a crime film with Living Shadows by EA Dupont . After 1918, Thein was only cast in supporting roles in a few films. She shot her last two films Katharina the Great and Countess Walewska - here in the role of the scheming wife von Czytkowska - in 1920.
Thein was particularly praised by the critics for her “'elegant, serene calm', that is, her upper-class, ladylike gesture and stylish ability to suffer”.
Filmography
- 1915: Passionel's diary
- 1916: Homunculus . Part 4: The revenge of the Homunculus
- 1916: stone among stones
- 1917: fear
- 1918: Jettchen Gebert's story
- 1918: The ruby salamander
- 1918: The living shadow
- 1919: a weak hour
- 1920: Catherine the Great
- 1920: Countess Walewska
Web links
- Mechthildis Thein in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Mechthildis Thein at filmportal.de
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Jürgen Kasten, Armin Loacker (ed.): Richard Oswald: Cinema between spectacle, enlightenment and entertainment . Filmarchiv Austria, 2005, p. 47.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Thein, Mechthildis |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Thein, Mechthild; Thein, Mathilde |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German actress of the silent film era |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1888 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Braunschweig |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 13, 1959 |
| Place of death | To sing |