Gerda Maurus

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

Gerda Maurus
Born	(1903-08-25)25 August 1903 Breitenfurt bei Wien, Austro-Hungarian Empire
Died	31 July 1968(1968-07-31) (aged 64) Düsseldorf, West Germany
Occupation	actress
Years active	1928–1968 (film & TV)

She was of Croatian descent 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 shot in the Sound Film Studio (1930)
• 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)
• The Call of the Jungle (1936)
• Daphne and the Diplomat (1937)
• My Wife's Friends (1949)
• The Little Town Will Go to Sleep (1954)

Bibliography

• McGilligan, Patrick (1997). Fritz Lang: The Nature of the Beast. New York: St. Martin's Press. ISBN 978-0-312-13247-7.

External links

• Gerda Maurus at IMDb