Women Who Shouldn't Get Married

1919Directed by Eugen Illés

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Released: November 7, 1919
Runtime: 42m

About Women Who Shouldn't Get Married

Drama

Synopsis

The doctor Ada Haller pursues a successful career as a scientist, in which she comes more and more into conflict with her marriage and the role expected by society as a woman. An extremely progressive and conventional film at the same time, which takes up modern themes and shows parallels to the life of the leading actress: Esther Carena, real name Franziska Lucia Pfeiffer, studied medicine for a semester before she came to film through acrobatics and pantomime; after their marriage in 1924, she withdrew from an extremely successful silent film career into private life.

Director: Eugen Illés
Writers: Alfred Mayer-Eckhardt
Eugen Illés
Edmund Edel
Original title: Frauen, die nicht heiraten sollten

Principal cast

In billing order

Esther CarenaAda Haller
Blandine EbingerEmmi
Marga KöhlerJulia Haller
Sigmund AschenbachCarl Wanninger

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