Doña Juana (film)

Doña Juana
Doña Juana
Directed by	Paul Czinner
Written by	Tirso de Molina (play); Béla Balázs; Paul Czinner;
Produced by	Paul Czinner; Elisabeth Bergner;
Starring	Elisabeth Bergner; Walter Rilla; Hertha von Walther; Elisabeth Neumann-Viertel;
Cinematography	Karl Freund; Robert Baberske; ;
Music by	Giuseppe Becce
Production; company	Elisabeth Bergner Films
Distributed by	UFA
Release date	1927;
Country	Germany
Languages	Silent; German intertitles;

Doña Juana is a 1927 German silent comedy drama film directed by Paul Czinner and starring Elisabeth Bergner, Walter Rilla, and Hertha von Walther. It was based on a Spanish play by Tirso de Molina. The adaptation was done by Béla Balázs, who later tried to have his name removed from the credits because he disliked the finished version of the film.

The film was shot on location around Seville and Granada in southern Spain.

Plot[]

The story is based on a traditional seventeenth century play about a nobleman who educates his daughter to be raised as a boy, leading to a series of confusions in her romantic life.

Cast[]

Elisabeth Bergner as Doña Juana
Walter Rilla as Don Ramon
Hertha von Walther as Doña Ines
Elisabeth Neumann-Viertel as Ines' Freundin Clara
Fritz Greiner as Ramons Freund Osorio
Hubert von Meyerinck as Dichter Don Alfonso
Wolfgang von Schwind as Juanas Diener Francesco
Max Schreck as Juanas Vater
Lotte Stein as Juanas Erzieherin Duena
Max Wogritsch as Don Felipe de Mendoza
Rafael Calvo as Don Pedro de Padilla

References[]

Bibliography[]

Bock, Hans-Michael; Bergfelder, Tim, eds. (2009). The Concise Cinegraph: Encyclopaedia of German Cinema. New York: Berghahn Books. ISBN 978-1-57181-655-9.

External links[]

Doña Juana at IMDb

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