Die Pratermizzi

Die Pratermizzi — Plot

Marie, a cashier at the Viennese Grottenbahn (Grave Railway) Zum Walfisch, and Baron Christian von B. fall in love, but the dancer Valette, who always wears a mask over her face, interferes in their relationship. Christian eventually follows Valette to Paris. When he tears the golden mask from her face, he is shocked to discover that Valette is disfigured by an illness. He returns to Vienna to die, but Marie is able to save him at the last moment. In this film, the ride through the Grottenbahn is associated with a journey into the inner self.

• Release date
• October 28, 1926
• Runtime
• 50 min
• Genres
• Drama
• Director
• Gustav Ucicky

Die Pratermizzi — Cast

Nita Naldi Valette - Tänzerin mit de Larve

H

Hedy Pfundmeyer Double der Tänzerin Anny Ondra Pratermizzi Hugo Thimig Matthias Veitschberger Igo Sym Freiherr Christian von B.

F

Ferdinand Leopoldi Adam Lorenz Stingl, Besitzer der Grottenbahn Carl Goetz Herr von Z.