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    Esther Carena

    1898-08-24 (126 years old) in Hannover

    The daughter of a German father and Spanish mother, she studied medicine for one semester and trained in an Italian acrobat troupe. Until 1916 she lived mostly in Italy and performed there in stage sketches. In 1916 she came to Germany and was discovered by Swedish film actor and director Nils Olaf Chrisander. She was presented as a heroine in thrillers, dramas, and melodramas that were staged by Harry Piel at the end of the First World War. She designed many of her own costumes. In 1924 she married the set designer Franz Schroedter and retired from films.

    Movies

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    Der Frauenkönig
    0 %|Jan 23, 1923
    poster
    Das neue Paradies
    0 %|May 12, 1921
    poster
    Wenn Colombine winkt
    0 %|Sep 16, 1920
    actor
    Der Schrei des Gewissens
    0 %|Jan 10, 1920
    Drama
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    The Vampire
    0 %|Jan 1, 1920
    Horror
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    Women Who Shouldn't Get Married
    50 %|Nov 7, 1919
    Drama
    actor
    Ich klage an
    0 %|Jan 1, 1919
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    Ikarus, the Flying Man
    50 %|Oct 27, 1918
    War, Drama
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    Das Gift der Odawara
    0 %|Jan 1, 1918
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    Die sprechende Hand
    0 %|Jan 1, 1918
    poster
    Der stumme Zeuge
    0 %|Dec 1, 1917
    poster
    Zur Strecke gebracht
    0 %|Jan 1, 1917
    actor
    Die Peitsche
    0 %|Dec 1, 1916

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