Storyline
Dida Ibsen, daughter of impoverished farmers, has, according to her father's will, to marry the main creditor. But she refuses and decides to live with a married man as a mistress, till he gets his divorce. In the town she opens a restaurant with the money of her wealthy lover, from whom she soon gets pregnant, but their dreams of marriage fail, his wife refuses the divorce. After a while, she decides to marry one of the regular guests at her restaurant, van Galen, who spent quite some time in the tropics and because of this is at the brink of madness. Shortly after the marriage his condition worsens and life becomes hell for Dida.
Cast & Crew
Anita Berber
Dida Ibsen
Lead
Werner Krauss
Philipp Galen
Conrad Veidt
Erik Norrensen
EL
Emil Lind
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CP
Clementine Plessner
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Ernst Pittschau
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Eugen Rex
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Iv
Ilse von Tasso-Lind
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What People Are Saying
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“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Richard Oswald's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
3.0
“Every frame feels alive. The Story of Dida Ibsen is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
