The Story of Dida Ibsen

The Story of Dida Ibsen

1918•1h 32m

Drama

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.

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Production

Richard Oswald Produktion

Language

DE

Status

Released

Release Date

Cast

Anita Berber

Anita Berber

Dida Ibsen

Werner Krauss

Werner Krauss

Philipp Galen

Conrad Veidt

Conrad Veidt

Erik Norrensen

Emil Lind

Clementine Plessner

Ernst Pittschau

Ernst Pittschau

Eugen Rex

Eugen Rex

Ilse von Tasso-Lind

Maria Forescu

Maria Forescu

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