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Sybil Smolowa

Picture Sybil Smolowa
Foto: Alexander Binder (1888-1929)

1886 - 1972

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The Swedish actress Sybil Smolowa (auch Smolova) was born as Anna Marie Josefa Smolova in Chlumetz an der Cidlina. She appeared in German as well as in Swedish movies. But first her career began in Riga and Warsaw where she worked as a dancer. Then she was engaged by the Shinx Film in Warsaw and her breakthrough came when Friedrich Zelnik spotted her and engaged her to Berlin.

To her first productions belong "Der Schienenweg unterm Ozean" (14), "Nacht und Morgen" (16) "I mörkrets bojor" (17) and "Hiob" (18).

In the 20's followed "Das schwarze Amulett" (20), "Die Geheimnisse von New York" (20) and "Kinder der Finsternis" (20), directed by Ewald André Dupont.

She only took part in one talky in the 30's called "Anna und Elisabeth" (33), after that she retired from the film business.

Her brother was the stage actor and stage director Benjamin Smola.
 

Other movies with Sybil Smolowa:
Der Zeitungsriese (15) Seelen, die sich nachts gebegnen (15) Das Riesenprojekt (15) Das Geschenk der Nonne (16) Frau Lotte (16) Vägen utför (16) Das Stärkste ist die Liebe (16) Werner Krafft (16) Träume des Lebens (17) Eine Perle auf dunklem Grunde (17) Die Bronzeschale (17) Der Sonne entgegen (17) Nora Hilger (18) Gefallene Blüten (18) Wege, die zur Liebe führen (18) Das Geheimnis der alten Truhe (19) Die Leibeigene (19) Die Totenmaske (19) Herbststürme (19) Im Schatten des Glücks (19) Der Fall Tolstikoff (19) Das Gelübde der Keuschheit (19) Paladin und Kindesraub (20) Der Abenteurer von Paris (20) Florentinische Nächte (20) Florentinische Nächte (29) 

 
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