Esther Carena
Acting • Born 1898-08-24 – Died 1972-01-26
Biography
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.
Filmography
20 credits
Zur Strecke gebracht
Movie • 1917
Die sprechende Hand
Movie • 1918
Die Geschichte eines Spitzentuches
Movie • 1918
Das Gift der Odawara
Movie • 1918
Ikarus, the Flying Man
Movie • 1918
Clemence de Montignon
Der Schrei des Gewissens
Movie • 1920
Ich klage an
Movie • 1919
Wenn Colombine winkt
Movie • 1920
Die Diktatur der Liebe. 1. Die böse Lust
Movie • 1921
Die von der Liebe leben
Movie • 1919
Die Diktatur der Liebe. 2. Die Welt ohne Liebe
Movie • 1921
Die Peitsche
Movie • 1916
Bert
Der stumme Zeuge
Movie • 1917
Der Frauenkönig
Movie • 1923
Das neue Paradies
Movie • 1921
The Vampire
Movie • 1920
Women Who Shouldn't Get Married
Movie • 1919
Ada Haller
Sein Todfeind
Movie • 1918
Die Geisterjagd
Movie • 1918
Der Sünde Sold
Movie • 1920