Café Elektric

Café Elektric
Film poster
Directed by	Gustav Ucicky
Produced by	Count Sascha Kolowrat-Krakowski
Written by	Jacques Bachrach Felix Fischer (play)
Starring	Marlene Dietrich Willi Forst
Music by	Gerhard Gruber
Cinematography	Hans Androschin
Distributed by	Sascha-Film
Release dates	November 25, 1927
Running time	80 minutes
Country	Austria
Language	Silent

Café Elektric (1927) is an Austrian film directed by Gustav Ucicky.^[1]

Plot

Erni (Marlene Dietrich), the daughter of a wealthy industrialist Göttlinger (Fritz Alberti) falls for a pickpocket Fredl (Willi Forst), but Fredl prefers Hansi (Nina Vanna), a prostitute at the Café Elektric. Max (Igo Sym) who is a Göttlinger architect, loves Erni, until he discovers her relationship with Fredl. Recuperating at the Café Elektric, Max falls in love with Hansi. Göttlinger also liked Hansi, so he fired Max. Max now lives in need with reformed Hansi, but leaves her when he suspects she has returned to prostitution. At the Café Elektric Fredl stabs Hansi. Max now is a reporter who covers the story. Since Hansi is innocent, they reunite.^[2]

Cast

• Willi Forst as Fredl
• Marlene Dietrich as Erni Göttlinger
• Fritz Alberti as Kommerzialrat Göttlinger
• Anny Coty as Göttlingers Freundin
• Igo Sym as Max Stöger, Göttlinger's architect
• Vera Salvotti as Paula
• Nina Vanna as Hansi
• Dolly Davis
• Albert Kersten as Herr. Zerner

References

1. Marlene Dietrich: Life and Legend. U of Minnesota Press. ISBN 9781452929972.
2. Chandler, Charlotte (2011-03-29). Marlene: Marlene Dietrich, A Personal Biography. Simon and Schuster. ISBN 9781439188446.

External links

• Café Elektric at the Internet Movie Database