Kristina Söderbaum
Acting
Biography
Beata Margareta Kristina Söderbaum was a Swedish actress best known for her German films. She appeared in 25 feature films. Most of them produced during the Nazi era. Kristina was married to the German director Veit Harlan 1939-1964.
Born: September 5, 1912
Place of Birth: Stockholm, Sweden
Known For
Verrat an Deutschland
The Great King
King Frederick II (aka "Frederick the Great") of Prussia is engaged in a major battle against the Austrian army at Kunersdorf, and things aren't going well. The Austrians are inflicting major casualties, and his army is beginning to crumble. Defeat seems inevitable when a combination of events gives him hope that he may pull victory from the jaws of defeat after all.
Immensee
A man and a woman struggle to stifle their love for each other, even after he moves away to travel the world and she marries a suitor.
The Immortal Heart
Nuremberg durting the time of Albrecht Durer and the famous geographer Martin Behaim: the locksmith Peter Henlein is looking for a way to make bullets more accurate by designing a new form. Just as he welds together two round balls into an elongated shape, he believes he's discovered that his assistant Konrad is trying to alienate his wife from him. There is a struggle, during which Henlein's new kind of bullet strikes him in the chest. The doctor, unaware that there are two bullets lodged in his body, because there was only one shot, only removes one.
The Great Sacrifice
Äls, a young woman from Sweden living in Hamburg in the summer months attracts a newly married explorer, Albrecht Froben who has just returned to his native city. But although Äls seems to be 'life itself', she suffers from a tropical disease which is slowly killing her. Froben is torn between Äls and his wife Octavia, who he seen as a kind of 'heavenly' counterpart to the earthy and beguiling Äls.
The Journey to Tilsit
A villager is tempted by a sophisticated city woman and almost kills his wife in a boating accident.
Kolberg
During Napoleon's victorious campaign in Germany, the city of Kolberg gets isolated from the retreating Prussian forces. The population of Kolberg refuses to capitulate and organizes the resistance against the French army, which immediately submits the city to massive bombardments.
Hanna Amon
Hanna Amon and her brother Thomas live on an estate they've inherited from their parents. Local veterinarian Brunner loves Hanna from afar, and Thomas is in love with the daughter of the local mayor. Love, however, doesn't always mean happiness, as both Hanna and Thomas are soon to find out.
Covered Tracks
Séraphine and her mother arrive in Paris to visit the 1867 World Exhibition. In an overcrowded city they must be accommodated in separate hotels. During the night the mother, who wasn't feeling very well, gets suddenly worse. When next morning Séraphine goes to meet her every trace of her presence has disappeared and everybody denies having ever met her. The bewildered young woman must find someone who believes her. Previous version of So Long at the Fair (1950).
The Golden City
Anna Jobst is the daughter of a rich, conservative farmer. Living on the bank of the Moldau, she wishes nothing more than follow the river to Prague, the "Golden City". After arriving, she quickly falls into a bad crowd.
Filmography
as Old Woman
as Frau Landmann
as Comtessa
as Emma May
as Self
as Yrida
as Ines Thormälen
as Katharina von Weber
as Yrida
as Yrida
as Angelika
as Hanna Amon
as Maria
as Aels Flodéen
as Elisabeth Uhl
as Anna Jobst
as Luise Treskow
as Dorothea Sturm
as Elske Settegast
as Ev Henlein
as Séraphine Lawrence
as Ännchen
as Minning