Maria Holst
Acting
Biography
No biography available for Maria Holst.
Born: April 1, 1917
Place of Birth: Vienna, Austria-Hungary [now Austria]
Known For
Burg Theatre
In this convoluted melodrama, an elderly thespian falls for a rising young starlet. He admits his love for her and then announces that he will retire. The young woman pretends she loves him too, but her real motive is to give her struggling lover, also an aspiring actor, a break.
Vienna Blood
Young Count Georg Wolkersheim is sent to the Congress of Vienna to represent the interests of his country, Reuss-Schleiz-Greiz. Tensions arise between the count, his wife Melanie, and their two chamberlains, and when the four attend a court ball, Melanie leaves Georg, assumes the identity of a famous actress, and attracts the affections of Crown Prince Ludwig of Bavaria.
Operette
A musician is offered a job in Vienna as stage director, but his disagreements with the aristocratic opera manager end in abrupt firing in spite of a mutual attraction. He's quickly engaged by another theatre and becomes famous for his lavish stage productions and fine acting, which begins their golden age with Suppé and Strauss.
Mordprozeß Dr. Jordan
Lumpacivagabundus
The fairies Fortuna and Amorosa make a bet with the devil, in the form of the evil spirit Lumpacivagabundus. They don't believe he will succeed in winning humanity over. To prove his skills, they choose three journeymen: the shoemaker Knierim, the tailor Zwirn, and the carpenter Leim. If Lumpacivagabundus succeeds in leading even one of the three journeymen astray, he will have won his bet. The devil manipulates a lottery in which the three journeymen win a fortune...
The Trapp Family
"The Trapp Family" is a true story based on the popular novel by the Baroness Von Trapp of Austria. The film was made in 1956, some years before the other film based on the Trapp Family's life was released - a little movie named "The Sound of Music".
The Sweetest Fruits
In two fictional states bureaucracy and political intrigue provoke social unrest. Beppo learns that his nation's president is his twin. Mistaken identities lead to comical chaos as the twins propose a treaty that will benefit both nations.
Chased by the Devil
A doctor discovers a new medical cure with dangerous side effects, and takes the drug himself to test its limitations.
Kaiserwalzer
When the Evening Bells Ring
A woman marries a rich landowner, by request of her parents, instead of her lover who's child she's expecting. After a couple of years, the father of the child returns.
Filmography
as Lea Amsel
as Prinzessin Yvonne
as Leonie Waldau
as Brigitte
as Adrienne Monti
as Irina
as Marylin Parker
as Kaiserin Elisabeth
as Angela Bell
as Marita
as Clarissa von Birkhausen
as Gloria Römer
as Nora von Burkwitz
as Dr. Cora Berndsen
as Armande Colbert
as Leonie Leborius
as Self - film scenes (archive footage)
as Ingeborg Kirchner
as Dr. Christine Exner
as Countess Melanie Wolkersheim
as Marie Geistinger
as Fritzi
as Amorosa