Elsa Bassermann

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

0.7035

Gender

Female

Birthday

14-Jan-1878

Age

(148 years old)

Place of Birth

Leipzig, Saxony, German Empire [now Germany]

Also Known As
  • Else Bassermann
  • Hans Hennings

Elsa Bassermann

Biography

Elsa Bassermann (born Elsa Sarah Schiff; January 14, 1878 – May 30, 1961) was a German screenwriter, stage and film actress. She was married to Albert Bassermann and often acted with him. As she was Jewish, the couple had to leave Nazi Germany and go into exile in Switzerland and the United States. She later returned to Germany, where she died in 1961. From Wikipedia.


Credits

Lucrezia Borgia Lucrezia Borgia (1922) Character: Bit
Rodrigo Borgia, Pope Alexander VI, has three adult children: Juan, who is virtuous and has a sweetheart who is a woman of the people, Lucrezia, who is virtuous and wants to marry Alfonso, and Cesare, who is wicked and lusts after Lucrezia, Juan's girlfriend, and probably others. Cesare has vowed to kill any suitor for Lucrezia's love, and he has three thugs to carry out his wishes. Bodies fall into the Tiber, into the Colosseum (with lions prowling), and onto the Vatican floors.
Der Mutter Augen Der Mutter Augen (1913) Character: Kind
Silent film
Puppen des Todes Puppen des Todes (1920) Character: Konstanze
Crime film based on Nikolaus Lenau's poem "Die Marionetten."
Letzte Liebe Letzte Liebe (1935) Character: Hanna von Hooven
A middle aged composer returns to Vienna after ten years in America, falls in love with a Japanese student and writes his last opera for her.
I Was a Criminal I Was a Criminal (1941) Character: Mrs. Marie Hoprecht
Aka Passport to Heaven. In Prussia shoemaker Voight needs a residence permit to get a job, but can only get a job if he already has a permit. He dons a captain's uniform to order a platoon of soldiers to Koepenick to take over the Town Hall to get his permit.
Gefahren der Liebe Gefahren der Liebe (1931) Character: Frau Thorn, Ilses Mutter
Toni van Eyck became known with her leading role in this early "Aufklärungsfilm" (education film) Gefahren der Liebe/A Woman Branded (Eugen Thiele, 1931) opposite Hans Stüwe. She played a rape victim, who finally becomes a murderess.
Dr. Schotte Dr. Schotte (1918) Character: Johanna
A doctor's marriage to a single mother comes unravelled.
Madame Curie Madame Curie (1943) Character: Madame Perot
Poor physics student Marie is studying at the Sorbonne in 1890s Paris. One of the few women studying in her field, Marie encounters skepticism concerning her abilities, but is eventually offered a research placement in Pierre Curie's lab. The scientists soon fall in love and embark on a shared quest to extract, from a particular type of rock, a new chemical element they have named radium. However, their research puts them on the brink of professional failure.
Desperate Journey Desperate Journey (1942) Character: Frau Raeder
A British bomber crew, including Australian and American, is shot down over Germany during a bombing run. The five make their way across a perilous Germany, intent on reaching the UK with the war secrets they have learned, battling Nazis along the way.
Escape Escape (1940) Character: Mrs. Henning
An American goes to pre-war Germany to find his mother and discovers her in a concentration camp. With the help of an American-born widowed countess he seeks to engineer her escape.



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