Max Landa

Acting

Max Landa

Born April 24, 1873 · Minsk, Russian Empire [now Belarus]

Died November 8, 1933 · aged 60

Max Landa, born Max Landau, was a Russian-born Austrian silent film and stage actor. After working at various theatres in Austria and Germany for about twenty years he was discovered in Berlin as leading man by movie star Asta Nielsen.

Known For

The SuffragetteThe Suffragette · 1913
The Suffragette
5.21913
MovieDrama
Nelly's mother is a suffragette and persuades her daughter to join the good cause. Placing a bomb under Lord William's chair love develops between the two.
MitternachtMitternacht · 1918
Mitternacht
8.01918
MovieCrime
Attorney General Trevor's second wife is found stabbed to death in his safe. Due to a ring with the initials DG, which is also found in the safe, the suspicion initially falls on Donald Gordon, the fiancé of Trevor's daughter.
Der GeheimsekretärDer Geheimsekretär · 1915
Der Geheimsekretär
10.01915
Movie
William VossWilliam Voss · 1916
William Voss
1916
MovieScience FictionMystery
William Voss is a 1915 silent film written and directed by Rudolf Meinert.
CinderellaCinderella · 1916
Cinderella
10.01916
MovieRomance
Growing up with mean foster parents, Lotte is employed as a kitchen maid with the von Harten family. After a dramatic interlude, including an accusation of theft, Mrs. von Harten reveals the truth about being her real mother, and the two are reunited.
Anastasia, die falsche ZarentochterAnastasia, die falsche Zarentochter · 1928
Anastasia, die falsche Zarentochter
7.01928
MovieDrama
Anastasia's supposed escape and possible survival was one of the most popular historical mysteries of the 20th century, provoking many books and films. At least ten women claimed to be her, offering varying stories as to how she had survived. Anna Anderson, was maybe the best known Anastasia impostor.
MoriturusMoriturus · 1920
Moriturus
7.01920
MovieDramaMystery
A doctor who cannot figure out what is wrong with his patient refers him to a detective, whom he hopes will be able to discern the cause of his mysterious illness.
Flight Around the WorldFlight Around the World · 1925
Flight Around the World
6.31925
MovieAdventure
A spectacular action-adventure travelogue with stages in Genoa, Suez, Colombo, Singapore, Canton, Yokohama, Honolulu, San Francisco, New York and Brest.

Filmography

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Little AngelLittle Angel · 1914
Little Angel
6.11914
Movie
Engelein is a comedy of deliberately mistaken identity. If Jesta, a 17-year-old, can play the part of a 12-year-old, her family will gain a large inheritance from a rich uncle from Chicago. Her unruly “play-acting” for the uncle is preceded by an earlier incident in the film that results in Jesta being evicted from her girl’s school. Wearing a long, woman’s skirt, she climbs up a ladder and onto a thatched roof. She reaches over the top of the wall to kiss her boyfriend, who appears from the other side. However, Jesta is caught by the headmistress, and her forced descent is precipitous. Pulled downward, she reveals a great deal of a black-stockinged leg. She looks distinctly sexual as she falls into the matrimonly arms of the law, whose duty is to enforce the rules of female decorum.

Peter J. Schneider

Roswolsky's MistressRoswolsky's Mistress · 1921
Roswolsky's Mistress
10.01921
MovieDrama
Mia Verhag loses her job as a chorus singer when she rejects the advances of the theatre director. While she is in the grips of despair, she encounters the millionaire Roswolsky, who takes her to his luxurious house and gives her a key to the garden gate, allowing her to visit the surrounding park whenever she pleases. This chance meeting sends rumours flying everywhere, and soon Mia appears on the front pages of all the newspapers as Roswolsky’s mistress. The city’s merchants and creditors compete to lend her money, and she lands the leading role in the theatre’s new production. There, she falls in love with Count Albich – but, believing the rumours, he avoids her. Mia follows him to Monte Carlo, while Roswolsky himself falls genuinely in love with her and plots to take Albich out of the running. A grand drama is set to unfold.