Esther Carena

Biography

The daughter of a German father and Spanish mother, she studied medicine for one semester and trained in an Italian acrobat troupe. Until 1916 she lived mostly in Italy and performed there in stage sketches. In 1916 she came to Germany and was discovered by Swedish film actor and director Nils Olaf Chrisander. She was presented as a heroine in thrillers, dramas, and melodramas that were staged by Harry Piel at the end of the First World War. She designed many of her own costumes. In 1924 she married the set designer Franz Schroedter and retired from films.

Movies & TV Shows

1. Ikarus, the Flying Man (1918) — Clemence de Montignon
2. Zur Strecke gebracht (1917)
3. Der Schrei des Gewissens (1920)
4. Die von der Liebe leben (1919)
5. Wenn Colombine winkt (1920)
6. Die Diktatur der Liebe. 1. Die böse Lust (1921)
7. Die Diktatur der Liebe. 2. Die Welt ohne Liebe (1921)
8. Der stumme Zeuge (1917)
9. Der Frauenkönig (1923)
10. Women Who Shouldn't Get Married (1919) — Ada Haller
11. Sein Todfeind (1918)
12. Die Geisterjagd (1918)
13. Das Gift der Odawara (1918)
14. Die sprechende Hand (1918)
15. Die Geschichte eines Spitzentuches (1918)
16. Ich klage an (1919)
17. Die Peitsche (1916) — Bert
18. Das neue Paradies (1921)
19. The Vampire (1920)
20. Der Sünde Sold (1920)