Sascha Gura
Birthday: 1896-06-09 Place of Birth: Munich, Bavaria, Germany
Synopsis
Silent movie star Sascha Gura was born in Munich in 1896. Born Eugenia Theresia Gura, she was the daughter of actor and singer Hermann Gura and the granddaughter of actor and singer Eugen Gura. Growing up in an artistic home it wasn’t long before Sascha’s talent was recognised. While still at the conservatoriumshe started singing professionally mainly in short operettas. At the same time she was spotted by Otto Rippert, the film director, who offered Sascha a part in his new film. This was followed by a several more films films exploring dark themes.
Acting
The Dance of Death
In this apparently lost film, a beautiful dancer's sexual allure is used by an evil cripple to entice men to their deaths. Falling in love with one of the potential victims, she is told by the cripple that he will set her free if her lover, actually a murderer himself, survives and escapes a bizarre labyrinthe which runs beneath the cripple's house.
