Mechthildis Thein
Mechthildis Thein, also Mechthild Thein Thein and Mathilde, (* 1888 in Braunschweig, † 13 May 1959 singing ) was a German actress of the silent film era.
Life
Thein was an actress at the theater in Frankfurt am Main and Berlin Palace Theatre and was the 1916 film. The " very slim, large, fragile, delicate Actress " initially took small roles in silent films pass Ionels diary and stone among stones, an adaptation of the eponymous play by Hermann Sudermann. Her first big success was the role of the worker Margot in the fourth part of the six-part film Homunculus, which was released in theaters in December 1916. Directed by Otto Rippert she played alongside Olaf Fønss, Friedrich Kühne and Theodor Loos.
In 1917 they filmed the movie fear among Robert Wiene's Director and in 1918 committed by Richard Oswald for the two- part film Jettchen Gebert's history. She took over the lead role of Jettchen Gebert, who is trapped in an unhappy marriage, but another loves. Also in The Ruby- Salamander by Rudolf Biebrach Thein 1918 was occupied in the leading role. The history of operetta singer Nelly sand, which is between two men, based on Paul Lindau's novel The Brothers. That same year she also turned with shadow survivors of EA Dupont a detective film. After 1918, Thein was occupied only in a few films in supporting roles. Your last two films Catherine the Great and Countess Walewska - here in the role of the scheming wife of Czytkowska - she turned 1920.
From the criticism Thein was mainly for their " noble, serene tranquility ', ie the upper middle class, ladylike gesture and the stylish ability to suffer " praised.