Vera Hartegg (28 May 1902 – 1 October 1981) was a German writer and stage and film actress.Giesen p. 231 She was the daughter of the famous writer, diplomat, secret councilor and impostor Ernst von Hesse-Wartegg and his long-time mistress, actress Elvira Weiss (stage name Ella Kobold).Hans Michael Hensel: "Wer war Ernst von Hesse Wartegg?" (in German) The fact that she was Hesse-Wartegg's only child was only revealed through intensive research by a journalist in 2012.Hans Michael Hensel: Ernst von Hesse-Wartegg: Wer war der Autor von „Siam. Das Reich des weißen Elefanten“? ("Who Was The Author of “Siam. The Kingdom of The White Elephant"?") – Online here (abridged version): http://thailandtip.info/2012/07/09/ernst-von-hesse-wartegg-wer-war-der-autor-von-siam-das-reich-des-weissen-elefanten/ Hartegg hadn't mentioned her parents' names in her autobiography, which was a bestseller in Germany during the 1960s and 1970s with numerous editions.
Selected filmography All Because of the Dog (1935) By a Silken Thread (1938) The Woman at the Crossroads (1938) A Woman Like You (1939) Liberated Hands (1939) The Fire Devil (1940) Wunschkonzert (1940)
Books Es ist nicht gelogen. Der Roman einer Schauspielerin. ("It is Not a Lie. An Actress' Novel.") Berlin 1938. Autobiographical Novel. Warum. ("Why.") Berlin 1940. Novel Oriane. Berlin 1941. Novel Ein Glücksrad dreht sich in Paris. ("A Wheel of Fortune Spins in Paris." Comedy in three acts, stage work) 1953. TV-movie 1958. Drei Väter und ich armes Kind. ("Three Fathers and me Poor Child") Munich 1961. (Autobiography pt. 1) Vornehmstes Haus am Platze. Lulus Memoiren. ("Most Noble House in the Place. Lulu's Memoir.") München 1964. (Autobiography pt. 2) Kleine Formen. ("Small Forms." Poems) Berlin 1974.
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Bibliography Giesen, Rolf. Nazi Propaganda Films: A History and Filmography. McFarland, 2003. Andreas Dutz, Elisabeth Dutz: Ernst von Hesse-Wartegg (1851–1918). Reiseschriftsteller, Wissenschaftler, Lebemann. Vienna 2017 (with a short biography about his daughter Vera Hartegg)
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