Essays

Berthe Dagmar

Spiers, Aurore

Best known for acting with wild animals in short comic and Western adventure films in France in the 1910s, Berthe Dagmar was also the co-director—with her husband, Jean Durand—of at least three feature films: Palaces (1927), L’Ile d’amour (1928), and La Femme rêvée (1929). For Dagmar, as for many women film pioneers, being close to one of the most popular male filmmakers of the silent era was both a blessing and a curse. While she gained access to opportunities behind the camera through her acting roles in Durand’s films, her work as a director (and possibly as a producer and writer) has remained largely obscured.

Files

  • thumnail for Berthe Dagmar – Women Film Pioneers Project.pdf Berthe Dagmar – Women Film Pioneers Project.pdf application/pdf 461 KB Download File

More About This Work

Academic Units
Film
Libraries
Series
Women Film Pioneers Project
Published Here
August 14, 2023

Notes

The filmography was updated in July 2024.