
Acting
Esther Carena
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.
Filmography

Der Frauenkönig
Film · 1923

Die Diktatur der Liebe. 1. Die böse Lust
Film · 1921

Die Diktatur der Liebe. 2. Die Welt ohne Liebe
Film · 1921

Das neue Paradies
Film · 1921

Der Schrei des Gewissens
Film · 1920

Wenn Colombine winkt
Film · 1920

The Vampire
Film · 1920

Der Sünde Sold
Film · 1920

Ich klage an
Film · 1919

Die von der Liebe leben
Film · 1919

Women Who Shouldn't Get Married
Film · 1919

Das Gift der Odawara
Film · 1918

Die Geschichte eines Spitzentuches
Film · 1918

Die sprechende Hand
Film · 1918

Ikarus, the Flying Man
Film · 1918

Sein Todfeind
Film · 1918

Die Geisterjagd
Film · 1918

Zur Strecke gebracht
Film · 1917

Der stumme Zeuge
Film · 1917

Die Peitsche
Film · 1916