Marija Leiko

Acting

August 14, 1887 — February 3, 1938

Riga, Governorate of Livonia, Russian Empire [now Latvia]

13 movies

Biography

Latvian actress of the stage and screen. She was killed during the great purge in 1938.

🎬 Marija Leiko's Filmography

13 movies sorted by popularity

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Die Vase der Semirames

1918

8.0

Harlander, a media mogul and war profiteer, has been told that he has six months before his sanity will leave him completely. He hires a young nurse, and decides to spend all his money before his six months are up.

Die Kwannon von Okadera

1920

10.0

Christel, the beautiful, blonde daughter of the old master blacksmith Wangen, and the young, handsome student Fritz von Hohenstein have fallen in love. The two spend a happy, carefree time on the banks of the Rhine. This does not fit in at all with the concept of the court clerk Ensser, as the devious officer himself has his eye on the attractive blonde. When he asks for her hand in marriage, Christel immediately rejects him.

Am Rüdesheimer Schloss steht eine Linde

1928

Children of Darkness - 1. The Man from Naples

7.0

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Children of Darkness - 1. The Man from Naples

1921

5.4

John, a young man raised by his aunt, is in love with Anna, a servant girl who is going to have his baby. He is willing to marry her but his stern aunt wants him to marry a rich girl. To separate the lovers, she arranges for her nephew to be enrolled at a university in a distant town. She then has Anna sent away to live with Torgus the coffin maker and his mother where she will be secluded until the birth of the child. Torgus, a clumsy golem-esque sort of fellow, is immediately charmed by the beautiful girl and takes pity on her. Meanwhile, Anna anxiously awaits John's return.