Dita Parlo

Dita Parlo is a popular actress who starred mainly with French and German directors. In Hollywood, despite all her efforts, she failed to achieve great popularity, in addition, her human and creative fate had a huge negative impact on the Second world war. The real name of the actress is Greta Gerda Kornstedt, she was born on September 4, 1906 in the town of Szczecin. At that time it was part of Germany, now it is part of Poland. After graduating from high school, the girl studied acting at the more

Dita Parlo is a popular actress who starred mainly with French and German directors. In Hollywood, despite all her efforts, she failed to achieve great popularity, in addition, her human and creative fate had a huge negative impact on the Second world war.
The real name of the actress is Greta Gerda Kornstedt, she was born on September 4, 1906 in the town of Szczecin. At that time it was part of Germany, now it is part of Poland.
After graduating from high school, the girl studied acting at the drama school at the UFA film studio. Her film debut took place in 1928, when she starred in German. Return to Homeland under the pseudonym Dita Parlo. The 30s of the last century, when it was in demand by both French and German directors, became truly stellar for Dita: "Abduction" "Mr. Broadway", "Mademoiselle Doctor", "Courier of Lyons", "Ultimatum", "Gold of Cristobal". But she was most famous for her participation in the filming of Jean Vigo’s melodrama Atalanta (1934) and Jean Renoir’s film about the war The Great Illusion (1937).
Shortly before the outbreak of World War II, Dita left for America, but her debut in Hollywood was not the most successful and she returned to France. It was assumed that the actress will star in the film Orson Welles “Heart of Darkness”, but the shooting was canceled, and Dita herself, as a German citizen, was sent to Germany. Later, she was interned, and she was sent first to the Drancy camp, and then to the Poitiers.
Her last works in cinema were supporting roles in the paintings of Andre Cayata. "Justice is done" and Leonard Keigel "The Queen of Spades", filmed in 1965 based on the works of A. S. Pushkin.

Dita Parlo died in Paris on December 13, 1971 at the age of 65. During her lifetime, she starred in thirty-one films. /