The Mystery of Olga Chekhova (21 page)

21. Olga Chekhova directing her ex-husband Misha Chekhov in
Der Narr seiner Liebe (The Fool of L
ove, 1930).

22. Left: in
Die Nacht der Eintscheidung
(The
Night of Decision,1931
) with Conrad Veidt. later famous as Major Strasser in
Casablanca.

23. Olga in Liebelei (1931) by Max Ophüls.

24. Olga in
Der Favorit der Kaiserin
(
The Empress’s Favourite
, 1936) with Ada, her daughter by Misha Chekhov (right), and Adele Sandrock (left)

25. Top left: Lev Knipper. Lyuba and their son Andrei. 1931.

26. Top right: Lev Knipper in Red Army uniform. 1936.

27. Left: Lev Knipper, composer and NKVI) agent, 1938.

28. Olga Chekhova’s wedding to Marcel Robyns, Berlin. December 1936. Her sister Ada (left). her new mother-in-law and her daughter. Ada (front right).

29. Olga celebrates New Year 1938 surrounded by friends from the Babelsberg film studios.

30. Olga and Willi Forst in
Bel Ami
(1939).

31. Olga Chekhova with Hitler.

32. Olga’s lover Jep, the Luftwaffe fighter pilot in the Battle of Britain.

33. Ribbentrop’s reception, May 1939: (front row) Göring. Annelise von Ribbentrop, Hitler and Olga Chekhova. Field Marshal Keitel is behind Hitler.