Marta Flantz, also spelled Flanz (1885 â 1938) was a Polish German-speaking actress and film director. She was among the first women in Poland to direct a feature film.
Marta Flantz was born in 1885. She studied acting in Vienna with Max Reinhardt; she acted in German. Flantz was married to the film director Bolesà Âaw Land. Together with Nina Niovilla, Stanisà Âawa Perzanowska (co-director of Jego wielka mià Âoà ÂÃÂ; 1936) and Wanda Jakubowska, she was one of four women who directed full-length feature films in the interwar Poland.
In 1929, Flantz played the title role in The Morality of Mrs. Dulska (1930) â the first Polish sound film, an adaptation of Gabriela Zapolska's play with the same title. Flantz was also a co-director of the sound scenes. Because she played in German, her role was dubbed. Her acting received favorable reviews.
In the 1930s, Flantz joined the Leo-Film production company ran by Maria Hirszbein. Flantz, together with Bolesà Âaw Land, wrote the screenplay for Prokurator Alicja Horn (1933), based on the novel by Tadeusz Doà ÂÃÂga-Mostowicz. Flantz also directed the film together with Michaà  Waszyà Âski. Two years later, she was the sole director of the romantic comedy Kochaj tylko mnie produced by Leo-Film. The main roles were played by: the debutante Lidia Wysocka, Kazimierz Junosza-StÃÂpowski, Michaà  Znicz, Witold Zacharewicz and Helena Grossówna. The film followed love affairs of a theater star.
Flantz died in 1938.