 In 1931 she joined , a newly formed theatre group created from the communist cell in the .The originator and leader of "Truppe 1931" was an actor-impresario called Gustav von Wangenheim, whom Inge would later marry.Wangenheim had himself made a name as a silent film actor (his most remembered role would be as Thomas Hutter in Nosferatu, a cult, silent horror film made in 1922).