11-06-1870
Birthday
Gemini
Zodiac Sign
-
Genres
43
Total Films
Also known as (male)
Oberplanitz [now Zwickau] , Saxony, Germany
Place of Birth
11-06-1870
Birthday
Gemini
Zodiac Sign
-
Genres
43
Total Films
-
Also Known As (male)
Oberplanitz [now Zwickau] , Saxony, Germany
Place of Birth
actor
43 Works
producer
0 Works
director
7 Works
writer
0 Works
other
0 Works
The Journey to Tilsit
A villager is tempted by a sophisticated city woman and almost kills his wife in a boating accident.Year:
1939
Die Frau ohne Vergangenheit
Year:
1939
Water for Canitoga
In the spring of 1905, the water conduit project in the Canadian city of Canitoga is set to be completed. For years, the completion had been marred by sabotage. Engineer Oliver Montstuart commands the last blasting operation. But again, the explosive charge is too large and thus, further construction is forestalled again. When Montstuart confronts foreman Westbrook, the foreman threatens him with a knife. In self-defence, Montstuart shoots him. Now, he has to flee.Year:
1939
Bel Ami
Shortly after being demobilized, Georges Duroy becomes aware of his power over women in the arms of Rachel, a young singer. Thanks to his good looks and his charming manners and his unabashed cynicism he will rapidly rise to the top by courtesy of women women (Mme Walter, Clotilde, Madeleine), from journalist to member of Parliament to cabinet minister. But it is also the fair sex that will cause his fall in the end.Year:
1939
Mordsache Holm
Year:
1938
My Son the Minister
Sylvia has succeeded in making her son Robert a minister in the French Republic. His old servent, Gabriel, interrupts the young man during an "erotic" conference with the singer Betty. She's there, because her politically inappropriate songs is about to get her banned from the stage, which the minister would like to prevent. A fight breaks out between Robert and Gabriel and Sylvia, his mother, has to confess to Robert, that Gabriel is actually his father. When the minister once again misbehaves, this time at a ball, his servant and father Gabriel decides that the time has come to slap his son in everyone's presence. Robert is forced to resign and a journalist from the People's Front suggests Gabriel for the post of minister. - The film was classified after the end of the german third empire as a reservation film.Year:
1937
Fridericus
In 18th century Europe, King Friedrich II of Prussia leads his army through the seven-years-war with neighboring states, and after numerous near defeats, eventually brings a victorious army back to Berlin.Year:
1937
The Emperor of California
The film follows the life story of Johann Augustus Suter, the owner of Sutter's Mill, famous as the birthplace of the great California Gold Rush of 1848.Year:
1936
The Final Chord
After her husband dies, a German woman who gave up her infant for adoption to emigrate to America returns to Germany, discovering that her child is being raised by a married orchestra conductor.Year:
1936
Artisten
A Harry Piel adventure in the circus milieu: the famous artist Harry trains with the young Hella Stoll, whom he has been raising after the accidental death of her parents. In the interim, now grown up Hella has secretly fallen in love with Harry, but, for the moment, he only has eyes for the seductive Vera Leander. Only a serious accident, which has almost cost Harry his life, brings him back to his senses. Unhappy Hella, however, has already left the circus. Searching for her, Harry has to battle a wild elephant and bring a criminal to justice. But finally, he finds Hella and can admit to his love for her.Year:
1935
The Red Rider
Year:
1935
Ein Kind, ein Hund, ein Vagabund
Year:
1934
Mother and Child
Consul Petersen and his wife are desperate, because they lost their only child and can’t have another. At the same time, the maid Anna is expecting a child, whose father, Jurgen, works in a sawmill. When both of them lose their jobs, they fear they won’t be able to feed the newborn. Thus, they strike a deal with the Petersens, which works for both couples: Anna and Jurgen will receive a farm from the Petersens, free and clear; and the two will allow the Petersens to adopt the child. Anna and Jurgen marry and are quite happy; but when the child is finally born, Anna doesn’t wish to surrender him and flees with the child into the Wattenmeer.Year:
1934
There Is Only One Love
Year:
1933
The Testament of Dr. Mabuse
After a detective is assaulted by thugs and placed in an asylum run by Professor Baum, he observes the professor's preoccupation with another patient, the criminal genius Dr. Mabuse the hypnotist. When Mabuse's notes are found to be connected with a rash of recent crimes, Commissioner Lohmann must determine how Mabuse is communicating with the criminals, despite conflicting reports on the doctor's whereabouts, and capture him for good.Year:
1933
Marshal Forward
Year:
1932
The Heath Is Green
A forest ranger, after spending years tracking down a poacher, is taken aback to learn the man is the father of his beloved.Year:
1932
Trenck - Der Roman einer großen Liebe
Year:
1932
Jonny Steals Europe
Year:
1932
Bombs Over Monte Carlo
The captain of a battleship of a small Balkan country is fed up with following strange orders from the country's queen.Year:
1931
The Theft of the Mona Lisa
This German crime drama was based on a true story. Willy Forst stars as a poverty-stricken Italian glazier who falls in love with French hotel maid Rosa Valletti. Struck by the girl's resemblance to Leonardo Da Vinci's Mona Lisa, Forst manages to steal the painting from the Louvre in hopes of impressing his sweetheart. But when the girl proves to be a fickle sort, the crestfallen hero confesses his crime and is carted off to jail. Unwilling to admit that he'd been led astray by a woman, Forst claims that he stole the Mona Lisa to restore it to his native Italy, and as a result is hailed as a national hero! Raub der Mona Lisa was distributed in the U.S. by RKO Radio, under the title The Theft of the Mona Lisa.Year:
1931
1914
The film focuses on the leadership of the Great Powers of Europe in the days leading up to the outbreak of the First World War.Year:
1931
A Student's Song of Heidelberg
A long time ago, John Miller emigrated from Germany to America. Now he wants his daughter Elinor to get to know his old homeland and sends her off to Heidelberg, where she is to study for a year. Pretty soon, the pretty young girl is in demand among the young men in town. Especially the students Dahlberg and Bornemann try to win Elinor's heart.Year:
1930
The girl from USA
Year:
1930
Dangers of the Engagement
A man unknowingly falls madly in love with the fiancé of a close friend who has twice saved his life.Year:
1930
The Mistress and Her Servant
Year:
1929
Der Ruf des Nordens
Peter Helling, the only survivor of a polar expedition, returns once more to the eternal ice. Why he calls his fate out again, what has happened? At that time he had set out with his best friend Svensson, to search for the missing friend of the woman they both love and for which they fought. In desperation, the men drag through the deep snow and the icy Arctic storms.Year:
1929
Narkose
Young Angélique has a crush on the famous writer René Vernon. One night she follows him, sleeps with him and becomes pregnant. Years later, she meets Vernon again, but he doesn't recognize her...Year:
1929
Männer ohne Beruf
A police deputy in Paris have a lead on an international gang into trafficking. The police dresses as a steward to tail the head of the gang to Marseille. On the ship he meets with Madeleine. A girl controlled by the traffickers.Year:
1929
Costly Homeland
A German mechanic considers emigrating to the United States, but changes his mind when he falls in love with a local woman.Year:
1929
The Brandenburg Arch
In the year 1914: The assistants of cobbler Lehmann compete for the affections of his daughter Frieda. Actually she’s in love with her ambitious cousin Fritz, but the cunning Franz knows how to string her along. When Fritz gets drafted, Frieda gives in and marries Franz. Soon Fritz is declared missing and the old cobbler dies of grief. Along the way Franz, who dodged the military service, earns his money with large-scale racketeering. Frieda is miserable. But then Fritz returns from Soviet captivity, prompting Frieda to divorce Franz. Finally Frieda accepts an inheritance from the USA and marries Fritz. With the money they open up a shoe store.Year:
1929
The Woman Men Yearn For
After a chance meeting at a train station, Henry and Stascha, unhappy with their circumstances, are determined to leave and be together.Year:
1929
The Crimson Circle
Police battle against a gang of blackmailers known as The Crimson Circle.Year:
1929
Schinderhannes
Year:
1928
Children's Souls Accuse You
Children's Souls Accuse You is a 1927 German silent drama film directed by Curtis Bernhardt and starring Albert Steinrück, Nathalie Lissenko and Walter Rilla. It was made with an anti-abortion theme.Year:
1927
Bismarck 1862 - 1898
Year:
1927
Der Mann aus dem Jenseits
Film by Manfred Noa.Year:
1926
I.N.R.I. – A Film of Humanity
From the director of Cabinet of Dr. Caligari, this is the Passion embedded in a contemporary story. An anarchist jailed for an attempted assassination is told the Passion story by the prison chaplain.Year:
1923
The Ghost With the Deadly Kiss
The good citizens of a small Austrian town are all aquiver; the schoolmaster has published a brochure in which can be read, black on white, the story of the 'dead guest,' in whose embrace the town's prospective brides found death. But worst of all, the writer of the brochure has plausibly concluded that the 'dead guest' will return this very year! A copy of this film is conserved in the Centre national du cinéma et de l’image animée (CNC).Year:
1922
Evening – Night – Morning
Cheston, a millionaire, is looking after Maud, a beautiful woman from the 'demimonde'. Her brother, Brilburn, forces her to ask her rich admirer for an expensive piece of jewelry. Cheston buys a precious pearl necklace. Lost film.Year:
1920
Der Dieb
Year:
1918
Das Tagebuch des Apothekers Warren
Year:
1918
Lotteken's Campaign
a silent movie by Bruno ZienerYear:
1915
