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Oscar Friedrich Werndorff

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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Oscar Friedrich Werndorff (1880–1938) was an Austrian art director. After leaving Germany in the early 1930s he moved to Britain where he worked in the British film industry. He co-directed the 1931 film The Bells.

30-05-1880

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Oscar Werndorf, O. P. Werndorff, O. Werndorff, Oscar Werndorff

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The Ware Case

The Ware Case

An aristocrat won't economize, then his rich brother in law is found murdered in the grounds of the aristocrat's house
6.3

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1938

Sabotage

Sabotage

Karl Anton Verloc and his wife own a small cinema in a quiet London suburb where they live seemingly happily. But Mrs. Verloc does not know that her husband has a secret that will affect their relationship and threaten her teenage brother's life.
6.7

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1937

East Meets West

East Meets West

The story of an Eastern sultan who is inordinately proud of his son. The young man bids fair to break his father's heart by conducting an affair with the wife of a notorious criminal.
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1936

Rhodes of Africa

Rhodes of Africa

Rhodes of Africa is a 1936 British biographical film charting the life of Cecil Rhodes. It was directed by Berthold Viertel and starred Walter Huston, Oskar Homolka, Basil Sydney and Bernard Lee.
6.0

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1936

Secret Agent

Secret Agent

After three British agents are assigned to assassinate a mysterious German spy during World War I, two of them become ambivalent when their duty to the mission conflicts with their consciences.
6.1

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1936

The Passing of the Third Floor Back

The Passing of the Third Floor Back

The tenants of an old London boarding house spend their time in petty bickering and sniping until a mysterious stranger arrives at their door.
7.6

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1935

The 39 Steps

The 39 Steps

Richard Hanney has a rude awakening when a glamorous female spy falls into his bed - with a knife in her back. Having a bit of trouble explaining it all to Scotland Yard, he heads for the hills of Scotland to try to clear his name by locating the spy ring known as The 39 Steps.
7.3

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1935

Heat Wave

Heat Wave

Musical comedy telling the hilarious story of greengrocer Albert Speed’s (Albert Burdon) adventures with would-be revolutionaries in a mythical South American banana republic. He becomes mistaken for a gun-runner, and problems arise when Albert begins using the names of vegetables as code words for weapons and ammunition that they are smuggling! Albert saves not only his own skin, but also those of the Presidente and his attractive daughter.
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1935

The Lady Is Willing

The Lady Is Willing

In this comedy-mystery, a private detective helps three businessmen get even with the man who misused their investments. The detective plans to kidnap the man's wife so he can get her signature and reclaim the money. The detective didn't plan on falling in love with the wife, but he does, and mayhem ensues.
6.0

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1934

Perfect Understanding

Perfect Understanding

A young couple decide to marry under the condition that they agree never to disagree. That agreement is soon put to the test when the husband finds himself attracted to a beautiful young woman.
6.1

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1933

Wedding Rehearsal

Wedding Rehearsal

The grandmother of a British nobleman, reluctant to marry, plays matchmaker. He outmaneuvers her by getting all of the matches married off .
4.6

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1932

The Bells

The Bells

Mathias, an Alsatian innkeeper, murders a rich Pole staying at his inn. However, Mathias' conscience will not let him rest, and the murdered man's spirit drives the innkeeper nearly mad. The victim's brother calls for an inquest and brings with him a sideshow hypnotist, who is supposedly able to read minds. Mathias, as burgomaster, is called upon to conduct the inquest, but under the intuitive eye of the hypnotist cannot resist torment of his own conscience.
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1931

City of Song

City of Song

A tourist guide in Naples is taken on by an English woman impressed by his singing, and who regards him as her protege.
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1931

The Singing City

The Singing City

A tourist guide in Naples is taken on by a Viennese woman impressed by his singing, and who regards him as her protege. This film was released as a German version and English Version known as "The City of Song". Brigitte Helm once portrays a beautiful femme fatale who displays her affection and lust for her tourist guide which is paralleled with the main bodied theme of the early romanticist songs played throughout.
5.7

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1930

Dark Red Roses

Dark Red Roses

David Cardew, a talented sculptor, lives an idyllic life in the English countryside with his wife, Laura, and their two children. But his happiness spoils as he becomes increasingly fixated on the idea that Laura is having an affair with a young cellist, Anton Falk. The three attend a fête where David watches Anton and Laura during a ballet about brutal and violent revenge - and his obsession begins to take an even darker turn....
0.0

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1929

The Wrecker

The Wrecker

The Wrecker is a British film that tells the story of a crook who organises train crashes to discredit the railway, in favour of a rival bus company. The stunts in this film were groundbreaking for 1920s British cinema A scene wich has been discribed as "the most spectacular rail crash in cinema history" was recorded by 22 cameras.
6.2

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1929

The Woman on the Rack

The Woman on the Rack

a silent movie by Robert Wiene
0.0

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1928

Ghost Train

Ghost Train

Mismatched travellers are stranded overnight at a lonely rural railway station. They soon learn of local superstition about a phantom train which is said to travel these parts at dead of night, carrying ghosts from a long-ago train wreck in the area. The travelers eventually get to the bottom of the things that go bump in the night.
8.0

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1927

Ledige Töchter

Ledige Töchter

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1926

One Does Not Play with Love

One Does Not Play with Love

The film is an adaptation of the 1834 play by Alfred de Musset, On ne badine pas avec l'amour. The film is considered to be a lost film.
0.0

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1926

Variety

Variety

The murderer “Boss” Huller – after having spent ten years in prison – breaks his silence to tell the warden his story.
6.8

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1925

Der Demütige und die Tänzerin

Der Demütige und die Tänzerin

Toni wants to become an opera-singer. Her mother was once simple chanteuse. Toni marries the brutal industrialist Liesegang. An Italian doctor falls in love with Toni. He want's to see Liesegang dead.
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1925

Don Carlos und Elisabeth

Don Carlos und Elisabeth

Don Carlos, heir to the Spanish throne, and Princess Elisabeth of Valois are deeply in love but King Philip, Carlos's father, wants Elisabeth for himself.
6.0

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1924