Biography: Veteran Austrian character actor, on stage from 1890. In films from 1912, with occasional forays into writing and directing. Mostly used for supporting roles, with the exception of a starring role in Haydns letzter Besucher (1939). The sound movie didn't constitute a problem for the experiences theater actor and he continued his successful career with Alfred Hitchcock's "Mary - Sir John greift ein!" (1930).
Place of Birth: Not available
Birthday: March 05, 1873
Deathday: December 26, 1949
Popularity:
1931-03-02
Overview: A juror in a murder trial, after voting to convict, has second thoughts and begins to investigate on his own before the execution. German version of "Murder."
Genres: Mystery Crime Thriller
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1931-03-02
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1932-10-03
Overview: A young woman born illegitimately comes to terms with the challenge of getting married.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1932-10-03
Popularity:
1939-08-04
Overview:
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1939-08-04
Popularity:
1921-09-12
Overview: "The Bear Joseph", so named because of a fight with a bear, is rescued by Wally, a farmer's daughter, from a dangerous situation in a vulture's nest. He then calls her "Geierwally". They fall in love. Wally's father disapproves of this romance. He has other plans for Wally.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1921-09-12
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1929-10-08
Overview:
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1929-10-08
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1934-05-17
Overview:
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1934-05-17
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1934-09-14
Overview:
Genres: Drama
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1934-09-14
Popularity:
1937-09-24
Overview: When the schoolgirl Kate defends her friend, she is expelled from school. To conceal the incident from her parents, she positions herself ill. Promptly she falls in love with the treating doctor who cures her sudden illness not only, but marries his patient also immediately. But Kate soon bores the life of a doctor's wife. So she decides to secretly catch her high school.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1937-09-24
Popularity:
1931-12-21
Overview: Ten years after the end of World War I, Austrian soldier Franz leaves Russia and returns to his village, where he is reunited with Frieda, a woman who believes he is her long-lost son. She seeks him out and greets him with such loving joy, that Franz doesn't have the heart to tell her the truth. He stays with her and when he gets to know his new girlfriend Annie, he begs her to hide his true identity from Annie. Annie, for her part, has seen through this charade already, but chooses to say nothing and to continue to care for Franz.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1931-12-21
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1933-01-01
Overview:
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1933-01-01
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1925-11-11
Overview:
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1925-11-11
Popularity:
1938-10-20
Overview:
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1938-10-20
Popularity:
1931-03-16
Overview: The two happy fitters Eddy and Tommy are doing overtime to ensure the great travel-exhibition of the department store they work in is ready for display. Outside, they see a poor newspaper seller, who looks longingly at the beautiful things in the display window. So they simply decide to smuggle the unfortunate inside and compete to win her favor by giving her gifts from the shelves of the department store. In their frenzy of happiness, they don’t notice that the girl is taking the fun little game for the truth. When she realizes that she has to give back the alleged gifts, she runs away.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1931-03-16
Popularity:
1937-12-10
Overview:
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1937-12-10
Popularity:
1931-10-21
Overview: Leopold Pichler is a very orderly and trustworthy chief cashier who is asked by his boss to get a large sum of money from the bank which the boss urgently needs on a trip to Vienna. Due to some circumstances, getting the money takes a little longer than expected and the director leaves for Vienna without it. But Pichler sees himself as a reliable man, and so he and his assistant Wittek follow the director to Vienna with the money kept in a bag. In Vienna, the two provincials however are mistaken for guests of the director and spend an evening at a posh night club. But when it transpires that the director actually won't come to the night club that evening, Pichler and Wittek have to pay the bill with the money from the bank. And their subsequent attempts at reimbursing the money lead to situations of ever-increasing hilariousness...
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1931-10-21
Popularity:
1936-02-28
Overview: After her Prime Minister Lord Melbourne arranges a marriage for her with the German Prince Albert, the young Queen Victoria decides to leave London and spend some time in Kent. While there she meets a handsome young German and falls in love, unaware that he is her intended husband Albert.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1936-02-28
Popularity:
1936-08-03
Overview: Composer Franz Schubert becomes involved with a family with three daughters, falling in love with the two blonds, first one, then the other; but will he notice the quiet brunet third daughter, who has fallen madly in love with him?
Genres: Romance
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1936-08-03
Popularity:
1938-02-08
Overview: A girl sneaks onto a ship and is discovered midseas.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1938-02-08
Popularity:
1939-05-21
Overview:
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1939-05-21
Popularity:
1940-02-07
Overview: Produced by the Nazis in honor of the 150th anniversary of Mozart's death: a celebration of his music, as the film shows him traveling to Prague for the Don Giovanni premiere and inspired by his wife to compose the finale.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1940-02-07
Popularity:
1940-09-26
Overview:
Genres: Music
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1940-09-26
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1919-11-13
Overview:
Genres: Drama
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1919-11-13
Popularity:
1923-10-29
Overview: Baruch Mayer, son of an orthodox rabbi from a poor shtetl in Galizia, decides to break with the family tradition and leave the shtetl to become an actor.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1923-10-29
Popularity:
1944-08-25
Overview: Blonde goddess Marika Rökk plays Julia Koster, a ravishing red-headed musical revue star and her opening number, "At Night It Isn't Right To Be Alone", playing to a packed theater, is both an eye-popper and a jaw-dropper.
Genres: Music Comedy Romance
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1944-08-25
Popularity:
1945-08-31
Overview: A wealthy man murders his wife, then marries a young woman who becomes suspicious of him.
Genres: Drama Crime
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1945-08-31
Popularity:
1919-08-02
Overview:
Genres: Drama
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1919-08-02
Popularity:
1949-07-31
Overview: Biopic about Ludwig van Beethoven.
Genres: Drama Music
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1949-07-31
Popularity:
1932-11-19
Overview: When Albers takes his drug-addicted opera star sister Gerda to a sanitarium, they both become targets of slimy dope peddler Peter Lorre, who fears that Gerda will blow the whistle on him. Lorre kidnaps the woman, leading Albers on a frantic chase.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1932-11-19
Popularity:
1931-12-11
Overview:
Genres: Romance
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1931-12-11
Popularity:
1927-08-16
Overview:
Genres: Romance
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1927-08-16
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