Ernst Matray
Also Known As: not available
Biography: Hungarian actor, director and choreographer.
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Budapest, Hungary
Adult: No
Birthday: May 27, 1891
Age: 133 years old
Gender: Male
Deathday: November 12, 1978
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Teufelchen
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Original Language: de
Release Date: 1915-11-01
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Hilde Warren and Death
Overview: Hilde Warren, a famous actress, is impregnated by a convicted murderer and becomes plagued by visions of Death. Upon discovering her child is the image of its criminal father, Hilde must decide whether to allow it to live, or to kill it and risk the embrace of Death himself.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1917-08-31
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Nathan der Weise
Overview: Silent movie adaptation of Lessing's play. Set in Jerusalem during the Third Crusade, it describes how the wise Jewish merchant Nathan, the enlightened sultan Saladin and the (initially anonymous) Templar bridge their gaps between Judaism, Islam and Christianity.
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1922-12-28
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A Venetian Night
Overview: The young Anselmus Aselmeyer fulfilled a long cherished dream: He travels to Venice, the city of his dreams. Once there, the porter Pipistrello directs him immediately to the hotel of his boss, and Anselmus lands in the middle of a wedding party. Mestre Mangiabene, a wealthy oilman, marries the beautiful but completely depleted Marchesina dei Bisognosi. But the secretly loves an officer.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1914-04-15
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Mein Name ist Spiesecke
Overview: Slapstick farce about a man who falls in love with a circus woman.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1914-05-21
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The Island of the Blessed
Overview: Max Reinhardt’s second and last silent film. It tells the story of two young girls (Cheerful & Shy) who, in order to escape their father’s authority, reaches an island of wonder filled with gods, nymphs, fauns and other creatures.
Genres: Romance Comedy
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1913-10-03
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Sugar and Cinnamon
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Genres: Comedy
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1915-05-28
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The Miracle
Overview: When a wayward nun, Megildis, deserts her convent with a knight, a statue of the Virgin Mary comes to life and takes place of Megildis, who makes her way through the world and its many vicissitudes.
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 1912-12-21
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The Phantom of the Opera
Overview: Das Phantom der Oper was a 1916 silent film. The film, also known as Das Gespenst im Opernhaus, is notable for being the first film adaptation of the 1910 novel The Phantom of the Opera by Gaston Leroux. The film is now believed to be a lost film. No copies, photographs or even a poster of the film remain. All that is known is that it was made in Germany in autumn 1915, directed by Ernst Matray, starring Nils Chrisander as the Phantom and Aud Egede-Nissen as Christine, and Raul played by director Ernst Matray.[1]
Genres: Horror Drama
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1916-01-01
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Marionetten
Overview: A puppeteer fall asleep after a performance of his marionette theater and dreams that his protagonists, Pulcinello, Pierrot and Pierette, have made off with a bag of money. In his dream, the three have freed themselves from the ropes on their bodies and limbs and are beginning to lead a life of their own.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1915-08-27
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