Elsa Bassermann
Also Known As: Else Bassermann, Hans Hennings
Biography: Elsa Bassermann (born Elsa Sarah Schiff; January 14, 1878 – May 30, 1961) was a German screenwriter, stage and film actress. She was married to Albert Bassermann and often acted with him. As she was Jewish, the couple had to leave Nazi Germany and go into exile in Switzerland and the United States. She later returned to Germany, where she died in 1961. From Wikipedia.
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Leipzig, Saxony, German Empire [now Germany]
Adult: No
Birthday: January 14, 1878
Age: 147 years old
Gender: Female
Deathday: May 30, 1961
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Madame Curie
Overview: Poor physics student Marie is studying at the Sorbonne in 1890s Paris. One of the few women studying in her field, Marie encounters skepticism concerning her abilities, but is eventually offered a research placement in Pierre Curie's lab. The scientists soon fall in love and embark on a shared quest to extract, from a particular type of rock, a new chemical element they have named radium. However, their research puts them on the brink of professional failure.
Genres: Drama Romance History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1943-12-16
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Escape
Overview: An American goes to pre-war Germany to find his mother and discovers her in a concentration camp. With the help of an American-born widowed countess he seeks to engineer her escape.
Genres: Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1940-11-01
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Desperate Journey
Overview: During WWII, when an allied bomber is shot down over Germany, the five surviving crew are captured but cleverly escape detention after learning German secret information and knocking out a Nazi major. With the angry major in hot pursuit, aided by military personnel, Gestapo agents and Hitler-loyal citizens, the five wend their way across perilous Germany, intent on reaching the UK with the secrets they have learned.
Genres: War Adventure Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1942-09-26
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Last Love
Overview: A middle aged composer returns to Vienna after ten years in America, falls in love with a Japanese student and writes his last opera for her.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1935-02-27
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Lucrezia Borgia
Overview: Rodrigo Borgia, Pope Alexander VI, has three adult children: Juan, who is virtuous and has a sweetheart who is a woman of the people, Lucrezia, who is virtuous and wants to marry Alfonso, and Cesare, who is wicked and lusts after Lucrezia, Juan's girlfriend, and probably others. Cesare has vowed to kill any suitor for Lucrezia's love, and he has three thugs to carry out his wishes. Bodies fall into the Tiber, into the Colosseum (with lions prowling), and onto the Vatican floors.
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Original Language: de
Release Date: 1922-10-20
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I Was a Criminal
Overview: Aka Passport to Heaven. In Prussia shoemaker Voight needs a residence permit to get a job, but can only get a job if he already has a permit. He dons a captain's uniform to order a platoon of soldiers to Koepenick to take over the Town Hall to get his permit.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1941-01-01
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A Woman Branded
Overview: Toni van Eyck became known with her leading role in this early "Aufklärungsfilm" (education film) Gefahren der Liebe/A Woman Branded (Eugen Thiele, 1931) opposite Hans Stüwe. She played a rape victim, who finally becomes a murderess.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1931-04-15
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Der eiserne Wille
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Original Language: de
Release Date: 1917-12-05
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Du sollst keine anderen Götter haben
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Original Language: de
Release Date: 1917-09-14
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Herr und Diener
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Original Language: de
Release Date: 1917-01-01
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Die Söhne des Grafen Dossy
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Original Language: de
Release Date: 1920-05-07
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Lorenzo Burghardt
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Original Language: de
Release Date: 1918-12-13
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Die Brüder von Zaarden
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Original Language: de
Release Date: 1918-08-10
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Dr. Schotte
Overview: A doctor's marriage to a single mother comes unravelled.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1918-08-30
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Urteil des Arztes
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Original Language: de
Release Date: 1914-12-13
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Der letzte Tag
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Original Language: de
Release Date: 1913-09-19
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Vater und Sohn
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Original Language: de
Release Date: 1918-07-26
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Die Stimme
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Original Language: de
Release Date: 1920-03-26
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Der letzte Zeuge
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Original Language: de
Release Date: 1919-08-08
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Die Duplizität der Ereignisse
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Original Language: de
Release Date: 1920-01-01
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Der Mutter Augen
Overview: Silent film
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 1913-03-14
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Dolls of Death
Overview: Crime film based on Nikolaus Lenau's poem "Die Marionetten."
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 1920-01-01
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