Hector Abbas
Also Known As: not available
Biography: Biography not available
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands
Adult: No
Birthday: November 09, 1884
Age: 140 years old
Gender: Male
Deathday: November 11, 1942
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The Wandering Jew
Overview: Old Jerusalem: Matathias, spiteful over his lover's illness, spits on Jesus along the road to Calvary, and is cursed to live endlessly until His return. The Crusades, 1150: Matathias, now an anonymous knight, competes for glory in combat and for the wife of a soldier. Palermo, 1290: Matteos Battadios witnesses the death of his young son, leading to conflict with his wife over whether to take comfort in Christianity. Seville, 1560: Dr Matteos Battadios dedicates himself to the treatment and comfort of the poor, but his life and work are endangered by the arrival of the Spanish Inquisition.
Genres: Drama Fantasy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1933-11-15
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The Roof
Overview: Inspector Darrow investigates the death of a wealthy man.
Genres: Mystery Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1933-01-01
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Fate's Plaything
Overview: Dolores gets a marriage proposal from the promising young doctor Lucas, but on the day of their marriage, she leaves him in the lurch and takes off with the South American dancer and adventurer Hugo Amadis. But Hugo treats her badly. Dolores leaves Hugo and begins a career as a dancer to make ends meet for her and her son. One day, the son gets sick, and the doctor who helps the child through the crisis is Doctor Lucas. Lucas and Delores decide to start over.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1920-05-10
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The First Men in the Moon
Overview: The inventor of a space sphere flies to the moon and is marooned by a crooked financier.
Genres: Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1919-05-29
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The Man Who Made Diamonds
Overview: “Professor Calthrop, actuated only by scientific motives, and his assistant, out for his own gain, have invented a system for the manufacture of diamonds.” - BFI.
Genres: Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1937-12-06
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'Pimpernel' Smith
Overview: Eccentric Cambridge archaeologist Horatio Smith takes a group of British and American archaeology students to pre-war Nazi Germany to help in his excavations. His research is supported by the Nazis, since he professes to be looking for evidence of the Aryan origins of German civilisation. However, he has a secret agenda: to free inmates of the concentration camps.
Genres: Adventure Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1941-07-28
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The Common Touch
Overview: On the death of his father, an eighteen-year old leaves school to take over the family firm in the City of London. Realising the other directors want to keep him in the dark he starts asking questions, and is soon undercover as a down-and-out in a hostel which will disappear if a company building project goes ahead.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1941-11-15
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Bolibar
Overview: Hessian officers' flirtations with an artist's daughter accidentally give signals to the attacking English.
Genres: War Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1928-06-26
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The School for Scandal
Overview: Charles, Joseph and Sir Benjamin are in love with Maria and Lady Sneerwell is in love with Charles.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1930-09-05
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Madame Guillotine
Overview: During the French Revolution, a revolutionary falls in love with and marries an aristocratic woman.
Genres: Romance History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1931-02-19
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Gypsy Melody
Overview: Due to a complex series of events a Guards Officer in a small European country is imprisoned. He manages to escape in the company of an idiotic milliner and they briefly take shelter with some gypsies, where the Captain falls in love with a young woman. Having been discovered by an American promoter while performing with gypsy orchestra in a tavern, the three accompany him to London as the latest new musical sensation. A great success, they begin a European-wide tour when their plane is forced down by bad weather in their homeland. Here events are satisfactorily resolved.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1936-07-27
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One of Our Aircraft Is Missing
Overview: On its way back from a raid on the city of Stuttgart, Germany, a British bomber is shot down over Nazi-held Holland. Parachuting into Dutch farmlands under cover of darkness, the six-member crew connects with members of the local resistance, who shelter the Brits from their Nazi inquisitors as they make their way towards freedom.
Genres: War Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1942-04-24
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Old Mother Riley's Circus
Overview: Mother Riley takes over a circus on the point of closing down, and makes it a success.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1941-12-10
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The Wandering Jew
Overview: 'The legend of the Wandering Jew, condemned to walk the earth until the Second Coming.' (British Film Institute)
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1923-05-01
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Rembrandt
Overview: A character study depicting the life of Rembrandt Van Rijn at the height of his fame in the mid 1600s. Beginning with the death of his wife, Rembrandt's work takes a dark turn, which offends many of his patrons.
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1936-11-06
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A Prince of Lovers
Overview: Lord Byron's wife leaves him after a jealous lady plots his ruin.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1922-06-01
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