Dorothea Wieck
Also Known As: Dora Bertha Olavia Wieck
Biography: Dorothea Wieck, born Dora Bertha Olavia Wieck (3 January 1908 in Davos, Switzerland – 20 February 1986 in Berlin, West Germany), was a German theatre and film actress. Wieck launched her acting career on stage in 1924 and made her screen debut in German films in 1926, appearing in several silent films. She became widely known through her leading role in the 1931 film Mädchen in Uniform (Girls in Uniform). Her American film debut came in Cradle Song (1933). Wieck appeared in around 50 films and played on the stages of many large theatres, notably at the Deutsches Theater and the Schillertheater, Berlin. She also worked as a theatre director. After World War II, she appeared in films only in supporting roles, and she withdrew from films almost entirely in the early 1960s. In 1973, Wieck received the Film Ribbon in Gold of the Deutscher Filmpreis for long and outstanding achievements in German film.
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Davos, Switzerland
Adult: No
Birthday: January 03, 1908
Age: 117 years old
Gender: Female
Deathday: February 20, 1986
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A Mad Idea
Overview: A series of stupid coincidences causes the young Munich painter Paul to convert his uncle's castle into a hotel for four weeks. But he can't complain: business is good and he has plenty of guests. For exmple, there's Theo Muller with his revue troupe. For reasons of "sound", Muller calls himself "Miller", which, of course, causes more confusion. His daughter, the beautiful Evelyn, is confused with Mabel Miller, who has come to the hotel on a mission for her filthy rich father ... namely, to estimate the worth of the castle.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1932-05-12
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Mädchen in Uniform
Overview: A sensitive girl is sent to an all-girls boarding school and develops a romantic attachment to one of her teachers.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1931-11-27
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A Time to Love and a Time to Die
Overview: A German soldier home on leave falls in love with a girl, then returns to World War II.
Genres: Drama War Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1958-07-09
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Anna and Elizabeth
Overview: The two main people in the story are Anna, a young girl, who is thought of having the ability to heal people mysteriously. Elisabeth is a young - middle aged aristocratic woman, that is disabled and puts all her hopes in meeting Anna and having her disability heal by her. A strange ambivalent relationship develops between the two women.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1933-04-12
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I Lost My Heart in Heidelberg
Overview: The title alludes to the popular 1925 song I Lost My Heart in Heidelberg composed by Fred Raymond with lyrics by Fritz Löhner-Beda and Ernst Neubach. The film taps into the nostalgic reputation of Old Heidelberg.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1926-07-13
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Grand Hotel
Overview: Based on a book by Vicki Baum, all of the action takes place in one day in a luxury hotel in Berlin. Grusinkaya is a ballerina staying at the hotel, other guests include Baron von Gaigern a sophisticated thief, Otto Klingelein a dying man, Preysing a businessman, and a stenographer. Events intertwine the lives of these strangers, bringing them together for some dramatic moments.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1959-09-23
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Cradle Song
Overview: In a deeply cloistered convent, nun Dorothea Wieck (Mädchen in Uniform) raises a foundling to be Evelyn Venable. But at 17, what if, guided by a kindly doctor, she sees the world and finds love?
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1933-11-19
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Miss Fane's Baby Is Stolen
Overview: Miss Madeline Fane is a famous California screen star who has been devoted to her baby son Michael since her husband's death the previous year. One morning she awakens to find Michael has been kidnapped. After a day, she calls in the police, who instantly begin an all-out search.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1934-01-12
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Behind Monastery Walls
Overview: Thomas Holinka has returned home from war and captivity. In the absence of a suitable home, he finds himself in what seems to be an abandoned monastery. When the nuns return, a conflict is inevitable because Holinka is addicted to alcohol and gambling .
Genres: Drama
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1952-04-21
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Anastasia: the Czar's Last Daughter
Overview: In 1920, an unknown 24-year-old woman was fished out of Berlin's Landwehr kanal after a suicide attempt. Since she has no papers and no answers to any questions, they soon assign them to the insane asylum Dallendorf. A co-patient believes she recognizes the Czar's daughter Anastasia Romanowa - who apparently was the only one who survived the murder of the tsar's family in 1918.
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1956-09-26
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Andreas Schlüter
Overview: Historical drama portraying the life of German baroque architect Andreas Schlüter.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1942-09-11
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No Greater Love
Overview: Directed by Harald Braun and told from the perspective of Bertha von Suttner, the first female to receive the Nobel Peace Prize, The Alfred Nobel Story - No Greater Love chronicles the life of scientist, inventor, and businessman Alfred Nobel. Nobel built a massive fortune throughout his life, and while much if it was amassed by his inventions--dynamite being perhaps the most notable--he was also revered for his discoveries within the fields of science and economics. Upon his death, Nobel decided that his fortune was simply too great to continue in the form of an inheritance or single charitable donation, opting instead to use the money as reward for the greatest contributors to physics, chemistry, medicine, literature, and, of course, peace.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1952-02-29
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Das seltsame Leben des Herrn Bruggs
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1951-08-09
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The Student of Prague
Overview: Prague in the 1860s: Balduin is a popular, handsome student, the best fencer in town, in amicable rivalry with his friend Dahl for the affections of Lydia, the innkeeper's niece. While the students are celebrating Lydia's birthday, the opera singer Julia Stella arrives at the inn - and Balduin's life begins to unravel. He is immediately infatuated with the glamorous singer - but she is already kept by an admirer, the wealthy and foppish Baron Waldis. How can a poor student hope to compete? The mysterious Dr. Carpis, who also has ties to Julia and is jealous of the Baron, intervenes. But the price will be higher than Balduin can ever imagine. He risks his sanity and his life - perhaps his very soul - haunted by his own reflection.
Genres: Horror Fantasy
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1935-12-10
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Theodor Körner
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1932-10-03
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The Yellow Flag
Overview: An adventurer, Peter Diercksen, travels to South America to guide an expedition into the jungle. However, when the ship is quarantined he believes he has a serious disease. He does not accompany the trip, which runs into major problems.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1937-10-11
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Teilnehmer antwortet nicht
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1932-08-18
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Notes from a Gynecologist's Diary
Overview: After a carnival celebration, young Erika Hansen is offered a lift by two young men in a car. The men become abusive. Erika rushes out of the car and is seriously injured. She is brought to a gynecoligal clinic for an acute operation.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1959-03-24
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Brainwashed
Overview: Werner von Basil, a Austrian intellectual, was captured by the Nazis in 1938. They want to break him to confess smuggling. Without any mental sustenance, the only thing left to keep his mind busy is an old tactics book for chess.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1960-09-02
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Liebe kann lügen
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Genres: Romance
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1937-08-02
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Morgen wirst Du um mich weinen
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1959-09-30
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Elephant Fury
Overview: German big game hunter brings elephants back from Africa safely through enemy lines, but they go on a stampede in Berlin. Filming began during WWII in Germany, but production was stopped because story showed Third Reich police and military having problems coping with an elephant stampede; after the War, it got completed by its originator, and exported to the US with English dubbed, while removing all references to its 1940s German origins!
Genres: Action
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1953-10-12
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Trenck - Der Roman einer großen Liebe
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1932-10-27
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Das Forsthaus in Tirol
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Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1955-11-03
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Die unmögliche Frau
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1936-04-02
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Der Vierte kommt nicht
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Genres: Crime
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1939-03-09
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Die Revolution entläßt ihre Kinder
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1962-05-21
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Mordprozeß Dr. Jordan
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1949-10-26
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Dein Leben gehört mir
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Genres: Crime
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1939-10-31
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Kopf hoch, Johannes!
Overview: The exploits of a young German youth during World War II in Argentina.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1941-03-11
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City in the Fog
Overview: In the Danish port city of Belgesund, the caretaker of a private high school has fallen victim to murder. Detective Thomsen takes on the case and finds that behind the clean facade there are abysses. He has five suspects in mind: the teacher Berling, who is having a relationship with a student, the twin brother and sole heir of the murdered man, the murdered man's shady roommate, the primary school teacher Klaus Erikson and his brother Jakob.
Genres: Crime Mystery
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1950-03-03
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Der Froschkönig
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Genres: Fantasy
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1954-12-25
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Leb’ wohl, Christina
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1945-01-01
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Der Fremdenlegionär
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Genres: Adventure
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1928-03-01
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Inviati speciali
Overview: An Italian film from 1943.
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Original Language: it
Release Date: 1943-04-27
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Bäume sterben aufrecht
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Genres: Comedy
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1967-06-02
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Der Mann meines Lebens
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1954-03-26
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Roman einer Siebzehnjährigen
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1955-11-04
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Der stählerne Strahl
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Original Language: de
Release Date: 1935-01-29
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Die Nacht in Zaandam
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1960-02-11
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Maß für Maß
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Genres: Comedy
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1958-07-17
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Hast Du geliebt am schönen Rhein?
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Genres: Romance
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1927-11-07
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Countess Mariza
Overview: When Gräfin Mariza visits her country estate it is certainly an event. She gives a party to celebrate her engagement to a certain Koloman Zsupan, who unexpectedly shows up. Her authoritarian ways collide with Török, her manager. Based on Emerich Kálmán operetta.
Genres: Music Romance Comedy
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1932-09-15
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Sturmflut
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Original Language: de
Release Date: 1927-09-29
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