Gertrude Welcker
Also Known As: Gertrud Welcker, Gertrude Welker
Biography: Gertrude Welcker was a German stage and screen actress. From 1916 to 1919 she performed in Max Reinhardt theaters, Deutsches Theater Berlin, Kammerspiele, and Volksbühne. She made her film debut in "Hans Trutz in the Land of Plenty" in 1917. She ended her film career after 64 features in 1925. She stayed on a couple of years in the theatre. In 1941 she became a Red Cross nurse and escaped to Sweden as Gertud Carlsund.
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Dresden, Saxony, Germany
Adult: No
Birthday: July 15, 1896
Age: 128 years old
Gender: Female
Deathday: August 01, 1988
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Es werde Licht! 3. Teil
Overview: A tyrannical landowner terrorizes his wife and seduces the daughter of one of his employees.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1918-03-24
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Die Verführten
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Original Language: de
Release Date: 1919-01-01
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Hans Trutz in the Land of Milk and Honey
Overview: A stylized fairy tale in which a farmer sells his soul to Satan in exchange for prosperity.
Genres: Drama Fantasy Horror
Original Language: xx
Release Date: 1917-11-01
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The Chronicles of the Gray House
Overview: Hinrich, the son of a feudal German landowner, falls in love with the beautiful daughter of one of his father's serfs despite opposition from both families. But when he actually offers marriage to her, this is going too far. The return of his brother Detlev, with an unscrupulous aristocratic bride of his own and a rival claim to their father's estates, proves to be the trigger for tragedy.
Genres: History Drama
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1925-02-11
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Algol: Tragedy of Power
Overview: An alien from the planet Algol gives a man a device that creates enough energy to power the entire world.
Genres: Science Fiction Drama
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1920-09-03
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The Anthem of Love
Overview: The landlords Schwertdorn and Unruh are enemies. The children of the two parties, Joachim Schwertdorn and Lisa Unruh, love each other, but the enmity of their harsh fathers prevents their marriage.
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Original Language: de
Release Date: 1922-12-10
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Nocturno der Liebe
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Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1919-01-01
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When the Dead are Living Again
Overview: The story concerns a sculptor who visits a fishing village, where he marries a fisherman's daughter who dies in childbirth. Grief-stricken, he returns to the city, where in a Vertigo-like moment he sees his dead wife's lookalike - an opera singer. He later becomes jealous and strangles her with the tresses of his dead wife.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: xx
Release Date: 1919-09-01
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Between Evening and Morning
Overview: A traumatized man returning home from war discovers that his wife has slipped into the underclass.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1923-08-03
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Zaida, die Tragödie eines Modells
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1923-10-08
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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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Die Minderjährige
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Original Language: de
Release Date: 1921-12-22
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The Woman House of Brescia
Overview: "The House of Pillory" - a place where the enemy women captured during wartime were imprisoned so that the people could exploit them as they wished.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1920-01-01
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Demon Circus
Overview: A triangle drama involving a female circus owner's favor has consequences. Paula Busch, the grande dame of German circus, depicts a story from the world of artists, tents and wagons. Deutsche Kinemathek holds a 35 mm print of the film.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1923-01-26
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Sturmflut des Lebens
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Original Language: de
Release Date: 1921-08-12
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Ehrenschuld
Overview: Returning home after a lengthy time at sea, a man must choose between his childhood sweetheart and another woman who was somehow involved with the untimely death of his brother.
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Original Language: de
Release Date: 1921-10-06
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Das Recht der freien Liebe
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1920-10-01
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Lady Godiva
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Original Language: de
Release Date: 1921-04-14
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Luise Millerin
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1922-08-21
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Der Tänzer
Overview: Andreas Rellnow decides to leave his troubled parents and pursue an artistic career. As a violin virtuoso, he quickly became popular and a first-class heart-breaker.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1919-09-06
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Dr. Mabuse, the Gambler
Overview: Dr. Mabuse and his organization of criminals are in the process of completing their latest scheme, a theft of information that will allow Mabuse to make huge profits on the stock exchange. Afterwards, Mabuse disguises himself and attends the Folies Bergères show, where Cara Carozza, the main attraction of the show, passes him information on Mabuse's next intended victim, the young millionaire Edgar Hull. Mabuse then uses psychic manipulation to lure Hull into a card game where he loses heavily. When Police Commissioner von Wenk begins an investigation of this mysterious crime spree, he has little to go on, and he needs to find someone who can help him.
Genres: Crime Thriller
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1922-04-27
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Mr. Wu
Overview: Operette-like oriental fantasy about a forbidden love between en english boy and a chinese girl.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1918-09-29
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Evening – Night – Morning
Overview: Cheston, a millionaire, is looking after Maud, a beautiful woman from the 'demimonde'. Her brother, Brilburn, forces her to ask her rich admirer for an expensive piece of jewelry. Cheston buys a precious pearl necklace. Lost film.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1920-09-24
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Der Weltspiegel
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Genres: Drama Science Fiction
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1918-09-20
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Rafaela
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Genres: No genres available
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1917-01-01
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Eine Nacht in der Stahlkammer
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Genres: Crime
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1917-01-01
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Die Duplizität der Ereignisse
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Original Language: de
Release Date: 1920-01-01
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Götz von Berlichingen zubenannt mit der eisernen Hand
Overview: Adaptation of Goethe's historical play "Götz von Berlichingen and the Iron Hand", set in the Holy Roman Empire.
Genres: Adventure
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1925-10-13
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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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