Emil Rameau

Acting

Emil Rameau

Born — Died

1878-08-13 — 1957-10-09

Place of birth

Berlin, Germany

Known for

Acting

Credits

41 titles

Known for

Film credits

1940s · 15 titles

Gaslight poster
7.5

A newlywed fears she's going mad when strange things start happening at the family mansion.

Gaslight

1944

The Red Danube poster
6.7

A Russian ballerina in Vienna tries to flee KGB agents and defect.

The Red Danube

1949

Greenwich Village poster
6.7

In 1922, a would-be classical composer gets involved with people putting on a musical revue.

Greenwich Village

1944

The Conspirators poster
6.3

A guerilla leader falls in love with a mysterious woman in World War II Lisbon.

The Conspirators

1944

The Great Sinner poster
6.8

A young man succumbs to gambling fever.

The Great Sinner

1949

Two Sisters from Boston poster
6.3

Abigail Chandler has written her stuffy Boston relatives that she's a successful opera singer in New York. In reality, she works at a burlesque house and is billed as High-C Susie. When her sister Martha comes for a visit, Abigail tries to hide the truth from her.

Two Sisters from Boston

1946

The Lady Takes a Sailor poster
5.7

Jennifer Smith heads a "Consumer Reports"-type company and her reputation for honesty is her greatest asset. While out boating one day she encounters a secret prototype submarine piloted by Bill Craig. Trying to explain her absence after her boat sinks becomes very difficult as Bill and his cohorts attempt to discredit her story.

The Lady Takes a Sailor

1949

Where There's Life poster
6.4

In a far off country, their king is critically wounded after an assassination attempt and the only heir is a timid New York radio personality, Michael Valentine (Bob Hope). After reluctantly traveling to his father's homeland, Michael is not happy that he's become the target of the same terrorist organization that attacked the king.

Where There's Life

1947

Mission to Moscow poster
5.7

Ambassador Joseph Davies is sent by FDR to Russia to learn about the Soviet system and returns to the US as an advocate of socialism.

Mission to Moscow

1943

Time Out of Mind poster
5.6

The son of a wealthy Maine family shocks his relatives by announcing he wants to pursue a career in music.

Time Out of Mind

1947

The Ghost Goes Wild poster
6.0

Young artist Monte Crandell is being sued for an unauthorized caricature. To escape arrest, he disguises himself as a mystic, only to conjure up a genuine ghost during a seance. Things come to a head during his trial, where the invisible ghost takes the witness stand on Our Hero's behalf.

The Ghost Goes Wild

1947

So Dark the Night poster
6.1

Inspector Cassin, a renowned Paris detective, departs to the country for a much-needed break. There he falls in love with the innkeeper’s daughter, Nanette, who is already betrothed to a local farmer. On the evening of their engagement party, Nanette and the farmer both disappear. Cassin takes up the case immediately to discover what happened to them and who is responsible.

So Dark the Night

1946

The Main Street Kid poster
10.0

A young boy is struck by lightning, and discovers afterwards that he has the power of telepathy.

The Main Street Kid

1948

Sword in the Desert poster
7.5

First American film about the conflict between Jewish nationalists and the British in the creation of the state of Israel.

Sword in the Desert

1949

Scotland Yard Investigator poster
6.5

A London curator loses the Mona Lisa to a collector, who discovers it's a fake.

Scotland Yard Investigator

1945

1920s · 12 titles

No artwork available
7.0

No synopsis available yet.

Möblierte Zimmer

1929

No artwork available
9.0

No synopsis available yet.

Entblätterte Blüten

1920

Sklaven fremden Willens poster
10.0

When doctors fail to cure the young and beautiful Claire Raven, who for inexplicable reasons seems to have fallen under a spell, Professor Mors, an expert in the field of hypnosis, is called in to help.

Sklaven fremden Willens

1920

Lola Montez, the King’s Dancer poster
6.8

Deviating from the historical facts, Lola is introduced as a young Spanish “Gypsy” who becomes involuntarily embroiled in an attempt to poison the Infante of Spain (a short but splendid cameo by Heinrich George). As a result, she has to flee the country, arriving first in Italy, where she is taught how to act like a lady. Later, in Paris, she is invited to dance at the city’s prestigious opera house, becoming a worldwide sensation. She then becomes secretly involved in a revolutionary plot by Louis Napoléon, the future emperor of France. When the plot fails, Lola is once again forced to flee, this time to Munich, where she captures the attention of Ludwig I. Their ensuing affair arouses a great deal of hatred among the people and the establishment, however. In the end, Lola has no choice but to leave again, and vanishes into the night mist.

Lola Montez, the King’s Dancer

1922

No artwork available
9.0

A winter land romance as disaster strikes.

Wind

1920

Die Lieblingsfrau des Maharadscha poster
NR

The Maharaja of Odhapur goes on a trip to Europe and meet the young dancer Ellen Esmond. In her London accommodation, the Savoy Hotel, the Indian prince can prove to be a gallant gentleman and protect Ellen from an intrusive theatrical agent. The Maharaja asks the artist to entertain his guests the following evening with her dancing skills, including England's representatives in India. The maharaja is thrilled with both the person Ellen and her dance performances. His brother Bhima, who was always in the shadow of the Maharajah, drinks excessively and also is also magically attracted to Ellen Esmond.

Die Lieblingsfrau des Maharadscha

1921

The Four Devils poster
7.3

One out of three silent adaptations of the novella "Les quatre diables" written by Danish author Herman Bang. The most famous one, although unfortunately lost, is without any doubt F.W. Murnau's "4 Devils". This German version, by Danish director A.W. Sandberg, was done eight years prior to Murnau's American one, and was a big success at the time.

The Four Devils

1920

The German Song poster
8.0

No synopsis available yet.

The German Song

1928

Die Fürstin Woronzoff poster
9.0

In Russia shortly before the outbreak of the First World War, Princess Vorontsov (Ellen Richter) is in love with a high-ranking officer of the tsarist army. When he is murdered, she craves revenge. The leading suspect is a lawyer with ties to nihilist revolutionaries. On behalf of the secret police, she travels to Switzerland in order to gain his trust and facilitate his arrest. Too late she realizes that she has been toyed with all along. Her fiancé was not the man she thought she was.

Die Fürstin Woronzoff

1920

Faschingszauber poster
8.0

No synopsis available yet.

Faschingszauber

1927

No artwork available
NR

France in the first half of the 17th century, at the time of the Duke and all-powerful Cardinal Richelieu. The courtesan Marion Delorme falls in love with the nobleman Didier de Lassigny, although she is still with another nobleman at the time, the Marquis de Saverny. Marion then leaves the Marquis. This leads to a duel between the two aristocratic gentlemen, although duels were strictly forbidden in these circles by Richelieu. When this becomes known, Didier is put in chains and sentenced to death. Marion sacrifices herself for the sake of her new love, but the sacrifice is in vain. Didier, who refused to flee, is finally beheaded by order of the "red executioner" Richelieu.

Der rote Henker

1920

William Tell poster
5.8

William Tell (German: Wilhelm Tell) is a 1923 German silent adventure film directed by Rudolf Dworsky and Rudolf Walther-Fein and starring Hans Marr, Conrad Veidt and Erich Kaiser-Titz. The film portrays the story of the legendary Swiss national hero William Tell.

William Tell

1923

1910s · 10 titles

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