Directing
Joe May
Born 1880-11-07 · Vienna, Austria-Hungary [now Austria]
Joe May, born Julius Otto Mandl, was a film director, screenwriter and producer. He was one of the pioneers of German cinema. In 1902 he married the actress Mia May, born Hermine Pfleger, and adapted her stage name as his. The same year their daughter Eva (1902-24) was born. In 1933 the family emigrated to USA.
Acting credits
Behind the camera
4.7A neglected Baroness falls in love with her oldest son's military officer friend, their adulterous romance leading the two to flee to Algeria.
Mother Hummingbird
1929
7.3Starring Betty Amann in her most famous leading role, Joe May's Asphalt is a luxuriously produced German Expressionist classic where tragic liaisons and fatal encounters are shaped alongside the constant roar of Berlin traffic.
Asphalt
1929
7.3Starring Betty Amann in her most famous leading role, Joe May's Asphalt is a luxuriously produced German Expressionist classic where tragic liaisons and fatal encounters are shaped alongside the constant roar of Berlin traffic.
Asphalt
1929
6.3The owner of a coal mining operation, falsely imprisoned for fratricide, takes a drug to make him invisible, despite its side effect: gradual madness.
The Invisible Man Returns
1940
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Die Gespensteruhr
1916
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Die Gespensteruhr
1916
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Ehre
1917
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Ehre
1917
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Die Ratte
1918
9.0Young love blossoms between a salesgirl and a handsome man on the French Riviera.
Companion Wanted
1932
A lady-in-waiting is to become the companion of a young lady at the splendid estate Amönenhof.
Der Amönenhof
1920
A lady-in-waiting is to become the companion of a young lady at the splendid estate Amönenhof.
Der Amönenhof
1920
Maria, an accountant at a factory, falls for Rudolph, who has his eyes set on the factory owner's daughter.
Das Opfer
1918
Maria, an accountant at a factory, falls for Rudolph, who has his eyes set on the factory owner's daughter.
Das Opfer
1918
Maria, an accountant at a factory, falls for Rudolph, who has his eyes set on the factory owner's daughter.
Das Opfer
1918
Billionaire Maud Fergusson lives happily with engineer Allan Stanley. Nothing stands in the way of their love wedding - except Maud's dark past. She has told Allan everything about herself, but he insists on knowing the name of her former seducer - otherwise he won't be able to marry her.
The Mistress of the World, Part VII: The Benefactress of Mankind
1920
7.0A young girl rents an apartment from a man who has recently enlisted in the Marines. The trouble is that he's given out keys to a half-dozen of his friends, and they all keep dropping in.
Johnny Doesn't Live Here Anymore
1944
8.0The new bride of a young Viennese is so demanding about her career that she lets him go on the honeymoon solo so she can do an engagement.Left on his own,he finds an unpretentious young lady who suits him better.
Honeymoon Trip
1933
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The Beggar Countess
1918
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The Beggar Countess
1918
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Der Geheimsekretär
1915
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Der Geheimsekretär
1915
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Das Auge des Götzen
1919
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Vorgluten des Balkanbrandes
1912