Acting

Ernst Matray

Born 1891-05-27 · Budapest, Hungary

Hungarian actor, director and choreographer.

Acting credits

The Miracle poster
7.0

When a wayward nun, Megildis, deserts her convent with a knight, a statue of the Virgin Mary comes to life and takes place of Megildis, who makes her way through the world and its many vicissitudes.

The Miracle

1912

Teufelchen poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Teufelchen

1915

No artwork available
NR

A puppeteer fall asleep after a performance of his marionette theater and dreams that his protagonists, Pulcinello, Pierrot and Pierette, have made off with a bag of money. In his dream, the three have freed themselves from the ropes on their bodies and limbs and are beginning to lead a life of their own.

Marionetten

1915

No artwork available
NR

Slapstick farce about a man who falls in love with a circus woman.

Mein Name ist Spiesecke

1914

Sugar and Cinnamon poster
NR

A resourceful landlady rents the same room to two men: the commercial clerk Zimt, who is at work during the day, and the conductor of a café orchestra Zucker, who has to work all night. After all kinds of turbulence, the trick comes to light and the two bitter enemies Zucker and Zimt eventually become good friends.

Sugar and Cinnamon

1915

Hilde Warren and Death poster
6.5

Hilde Warren, a famous actress, is impregnated by a convicted murderer and becomes plagued by visions of Death. Upon discovering her child is the image of its criminal father, Hilde must decide whether to allow it to live, or to kill it and risk the embrace of Death himself.

Hilde Warren and Death

1917

The Island of the Blessed poster
4.3

Max Reinhardt’s second and last silent film. It tells the story of two young girls (Cheerful & Shy) who, in order to escape their father’s authority, reaches an island of wonder filled with gods, nymphs, fauns and other creatures.

The Island of the Blessed

1913

Nathan der Weise poster
7.4

Silent movie adaptation of Lessing's play. Set in Jerusalem during the Third Crusade, it describes how the wise Jewish merchant Nathan, the enlightened sultan Saladin and the (initially anonymous) Templar bridge their gaps between Judaism, Islam and Christianity.

Nathan der Weise

1922

The Phantom of the Opera poster
10.0

Das Phantom der Oper was a 1916 silent film. The film, also known as Das Gespenst im Opernhaus, is notable for being the first film adaptation of the 1910 novel The Phantom of the Opera by Gaston Leroux. The film is now believed to be a lost film. No copies, photographs or even a poster of the film remain. All that is known is that it was made in Germany in autumn 1915, directed by Ernst Matray, starring Nils Chrisander as the Phantom and Aud Egede-Nissen as Christine, and Raul played by director Ernst Matray.[1]

The Phantom of the Opera

1916

A Venetian Night poster
6.0

The young Anselmus Aselmeyer fulfilled a long cherished dream: He travels to Venice, the city of his dreams. Once there, the porter Pipistrello directs him immediately to the hotel of his boss, and Anselmus lands in the middle of a wedding party. Mestre Mangiabene, a wealthy oilman, marries the beautiful but completely depleted Marchesina dei Bisognosi. But the secretly loves an officer.

A Venetian Night

1914

Behind the camera

No artwork available
8.0

No synopsis available yet.

Farewell Performance

1955

Teufelchen poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Teufelchen

1915

Musik, Musik und nur Musik poster
7.0

No synopsis available yet.

Musik, Musik und nur Musik

1955

Sugar and Cinnamon poster
NR

A resourceful landlady rents the same room to two men: the commercial clerk Zimt, who is at work during the day, and the conductor of a café orchestra Zucker, who has to work all night. After all kinds of turbulence, the trick comes to light and the two bitter enemies Zucker and Zimt eventually become good friends.

Sugar and Cinnamon

1915

Sugar and Cinnamon poster
NR

A resourceful landlady rents the same room to two men: the commercial clerk Zimt, who is at work during the day, and the conductor of a café orchestra Zucker, who has to work all night. After all kinds of turbulence, the trick comes to light and the two bitter enemies Zucker and Zimt eventually become good friends.

Sugar and Cinnamon

1915

No artwork available
8.0

Advertised as "the first concert in film", Adventure in Music contains compositions of various classical artists. There are ten in total.

Adventure in Music

1944

The Phantom of the Opera poster
10.0

Das Phantom der Oper was a 1916 silent film. The film, also known as Das Gespenst im Opernhaus, is notable for being the first film adaptation of the 1910 novel The Phantom of the Opera by Gaston Leroux. The film is now believed to be a lost film. No copies, photographs or even a poster of the film remain. All that is known is that it was made in Germany in autumn 1915, directed by Ernst Matray, starring Nils Chrisander as the Phantom and Aud Egede-Nissen as Christine, and Raul played by director Ernst Matray.[1]

The Phantom of the Opera

1916

No artwork available
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Der König mit dem Regenschirm

1954