Hans Mierendorff

Acting

Hans Mierendorff

Born — Died

1882-06-30 — 1955-12-26

Place of birth

Rostock, Germany

Known for

Acting

Credits

61 titles

Hans Mierendorff was born on June 30, 1882 in Rostock, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany. He was an actor and producer, known for Der goldene Pol (1918), Der Gast aus der vierten Dimension (1918) and Die Einsame Insel (1920). He was previously married to Antonie Katsch, Hertha Katsch and Gertrud Schmidt. He died on December 26, 1955 in Eutin, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany.

Known for

Film credits

1940s · 6 titles

U-Boat, Course West! poster
6.8

This Nazi propaganda film follows the exploits of a German submarine as it prowls the North Atlantic.

U-Boat, Course West!

1941

The Heart of a Queen poster
6.3

As the title "The Queen's Heart" suggests, this early German black and white version of Mary Queen of Scott's eventful reign and death focuses on her emotional perception rather lyrically, with some songs, mainly by her.

The Heart of a Queen

1940

Rote Mühle poster
10.0

A respectable woman in her 50s inherits a local night club from her husband in a divorce settlement, provided that she shows up there every night at 10:00pm for a month. In spite of eny and provocation, she manages to meet the terms.

Rote Mühle

1940

Rembrandt poster
5.5

Already a famous painter, Rembrandt van Rijn is commissioned to paint the Amsterdam Archers' Guild. But upon completion of the picture, the men of the guild feel duped, because they don't consider themselves flatteringly depicted in the painting. They therefore decline to pay for the work. During this dispute, the painter finds out his wife is close to death. He finds himself terribly lonely after her passing and suffers from depression until he decides once more to marry.

Rembrandt

1942

No artwork available
5.0

In this Nazi propaganda film, a troubled young boy joins the Hitler Naval Youth, where he finds meaning and purpose in his life.

Jakko

1941

The Fox of Glenarvon poster
6.0

An English peace judge in an Irish district is married to an Irishwoman. She is a caring patriot. He is heavily indebted by a life of luxury, and doesn't shy away from dark deeds to maintain his lifestyle. Anti-Britsh propaganda film.

The Fox of Glenarvon

1940

1930s · 8 titles

Fridericus poster
5.6

In 18th century Europe, King Friedrich II of Prussia leads his army through the seven-years-war with neighboring states, and after numerous near defeats, eventually brings a victorious army back to Berlin.

Fridericus

1937

Napoleon Is to Blame for Everything poster
8.5

English Lord Arthur Cavershoot is a passionate Napoleon scholar who badly neglects his wife Josephine for his obsession with the French emperor. When the cranky historian travels to a Napoleon conference in Paris, his smart spouse secretly follows him. Unnoticed by her, the city of love threatens to spark a romance between Arthur and a chorus girl.

Napoleon Is to Blame for Everything

1938

Water for Canitoga poster
6.9

In the spring of 1905, the water conduit project in the Canadian city of Canitoga is set to be completed. For years, the completion had been marred by sabotage. Engineer Oliver Montstuart commands the last blasting operation. But again, the explosive charge is too large and thus, further construction is forestalled again. When Montstuart confronts foreman Westbrook, the foreman threatens him with a knife. In self-defence, Montstuart shoots him. Now, he has to flee.

Water for Canitoga

1939

Zweimal zwei im Himmelbett poster
8.0

No synopsis available yet.

Zweimal zwei im Himmelbett

1937

Married by the Stork poster
8.0

A modernist lady sculptor seeks a model for a statue to be put in front of a Berlin hospital, and finds him in the form of a London policeman-boxer. She's also interested in having a child.

Married by the Stork

1932

The Higher Command poster
7.5

A Prussian commander disobeys orders and goes to find a British envoy who can negotiate a pact with Austria to help fight off Napoleon in 1806.

The Higher Command

1935

If I Were King poster
10.0

It is the dream of the fitter Heinrich Berger to be lord king … the general director of the auto plant where he works; and, in fact, he is put into that very position one day by the main shareholders of the company. With his invention of a new car engine, he manages to remove all the firm’s financial difficulties. In the end, the Lord King marries his secretary.

If I Were King

1934

Kautschuk poster
10.0

About how the British broke the Brazilian monopoly on natural rubber. The storyline suggests a complex relation between adventure, military conquest and imperialism.

Kautschuk

1938

1920s · 34 titles

No artwork available
10.0

A Russian officer is in a relationship with a middle-class girl, with whom he has a child, when his lover is arrested as an anarchist and deported to Siberia. Initially believing her guilty, he later secures her pardon and saves her from execution. She finds refuge with a traveling circus while on the run.

The Escape to the Circus

1926

Eva and the Grasshopper poster
9.0

Mary and Eva are best friends, although they couldn't be more different. Armand, Mary's fiancee, falls in love with the seductive Eva, who is busy becoming a revue star. When Eva fails and loses her money, Armand tries to help her out.

Eva and the Grasshopper

1927

Benno Stehkragen poster
8.0

No synopsis available yet.

Benno Stehkragen

1927

O alte Burschenherrlichkeit poster
8.0

No synopsis available yet.

O alte Burschenherrlichkeit

1925

No artwork available
9.0

Master plumber Otto Engel has worked his way to a certain degree of prosperity through hard work. In the young and virtuous Elise, the pretty daughter of the local court clerk, he has found a sincere admirer who loves him more than anything. But Otto has eyes only for Ada, a dancer whom he considers far more exciting and whom he spotted some time ago at an outdoor café. In his love-stricken delusion, he is determined to marry the “sinful” Ada.

Bigamy

1927

Der Halunkengeiger poster
10.0

No synopsis available yet.

Der Halunkengeiger

1922

No artwork available
8.0

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

No artwork available
10.0

No synopsis available yet.

Jahrmarkt des Lebens

1928

No artwork available
8.0

Toni wants to become an opera-singer. Her mother was once simple chanteuse. Toni marries the brutal industrialist Liesegang. An Italian doctor falls in love with Toni. He want's to see Liesegang dead.

Der Demütige und die Tänzerin

1925

Queen Louise poster
8.0

The young Crown Princess Luise of Mecklenburg-Strelitz grows up sheltered in the North German countryside in the late 18th century and develops into a bit of a rebel. She struggles to come to terms with the rules of etiquette at court; her actions are often spontaneous and driven by emotion. Thus, she resists accepting her father’s mistress and future wife. During a ball, she snubs her future stepmother and even has the audacity to ask the orchestra to play a waltz—a dance considered deeply improper at the time.

Queen Louise

1927

No artwork available
7.0

A pregnant teenage couple consider their options.

Madame Lu, die Frau für diskrete Beratung

1929

Der Hahn im Korb poster
7.0

No synopsis available yet.

Der Hahn im Korb

1925

Der größte Gauner des Jahrhunderts poster
5.0

No synopsis available yet.

Der größte Gauner des Jahrhunderts

1928

Wrath of the Seas poster
5.5

The film portrays the Imperial German Navy during the First World War, particularly the Battle of Jutland and is based on a novel by Helmut Lorenz.

Wrath of the Seas

1926

No artwork available
9.0

When a Parisian bank clerk is tasked with transporting valuable stock certificates to Nice, his scheming rival steals the documents to ruin him and win over a wealthy heiress. Boarding the same train, a group of passengers unites to thwart the villain, leading to a dangerous showdown as he resorts to extreme violence to cover his tracks.

Train Without Eyes

1929

No artwork available
8.0

No synopsis available yet.

Der Mann, der sich verkauft

1925

No artwork available
10.0

No synopsis available yet.

Hotelratten

1927

Children of Darkness - 2. Fighting Worlds poster
7.0

No synopsis available yet.

Children of Darkness - 2. Fighting Worlds

1922

Children of Darkness - 2. Fighting Worlds poster
7.0

No synopsis available yet.

Children of Darkness - 2. Fighting Worlds

1922

Soll und Haben poster
10.0

After the death of his parents, Anton pursues a career at the Schröter trading house in Breslau. He meets Sabine, the boss's sister, befriends Fritz, a rich merchant's son who is working as an intern, and associates with Baron von Rothsattel and his daughter Lenore, who are in financial difficulties and are further distressed by Anton's former schoolmate Veitel, who wants to get rich quick and joins forces with the unscrupulous lawyer Hippus. Fink decides to go to America, and Anton helps the Rothsattels, who retreat to an old estate in Poland and have to defend themselves against rebels there. Fink appears as a savior in distress and frees those who are trapped. Finally, Fink becomes engaged to Lenore, and Anton becomes a partner in the Schröter company and marries Sabine.

Soll und Haben

1924

No artwork available
NR

No synopsis available yet.

The Typhoon Witch

1923

No artwork available
10.0

No synopsis available yet.

Mädchen, die man nicht heiratet

1924

Children of Darkness - 1. The Man from Naples poster
7.0

No synopsis available yet.

Children of Darkness - 1. The Man from Naples

1921

Der Anwalt des Herzens poster
7.0

No synopsis available yet.

Der Anwalt des Herzens

1927

No artwork available
7.0

No synopsis available yet.

Die Sünderin

1928

Gaunerliebchen poster
10.0

A safecracker and thief escapes from prison, founds a factory and becomes rich. After 20 years, his accomplice, released from prison, demands his share and gets it. But when he also demands the hand of the factory owner's daughter, the latter shoots him. However, the girl's groom is blamed for the murder. After two detectives and a female colleague have investigated, the guilt of the factory owner comes to light, who then dies.

Gaunerliebchen

1928

No artwork available
7.0

No synopsis available yet.

Hearts Are Trumps

1920

No artwork available
10.0

No synopsis available yet.

Husarenfieber

1925

Dich hab’ ich geliebt poster
10.0

No synopsis available yet.

Dich hab’ ich geliebt

1929

No artwork available
10.0

No synopsis available yet.

Liebesreigen

1927

Mensch gegen Mensch poster
7.0

No synopsis available yet.

Mensch gegen Mensch

1924

No artwork available
7.0

While rescuing a child from a fire, circus performer Mac Clifford broke his thigh and lost his job. Now the ringmaster Mortera offers him a new chance: Clifford is supposed to perform the death jump of the famous artist Cadbin. When Clifford and his wife learn that Cadbin was killed in the jump, they both beg Mortera to terminate Clifford's contract.

Die Nacht ohne Morgen

1921

Liebeshandel poster
9.0

No synopsis available yet.

Liebeshandel

1927

No artwork available
7.0

No synopsis available yet.

Der gute Ruf

1926

1910s · 12 titles

Ehre poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Ehre

1917

No artwork available
9.0

Maria, an accountant at a factory, falls for Rudolph, who has his eyes set on the factory owner's daughter.

Das Opfer

1918

No artwork available
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Die Eisbraut

1913

Der Ring des Schicksals poster
9.0

No synopsis available yet.

Der Ring des Schicksals

1916

No artwork available
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Das Mysterium des Schlosses Clauden

1917

No artwork available
NR

No synopsis available yet.

John Rool

1916

No artwork available
7.0

Through the plan hidden in Astarte's jewelry, Maud Gregaards, Kien-Lung and Consul Madsen get on the trail of the Queen of Sheba's treasure. Their search takes them to Africa, where they want to know from King Makombe the location of the Fire Mountain, near which the legendary city of Ophir, the center of the Astarte cult, is said to be.

The Mistress of the World, Part IV: King Makombe

1919

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 Devil's Church poster
7.2

In a prologue and four acts (the prologue and the first act are lost so is necessary to describe what happens with title cards) the film depicts the terrible dream of Asmus wherein the devil joins the human world disguised as a tinker. He meets Frau Ane, Asmus' wife; Ane yearns to have a baby but in vain so the devil takes advantage of Frau Ane's motherly inner desire by making a deal with her but for his own purposes. As a result, the farmer's wife comes under the devil's spell and then seduces the local priest, giving the devil to chance to build his own church to replace the old church that has burned down.

The Devil's Church

1919

Ein Gruß aus der Tiefe poster
10.0

No synopsis available yet.

Ein Gruß aus der Tiefe

1915

The Mistress of the World, Part I: The Girlfriend of the Yellow Man poster
7.5

Maud Gregaards travels to China in search of a fabled treasure said to have belonged to the Queen of Sheba. Once there, she is taken captive by an evil man and nearly killed in the belief she is a witch.

The Mistress of the World, Part I: The Girlfriend of the Yellow Man

1919

The Mistress of the World, Part II: The Race for Life poster
7.0

Maud Gregaards tells her rescuer, the Chinese Dr. Kien-Lung, her life: Her father was an archivist in the Foreign Office who was run by the unscrupulous Dr. Frohner was blackmailed into giving him a secret Chinese treaty.

The Mistress of the World, Part II: The Race for Life

1919

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