
Acting
Eugen Rex
Born — Died
1884-07-08 — 1943-02-21
Place of birth
Berlin, Germany
Known for
Acting
Credits
62 titles
Known for
Anthropologist and prehistorian Prof. Dr. Crusius, accompanied by his assistant Karl Mill, is tracing the footsteps of early humans. He aims to prove the existence of a human being from a hundred thousand years ago. Furthermore, he is convinced that an animal soul resides within every human being. He faces hostility because of his theory and receives anonymous threatening letters. He delivers a major lecture before the anthropological society. Ultimately, the professor is even forced to fight a duel with an adversary over his hypothesis.
Homo sum
1919
7.2An Austrian prince hatches a plan to keep his rival, the Russian czar, busy by keeping him surrounded by beautiful women and away from the negotiating table. The Czar, however, has his own plan—he hires a man who is his exact double to impersonate him and confuse the Austrians by appearing to be everywhere at once. In addition, both the Czar and his double fall for the same woman.
Congress Dances
1931
6.5No synopsis available yet.
Schwarzwaldmädel
1933
10.0Romantic exploits in Germany's White Mountains.
The High Tourist
1931
6.0The story of the stormy relationship between King Friedrich Wilhelm and his son, who later became known as King Frederick the Great of Prussia.
The Old and The Young King
1935
6.3When farmer Rog dies, his eldest Peter takes over the farm while his youngest Johannes is determined for a better life: he becomes secretary to Count Rudenberg and starts courting his daughter Gerda. When he learns that the Count, who is terminally ill, has bequeathed a piece of land under which lies a petroleum field to his second wife, he courts her instead.
The Burning Soil
1922
Film credits
1940s · 4 titles
6.1Biopic about the Rothschilds, a Jewish family whose members rose to the top of the European banking community during the Napoleonic era.
The Rothschilds
1940
9.0Brandenburg an der Havel, 2nd half of the 19th Century: the barber Fritz Bollmann is running his old-fashion barbershop and is well known, while another barber Jean Blank is more modern and haute-couture, who sees him as a huge competitor. When Bollmann wanted to leave to store to go fishing, what he loves, a boy asked for a haircut, but due to his anger he cuts him almost all of his hair. This leads the kids to play a trick upon him and when they through things in the lake in order for Bollmann to fall into the water while fishing, they write a mocking song about him. The song is spread all over the town, much to the hate of Bollmann himself. But he doesn't give up and is off to fight back.
Fritze Bollmann wollte angeln
1943
No synopsis available yet.
Der Hochtourist
1942
6.4Gifted amateur dancer gets her big break on the Berlin Stage in this wartime romantic comedy.
Mask in Blue
1943
1930s · 35 titles
7.2An Austrian prince hatches a plan to keep his rival, the Russian czar, busy by keeping him surrounded by beautiful women and away from the negotiating table. The Czar, however, has his own plan—he hires a man who is his exact double to impersonate him and confuse the Austrians by appearing to be everywhere at once. In addition, both the Czar and his double fall for the same woman.
Congress Dances
1931
6.5No synopsis available yet.
Schwarzwaldmädel
1933
10.0Romantic exploits in Germany's White Mountains.
The High Tourist
1931
6.0The story of the stormy relationship between King Friedrich Wilhelm and his son, who later became known as King Frederick the Great of Prussia.
The Old and The Young King
1935
8.0Identities are changed in the Austrian countryside. A simple woman does this to test the affections of a store manager, he too changes character several times and there are other locals who do this as well.
Love's Arithmetic
1935
9.0A taxi driver, (Piel), finds an odd contraption on the back seat that renders him invisible, but his friend steals the device to rob a bank. An inventive comedy.
An Invisible Man Goes Through the City
1933
9.0Pat and Patachon stage a kidnapping in hopes of uniting their friend Erik with his love interest Lissy.
Mädchenräuber
1936
9.0The sawmill owner Ramin disappears from one day to the next. Concerned, his family learns from the bank that he wrote a check to an agent named Frisch. He supposedly wanted to use it to buy a good. However, that did not happen. When Ramin's body is found, the police stumble upon Ursula von Tweel, who knew the dead man.
Ursula Under Suspicion
1939
7.0A captain from Hamburg takes over the command of a yacht, unaware that it's smuggling liquor. The action revolves around love, attacks on customs guards, a storm on the high seas, a capsized speedboat and a brave rescue operation.
Die letzte Fahrt der Santa Margareta
1936
5.0A Bavarian comedy centered around Gusti, the lovely waitress of the restaurant „Bratwurstglockl“, who is adored by all the men. When the spoiled snob Carl Maria complains to the manager about the restaurant, Gusti is summarily dismissed and accepts the invitation of the poor chamber singer Gottlieb Bumm to accompany him on a three-day trip to the Zugspitze he won in a contests. While there, they both live well above their means and Gusti runs into Carl Maria again.
Freut Euch des Lebens
1934
10.0A young painter in the academy hires as a model the daughter of a rich soap manufacturer and has her pose for a work based on the biblical Susannah and the Elders, which almost causes a scandal.
Marion, That's Not Nice
1933
6.0The bored heir to a soap factory is able through pure chance to work incognito in the 153rd branch of the business. While doing so, he falls in love with a beautiful customer, gets into a rivalry with a jealous worker and helps to expose a dishonest boss.
Incognito
1936
9.0A hilarious comedy of errors starring Dolly Haas: Annie, the locksmith's daughter, and Georg, a car salesman, meet at the fair but quickly lose touch. Later, Annie is tasked by her father with delivering new locks to a countess's castle. At the train station, she is mistaken for the countess's niece, whose arrival is imminent. She is taken to the castle in a magnificent carriage and encounters Georg again, who is out for an unauthorized joyride in a stylish car. Each now believes the other to be extremely wealthy. When the real countess arrives at the castle, she enjoys playing along with the charade and poses as her own companion, with whom Count Egon falls in love. After the confusion is resolved, there are two happy couples.
Kleines Mädel, großes Glück
1933
6.2A dashing marquis bends from his horse when he discovers a lost garter in the woods and falls. During his delirium he is serenaded by a little hairdresser. She is the person who lost the garter to begin with and has only come to get it back having borrowed it from her employer--the empress of France. The marquis mistakenly thinks he was nursed by the empress, herself, and decides to woo her.
The Only Girl
1933
An entire neighborhood is in an uproar because the Maier family is keeping their prize-winning rooster, Otto, on the balcony of their apartment. And now, every morning, the rooster is waking up the entire street with its dawn greeting. Thus, the neighborhood comes up with a plan to convince the Maiers to find a new place for the rooster to live (preferably amidst a bed of potatoes and onions). The Maiers, however, aren't so enthusiastic about this plan and strictly refuse to take the rooster off the balcony. Is it thus any surprise that the next morning, Otto is found dead in his cage ... and has apparently been *gasp* murdered?!?
Skandal um den Hahn
1938
7.0Underwear manufacturer Livius Heintze is a vehement anti-alcoholic and thus is very much against the marriage of his daughter Hedwig to the brewery owner Raumert. Heintze's second, illegitimate daughter Emmi also wants to give her father a heart attack by marrying the hops merchant Seidl.
Bock Beer Fest
1930
NRNo synopsis available yet.
The love doctor
1931
7.0In the depression era unemployed Susanne tries to break into movies by working as an extra. She is ‚hired' to be kidnapped in a PR stunt that is supposed to hush over a suicide scandal. This soon gets her a real role in an artistic film.
Don't Lose Heart, Suzanne!
1935
A detective inspector dismantles a smuggling organization by infiltrating the gang. Not a particularly exciting crime film.
Schüsse an der Grenze
1933
6.0A young woman causes a fatal accident. She flees the country, only to get caught in the net of Brasilian traffickers.
Road to Rio
1931
10.0In this blood and soil melodrama, the daughter of the chief forester is torn between love for a reprobate painter and the duty to wed the assistant forester, a widower with a boy.
Stärker als die Liebe
1938
6.7A nightclub waiter and a manicurist share the same room, she sleeps there by night and he by day. They've never meet , but they can't stand each other. Then they meet by chance, not knowing who's who and fall in love.
I by Day, You by Night
1932
The artist Hansen and his wife have separated due to professional stubbornness, even though they love each other. The animals behave more sensibly: Hansen’s trained monkeys bring the couple back together. People and animals work together to create a sensation.
Humans, Animals, Sensations
1938
The eccentric owner of a chateau, Lord Wilford, is fond of everything that is connected with criminal cases. His passion takes up so much time that even his secretary hardly has time to see her fiance. When mysterious letters arrive, announcing that a certain Mister X wants to steal a valuable statuette, the Lord is very enthusiastic. Apparently he himself will now experience a real criminal case! His secretary persuades him to hire a famous detective from London - none other than her fiance. But he is far from being a talented detective, and when a valuable pearl necklace disappears, the fiance falls under suspicion to be the thief.
The Mysterious Mister X
1936
9.0An aging prostitute develops a motherly affection for a kind young man, but her pimp does not approve.
Between Night and Dawn
1931
7.5No synopsis available yet.
Spione im Savoy-Hotel
1932
No synopsis available yet.
Kabarett-Programm Nr. 2
1931
8.0Brothers Grimm adaptation. The story follows Hans, who, after seven years of service, is rewarded with a large lump of gold. As he travels home, he trades the gold for a horse, the horse for a cow, then a pig, a goose, and finally a grindstone. Despite losing the immense value of his initial payment, Hans feels increasingly free and happy, ultimately dropping the heavy stone into a well and rejoicing in having no burdens.
Hans in Luck
1936
8.0A musical about love that spans the period before and after the Great War in the Austro-Hungarian empire.
Once I Loved a Girl in Vienna
1931
10.0It 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
8.0No synopsis available yet.
The Office Manager
1931
7.0On the eve of the Great War, a cavalry captain who despises the opposite sex falls in love with a wealthy young lady.
Love in Uniform
1932
9.0A nightclub in Buenos Aires is advertising for blonde women for glamorous jobs.
Girls For Sale!
1931
10.0For centuries, the water supply of a mountain village has depended on an endangered, wooden water pipe. The young engineer Josi blows a channel in the rock. After initial resistance, the villagers are excited about it. The film was based on a novel by Jakob Christoph Heer.
Sacred Waters
1932
No synopsis available yet.
Die Nacht im Forsthaus
1933
1920s · 17 titles
6.3When farmer Rog dies, his eldest Peter takes over the farm while his youngest Johannes is determined for a better life: he becomes secretary to Count Rudenberg and starts courting his daughter Gerda. When he learns that the Count, who is terminally ill, has bequeathed a piece of land under which lies a petroleum field to his second wife, he courts her instead.
The Burning Soil
1922
6.6During a dinner given by a wealthy baron and his wife, attended by four of her suitors in a 19th century German manor, a shadow-player rescues the marriage by giving all the guests a vision what might happen tonight if the baron stays jealous and the suitors do not reduce their advances towards his beautiful wife. Or was it a vision?
Warning Shadows
1923
7.0No synopsis available yet.
The Countess of Paris
1923
9.0No synopsis available yet.
Die Puppe vom Lunapark
1925
No synopsis available yet.
Die Dame und ihr Friseur
1922
An overly trusting young man inherits the fortune of his great uncle and his scheming relatives plot to get their hands on the money.
Der Dummkopf
1921
No synopsis available yet.
Der Stolz der Kompagnie
1926
8.0No synopsis available yet.
O alte Burschenherrlichkeit
1925
7.0The husband of Countess Manon Moreau is found murdered. André Rabatin, who belongs to the same club as Count Moreau, is the suspect. Rabatin, a old-school gentleman, affirms his innocence to the widow and claims that the death of the count must have been a tragic accident. Manon believes Rabatin and begins to fall in love with him. But Rabatin himself suspects that she has murdered her husband.
The Tragedy of Love
1923
No synopsis available yet.
Aufstieg der kleinen Lilian
1925
7.0Major industrialist Rimay fights a ruthless economic rivalry with competitor de Jong. The villainous Rimay tries to steal de Jong's Moroccan mines by inciting local Rif kabyles to rebel. Ellen Richter stars as Zoraja, navigating the high-stakes corporate and international conflict.
Die Abenteuerin von Monte Carlo
1921
10.0A young naive country girl moves to Berlin to become a maid for the dubious family of Baron von Birthal.
The Story of a Maid
1921
Weapons manufacturer Robert Cors was injured in an explosion at his factory: a piece of shrapnel lodged itself in his brain. After surgery and a long rehabilitation process, a "quirk" became apparent: Cors suddenly found himself unable to lie!
Die Welt will belogen sein
1926
a silent movie by Robert Wiene
The Doll Maker of Kiang-Ning
1923
No synopsis available yet.
Die Dame aus Berlin
1925
No synopsis available yet.
Wenn Du eine Tante hast
1925
7.0Film by Carl Boese.
Das Floß der Toten
1921
1910s · 4 titles
Anthropologist and prehistorian Prof. Dr. Crusius, accompanied by his assistant Karl Mill, is tracing the footsteps of early humans. He aims to prove the existence of a human being from a hundred thousand years ago. Furthermore, he is convinced that an animal soul resides within every human being. He faces hostility because of his theory and receives anonymous threatening letters. He delivers a major lecture before the anthropological society. Ultimately, the professor is even forced to fight a duel with an adversary over his hypothesis.
Homo sum
1919
7.0No synopsis available yet.
Die Frau im Käfig
1919
NRDida Ibsen, daughter of impoverished farmers, has, according to her father's will, to marry the main creditor. But she refuses and decides to live with a married man as a mistress, till he gets his divorce. In the town she opens a restaurant with the money of her wealthy lover, from whom she soon gets pregnant, but their dreams of marriage fail, his wife refuses the divorce. After a while, she decides to marry one of the regular guests at her restaurant, van Galen, who spent quite some time in the tropics and because of this is at the brink of madness. Shortly after the marriage his condition worsens and life becomes hell for Dida.
The Story of Dida Ibsen
1918
6.3Wealthy Englishman Phileas Fogg bets his friends that he can travel around the world in 80 days.
Around the World in 80 Days
1919
