
Acting
Ferdinand Bonn
Born — Died
1861-12-20 — 1933-09-24
Place of birth
Donauwörth, Bavaria, Germany
Known for
Acting
Credits
39 titles
Known for
NRThe peak of the sun is in the High Tatras. The mountain guide Carlo tried to climb it several times without success. When he finally gets it, he thinks that nobody else has to raise it and develops a special feeling with the mountain. When the Americans MacAllan, his daughter, and the engineer Harry West arrive at Zakopane with the project to build a cable car on the mountain, Carlo rejects it, because he considers the mountain of his property, a kind of sanctuary. Finally, he lives an experience that can make him change his mind. There is another version of the film titled Burza nad Zakopane, shot the same year in Polish.
The Mountain Guide of Zakopane
1931
10.0A German soldier lies wounded on the front line in the First World War. To avoid capture or death, he assumes the identity of a fallen French officer. As the German soldier happens to speak fluent French, nobody realizes the deception. The soldier begins a new life in Paris, yet remains in constant fear of being exposed as the ‘enemy’.
The Fugitive Lover
1927
NRThe peak of the sun is in the High Tatras. The mountain guide Carlo tried to climb it several times without success. When he finally gets it, he thinks that nobody else has to raise it and develops a special feeling with the mountain. When the Americans MacAllan, his daughter, and the engineer Harry West arrive at Zakopane with the project to build a cable car on the mountain, Carlo rejects it, because he considers the mountain of his property, a kind of sanctuary. Finally, he lives an experience that can make him change his mind. There is another version of the film titled Der Bergführer von Zakopane, shot the same year in German.
Burza nad Zakopanem
1930
NRDirector Cordt is in love with the chancellor's daughter Wilda, who unfortunately has a crush on the actor Frits. But Cordt knows: The only way to convince Wilda that Frits isn't the right one for her is to let her find out about the actor's debauchery and financial irresponsibility for herself. Step by step Cordt executes his cunning plan.
Man's Greatest Adversary
1913
An Italian spy infiltrates a weapons factory in Germany.
Der Spion
1917
8.0Walter Noss is ruined trying to find malleable copper to make material for German torpedoes. One day, in a secret compartment of an old chest, he finds a document from an ancestor describing the formula for this malleable copper.
The Alchemist
1918
Film credits
1930s · 8 titles
NRThe peak of the sun is in the High Tatras. The mountain guide Carlo tried to climb it several times without success. When he finally gets it, he thinks that nobody else has to raise it and develops a special feeling with the mountain. When the Americans MacAllan, his daughter, and the engineer Harry West arrive at Zakopane with the project to build a cable car on the mountain, Carlo rejects it, because he considers the mountain of his property, a kind of sanctuary. Finally, he lives an experience that can make him change his mind. There is another version of the film titled Burza nad Zakopane, shot the same year in Polish.
The Mountain Guide of Zakopane
1931
NRThe peak of the sun is in the High Tatras. The mountain guide Carlo tried to climb it several times without success. When he finally gets it, he thinks that nobody else has to raise it and develops a special feeling with the mountain. When the Americans MacAllan, his daughter, and the engineer Harry West arrive at Zakopane with the project to build a cable car on the mountain, Carlo rejects it, because he considers the mountain of his property, a kind of sanctuary. Finally, he lives an experience that can make him change his mind. There is another version of the film titled Der Bergführer von Zakopane, shot the same year in German.
Burza nad Zakopanem
1930
8.0Musical extravaganza, also filmed in a French language version, based on the life of Johann Strauss.
A Waltz by Strauss
1931
8.0During WWI a German agent receives an order to find out when the Russian army will carry out its expected attack against the German lines.
In the Employ of the Secret Service
1931
7.7A young woman leaves behind her job, home and family to try to make it in the movie business. Features cameos from about three dozen German film stars of the era.
The Great Desire
1930
8.5Only You is a 1930 musical by Hermann Feiner and Willi Wolff starring Fritz Schulz and Walter Janssen.
Only You
1930
10.0Based on Franz Lehar's operetta, about the first woman whom the great German writer Goethe fell in love with.
Frederica
1932
No synopsis available yet.
Danube Waltz
1930
1920s · 13 titles
10.0A German soldier lies wounded on the front line in the First World War. To avoid capture or death, he assumes the identity of a fallen French officer. As the German soldier happens to speak fluent French, nobody realizes the deception. The soldier begins a new life in Paris, yet remains in constant fear of being exposed as the ‘enemy’.
The Fugitive Lover
1927
10.0A restaurant cashier, who has a mutual attraction to the restauranteur, has a secret passion for dance. As soon as she finishes work she is off down to the dance studio for a practice. She has a chance meeting with a handsome impresario, who promises to make her into the greatest dancer the world has ever known.
The Golden Butterfly
1926
First film of Molly Picon. Plot unknown, the film is considered lost.
The Jewish Girl
1921
4.4This is a very early feature by Rolf Raffé concerning the supposedly "mad" King of Bavaria, Ludwig II, probably the first feature film concerning the life of that King. In the piece, which is for the most part a straightforwards historical biopic from the DW Griffith school of narrative filmmaking, Ludwig is portrayed as an Idealist who cannot fit into the world of his contemporaries.
Das Schweigen am Starnbergersee
1920
No synopsis available yet.
Gustav Mond, Du gehst so stille
1928
No synopsis available yet.
Das vierte Gebot
1920
5.0Portrays the deep intrigue and mystical fanaticism of the last days of the Romanoffs, when Rasputin, the mad monk had such a hold over them.
Rasputins Liebesabenteuer
1928
10.0No synopsis available yet.
Der Bankkrach unter den Linden
1926
a silent movie by Heinz Paul
Der falsche Prinz
1927
7.0Based on the play of the same name by Oskar Blumenthal and Gustav Kadelburg.
The White Horse Inn
1926
8.0No synopsis available yet.
A Crazy Night
1927
10.0At the center of this social satire is the wealthy and bored couple Irene and Erik. When Erik meets Hilde, who comes from a humble background, one evening in a chic club, he sees an opportunity for the couple to sexually spice up their worn-out relationship and to escape through a ménage à trois.
Rags and Silk
1925
No synopsis available yet.
When I Came Back
1926
1910s · 18 titles
NRDirector Cordt is in love with the chancellor's daughter Wilda, who unfortunately has a crush on the actor Frits. But Cordt knows: The only way to convince Wilda that Frits isn't the right one for her is to let her find out about the actor's debauchery and financial irresponsibility for herself. Step by step Cordt executes his cunning plan.
Man's Greatest Adversary
1913
An Italian spy infiltrates a weapons factory in Germany.
Der Spion
1917
8.0Walter Noss is ruined trying to find malleable copper to make material for German torpedoes. One day, in a secret compartment of an old chest, he finds a document from an ancestor describing the formula for this malleable copper.
The Alchemist
1918
5.2This movie, directed by Richard Oswald, is based on the operetta "Les contes de Hoffmann" by Jacques Offenbach (1819-1880), which is a genial musical potpourri from various short stories and novels by the Prussian writer, composer, painter, lawyer and judge E.T.A. Hoffmann (1776-1822). While Hoffmann's literary work was longtime considered to be merely fantastical, it was finally researched, in the last years, according to its metaphysical background. Characteristic for Hoffmann's work is his life-long fight against rationalism and for the revelation of nature morte, culminating mostly in carnival-like scenes anticipating literary techniques only described in the works of Bachtin and Bachelard.
Tales of Hoffmann
1916
NRA count with a gambling addiction is set up with the daughter of a minister by his father, who hopes she will be a good influence on him.
Count Michael
1918
No synopsis available yet.
The Silent Mill
1914
No synopsis available yet.
Hölle der Jungfrauen
1919
No synopsis available yet.
Das Werkzeug des Cosimo
1919
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Lache, Bajazzo!
1915
1912 film by August Blom.
The Story of a Mother
1912
8.0Based on the 1856 Gustav Räder play Robert and Bertram about the adventures of two wandering vagrants, which has been turned into films on several occasions.
Robert and Bertram
1915
Adaptation of 18th century French novel "Histoire du Chevalier des Grieux, et de Manon Lescaut."
Manon: The High Song of Love
1919
No synopsis available yet.
Leichtsinn und Lebewelt
1919
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Die Memoiren des Satans. 1. Teil - Doktor Mors
1917
No synopsis available yet.
En moders kærlighed
1912
NRCount von Pfalz is engaged to countess Linda, but her affections belong to the famous actor Kurt Barner. When von Pfalz sees Linda give Barner an amulet containing her portrait, his fears are confirmed, and he breaks off the engagement. Linda is relieved, but her parents are dismayed at the prospect of having a dissolute artist as a son-in-law. Linda’s mother approaches Barner in tears and asks him to end the relationship with her daughter. Crumpling at the sight of these maternal tears, Barner comes up with a plan to push Linda away. By the time he realises the true depth of his feelings for the young countess, it is too late. (Stumfilm.dk)
His Most Difficult Part
1913
No synopsis available yet.
The Mexican
1919
Based on the novel Trilby by George du Maurier. A girl named Trilby meets Svengali, a musician and hypnotist, who claims he can turn her into a talented singer via hypnosis.
Svengali
1914
