Acting

Paul Henckels

Born 1885-09-09 · Hürth, Germany

Acting credits

Die große und die kleine Welt poster
8.0

The taxi driver Fritz gets to know the millionaire-heiress Iris and marries her against the wishes of her family. They live together in a small apartment and are very happy. But Fritz wants to offer Iris more and thus finds a position as a laborer in a large car factory and ends up making a career for himself as a race car driver. But while he is driving from one victory to another, he is getting more and more estranged from his young wife. As his career starts to go downhill, he notices the mistakes he has made and tries to win Iris back.

Die große und die kleine Welt

1936

Morgenröte poster
10.0

A young student, Stephan, inherits shares in a coal mine from his father. The mine is no longer profitable, and Stephan needs money to finance his studies, so he takes up work in the mine.

Morgenröte

1929

Her Private Secretary poster
10.0

When a charming young man arrives to serve as a private secretary for the eccentric Helene Kiepergass a, he quickly becomes entangled in a series of mysterious events in her house. Amidst the arrival of a suspicious "nephew" from Mexico and a house full of peculiar guests, a romance blossoms between the secretary and the lovely companion Mary. He eventually is able to unmask two confidence tricksters amidst the residents.

Her Private Secretary

1940

The Testament of Dr. Mabuse poster
7.6

After a detective is assaulted by thugs and placed in an asylum run by Professor Baum, he observes the professor's preoccupation with another patient, the criminal genius Dr. Mabuse the hypnotist. When Mabuse's notes are found to be connected with a rash of recent crimes, Commissioner Lohmann must determine how Mabuse is communicating with the criminals, despite conflicting reports on the doctor's whereabouts, and capture him for good.

The Testament of Dr. Mabuse

1933

Pension Schöller poster
8.0

No synopsis available yet.

Pension Schöller

1952

Twelve Minutes After Midnight poster
7.0

In Stockholm a young female law student investigates a series of jewel thefts that have been baffling the police.

Twelve Minutes After Midnight

1939

The Great Desire poster
7.7

A 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

Staatsanwältin Corda poster
7.5

No synopsis available yet.

Staatsanwältin Corda

1953

Die Stärkere poster
9.0

No synopsis available yet.

Die Stärkere

1953

Hollandmädel poster
8.0

No synopsis available yet.

Hollandmädel

1953

Die unmögliche Frau poster
10.0

No synopsis available yet.

Die unmögliche Frau

1936

Kolberg poster
6.1

During Napoleon's victorious campaign in Germany, the city of Kolberg gets isolated from the retreating Prussian forces. The population of Kolberg refuses to capitulate and organizes the resistance against the French army, which immediately submits the city to massive bombardments.

Kolberg

1945

My Leopold poster
7.3

No synopsis available yet.

My Leopold

1931

Columbus Discovers Kraehwinkel poster
10.0

Two GIs haven fallen in love with "Fräuleins", decide to stay in Germany and open a typically American drugstore in the center of the small town where their girlfriends live.

Columbus Discovers Kraehwinkel

1954

Männerwirtschaft poster
10.0

The young farmer Hinnerk has managed to make something of his estate thanks to the help of his servant Hannes; only his household budget is a mess. One day, Hinnerk notices a pretty young girl at the rail station and immediately recognizes that it’s his childhood friend, Ilske Roehling. But when he makes a play for her, she tells him to take a long walk off a very short pier. At a dance party at the Bakenhus Inn, he sees her again and manages to get into a fight with the innkeeper. Worse still, he kidnaps Ilske in his car; takes her to his farm; and tries to force her to consent to marriage.

Männerwirtschaft

1941

The Big Game poster
6.5

A player on a soccer team, where everyone matches together just perfectly, has fallen out of a championship tournament due to illness; which leads to a big problem: who would be the perfect man to replace him? Werner Fehling appears to be the perfect replacement for the sick man. The problem is, he's a bitter rival of the goalkeeper, Jupp Jaeger. Both men love the same girl, Grete Gabler. Grete is the daughter of a senior member of the sports club, which is why she feels doubly under pressure not to do anything to jeopardize the success of the team.

The Big Game

1942

So ein Früchtchen poster
8.0

No synopsis available yet.

So ein Früchtchen

1942

Der Fremdenführer von Lissabon poster
9.0

No synopsis available yet.

Der Fremdenführer von Lissabon

1956

Die schönen Tage von Aranjuez poster
7.0

As a gang of classy jewel thieves hop from one European country to another, an engineer rescues a woman from their clutches.

Die schönen Tage von Aranjuez

1933

No artwork available
7.0

The sensitive, music-loving son of a German general reluctantly attends a military academy and after warning a fellow officer to stay away from the cadet's attractive young stepmother, lands up being charged for murder.

Cadets

1931

Burglars poster
6.4

The young wife of a rich old husband is prevented of a fling by a gentleman-burglar, who falls in love to her.

Burglars

1930

Der Unüberwindliche poster
10.0

No synopsis available yet.

Der Unüberwindliche

1928

Vienna Blood poster
7.4

Young Count Georg Wolkersheim is sent to the Congress of Vienna to represent the interests of his country, Reuss-Schleiz-Greiz. Tensions arise between the count, his wife Melanie, and their two chamberlains, and when the four attend a court ball, Melanie leaves Georg, assumes the identity of a famous actress, and attracts the affections of Crown Prince Ludwig of Bavaria.

Vienna Blood

1942

Thérèse Raquin poster
5.2

Thérèse Raquin, an unhappily married woman, aided by her lover Laurent, drowns her husband Michaud, only to find the guilt of her actions intolerable.

Thérèse Raquin

1928

Behind the camera