Acting
Erwin van Roy
Born 1894-09-23 · Berlin, Germany
Acting credits
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
7.0The great Dr. Pfeiffer plays the little Primaner Pfeiffer. As the successful playwright Dr. Hans Pfeiffer, he is planning a play about school. In order to gather material, he takes the place of his brother, who is a primary school pupil. The seasoned doctor finds pleasure in the craziest of pranks, while his brother tries to fill the role of theater man in the big city. And then love intervenes for both of them.
So ein Flegel
1934
6.0No synopsis available yet.
Das große Abenteuer
1938
A celebration of strong Prussian leadership during the reign of Frederick the Great.
Trenck - Der Roman einer großen Liebe
1932
8.0Eva, an inventor, nearly runs over Frank, a fugitive, with her car. She decides to give him work instead of turning him in, and together they complete a motorboat engine for an upcoming race.
Die Motorbraut
1925
10.0No synopsis available yet.
Oh Those Glorious Old Student Days
1930
5.8World War I, Eastern Front. A special battery consisting of thirteen soldiers and one cannon successfully holds back the enemy. But then the position of the gun is betrayed to the Russians and the cannon is destroyed. Each of the thirteen men is now suspected of being the traitor.
Thirteen Men and a Cannon
1938
10.0No synopsis available yet.
Keinen Tag ohne dich
1933
5.0Fernand has escaped from prison and finds shelter in the traveling circus Barlay, where his former wife Flora works as a predator trainer. Their son, now grown up, Marcel is an art rider and does not know that Fernand is his father. Marcel loves Yvonne, the daughter of director Barlay. He is against the connection, sends his daughter to Italy and convinces Marcel that Yvonne does not return his feelings.
Fahrendes Volk
1938
5.0Fernand has escaped from prison and finds shelter in the traveling circus Barlay, where his former wife Flora works as a predator trainer. Their son, now grown up, Marcel is an art rider and does not know that Fernand is his father. Marcel loves Yvonne, the daughter of director Barlay. He is against the connection, sends his daughter to Italy and convinces Marcel that Yvonne does not return his feelings.
Fahrendes Volk
1938
5.5When Sir John Falstaff decides that he wants to have a little fun he writes two letters to a pair of Window wives: Mistress Ford and Mistress Page. When they put their heads together and compare missives, they plan a practical joke or two to teach the knight a lesson. But Mistress Ford's husband is a very jealous man and is pumping Falstaff for information of the affair. Meanwhile the Pages' daughter Anne is besieged by suitors.
The Merry Wives
1936
8.0A cabaret dancer loves a German engineer and helps save his vital drawings of ship designs from falling into the hands of foreign plotters.
Salon Dora Green
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
7.5Out of unlikely circumstances an underground ticket vending girl and a mail pilot fall in love.
The Blue from the Sky
1932
7.0The Berlin lawyer Dr. Lessner (Karl Ludwig Diehl) is involved in a murder case. His wife, movie star Christa (Kitty Jantzen), allegedly had an affair with singer Juan Navarro (Harry Hardt), who was found dead in front of Dr. Lessners house. Christa is arrested ...
My Life Is at Stake
1936
No synopsis available yet.
Dein Leben gehört mir
1939
10.0Biopic of composer conductor Carl Maria von Weber, who championed the little regarded German opera instead of the then popular Italian opera, in the 19th Century.
Invitation to the Dance
1934
9.0Escaping her school teacher life, a lady marries a British military doctor who takes her to Malaysia. But realizing there that the marriage isn't working, she turns to an Oriental prince instead.
Andere Welt
1937
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