Olga Tschechowa

Acting

Olga Tschechowa

Born — Died

1897-04-12 — 1980-03-09

Place of birth

Aleksandropol, Erivan Governorate, Russian Empire [now Gyumri, Armenia]

Known for

Acting

Credits

70 titles

Olga Konstantinovna Tschechowa (Russian: Ольга Константиновна Чехова; born Knipper; 14 April 1897 – 9 March 1980) was a Russian-German actress. She was born in Aleksandropol, Erivan Governorate, Russian Empire or now known as Gyumri, Armenia. Her film roles include the female lead in Alfred Hitchcock's Mary (1931).

Known for

Film credits

1970s · 2 titles

1950s · 12 titles

U47 - Kapitänleutnant Prien poster
6.0

In 1939 German U-boat captain Günther Prien receives orders to infiltrate the British Royal Navy base at Scapa Flow and sink British warships.

U47 - Kapitänleutnant Prien

1958

Eine Nacht im Séparée poster
7.0

No synopsis available yet.

Eine Nacht im Séparée

1950

Heute nacht passiert’s poster
10.0

A professor inherits a fashion salon from a former lover. Since he doesn't want his wife to find out about his previous love life, he asks his son-in-law to take over the running of the place. Needless to say, that leads to a lot of misunderstandings.

Heute nacht passiert’s

1953

Eine Frau mit Herz poster
9.0

No synopsis available yet.

Eine Frau mit Herz

1951

Everything for Dad poster
8.0

Family-friendly comedy about a daughter seeking a new wife for her recently widowed father. Charlotte Haberland leaves her boarding school and returns home to her father. Contrary to what most people would expect, since the death of his wife, the widower's been living a life full of joy and adventure. However, his daughter's been looking for a quiet housewife for dad; so, she's determined to "bring him back down to Earth". It soon becomes obvious, however, that it is she who wants a new mom that fits the housewife-mold. He's quite content to be the happy bachelor he once was.

Everything for Dad

1953

Geheimnis einer Ehe poster
10.0

Tina Camphausen has three children, Christian, Schwänchen and Musi, who has grown up for 15 years without a father. The family leads a peaceful life together with Paul, the woman's partner whom the children have accepted. Cohabitation is tested when Felix makes his appearance, Tina's childhood friend and Christian's probable biological father.

Geheimnis einer Ehe

1951

No artwork available
10.0

No synopsis available yet.

Kein Engel ist so rein

1950

Mein Freund, der Dieb poster
10.0

Germany in the post-war period. Due to the circumstances of the time and his lack of prospects, the young Bimbo has become a hoodlum who keeps his head above water with petty crime. One night he robs the writer Percy, but is picked up by the police shortly afterwards in a drunken state. As he has Percy's wallet with him, the police think he is the robber and take him to his address. Percy can hardly believe his eyes when he sees the robber again. But instead of handing him over to the police, he takes Bimbo under his wing and tries to make a better person out of him - not an easy task.

Mein Freund, der Dieb

1951

Cavalry Captain Wronski poster
6.7

A Polish officer works undercover in 1930s Berlin to discover Nazi Germany's plans against his homeland.

Cavalry Captain Wronski

1954

No artwork available
8.0

No synopsis available yet.

Der Mann, der zweimal leben wollte

1950

Ich war ein häßliches Mädchen poster
8.0

No synopsis available yet.

Ich war ein häßliches Mädchen

1955

Desire poster
7.0

No synopsis available yet.

Desire

1951

1940s · 5 titles

1930s · 29 titles

The Yellow Flag poster
8.5

An adventurer, Peter Diercksen, travels to South America to guide an expedition into the jungle. However, when the ship is quarantined he believes he has a serious disease. He does not accompany the trip, which runs into major problems.

The Yellow Flag

1937

The Three from the Filling Station poster
6.1

Willy, Kurt and Hans are broke, so they sell their car and open a filling station. Then, they all fall in love with the same girl.

The Three from the Filling Station

1930

No artwork available
10.0

The famous actress Paula Corvey loves the young racer Werner Bruck. One day, Paula's 18-year old daughter returns unexpectedly to her mother. She was living with her father, Paula's ex-husband, but she's run off to Paula, because daddy wouldn't let her become a hot-to-trot actress like mama. Paula just doesn't know what to do. That she's the mother of a grown up girl is something she desperately wants to hide from Werner (no, honey, I swear: you don't look a day over 17 ... uh huh). So, to cover her little horny tracks, she tells Werner that Eva is her cousin. The plan backfires (ha ha!), when Werner falls for the "cousin". When Werner finally discovers the truth, a conflict develops (duhh!), which can only be solved by Paula finding a man her own age (thank you).

Two Women

1938

No artwork available
7.5

Charming Tom is pursuing fine Olivia both cheerfully and stubbornly. At first, she rejects him brutally; but then she finds pleasure in this intrusive guy, who’s following her everywhere. They spend an evening together; but afterwards, Olivia determines, that a valuable bracelet has been stolen from her. Now she thinks Tom is the infamous jewel thief, who’s been terrorizing the neighborhood.

Verliebtes Abenteuer

1938

Unter Ausschluß der Öffentlichkeit poster
10.0

A small banking family is put to the test: Brigitte, the wife of the banker Sparrenberg, has a secret: she was once the lover of the fraudster Baron Gaffris, who once used her to get close to well-off businessmen. Now Gaffris is trying to use her to trick her husband. After a fight between Brigitte and Gaffris, Brigitte’s daughter Ina seeks out the baron in an attempt to help her mother. Afterwards, the baron’s suddenly found dead on the floor. Brigitte takes all the blame, goes to the cops and admits to having stabbed Gaffris.

Unter Ausschluß der Öffentlichkeit

1937

Darling of the Gods poster
6.2

Also known as Darling of the Gods, this was Emil Jannings' second talkie appearance. Jannings stars as famed operatic singer Albert Winkelmann, who is greeted with cheers, applause and romantic propositions whenever he performs in his native Vienna. But when he embarks on a tour of South America, tragedy strikes. The sweltering climate causes Winkelmann to lose his voice on stage, a disaster met with hoots and cat-calls. Dispirited he returns to Europe, where he soon learns that no one is aware of what happened in South America. Intending to retire so as not to be exposed to further humiliation, Winkelmann is goaded back on stage -- where, miraculously, his gorgeous voice returns.

Darling of the Gods

1930

Mary poster
5.6

When actress Mary Baring is found in a daze beside her colleague's murdered body, all evidence points to her guilt. During the trial, juror Sir John Menier doubts the verdict, but yields to pressure. Haunted by remorse, he launches his own investigation.

Mary

1931

The Anthem of Leuthen poster
7.2

The story of the rise to power of King Frederick II (aka "Frederick the Great") of Prussia of his military campaigns to make Prussia a major power in Europe.

The Anthem of Leuthen

1933

The Night of the Decision poster
7.0

German language version of The Virtuous Sin (1930).

The Night of the Decision

1931

A Certain Mr. Gran poster
7.0

An Italian engineer who had made a strategically important invention to ward off enemy aircraft is killed in a robbery. As the plans have presumably fallen into the hands of spies, secret service captain Bergall is given the task of recovering the papers. Bergall initially adopts a false name and appears as Mr. Gran, whom nobody knows. Under this name, he rents a room in the Hotel Danieli in Venice and makes the acquaintance of the shipowner's daughter Viola Dolleen. With her help, he is able to eliminate Captain Gordon, who is also interested in the plans. When Gran learns that the plans are now in the possession of the art dealer Tschernikoff, who wants to sell them to Gordon, he immediately travels to Rome, visits the art dealer Titian and pretends to be Gordon. In the art dealer's remote villa, events come thick and fast...

A Certain Mr. Gran

1933

Parkstrasse 13 poster
7.5

The beautiful Evelyne Schratt, who has many admirerers, and whose two husbands both died under mysterious circumstances, is giving a reception. When one of her admirers is found stabbed to death in a room upstairs, the police detains everyone in the house and begins an interrogation (oh goody: does dinner come with this mystery theatre, too?). Evelyne admits, that the murdered man tried to blackmail about some information he had about the death of the two husbands.

Parkstrasse 13

1939

L'Argent poster
7.5

Ruined by his competitor, the banker Saccard decides to set up a new business.

L'Argent

1936

No artwork available
5.0

A struggling composer gets one of his pieces into a film program and his wife captures the lead part in the production as well.

What Am I Without You

1934

The Case of Helena Willfuer poster
7.0

No synopsis available yet.

The Case of Helena Willfuer

1930

Liebe geht seltsame Wege poster
10.0

No synopsis available yet.

Liebe geht seltsame Wege

1937

Masquerade in Vienna poster
5.7

A risque drawing is published and threatens to compromise the model, a doctor's wife. Artist Heideneck protects her and invents a name. But the name exists, and this respectable lady is drawn into the artist's shady affairs.

Masquerade in Vienna

1934

Love and Alarum poster
10.0

An Austrian officer falls in love with a Polish girl at a Saint Petersburg New Year's Party in 191, but war soon breaks out.

Love and Alarum

1934

No artwork available
8.0

An inventor works on coming up with a radio-television device, but can't get it to work properly. A slick con artist sees a chance to fleece gullible people with this device and encourages the inventor to keep working at it. One day in the lab, a freak accident results in the machine being able to look through any object and project that object on a TV screen. Unfortunately, some crooks hear about it and determine to get their hands on it. Complications ensue.

The World Without a Mask

1934

No artwork available
10.0

Film by Trotz.

Wege zur guten Ehe

1933

No artwork available
9.0

A celebration of strong Prussian leadership during the reign of Frederick the Great.

Trenck - Der Roman einer großen Liebe

1932

The Stars Shine poster
6.6

German all-star musical from 1938 that was a big commercial success.

The Stars Shine

1938

The Sinister Wish poster
8.0

After losing almost all of his money, a young marquis discovers that among his few remaining possessions is a magical piece of leather which is capable of fulfilling any wish. However, every use of it will make it less effective and furthermore will shorten the life of its user. Nevertheless, the marquis uses the magical object ruthlessly in order to regain his wealth and especially to get the love of Feodora, an actress. But all his efforts only seem to lead to doom…

The Sinister Wish

1939

Liebelei poster
6.9

Vienna in the beginning of the twentieth century. Cavalry Lieutenant Fritz Lobheimer is about to end his affair with Baroness Eggerdorff when he meets the young Christine, the daughter of an opera violinist. Baron Eggerdorff however soon hears of his past misfortune...

Liebelei

1933

No artwork available
7.0

No synopsis available yet.

Heideschulmeister Uwe Karsten

1933

No artwork available
7.0

Lighthouse keeper Uwe Bull lives with his wife Hanne and the silent assistant Jens in a secluded, small world. When the only survivor from a shipwreck, young Margot from Reeperbahn, is washed up on the island, Uwe's feelings arouses. But dark clouds appear in the sky.

A Girl from the Reeperbahn

1930

Seine Tochter ist der Peter poster
9.0

No synopsis available yet.

Seine Tochter ist der Peter

1937

Love Story poster
4.8

A young German officer's life is turned upside when he tries to end his affair with a married baroness after falling for an innocent young singer. French version of Ophuls' Liebelei.

Love Story

1933

Spione im Savoy-Hotel poster
7.5

No synopsis available yet.

Spione im Savoy-Hotel

1932

Nachtkolonne poster
9.5

The film begins in a Berlin club with Trude Berliner singing as gangsters plan a burglary at a Hamburg hotel. At the hotel, Orbeliani leads the band while his wife Olga sings their son Jascha to sleep. During the heist, Jascha wakes, screams, and is knocked down. The gangsters flee to Berlin with stolen jewels and the unconscious Jascha. Homolka, one of the gangsters, refuses to abandon the boy, nurses him back to health, and pretends to be his uncle, claiming his parents are on an American tour. Homolka develops motherly feelings, facing ridicule from his friends and Trude Berliner.

Nachtkolonne

1932

1920s · 11 titles

The Haunted Castle poster
6.3

The sinister Count Oetsch scandalizes the aristocratic social gathering at Castle Vogelod as he announces his intention to "crash" the festivities. Baroness Safferstätt is expected shortly, and the guests are well-aware of the rumors that Count Oetsch murdered the baroness' late husband. Oetsch refuses to leave, vowing that he will reveal the identity of the real killer. Before the weekend is through, the Count and Baroness will reveal secrets too shocking to be believed!

The Haunted Castle

1921

The Italian Straw Hat poster
6.2

On the day of Fadinard's wedding, his horse eats a lady's hat on a bush at the roadside, while the lady is hidden behind the bush with her lover Lieutenant Tavernier. Because she is married, she cannot return home hatless without being compromised, and Tavernier orders Fadinard to replace the hat with one exactly like it - or else he will wreck his new home. In an elaborate sequence of complications, Fadinard tries to find a hat while keeping to his marriage schedule

The Italian Straw Hat

1928

The Italian Straw Hat poster
6.2

On the day of Fadinard's wedding, his horse eats a lady's hat on a bush at the roadside, while the lady is hidden behind the bush with her lover Lieutenant Tavernier. Because she is married, she cannot return home hatless without being compromised, and Tavernier orders Fadinard to replace the hat with one exactly like it - or else he will wreck his new home. In an elaborate sequence of complications, Fadinard tries to find a hat while keeping to his marriage schedule

The Italian Straw Hat

1928

Die Venus von Montmartre poster
9.0

No synopsis available yet.

Die Venus von Montmartre

1925

No artwork available
10.0

Adaptation of A Doll's House by Henrik Ibsen.

Nora

1923

Diane - Die Geschichte einer Pariserin poster
10.0

No synopsis available yet.

Diane - Die Geschichte einer Pariserin

1929

No artwork available
6.5

No synopsis available yet.

Der Meister der Welt

1927

The Fallen poster
9.0

No synopsis available yet.

The Fallen

1926

No artwork available
7.0

While a Russian refugee girl attempts to get work in Constantinople to support herself and her grandfather, a Turkish Bey attempts to make her his mistress.

The City of Temptation

1925

Incest poster
7.0

Martin Hollmann, a young gardener meets his significantly older wife's daughter from her first marriage. Liesbeth Kröger is from his generation and they both get along well straight away. Shortly after his wife's death, Martin brings Liesbeth into his house as a housekeeper, and they both fall in love. The couple live together and soon decide to get married when Liesbeth becomes pregnant by Martin. But now the tragedy begins, because when registering at the registry office, Martin and Liesbeth, in the form of a strict bailiff, are officially declared that they have committed incest in accordance with Section 173 of the Criminal Code.

Incest

1929

Moulin Rouge poster
6.5

An odd and tightly directed tale of a singer/dancer at the Moulin Rouge, who meets her daughter's fiance, only to have him fall obsessively in love with her and she with him. Alienation, betrayal and near tragedy result.

Moulin Rouge

1928

Series credits

Behind the camera