Acting

Wera Engels

Born — Died

1909-05-12 — 1988-11-16

Place of birth

Kiel, Germany

Known for

Acting

Credits

18 titles

IMDb profile

Wera Engels was a daughter of a German Admiral and Governor of the then German colony Tsing-tau-China. After successful leading roles in productions of the well-established German UFA-studios in Babelsberg as well as in France, Engels was invited to Hollywood. Producers saw her as a cheap alternative to Greta Garbo and Marlene Dietrich. She was contracted with RKO. Engels was given roles under Walter Futter and M.H. Hoffman. She and the silent movie super star Mary Pickford became best friends. By 1935 she returned to Germany, but left soon thereafter, because of the decline of the German movie industry caused by the Nazi propaganda machine. Back in Hollywood, she dated Gary Cooper for a wh…

Known for

7.0

A ham-handed cautionary fable against communism, the film concerns a group of Civil War veterans who are appalled by the burgeoning radical movement in America.

Together We Live

1935

6.0

An Austrian officer must face up to the good and evil aspects of his own personality as he becomes involved in a war.

Fugitive Road

1934

No artwork available

4.8

A young woman who works in the movie business buys a sweepstakes ticket that turns out to be a winner. Her stroke of luck changes her life around--and not necessarily for the better.

Sweepstake Annie

1935

7.5

The second of the three film versions of the E. Phillips Oppenheim espionage thriller set largely in an old dark house where a tremulous wife wonders if her husband is really his double, a dastardly German spy.

The Great Impersonation

1935

5.7

The story takes place on the Riviera, where the title character may or may not be involved in various shades of skullduggery, including murder.

Scent of the Woman in Black

1931

7.5

Inspector Harry Cross is investigating a murder case with a knife throwing killer in the the seedy world of night clubs.

The Copper

1930

Film credits

1930s · 13 titles

7.0

A ham-handed cautionary fable against communism, the film concerns a group of Civil War veterans who are appalled by the burgeoning radical movement in America.

Together We Live

1935

6.0

An Austrian officer must face up to the good and evil aspects of his own personality as he becomes involved in a war.

Fugitive Road

1934

No artwork available

4.8

A young woman who works in the movie business buys a sweepstakes ticket that turns out to be a winner. Her stroke of luck changes her life around--and not necessarily for the better.

Sweepstake Annie

1935

7.5

The Great Impersonation

1935

5.7

The story takes place on the Riviera, where the title character may or may not be involved in various shades of skullduggery, including murder.

Scent of the Woman in Black

1931

7.5

Inspector Harry Cross is investigating a murder case with a knife throwing killer in the the seedy world of night clubs.

The Copper

1930

5.8

Since her father died, rich and carefree Jacqueline Topelius makes magazine covers and causes social gossip with her flirtatious adventures around Europe, leaving a string of admirers behind without much concern. Her sister June, living in Paris, is all the contrary but they love each other just the same. Everything changes when Jacqueline meets Dr. Michael Thomas, who rejects her at first. Now she must choose, and also face the consequences her past life may have on their future together.

Talking About Jacqueline

1937

7.0

No synopsis available yet.

English as it is spoken

1931

8.0

Generational saga about a failed streetcar conductor, who finds success as an Atlantic City fortune teller, and his son.

The Great Jasper

1933

5.1

A shifty lawyer is threatened with death within two days by a criminal who supposedly died in Australia.

The Ringer

1932

5.7

Customs agents track a ring of arms smugglers into Hong Kong.

Hong Kong Nights

1935

No artwork available

8.0

No synopsis available yet.

Lucky children

1931

8.0

Russia, 1667: The Cossacks, led by Rasin, are ill-treated by Prince Dolgoruki who arrests and sentences Rasin to forced labor on the ship that brings the Prince and his daughter to her arranged wedding. But the Princess falls for Rasin.