
Acting
Berthe Ostyn
Born 1906-02-23 · Aachen, 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
5.2Kiki who has a walk-on part in a show, is in love with her director, who doesn't notice her at all. She settles into his home and causes him to break up with his lover, the star of the show; and finally manages to make him love her.
Kiki
1932
8.3Anny Brabcová is Sabine Veldenová's maid. She would very much like to get the main role in the new musical "The Pink Letter", in which Veldenová plays. Anna's brother, the easy-going postman Jarda Brabec gets the lyrics to the most famous song of the whole musical "The Pink Letter" from his sister and decides that Anna will sing it at the postal academy right in front of the Minister of Posts, where she will reap great success. Later, when the spoiled star Veldenová ends her role in the musical, the director of the theater Bernhard, with whom Anny is in love, has no choice but to announce an audition for the role.
Meet the Sister
1931
8.0Weimar era screwball comedy about a floor model who is required to go out evenings to escort VIPs while her boyfriend has to wait at home.
I Go Out and You Stay Here
1931
6.2During the shooting of a jealousy scene on a soundstage, one actress is murdered. Due to the fact that the male star of the movie had a relation with the victim and the female star is now his fiance, he is suspected by the police.
The Shot in the Talker Studio
1930
9.0An unemployed man who plays a concertina gets involved with a band of crooks and tries to frustrate a kidnapping, in this farcical caper.
Holzapfel Knows Everything
1932
9.0No synopsis available yet.
Duty Is Duty
1931
7.0No synopsis available yet.
Die blonde Nachtigall
1930
7.5During a test run for a large race in Sicily the racing car driver Bettina Bang gets into an accident and is saved by a secretive person unknown to her. It later turns out that the unknown man is the race car driver Harry Bredow.
The Night Belongs to Us
1929
5.3A Tyrolean mountain guide comes under suspicion of killing a tourist.
The Son of the White Mountain
1930
10.0In the style of Gogol's Inspector General: When a traveling salesman arrives in the car of a government official, the powers that be of a small town think he's the auditor and try to throw him off the track about their disorderly finances.
The Town Stands on Its Head
1933
7.0Set among the traveling circus community. Artists of many talents and origins. A showman causes an accident in which his wife is killed. He accuses the circus clown who spends ten years in prison. It was made as a polyglot film with each actor speaking in their own language.
Transit Camp
1932
4.5A banker goes bankrupt and flees to the countryside where a family of peasants cheers him up.
A Trip to the Country
1933
7.0A group of popular musicians including a girl singer is staying in a spooky castle where there may be a treasure of money.
So This is Midnight
1934