Directing
Ernst Wendt
Born 1876-10-26 · Gdańsk, Poland
The actor and director Ernst Wendt achieved as a stage actor round 1900 and at the beginning of the 20th century he impersonated numerous roles, among them also classical figures of history of literature. As an established theater actor he joined the film business in 1918 where he took part in few silent movies in front of the camera like "Das Maskenfest des Lebens", "Mania" and "Morphium". Afterwards he shifted his activity and became a movie director. From 1919 till the middle of the 20s he realised several movies which normally were dedicated to the adventure genre. For some of his movies he also wrote the script.
Acting credits
7.0A beautiful cigarette factory worker becomes the face of the company's new marketing campaign. Soon she attracts the attention of two men - a talented young composer and an old rich patron of arts.
Mania
1918
No synopsis available yet.
Das Maskenfest des Lebens
1918
7.0No synopsis available yet.
Der Todestraum
1918
Behind the camera
9.0The good citizens of a small Austrian town are all aquiver; the schoolmaster has published a brochure in which can be read, black on white, the story of the 'dead guest,' in whose embrace the town's prospective brides found death. But worst of all, the writer of the brochure has plausibly concluded that the 'dead guest' will return this very year! A copy of this film is conserved in the Centre national du cinéma et de l’image animée (CNC).
The Ghost With the Deadly Kiss
1922
9.0The good citizens of a small Austrian town are all aquiver; the schoolmaster has published a brochure in which can be read, black on white, the story of the 'dead guest,' in whose embrace the town's prospective brides found death. But worst of all, the writer of the brochure has plausibly concluded that the 'dead guest' will return this very year! A copy of this film is conserved in the Centre national du cinéma et de l’image animée (CNC).
The Ghost With the Deadly Kiss
1922
8.5About the violent captain Gaustad on a ship of rape, mutiny and shipwreck, in the icy waters of Sweden. Two shipmates, Björn and Sigurd, survive the chaos and cold white desert.
The White Desert
1922
8.5About the violent captain Gaustad on a ship of rape, mutiny and shipwreck, in the icy waters of Sweden. Two shipmates, Björn and Sigurd, survive the chaos and cold white desert.
The White Desert
1922
Colonialist adventure film with wild animals.
Allein im Urwald
1922
German drama by Ernst Wendt
Unter Räubern und Bestien
1921
German silent-adventure film by Ernst Wendt.
Der Herr der Bestien
1921
German silent-adventure film by Ernst Wendt.
Der Herr der Bestien
1921
No synopsis available yet.
Die Schreckensnacht in der Menagerie
1921
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Drei Schwestern
1986
9.0No synopsis available yet.
Bismarck, 1. Teil
1925