Nils Olaf Chrisander

Acting

Nils Olaf Chrisander

Stockholm, Sweden

Swedish actor and director.

Acting credits

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5.0

Mother-in law comes to visit, which means mayhem at home....

Mother in Law on the Spree

1916

Die weißen Rosen von Ravensberg poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Die weißen Rosen von Ravensberg

1919

The Nobel Prize Winner poster
5.0

Dr. Henry Arel and his fiancée, Violet Starford, join the war as paramedics. During a flight attack, Violet is badly hurt. The doctor makes a very bold intervention in the hope that Violet will survive.

The Nobel Prize Winner

1918

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NR

A german film released in 1917 starring Pola Negri.

Rampant Blood

1917

Witching Hour poster
7.0

The noble family de la Porte lives at castle Medan. After the lost heir August returns unexpectedly, countess Herm, mother-in-law of younger brother Johann, fears for the inheritance of her daughter.

Witching Hour

1917

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9.0

Pola Negri plays a dual supporting role as a nun and a cabaret dancer in this film.

Nicht Lange Täuschte Mich das Glück

1917

The Prisoner of Karlsten's Fortress poster
6.2

Count de Faber is working on a new type of explosive, but finds out that Professor Plussman has beat him to it. After an unsuccessful attempt to acquire the formula from Plussman, he breaks into the professor's house, steals the formula, and kidnaps his daughter, Mary. He takes her to Carlsten Fortress.

The Prisoner of Karlsten's Fortress

1916

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NR

German silent film starring Pola Negri.

Dead Eyes

1917

Die Jagd nach dem Tode - 2. Teil: Die verbotene Stadt poster
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In Calcutta, McAllan meets the beautiful Indian woman Malatti, with whom he immediately falls in love. The engineer quickly neglects his professional obligations and follows her. After some complications, the two of them finally get closer at her home, even if Malatti's father Badhama rejects this connection. Badhama only agrees to the planned marriage when he learns how wealthy this white man must be. After some time, McAllan returns to his large construction site, where things are going haywire. Many workers die in an explosion, and McAllan is now liable with his fortune. As a result, the engineer, who became impoverished overnight, suddenly becomes uninteresting for Malatti's father as a son-in-law, especially since with a solvent Japanese man who offers a lot of money for his daughter's hand,

Die Jagd nach dem Tode - 2. Teil: Die verbotene Stadt

1920

Reveille poster
5.2

Countess Hedvig von Wärnfelt receives her orphaned niece Marianne to bring her up in the discipline and instruction of the Lord. Marianne is a spirited and vibrant young girl who is also an aspiring actress. The Countess is dismayed by her uneducated behavior and treats her severely.

Reveille

1917

Die Jagd nach dem Tode - 1. Teil poster
9.0

The American engineer McAllan is appointed site manager for a major project in Asia. He is to oversee the branch line of the railway line from Calcutta to Beijing. One day, the railway company in question called him to Calcutta for an interview: they were planning to stop running the branch line for cost reasons. However, McAllan is passionate about the project and uses all his powers of persuasion not to just call off construction. In fact, the construction work will continue, and the engineer is even willing to vouch for it with his private fortune.

Die Jagd nach dem Tode - 1. Teil

1920

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9.0

The old man and McAllan then got into a physical altercation on the roof of a train that was moving at full speed, in which Malatti's father fell. McAllan assumes that his adversary died in the process. When a gang of rogue robbers board the train, McAllan's life doesn't seem worth a damn anymore. But then, almost out of nowhere, his faithful servant Lubzang appears and saves his master's life at the last moment. Malatti, also on board, falls into the clutches of the gang and is sent to Tibet by the sinister fellowsabducted to be offered as a sacrifice to the goddess Bhawani. However, a kind-hearted member of the gang of robbers takes pity on her and helps the exotic beauty to escape. A little later, Malatti meets Lubzang, who has meanwhile broken away from his master McAllan. He takes her with him.

Die Jagd nach dem Tode - 3. Teil: Der Mann im Dunkel

1921

Die Jagd nach dem Tode - 4. Teil: Die Goldmine von Sar-Khin poster
10.0

Malatti's father has unexpectedly survived the fall from the train and now vows to take cruel revenge on McAllan. In Lhasa, the old capital of Tibet, seat of the Dalai Lama and at the same time a "forbidden city" for all foreigners, there is another dramatic encounter between the engineer and Badhama. In a dark dungeon, he thinks he recognizes McAllan and tries to stab the man he holds responsible for all the misfortune. He does not realize who he is stabbing, killing his own daughter in the process. The Dalai Lama's servants arrest Badhama and throw him in the dungeon. Malatti's father is sentenced to death, while McAllan sees the light of day again and is released.

Die Jagd nach dem Tode - 4. Teil: Die Goldmine von Sar-Khin

1921

The Phantom of the Opera poster
10.0

Das Phantom der Oper was a 1916 silent film. The film, also known as Das Gespenst im Opernhaus, is notable for being the first film adaptation of the 1910 novel The Phantom of the Opera by Gaston Leroux. The film is now believed to be a lost film. No copies, photographs or even a poster of the film remain. All that is known is that it was made in Germany in autumn 1915, directed by Ernst Matray, starring Nils Chrisander as the Phantom and Aud Egede-Nissen as Christine, and Raul played by director Ernst Matray.[1]

The Phantom of the Opera

1916

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