Hans Sternberg

Acting

Hans Sternberg

Born — Died

1878-07-03 — 1948-05-13

Place of birth

Lübeck, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany

Known for

Acting

Credits

27 titles

Known for

Dr. Mabuse, the Gambler poster
7.7

Dr. Mabuse and his organization of criminals are in the process of completing their latest scheme, a theft of information that will allow Mabuse to make huge profits on the stock exchange. Afterwards, Mabuse disguises himself and attends the Folies Bergères show, where Cara Carozza, the main attraction of the show, passes him information on Mabuse's next intended victim, the young millionaire Edgar Hull. Mabuse then uses psychic manipulation to lure Hull into a card game where he loses heavily. When Police Commissioner von Wenk begins an investigation of this mysterious crime spree, he has little to go on, and he needs to find someone who can help him.

Dr. Mabuse, the Gambler

1922

Destiny poster
7.4

As a young couple stops and rests in a small village inn, the man is abducted by Death and sequestered behind a huge doorless, windowless wall. The woman poisons herself in order to join him and is met by Death, who gives her three opportunities to prove that love is stronger than death, thereby freeing her beloved from his fate.

Destiny

1921

Tokajerglut poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Tokajerglut

1933

Kuhle Wampe or Who Owns the World? poster
6.9

Kuhle Wampe takes place in early-1930s Berlin. The film begins with a montage of newspaper headlines describing steadily-rising unemployment figures. This is followed by scenes of a young man looking for work in the city and the family discussing the unpaid back rent. The young man, brother of the protagonist Anni, removes his wristwatch and throws himself from a window out of despair. Shortly thereafter his family is evicted from their apartment. Now homeless, the family moves into a garden colony of sorts with the name “Kuhle Wampe.”

Kuhle Wampe or Who Owns the World?

1932

No artwork available
7.0

No synopsis available yet.

Athletes

1925

Familie Schimek poster
6.8

For three difficult orphans living by her aunt the former employee of the family searches a new premouth; he releases with it a result of tumultuous involvements. - Humble-entertaining mistake farce, completely fitted on Hans Moser.

Familie Schimek

1935

Film credits

1940s · 3 titles

1930s · 15 titles

Tokajerglut poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Tokajerglut

1933

Kuhle Wampe or Who Owns the World? poster
6.9

Kuhle Wampe takes place in early-1930s Berlin. The film begins with a montage of newspaper headlines describing steadily-rising unemployment figures. This is followed by scenes of a young man looking for work in the city and the family discussing the unpaid back rent. The young man, brother of the protagonist Anni, removes his wristwatch and throws himself from a window out of despair. Shortly thereafter his family is evicted from their apartment. Now homeless, the family moves into a garden colony of sorts with the name “Kuhle Wampe.”

Kuhle Wampe or Who Owns the World?

1932

Familie Schimek poster
6.8

For three difficult orphans living by her aunt the former employee of the family searches a new premouth; he releases with it a result of tumultuous involvements. - Humble-entertaining mistake farce, completely fitted on Hans Moser.

Familie Schimek

1935

The Five Accursed Gentlemen poster
7.0

European tourists on holiday in Morocco are threatened by a native sorcerer who predicts five of them will die, one by one, before the full moon.

The Five Accursed Gentlemen

1932

No artwork available
9.0

At the last performance of the Barszony Circus in Hamburg, the Indian lion-tamer Sikkim Khan is attacked by a tiger and is badly wounded. That he got away with his life at all is due to the quick action of the circus director's daughter, Tamara, who shoots the tiger. From that point on, Tamara appears as "Sikkim Khan" and the "Diamond King" van Houten falls in love with her. On a ship of the South American Line, they meet and get to know each other better. When an emerald worth half a million is stolen, Tamara declares herself to be the thief, so as to protect an old colleague of her father, who wants to save the circus with the money from the stolen jewel.

Königstiger

1935

Marriage in Name Only poster
5.0

a movie by Heinz Paul

Marriage in Name Only

1930

Playing with Fire poster
7.0

A smart wife cures her husband of his infatuation with a beautiful singer.

Playing with Fire

1934

The Man with the Paw poster
7.0

"The Man with the Paw" is what people call the very successful banker Wiegant, who is desperately in love with Lena Kroning, the wife of the lawyer Hugo Kroning. So as to be nearer to her, Wiegant hires her husband to be the bank's lawyer. Shortly thereafter, Wiegant is suspected of having conned the Countess Steindorff during a telephone conversation; but he never did. During the relevant period of time, he was with Lena "having tea" (uh huh), which he conceals from the lawyer-husband, so as to protect Lena.

The Man with the Paw

1935

No artwork available
5.5

A British attorney working on a small island wants to return home to London, but first has to solve a mysterious crime.

The Mystery of Betty Bonn

1938

A Prince's Young Love poster
10.0

Period romance set in Bismarck's Second Empire about a nobleman who wants to marry the daughter of a lowly pharmacist.

A Prince's Young Love

1933

No artwork available
7.0

a movie by Heinz Paul

Hahn im Korb

1937

No artwork available
8.0

A circus drama in which the scheming relatives of an orphan girl are thwarted by her compassionate uncle, a liquor store clerk.

Pappi

1934

No artwork available
10.0

Actually, Erika and Werner wanted to take a pleasant boat trip on the Isar. But who would have thought what could happen during such a simple outing?! Werner Merk, who works as an engineer for a large car company in Munich, finds out, that the head of the firm, Director Feldmann, is spending his summer vacation at his house in the mountains. Werner up and decides to make his way their to introduce himself to Feldmann in a relaxed atmosphere.

Summer, Sunshine, Erica

1939

Invitation to the Dance poster
10.0

Biopic of composer conductor Carl Maria von Weber, who championed the little regarded German opera instead of the then popular Italian opera, in the 19th Century.

Invitation to the Dance

1934

No artwork available
8.0

Set in the sleepy Silesian town of Runxendorf, the story follows eccentric radio visionary Paul Neugebauer (Ludwig Manfred Lommel) as he schemes to turn the local bog lake into a famous spa resort. Along the way, he assists a young romance between the hotel keeper's daughter and a modest local hairdresser by outwitting her multiple wealthy suitors, utilizing his signature mimicry and radio tricks.

Paul und Pauline

1936

1920s · 5 titles