Ferdinand Hart

Acting

Ferdinand Hart

Born 1893-10-28 · Písek, Bohemia, Austria-Hungary [now Czech Republic]

Acting credits

Milan Rastislav Štefánik poster
7.5

The life story of a prominent Slovak scientist, soldier, diplomat and politician who contributed to the creation of conditions for the formation of an independent Czechoslovakia. He died in a plane crash on May 4, 1919.

Milan Rastislav Štefánik

1935

The Golem poster
5.2

The Golem, a giant creature created out of clay by a rabbi, comes to life in a time of trouble to protect the Jews of Prague from persecution.

The Golem

1936

Long Live the Dead Man poster
7.0

Wealthy and ill Petr Kornel (Karel Hasler) is not pleased with the carousing lifestyle of his nephew. He stops supporting him financially and demands that he change his name. Out of gratitude Kornel bequeaths a substantial sum of money to his nurse Alice (Adina Mandlová) with the condition that she marries. Petr Suk (Hugo Haas), as the nephew is now named, visits the doctor. In the waiting room his X-ray is mistakenly switched with one of another patient's. On the basis of this he presently learns that he is seriously ill and has only one day of life left to him.

Long Live the Dead Man

1935

No artwork available
9.0

After her mother's death, Jana is forced to leave her native village because her house has been sold. She searches in vain for work in the surrounding area. A young farmer named Michael finds the exhausted girl in the woods and takes her to the farm he runs with his older brother, Petr. Jana soon recovers and stays on as the housekeeper. The carefree Michael seduces her, and she falls in love with him. Michael is called up for military service in Prague, where he gives himself over to a dissolute lifestyle.

Jana

1935

Life Is a Dog poster
7.2

Young music composer Viktor Honzl in vain looks for work. He is prevented from committing suicide by a technician of the gasworks who shortly beforehand has disconnected his gas due to past due bills. In the disguise of an older, serious, musical scholar Viktor obtains work in a music publishing house.

Life Is a Dog

1933

A Mad Idea poster
7.0

A series of stupid coincidences causes the young Munich painter Paul to convert his uncle's castle into a hotel for four weeks. But he can't complain: business is good and he has plenty of guests. For exmple, there's Theo Muller with his revue troupe. For reasons of "sound", Muller calls himself "Miller", which, of course, causes more confusion. His daughter, the beautiful Evelyn, is confused with Mabel Miller, who has come to the hotel on a mission for her filthy rich father ... namely, to estimate the worth of the castle.

A Mad Idea

1932

In the Employ of the Secret Service poster
8.0

During WWI a German agent receives an order to find out when the Russian army will carry out its expected attack against the German lines.

In the Employ of the Secret Service

1931

Žena, která ví, co chce poster
9.0

Woman concert star seeks to connect with her adult daughter, by her former marriage to a staid industrialist who has kept the two apart since the girl was very small, and receives inadvertent help from the industrialist's just-fired employee who has fallen in love with the girl.

Žena, která ví, co chce

1934

The Living Dead poster
6.6

A crazed scientist murders his wife, walls her up, then flees. A reporter sets out to track him down. Remake of Unheimliche Geschichten (Richard Oswald, 1919).

The Living Dead

1932

1914: The Last Days Before the War poster
6.3

The film focuses on the leadership of the Great Powers of Europe in the days leading up to the outbreak of the First World War.

1914: The Last Days Before the War

1931

Heave-Ho! poster
6.8

A Milk-Cannery baron, Jakub Simonides, is broken by the Canned Milk-Trust and, in his wanderings with a worker, Filip Kornet, he discovers he still owns a half-finished apartment-house. They rally the workers and complete the building for use as a collectivist dairy. The cooperative flourishes and after a chase/pursuit with the police, pratfalls, slapstick and various crashes, the workers buy out the Milk-Trust.

Heave-Ho!

1934

Dreyfus poster
5.6

In late nineteenth century Alfred Dreyfus, a French army officer of Jewish heritage, is falsely accused of espionage. Found guilty of treason he is drummed out of the army and sent to prison on Devil's Island.

Dreyfus

1930

Dr. Terror's House of Horrors poster
8.3

A man of mystery known only as Doctor Terror recounts seven stories from his casebook of personal encounters with evil and the supernatural.

Dr. Terror's House of Horrors

1943

Mazlíček poster
5.7

He, Doctor of Philosophy Alois Pech, is his mother's impenetrable and unindependent pet who works as a prison librarian. She, Marcela Johnová, is a self-confident, energetic and successful girl from high society. While she lives in the big world, surrounded by luxury and admirers, he lives a quiet, modest life with his caring mother. They are introduced by a completely random night-time phone call made from Marcella's apartment by one of her guests. Although for her the pleasantly clumsy man is primarily an entertaining addition to a life full of pleasures, Alois falls in love with the girl and begins to look for opportunities to meet again.

Mazlíček

1934

The adventure in Tunisia poster
8.0

No synopsis available yet.

The adventure in Tunisia

1931

Danton poster
5.8

This pre-WW II German costume drama chronicles the French Revolution with a particular focus upon Danton, Robespierre, and Marat. It depicts the dramatic downfall and execution of Georges Danton in 1794 at the hands of Maximilien Robespierre. The film also presents an interesting, if not historically inaccurate, portrayal of Louis XVI.

Danton

1931

No artwork available
9.0

No synopsis available yet.

První políbení

1935

No artwork available
6.7

The war drama The Horse Patrol is an adaptation of the play of the same name by writer and military doctor František Langer. It takes place in 1919 in Russia and depicts the conflict between members of the Czechoslovak legions and Soviet agitators who are trying to forcibly integrate the legionnaires into the Red Army. Members of the legionnaire's horse patrol, led by sergeant František Matějka (Z. Štěpánek), befriend the inhabitants of a Russian village, but after a cunning attack they find themselves isolated in a lonely building. They are holding two Russian prisoners, while two of their soldiers have set out to report to their superiors. The horse patrol then loses its horse due to betrayal and must prepare for an unequal battle during a major Red Army attack...

Jízdní hlídka

1936

That's All That Matters poster
8.5

A woman accompanies her husband to a party. Both leave with other partners.

That's All That Matters

1931

Haunted People poster
6.5

Widowed carpenter Vincenz Olivier lives with his 8-year-old son Boubou in a small French town. But on the day he is supposed to marry the mayor′s daughter, Louise, his dark past catches up with him: Ten years ago, Vincenz – whose real name is Leon Bernier – escaped from prioson after being convicted of murdering his lover′s sister. Taking Boubou with him, Vincenz, who then and now still denies the crime, flees from the police in a desperate attempt to prove his innocence.

Haunted People

1932

Panic in Chicago poster
5.5

Chicago gangsters use cunning and a series of false identities in a violent battle for dominance, all while attempting to dodge the police.

Panic in Chicago

1931

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NR

No synopsis available yet.

Štvaní lidé

1933

No artwork available
9.0

No synopsis available yet.

V tom domečku pod Emauzy

1934

The Warsaw Citadel poster
8.0

In the 19th century, Polish patriots rise up in Warsaw against domination by the Czar of Russia.

The Warsaw Citadel

1930