Writing
Walter Wassermann
Born 1883-09-19 · Berlin, Germany
Acting credits
Behind the camera
No synopsis available yet.
Der kühne Schwimmer
1934
7.0Sergeant Hans Albers, the terror of Chicago gangsters, is transferred South of the border to deal with bandidos.
Sergeant Berry
1938
No synopsis available yet.
Möblierte Zimmer
1929
4.3The delightful Johann Strauss comic opera Die Fledermaus was mercilessly lampooned in this truly bizarre production. For starters, a framing device has been added: After appearing in 300 consecutive appearances of Fledermaus (which translates as The Bat) the lead tenor (Georg Alexander) imagines that he's seeing bats everywhere. Driven a bit over the edge by all this, he falls asleep and has a nightmare about the opera, with a group of non-singers cast in the leading roles. The original libretto about romantic assignations, political imprisonments and mistaken identity is burlesqued to the hilt: at one point, the hero finds out that his prison cell is surrounded by rubber tubes!
The Bat
1937
7.0As a gang of classy jewel thieves hop from one European country to another, an engineer rescues a woman from their clutches.
Die schönen Tage von Aranjuez
1933
6.5No synopsis available yet.
The Rhineland Model
1930
8.5"The Stranger" is Mrs. Clarkson, the wife of a wealthy American. Mrs. Clarkson has entered into matrimony for the express purpose of accumulating a great deal of money. No, she isn't a spendthrift: She hopes to use the cash to finance a campaign of revenge, levelled against the man who ruined her mother.
The Stranger
1931
6.7When linguistics professor Henry Higgins boasts that he can pass off Cockney flower girl Eliza Doolittle as a princess with only six months' training, Colonel George Pickering takes him up on the bet. Eliza moves into Higgins's home and begins her rigorous training after the professor comes to a financial agreement with her dustman father, Alfred. But the plucky young woman is not the only one undergoing a transformation.
Pygmalion
1935
5.8No synopsis available yet.
Ein Zug fährt ab
1942
No synopsis available yet.
Die Hotelratte
1928
9.0Tenor Mario Monti is searching for his wife Bianca's daughter, who is believed to be dead. Before Mario, Bianca was married to Carlo Scarpia, Mario's patron. When Carlo discovered that his wife and Mario were having an affair, he left them both and, as he was leaving, told Bianca that their daughter Mary had died. In reality, she grew up without knowing her real parents. Mario tracks Mary down in Munich, where she works as a ballerina at the State Opera.
Thou Art My Joy
1936
5.5When Bartos, the director of the Odeon variety theater, cancels an artist at short notice, he hires the Terrys out of necessity, whose parents were successful variety artists, but who had not yet received an engagement themselves. Both are supported by Tobs, a friend of their parents. While blonde Mara Terry arrives punctually for the first rehearsal, her dark-haired sister Kora is late like a diva and acts aloof and snippy. At their first performance together the next day, Kora is overtired from partying the night before. During a dangerous act in which she has to balance her upside-down sister on her head, she becomes careless...
Kora Terry
1940
7.0After she has abused the confidence of the young engineer Pierre Lavernay, the beautiful thief Olga, who has fallen in love with him, wants to break with her criminal past. Unfortunately, by the awkwardness of her former accomplices, Olga is extradited to the police and, sadly, her young lover turns back to Paris.
Goodbye Beautiful Days
1933
10.0No synopsis available yet.
Les voleurs de gloire
1926
9.0Princess Christine is impelled to be married, and expected to perform at the next Schönbrunn festival. But she takes a break and goes to Vienna instead, where she finds herself sharing a carriage with a young stranger.
Dream Of Schoenbrunn
1932
No synopsis available yet.
Die Königin von Whitechapel
1922
7.0The village mayor is a bigoted man: when he sees a girl from the variety show, the morality no longer applies to him.
True Jacob
1931
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Schicksal
1925
9.0Uncle Ludwig’s childless estate hinges on his nephews: Peter studies agriculture and is engaged to Inge, while Paul, a court assessor, loves Marianne, whose father disdains “judges.” Both women secretly visit Bainingen, but Ludwig mistakes Inge for Marianne and vice versa, triggering a cascade of romantic mix-ups.
Die heimlichen Bräute
1942
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Ja, treu ist die Soldatenliebe
1932
9.0On the eve of the Russian Revolution, a performance of "Tosca" is taking place at the opera house. The artists and staff are too engrossed in their work to notice the unrest in the streets. The leading roles are played by Marina Marta and René Areno, who are also lovers. However, Marina has another admirer in Captain Alexander von Harbin. When, during the final performance, the insurgent communists suddenly storm the opera house, Alexander seems to be Marina's last hope…
Strong Hearts in the Storm
1937
8.0No synopsis available yet.
Spelunke
1929
9.0In this love triangle, two comrades working at a Berlin auto repair place fall out over a waitress they both want. The only way Rudi can think of winning away Erika from Hanni is to badmouth her to his rival.
Little Sinner
1938
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Cold Heart
1924