Hans Albers

Acting

Hans Albers

Born 1891-09-22 · Hamburg, Germany

Hans Philipp August Albers (22 September 1891 – 24 July 1960), also known by his nickname “der blonde Hans” (The Blond Hans), was a German actor and singer. He was the biggest male movie star in Germany between 1930 and 1960 and one of the most popular German actors of the twentieth century. Description above from the Wikipedia article Hans Albers, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Acting credits

The Blue Angel poster
7.3

Prim professor Immanuel Rath finds some of his students ogling racy photos of cabaret performer Lola Lola and visits a local club, The Blue Angel, in an attempt to catch them there. Seeing Lola perform, the teacher is filled with lust, eventually resigning his position at the school to marry the young woman. However, his marriage to a coquette -- whose job is to entice men -- proves to be more difficult than Rath imagined.

The Blue Angel

1930

Nights on the Road poster
7.9

An aging truck driver finds smuggled money and becomes involved with a hijacking crowd.

Nights on the Road

1952

The Crimson Circle poster
8.0

Police battle against a gang of blackmailers known as The Crimson Circle.

The Crimson Circle

1929

Sergeant Berry poster
7.0

Sergeant Hans Albers, the terror of Chicago gangsters, is transferred South of the border to deal with bandidos.

Sergeant Berry

1938

No artwork available
10.0

No synopsis available yet.

Die Tochter der Gräfin Stachowska

1917

Water for Canitoga poster
6.9

In the spring of 1905, the water conduit project in the Canadian city of Canitoga is set to be completed. For years, the completion had been marred by sabotage. Engineer Oliver Montstuart commands the last blasting operation. But again, the explosive charge is too large and thus, further construction is forestalled again. When Montstuart confronts foreman Westbrook, the foreman threatens him with a knife. In self-defence, Montstuart shoots him. Now, he has to flee.

Water for Canitoga

1939

No artwork available
7.0

No synopsis available yet.

Möblierte Zimmer

1929

No artwork available
10.0

No synopsis available yet.

Das schöne Abenteuer

1924

Asphalt poster
7.3

Starring Betty Amann in her most famous leading role, Joe May's Asphalt is a luxuriously produced German Expressionist classic where tragic liaisons and fatal encounters are shaped alongside the constant roar of Berlin traffic.

Asphalt

1929

The White Demon poster
10.0

When Albers takes his drug-addicted opera star sister Gerda to a sanitarium, they both become targets of slimy dope peddler Peter Lorre, who fears that Gerda will blow the whistle on him. Lorre kidnaps the woman, leading Albers on a frantic chase.

The White Demon

1932

Fräulein Raffke poster
7.0

"Raffke" was a war profiteer, shifter, the white-collar criminal, who came to wealth with not very clean methods in a short time and also likes to show it. And this film tells the story of Raffke's daughter Lilli, who, instead of marrying the Baron chosen by the father of vanity, marries a simple employee who is about to perish.

Fräulein Raffke

1923

Dear Homeland poster
9.0

A German mechanic considers emigrating to the United States, but changes his mind when he falls in love with a local woman.

Dear Homeland

1929

A Midsummer Night's Dream poster
8.0

Mistaken identity, unrequited love, and the supernatural are combined in Shakespeare's classic set in the woods of Greece on a moonlit night.

A Midsummer Night's Dream

1925

Bluebeard poster
7.5

"Bluebeard" (German: "Blaubart") is a 1951 black comedy film directed by Christian-Jaque and starring Hans Albers, Cécile Aubry and Fritz Kortner. Based on the fairy tale "Bluebeard" by Charles Perrault, it was a co-production between West Germany, France and Switzerland. It was made using the Gevacolor process. A separate French-language version, "Barbe-Bleue", was also made.

Bluebeard

1951

Lyda Ssanin poster
10.0

A beautiful and popular young woman enters a relationship with a wealthy but womanizing cavalry captain.

Lyda Ssanin

1923

Refugees poster
6.3

Propaganda film detailing the plight of ethnic Germans, known as "Volga Germans", in the Soviet province of Manchuria.

Refugees

1933

Under Blazing Heavens poster
8.0

In this exotic adventure, unscrupulous gun runners threaten a captain, and a ship is in danger of sinking.

Under Blazing Heavens

1936

No artwork available
8.0

No synopsis available yet.

Nixchen

1926

No artwork available
10.0

A pickpocket seduces and scams a wealthy married woman out of a large sum of money.

Taschendiebe

1921

The Man Who Was Sherlock Holmes poster
7.3

Two dubious characters disguise themselves as Holmes and Watson to gain attention and end up chasing counterfeiters and stolen stamps.

The Man Who Was Sherlock Holmes

1937

Trenck, der Pandur poster
6.2

Film about the fictitious adventures of Franz Freiherr von Trenck, who lived during the times of empress Maria Theresia of Austria garnished with espionage and twisted love affairs.

Trenck, der Pandur

1940

Hitler's Hollywood poster
6.5

Film journalist and critic Rüdiger Suchsland examines German cinema from 1933, when the Nazis came into power, until 1945, when the Third Reich collapsed. (A sequel to From Caligari to Hitler, 2015.)

Hitler's Hollywood

2017

No artwork available
8.0

No synopsis available yet.

Maskottchen

1929

Madeleine poster
9.0

No synopsis available yet.

Madeleine

1919

Behind the camera