Acting

Henry Bender

Born — Died

1867-10-01 — 1933-05-14

Known for

Acting

Credits

41 titles

Known for

Film credits

1930s · 13 titles

The Schlemihl poster
9.0

Hartwig gets by a strange coincidence confused by a prince with a certain Josef Döllinger in a luxurious restaurant. Hartwig is overjoyed, as he gets to know the dancer Garda Maro.

The Schlemihl

1931

A Night in Paradise poster
8.0

One of the popular Weimar-era musical comedies not released in the US until after the Nazi takeover, this one has a Cinderella-type plot.

A Night in Paradise

1932

The adventure in Tunisia poster
8.0

No synopsis available yet.

The adventure in Tunisia

1931

Marion, That's Not Nice poster
10.0

A young painter in the academy hires as a model the daughter of a rich soap manufacturer and has her pose for a work based on the biblical Susannah and the Elders, which almost causes a scandal.

Marion, That's Not Nice

1933

The Gentleman Who Can Be Booked poster
6.0

This 'musical burlesque' tells about a stylish young gentleman who works as a so-called 'Festredner', a person who makes speeches at important events like marriages etc. for people who don't feel able to do it themselves. Willi lends his voice to a speech-impaired professor, but the baroness who falls in love with Hörbiger only does so because of Willi's voice, and this leads to all sorts of complications…

The Gentleman Who Can Be Booked

1930

Zu Befehl, Herr Unteroffizier poster
7.0

This comedy pokes fun at the military exercises Germans were fond of doing in the lead up to the Great War.

Zu Befehl, Herr Unteroffizier

1932

Holzapfel Knows Everything poster
9.0

An unemployed man who plays a concertina gets involved with a band of crooks and tries to frustrate a kidnapping, in this farcical caper.

Holzapfel Knows Everything

1932

Only You poster
8.5

Only You is a 1930 musical by Hermann Feiner and Willi Wolff starring Fritz Schulz and Walter Janssen.

Only You

1930

The Singing City poster
6.2

A tourist guide in Naples is taken on by a Viennese woman impressed by his singing, and who regards him as her protege. This film was released as a German version and English Version known as "The City of Song". Brigitte Helm once portrays a beautiful femme fatale who displays her affection and lust for her tourist guide which is paralleled with the main bodied theme of the early romanticist songs played throughout.

The Singing City

1930

No artwork available
10.0

No synopsis available yet.

Ruhiges Heim mit Küchenbenutzung

1930

Alraune poster
6.1

A scientist, Professor Jakob ten Brinken, interested in the laws of heredity, impregnates a prostitute in a laboratory with the semen of a hanged murderer. The prostitute conceives a female child who has no concept of love, whom the professor adopts. The girl, Alraune, suffers from obsessive sexuality and perverse relationships throughout her life. She learns of her unnatural origins and she avenges herself against the professor.

Alraune

1930

The Spanish Fly poster
8.0

As a young man, mustard manufacturer Ludwig Klinke had an affair with a dancer, the “Spanish Fly”. The dancer had a son and Klinke has been secretly paying maintenance ever since. Wimmer and Tiedemeier also had a relationship with the dancer. With the appearance of the dancer's supposed son, Heinrich Meisel, chaos breaks out.

The Spanish Fly

1931

Three Days in the Guardhouse poster
6.0

When an attractive maid in a garrison town becomes pregnant, she reveals that one of three soldiers stationed there who had been chasing after her, is responsible.

Three Days in the Guardhouse

1930

1920s · 23 titles

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

The Woman in Flames poster
8.0

Dancing, sports and erotic pursuits are the main ingredients in this drama about the fate of this scorned and abandoned woman, Josefine, who falls for the selfish Fennhofer. This film is considered lost.

The Woman in Flames

1924

Das Fräulein von Kasse 12 poster
7.0

On her way to work at a department store, the pretty cashier Grete encounters a man in a car who offers her a ride. Grete has no idea that he is not a chauffeur, as she initially believes, but Dr. Fred Werder, the co-owner of *Zeitspiegel*. The two meet again by chance when Grete enters a contest in the "Zeitspiegel."

Das Fräulein von Kasse 12

1928

The Riddle of the Sphinx poster
7.0

In Cairo, a quest for a coveted antiquity draws the heroine into a clandestine cult devoted to Osiris. What begins as intrigue turns perilous—abductions, conspiracies, and night-time chases through temples and tombs—until she fights to escape the sect’s grip.

The Riddle of the Sphinx

1921

Flight Around the World poster
6.2

A spectacular action-adventure travelogue with stages in Genoa, Suez, Colombo, Singapore, Canton, Yokohama, Honolulu, San Francisco, New York and Brest.

Flight Around the World

1925

The Mistress of the World, Part VIII: The Revenge of Maud Fergusson poster
7.5

After the death of Alan Stanley, Maud Fergusson seeks revenge. On her behalf, the detective Hunt begins to investigate and proves that Murphy is responsible for the murder. Maud's revenge plan involves launching a newspaper campaign against Murphy, defaming and embarrassing him.

The Mistress of the World, Part VIII: The Revenge of Maud Fergusson

1920

Wrath of the Seas poster
5.5

The film portrays the Imperial German Navy during the First World War, particularly the Battle of Jutland and is based on a novel by Helmut Lorenz.

Wrath of the Seas

1926

No artwork available
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Der Millionendieb

1921

A Crazy Night poster
8.0

No synopsis available yet.

A Crazy Night

1927

No artwork available
9.0

No synopsis available yet.

Flucht in die Fremdenlegion

1929

Die Abenteuerin von Monte Carlo poster
7.0

Major industrialist Rimay fights a ruthless economic rivalry with competitor de Jong. The villainous Rimay tries to steal de Jong's Moroccan mines by inciting local Rif kabyles to rebel. Ellen Richter stars as Zoraja, navigating the high-stakes corporate and international conflict.

Die Abenteuerin von Monte Carlo

1921

An der Schönen Blauen Donau poster
10.0

No synopsis available yet.

An der Schönen Blauen Donau

1926

No artwork available
NR

German silent-adventure film by Ernst Wendt.

Der Herr der Bestien

1921

Grüß mir das blonde Kind am Rhein poster
6.0

No synopsis available yet.

Grüß mir das blonde Kind am Rhein

1926

The Most Beautiful Woman in the World poster
10.0

Fred Holme is looking for candidates for the beauty contest in his London newspaper. In Rome he discovered the most beautiful woman in the world, the young arts and craftswoman Lucia Sarlo.

The Most Beautiful Woman in the World

1924

Marie Antoinette - Das Leben einer Königin poster
9.0

The life of Marie Antoinette, Queen of France, during the years leading up to and during the French Revolution in which she was executed.

Marie Antoinette - Das Leben einer Königin

1922

Morgenröte poster
10.0

A young student, Stephan, inherits shares in a coal mine from his father. The mine is no longer profitable, and Stephan needs money to finance his studies, so he takes up work in the mine.

Morgenröte

1929

The White Horse Inn poster
7.0

Based on the play of the same name by Oskar Blumenthal and Gustav Kadelburg.

The White Horse Inn

1926

The Sweet Girl poster
10.0

The Sweet Girl (German: Das Süße Mädel) is a 1926 German silent film directed by Manfred Noa.

The Sweet Girl

1926

No artwork available
8.0

No synopsis available yet.

Pömperly's Kampf mit dem Schneeschuh

1923

No artwork available
7.0

Silent romantic comedy set on a train.

Express Train of Love

1925

Panik poster
8.0

No synopsis available yet.

Panik

1928

Thin Ice poster
6.2

The film tells the story of an ambitious young man, Tom, who loves Grete, daughter of the manager of the national railroads; but Grete's father prefers Lund, an upright and uptight army officer. To prove his worth, Tom organizes a daring robbery of the nightly Bergen Express in the hopes of outwitting his rival, who's been assigned to track down the thieves.

Thin Ice

1928