Loni Nest

Acting

Loni Nest

Born — Died

1915-08-04 — 1990-10-02

Place of birth

Berlin, Germany

Known for

Acting

Credits

22 titles

She was born Eleonore Nest on August 4, 1915, in Berlin to American parents who were Methodist missionaries. During her parents' time as missionaries, she was discovered by a German movie producer on a poster promoting a Sunday school program. She was soon asked to work in movies. With the permission of her parents, she acted in her first movie in 1918. She used the name Loni Nest instead of Eleonore Nest. Between 1918 and 1933, she starred in 41 movies, opposite such actors as Charles Boyer, Greta Garbo, Marlene Dietrich and Fritz Feld. Nest left movies in 1933 to move back to her parents' original home in Boston. She left to focus on the family's involvment in a new Methodist church, wher…

Known for

Film credits

1920s · 19 titles

Nosferatu poster
7.7

The mysterious Count Orlok summons a happily married real estate agent to his castle, located up in the Transylvanian mountains, to finalise a terrifying deal.

Nosferatu

1922

The Golem: How He Came into the World poster
7.0

In 16th-century Prague, a rabbi creates the Golem - a giant creature made of clay. Using sorcery, he brings the creature to life in order to protect the Jews of Prague from persecution.

The Golem: How He Came into the World

1920

Joyless Street poster
6.8

In 1921, we follow two women - Marie and Grete - from the same poor Viennese neighborhood, as they try to better the lives of themselves and their families during the period of Austrian postwar hyperinflation.

Joyless Street

1925

The Haunted Castle poster
6.3

The sinister Count Oetsch scandalizes the aristocratic social gathering at Castle Vogelod as he announces his intention to "crash" the festivities. Baroness Safferstätt is expected shortly, and the guests are well-aware of the rumors that Count Oetsch murdered the baroness' late husband. Oetsch refuses to leave, vowing that he will reveal the identity of the real killer. Before the weekend is through, the Count and Baroness will reveal secrets too shocking to be believed!

The Haunted Castle

1921

The Little Napoleon poster
9.0

No synopsis available yet.

The Little Napoleon

1923

The Blackguard poster
7.5

A French violinist saves his beloved princess from the Russian revolution..

The Blackguard

1925

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

No artwork available
7.0

No synopsis available yet.

Aus den Erinnerungen eines Frauenarztes - 2. Lüge und Wahrheit

1922

No artwork available
10.0

Ellen, the secretary to General Manager Rasmussen, marries her fiancé Norbert Larsen, who also works at the steelworks. They have a happy marriage until Norbert falls ill: Only a trip to the south can save him.

Das Opfer der Ellen Larsen

1921

Johannes Goth poster
10.0

No synopsis available yet.

Johannes Goth

1920

Parisian Women poster
10.0

Parisian Women (German: *Pariserinnen*) is a 1921 German silent film directed by Léo Lasko. Ressel Orla, Xenia Desni, and Ralph Arthur Roberts starred in the film. The film premiered at the Marmorhaus cinema in Berlin.

Parisian Women

1921

The Merry-Go-Round poster
7.0

Drama about street walker Elena who marries shop keeper Albert. When her former pimp Peter shows up, her life is ruined. She shoots him and poisons herself.

The Merry-Go-Round

1920

Kämpfende Gewalten oder Welt ohne Krieg poster
7.0

This film tells the story of the fictional Dr Barnay and recounts his experience of the First World War. He works as a doctor in a military hospital and has always been committed to bringing about the end of war. When his wife dies in an air raid, he spends all of his time working on an anti-war invention to distract himself, and in the process neglects his new wife and his child. When the child is killed in an accident because of his machinery, he ends up pushing away his wife and best friend and focusing solely on his invention. In the end he sees the error of his ways, reconciles with his wife and friend and realizes that peace for humanity is something which comes from within.

Kämpfende Gewalten oder Welt ohne Krieg

1920

The Wandering Image poster
6.1

When Irmgard becomes pregnant from Georg, a free-love disciple, she decides, for the sake of her child, to pretend they are married. The secret plan is to wed his twin brother, John, who will pretend to be Georg in front of the priest. Soon after that happens, Georg disappears and is declared dead. Years later, Irmgard is trying to escape John, who is obsessed with her. In the mountains, she finds a stranger willing to protect her.

The Wandering Image

1920

No artwork available
8.0

Film by Paul Leni and Felix Basch

Patience

1920

Der Sträfling von Cayenne poster
10.0

No synopsis available yet.

Der Sträfling von Cayenne

1921

No artwork available
9.0

Colonialist adventure film with wild animals.

Allein im Urwald

1922

No artwork available
8.0

No synopsis available yet.

Aus den Erinnerungen eines Frauenarztes - 1. Fliehende Schatten

1922

No artwork available
7.0

No synopsis available yet.

Tabitha, Stand Up

1922