
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
7.7The 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
7.0In 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
6.8In 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
6.3The 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
9.0No synopsis available yet.
The Little Napoleon
1923
7.5A French violinist saves his beloved princess from the Russian revolution..
The Blackguard
1925
Film credits
1920s · 19 titles
7.7The 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
7.0In 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
6.8In 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
6.3The 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
9.0No synopsis available yet.
The Little Napoleon
1923
7.5A French violinist saves his beloved princess from the Russian revolution..
The Blackguard
1925
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 synopsis available yet.
Aus den Erinnerungen eines Frauenarztes - 2. Lüge und Wahrheit
1922
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
10.0No synopsis available yet.
Johannes Goth
1920
10.0Parisian 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
7.0Drama 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
7.0This 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
6.1When 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
Film by Paul Leni and Felix Basch
Patience
1920
10.0No synopsis available yet.
Der Sträfling von Cayenne
1921
Colonialist adventure film with wild animals.
Allein im Urwald
1922
No synopsis available yet.
Aus den Erinnerungen eines Frauenarztes - 1. Fliehende Schatten
1922
No synopsis available yet.
Tabitha, Stand Up
1922
1910s · 2 titles
5.7The daughter of a daimyo, one forced to commit harakiri to secure her a future to choose her own destiny, falls in love with and marries a European officer. The officer returns to Europe but promises to come back for her and his new child, but when he comes back to Japan, he brings his European wife.
Harakiri
1919
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Die Ehe der Frau Mary
1919

