Acting

Paul Askonas

Born 1872-11-13 · Teplitz-Schönau, Bohemia, Austria-Hungary [now Teplice, Czech Republic]

Acting credits

Dracula's Death poster
8.5

The film is about a woman who experiences frightening visions after visiting an insane asylum where one of the inmates claims to be Count Dracula (here following the Hungarian spelling Drakula). She has trouble determining whether the inmate's visions are real or merely nightmares.

Dracula's Death

1921

The Hands of Orlac poster
6.9

A world-famous pianist loses both hands in an accident. When new hands are grafted on, he is horrified to learn they once belonged to a murderer.

The Hands of Orlac

1924

Sodom and Gomorrah poster
6.1

Exposed to bad influences since childhood, Mary, a young girl is pushed by her mother to approach an elderly banker by the name of Harber. After almost driving her fiancee to suicide and seducing his mentally-ill son, she realizes through a metaphorical dream the scope of her negligence. Sentenced to prison for incitement to murder Harber, she sees herself as a parallel figure to Lea, Lot's wife in Sodom, where the Angel of the Lord warns the sinful citizens of the city of their impending doom. Lea oppresses the angel and eventually turns it over to the pagan priests when her sexual advances to it are rejected. In another dream sequence, Mary becomes the Queen of Syria, whose oppressed people turn against her and who, in turn, condemns a young man who loves her to death. Finally, her dream returns to the present time and when she awakens, she runs back to her former lover.

Sodom and Gomorrah

1922

No artwork available
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Kurýři císařovi

1924

No artwork available
NR

Biopic based on the life of the 19th-century Bavarian monarch Ludwig II.

Ludwig II

1922

Labyrinth of Horror poster
5.2

A young poor girl falls in love with a rich heir.

Labyrinth of Horror

1921

No artwork available
8.0

No synopsis available yet.

Die weiße Sonate

1928

No artwork available
10.0

No synopsis available yet.

Moderne Ehen

1924

The Tales of Hoffmann poster
5.4

"The Tales of Hoffmann" - The story of the poet Hoffmann, who falls in love with a mechanical doll, loses his mirror image in Venice and finally liberates his lover from the clutches of a sinister doctor.

The Tales of Hoffmann

1923

No artwork available
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Rasputin

1924

A prostitute has been murdered poster
7.0

A successful prostitute is generous to a poor old friend. He becomes jealous, follow her and kills her, hide the body and fake his own suicide.

A prostitute has been murdered

1930

Three Tales of Terror poster
4.5

The hypnotist Svengali makes an artist's model sing, but cannot force her love.

Three Tales of Terror

1912

No artwork available
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Die Jugend am Scheideweg

1929