Acting
Paul Askonas
Born — Died
1872-11-13 — 1935-11-26
Place of birth
Teplitz-Schönau, Bohemia, Austria-Hungary [now Teplice, Czech Republic]
Known for
Acting
Credits
13 titles
Known for
8.5The 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
6.9A 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
6.1Exposed 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
Biopic based on the life of the 19th-century Bavarian monarch Ludwig II.
Ludwig II
1922
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
5.2A young poor girl falls in love with a rich heir.
Labyrinth of Horror
1921
Film credits
1920s · 11 titles
8.5The 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
6.9A 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
6.1Exposed 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
Biopic based on the life of the 19th-century Bavarian monarch Ludwig II.
Ludwig II
1922
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
5.2A young poor girl falls in love with a rich heir.
Labyrinth of Horror
1921
No synopsis available yet.
Kurýři císařovi
1924
No synopsis available yet.
Moderne Ehen
1924
No synopsis available yet.
Die Jugend am Scheideweg
1929
No synopsis available yet.
Rasputin
1924
No synopsis available yet.
Die weiße Sonate
1928
