
Acting
Ferdinand von Alten
Born — Died
1885-04-12 — 1933-03-17
Place of birth
Saint Petersburg, Russian Empire
Known for
Acting
Credits
60 titles
Known for
6.2A painter working at the Louvre is struck by the Mona Lisa. When he meets a girl whom he believes bears a resemblance to the painting, and who wants him to become famous, he comes up with the idea of stealing the painting. Based on the real-life theft of 1911.
The Theft of the Mona Lisa
1931
6.9The story of the ill-fated second wife of the English king Henry VIII, whose marriage to the Henry led to momentous political and religious turmoil in England.
Anna Boleyn
1920
8.0When Gräfin Mariza visits her country estate it is certainly an event. She gives a party to celebrate her engagement to a certain Koloman Zsupan, who unexpectedly shows up. Her authoritarian ways collide with Török, her manager. Based on Emerich Kálmán operetta.
Countess Mariza
1932
7.0A lost film.
Countess Donelli
1924
6.6The film "Der Kaufmann von Venedig" ( The Jew Of Mestri ) was written, produced and directed by Peter Paul Felner in the silent year of 1923 and is a free adaptation of "Merchant of Venice" written by Herr William Shakespeare. It is an elegant and expensive German film production that was shot on location in beautiful and decadent Venice with some of the most important Teutonic actors of the time: Henny Porten, Harry Liedtke und Werner Krauss and even the mysterious Max Schreck.
The Jew of Mestri
1923
a silent movie by Heinz Paul
Die Straße des Vergessens
1926
Film credits
1930s · 14 titles
6.2A painter working at the Louvre is struck by the Mona Lisa. When he meets a girl whom he believes bears a resemblance to the painting, and who wants him to become famous, he comes up with the idea of stealing the painting. Based on the real-life theft of 1911.
The Theft of the Mona Lisa
1931
8.0When Gräfin Mariza visits her country estate it is certainly an event. She gives a party to celebrate her engagement to a certain Koloman Zsupan, who unexpectedly shows up. Her authoritarian ways collide with Török, her manager. Based on Emerich Kálmán operetta.
Countess Mariza
1932
7.0A banker who had fallen out with his family stipulated in his will that his fortune should only pass to the person in possession of the five keys he distributed to his relatives during his lifetime 80 years after his death. Only with all five keys can the cassette in the vault of a bank be opened, granting access to the deceased's assets. 75 years after the banker's death, the fugitive crook Murphy comes into possession of one of the keys, together with a list of the names of the owners of the four remaining keys. Over the next five years, he manages to obtain two more keys by criminal means. Now he just has to get the fourth key from Carlo and the fifth key from the young, rich widow Maria. Any means will do. But the unscrupulous villain has not reckoned with Carlo's shrewdness, who initially falls under suspicion himself, but then takes up the pursuit of the criminal.
Im Kampf mit der Unterwelt
1930
6.0In the last years of his life, Bavarian king Ludwig II (1845 – 1886) devotes himself to ambitious architectural projects, which strain the state coffers to the extreme. The monarch, who is afraid of people, also withdraws more and more into a dream world at his various castles. His brother is already in a psychiatric institute and Ludwig is also eventually put under the care of psychiatrist Bernhard von Gudden. The king attempts to get out from under this guardianship at Starnberg lake…
Ludwig II, King of Bavaria
1930
No synopsis available yet.
Marshal Forward
1932
No synopsis available yet.
Ash Wednesday
1931
7.0Eve's emotions are torn between two European princes, lifelong rivals who happen to be brothers. Eve prefers the nicer of the two princes, but this doesn't stop the other from aggressively stepping up his courtship. When the less agreeable of the two monarches takes control of the throne, he orders Eve to make an immediate choice between himself and his brother.
This One or None
1932
9.0Kitty Kellermann is set to appear in court on suspicion of murder. She is accused of killing her husband. Strangely enough, Peter Bille, who suddenly shows up, confesses to the crime of his own accord, but manages to escape shortly afterward. An adaptation of the play Hokuspokus by Curt Goetz.
Hokuspokus
1930
6.3The film focuses on the leadership of the Great Powers of Europe in the days leading up to the outbreak of the First World War.
1914: The Last Days Before the War
1931
No synopsis available yet.
Three from the stamp office
1932
8.0A nobleman gradually falls in love with a woman he was forced by relatives to marry, against his will.
The Mad Bomberg
1932
8.0The adventures of smart soldier Gustav Diestelbeck include managing his superior officer, competing for the canteneer's daughter, evading punishment for discipline faults and hosting Prinz Willibald during his visit to the regiment.
The Pride of Company Three
1932
No synopsis available yet.
Secret Agent
1932
10.0No synopsis available yet.
Poor little Eva
1931
1920s · 43 titles
6.9The story of the ill-fated second wife of the English king Henry VIII, whose marriage to the Henry led to momentous political and religious turmoil in England.
Anna Boleyn
1920
7.0A lost film.
Countess Donelli
1924
6.6The film "Der Kaufmann von Venedig" ( The Jew Of Mestri ) was written, produced and directed by Peter Paul Felner in the silent year of 1923 and is a free adaptation of "Merchant of Venice" written by Herr William Shakespeare. It is an elegant and expensive German film production that was shot on location in beautiful and decadent Venice with some of the most important Teutonic actors of the time: Henny Porten, Harry Liedtke und Werner Krauss and even the mysterious Max Schreck.
The Jew of Mestri
1923
a silent movie by Heinz Paul
Die Straße des Vergessens
1926
5.2A spoiled heiress defies her millionaire father by running off to France to pursue her lover. Things don't go entirely as planned.
Champagne
1928
10.0The young Queen of Nlilrania and her consort, Prince Ferdinand, are deeply attached to each other, but a hectic youth in Vienna has left him with a flirtatious disposition. An old flame visits the palace, and the Queen apparently has justification for her jealousy. She orders her husband to remain in his apartments. He retaliates by returning the key of the door between their rooms. After a furious scene he departs for Vienna with the Countess. The Queen secretly follows with her aide-de-camp. in the train they encounter sonic officers, and the Queen not only dances, but at Vienna goes to the Arts Ball, where her husband awaits the Countess. Though masked, he recognizes her, and reconciliation ensues.
Vienna, City of My Dreams
1928
6.6For Balduin, going out to beer parties with his fellow students and fighting out disputes at the tip of the sword have lost their charms. He wants to find love; but how would he, a penniless student, ever dare looking up to any woman worth of loving? Absorbed in his dreary thoughts and indifferent to the advances of Lyduschka, Balduin is unexpectedly offered a fortune by the mysterious money-lender Scapinelli - but on a strange condition...
The Student of Prague
1926
6.5At the height of Reign of Terror Maximilien Robespierre orchestrates the trial and execution of several of his fellow leading French revolutionaries including Georges Danton.
Danton
1921
No synopsis available yet.
Gelbe Bestien
1921
7.0Madame Récamier hosts fashionable and influential salons. Her beauty and intelligence attract many suitors, and her politics put her in conflict with the French government.
Madame Récamier
1920
6.6During a dinner given by a wealthy baron and his wife, attended by four of her suitors in a 19th century German manor, a shadow-player rescues the marriage by giving all the guests a vision what might happen tonight if the baron stays jealous and the suitors do not reduce their advances towards his beautiful wife. Or was it a vision?
Warning Shadows
1923
No synopsis available yet.
Der Millionendieb
1921
No synopsis available yet.
Der Mann ohne Kopf
1927
No synopsis available yet.
Fräulein Mama
1926
7.0No synopsis available yet.
Mensch gegen Mensch
1924
8.0The young Crown Princess Luise of Mecklenburg-Strelitz grows up sheltered in the North German countryside in the late 18th century and develops into a bit of a rebel. She struggles to come to terms with the rules of etiquette at court; her actions are often spontaneous and driven by emotion. Thus, she resists accepting her father’s mistress and future wife. During a ball, she snubs her future stepmother and even has the audacity to ask the orchestra to play a waltz—a dance considered deeply improper at the time.
Queen Louise
1927
a silent movie by Robert Wiene
The Woman on the Rack
1928
8.0No synopsis available yet.
Ein Traum vom Glück
1924
7.0No synopsis available yet.
Die Banditen von Asnières
1920
9.0a silent movie by Heinz Paul
Des Lebens Würfelspiel
1925
6.8Based on Shakespeare's play: The treacherous Iago plans to ruin the life of Othello by provoking him to jealousy.
Othello
1922
A aristocratic lieutenant is forced to resign his commission and give up his career in the cavalry after having defended himself against deliberate provocations by a superior officer who is competing with him for the love of the daughter of a respected privy councillor. His family bans him to New York, where he falls on hard times until a former circus performer helps him to become a world-renowned trapeze and aerial artiste.
The Master of Death
1926
No synopsis available yet.
Rosen blühen auf dem Heidegrab
1929
8.0No synopsis available yet.
Der Graf von Charolais
1922
No synopsis available yet.
Die Fürstin der Ozeanwerft
1922
No synopsis available yet.
Im Kampf mit dem unsichtbaren Feind
1922
10.0No synopsis available yet.
Das Geheimnis der Mumie
1921
8.0No synopsis available yet.
German Women - German Faithfulness
1927
No synopsis available yet.
The Pearl of the Orient
1921
6.6In 19th century Paris a hedonistic woman marries an aristocrat but has trouble keeping faithful to him.
Die Flamme
1923
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Das Rennen des Todes
1924
No synopsis available yet.
Die Bräutigame der Babette Bomberling
1927
10.0No synopsis available yet.
Mein Freund der Chauffeur
1926
No synopsis available yet.
Wem nie durch Liebe Leid geschah!
1922
No synopsis available yet.
Die Garde-Diva
1929
7.5When a travelling troupe threatens to unleash a saucy Berlin revue on the provincial town of Emilsburg, the local Morality Society, a band of sanctimonious middle-aged men, stages a protest. Meanwhile, the reigning monarch is concerned that his son and heir is not living his life to the full. Ninon d’Hauteville, a showgirl and the revue’s star attraction, takes a job as piano teacher to the young prince after her engagement at the local theatre was brought to a premature end, a result of the Morality Society’s interference. It doesn’t take long for those hypocrites to get wind of this. While on the outside they appear to be concerned with running the immoral woman out of their town, behind closed doors they rank among the new piano teacher’s most ardent pupils. However, Ninon, out to right the wrong done against her, secretly keeps a “diary” of their visits, recording each encounter on film with a hidden camera.
Moral
1928
7.0German silent film about the life of Martin Luther
Luther
1928
The film was an epic portrayal of the life of Catherine the Great of Russia.
Catherine the Great
1920
7.0"The Secret Power" - Hardly anyone who strays into the emigrant's restaurant "Strange Bird" would suspect that the porter once was a general, the waiter a prince and the cook an admiral, and that the lady at the bar is actually the princess Sinaide forced was leaving their home.
Die geheime Macht
1928
8.0No synopsis available yet.
Small Town Sinners
1927
10.0Mia Verhag loses her job as a chorus singer when she rejects the advances of the theatre director. While she is in the grips of despair, she encounters the millionaire Roswolsky, who takes her to his luxurious house and gives her a key to the garden gate, allowing her to visit the surrounding park whenever she pleases. This chance meeting sends rumours flying everywhere, and soon Mia appears on the front pages of all the newspapers as Roswolsky’s mistress. The city’s merchants and creditors compete to lend her money, and she lands the leading role in the theatre’s new production. There, she falls in love with Count Albich – but, believing the rumours, he avoids her. Mia follows him to Monte Carlo, while Roswolsky himself falls genuinely in love with her and plots to take Albich out of the running. A grand drama is set to unfold.
Roswolsky's Mistress
1921
8.0No synopsis available yet.
Die lachende Grille
1926
No synopsis available yet.
Die Geschwister Barelli
1921



