
Writing
Maria Matray
Born — Died
1907-07-14 — 1993-10-30
Place of birth
Niederschönhausen, German Empire [now Niederschönhausen, Berlin, Germany]
Known for
Writing
Credits
28 titles
German screenwriter, actress, and choreographer.
Known for
5.1A shifty lawyer is threatened with death within two days by a criminal who supposedly died in Australia.
The Ringer
1932
10.0Romantic exploits in Germany's White Mountains.
The High Tourist
1931
6.0A new spin on the art of macroprojection, the “film symphony of the life and death of flowers” premiered on February 25th, 1926 in Berlin’s Piccadilly-Theater with an original music score and elaborate frame narrative.
Miracle of Flowers
1926
9.0The clerk of Nuremberg wants to use his position to marry the young Evchen, but she does not love him and to avoid this marriage she asks the village shoemaker to ask for her hand in marriage. But everything becomes complicated when a nobleman of noble birth appears who has fled from his family castle.
The Master of Nuremberg
1927
6.4In 1815 Vienna, a corsetmaker falls in love with a valet.
Die schöne Lügnerin
1959
Harry Domela lives well, when he poses as a prince.
Der Fall Harry Domela
1965
Film credits
1930s · 13 titles
5.1A shifty lawyer is threatened with death within two days by a criminal who supposedly died in Australia.
The Ringer
1932
10.0Romantic exploits in Germany's White Mountains.
The High Tourist
1931
10.0A story about a series of confusions, in which Paul Ritter, a bank employee, is unaware that the girl he's fallen in love with is the daughter of his boss. No one bothers to tell him and he gets jealous of the boss, who seems to have a very good relationship with the girl.
A Man with Heart
1932
9.0A sailor falls for a music hall performer with marital problems, after having been at sea a long 12 years, only to learn the distressing news that she is his own sister.
Never Trust a Woman
1930
Simultaneously shot German version of Italian Terra Madre: A young aristocrat, planning to spend time in town, returns to sell his farmland to a modernizing new owner, thus threatening the welfare of the peasants who work for him.
Do you know the country
1931
5.3The mountain guide and ski instructor Hans Turri has been hired by the tourist Gregory Milacz to make a route in the mountains. Both are caught by a storm, so while Milacz is waiting at the Concordia Hut, Turri returns to the valley again. On the way back, Milacz has disappeared. Suspicions turn against Turri as a murder suspect for the jealousy he might have for the beautiful Mary Dulac. To get rid of the accusation of murder, Turri sets out to find Milacs. There is a French version of the film (Les chevaliers de la montagne), shot the same year by the same team but with different actors.
The Son of the White Mountain
1930
10.0No synopsis available yet.
Stormy Night
1931
6.0A young woman causes a fatal accident. She flees the country, only to get caught in the net of Brasilian traffickers.
Road to Rio
1931
9.0A country girl, mistaken for the niece of an American millionaire, wins the prize in a toothpaste contest, a trip to the Baltic seashore.
The Isle of Lies
1932
No synopsis available yet.
Aus einer kleinen Residenz
1932
Musical comedy set in the scenic Rhine country, in which dashing officers and enlisted men pursue various kinds of women.
Zapfenstreich am Rhein
1930
No synopsis available yet.
Secret Agent
1932
7.0Elisabeth of Austria is a German movie with Lil Dagover as royalty Elisabeth who has many men to choose from.
Elisabeth of Austria
1931
1920s · 5 titles
6.0A new spin on the art of macroprojection, the “film symphony of the life and death of flowers” premiered on February 25th, 1926 in Berlin’s Piccadilly-Theater with an original music score and elaborate frame narrative.
Miracle of Flowers
1926
9.0The clerk of Nuremberg wants to use his position to marry the young Evchen, but she does not love him and to avoid this marriage she asks the village shoemaker to ask for her hand in marriage. But everything becomes complicated when a nobleman of noble birth appears who has fled from his family castle.
The Master of Nuremberg
1927
St. Pauli, the place of unrestrained exuberance, but also of the strangest crimes: Here - as in almost no other place on the continent - you will find rich and poor, high and low. Here you meet the greats of the world as well as those who shy away from the light. This movie will interest many people who are from the big city, and even more so those who are not yet familiar with the dangers of the big city. Everyone should watch this program, which was produced with the participation and cooperation of the Hamburg security and port police, in order to be more careful in big cities.
Das Geheimnis von St. Pauli
1926
9.0No synopsis available yet.
Inherited Passions
1929
8.0Marriage and sexuality is examined through the lens of screenwriter Dr. van de Velde, a Dutch gynocologist.
Die Ehe
1929
Behind the camera
6.4In 1815 Vienna, a corsetmaker falls in love with a valet.
Die schöne Lügnerin
1959
Harry Domela lives well, when he poses as a prince.
Der Fall Harry Domela
1965
8.3No synopsis available yet.
Hotel Royal
1969
7.0Because Diva Christine believes that her husband is cheating on her, she hurtles away and dies. Only the little son prevents the widower from committing suicide.
Mein Vater, der Schauspieler
1956
5.7Carola Lorm, a celebrated revue star from South America, is not thrilled that her daughter Barbara wants to marry a young man from Hamburg. The weather there is just as chilly as the father-in-law-to-be, who turns out to be a snooty Hanseatic fruit merchant. When Carola follows the runaway couple to Germany, she also gets caught up in an intrigue involving drug smugglers. But with the help of an amorous detective, she is able to put a stop to the scoundrels and trick the ossified father-in-law into changing his mind.
Die Nacht vor der Premiere
1959
No synopsis available yet.
Farewell Performance
1955
The Thorwald family is well-off and contented when a tragedy strikes: the father is killed in an accident. Miss Thorwald takes over the raising of her children, four girls and two boys with the youngest already fifteen years old. She manages to keep them together in spite of the fact that their economic situation deteriorates after World War I. Never one to look too critically upon her brood, the woman undergoes a moving and gradual transformation as the adult activities of her children bring home the fact that none of them are what she had once imagined.
The Happy Years of the Thorwalds
1962
9.0No synopsis available yet.
Der Mann, der sich Abel nannte
1966
7.0Despised by her husband and son after an affair, Marianne moves in with her lover, an unsuccessful painter, until she is purified.
The Night of the Storm
1957
No synopsis available yet.
Der König mit dem Regenschirm
1954
