Directing

Alfred Zeisler

Born 1892-09-26 · Chicago, Illinois, USA

Alfred Zeisler was an American-born German film producer, director, and actor. He began his career in Germany, producing and directing films during the silent and early sound eras. Notable works include The Blue Angel (1930), where he served as a producer. Zeisler fled Nazi Germany in the 1930s, continuing his career in Hollywood with films like Fear (1946). His contributions to cinema spanned multiple roles and continents, reflecting a versatile and adaptive career.

Acting credits

Behind the camera

Fear poster
4.6

B-movie film noir take on Crime and Punishment. A college student gets deeper and deeper in trouble when he takes a loan from a shady college professor.

Fear

1946

Fear poster
4.6

B-movie film noir take on Crime and Punishment. A college student gets deeper and deeper in trouble when he takes a loan from a shady college professor.

Fear

1946

The High Tourist poster
10.0

Romantic exploits in Germany's White Mountains.

The High Tourist

1931

A Shot at Dawn poster
7.0

A Berlin policeman tracks down a group of diamond thieves in the outskirts by posing as a gang member.

A Shot at Dawn

1932

The Amazing Quest of Ernest Bliss poster
6.8

A bored millionaire wagers his doctor that he can support himself at a working class job for a year without touching his inheritance.

The Amazing Quest of Ernest Bliss

1936

The Amazing Quest of Ernest Bliss poster
6.8

A bored millionaire wagers his doctor that he can support himself at a working class job for a year without touching his inheritance.

The Amazing Quest of Ernest Bliss

1936

The Shot in the Talker Studio poster
6.2

During the shooting of a jealousy scene on a soundstage, one actress is murdered. Due to the fact that the male star of the movie had a relation with the victim and the female star is now his fiance, he is suspected by the police.

The Shot in the Talker Studio

1930

The Shot in the Talker Studio poster
6.2

During the shooting of a jealousy scene on a soundstage, one actress is murdered. Due to the fact that the male star of the movie had a relation with the victim and the female star is now his fiance, he is suspected by the police.

The Shot in the Talker Studio

1930

Crime Over London poster
7.0

With the police on their tail, a gang of New York criminals decided to relocate to London where they plan a major robbery on a department store.

Crime Over London

1936

No artwork available
8.0

The industrialist's daughter has been kidnapped by the mad inventor Ravello, but Harry Peel stays hot on their trail with the help of his dog Greif. Behind a waterfall, he discovers the hidden gate to Ravello's castle, where the fiercest of battles now break out between the two and Harry finds himself confronted with a staircase that has been electrified and, once again, with the deadly robot.

Der letzte Kampf

1923

Light Cavalry poster
5.7

Rosika, a girl from Genoa, fled her innkeeper stepfather after he tried to abuse her. She finds refuge - and a job as well - in a traveling circus. Cherubini, the owner of the big top, falls in love with the lovely young woman and makes her the star of the show 'Light Cavalry'. But unfortunately for him Rosika's heart beats for Geza, the stable boy.

Light Cavalry

1935

Victor and Victoria poster
7.0

Aspiring singer Susanne takes over one night for her sick friend, a small-time female impersonator, and finds unexpected fame when everyone believes that she is actually a man. While touring London, complications arise as a local womanizer catches on to her game.

Victor and Victoria

1933

Alimony poster
5.8

A promising young composer is tempted away from his devoted wife by a fortune-seeking woman who cares more for his prospects than for him.

Alimony

1949

Parole, Inc. poster
5.2

A federal agent's life is in danger when he's exposed while investigating a parole scheme.

Parole, Inc.

1948

Gold poster
7.5

Using an atomic reactor, two scientists try to create gold.

Gold

1934

Vom Täter fehlt jede Spur poster
7.0

No synopsis available yet.

Vom Täter fehlt jede Spur

1929

Express 13 poster
5.8

Revolutionaries plot to assassinate a president by blowing up the rail tracks in order make his train derail but this is averted just in time.

Express 13

1931

Enemy of Women poster
5.1

Playwright Joseph Goebbels turns Nazi propagandist and loses his girlfriend to another man.

Enemy of Women

1944

Enemy of Women poster
5.1

Playwright Joseph Goebbels turns Nazi propagandist and loses his girlfriend to another man.

Enemy of Women

1944

Docks of Hamburg poster
5.8

When Hamburg ship's mate Klaus Brandt catches a thief one night at the port, his downfall is pre-ordained. For the thief turns out to be a young, attractive woman and the otherwise upright sailor allows her to slip away. Jenny is the star of a local dive bar, with a side-line in smuggling.

Docks of Hamburg

1928

No artwork available
10.0

Make-Up is a 1937 British drama film directed by Alfred Zeisler and starring Nils Asther, June Clyde and Judy Kelly. It was a circus film made by an independent production company at Shepperton Studios.

Make-Up

1937

Der Stern von Valencia poster
7.0

White slave traders kidnap a cabaret singer aboard a ship headed for South America,but they have not counted on her husband aboard a nearby coast guard cutter.

Der Stern von Valencia

1933

No artwork available
8.0

No synopsis available yet.

Strich durch die Rechnung

1932

A Door Opens poster
7.0

Detective Hans Braumüller is trying to untange the conspiracy behind a bank robbery.

A Door Opens

1933