Directing

Alfred Zeisler

Born — Died

1892-09-26 — 1985-03-01

Place of birth

Chicago, Illinois, USA

Known for

Directing

Credits

42 titles

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.

Known for

The Desert Rats poster
6.3

In North Africa, German Field Marshal Rommel and his troops have successfully fended off British forces, and now intend to take Tobruk, an important port city. A ramshackle group of Australian reinforcements sent to combat the Germans is put under the command of British Captain MacRoberts. The unruly Aussies immediately clash with MacRoberts, a gruff, strict disciplinarian, however this unorthodox team must band together to protect Tobruk from the German forces.

The Desert Rats

1953

Background to Danger poster
6.7

An American gets caught up in wartime action in Turkey.

Background to Danger

1943

What Price Glory poster
5.8

Two military men, Captain Flagg and Sergeant Quirt, who are rivals to begin with, grow more at odds with each other when Quirt is made Flagg's top sergeant. And when a local beauty comes between them, their rivalry escalates even further. But when they discover that the woman has marriage in mind, they now compete to try to avoid marching down the aisle - that is, until they are called upon to march into battle.

What Price Glory

1952

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

5 Fingers poster
7.5

During WWII, the valet to the British Ambassador to Ankara sells British secrets to the Germans while trying to romance a refugee Polish countess.

5 Fingers

1952

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

Film credits

1950s · 4 titles

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 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

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

The High Tourist poster
10.0

Romantic exploits in Germany's White Mountains.

The High Tourist

1931

No artwork available
8.0

No synopsis available yet.

Strich durch die Rechnung

1932

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

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

No artwork available
9.0

No synopsis available yet.

Der Sieg der Jugend

1927

No artwork available
9.0

No synopsis available yet.

Der Sieg der Jugend

1927

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

Scandal in Baden-Baden poster
6.0

Dancer Vera Kersten is young, pretty, talented, and unemployed—because she rejects the explicit propositions made by agents. When she steps in front of billionaire John Leeds's car, the door to a career opens a crack for her.

Scandal in Baden-Baden

1929

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

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

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

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

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

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

Vom Täter fehlt jede Spur poster
7.0

No synopsis available yet.

Vom Täter fehlt jede Spur

1929

A Door Opens poster
7.0

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

A Door Opens

1933

A Door Opens poster
7.0

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

A Door Opens

1933

Men Before Marriage poster
9.0

No synopsis available yet.

Men Before Marriage

1927

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

Gold poster
7.5

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

Gold

1934

White Majesty poster
6.7

The mountain guide Jakob is a controversial figure. His supposed father dies and leaves behind a great heritage to the people. In the town they consider Jakob a bastard, because his parents were not married, which means that without a testament, the lands in which he lives do not belong to him. But the testament indicates that the inheritance corresponds him under a single condition, he must be the first person to climb the east face of Monte Verità. There is a French version of the film, titled 'Un de la montagne', shot the year after with the same script but with different actors and by a different director.

White Majesty

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

Rivals poster
7.0

Using his marauding robot and other futuristic weapons, power-crazed scientist Professor Ravello carries out various plots to win the hand of Evelyn away from her true love Harry Peel.

Rivals

1923

The Love of the Little Dancer's Life poster
6.5

The carnival dancer Esmeralda loves the lion tamer Leonidas. However the sinister sorcerer wants her, but the little dancer rejects him. As revenge he places a curse on Esmeralda: Every man who approaches her, the head will rotated.

The Love of the Little Dancer's Life

1924

The Black Cover poster
7.0

A black envelope presents the hero, detective Harry Peel, who loses his fortune over the course of the story, with tasks. A mysterious criminal, car and motorcycle chases through the wintry Alps, and the blowing up of a bridge provide cinematic spectacle and opportunities for daredevil stunts.

The Black Cover

1922

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

His reason for divorce poster
7.0

No synopsis available yet.

His reason for divorce

1931

Hamburg hat's eilig! poster
NR

Young Hein Puttfarcken travels to Hamburg. There, Max Herbst, a former tram driver, is to show him around the city. On the first day, they travel to the Hamburg elevated railway depot in Barmbek, naturally by subway and elevated railway. During the trip, they see vivid and memorable images of life in the Hanseatic city at that time. During the factory tour, they are shown not only the repair workshops of the elevated railway, but also how electricity for railway operations was generated in the power station at that time. A family outing to the countryside is planned for the next day. Max Herbst's daughter, Bubikopf, is also part of the group. They take the Walddörferbahn to Volksdorf, then continue with three-axle Büssing buses and the tram. The eventful day ends with a trip on an Alster steamboat. However, Bubikopf and Hein Puttfarcken have eyes only for each other.

Hamburg hat's eilig!

1925