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
7.5During 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
6.3In 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
5.7Ambassador Joseph Davies is sent by FDR to Russia to learn about the Soviet system and returns to the US as an advocate of socialism.
Mission to Moscow
1943
6.2Andre Laurence accompanies his college roommate, Tenga, back to Tenga's Polynesian island home. There, Andre becomes attracted to the native life and his friend's sister, Kalua.
Bird of Paradise
1951
6.7An American gets caught up in wartime action in Turkey.
Background to Danger
1943
5.8When 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
Behind the camera
4.6B-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
4.6B-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
10.0Romantic exploits in Germany's White Mountains.
The High Tourist
1931
7.0A Berlin policeman tracks down a group of diamond thieves in the outskirts by posing as a gang member.
A Shot at Dawn
1932
6.8A 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
6.8A 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
6.2During 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
6.2During 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
7.0With 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
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
5.7Rosika, 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
7.0Aspiring 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
5.8A 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
5.2A federal agent's life is in danger when he's exposed while investigating a parole scheme.
Parole, Inc.
1948
7.5Using an atomic reactor, two scientists try to create gold.
Gold
1934
7.0No synopsis available yet.
Vom Täter fehlt jede Spur
1929
5.8Revolutionaries 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
5.1Playwright Joseph Goebbels turns Nazi propagandist and loses his girlfriend to another man.
Enemy of Women
1944
5.1Playwright Joseph Goebbels turns Nazi propagandist and loses his girlfriend to another man.
Enemy of Women
1944
5.8When 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
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
7.0White 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 synopsis available yet.
Strich durch die Rechnung
1932
7.0Detective Hans Braumüller is trying to untange the conspiracy behind a bank robbery.
A Door Opens
1933