Gertrude Welcker

Acting

Gertrude Welcker

Born — Died

1896-07-15 — 1988-08-01

Place of birth

Dresden, Saxony, Germany

Known for

Acting

Credits

30 titles

Gertrude Welcker was a German stage and screen actress. From 1916 to 1919 she performed in Max Reinhardt theaters, Deutsches Theater Berlin, Kammerspiele, and Volksbühne. She made her film debut in "Hans Trutz in the Land of Plenty" in 1917. She ended her film career after 64 features in 1925. She stayed on a couple of years in the theatre. In 1941 she became a Red Cross nurse and escaped to Sweden as Gertud Carlsund.

Known for

Film credits

1920s · 19 titles

Dr. Mabuse, the Gambler poster
7.7

Dr. Mabuse and his organization of criminals are in the process of completing their latest scheme, a theft of information that will allow Mabuse to make huge profits on the stock exchange. Afterwards, Mabuse disguises himself and attends the Folies Bergères show, where Cara Carozza, the main attraction of the show, passes him information on Mabuse's next intended victim, the young millionaire Edgar Hull. Mabuse then uses psychic manipulation to lure Hull into a card game where he loses heavily. When Police Commissioner von Wenk begins an investigation of this mysterious crime spree, he has little to go on, and he needs to find someone who can help him.

Dr. Mabuse, the Gambler

1922

Die Minderjährige poster
10.0

No synopsis available yet.

Die Minderjährige

1921

Algol: Tragedy of Power poster
6.5

An alien from the planet Algol gives a man a device that creates enough energy to power the entire world.

Algol: Tragedy of Power

1920

Das Recht der freien Liebe poster
10.0

No synopsis available yet.

Das Recht der freien Liebe

1920

Lady Godiva poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Lady Godiva

1921

The Woman House of Brescia poster
8.0

"The House of Pillory" - a place where the enemy women captured during wartime were imprisoned so that the people could exploit them as they wished.

The Woman House of Brescia

1920

Götz von Berlichingen zubenannt mit der eisernen Hand poster
9.0

Adaptation of Goethe's historical play "Götz von Berlichingen and the Iron Hand", set in the Holy Roman Empire.

Götz von Berlichingen zubenannt mit der eisernen Hand

1925

No artwork available
10.0

A traumatized man returning home from war discovers that his wife has slipped into the underclass.

Between Evening and Morning

1923

No artwork available
9.0

No synopsis available yet.

Sturmflut des Lebens

1921

No artwork available
8.0

No synopsis available yet.

Die Duplizität der Ereignisse

1920

The Chronicles of the Gray House poster
6.5

Hinrich, the son of a feudal German landowner, falls in love with the beautiful daughter of one of his father's serfs despite opposition from both families. But when he actually offers marriage to her, this is going too far. The return of his brother Detlev, with an unscrupulous aristocratic bride of his own and a rival claim to their father's estates, proves to be the trigger for tragedy.

The Chronicles of the Gray House

1925

No artwork available
9.0

Crime film based on Nikolaus Lenau's poem "Die Marionetten."

Dolls of Death

1920

No artwork available
7.0

No synopsis available yet.

Die Söhne des Grafen Dossy

1920

Demon Circus poster
6.5

A celebrated trapeze artist's life and career are thrown into turmoil by a volatile mix of professional rivalry and obsessive romantic jealousy.

Demon Circus

1923

Zaida, die Tragödie eines Modells poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Zaida, die Tragödie eines Modells

1923

Evening – Night – Morning poster
10.0

Cheston, a millionaire, is looking after Maud, a beautiful woman from the 'demimonde'. Her brother, Brilburn, forces her to ask her rich admirer for an expensive piece of jewelry. Cheston buys a precious pearl necklace. Lost film.

Evening – Night – Morning

1920

No artwork available
8.0

The landlords Schwertdorn and Unruh are enemies. The children of the two parties, Joachim Schwertdorn and Lisa Unruh, love each other, but the enmity of their harsh fathers prevents their marriage.

The Anthem of Love

1922

Ehrenschuld poster
9.0

Returning home after a lengthy time at sea, a man must choose between his childhood sweetheart and another woman who was somehow involved with the untimely death of his brother.

Ehrenschuld

1921

Luise Millerin poster
7.0

No synopsis available yet.

Luise Millerin

1922

1910s · 11 titles