
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
7.7Dr. 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
No synopsis available yet.
The Geisha and the Samurai
1919
10.0No synopsis available yet.
Die Minderjährige
1921
6.5An alien from the planet Algol gives a man a device that creates enough energy to power the entire world.
Algol: Tragedy of Power
1920
10.0No synopsis available yet.
Das Recht der freien Liebe
1920
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Lady Godiva
1921
Film credits
1920s · 19 titles
7.7Dr. 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
10.0No synopsis available yet.
Die Minderjährige
1921
6.5An alien from the planet Algol gives a man a device that creates enough energy to power the entire world.
Algol: Tragedy of Power
1920
10.0No synopsis available yet.
Das Recht der freien Liebe
1920
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Lady Godiva
1921
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
9.0Adaptation 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
A traumatized man returning home from war discovers that his wife has slipped into the underclass.
Between Evening and Morning
1923
No synopsis available yet.
Sturmflut des Lebens
1921
No synopsis available yet.
Die Duplizität der Ereignisse
1920
6.5Hinrich, 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
Crime film based on Nikolaus Lenau's poem "Die Marionetten."
Dolls of Death
1920
No synopsis available yet.
Die Söhne des Grafen Dossy
1920
6.5A 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
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Zaida, die Tragödie eines Modells
1923
10.0Cheston, 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
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
9.0Returning 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
7.0No synopsis available yet.
Luise Millerin
1922
1910s · 11 titles
No synopsis available yet.
The Geisha and the Samurai
1919
8.0Andreas Rellnow decides to leave his troubled parents and pursue an artistic career. As a violin virtuoso, he quickly became popular and a first-class heart-breaker.
The Dancer
1919
NRA tyrannical landowner terrorizes his wife and seduces the daughter of one of his employees.
Es werde Licht! 3. Teil
1918
NRThe story concerns a sculptor who visits a fishing village, where he marries a fisherman's daughter who dies in childbirth. Grief-stricken, he returns to the city, where in a Vertigo-like moment he sees his dead wife's lookalike - an opera singer. He later becomes jealous and strangles her with the tresses of his dead wife.
When the Dead are Living Again
1919
NRA stylized fairy tale in which a farmer sells his soul to Satan in exchange for prosperity.
Hans Trutz in the Land of Milk and Honey
1917
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Rafaela
1917
8.0Operette-like oriental fantasy about a forbidden love between en english boy and a chinese girl.
Mr. Wu
1918
9.0No synopsis available yet.
Eine Nacht in der Stahlkammer
1917
8.0No synopsis available yet.
Die Verführten
1919
No synopsis available yet.
Nocturno der Liebe
1919
7.0No synopsis available yet.
Der Weltspiegel
1918
