
Directing
Arthur Robison
Born — Died
1883-06-25 — 1935-10-20
Place of birth
Chicago, Illinois, USA
Known for
Directing
Credits
33 titles
Arthur Robison was a German film director and screenwriter of American origin, recognized for his contributions to German Expressionist cinema. He directed 20 films between 1916 and 1935, with his most notable work being Warning Shadows (Schatten – Eine nächtliche Halluzination, 1923), a silent film celebrated for its innovative use of light and shadow to convey psychological tension. Robison's films often delved into the human psyche, utilizing visual storytelling to explore complex emotions.
Known for
8.5Botto the Clown is in love with the much younger Blanche but she is in love with the handsome daredevil acrobate Andre.
Looping the Loop
1928
6.3A man betrays his best friend, a member of a terrorist organisation, to the authorities and is then pursued by the other members of the organisation.
The Informer
1929
5.9A French adventurer fights to save a woman in the life of prostitution.
Manon Lescaut
1926
6.6During a dinner given by a wealthy baron and his wife, attended by four of her suitors in a 19th century German manor, a shadow-player rescues the marriage by giving all the guests a vision what might happen tonight if the baron stays jealous and the suitors do not reduce their advances towards his beautiful wife. Or was it a vision?
Warning Shadows
1923
7.5German-language remake of the 1929 film of the same name. Broadway showgirl Mary Dugan is charged with murder in the knifing death of her wealthy lover and goes on trial for her life. When her defense counsel appears to bungle his job, Mary's brother Jimmy, a newly-licensed attorney, jumps into the case to defend his sister. Jimmy's courtroom style is unconventional, but he seems to be holding his own against the prosecuting attorney—until a surprise testimony changes the course of the trial...
The Trial of Mary Dugan
1931
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Jenny Lind
1931
Behind the camera
8.5Botto the Clown is in love with the much younger Blanche but she is in love with the handsome daredevil acrobate Andre.
Looping the Loop
1928
8.5Botto the Clown is in love with the much younger Blanche but she is in love with the handsome daredevil acrobate Andre.
Looping the Loop
1928
6.3A man betrays his best friend, a member of a terrorist organisation, to the authorities and is then pursued by the other members of the organisation.
The Informer
1929
5.9A French adventurer fights to save a woman in the life of prostitution.
Manon Lescaut
1926
5.9A French adventurer fights to save a woman in the life of prostitution.
Manon Lescaut
1926
6.6During a dinner given by a wealthy baron and his wife, attended by four of her suitors in a 19th century German manor, a shadow-player rescues the marriage by giving all the guests a vision what might happen tonight if the baron stays jealous and the suitors do not reduce their advances towards his beautiful wife. Or was it a vision?
Warning Shadows
1923
6.6During a dinner given by a wealthy baron and his wife, attended by four of her suitors in a 19th century German manor, a shadow-player rescues the marriage by giving all the guests a vision what might happen tonight if the baron stays jealous and the suitors do not reduce their advances towards his beautiful wife. Or was it a vision?
Warning Shadows
1923
7.5German-language remake of the 1929 film of the same name. Broadway showgirl Mary Dugan is charged with murder in the knifing death of her wealthy lover and goes on trial for her life. When her defense counsel appears to bungle his job, Mary's brother Jimmy, a newly-licensed attorney, jumps into the case to defend his sister. Jimmy's courtroom style is unconventional, but he seems to be holding his own against the prosecuting attorney—until a surprise testimony changes the course of the trial...
The Trial of Mary Dugan
1931
7.5German-language remake of the 1929 film of the same name. Broadway showgirl Mary Dugan is charged with murder in the knifing death of her wealthy lover and goes on trial for her life. When her defense counsel appears to bungle his job, Mary's brother Jimmy, a newly-licensed attorney, jumps into the case to defend his sister. Jimmy's courtroom style is unconventional, but he seems to be holding his own against the prosecuting attorney—until a surprise testimony changes the course of the trial...
The Trial of Mary Dugan
1931
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Jenny Lind
1931
This is the French-language version produced by MGM of Let Us Be Gay (1930))
Let Us Be Gay
1931
6.4Prague in the 1860s: Balduin is a popular, handsome student, the best fencer in town, in amicable rivalry with his friend Dahl for the affections of Lydia, the innkeeper's niece. While the students are celebrating Lydia's birthday, the opera singer Julia Stella arrives at the inn - and Balduin's life begins to unravel. He is immediately infatuated with the glamorous singer - but she is already kept by an admirer, the wealthy and foppish Baron Waldis. How can a poor student hope to compete? The mysterious Dr. Carpis, who also has ties to Julia and is jealous of the Baron, intervenes. But the price will be higher than Balduin can ever imagine. He risks his sanity and his life - perhaps his very soul - haunted by his own reflection.
The Student of Prague
1935
6.4Prague in the 1860s: Balduin is a popular, handsome student, the best fencer in town, in amicable rivalry with his friend Dahl for the affections of Lydia, the innkeeper's niece. While the students are celebrating Lydia's birthday, the opera singer Julia Stella arrives at the inn - and Balduin's life begins to unravel. He is immediately infatuated with the glamorous singer - but she is already kept by an admirer, the wealthy and foppish Baron Waldis. How can a poor student hope to compete? The mysterious Dr. Carpis, who also has ties to Julia and is jealous of the Baron, intervenes. But the price will be higher than Balduin can ever imagine. He risks his sanity and his life - perhaps his very soul - haunted by his own reflection.
The Student of Prague
1935
What Belongs to Darkness (German: Die Finsternis und ihr Eigentum) is a 1922 German silent drama film directed by Martin Hartwig and starring Karl Etlinger, Erra Bognar, and Fritz Kortner. The film's sets were designed by the art director Alfred Columbus.
What Belongs to Darkness
1922
A traumatized man returning home from war discovers that his wife has slipped into the underclass.
Between Evening and Morning
1923
A traumatized man returning home from war discovers that his wife has slipped into the underclass.
Between Evening and Morning
1923
10.0Gravely ill, Prince Woronzeff asks a friend and look-alike, Franz von Naydeck, to replace him at the wedding of his daughter Nadia, whom he has just found, as the family covets the inheritance. Diane, who once loved the prince, doesn't betray the secret, because she now loves Franz and separates him from his pseudo-daughter, with whom he had begun to fall in love.
Le secret des Woronzeff
1935
10.0Gravely ill, Prince Woronzeff asks a friend and look-alike, Franz von Naydeck, to replace him at the wedding of his daughter Nadia, whom he has just found, as the family covets the inheritance. Diane, who once loved the prince, doesn't betray the secret, because she now loves Franz and separates him from his pseudo-daughter, with whom he had begun to fall in love.
Le secret des Woronzeff
1935
7.0A mix-up between a young lord and a music hall singer gives rise to multiple complications that begin on board an ocean liner, continue in the salons of the English aristocracy and end in the wings of a spectacular revue, and in the film studios.
Les époux célibataires
1935
7.0A mix-up between a young lord and a music hall singer gives rise to multiple complications that begin on board an ocean liner, continue in the salons of the English aristocracy and end in the wings of a spectacular revue, and in the film studios.
Les époux célibataires
1935
9.0No synopsis available yet.
The Last Waltz
1927
9.0No synopsis available yet.
The Last Waltz
1927
10.0Period romance set in Bismarck's Second Empire about a nobleman who wants to marry the daughter of a lowly pharmacist.
A Prince's Young Love
1933
An extremely jealous artist slips into a monkey costume and kills all those men who come too close to his wife, another artist.
A Night of Horror
1917
An extremely jealous artist slips into a monkey costume and kills all those men who come too close to his wife, another artist.
A Night of Horror
1917
No synopsis available yet.
Tambour battant
1934
8.0No synopsis available yet.
When She's Pretty
1932
No synopsis available yet.
The single father
1931
Baron Franz von Naydek is constantly being mistaken for Prince Woronzeff, since both look identical. One day, Woronzeff decides that this similarity might come in handy. Since he is very ill and can no longer deal with the intrigues of his relatives, he begs his friend Naydek to play the role of prince for a while. Naydek agrees and everything seems to be going splendidly. Woronzeff’s ex-nag Diane sees through the game, however, but says nothing, since she’s fallen for Naydek. He, in turn, has the hots for Nadja, Woronzeff’s daughter, long thought lost and who has now reappeared. The prince’s relatives fear for their inheritance and so refuse to acknowledge Nadja’s existence. In the interim, Woronzeff dies. Now Naydek is obliged to play the role for a much longer time than he bargained for.
Prince Woronzeff
1934
Baron Franz von Naydek is constantly being mistaken for Prince Woronzeff, since both look identical. One day, Woronzeff decides that this similarity might come in handy. Since he is very ill and can no longer deal with the intrigues of his relatives, he begs his friend Naydek to play the role of prince for a while. Naydek agrees and everything seems to be going splendidly. Woronzeff’s ex-nag Diane sees through the game, however, but says nothing, since she’s fallen for Naydek. He, in turn, has the hots for Nadja, Woronzeff’s daughter, long thought lost and who has now reappeared. The prince’s relatives fear for their inheritance and so refuse to acknowledge Nadja’s existence. In the interim, Woronzeff dies. Now Naydek is obliged to play the role for a much longer time than he bargained for.
Prince Woronzeff
1934
10.0Make Me Happy (German: Mach' mich glücklich) is a 1935 German musical comedy film directed by Arthur Robison and starring Julia Serda, Albert Lieven and Richard Romanowsky.
Mach mich glücklich
1935
7.5No synopsis available yet.
Pietro der Korsar
1925
7.5No synopsis available yet.
Pietro der Korsar
1925
