Directing

Berthold Viertel

Place of birth

Vienna, Austria-Hungary [now Austria]

Known for

Directing

Credits

22 titles

Known for

Behind the camera

City Girl poster
7.5

A waitress from Chicago falls in love with a man from rural Minnesota and marries him, with the intent of living a better life - but life on the farm has its own challenges.

City Girl

1930

No artwork available
10.0

Adaptation of A Doll's House by Henrik Ibsen.

Nora

1923

No artwork available
10.0

Adaptation of A Doll's House by Henrik Ibsen.

Nora

1923

Little Friend poster
5.0

A girl becomes an unwilling witness in her parents' scandalous divorce case.

Little Friend

1934

Little Friend poster
5.0

A girl becomes an unwilling witness in her parents' scandalous divorce case.

Little Friend

1934

The One Woman Idea poster
3.0

He was a great Persian Prince. His Harem was filled with seductive beauties. Yet he loved one woman- a woman from another country-wife of another man.

The One Woman Idea

1929

4 Devils poster
7.6

Four orphans, raised by an aging clown, becomes a high wire act in a circus. Lost film.

4 Devils

1928

The Passing of the Third Floor Back poster
7.8

The tenants of an old London boarding house spend their time in petty bickering and sniping until a mysterious stranger arrives at their door.

The Passing of the Third Floor Back

1935

No artwork available
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Alle meine Söhne

1965

The Wiser Sex poster
7.5

A young woman goes undercover to gather evidence to free her boyfriend, an attorney who has been framed for a murder he didn't commit.

The Wiser Sex

1932

The Man from Yesterday poster
5.2

A woman whose husband never came home from World War I finds herself in love with her doctor. She travels with him to Switzerland, and as they check into the hotel there, she is astounded to see her supposedly dead husband.

The Man from Yesterday

1932

Das gestohlene Jahr poster
7.0

A humble girl who works in an Austrian village post office discovers a dream world,including an aspiring violinist she is attracted to, on a trip to Vienna.Should the young lovers,to get money for a new existence, steal from her workplace?

Das gestohlene Jahr

1951

Rhodes of Africa poster
7.5

Rhodes of Africa is a 1936 British biographical film charting the life of Cecil Rhodes. It was directed by Berthold Viertel and starred Walter Huston, Oskar Homolka, Basil Sydney and Bernard Lee.

Rhodes of Africa

1936

Adventures of a Ten Mark Note poster
7.5

Anna receives her first weekly wage: a ten-mark note with the no. K 13513. She gives it to her mother, who hides it in her Bible. Anna's brother Robert steals the note and uses it to buy a knife with which he becomes a murderer.

Adventures of a Ten Mark Note

1926

The Holy Flames poster
8.0

Former soldier Maurice Tabret returns home unhurt to marry his wife, Stella. Shortly after, he is paralyzed from the waist down in a tragic airplane crash. As the years pass, Stella becomes emotionally and romantically involved with Maurice's healthy brother. Maurice is suddenly discovered dead. While initially appearing to be a tragic or natural death, it is eventually revealed to be an intentional act of mercy. The investigation into his death forces a sweeping confrontation that reveals hidden truths, passionate devotion, and profound sacrifice within the family. German-language version of 1929's "The Sacred Flame", from the W. Somerset Maugham play, shot by Warner Bros. in Hollywood with a German-speaking cast.

The Holy Flames

1931

The Holy Flames poster
8.0

Former soldier Maurice Tabret returns home unhurt to marry his wife, Stella. Shortly after, he is paralyzed from the waist down in a tragic airplane crash. As the years pass, Stella becomes emotionally and romantically involved with Maurice's healthy brother. Maurice is suddenly discovered dead. While initially appearing to be a tragic or natural death, it is eventually revealed to be an intentional act of mercy. The investigation into his death forces a sweeping confrontation that reveals hidden truths, passionate devotion, and profound sacrifice within the family. German-language version of 1929's "The Sacred Flame", from the W. Somerset Maugham play, shot by Warner Bros. in Hollywood with a German-speaking cast.

The Holy Flames

1931

The Magnificent Lie poster
7.0

A nightclub singer, taking pity on a blind soldier, pretends that she is the woman he once loved before he was wounded.

The Magnificent Lie

1931

The Spy poster
8.0

Sweethearts pitted against lovers, wives against husbands, sons against mothers, in a frantic struggle to escape the clutch and claw of the 'Tcheka,' Russia's sinister spy system.

The Spy

1931

Man Trouble poster
7.5

A hard-boiled nightclub owner saves a beautiful young girl from drowning. He promptly falls in love with her, but she prefers a younger, more-genteel lover.

Man Trouble

1930

No artwork available
9.0

No synopsis available yet.

Die Perücke

1925

No artwork available
9.0

No synopsis available yet.

Die Perücke

1925

Seven Faces poster
9.0

A 1929 American pre-Code drama film with fantasy elements that was released by Fox Film Corporation in the Fox Movietone sound-on-film system on December 1, 1929.

Seven Faces

1929