Max Nosseck

Directing

Max Nosseck

Born — Died

1902-09-19 — 1972-09-29

Place of birth

Nakel, Germany [now Naklo nad Notecia, Kujawsko-Pomorskie, Poland]

Known for

Directing

Credits

47 titles

Max Nosseck (September 19, 1902, Nakel – September 29, 1972, Bad Wiessee) was a German actor, film director, and screenwriter. After studying art in Vienna, he began his career in Berlin as a performer and filmmaker, directing his first feature in 1930. Following the rise of the Nazi regime, Nosseck emigrated in 1933 and worked across France, Spain, Portugal, and the Netherlands before settling in the United States in 1939, where he directed films primarily for MGM, sometimes using the name Alexander M. Norris. Nosseck returned to Germany in the mid-1950s, directing films and television productions and later appearing in small acting roles. His career spanned silent cinema, European exile …

Known for

Film credits

1970s · 3 titles

1930s · 3 titles

Behind the camera

Dillinger poster
5.9

The life of American public enemy number one who was shot by the police in 1934.

Dillinger

1945

Garden of Eden poster
4.6

War widow and pre-teen daughter leave home of tyrannical father-in-law in Florida, get lost on a detour, and find shelter at a nudist colony.

Garden of Eden

1954

Garden of Eden poster
4.6

War widow and pre-teen daughter leave home of tyrannical father-in-law in Florida, get lost on a detour, and find shelter at a nudist colony.

Garden of Eden

1954

The Brighton Strangler poster
6.3

After suffering a head injury during the London Blitz, theatre actor John Loder comes to believe himself to be the Brighton Strangler, the murderer he was playing onstage.

The Brighton Strangler

1945

The Brighton Strangler poster
6.3

After suffering a head injury during the London Blitz, theatre actor John Loder comes to believe himself to be the Brighton Strangler, the murderer he was playing onstage.

The Brighton Strangler

1945

Kill or Be Killed poster
5.9

An innocent man accused of a murder hides out aboard a steam ship in South American.

Kill or Be Killed

1950

Kill or Be Killed poster
5.9

An innocent man accused of a murder hides out aboard a steam ship in South American.

Kill or Be Killed

1950

The Hoodlum poster
6.2

Vincent Lubeck is a vicious ex-convict. His criminal activities are despised by his family, but he uses and abuses them in the course of his crimes. Eventually his own brother must stand up to him.

The Hoodlum

1951

The Schlemihl poster
9.0

Hartwig gets by a strange coincidence confused by a prince with a certain Josef Döllinger in a luxurious restaurant. Hartwig is overjoyed, as he gets to know the dancer Garda Maro.

The Schlemihl

1931

Korea Patrol poster
7.0

When notified of the North Korean invasion of South Korea, an American officer assigned to the Republic of Korea Army leads a mixed American and South Korean six man patrol to blow up a strategic bridge to delay the enemy's advance.

Korea Patrol

1951

Der Hauptmann und sein Held poster
7.0

No synopsis available yet.

Der Hauptmann und sein Held

1955

No artwork available
9.0

Susan Morrow, the secretary to Robert Clarke, a model photographer, is upset when her boss pays too much attention to model Noreen Nash. Morrow's younger sister takes a candid photo of her sister in her underwear, with face hidden, and sends it to Clarke. He is intrigued and tries to locate the mystery girl but, meanwhile, enters the photograph in a contest. It wins, provided Clarke can identify the girl. He offers a reward and hires a friend to search for her. Meanwhile, back the agency, Nash offers to pose as the missing girl, but she and Clarke quarrel and she walks out. Rather than leave her boss in a fix, Morrow admits she is the girl in the picture.

The Body Beautiful

1953

No artwork available
9.0

Susan Morrow, the secretary to Robert Clarke, a model photographer, is upset when her boss pays too much attention to model Noreen Nash. Morrow's younger sister takes a candid photo of her sister in her underwear, with face hidden, and sends it to Clarke. He is intrigued and tries to locate the mystery girl but, meanwhile, enters the photograph in a contest. It wins, provided Clarke can identify the girl. He offers a reward and hires a friend to search for her. Meanwhile, back the agency, Nash offers to pose as the missing girl, but she and Clarke quarrel and she walks out. Rather than leave her boss in a fix, Morrow admits she is the girl in the picture.

The Body Beautiful

1953

Overture to Glory poster
3.0

A humble cantor, Oysher yearns to be an opera singer. He deserts his tiny village to pursue his dream, but when his voice breaks he sheepishly returns, resigned to attending but not singing at the Yom Kippur services. Upon his return, Oysher is informed that his son has died. Out of grief is wrought a miracle: Oysher's voice returns, more powerful than ever. After performing the Day of Atonement services, Oysher suddenly collapses, peacefully joining his son in death. If you wish to see the touching Overture to Glory, by all means seek out a decent print; many extant copies are so washed out that, not only are the English subtitles unreadable, but it's extremely difficult to tell one actor from another.

Overture to Glory

1940

Overture to Glory poster
3.0

A humble cantor, Oysher yearns to be an opera singer. He deserts his tiny village to pursue his dream, but when his voice breaks he sheepishly returns, resigned to attending but not singing at the Yom Kippur services. Upon his return, Oysher is informed that his son has died. Out of grief is wrought a miracle: Oysher's voice returns, more powerful than ever. After performing the Day of Atonement services, Oysher suddenly collapses, peacefully joining his son in death. If you wish to see the touching Overture to Glory, by all means seek out a decent print; many extant copies are so washed out that, not only are the English subtitles unreadable, but it's extremely difficult to tell one actor from another.

Overture to Glory

1940

Gambling Daughters poster
5.7

A couple of rich girls at a private boarding school find themselves mixed up in gambling and blackmail, and must steal from their parents to pay their gambling debts.

Gambling Daughters

1941

De big van het regiment poster
9.0

Diary fragments tell of the arrival of Belgian refugees across the Dutch border in winter 1915. Reserve lieutenant Berkhage returns from the Belgian border with a refugee child. Named "Big" by the company the kid soon becomes the regimental darling.

De big van het regiment

1935

Girls Under 21 poster
4.8

Francis Ryan, living high-and-free-wheeling life as the wife of gangster "Smiley" Ryan, spends some time behind bars as a result of her husband's activities, and, when she gets out, realizes she has been a bad example for her kid-sister, Jennie White, and five of her friends. With the aid of her old boyfriend, she manages to divert them from their juvenile-delinquent path leading to disaster for each.

Girls Under 21

1940

Polikuschka poster
8.0

No synopsis available yet.

Polikuschka

1958

Black Beauty poster
5.7

Based on Anna Sewell's novel. In rural England of the 1880's, widower Squire Wendon is rearing his young daughter Anne. Her father has forbidden her to be present when their mare, "Duchess," gives birth. Anne sneaks out to the stable, however, and is discovered by her father who forbids her ever to ride Duchess again. Despite this punishment, he gives Anne Duchess's colt because it is her birthday, and she names him "Black Beauty."

Black Beauty

1946

Das Liebesleben des schönen Franz poster
6.3

No synopsis available yet.

Das Liebesleben des schönen Franz

1956

No artwork available
8.0

No synopsis available yet.

The dance to happiness

1930

Forbidden Paradise poster
3.0

Combining documentary elements with a playful narrative, the film explores the evolution of bathing culture and social morals in Germany. Set in a summer resort where traditional values clash with more liberal attitudes, it humorously reflects on changing views of decency, freedom, and modern life.

Forbidden Paradise

1958

For Once I'd Like to Have No Troubles poster
9.0

Depression musical comedy about an unemployed barber who pretends to be a wealthy automobile magnate.

For Once I'd Like to Have No Troubles

1932

Poderoso caballero poster
10.0

No synopsis available yet.

Poderoso caballero

1935

No artwork available
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Casanova wider Willen

1964

The Return of Rin Tin Tin poster
5.7

A World War II European orphan, Paul, has lost all faith in humanity. Brought to the United States by Father Mathew, Paul's confidence and faith are gradually restored through his close association with a dog, Rin-Tin-Tin.

The Return of Rin Tin Tin

1947

The King of the Champs-Élysées poster
5.9

In Paris, a stage-struck would-be actor is mistaken for an escaped convict.

The King of the Champs-Élysées

1934

Singing in the Dark poster
8.0

Leo, a holocaust survivor who suffers from total amnesia, comes to the U.S. and works as a hotel desk clerk. One night while a comedian who owns a bar in the hotel gives him a drink, he breaks out in song and discovers a great voice. Under a psychiatrist's treatment, and because of a blow to the head by some hoodlums, he realizes his name is David and that he was the son of a great Jewish Cantor, and gradually recovers his memory of losing his parents. He gives up a promising career singing in nightclubs to return to the synagogue.

Singing in the Dark

1956

Singing in the Dark poster
8.0

Leo, a holocaust survivor who suffers from total amnesia, comes to the U.S. and works as a hotel desk clerk. One night while a comedian who owns a bar in the hotel gives him a drink, he breaks out in song and discovers a great voice. Under a psychiatrist's treatment, and because of a blow to the head by some hoodlums, he realizes his name is David and that he was the son of a great Jewish Cantor, and gradually recovers his memory of losing his parents. He gives up a promising career singing in nightclubs to return to the synagogue.

Singing in the Dark

1956

.. und wer küsst mich? poster
5.0

No synopsis available yet.

.. und wer küsst mich?

1956

No artwork available
7.0

No synopsis available yet.

Una semana de felicidad

1934

No artwork available
8.0

No synopsis available yet.

All or nothing

1932

Gado Bravo poster
8.5

A love triangle set in Lisbon between German singer Nina, bullfighter Garrido and local girl Branca.

Gado Bravo

1934

Münchhausen in Afrika poster
4.5

The adventures of Baron Münchhausen jr. in Africa.

Münchhausen in Afrika

1958

No artwork available
NR

A young drawing teacher wins a dream trip to the West Indies in a competition. The journey takes her on a luxury ship to Jamaica and Haiti. The dances and music of the locals and the cities of Kingston and Port-au-Prince with their bustling markets form the backdrop to this little comedy of mistaken identity, in which an unattractive but precious necklace plays a confusing role.

Karibisches Vergnügen

1963

Oranje Hein poster
9.0

Mientje comes from an ordinary working class family. Her father's alcoholism threatens to put an end to her engagement to Herman, her well to do fiancée. When her parents divorce, Mientje comes into conflict with her future mother-in-law. A grim but ultimately hopeful look at marital problems, poverty, lost love and alcoholism in a working class neighbourhood in Amsterdam.

Oranje Hein

1936

Love's Clover Leaf poster
7.0

A comedy about love and winter sports. A funny game of confusion from the beauty of a winter paradise and the romantic amorous adventures of four young people who were brought together by whim and chance and united by happiness.

Love's Clover Leaf

1930

No artwork available
NR

Though originally slated for a 1960 release, the full original film was only released in 1988. A heavily altered version with a different directors was released under the title Die Nacht am See in 1963.

Geschminkte Jugend

1988

No artwork available
NR

Though originally slated for a 1960 release, the full original film was only released in 1988. A heavily altered version with a different directors was released under the title Die Nacht am See in 1963.

Geschminkte Jugend

1988