
Acting
Dagny Servaes
Born 1894-03-10 · Berlin, Germany
Acting credits
10.0No synopsis available yet.
Der Fünfminutenvater
1951
7.5The film depicts the love affair between William I and Elisa Radziwill.
A Prussian Love Story
1938
6.0When Dr Hartung (Fritz Odemar) hits Eva (Geraldine Katt) with his car, she decides to make him her "life's mission" and free him of his "unhappy marriage" which he never declares as such. In her way stands only her best friend Ursula (Hannelore Schroth) who happens to be Dr Hartung's daughter and is all but enthusiastic about her friend trying to seduce her father.
Kleine Mädchen – große Sorgen
1941
NRNo synopsis available yet.
John Riew
1917
8.0Johann Strauss firmly established himself as the leader of a dance orchestra in Vienna in the 1840s. His sons Johann junior and Josef have clearly inherited their father's talent. Nevertheless, father Johann is strictly opposed to both of them training as composers.
Immortal Waltz
1939
7.3Die Weber (1927), a rousing German tale of the 1844 weavers’ revolution.
The Weavers
1927
Austria silent film from 1925 directed by Hans Otto, telling the story about the Austrian officer who rose to head the counter-intelligence efforts of Austria-Hungary. He was himself a paid spy for the Russians.
Oberst Redl
1925
No synopsis available yet.
Die Last
1916
8.0Don Carlos, heir to the Spanish throne, and Princess Elisabeth of Valois are deeply in love but King Philip, Carlos's father, wants Elisabeth for himself.
Don Carlos und Elisabeth
1924
6.5The Ethiopian King offers his daughter to a powerful Pharaoh to secure peace between the two countries.
The Loves of Pharaoh
1922
7.5Biopic about Ludwig van Beethoven.
Eroica
1949
A period drama set in a Volhynian village.
Yizkor
1924
9.0A dozen ladies expect marriage impostor Lanski to keep his promises. But he needs more money and decides to kill Mrs. von Droste who has changed her will in his favor. He covers his tracks but is seen by a neighbor who soon blackmails him.
The Night of the Twelfth
1949
No synopsis available yet.
Where Is Mr. Belling?
1945
No synopsis available yet.
Die Hölle der Jungfrauen
1928
8.0Rupp (Jannings) is a former butcher, made rich in the meat packing industry as a result of the reversal of fortunes brought on by WWI. He is crude, uncouth and uneducated. His son, Fred, is the apple of his father's eye and is an auto enthusiast. The widowed Rupp falls in love with a former aristocrat, Helen, now down on her luck and pawning her last heirloom. He proposes marriage and she accepts in order to save her ailing mother who needs a monetary influx to avoid death. Her former boyfriend, Platen, warns Helen against Rupp's intentions - he and Rupp are enemies, Rupp having caused his being fired for protecting a chorus girl against Rupp's unwanted advances. Meanwhile, Graf, a shyster, arranges purchase of a near bankrupt auto manufacturing firm, Phoenix, to Rupp's great advantage with practically no monetary recognition to Graf, who swears revenge. Rupp comes upon his son begging Helen not to marry his father but to return to Platen.
All for Money
1923
No synopsis available yet.
Moderne Ehen
1924
7.0A dramatization of the melodramatic story that inspired the popular opera, Pagliacci.German language version of a film simultaneously shot in an Italian version.
Laugh Bajazzo
1943
10.0An operetta directed by Herbert Maisch.
Nanon
1938
5.4"The Tales of Hoffmann" - The story of the poet Hoffmann, who falls in love with a mechanical doll, loses his mirror image in Venice and finally liberates his lover from the clutches of a sinister doctor.
The Tales of Hoffmann
1923
5.0Peter, a writer, lives the life of a carefree bachelor, but soon gets to know a charming girl during a trip, falls in love with her, and marries her right away. Only after he returns to his elegant apartment in Vienna, does he start to wonder, whether Marianne will fit in amidst his circle of spoiled acquaintances. His well-meant advice on how she should behave makes Marianne so insecure, that she ends up acting quite clumsy and scares off his friends. Peter is angry and Marianne is so upset, that she wants to return back to her parents. On the way there, she has an experience, which shows her her mistake. She turns around and now strives to become an elegant lady of the world.
Die kluge Marianne
1943
9.0A girl from a noble family falls in love with a boy in financial difficulties.
The Fairy Dolly
1936
7.0Peter the Great, having become Tsar of Russia, using his shipbuilding knowledge acquired in a foreign country to establish a navy, and being able to use it, provokes a war with Sweden, defeating that country at the Battle of Poltava. This battle marks a turning point between Peter and Russia. His only son turns out to be a coward, meets a refugee girl and makes her his Empress, alienating himself from the church and many nobles. All these factors lead to a conspiracy...
Peter the Great
1922
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Vagabunden der Liebe
1920