Writing

Peter Berneis

Born — Died

1910-04-01 — 1985-11-04

Place of birth

Berlin, Germany

Known for

Writing

Credits

15 titles

Known for

Film credits

Behind the camera

Portrait of Jennie poster
7.2

In Depression-era New York, painter Eben Adams despairs at his lack of success. One cold winter evening in Central Park, he meets enigmatic, old-fashioned Jennie Appleton, who captures his fancy when she asks him to wait for her to grow up. Soon after, Eben sells a sketch of Jennie to kindly art dealer Miss Spinny and, as he meets the oddly mutable Jennie in fleeting moments, begins to realize they share a special destiny.

Portrait of Jennie

1948

My Man Godfrey poster
6.5

The eccentric Bullock household again need a new butler. Daughter Irene encounters bedraggled Godfrey Godfrey at the docks and, fancying him and noticing his obviously good manners, gets him the job. He proves a great success, but keeps his past to himself. When an old flame turns up Irene's sister Cordelia starts making waves.

My Man Godfrey

1957

Games of Desire poster
5.7

The wife of the Swedish Ambassador of Greece becomes involved in a romantic triangle, but the man who comes between husband and wife has a preference for the husband.

Games of Desire

1964

Games of Desire poster
5.7

The wife of the Swedish Ambassador of Greece becomes involved in a romantic triangle, but the man who comes between husband and wife has a preference for the husband.

Games of Desire

1964

They Call It Love poster
8.0

No synopsis available yet.

They Call It Love

1953

Escape from East Berlin poster
5.9

East Berlin, shortly after the construction of the Berlin Wall. Kurt Schröder and his family dig a tunnel to escape to West Berlin as they struggle to overcome the obstacles blocking their underground path to freedom.

Escape from East Berlin

1962

Ludwig II poster
7.1

Life and death of King Ludwig II of Bavaria.

Ludwig II

1955

A Stranger in My Arms poster
4.2

An Air Force pilot finds romance with his war buddy's widow.

A Stranger in My Arms

1959

The Young Sinner poster
5.5

No synopsis available yet.

The Young Sinner

1960

The Glass Menagerie poster
5.7

An aging Southern Belle complicates life for her ambitious son and crippled daughter because of her own warped views of what life should be.

The Glass Menagerie

1950

No artwork available
7.0

No synopsis available yet.

Enchanting Arabella

1959

Chicago Calling poster
7.7

Bill Cannon (Dan Duryea) loses everything to alcohol: his job, his family, his self-respect. Soon after his wife and daughter leave him, he receives word his little girl has been injured in a car accident outside Chicago. His wife will call later with news, but Bill’s short the $53 he needs to keep his phone from being disconnected. Filled with anguish, he heads out onto the Los Angeles streets to find some way to come up with the cash. As his character encounters expected cruelty and unexpected kindness, Duryea takes what might have been mere melodrama and turns it into a perceptive examination of one shattered soul. The other fine star of this race-against-the-clock programmer is an unglamorous, lunch-bucket L.A. rarely captured on film.

Chicago Calling

1951

Chicago Calling poster
7.7

Bill Cannon (Dan Duryea) loses everything to alcohol: his job, his family, his self-respect. Soon after his wife and daughter leave him, he receives word his little girl has been injured in a car accident outside Chicago. His wife will call later with news, but Bill’s short the $53 he needs to keep his phone from being disconnected. Filled with anguish, he heads out onto the Los Angeles streets to find some way to come up with the cash. As his character encounters expected cruelty and unexpected kindness, Duryea takes what might have been mere melodrama and turns it into a perceptive examination of one shattered soul. The other fine star of this race-against-the-clock programmer is an unglamorous, lunch-bucket L.A. rarely captured on film.

Chicago Calling

1951

No artwork available
7.5

A lighthearted comedy about a couple that tries to keep their struggling marriage together.

Schule für Eheglück

1954