Writing
Walter Zerlett-Olfenius
Born — Died
1897-04-07 — 1975-04-18
Place of birth
Wiesbaden, Germany
Known for
Writing
Credits
13 titles
Known for
6.1In 1912, the Titanic embarks on its inevitable collision course with history. In the wake of the over-spending required to build the largest luxury ship in the world, White Star Line executive Sir Bruce Ismay schemes to reverse the direction of his company's plummeting stock value. Onboard the Titanic, brave German 1st Officer Petersen struggles to convince his self-important British superiors not to overexert the ship's engines.
Titanic
1943
7.0No synopsis available yet.
Narren im Schnee
1938
8.0Helene performs in a Paris nightclub run by White Russian exiles. When her husband, an engineer she believed had died in the Russian Civil War, reappears she tries to assist him. However, this opens her to blackmail by her dancing partner Fedor.
After Midnight
1938
Nazi propaganda film showing the development of the German navy's submarine fleet.
Geheimakte W.B. 1
1942
6.9In the spring of 1905, the water conduit project in the Canadian city of Canitoga is set to be completed. For years, the completion had been marred by sabotage. Engineer Oliver Montstuart commands the last blasting operation. But again, the explosive charge is too large and thus, further construction is forestalled again. When Montstuart confronts foreman Westbrook, the foreman threatens him with a knife. In self-defence, Montstuart shoots him. Now, he has to flee.
Water for Canitoga
1939
7.2Swedish industrial magnate Percival, known as Percy Patterson, has suddenly disappeared after a business meeting with his partner Sully.
Ein Mann auf Abwegen
1940
Behind the camera
6.1In 1912, the Titanic embarks on its inevitable collision course with history. In the wake of the over-spending required to build the largest luxury ship in the world, White Star Line executive Sir Bruce Ismay schemes to reverse the direction of his company's plummeting stock value. Onboard the Titanic, brave German 1st Officer Petersen struggles to convince his self-important British superiors not to overexert the ship's engines.
Titanic
1943
7.0No synopsis available yet.
Narren im Schnee
1938
8.0Helene performs in a Paris nightclub run by White Russian exiles. When her husband, an engineer she believed had died in the Russian Civil War, reappears she tries to assist him. However, this opens her to blackmail by her dancing partner Fedor.
After Midnight
1938
Nazi propaganda film showing the development of the German navy's submarine fleet.
Geheimakte W.B. 1
1942
6.9In the spring of 1905, the water conduit project in the Canadian city of Canitoga is set to be completed. For years, the completion had been marred by sabotage. Engineer Oliver Montstuart commands the last blasting operation. But again, the explosive charge is too large and thus, further construction is forestalled again. When Montstuart confronts foreman Westbrook, the foreman threatens him with a knife. In self-defence, Montstuart shoots him. Now, he has to flee.
Water for Canitoga
1939
7.2Swedish industrial magnate Percival, known as Percy Patterson, has suddenly disappeared after a business meeting with his partner Sully.
Ein Mann auf Abwegen
1940
6.2Film about the fictitious adventures of Franz Freiherr von Trenck, who lived during the times of empress Maria Theresia of Austria garnished with espionage and twisted love affairs.
Trenck, der Pandur
1940
9.0In the Parisian Russian émigré community, an attractive young woman, Hélène, is torn between her husband, her lover, and the love she feels for a new suitor.
Nuits de princes
1938
On a German steamer en route to New York stowaway Viktor and office girl Susanne fall in love while they get caught up in Marquis de la Tour's elaborate scheme to steal collector Henning's valuable stamp collection.
Game on Board
1936
No synopsis available yet.
Skandal um die Fledermaus
1936
7.5Set against the backdrop of the 1900 Boxer Rebellion...
Alarm in Peking
1937
10.0Weaves together the story of a wife who remains faithful despite being unhappy, with attempts at spying on German industrial facilities in Africa.
Romance
1936
5.8National-Socialist propaganda film that serves to memorialize one of the early representatives of colonialism: the German philologist Carl Peters. He is, at the end of the 1900′s, a noted advocate of the establishment of a German colony. Without support from Germany, he struggles on his own account against the English in East Africa. Later he is named Reichskommissar and promotes the expansion of a German colony. But Jewish and Social-Democrat opponents order him back to Germany and force him to resign.
Carl Peters
1941
