Axel Anderson

Acting

Axel Anderson

Born — Died

1929-12-11 — 2012-12-16

Place of birth

Berlin, Germany

Known for

Acting

Credits

46 titles

German-born Puerto Rican actor.

Known for

Assassins poster
6.5

Assassin Robert Rath arrives at a funeral to kill a prominent mobster, only to witness a rival hired gun complete the job for him -- with grisly results. Horrified by the murder of innocent bystanders, Rath decides to take one last job and then return to civilian life. But finding his way out of the world of contract killing grows ever more dangerous as Rath falls for his female target and becomes a marked man himself.

Assassins

1995

The Reaping poster
5.8

Katherine Morrissey, a former Christian missionary, lost her faith after the tragic deaths of her family. Now she applies her expertise to debunking religious phenomena. When a series of biblical plagues overrun a small town, Katherine arrives to prove that a supernatural force is not behind the occurrences, but soon finds that science cannot explain what is happening. Instead, she must regain her faith to combat the evil that waits in a Louisiana swamp.

The Reaping

2007

Bananas poster
6.7

When a bumbling New Yorker is dumped by his activist girlfriend, he travels to a tiny Latin American nation and becomes involved in its latest rebellion.

Bananas

1971

Battle of the Bulge poster
6.9

In the winter of 1944, the Allied Armies stand ready to invade Germany at the coming of a New Year. To prevent it, Hitler orders an all-out offensive to re-take French territory and capture the major port city of Antwerp.

Battle of the Bulge

1965

Ariana, Un Amor de Leyenda poster
NR

The telenovela tells the dramatic story of Dom Pedro, a powerful and authoritarian man who opposes the presence of a Gypsy circus on his lands. In a tragic incident, he kills a member of the troupe, leaving behind an inconsolable widow, Salomé. Determined to avenge her husband's death, Salomé swaps her newborn daughter for Dom Pedro's newborn son, forging a bond rooted in secrecy and intrigue.

Ariana, Un Amor de Leyenda

1980

Paradise Lost poster
3.9

A scientist in the rain forest squares off against a land developer while trying to solve some unexplained deaths.

Paradise Lost

1999

Film credits

2010s · 6 titles

Las divertidas aventuras del aburrido Carlos poster
NR

Improvisational cinema from Eduardo Rosado

Las divertidas aventuras del aburrido Carlos

2011

El detective Cojines poster
6.7

The story of a college professor obsessed with private eye novels who, following an accident, becomes a private investigator patterned after the movies and novels of the 40’s. Among the cases he investigates, three will come to him that will reveal a full range of intrigue and bizarre secrets.

El detective Cojines

2011

No artwork available
NR

An old man takes care of his senile wife.

Luz

2010

Riding 79 poster
3.0

A coming of age story about a 16-year-old boy who finds himself searching for escape in the island of Puerto Rico after his mother leaves him and his sister with his grandparents in a surf town. His fascination with a hula hoop model leads him to steal his grandfather’s car to meet the object of his affection in person.

Riding 79

2014

The Condemned poster
5.4

Determined to restore her dying father's reputation, Ana travels to the remote town of Rosales. Decades ago, he settled there and opened his first free clinic for cancer research. He launched an illustrious medical career - and fell in love. Ana plans to celebrate her father's scientific and humanitarian achievements by transforming the old family mansion into a world-class museum. She will preserve his legacy, and also breathe new life into the forgotten Rosales. But the townspeople-now destitute and helpless-do not greet her warmly. Neither does the house.

The Condemned

2012

El aquelarre poster
10.0

A man is convinced his pregnant wife is a witch and that she is carrying an abomination in her womb.

El aquelarre

2011

2000s · 12 titles

The Reaping poster
5.8

Katherine Morrissey, a former Christian missionary, lost her faith after the tragic deaths of her family. Now she applies her expertise to debunking religious phenomena. When a series of biblical plagues overrun a small town, Katherine arrives to prove that a supernatural force is not behind the occurrences, but soon finds that science cannot explain what is happening. Instead, she must regain her faith to combat the evil that waits in a Louisiana swamp.

The Reaping

2007

Taínos: la última tribu poster
3.0

Sara, a young archaeology student, organizes an expedition to La Mora Cave. Guided by Yabey, Sara and her four friends, discover a hidden Taíno tribe, believed to be extinguished 500 years ago.

Taínos: la última tribu

2005

Vanished poster
1.5

During a visit to a tropical island, a man mysteriously disappears and his wife must lead her own investigation in order to find him.

Vanished

2006

No artwork available
NR

Families gather to receive the New Year. But this meeting brings a series of confessions that will make for a very peculiar evening.

Quiéreme mucho

2005

Celestino y el Vampiro poster
8.0

In Old San Juan a 40+ year old divorcée is not aware he befriends a vampire who bites women, not in their necks but in their derrières, leaving them with flattened behinds. A vampire hunter from Europe warns Celestino about his neighbor and tries to recruit his help in salvaging a much cherished national heritage. But there is a difficulty: this vampire will not die by a stake through his heart and to avoid destruction he wears tin underwear.

Celestino y el Vampiro

2003

Christmas in Paradise poster
5.5

While vacationing in the Caribbean for Christmas, bonds form among a man and his two children, and a woman and her two children.

Christmas in Paradise

2007

La caja de problemas poster
NR

Frank Anderson is a successful consulter, wealthy, with no problems. He gets bored of his perfect life and decides that he need problems in his life. Then he gets his hands on a box and in less that 24 hours his life turns upside down. All hell breaks loose for Frank, as he tries to get rid of the box for his problems to end.

La caja de problemas

2004

Jews in Space poster
7.6

Sixteen years after she gave him a farewell kiss, Santiago is reunited with his cousin and childhood sweetheart Luciana, when she returns home to Buenos Aires from New York. When their curmudgeonly grandfather Mauricio has a near-death experience, Luciana decides to take family matters into her own hands and prepare the traditional Passover Seder.

Jews in Space

2006

Entre los dioses del desprecio poster
9.0

An expert on disarming alarms leaves prison to do a job.

Entre los dioses del desprecio

2001

No artwork available
NR

The story of Father Miguel Ángel, who has to face the parishioners' opposition to accept Father Lomba's retirement from the parish. Miguel Ángel will have to prove his worth as a priest when he is cornered by the community's apathy because he is too young and does not have previous experience in that line of work.

Del cielo a la tierra

2007

No artwork available
NR

Noah, an investigative reporter, finds himself in love with Yin, a friend for many years. Noah arranges a dinner where he will finally declare this secret love to her, but Yin is called away on business. The following day Noah wakes up determined to speak with her. As he tries to connect with Yin, he discovers that she is nowhere to be found. As Noah attempts to unfold the mystery of her disappearance, the history of even her existence is questioned.

A Place Within

2006

No artwork available
10.0

There has been a grave massacre within a highly successful insurance company in Puerto Rico. The owners, a married couple, have been slaughtered along with their employees. While the police are investigating, a private investigator, Isabelo, is hired. The investigation takes place in an underworld of frayed relationships and foul connections. It is a detective story that revolves around unforeseen secrets dealing in the occult and certain passions that only appear to spawn loathing.

Desamores

2004

1990s · 11 titles

Assassins poster
6.5

Assassin Robert Rath arrives at a funeral to kill a prominent mobster, only to witness a rival hired gun complete the job for him -- with grisly results. Horrified by the murder of innocent bystanders, Rath decides to take one last job and then return to civilian life. But finding his way out of the world of contract killing grows ever more dangerous as Rath falls for his female target and becomes a marked man himself.

Assassins

1995

Paradise Lost poster
3.9

A scientist in the rain forest squares off against a land developer while trying to solve some unexplained deaths.

Paradise Lost

1999

Paging Emma poster
7.5

An operator at a mobile pager company has her life turned upside down by a seemingly senseless abduction. Currently considered to be a lost film (never released to the general public, after its theatrical premiere in Puerto Rico).

Paging Emma

1999

Death in Granada poster
5.6

A journalist starts an investigation into the disappearance of famed poet and political agitator, Garcia Lorca, who disappeared in the early days of the Spanish Civil War in the the 1930's.

Death in Granada

1996

Undercurrent poster
4.2

A nightclub manager with financial problems accepts an offer to seduce another man's wife for money, and soon finds himself entwined in a web of double-crossing con artists.

Undercurrent

1999

Shortcut to Paradise poster
5.5

Quinn shows up at an apartment building in Paradise, a small backwoods community in Puerto Rico, purporting to be the new caretaker the owner has been expecting. He gets right to work, making a good impression on everybody, except Gus, the reclusive teenage gas station attendant. Soon, sinister things come to pass

Shortcut to Paradise

1994

No artwork available
8.0

Sylvia is writing her first novel. This will uncover dark secrets from her family's past; a past that now returns to haunt her. Disturbing, strange, frightening ghost story set in an exotic Spanish colonial city by the sea. A tale of mystery and terror that will keep you guessing from start to end.

The Face at the Window

1998

A Flight of Hope poster
6.7

A comedy narrating the adventures of ten Puerto Ricans looking for a better life. The film centers on an airplane trip to New York during 1960's. It relates in a comical, yet poignant manner, the array of reasons each of the passengers has for leaving Puerto Rico and the challenges they face as suggested by the interactions of the Anglo crew and the passengers.

A Flight of Hope

1993

No artwork available
8.0

A film narrative on Puerto Rican playwright and journalist don Cayetano Coll y Toste. Three of his most famous stories are reenacted: "El Santo Cristo de la Salud", "El Espíritu del Carretero", and "La Garita del Diablo".

Leyendas de Puerto Rico

1999

No artwork available
10.0

A man shares his apartment with his elderly mother. He puts a Doris Day record, "Que sera, sera", and his life walks by in a flash.

Que será

1995

The Bell poster
NR

An aristocratic woman faces a terrible family curse and pays for the sins of her race.

The Bell

1990

1960s · 7 titles

Series credits

Behind the camera