Georg H. Schnell

Acting

Georg H. Schnell

Born — Died

1878-04-11 — 1951-03-31

Place of birth

Tschifu (now Yantai), China

Known for

Acting

Credits

60 titles

Georg Heinrich Schnell (11 April 1878 – 31 March 1951) was a German actor who remains perhaps best-known for his role as shipowner Harding in Nosferatu, eine Symphonie des Grauens (1922). Georg appeared in over one hundred films. He was born in Yantai, China. He died in West Berlin, West Germany. Georg is sometimes credited as G.H. Schnell, Georg Heinrich Schnell, Georg Schnell, and George Snell.

Known for

Film credits

1930s · 33 titles

The Valley of Love poster
7.5

Rather coarse, pre-War comedy about a Markgraf -- Heinrich XXVI -- who bathes in the springs of the Ammendorf to strengthen his potency. The town and its springs are especially well known for the many couples with lots of children, who, for tax reasons, live there unmarried. The town smithy and bully provides his vitality to ensure the countess has an heir for the throne.

The Valley of Love

1935

Die Reiter von Deutsch-Ostafrika poster
5.5

German colonial soldiers fight against the British during World War I.

Die Reiter von Deutsch-Ostafrika

1934

My Wife, the Adventuress poster
7.5

A mousy bank clerk is married to an ambitious woman.

My Wife, the Adventuress

1931

Kampf poster
9.0

The race car drivers Robert Wenck and Kurt Harder are good friends. They become rivals when it appears that Robert is married to Eva. Eva was the former lover of Kurt Harder. Complications will follow.

Kampf

1932

Der Mustergatte poster
6.6

Heinz Rühmann plays the "model husband" who, when his bored wife threatens to leave him, embarks on an adventurous night.

Der Mustergatte

1937

Madame Bovary poster
4.8

In 19th-century France, doctor's wife Emma Bovary seeks to escape her dull provincial life through various extramarital affairs and extravagant spending, leading to tragic consequences.

Madame Bovary

1937

Seven Slaps poster
6.5

William MacPhab loses seven-pounds in the stock market and decides to slap the man who was responsible for the stock manipulation that caused him to lose his money. Astor Terbanks, the stock-market manipulator is surprised the next day when he gets soundly slapped by MacPhab, and the latter promises to deliver one more a day for the next six days. Terbank's daughter, Daisy, is amused by the procedure and is attracted to MacPhab.

Seven Slaps

1937

The Girl from the Marsh Croft poster
7.0

A farm boy betrothed to a socialite falls in love with his maid - an impoverished girl from the marsh.

The Girl from the Marsh Croft

1935

Her Majesty Love poster
10.0

Fred von Wellingen is a wealthy industrialist, part of a large family-owned corporation. Fred has fallen for Lia, a comely bartender in the Berlin Cabaret. He proposes to her, much to the horror of his family, which considers Lia and her unsophisticated father far below their caste. The family convinces Fred to give up the girl in exchange for increased position and income in the company. But Fred's lapse is momentary, and he again pursues Lia. But she, by this time, has learned of his erstwhile agreement and has agreed to marry someone else.

Her Majesty Love

1933

The Road to Dishonour poster
8.0

No synopsis available yet.

The Road to Dishonour

1930

The Flame of Love poster
6.0

A Chinese troupe star and the Grand Duke's adjutant fall in love, to tensions from both sides' respective comrades.

The Flame of Love

1930

Das Mädchen von gestern Nacht poster
3.5

No synopsis available yet.

Das Mädchen von gestern Nacht

1938

Tannenberg poster
7.0

Shortly after the outbreak of World War I August 1914, Eastern Front. The Russian surprise attack on the northeasternmost part of the country causes serious problems for the German defenders.

Tannenberg

1932

No artwork available
5.2

Curt serenades his wife Charlott from the garden without her recognizing him. When she later doesn't refer to the incident he assumes that she is falling for the 'unknown' suitor and deliberately puts a notorious womanizer on her trail.

When Women Keep Silent

1937

Stärker als die Liebe poster
10.0

In this blood and soil melodrama, the daughter of the chief forester is torn between love for a reprobate painter and the duty to wed the assistant forester, a widower with a boy.

Stärker als die Liebe

1938

Die Nacht der Entscheidung poster
7.0

After the death of his wife and mother of his 17-year-old daughter Gisela, Consul Brückmann is now in his second marriage to the beautiful Peruvian Tessa. She is only ten years older than Gisela, and the two have a very friendly relationship. At a ball, Gisela dances with the charming Fernando Alvarez, but she shows no interest in his advances. Tessa, however, recognizes her childhood sweetheart in him. The consul invites Fernando to his table, but neither of them let on. When Alvarez later comes to her house on business, Brückmann is absent and Tessa gives in to his advances. They plan to return home together. Tessa then learns that the train she thought her husband was on has derailed. Now she knows that she still loves him. When he stands in front of her, she tells him everything. Deeply hurt, he wants to let her go. Only Gisela manages to bring them back together.

Die Nacht der Entscheidung

1938

Die kleine und die große Liebe poster
6.7

No synopsis available yet.

Die kleine und die große Liebe

1938

A Castle in Flanders poster
8.0

Officers stationed in a castle in Flandes during WWI are comforted by Gloria Delamare's recorded voice. One of them even writes her a letter that will never be sent. When the war is over Miss Delamare takes a tour in Belgium and spends a night in that castle. Most unexpectedly her former admirer appears and they dine and dance together. In the morning he has disappeared and she finds the letter. She tries to find him, only to discover he is presumably dead and involved in a family secret.

A Castle in Flanders

1936

Heiteres und Ernstes um den großen König poster
10.0

The short story focuses on two anecdotal episodes about the Prussian King Frederick II. In the first episode, the monarch meets an invalid. In the second episode, Baron Warkotsch's servant informs the king that Kappel's master is committing treason against the Prussian king, which puts Frederick's life in grave danger.

Heiteres und Ernstes um den großen König

1936

Das Recht auf Liebe poster
7.0

No synopsis available yet.

Das Recht auf Liebe

1939

In the Employ of the Secret Service poster
8.0

During WWI a German agent receives an order to find out when the Russian army will carry out its expected attack against the German lines.

In the Employ of the Secret Service

1931

The Impossible Mr. Pitt poster
4.2

The Impossible Mister Pitt is a 1938 German adventure crime film directed by and starring Harry Piel. It also features Willi Schur, Leopold von Ledebur and Hilde Weissner. It was shot at the Babelsberg Studios in Berlin and on location off the coast of Split in Croatia.

The Impossible Mr. Pitt

1938

Vacationing from Oneself poster
7.0

A stressed American millionaire is advised by his doctor to take some downtime and rest in the German countryside. The tycoon is so impressed that he buys an estate and turns it into a resort where other businessmen can take holidays from their stressful lives. In the process he falls in love with the estate's former owner.

Vacationing from Oneself

1934

The Island poster
6.7

A case of espionage in high society: To save the reputation of his county, a diplomat voluntarily takes his own life.

The Island

1934

Stradivari poster
5.6

In 1914 a Hungarian officer inherits a Stradivarius which is believed to bring back luck to its owner. He and his Italian fiancée are separated by the First World War, and he is badly wounded.

Stradivari

1935

Das Gewehr über poster
8.0

No synopsis available yet.

Das Gewehr über

1939

Die Frau ohne Vergangenheit poster
6.5

No synopsis available yet.

Die Frau ohne Vergangenheit

1939

Top Sergeant Schwenke poster
5.0

A pretty girl helps a popular Berlin policeman solve the murders of a woman he knew and the crooked banker the victim worked for.

Top Sergeant Schwenke

1935

The Twelfth Hour poster
NR

A version of Nosferatu to which sound was added. Some scenes were left out and new ones were added including a different ending. Additionally all the characters names were changed.

The Twelfth Hour

1930

Die Kronzeugin poster
7.0

No synopsis available yet.

Die Kronzeugin

1937

Hot Blood poster
7.0

Baroness Marika von Korossy dresses up as a man, in order to compete in a horse race. Her victorious horse, Satan, will only allow her to ride him and throws everyone else off of him. That includes the dandy lieutenant Tibor von Denes, who immediately recognizes that Marika isn't a man. It isn't long before he makes friends with her and even gets her to dance with him. It's then that Marika takes off her hat and shows she's a woman, which causes jealous Ilonka von Peredy to go into a rage. When Marika is forced to sell her estate to raise money, Ilonka is able to get Marika's beloved Satan.

Hot Blood

1936

No artwork available
10.0

Gunther and Elizabeth have felt bonded to each other since their childhood. When Gunther finishes up his engineer studies, he finds a position at a large concern, which is, however, located in another city. Elizabeth lets him withdraw, although she is pregnant; she trusts him. With the passing of time, his love for her recedes ever further into the background; especially as he’s getting closer and closer to Gina, the daughter of the boss.

Liebelei und Liebe

1938

No artwork available
9.0

Pontresina, Switzerland, at the beginning of the 20th century. A ski jumping competition is about to take place.

The Champion of Pontresina

1934

1920s · 16 titles

Nosferatu poster
7.7

The mysterious Count Orlok summons a happily married real estate agent to his castle, located up in the Transylvanian mountains, to finalise a terrifying deal.

Nosferatu

1922

Panic in the House of Ardon poster
NR

A crime syndicate targets the wife of a chemist to gain access to her husband's research.

Panic in the House of Ardon

1920

No artwork available
8.0

No synopsis available yet.

The Tarantula

1920

Die Dreizehn aus Stahl poster
9.0

No synopsis available yet.

Die Dreizehn aus Stahl

1921

Die Tragödie eines Großen poster
7.0

No synopsis available yet.

Die Tragödie eines Großen

1920

No artwork available
9.0

No synopsis available yet.

Der Stolz der Kompagnie

1926

Miss Julie poster
8.0

A loose adaptation of August Strindberg's Miss Julie. The daughter of a count witnesses her mother's increasing mental instability after being spurned by a lover.

Miss Julie

1922

Hurrah! I'm Alive! poster
8.0

Pieter Kruis runs a grocer's shop in a small Dutch town, with which he and his wife Johanne can hardly feed themselves. Nonetheless, he is satisfied with his life, although he suspects that he will probably never win the jackpot. Suddenly Pieter receives a telegram from America: his old school friend Joe, who has made a fortune in the “new world”, asks whether Pieter would like to visit him. As “compensation” for expenses incurred, Pieter will also receive $ 50,000! Of course, Pieter doesn't hesitate for long - the suitcase is quickly packed and a ship ticket reserved. But the little “world traveler” has no idea what kind of adventures await him! Fearing that his insidious brother might speculate on his life insurance and stage a small “accident” on board the ship, Pieter disembarked in Rotterdam, where his entire travel budget was by a few crooks. Then he learns that his ship has actually sunk and suspects that his brother is already worried about the sum insured...

Hurrah! I'm Alive!

1928

The Old Fritz II poster
6.5

Silent epic on the final years of Frederick II.

The Old Fritz II

1928

Crooks in Tails poster
9.0

After two brothers have sold a French property, one gambles away his francs on the Riviera and encounters a couple of chiselers.

Crooks in Tails

1927

Die Mühle von Sanssouci poster
7.0

No synopsis available yet.

Die Mühle von Sanssouci

1926

No artwork available
7.0

No synopsis available yet.

Der gute Ruf

1926

Um eines Weibes Ehre poster
9.0

No synopsis available yet.

Um eines Weibes Ehre

1924

Marie Antoinette - Das Leben einer Königin poster
9.0

The life of Marie Antoinette, Queen of France, during the years leading up to and during the French Revolution in which she was executed.

Marie Antoinette - Das Leben einer Königin

1922

No artwork available
9.0

Crime film based on Nikolaus Lenau's poem "Die Marionetten."

Dolls of Death

1920

Liebet das Leben poster
10.0

No synopsis available yet.

Liebet das Leben

1924