Peter Voß
Actor · 1891 – 1979 · Fiefhusen, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany
Peter Voß was born on June 29, 1891 in Fiefhusen, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. He was an actor, known for The Hound of the Baskervilles (1937), Fight for the Matterhorn (1928) and Hundert Tage (1935). He died on January 9, 1979 in Nortorf, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany.
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MovieDramaHistoryEnglish-language, dubbed sound and partly re-edited version of Der Kampf ums Matterhorn. During an early, unsuccessful attempt at climbing the Matterhorn, Edward Whymper finds himself rescued by an italian guide, Jean Antoine Carrel. The two men quickly build a friendship and agree to reach the peak together. However, local villagers plot to divide the alliance of Whymper and Carrel and both men join rival teams as they set out in a race to conquer the mountain. A mountaineering drama based on the novel by Carl Haensel and inspired in the dramatic true story of Edward Whymper, who led the first successful ascent of the Matterhorn in 1865.
Movie7.0CrimeComedySergeant Hans Albers, the terror of Chicago gangsters, is transferred South of the border to deal with bandidos.
Sergeant Berry
1938 · 1 votes
Movie7.3DramaMysteryAfter a frank confession by his wife, a doctor is called to see a dying patient. The cause of the night brings him to meet an old friend, a pianist, who tells him of a mysterious ball where he is due to perform. Based on the book "Traumnovelle" ("Rhapsody: A Dream Novel") by Arthur Schnitzler, which was the inspiration for the film Eyes Wide Shut (1999).
Traumnovelle
1969 · 7 votes
- Movie10.0Crime
A detective inspector dismantles a smuggling organization by infiltrating the gang. Not a particularly exciting crime film.
Schüsse an der Grenze
1933 · 1 votes
Movie5.9DramaWenn die Alpenrosen blüh'n
1955 · 4 votes
Movie6.8ThrillerDramaA beautiful young drifter comes to a small village and battles Death itself to save the man she loves.
Movie5.8CrimeMysterySherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson look into reports that a huge, vicious hound has killed Lord Charles Baskerville and that Lord Henry Baskerville is the next to be killed.
Movie7.0ComedyTeenaged
2002 · 1 votes
Movie7.2ComedySwedish industrial magnate Percival, known as Percy Patterson, has suddenly disappeared after a business meeting with his partner Sully.
Ein Mann auf Abwegen
1940 · 4 votes
Movie6.9WesternAdventureIn 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.
Movie5.5DramaWarGerman colonial soldiers fight against the British during World War I.
Die Reiter von Deutsch-Ostafrika
1934 · 4 votes
Movie8.2DramaStruggle for the Matterhorn (German: Der Kampf ums Matterhorn) is a 1928 German-Swiss silent drama film co-directed by Mario Bonnard and Nunzio Malasomma and starring Luis Trenker, Marcella Albani, and Alexandra Schmitt. The film is part of the popular cycle of mountain films of the 1920s and 1930s. Art direction was by Heinrich Richter. Based on a novel by Carl Haensel, the film depicts the battle between British and Italian climbers to be the first to climb the Matterhorn. Trenker later remade the film as The Challenge in 1938.
Movie8.0DramaDer Abenteurer von Paris
1936 · 1 votes
Movie10.0Diane - Die Geschichte einer Pariserin
1929 · 1 votes
Movie7.0DramaRomanceGerman language version of The Virtuous Sin (1930).
Movie8.0DramaHelene 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.
Movie7.5DramaA forest ranger, after spending years tracking down a poacher, is taken aback to learn the man is the father of his beloved.
Movie6.2DramaHistoryFilm 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 · 5 votes
Movie7.5CrimeDramaSet against the backdrop of the 1900 Boxer Rebellion...
Alarm in Peking
1937 · 2 votes
- Movie10.0DramaMusic
Movie adaptation of the Leoncavalo's famous opera. A troupe of traveling actors is being welcomed by villagers in Calabria in the summer of 1866.
Movie5.6DramaConsul Petersen and his wife are desperate, because they lost their only child and can’t have another. At the same time, the maid Anna is expecting a child, whose father, Jurgen, works in a sawmill. When both of them lose their jobs, they fear they won’t be able to feed the newborn. Thus, they strike a deal with the Petersens, which works for both couples: Anna and Jurgen will receive a farm from the Petersens, free and clear; and the two will allow the Petersens to adopt the child. Anna and Jurgen marry and are quite happy; but when the child is finally born, Anna doesn’t wish to surrender him and flees with the child into the Wattenmeer.
Movie7.0DramaA dramatization of the melodramatic story that inspired the popular opera, Pagliacci.German language version of a film simultaneously shot in an Italian version.
Movie6.7DramaDue to an intrigue spun by his grandmother and two cousins, the engagement between the officer Hans and his fiancée Traute breaks up. His fiancée is said to have been unfaithful during his 4-week absence on official business. The fabricated rumors allege an affair between Traute and Oberleutnant Grobitzsch.