Victor Colani
Actor · 1895 – 1957 · Zittau, Germany
Victor Colani was born on 30 October 1895 in Zittau, Saxony, Germany. He was an actor, known for Echte Perlen (1919), Das Haus gegenüber (1918) and Die Blitzzentrale (1921). He died on 25 November 1957 in The Hague, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands.
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MovieDramaThe guests at Count Otto von Trepow's East Prussian estate Gross-Ehrenfeld are Lord and Lady Ruthven, Mr Hendriks with his wife and foster-daughter Mariska, a gypsy they adopted years ago, Kundry, the fiancée of Otto's son Bernhard, and Count Stanislaus Larinski, who claims to be a Polish revolutionary wanted by the Russian government. A boating trip is organized but ends when the motor breaks down. While waiting for it to be repaired, the guests go to an inn run by Andreas and his daughter Käthe. Hendriks goes for a walk, sees the boat come back and that a man with a bent back leaves it. He notices that Kundry is afraid of Bernhard.
Movie7.3DramaOne out of three silent adaptations of the novella "Les quatre diables" written by Danish author Herman Bang. The most famous one, although unfortunately lost, is without any doubt F.W. Murnau's "4 Devils". This German version, by Danish director A.W. Sandberg, was done eight years prior to Murnau's American one, and was a big success at the time.
- Movie10.0Drama
MovieComedyA resourceful landlady rents the same room to two men: the commercial clerk Zimt, who is at work during the day, and the conductor of a café orchestra Zucker, who has to work all night. After all kinds of turbulence, the trick comes to light and the two bitter enemies Zucker and Zimt eventually become good friends.
- MovieMystery
Movie9.0Based on a Victor Blüthgen's novel, the story tells the tragedy of Gendarm Möbius and his only daughter Stina. Having an affair with Lohmann, Stina gets pregnant. She secretly goes to the city to have her baby. But it is born dead. She comes back home. [The film starts from here.] She finds that her lover Lohmann got engaged and the wedding will be celebrated the next evening. Getting mad, Stina sets fire to Lohmann's house in his wedding night. She is caught by her own father Gendarm Möbius: on account of the family honor, they choose their own death.
Gendarm Möbius
1914 · 1 votes
- Movie3.9Comedy
A couple of kids lay their hands on a pot of very strong glue and proceed to wreak havoc.
Movie7.0RomanceDramaPrince Karl Heinz enjoys his carefree life as a student in Heidelberg. He falls in love with the beautiful Käthe and everything is fine and dandy till his father is reported very ill.
- Movie7.0Music
Paganini in Venedig
1929 · 1 votes
- MovieWestern
Rache für Eddy
1929
Movie5.8WarDramaFarmer Jan Alting, who has disowned his son for collaborating with the nazis, provides shelter for a Jewish couple, a wanted communist and a rebel aristocrat. When his son returns, Jan is faced with the stark moral choice of failing those to whom he has given refuge, or conspiring with them to kill his own son.
- MovieCrime
The film features Valy Arnheim in the role of the fictional detective Harry Hill, a recurring pulp hero he played in a series of German silent films throughout the 1920s. The plot follows a rivalry between Harry Hill and Sherlock Holmes as they race against each other to recover important political documents.