Conrad Veidt
Oyuncu · 1893 – 1943 · Berlin, Germany
Hans Walter Conrad Veidt (22 January 1893 – 3 April 1943) was a German actor best remembered for his roles in films such as Different from the Others (1919), The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (1920), and The Man Who Laughs (1928). After a successful career in German silent film, where he was one of the best-paid stars of Ufa, he was forced to leave Germany in 1933 with his new Jewish wife after the Nazis came to power. They settled in Britain, where he participated in a number of films, including The Thief of Bagdad (1940), before emigrating to the United States around 1941, which lead to him having a supporting role in Casablanca (1942). From 1916 until his death, Veidt appeared in more than 100 films. One of his earliest performances was as the murderous somnambulist Cesare in director Robert Wiene's The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (1920), a classic of German Expressionist cinema, with Werner Krauss and Lil Dagover. His starring role in The Man Who Laughs (1928), as a disfigured circus performer whose face is cut into a permanent grin, provided the (visual) inspiration for the Batman villain the Joker, created in 1940 by Bill Finger. Veidt also starred in other silent horror films such as The Hands of Orlac (1924), another film directed by Robert Wiene, The Student of Prague (1926) and Waxworks (1924) where he played Ivan the Terrible. Veidt also appeared in Magnus Hirschfeld's film Anders als die Andern (Different from the Others, 1919), one of the first films to sympathetically portray homosexuality, although the characters in it do not end up happily. He had a leading role in Germany's first talking picture, Das Land ohne Frauen (Land Without Women, 1929). He moved to Hollywood in the late 1920s and made a few films, but the advent of talking pictures and his difficulty with speaking English led him to return to Germany. During this period he lent his expertise to tutoring aspiring performers, one of whom was the later American character actress Lisa Golm.
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Film8.1DramRomantikİkinci dünya savaşında çok direnişli örgütün lideri Victor Lazlow Alman konsantrsayonu kampından kaçarak Casablanca'ya gelir. Amacı Lizbon'a oradanda ABD'ye iltica etmektir. Fakat bütün umutları şans eseri Casablanca'nın en meşhur gece kulübünün sahibi olan Rick'e bağlamıştır. Rick kaçış için gerekli olan pasaportlara sahib olan tek kişidir. Öte yandan Ricky'in Victor'un yakalanması ya da öldürülmesi için gerekli nedeni vardır. Victor'un karısı Ilsa Ricky bir zamanlar kendisini terk ettiğine inandığı ve kalbinin derinliklerine gömdüğü büyük aşkıdır.
Film7.9DramKorkuDoktor Caligari'nin Muayenehanesi(Das Kabinett des Dr. Caligari, 1919), Alman sinemasının bu dönemini(Altın Çağ 1918-1927) simgeleyen ve en çok tartışılan filmdir. Anlattığı gizemli cinayet öyküsünün yanı sıra resimli panolardan oluşan dekorları, boyayla elde edilmiş gölgeleri, eğik bacalı, yamuk duvarlı evleriyle filmin yarattığı fantastik ve ürkütücü dünya bugün bile ilgiyle izlenmesini sağlamaktadır. Film, döneminde ve sonrasında, pek çok övgüler aldığı gibi, aynı ölçüde eleştirilmiştir. Öyleki "kaligarizm" bir terim haline gelmiştir.
Film7.1MaceraFantastikPrens Ahmed, Bağdad'ın meşru kralıdır, ancak kör edilmiş ve dilenciliğe kadar düşmüştür. Büyük Vezir Cafer'in esiri olarak hapishanede Abu ile tanışır, ki Bağdad'ın en meşhur hırsızıdır Abu. Bu ikili birlikte Cafer'in hapishanesinden kaçarlar ve bir dizi ilginç maceraya atılırlar. Maceralarının arasında şişedeki cinden, uçan mekanik bir halıya, her şeyi gören büyülü bir mücevherden güzel bir prensese pek çok şeyle karşılaşmak da var... Pek çok filme ve animasyona ilham veren meşhur kült film.
Film7.8DramTarihA biopic of Napoleon Bonaparte, tracing the Corsican's career from his schooldays (where a snowball fight is staged like a military campaign) to his flight from Corsica, through the French Revolution (where a real storm is intercut with a political storm) and the Terror, culminating in his triumphant invasion of Italy in 1797.
Film6.8DramGerilimA female blackmailer with a disfiguring facial scar meets a plastic surgeon who offers her the possibility of looking like a normal woman.
A Woman's Face
1941 · 74 votes
Film7.3DramRomantikGwynplaine babasının ihaneti üzerine kral tarafından suratı çizilerek kalıcı bir gülümsemeyle cezalandırılmıştır. Gezgin şovmen olan Gwynplaine kör kız Dea'ya aşık olur . Kral öldüğünde kötü şaklaban Gwynplain'i yoketmeye çalışır.
- Film9.0DramSuç
Film6.8BelgeselThis short documentary, presented and directed by MGM sound engineer Douglas Shearer, goes behind the scenes to look at how the sound portion of a talking picture is created.
A New Romance of Celluloid: The Miracle of Sound
1940 · 8 votes
Film6.2GerilimTwo newlyweds spy on the Nazis for the British Secret Service during their honeymoon in Europe.
Above Suspicion
1943 · 39 votes
Film6.7KomediAksiyonBroadway gamblers stumble across a plan by Nazi saboteurs to blow up an American battleship.
All Through the Night
1942 · 75 votes
Film6.9KorkuGerilimFransız bilim kurgu yazarı Maurice Renard'ın romanından esinlenilerek 1924 ' de çekilen film , bir kaza sonucu ellerini kaybeden ve organ nakli ile bir katilin ellerine sahip olan ve bu eller ile cinayet işlemeye başlayan bir piyanistin hayatını anlatıyor. 1960 yılında Edmont Greville yönetiminden yeniden çekilmiştir.
Film5.9KomediGizemRadio crime show host 'The Fox' along with his fiancée and ex-girlfriend are kidnapped by a larcenous cult who demand that he help them plan a perfect murder.
Whistling in the Dark
1941 · 15 votes
Film7.1GerilimSavaşDuring early World War II, a Danish sea captain, delayed in a British port, tangles with German spies.
Contraband
1940 · 22 votes
Film5.5FantastikKorkuA demon, a reaper, and the ghost of a prostitute read gothic short stories and act them out.
Film6.5GerilimSavaşBritish double agent Madeleine Goddard meets and falls in love with German spy Baron Karl Von Marwitz during World War I.
Dark Journey
1937 · 34 votes
Film10.0DramKorkuThomas Bezug, the richest man in the world, is a solitary, domineering and cruel cripple, who hardly can move on his crutches. He dwells a fanatical love for his son, whom he holds like a monkey in a cage. His servants are defaced dwarfs. His secretary is trying to steal Bezugs assets. These are the night people.
- Film7.7Belgesel
In this made-for-TV production, Vincent Price and his hunchback sidekick (Billy Van) host a pun-filled salute to the horror film genre from its earliest beginnings all the way up to The Exorcist. Featuring clips from classic horror films and interviews with genre greats like Frank Gorshin, John Carradine, John Astin and SFX legend Bill Tuttle, among others.
The Horror Hall of Fame: A Monster Salute
1974 · 3 votes
Film6.6SuçDramHumble stamp dealer Otto Becker has little to do with international politics, so when he receives a surprise visit from his estranged twin brother and Nazi spy, Baron Hugo von Detner, his world is thrown into turmoil. Threatening Becker with deportation, Hugo forces him to use his shop as a front for espionage.
Nazi Agent
1942 · 13 votes
Film6.4SavaşGerilimA German submarine is sent to the Orkney Isles in 1917 to sink the British fleet.
The Spy in Black
1939 · 66 votes
Film5.9DramTarihThe married Lady Emma Hamilton has an ill fated romance with Admiral Horatio Nelson.
Lady Hamilton
1921 · 5 votes
Film6.5TarihDramAt the height of Reign of Terror Maximilien Robespierre orchestrates the trial and execution of several of his fellow leading French revolutionaries including Georges Danton.
Danton
1921 · 4 votes
Film6.4DramSavaşDuring World War I, a young nurse in a hospital in German-occupied Belgium is secretly feeding military information to the British. Complicating matters is the guilt she feels when she has to treat the German casualties inflicted as a result of the information she's passed on, and the fact that the local German commandant is falling in love with her.
I Was a Spy
1933 · 5 votes
Film3.5BelgeselKorkuHosted by Christopher Lee, this documentary examines the different actors who have portrayed Dracula over the years.
The Many Faces of Dracula
2000 · 2 votes
Film6.1GerilimThe theft of a famous painting leads to murder and many suspects on a plush train speeding from Paris to Rome.
Rome Express
1932 · 25 votes