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I Spy (1934)
Character: CO
Two Americans in England--a wealthy playboy and an actress--join forces to stop international spies.
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Vers l'abîme (1934)
Character: The unknown
The dramatic story of a military attaché, in a European embassy who will sign a fake check, in order to recover important secret documents that have been stolen from him.
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La Flambée des rêves (1924)
Character: N/A
Claire is married to the elderly owner of a brewery. She seeks excitement with her childhood friend René.
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El negro que tenía el alma blanca (1927)
Character: N/A
Pedro (played by a white actor in blackface), a son of a former slave, leaves Cuba (where he was being mistreated for being black) to seek his fortune in Paris. While working as a bellboy at a dance club, his dancing prowess is discovered and then he goes to become a famous dancer of the Charleston in the city. He falls in love with his dancing partner, who could not stand the thought of marrying him because of his skin color.
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Verklungene Melodie (1938)
Character: Casiez
After an emergency plane landing in the desert, the actress Barbara gets to know the industrialist Thomas. After they are rescued, the two live at Thomas' place in Berlin. Although she confesses her love for him, Thomas asks his brother Werner to look after Barbara, as he feels he is too consumed by work and doesn't wish to be bound to anyone. Only after a fight with his brother does Thomas realize how much in love with Barbara he really is; but by that time, she has left him. For years, Thomas searches in vain for her until one day he meets her in New York ... where she is now married.
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Die letzte Runde (1940)
Character: Grischa Schuwaloff
In New York, boxer Eddie Steele has a promising career ahead of him. But this makes him reckless, and he prefers nightclubs to training. Eventually, his reckless lifestyle becomes his downfall. After some reflection, he emigrates to Germany, opens a sports school in Berlin, and allows his favorite student to benefit from his own experience.
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Die letzten vier von Santa Cruz (1936)
Character: Cairos
An author, a businessman, a shipowner and a publisher form a business venture, which will supposedly exploit a huge find of lobsters on the island of Santa Cruz. After a report in the newspaper, the business' stocks do well. But the partners quarrel with one another and it doesn't help that there aren't any lobsters on Santa Cruz after all. Nevertheless, a team heads off to the island in a decrepit boat to open up a cannery in vain.
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La Fille au fouet (1952)
Character: Le directeur de la prison
The daughter of a notorious smuggler is raised as a boy by her foster mother.
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La Femme d'une nuit (1930)
Character: Lystrian doorman
A lieutenant of the French navy, ready to kill himself in despair, renounces his project after spending a night with a beautiful stranger, the Princess of Lystrie.
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Le Secret de Mayerling (1949)
Character: Le tueur
On the morning of January 30, 1889, the Archduke Rodolphe de Habsbourg and his mistress Marie Vetsera were found dead. The remains of Rodolphe are discreetly repatriated to Hofburg, while that of Mary is hastily thrown into the depths of a tomb.
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Le Révolté (1938)
Character: Gangster
Pimaï, the strong-headed anarchist, joined the navy out of bravado. But the sweet influence of a young girl leads him to prove that he is worthy of the profession he has chosen and the flag he serves.
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Le vertige (1935)
Character: Petrov
General Mikailoff once killed a lieutenant he mistakenly believed to be his wife's lover. Subsequently, she meets Henri de Cassel, so different from her drunkard husband, becomes his mistress and agrees to flee with him. She is surprised by her husband who, dead drunk, shoots the young man's reflection in the mirror.
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Le Cas du docteur Galloy (1951)
Character: N/A
Madame Guérin, who has been suffering from cancer, benefits from a period of remission and she tries to regain health at any price. That is why she decides to consult a healer. But when her friend, also affected by cancer, is saved by an operation, she hesitates between traditional and parallel medicine.
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Maître après Dieu (1951)
Character: A Jewish passenger (uncredited)
Captain Joris Kniper believes so strongly that he is "skipper next to God" that he is used to playing God on his ship. Tough and bossy, he gives orders which are not to be discussed. But, some day, he is driven to accept on board several German Jews fleeing the nazis and who are refused asylum everywhere. He gradually realizes that skipper he is, but next to God only.The Bible will help him to find the way to self-questioning, awareness and charity.
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Stormy Weather (1935)
Character: Count Polotsky
Sir Duncan Craggs retires from the Colonial Service and returns to London with his new French wife. The couple are devoted to each other, but continually flirt with other people. Sir Duncan is appointed to the board of clothing retail chain. On his tour of inspection, he encounters a successful store run by the efficient Mr. Bullock. By contrast, a neighbouring shop is filled with unhelpful staff overseen by an incompetent and lazy manager, Raymond Penny, who is more interested in horseracing than running his shop. Craggs is unimpressed by Penny and summons him to a meeting in London. Both Bullock and his domineering wife travel up to London as well, fearing that Penny will tell Craggs malicious stories about them.
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Ruf an das Gewissen (1949)
Character: Jan Puchalla
Ten years ago, the "Andree case" was seemingly solved. Now criminal investigator Husfeld is to reopen it, as doubts have arisen about the guilt of Helga Andree, who was convicted at the time. She is said to have pushed her former rival, the singer Elinor Gyldenborg, off the roof garden and killed her. Husfeld seeks advice from his friend, the writer Volkmar Hollberg. He turns the case into a radio play, which is broadcast on the radio under the title The Jump from the Roof Garden. The broadcast brings back memories of the night of the crime for those present at the time...
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Kriminalkommissar Eyck (1940)
Character: N/A
A murder in a winter sports hotel jolts Inspector Eyck out of his cozy, relaxed holiday mood. He rushes to the scene, where he encounters crime writer Gorgas, who, as he says, conducts "crime scene studies." But this case isn't fiction, because a dead man lies on the ground. Eyck immediately begins his investigation, which initially yields little insight. And the prime suspect, Gorgas, also has a watertight alibi.
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La Maison jaune de Rio (1931)
Character: N/A
When a criminal named King Fu who has terrorized a city substitutes himself for a stage actor who looks like him, the staff and spectators at that night's show think the actor is giving an unusually good performance.
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Das gelbe Haus des King-Fu (1931)
Character: N/A
When a criminal named King Fu who has terrorized a city substitutes himself for a stage actor who resembles him, the staff and spectators at that night's show think the actor is giving an unusually good performance.
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La Bête errante (1932)
Character: N/A
In the Yukon, searching for gold, Hurricane picks up a paper and discovers that the girl back home is planning to marry another man. Abandoning all care, Hurricane is soon embroiled in a fight in which guns play a part. It is then that the true value of one of his companions, Flossie, a girl of the gold-fields, becomes apparent.
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Der Verteidiger hat das Wort (1944)
Character: Chauffeur
Jordan, a famous criminal lawyer, will only represent clients, of whose innocence he is convinced (must be financially not-too-well-off). One day, his future son-in-law, the jeweler Fabian, is arrested on suspicion of murder on the day before his wedding. He is said to have murdered his ex-wife, the dancer Ria Norady. The conductor Gillmore found her dead in her dressing room shortly after a visit from Fabian. Gisela Jordan asks her father to defend him. After speaking to Fabian, the lawyer is convinced he's innocent. But since there is no proof of this, he decides to go and try and find the real murderer himself.
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Wolves (1930)
Character: Pfeiffer
An outlaw leader fakes a draw for a sick girl so he can help her escape
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Kora Terry (1940)
Character: N/A
When Bartos, the director of the Odeon variety theater, cancels an artist at short notice, he hires the Terrys out of necessity, whose parents were successful variety artists, but who had not yet received an engagement themselves. Both are supported by Tobs, a friend of their parents. While blonde Mara Terry arrives punctually for the first rehearsal, her dark-haired sister Kora is late like a diva and acts aloof and snippy. At their first performance together the next day, Kora is overtired from partying the night before. During a dangerous act in which she has to balance her upside-down sister on her head, she becomes careless...
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Two Worlds (1930)
Character: Lieutenant
An old Jewish man is forced to hide the Austrian lieutenant who killed his son and loves his daughter.
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Retour au paradis (1935)
Character: Mareuil
Trying to acclimatize a group of overworked city dwellers from very different backgrounds to the open air and work in the fields, such is the unusual challenge that an original practitioner, the curious doctor Bouvard, is attempting. The trial, which involves many risks, gives unexpected but not disappointing results.
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Geheimakte W.B. 1 (1942)
Character: Russischer Intrigant Trotzky
Nazi propaganda film showing the development of the German navy's submarine fleet.
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Die Insel (1934)
Character: Der Namenlose
A case of espionage in high society: To save the reputation of his county, a diplomat voluntarily takes his own life.
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Mystère à Shanghai (1950)
Character: Zetskaïa
In Shangai, the "Green Dragon" threatens to kill Herbert Aboody, a rich exporter, unless he pays him 50,000 dollars. One of Aboody's secretaries calls inspector Wens for help. An amazing fact occurs, Wens kills Aboody and then disappears. What is the key to this mystery?
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Kadetten (1941)
Character: Oberst Goroschew
The year is 1760: it is the time of the Seven Years' War and the advancing Russian army has taken captive 100 underage Prussian cadets. The kids are mishandled by the raping and pillaging Russians, but with the help of a Rittmeister now in the service of the Tsar, they succeed in getting away. They hole up in a deserted fort and eventually sally forward to take back their military academy from the bloodthirsty, pillaging Cossacks.
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The Crouching Beast (1935)
Character: Prince Dmitri
In 1915 during the First World War, a British secret agent is killed while stealing secret Turkish plans for the Gallipoli Campaign but manages to pass his information to an American journalist.
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The Three Passions (1928)
Character: Hairless Man
A Lord's son aids a seaman's mission but returns to save his sick father's shipyard from strikers.
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Les Perles de la couronne (1937)
Character: James - le voleur
The story of the seven pearls of the English Crown, from Henry VIII to 1937 – three of them missing.
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Cagliostro (1929)
Character: N/A
Paris, France, 1784. After living many tribulations, Joseph Balsamo, known as Count Cagliostro, an infamous adventurer, enigmatic magician and necromancer, experienced physician and ruthless swordsman, triumphs among the members of the decadent French aristocracy. But a bold foretelling about a very prominent noblewoman causes his fall in disgrace… (Partially lost film.)
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Baroud (1932)
Character: Si Amarock
In Morocco, a French sergeant falls in love with the sister of an Arab colleague, a dangerous situation that could result in death for both of them.....
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Wasser für Canitoga (1939)
Character: Ruski
In 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.
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Fantômas contre Fantômas (1949)
Character: Un fou
Everyone in Paris thinks Fantomas is dead. A wave of extortion, blackmail and murder all point to the master criminal. Inspector Juve and his reporter friend Fandor set out to find the truth.
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Münchhausen (1943)
Character: Fürst Potemkin
Legendary, immortal nobleman Baron Munchausen regales a lovestruck woman with tales of his amazing adventures.
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Mare Nostrum (1926)
Character: Submarine Commander (as André von Engelman)
The story of a female German spy who willingly sacrifices her life for her country.
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Tagebuch einer Verlorenen (1929)
Character: The Reformatory's Dean
Thymian Henning, an innocent young girl, is raped by the clerk of her father's pharmacy. She becomes pregnant, is rejected by her family, and must fend for herself in a harsh, cruel world.
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Baroud (1933)
Character: Si Amarok
English-language version of Baroud, sometimes referred to as Love in Morocco. 'A sergeant in the Foreign Legion falls in love with Zinah, the daughter of a Berber chief.' (British Film Institute)
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Prison Breaker (1936)
Character: Stiegelman
A British secret service agent falls in love with the daughter of a leading London criminal, and soon after becoming involved with her father finds himself in prison facing a charge of manslaughter..
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