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Zwei Menschen (1930)
Character: N/A
Gustav Froehlich and Charlotte Susa play Rochus and Judith, the zwei menschen (two humans) of the title. Rochus' domineering mother insists that he enter the priesthood, but he is reluctant to break up his blissful romance with the fair Judith. A religious fanatic of the first order, the mother swears before God and her Church that Rochus will indeed take his vows. When this does not come about, she dies of grief, whereupon the guilt-stricken Rochus abandons Judith to become a priest. The girl subsequently commits suicide -- and it is Rochus who must officiate over her body during the funeral. This final scene was excised from the print of Zwei Menschen released in New York, leaving audiences hanging in regard to Judith's ultimate fate.
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Es werde Licht! (1917)
Character: Georg Mauthner
A painter with syphilis infects his brother's wife and the child born of their affair.
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Madame Récamier (1920)
Character: François-Joseph Talma
Madame Récamier hosts fashionable and influential salons. Her beauty and intelligence attract many suitors, and her politics put her in conflict with the French government.
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Der Weg ins Freie (1918)
Character: Paulus
Such a soul torments young composer Georg von Wergenthin, around whom the author creates a precise picture of the fin de siècle, its neuroses and its politics. Georg starts a relationship with a young singer, but does not confess to her in front of his friends, even when she becomes pregnant by him.
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Zirkusblut (1916)
Character: Georg Bertrand
Georg Bertrand, a gambling addict and the son of a wealthy landowner, is kicked out of his family home. The director of a travelling circus takes him in. In time, Georg marries the director's daughter and himself becomes the director. Georg's brother visits the circus and recognizes him. Georg must now decide whether to stay with the circus or return to the family that kicked him out.
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Visul lui Tanase (1932)
Character: he himself
Cinematic sketches of Tanase's adventures in Berlin, where he was invited to star in the movie. A Romanian-German co-production made at the Tobis Studio in Berlin, with Tanase co-financing from his own funds. In Romania, the film was presented as a cinematic journey of Tanase, where he then appears on stage, at the end, in dialog with his on-screen dubbing.
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Das Bildnis des Dorian Gray (1917)
Character: Dorian Gray
A corrupt young man somehow keeps his youthful beauty, but a special painting gradually reveals his inner ugliness to all.
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Danton (1921)
Character: Minor Role (rumored)
At the height of Reign of Terror Maximilien Robespierre orchestrates the trial and execution of several of his fellow leading French revolutionaries including Georges Danton.
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Elisabeth von Österreich (1931)
Character: N/A
Elisabeth of Austria is a German movie with Lil Dagover as royalty Elisabeth who has many men to choose from.
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