Brigitte HorneyFilmography

Born:: March 29, 1911 in Berlin-Dahlem, Germany
Occupation:: Actor
Biography:: A replacement, in many respects, for the Hollywood-bound Marlene Dietrich, beautiful and slightly exotic-looking Brigitte Horney was the daughter of noted psychiatrist Else Danielsen and grew up in some opulence in the Berlin suburb of Dahlem. A friendship with theater magnate Max Reinhardt led in...Read More

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Charlotte

Actors: Birgit Doll, Derek Jacobi, Elisabeth Trissenaar, Max Croiset, Brigitte Horney

Synopsis: In a true story beginning in the year before the outbreak of WW II in France, Charlotte (Birgit Doll), a young woman sent to the safety of her grandfathers in the south of France by her Jewish family in Germany, starts to paint pictures that recall some of the terrors she has already known in Read More

5/13/88
Bella Donna

Actors: Friedrich Karl Praetorius, Krystyna Janda, Erland Josephson, Brigitte Horney

Synopsis: This film of a glitzy showbiz world by director Peter Keglevic in his first feature-length effort recounts the saga of a married torch singer whose numerous lovers are meant to steady her nerves and a saxophone player who loves her but cannot get his own act together. Singing and cinematography Read More

1983
Veronika Voss

Actors: Rosel Zech, Hilmar Thate, Annemarie Düringer, Doris Schade, Cornelia Froboess

Synopsis: Originally Die Sehnsucht de Veronika Voss, this Rainer Werner Fassbinder spin on Sunset Boulevard stars Rosel Zech as film actress Veronika Voss. Once the toast of Germany, Veronika had allegedly been an intimate of Joseph Gobbels. But the Third Reich is dead...and Veronika may as well be. Playing Read More

1982
Haus Der Frauen

1977
The Trygon Factor

Actors: Stewart Granger, Susan Hampshire, Robert Morley, Cathleen Nesbitt, Brigitte Horney

Synopsis: A Scotland Yard inspector is called on to investigate a series of unsolved robberies in The Trygon Factor. Inspector Cooper-Smith (Stewart Granger) ends up at the country manor of a respectable English family. Livia Emberday (Cathleen Nesbitt) is the mistress of the house who has turned to crime Read More

1969
Neues Vom Hexer

1965
Ich Suche Einen Mann

Actors: Walter Giller, Monika Dahlberg, Brigitte Horney

Synopsis: Barbara (Ghita Norby) is a pretty young secretary who at age 25 decides to find a man to marry in this light romantic comedy. She has many male admirers, but all seem to want to fool around and entertain no thoughts of marriage. Barbara brings her problem to a matrimonial agency that provides her Read More

1965
Miracle of the White Stallions

Actors: Robert Taylor, Lilli Palmer, Curd Jürgens, Eddie Albert, James Franciscus

Synopsis: In a rather confusing and slow-paced manner, this wartime drama about a real-life dilemma is meant to highlight the dedication of Colonel Alois Podhajsky (Robert Taylor), the instructor at a prestigious Vienna equestrian school. The colonel is in charge of the safety and health of the royal Read More

1962
Das Erbe von Björndal

Actors: Maj-Britt Nilsson, Brigitte Horney, Ellen Schwiers, Joachim Hansen

Synopsis: Based on a novel by Trygve Gulbranssen about a feud reminiscent of the Hatfields and McCoys, this conventional drama in a rural setting is aptly directed by Gustav Ucicky and stars Mai-Britt Nilsson as Adelheid, a woman sought after by young Dag (Hans Nielsen). Although the everyday concerns and Read More

1960
Nacht Fiel Uber Gotenhafen

Actors: Sonja Ziemann, Gunnar Moeller, Erik Schumann, Brigitte Horney, Mady Rahl

Synopsis: This is a well-wrought, World War II drama with a pacifist message, centered on the sinking of the German cruise ship "Wilhelm Gustloff" in the Baltic Sea on January 31, 1945. The luxury liner had just taken on 6,000 refugees from the area of eastern Prussia, under invasion by Russian forces and Read More

1960
Der Glaeserne Turm

Synopsis: All the money in the world cannot provide the security the rich industrialist in this drama seems to crave. Although wealthy and powerful, the man is terribly afraid of losing his beauteous wife to another. His fears rule his private life; to keep her safe, the man begins holding her prisoner. Read More

1957
As Long As You're Near Me

Synopsis: In this German drama, a mediocre actress is quite happy to have a steady stream of bit movie roles. Unfortunately, an egocentric director sees her and vows to make her a star whether she wants to be one or not. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide Read More

1954
Gefangene Der Liebe

Actors: Bernhard Wicki, Mady Rahl, Paul Esser, Brigitte Horney

Synopsis: Curt Jurgens was still billing himself as Curd Juergens when he starred in the German "reality" drama Gefangene der Liche (Prisoner of Love). Though top billed, Jurgens' role is subordinate to the one played by Annemarie Dueringer, cast as a woman who has just endured eight horrible years in a Read More

1954
Am Ende Der Welt

1944
Münchhausen

Actors: Hans Albers, Brigitte Horney, Wilhelm Bendow, Michael Bohnen, Hans Brausewetter

Synopsis: This 1943 film, produced at the UFA studios in West Germany, was refurbished by Friedrich-Wilhelm-Murnau Foundation to mark the 50th anniversary of that studio. The Nazi director of propaganda, Joseph Goebbels, wanted a big internationally acceptable production to celebrate the studio's 25th Read More

1943
Geliebte Welt

1942
Illusion

1941
Feinde

1940
Frau Wie Du, Eine

1939
Der Gouverneur

Actors: Brigitte Horney, Willy Birgel, Hannelore Schroth, Rolf Weih

Synopsis: Der Gouverneur is based on The Flag, a play by Otto Emmerich Groh. German film favorite Brigitte Horney stars as Maria, the wife of straight-arrow, corruption-fighting General Werkonen (Willy Birgel). Though she admires and respects her husband, Maria is not in love with Werkonen, and before long Read More

1939
Aufruhr in Damaskus

Actors: Brigitte Horney, Hans Nielsen

Synopsis: This 1939 German film tells the story of the conflicts involving T.E. Lawrence (Lawrence of Arabia) from the point of view of his opponents. It was not released before World War Two broke out, and was banned by the Allied victors from being shown because it was classified as "war propaganda." It Read More

1939
Dead Melody

1938
Der Katzensteg

Actors: Willi Schur, Brigitte Horney, Eduard von Winterstein

Synopsis: Der Katzensteig (The Catwalk) is based on a novel by Herman (Sunrise) Sudermann. The story is set during the Napoleonic wars, when all of Prussia succumbed to the armies of the Little Corporal. Werner (Hannes Stelzer), the hero, must endure ostracization because of his father's pro-French Read More

1938
Verklungene Melodie

1938
Anna Favetti

1938
Du und Ich

1938
Revolutionshochzeit

1938
Secret Lives

Actors: Neil Hamilton, Brigitte Horney, Ivor Barnard, Charles Carson, Gyles Isham

Synopsis: The WW1 melodrama I Married a Spy was originally released in England in 1937 under the title Secret Lives (the title of the Paul de Sainte Colombe novel upon which it was based). German film favorite Birgitte Horney stars as Lena Schmidt, a Teutonic lass who is forced into a marriage of Read More

1937
Savoy Hotel 217

Synopsis: This German language film is a murder mystery set in the Savoy Hotel in Moscow ~ All Movie Guide Read More

1936
The House of the Spaniard

Synopsis: A "silly ass" saves the day in this adventure set in an old English house. The trouble begins when the ass, a mild-mannered clerk, accidently finds out that his boss is a Spanish revolutionary and leader of a ring of counterfeiters. The clerk soon finds himself abducted by the revolutionaries and Read More

1936
Liebe Tod and Teufel

Actors: Kaethe von Nagy, Albin Skoda, Brigitte Horney, Karl Hellmer, Aribert Waescher

Synopsis: The English-language title of this complex German romantic melodrama is Love, Death and the Devil. After three years at sea, sailor Kaethe Von Nagy stops over at a strange novelty shop where he comes into possession of an old, old bottle. Legend has it that the genie in the bottle will grant three Read More

1935
Reve Eternel

Actors: Brigitte Horney, Sepp Rist

1934
Rasputin

Actors: Conrad Veidt, Paul Otto, Hermine Sterler

Synopsis: This version of the notorious Russian monk/charlatan's life, presents Rasputin, not as an evil manipulator of the czar's family, but as more of a victim. The story begins in a tiny village where he miraculously healed peasants. He is then taken to court to treat the czarina's hemophiliac son, but Read More

1932
Abschied

Actors: Brigitte Horney, Aribert Mog, Emilia Unda

Synopsis: Abschied (Farewell) represents the directorial debut of fledgling screenwriter Robert Siodmak. Co-written by Emeric Pressburger, the story concentrates on the various amours of boarding-house resident Hella (Brigitte Horney). After playing the field for several reels, she finally settles down with Read More

1930
Ein Mord Liegt Auf Der Hand

Synopsis: In this German drama, a vengeful woman conspires with a bogus fortune-teller to prompt her louse of a boy friend, a count who dumped her in favor of a wealthy heiress, into committing murder. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide Read More
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