Kurt Gerron was an actor, filmmaker, and musician who rose to acclaim and stardom in Germany in the late '20s and early '30s....
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Himself
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2003
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Though filmed in Italy, Drei Wenschen (Three Wishes) was spoken in Dutch and aimed at the Netherlands market. The titular...
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1937
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1936
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1933
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1933
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Director
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1933
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Ein Toller Einfall (A 'Phantastic' Idea) features comic actor Max Adelbert as a "poor rich man," who in spite of his...
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1932
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1932
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1932
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1932
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1932
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Grimby
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1932
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1932
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Popular German film star Hans Albers plays the brother of drug-addicted opera star Gerda Maurus. When Albers takes Gerda to a...
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Director
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1932
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In this German comedy, an enterprising American uncle comes from Chicago goes to the tiny town of Groditzkirchen to make a...
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1931
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The queen wants to take a vacation, and she wants passage aboard a ship whose crew is waiting for their pay. The captain has...
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1931
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Despite its title, the German musical comedy Bomben auf Monte Carlo is not a war picture -- not in the traditional sense,...
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1931
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Director
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1931
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1931
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This German romantic drama was based on the stage play Grand Hotel -- not the famous version written by Vicki Baum (later...
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1931
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1931
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Throughout his directorial career, E. A. Dupont endeavored to match the success of his 1926 silent classic Variety. Like the...
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1931
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Anny Ahlers stars as the notorious 18th-century courtesan Madame Pompadour, here "Germanized" as the Marquise von Pompadour....
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Ludwig XV
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1931
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Ihre Majestaet die Liebe (Her Majesty, Love) stars Kaethe von Nagy as a charming Berlin barmaid, in love with aristocratic...
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1931
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Einbrecher (Burglars) is a vehicle for Lillian Harvey and Willy Fritsch, designed as a follow-up to their copacetic pairing...
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1931
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Marlene Dietrich became an immediate international star on the strength of her performance as the temptress Lola Frohlich in...
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Kiepert, a Magician
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1930
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1930
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Originally Liebe in Ring, this German part-talkie is a generally agreeable effort to transform heavyweight boxing champ Max...
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1930
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If a poll had ever been conducted amongst fans of international musical-comedy star Lillian Harvey, the actress's most...
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1930
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Niccinger
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1930
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(Dolly Macht Karrier) Dolly's Career top-bills the delightful Dolly Haas in the title role. It's a harmless little story...
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Silbermann
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1930
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1929
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1929
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1929
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Most of Berlin After Dark is set in that city's Elysium amusement park, at the time of a hotbed of criminal activity. The...
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Fat Frank
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1929
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An early experiment in neo-realist filmmaking, Menschen Am Sonntag is a low-budget drama about two men, a cab driver and a...
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1929
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1929
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Jim Chocolat
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1928
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1928
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The German Manege appears to have been heavily influenced by E. A. Dupont's Variety. Because of a quarrel over a woman, Ralph...
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1927
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1927
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1927
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When American audiences were permitted to see German filmmaker E.A. Dupont's silent masterpiece Variety, it was the story of...
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1925
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1925
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