Alfred Abel
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Alfred Peter Abel (12 March 1879 – 12 December 1937) was a German film actor, director, and producer. He appeared in more than 140 silent and sound films between 1913 and 1938. His best-known performance was as Joh Fredersen in Fritz Lang's 1927 film, Metropolis.
Metropolis
as Johann 'Joh' FredersenIn a futuristic city sharply divided between the rich and the poor, the son of the city's...
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Dr. Mabuse, the Gambler
as Count ToldDr. Mabuse and his organization of criminals are in the process of completing their latest...
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Phantom
as Lorenz LubotaLorenz Lubota is a city clerk with no direction in life. One day on his way to work he is run...
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Mary
as Sir John MenierA juror in a murder trial, after voting to convict, has second thoughts and begins to...
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Giorgio Moroder's Metropolis
as Johann 'Joh' FredersenIn 1984, Academy Award winning composer Giorgio Moroder introduced Fritz Lang’s science fiction...
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L'Argent
as Alphonse GundermanAdapted from the novel L'Argent by Émile Zola, the film portrays the world of banking and the...
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The Court Concert
as Dichter KnipsBefore he became cult director Douglas Sirk, Detlef Sierck cut his teeth on such lavish European...
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The Burning Soil
as Ludwig von LellewelThe film follows tells the story of a struggle over a plot of petroleum-rich land.
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Dr. Mabuse, the Gambler: Part 1 – The Great Gambler
as Graf ToldDoctor Mabuse is a criminal mastermind, doctor of psychology, and master of disguise, armed with...
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Cagliostro
as Prince of RohanParis, France, 1784. After living many tribulations, Joseph Balsamo, known as Count Cagliostro,...
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The Congress Dances
as König von SachsenVienna glove-sales-lady Christel falls in love with Russian Czar Alexander. Austrian Prince...
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The People among Us
as Helmuth KöhlerThe story of a Berlin tenement and its inhabitants. A silent drama by Gerhard Lamprecht.
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The Finances of the Grand Duke
as Philipp Collin, alias Professor PelotardThe likeable and carefree Grand Duke of Abacco is in dire straits. There is no money left to...
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Rasputins Liebesabenteuer
as Generaladjutant SablinPortrays the deep intrigue and mystical fanaticism of the last days of the Romanoffs, when...
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Mad Love
as Andreas de la CroixRichard de la Croix's brother, Andreas, has been driven insane by a notorious vamp and socialite...
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Die Flamme
as GastonIn 19th century Paris a hedonistic woman marries an aristocrat but has trouble keeping faithful...
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My Wife, the Adventuress
as Mr. KnastA mousy bank clerk is married to an ambitious woman.
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Die Buddenbrooks
as Christian BuddenbrookFour-generation story-saga dealing with the decline of a middle-class Lübeck family. The first...
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Dr. Mabuse, the Gambler: Part 2 – Inferno
as Graf ToldAs the police intensify their bemusing search on Doctor Mabuse's notorious band of gangsters,...
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Seven Slaps
as Astor TerbanksWilliam MacPhab loses seven-pounds in the stock market and decides to slap the man who was...
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The Thirteen Trunks of Mr. O.F.
as BürgermeisterIn the very oldfashioned town of Ostend suddenly 13 suitcases are delivered to the hotel, with a...
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Intoxication
as Gaston, ein SchriftstellerGaston finally succeeds as a dramatist and decides to leave his wife and child for another...
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Dolly is making a career
as EberhardMusical vehicle for up and coming Dolly Haas, as a would be actress with a would be composer...
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The White Demon
as GorreWhen Albers takes his drug-addicted opera star sister Gerda to a sanitarium, they both become...
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The Burning Secret
as Der MannOne autumn, Edgar, a 12 year old boy, spends a holiday with his mother at a plush hotel in...
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The Woman in Flames
as Hans FennhoferDancing, sports and erotic pursuits are the main ingredients in this drama about the fate of...
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The Vice of Humanity
as MangolTamara becomes addicted to cocaine but hides from her daughter by moving in with the dealer...
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1914
as Leopold Graf BerchtoldThe film focuses on the leadership of the Great Powers of Europe in the days leading up to the...
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The Beautiful Adventure
as Graf d'EguzonHelene has agreed to marry a man that she isn't in love with. On the day of her wedding her...
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The White Roses
as uncreditedWhen Hedda is about to appear on stage in Ostende she borrows a piece of jewellery from her...
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Der Seele Saiten schwingen nicht
as Kurt von AltensteinA middle class woman's marriage to a nobleman quickly becomes an unhappy one.
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Das tanzende Wien
as DichterA cabaret singer in Germany is in love with a young American boy, and must convince his...
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Kameraden
as AxelAxel and Bertha are a modern, emancipated artist couple in Paris. He is feminine and vain. She...
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Lola Montez
as Madons, criminalDancer Lola Montez is the star of Madrid's theaters. All the important men are after her, among...
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Wenn Menschen reif zur Liebe werden
as ErwinA young woman becomes pregnant and is abandoned by her lover, as her mother had been.
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Montparnasse Girl
as Graf LaboudèleA count's son has a place to meet his poor Parisian girlfriend and they even make some money for...
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A Venetian Night
as Anselmus AselmeyerThe young Anselmus Aselmeyer fulfilled a long cherished dream: He travels to Venice, the city of...
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Ernst ist das Leben
as HolgerFany, an up and coming dancer, is saved by a sculptor during a theatre fire. The two bond,...
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