Willy Prager

Love waltz (1930)

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DIRECTION:  Wilhelm Thiele
CAST:  Lilian Harvey  •  Willy Fritsch  •  Georg Alexander  •  Julia Serda

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DIRECTION:  Wilhelm Thiele
CAST:  Lilian Harvey  •  Willy Fritsch  •  Georg Alexander  •  Julia Serda

Heart of Stone (1950)

Lavish adaptation of Wilhelm Hauff′s fairy tale: Young charburner Peter Munk dreams of joining the upper class. He makes a deal with the sinister Holländer-Michel, who offers to trade Peter′s human heart for one made of stone. Once he has the "cold heart" in his ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Paul Verhoeven
CAST:  Hanna Rucker  •  Paul Bildt  •  Erwin Geschonneck  •  Paul Esser

Lavish adaptation of Wilhelm Hauff′s fairy tale: Young charburner Peter Munk dreams of joining the upper class. He makes a deal with the sinister Holländer-Michel, who offers to trade Peter′s human heart for one made of stone. Once he has the "cold heart" in his ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Paul Verhoeven
CAST:  Hanna Rucker  •  Paul Bildt  •  Erwin Geschonneck  •  Paul Esser

Die Insel der Seligen (1913)

Nymphs and gods and their foul play. Directed by Max Reinhardt.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Max Reinhardt
CAST:  Paul Davidson  •  Erika De Planque  •  Wilhelm Diegelmann  •  Mary Dietrich

Nymphs and gods and their foul play. Directed by Max Reinhardt.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Max Reinhardt
CAST:  Paul Davidson  •  Erika De Planque  •  Wilhelm Diegelmann  •  Mary Dietrich

Morris Makes His Fortune (1931)

Comedy about a clerk in a clothing store.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jaap Speyer
CAST:  Sig Arno  •  Irene Ambrus  •  Annie Ann  •  Willy Prager

Comedy about a clerk in a clothing store.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jaap Speyer
CAST:  Sig Arno  •  Irene Ambrus  •  Annie Ann  •  Willy Prager

Marriage in the Shadows (1947)

Set during the rise of the Nazi regime, Elisabeth Maurer and Hans Wieland enjoy successful careers as actors in Berlin. Confident in her career, Elisabeth, who is Jewish, ignores the advice of a colleague to leave Germany in the face of increasing anti-Semitism. ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kurt Maetzig
CAST:  Paul Klinger  •  Ilse Steppat  •  Claus Holm  •  Alfred Balthoff

Set during the rise of the Nazi regime, Elisabeth Maurer and Hans Wieland enjoy successful careers as actors in Berlin. Confident in her career, Elisabeth, who is Jewish, ignores the advice of a colleague to leave Germany in the face of increasing anti-Semitism. ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kurt Maetzig
CAST:  Paul Klinger  •  Ilse Steppat  •  Claus Holm  •  Alfred Balthoff

Kohlhiesel's Daughters (1920)

Somewhere in Southern Bavaria Xaver wants to marry Gretel, but her father Kohlhiesel wants his elder daughter Liesel to marry first. The problem is, nobody wants to marry her, because she is too brutal. Seppel suggests, that he should marry Liesel first, get rid of ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ernst Lubitsch
CAST:  Emil Jannings  •  Henny Porten  •  Jakob Tiedtke  •  Gustav von Wangenheim

Somewhere in Southern Bavaria Xaver wants to marry Gretel, but her father Kohlhiesel wants his elder daughter Liesel to marry first. The problem is, nobody wants to marry her, because she is too brutal. Seppel suggests, that he should marry Liesel first, get rid of ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ernst Lubitsch
CAST:  Emil Jannings  •  Henny Porten  •  Jakob Tiedtke  •  Gustav von Wangenheim

Morituri (1948)

As the end of the Second World War approaches and the Soviet Red Army is advancing, a group of concentration camp inmates is helped to escape by a Polish doctor. They hide in a wood where they meet other fugitives, who have been there for months, constantly in fear ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Eugen York
CAST:  Walter Richter  •  Winnie Markus  •  Lotte Koch  •  Hilde Körber

As the end of the Second World War approaches and the Soviet Red Army is advancing, a group of concentration camp inmates is helped to escape by a Polish doctor. They hide in a wood where they meet other fugitives, who have been there for months, constantly in fear ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Eugen York
CAST:  Walter Richter  •  Winnie Markus  •  Lotte Koch  •  Hilde Körber

Darling of the Gods (1930)

Also known as Darling of the Gods, this was Emil Jannings' second talkie appearance. Jannings stars as famed operatic singer Albert Winkelmann, who is greeted with cheers, applause and romantic propositions whenever he performs in his native Vienna. But when he ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hanns Schwarz
CAST:  Emil Jannings  •  Renate Müller  •  Olga Tschechowa  •  Hans Moser

Also known as Darling of the Gods, this was Emil Jannings' second talkie appearance. Jannings stars as famed operatic singer Albert Winkelmann, who is greeted with cheers, applause and romantic propositions whenever he performs in his native Vienna. But when he ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hanns Schwarz
CAST:  Emil Jannings  •  Renate Müller  •  Olga Tschechowa  •  Hans Moser

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DIRECTION:  Erich Schönfelder
CAST:  Lucie Englisch  •  Kurt Vespermann  •  Ida Wüst  •  Leopold von Ledebur

Beate (1948)

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DIRECTION:  Carl Boese
CAST:  Richard Häussler  •  Roma Bahn  •  Axel Monjé  •  Willy Prager

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DIRECTION:  Carl Boese
CAST:  Richard Häussler  •  Roma Bahn  •  Axel Monjé  •  Willy Prager

One Night at the Grand Hotel (1931)

Fritz is in love with artist Glay, who stays at the Grand Hotel. In spite of not having any money he gets to know her, invites her to supper and after dancing a tango even hires the royal suite. How will he get out of this is a mystery even to himself.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Max Neufeld
CAST:  Mártha Eggerth  •  Ulrich Bettac  •  Max Schipper  •  Kurt Gerron

Fritz is in love with artist Glay, who stays at the Grand Hotel. In spite of not having any money he gets to know her, invites her to supper and after dancing a tango even hires the royal suite. How will he get out of this is a mystery even to himself.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Max Neufeld
CAST:  Mártha Eggerth  •  Ulrich Bettac  •  Max Schipper  •  Kurt Gerron

The Cabinet of Dr. Larifari (1930)

Three friends who are broke decide to found a film production company. When they start shooting their first film chaos arises...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Robert Wohlmuth
CAST:  Max Hansen  •  Paul Morgan  •  Gisela Werbisek  •  Erik Ode

Three friends who are broke decide to found a film production company. When they start shooting their first film chaos arises...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Robert Wohlmuth
CAST:  Max Hansen  •  Paul Morgan  •  Gisela Werbisek  •  Erik Ode

Delikatessen (1930)

Friends Franz and Bela work in a deli belonging to Mr. Wallis. Franz is the manager and Bela a salesclerk. Both get to know the lovely Lilo. But while Bela is rebuffed, the charming womanizer Franz is more successful. After a boisterous celebration in the deli, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Géza von Bolváry
CAST:  Harry Liedtke  •  Ernö Verebes  •  Georgia Lind  •  Danièle Parola

Friends Franz and Bela work in a deli belonging to Mr. Wallis. Franz is the manager and Bela a salesclerk. Both get to know the lovely Lilo. But while Bela is rebuffed, the charming womanizer Franz is more successful. After a boisterous celebration in the deli, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Géza von Bolváry
CAST:  Harry Liedtke  •  Ernö Verebes  •  Georgia Lind  •  Danièle Parola

King Fu's yellow house (1931)

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.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Karl Grune
CAST:  Charlotte Susa  •  Gustav Diessl  •  Willy Prager  •  Karl Günther

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.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Karl Grune
CAST:  Charlotte Susa  •  Gustav Diessl  •  Willy Prager  •  Karl Günther

Shooting festival in Schilda (1931)

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DIRECTION:  Adolf Trotz
CAST:  Sig Arno  •  Fritz Kampers  •  Ida Wüst  •  Margot Landa

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DIRECTION:  Adolf Trotz
CAST:  Sig Arno  •  Fritz Kampers  •  Ida Wüst  •  Margot Landa