Anton Walbrook

  • Julien Duvivier – Die fünf verfluchten Gentlemen (1931)

    1931-1940FranceJulien DuvivierMysteryThriller

    European tourists on holiday in Morocco are threatened by a native sorcerer who predicts five of them will die, one by one, before the full moon.Read More »

  • Arthur Robison – Der Student von Prag (1935)

    1931-1940Arthur RobisonFantasyGermanyPhilosophy

    Quote:
    The story of the student who sells his shadow for money and power only to find that the shadow reappears at certain moments and brings disaster upon him, should be well known from the original and the first remake. Robison however, introduces some new twists and angles to the story which should not be told here.Read More »

  • Nicolas Farkas – Port Arthur (1936)

    1931-1940DramaGermanyNicolas FarkasThird Reich CinemaWar

    Espionage, war and romance in the Far East in 1904: Russian naval officer Boris Ranewsky marries Youki, the sister of a fanatical Japanese officer – but war is imminent…Read More »

  • Thorold Dickinson – Gaslight (1940)

    1931-1940DramaMysteryThorold DickinsonUnited Kingdom

    Synopsis:
    ‘Twenty years ago, old Mrs. Barlow was killed in her home at 12, Pimlico Square for her priceless rubies. The murderer searched the whole house without finding them, then disappeared. The house has been empty since then, but now Paul and Bella Mallen move into the apartment. Bella Mallen suffers from forgetfulness and nervousness – at least that is what her husband tells her. An elderly horse wrangler, B.G. Rough worked as a policeman twenty years ago and still remembers the unsolved case. He notices that Mr. Mallen looks just like Louis Barre, Mrs. Barlow’s nephew. And why does Mr. Mallen mysteriously leave every night just to go into the apartment next door, no. 14?’
    – Mattias ThuressonRead More »

  • Thorold Dickinson – The Queen of Spades (1949)

    Drama1941-1950HorrorThorold DickinsonUnited Kingdom

    Synopsis:
    Based on a short story by Alexander Pushkin, this creepy drama tells the tale of Countess Ranevskaya (Edith Evans), an elderly woman who sold her soul to the devil in order to always win at cards. Captain Herman Suvorin (Anton Walbrook), an embittered Russian soldier, becomes obsessed with discovering her secret and also finds himself smitten by her beautiful young companion, Lizaveta Ivanova (Yvonne Mitchell). As Suvorin gets closer to the truth, his quest takes an unforgettably eerie turn.Read More »

  • Michael Powell & Emeric Pressburger – Oh… Rosalinda!! (1955)

    1951-1960ComedyEmeric PressburgerMichael PowellMusicalUSA

    Vienna 1955 – a city under occupation by the four Allied powers. Through the chaos Dr. Falke moves gracefully – an elegant man-about-town and friend to the highest echelon of power. He is decidedly less graceful, however, when he is deposited by a friend at the top of a giant Soviet statue, rather the worse for drink and dressed up as a giant bat.
    Falke swears revenge…Read More »

  • Otto Preminger – Saint Joan (1957)

    1951-1960DramaOtto PremingerUSA

    Synopsis (possible spoilers):
    “Twenty-five years after having been burnt at the stake for heresy, Joan of Arc returns to King Charles VII of France as a ghost and taunts him for having betrayed her. They recall the time when Joan, driven by divine messages, persuaded Charles, then Dauphin, to allow her to lead an army to attack the English at Orleans. Did Charles show gratitude when Joan defeated the English, a victory that enabled him to be crowned king at Reims? No, he only wanted her to return to her village and resume the life of an anonymous peasant girl. When she failed in her attempt to take Paris from the English, who came to Joan’s aid when she was arrested and tried by the Catholic Church for heresy? No one…”
    – Films de FranceRead More »

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