Ernst Matray

Birth : 1891-05-27, Budapest, Hungary

Death : 1978-11-12

History

Hungarian actor, director and choreographer.

Movies

Farewell Performance
Director
Musik, Musik und nur Musik
Director
Der König mit dem Regenschirm
Director
The Private Affairs of Bel Ami
Choreographer
A self-serving journalist uses influential women in late-1800s Paris and denies the one who truly loves him.
George White's Scandals
Choreographer
Two couples work through their issues in this backstage Broadway musical.
Swing Fever
Choreographer
Comedy about a bandleader with hypnotic powers.
The Human Comedy
Other
Teenager Homer Macauley stays at home in small-town Ithaca to support his family while his older brother Marcus prepares to go to war.
Pride and Prejudice
Choreographer
Mr. and Mrs. Bennet have five unmarried daughters, and Mrs. Bennet is especially eager to find suitable husbands for them. When the rich single gentlemen Mr. Bingley and Mr. Darcy come to live nearby, the Bennets have high hopes. But pride, prejudice and misunderstandings all combine to complicate their relationships and to make happiness difficult.
Nathan der Weise
Spassmacher des Sultans
Silent movie adaptation of Lessing's play. Set in Jerusalem during the Third Crusade, it describes how the wise Jewish merchant Nathan, the enlightened sultan Saladin and the (initially anonymous) Templar bridge their gaps between Judaism, Islam and Christianity.
Hilde Warren and Death
Sohn Egon Warren
Hilde Warren, a famous actress, is impregnated by a convicted murderer and becomes plagued by visions of Death. Upon discovering her child is the image of its criminal father, Hilde must decide whether to allow it to live, or to kill it and risk the embrace of Death himself.
The Phantom of the Opera
The Persian
Das Phantom der Oper was a 1916 silent film. The film, also known as Das Gespenst im Opernhaus, is notable for being the first film adaptation of the 1910 novel The Phantom of the Opera by Gaston Leroux. The film is now believed to be a lost film. No copies, photographs or even a poster of the film remain. All that is known is that it was made in Germany in autumn 1915, directed by Ernst Matray, starring Nils Chrisander as the Phantom and Aud Egede-Nissen as Christine, and Raul played by director Ernst Matray.[1]
The Phantom of the Opera
Director
Das Phantom der Oper was a 1916 silent film. The film, also known as Das Gespenst im Opernhaus, is notable for being the first film adaptation of the 1910 novel The Phantom of the Opera by Gaston Leroux. The film is now believed to be a lost film. No copies, photographs or even a poster of the film remain. All that is known is that it was made in Germany in autumn 1915, directed by Ernst Matray, starring Nils Chrisander as the Phantom and Aud Egede-Nissen as Christine, and Raul played by director Ernst Matray.[1]
Teufelchen
Director
Teufelchen
Marionetten
Pierrot
Marionette by Richard Löwenbein
Sugar and Cinnamon
Producer
Sugar and Cinnamon
Writer
Sugar and Cinnamon
Mein Name ist Spiesecke
Slapstick farce about a man who falls in love with a circus woman.
Das Mirakel
The Minstrel
The film tells the story of a wayward nun, Megildis, who deserts her convent with a knight, influenced by the music of an evil minstrel. A statue of the Virgin Mary comes to life and takes place of Megildis, who makes her way through the world and its many vicissitudes.
A Venetian Night
Pipistrello
The young Anselmus Aselmeyer fulfilled a long cherished dream: He travels to Venice, the city of his dreams. Once there, the porter Pipistrello directs him immediately to the hotel of his boss, and Anselmus lands in the middle of a wedding party. Mestre Mangiabene, a wealthy oilman, marries the beautiful but completely depleted Marchesina dei Bisognosi. But the secretly loves an officer.
Die Insel der Seligen
Zerstreuter Jungeselle
Nymphs and gods and their foul play. Directed by Max Reinhardt.