Fritz Wendhausen

Fritz Wendhausen

Birth : 1890-08-07,

Death : 1962-01-05

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Fritz Wendhausen

Movies

Desperate Moment
Warder Goeter
Story of a Dutchman's flight across post-war Germany trying to locate the man who alone can clear him of a false murder charge. (BFI Website)
Odette
Colonel (as F.R. Wendhousen)
The film is based on the true story of Special Operations Executive French-born agent Odette Sansom, who was captured by the Germans in 1943, condemned to death and sent to Ravensbrück concentration camp to be executed. However, against all odds she survived the war and testified against the prison guards at the Hamburg Ravensbrück Trials. She was awarded the George Cross in 1946; the first woman ever to receive the award, and the only woman who has been awarded it while still alive. (From Wikipedia, licensed under CC-BY-SA)
Beware of Pity
Josef
A paraplegic mistakes a man's pity for love.
Secret Mission
General von Reichman
World War II drama in which a member of the French Resistance and three British agents undertake a hazardous mission to infiltrate a German HQ in search of vital information that could lead to the overthrow of the Nazis.
The First of the Few
Von Straben
This 1942 fictionalized biopic chronicles the true story of how two of the most remarkable men in aviation history - visionary Spitfire designer R.J. Mitchell and his test pilot Geoffrey Crisp - designed a streamlined monoplane that led to the development of the Spitfire.
Heiratsschwindler
Writer
Familienparade
Director
Künstlerliebe
Director
Peer Gynt
Director
Der schwarze Walfisch
Director
Film by Wendhausen.
Kleiner Mann – was nun?
Writer
First adaptation of Hans Fallada's novel of the same name.
Kleiner Mann – was nun?
Director
First adaptation of Hans Fallada's novel of the same name.
The child's first right
Director
Goethe memorial film - 1. The career
Writer
Goethe memorial film - 1. The career
Director
1914
Screenplay
The film focuses on the leadership of the Great Powers of Europe in the days leading up to the outbreak of the First World War.
Dreyfus
Writer
In late nineteenth century Alfred Dreyfus, a French army officer of Jewish heritage, is falsely accused of espionage. Found guilty of treason he is drummed out of the army and sent to prison on Devil's Island.
The Runaway Princess
Cinematography
A prince in disguise saves a runaway princess from becoming a forger's dupe.
The Runaway Princess
Director
A prince in disguise saves a runaway princess from becoming a forger's dupe.
Eine Frau von Format
Screenplay
Eine Frau von Format
Director
Homecoming
Writer
Following World War I, after a long imprisonment, two German prisoner-of-war soldiers escape from a Siberian lead-mine. Karl manages to reach Germany before Richard, and is sheltered by Anna, wife of Richard. While Richard is still on his homeward trek, Karl and Anna fall in love. And then Richard comes home.
Homecoming
Scenario Writer
Following World War I, after a long imprisonment, two German prisoner-of-war soldiers escape from a Siberian lead-mine. Karl manages to reach Germany before Richard, and is sheltered by Anna, wife of Richard. While Richard is still on his homeward trek, Karl and Anna fall in love. And then Richard comes home.
Der Kampf des Donald Westhof
Writer
Der Kampf des Donald Westhof
Director
Der Sohn der Hagar
Director
Sein großer Fall
Screenplay
Sein großer Fall
Director
The Finances of the Grand Duke
Writer
The likeable and carefree Grand Duke of Abacco is in dire straits. There is no money left to service the State's debt; the main creditor is looking forward to expropriating the entire Duchy. The marriage with Olga, Grand Duchess of Russia, would solve everything, but a crucial letter of hers about the engagement has been stolen. Besides, a bunch of revolutionaries and a dubious businessman have other plans regarding the Grand Duke. With the intrusion of adventurer Philipp Collins into the Grand Duke's affairs, a series of frantic chases, plots and counter-plots begins.
The Stone Rider
Screenplay
In a distant Teutonic village, people dance and drink merrily celebrating a wedding feast. However, an elderly man tells the villagers that the valley where they live wasn't always happy but sorrowful. This was due to the tyranny of the master of the mountains who ruled the valley despotically.
The Stone Rider
Director
In a distant Teutonic village, people dance and drink merrily celebrating a wedding feast. However, an elderly man tells the villagers that the valley where they live wasn't always happy but sorrowful. This was due to the tyranny of the master of the mountains who ruled the valley despotically.
Die Intriguen der Madame de la Pommeraye
Screenplay
Die Intriguen der Madame de la Pommeraye
Director