Hans Heinrich von Twardowski

Hans Heinrich von Twardowski

Birth : 1898-05-05, Stettin, Pomerania, Germany [now Szczecin, Zachodniopomorskie, Poland]

Death : 1958-11-19

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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Hans Heinrich von Twardowski (5 May 1898 – 19 November 1958) was a German film actor.

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Hans Heinrich von Twardowski
Hans Heinrich von Twardowski

Movies

The Gentleman in Room 6
Guest
Short story film about a derelict and forgotten character hiding in a room somewhere in South America.
Resisting Enemy Interrogation
Herr Mahler - German Red Cross Representative
A downed American bomber crew quickly falls prey to the clever interrogation techniques of the Germans in this dramatic training film.
First Comes Courage
Nazi Captain (uncredited)
Merle Oberon plays a Norwegian resistance figure in a small town, married to a Nazi commandant. When his superiors begin to suspect her, the Allies land an assassin to kill him -- an assassin who happens to be her former lover.
Background to Danger
German Officer
An American gets caught up in wartime action in Turkey.
Hitler's Madman
In 1942, a young paratrooper in the RAF returns to Czechoslovakia to encourage his fellow countrymen to sabotage the German war effort.
Hangmen Also Die!
Reinhard Heydrich
During the Nazi occupation of Czechoslovakia, surgeon Dr. Franticek Svoboda, a Czech patriot, assassinates the brutal "Hangman of Europe", Reichsprotektor Reinhard Heydrich, and is wounded in the process. In his attempt to escape, he is helped by history professor Stephen Novotny and his daughter Mascha.
Edge of Darkness
German Co-Pilot (uncredited)
The film pivots around the local Norwegian doctor and his family. The doctor's wife (Ruth Gordon) wants to hold on to the pretence of gracious living and ignore their German occupiers. The doctor, Martin Stensgard (Walter Huston), would also prefer to stay neutral, but is torn. His brother-in-law, the wealthy owner of the local fish cannery, collaborates with the Nazis. The doctor's daughter, Karen (Ann Sheridan), is involved with the resistance and with its leader Gunnar Brogge (Errol Flynn). The doctor's son has just returned to town, having been sent down from the university, and is soon influenced by his Nazi-sympathizer uncle. Captain Koenig (Helmut Dantine), the young German commandant of the occupying garrison, whose fanatic determination to do everything by the book and spoutings about the invincibility of the Reich hides a growing fear of a local uprising.
Margin for Error
Fritz - Butler
When police officer Moe Finkelstein and his colleague Officer Salomon are ordered to serve as bodyguards to German consul Karl Baumer by the mayor of New York City, Finkelstein turns in his badge, convinced he has to quit the service because the man is a Nazi.
Once Upon a Honeymoon
German Officer (uncredited)
A radio correspondent tries to rescue a burlesque queen from her marriage to a Nazi official.
Casablanca
German Officer with Yvonne (uncredited)
In Casablanca, Morocco in December 1941, a cynical American expatriate meets a former lover, with unforeseen complications.
Hitler - Beast of Berlin
Albert Stalhelm - Storm Trooper
Hans Memling, a young intellectual, patriotic German, is secretly opposed to the Nazi regime. With the aid of Gustav Schultz, Father Pommer, Anna Wahl and others, he is gleaning accurate information from foreign radio broadcasts and distributing it through Germany with an underground-press operation. He convinces his brother-in-law Karl Bach, the brother of his wife Elsa, that Hitler is leading Germany toward a second world war. Karl, in love with Anna, joins the movement, determined to restore German culture and save the people from the brutality of the Storm Troopers and the Gestapo. The group has an inside link through Albert Stalhelm, a Storm Trooper and one of Hitler's Elite Guards. Albert is sickened by the brutalities he sees and wants to resign and flee Germany, but Hans persuades him to remain until they can find a replacement. He agrees, but warns the group that he is forced to join in the Nazi orgies and liquor loosens his tongue...
Espionage Agent
Dr. Helm
When Barry Corvall discovers that his new bride is a possible enemy agent, he resigns from the diplomatic service to go undercover to route out an espionage ring planning to destroy American industrial capability.
Confessions of a Nazi Spy
Helldorf
FBI agent Ed Renard investigates the pre-War espionage activities of the German-American Bund.
The Crusades
Nicholas, Count of Hungary
King Richard the Lionhearted launches a crusade to preserve Christianity in Jerusalem.
Storm Over the Andes
Oberto (as Hans Von Twardowski)
A war between Bolivia and Paraguay is the setting for the stories of flyers involved with both sides in the conflict.
The Devil's in Love
Andre's Defense Counsel
The French Foreign Legion is the setting for this episodic adventure yarn. Victor Jory plays a Legion doctor falsely accused of murdering his commander over the love of Loretta Young. Jory escapes prosecution by heading for parts unknown, but when a deadly illness strikes his old fort, he returns to aid his comrades. He is arrested, but clears himself of the murder charge and ends up with Young. Devil's in Love is distinguished by the surprise appearance of Bela Lugosi, who shows up unbilled as a relentless prosecuting attorney in the courtroom scenes.
Adorable
Prince of Pontevedro
Rebellious Princess Marie "Mitzi" Christine must try to marry the man she loves, instead of the stuffy old prince her parents want her to marry.
Private Jones
Von Bergen (uncredited)
After America enters World War I, young William "Bill" Jones tries to avoid military service by telling the draft board that he is the sole supporter of his family and is employed by businessman Roger Winthrop, his sister Helen's boss.
6 Hours to Live
Flosky
A murder victim is brought back to life by a scientific experiment. However, the effects only last for six hours, and he must find his killer in that time.
Scandal for Sale
Affner, the pilot
A man is promised $25,000 if he can bring the circulation of a newspaper up to one million.
The Holy Flames
Robert Taylor
This is the German-language version of 1929's "The Sacred Flame", from the W. Somerset Maugham play, shot by Warner Bros. in Hollywood with a German-speaking cast.
The Singing City
Willi von Wellheim - Claires Verehrer
A tourist guide in Naples is taken on by a Viennese woman impressed by his singing, and who regards him as her protege. This film was released as a German version and English Version known as "The City of Song". Brigitte Helm once portrays a beautiful femme fatale who displays her affection and lust for her tourist guide which is paralleled with the main bodied theme of the early romanticist songs played throughout.
Ludwig II, King of Bavaria
Otto von Wittelsbach (as H.H. von Twardowsky)
In the last years of his life, Bavarian king Ludwig II (1845 – 1886) devotes himself to ambitious architectural projects, which strain the state coffers to the extreme. The monarch, who is afraid of people, also withdraws more and more into a dream world at his various castles. His brother is already in a psychiatric institute and Ludwig is also eventually put under the care of psychiatrist Bernhard von Gudden. The king attempts to get out from under this guardianship at Starnberg lake…
Sex in Chains
Alfred
A young man is convicted of manslaughter and sentenced to a term in prison. There he forms a close relationship with his cellmate. Upon his release his wife is concerned as to how prison has changed the man she married.
Der falsche Prinz
Wolf, sein Freund
a silent movie by Heinz Paul
Die Weber
Gottfried Hilse
Die Weber (1927), a rousing German tale of the 1844 weavers’ revolution.
The Enchantress
I.N.R.I. – A Film of Humanity
Johannes
From the director of Cabinet of Dr. Caligari, this is the Passion embedded in a contemporary story. An anarchist jailed for an attempted assassination is told the Passion story by the prison chaplain.
Phantom
Hugo Lubota
Lorenz Lubota is a city clerk with no direction in life. One day on his way to work he is run over by a woman driving a chariot and he is immediately infatuated with her.
Marizza
All men are under lovely Marizza’s spell. Tired of working for the old woman Yelina, who forces her to cajole customs officials to help the smugglers, she flees and finds work at Mrs. Avricolos’ farm. The latter is in business with an unscrupulous moneylender, whose daughter is promised to Leone, the family’s eldest son. But Leone will fall quickly for Marizza...
The House on the Moon
The House on the Moon
The Night of Queen Isabeau
Page
The film depicts the marriage between the mad Charles VI of France and his wife Queen Isabeau.
Genuine: The Tragedy of a Vampire
Florian
Since completing a portrait of Genuine, a high priestess, Percy becomes irritable and withdrawn. He loses interest in painting and refuses to see his friends, preferring to spend his time alone with the portrait in his study. After turning down a wealthy patron's offer to buy the picture, Percy falls asleep while reading stories of Genuine's life. Genuine comes to life from the painting and escapes. The film's sets were designed by the Expressionist painter César Klein.
The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari
Alan
Francis, a young man, recalls in his memory the horrible experiences he and his fiancée Jane recently went through. Francis and his friend Alan visit The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari, an exhibit where the mysterious doctor shows the somnambulist Cesare, and awakens him for some moments from his death-like sleep.
From Morn to Midnight
Sohn der Dame
A cashier in a bank in a small German town is alerted to the power of money by the visit of a rich Italian lady. He embezzles 60, 000 Marks and leaves for the capital city, where he attempts to find satisfaction in politics, sport, love and religion.
Eerie Tales
Restaurant Waiter
After the old-books shop closes, portraits of the Strumpet, Death, and the Devil come to life and amuse themselves by reading stories--about themselves.