Fritz Arno Wagner

Nascimento : 1894-12-05, Schmiedefeld am Rennsteig, Germany

Morte : 1958-08-18

Filmes

Liebe, Jazz und Übermut
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Ferien auf Immenhof
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The pony hotel has just been opened, but so far no guests have arrived. Dick gets Ralf to design a brochure about the hotel. The girls and Ethelbert then lead the village children on horseback to Lübeck, where they all distribute the brochure - not knowing that Dalli has added some embellishments to the text.
Kindermädchen für Papa gesucht
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Hochzeit auf Immenhof
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The Immenhof has been closed by officials, awaiting auction. In the meantime, Angela has died, so Jochen is now a widower. Oma Jantzen and Angela's younger sisters Dick and Dalli live with him in the forester's house. In order to save the manor house, Dalli has started a "pony circus" with the village children in the barn, while Dick has given up hope of Ethelbert ever returning.
Tausend Melodien
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Die wilde Auguste
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Hotel Adlon
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Der treue Husar
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Die tolle Lola
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Der Vetter aus Dingsda
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Die Rose von Stambul
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April 1, 2000
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It is the year 2000 and the World Global Union is in charge, although other countries are allowed to elect their own government leaders, as long as they support the Union. When Austria's newly-elected president, played by Josef Meinrad, makes his inauguration speech he declares Austria independence and issues an edict ending Austria's financial support for the Global Union.
Frauenarzt Dr. Prätorius
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In the face of two world wars, Professor Prätorius, a philanthropist and a surgeon, wants to exterminate the one danger to mankind, the microbe of stupidity, as he states in a spontaneous lecture to his male and female students. When he tries to help a pregnant girl he gets involved more and more in her life and is forced to marry her.
Girls Behind Bars
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Due to complicity in a robbery raid the young Ursula comes to a detention center, in which the education is hard since she is considered a serious offender. In a joint outbreak, she gains the respect of the other girls.
Das kleine Hofkonzert
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Shot in 1944, finished and released in 1949.
The Bridge
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This is the directorial debut of Artur Pohl and tells the story of war refugees as they try to settle in a small town in Germany.
Herr Sanders lebt gefährlich
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Lache Bajazzo
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I pagliacci
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The Dismissal
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German chancellor Otto von Bismarck promises the dying emperor Wilhelm I. to be loyal to his grandson. But the gap between young Kaiser Wilhelm II. and old Bismarck is rapidly widening. It soon appears that an era is coming to an end.
Uncle Kruger
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Ohm Krüger (English: Uncle Krüger) is a 1941 German biographical film directed by Hans Steinhoff and starring Emil Jannings, Lucie Höflich and Werner Hinz. The film depicts the life of the South African politician Paul Kruger and his eventual defeat by the British during the Boer War. It was the first film to be awarded the 'Film of the Nation' award. It was re-released in 1944
Friedrich Schiller – Der Triumph eines Genies
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The young Schiller, whose heart and soul are writing and poetry, is forced into the military academy (the pride and joy of the Duke of Württemberg). Schiller is disgusted by the everyday routine of the military, always back and forth between breeding and drills. Conversation, conflict or even critique are discouraged – the oppression insufferable for the young rebel. Disgusted by the brutality, he writes his drama "The Bandit", which he would later publish anonymously. But following a frank conversation with the Duke, Schiller is dishonored and must leave the land.
Aus erster Ehe
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Movie based on the novel by Christel Broehl-Delhaes
The Fox of Glenarvon
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An English peace judge in an Irish district is married to an Irishwoman. She is a caring patriot. He is heavily indebted by a life of luxury, and doesn't shy away from dark deeds to maintain his lifestyle. Anti-Britsh propaganda film.
A Hopeless Case
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Adrienne Lecouvreur
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Adrienne Lecouvreur is an acclaimed actress who falls in love with Polish prince Maurice de Saxe, only to be poisoned by a jealous rival while Maurice is away at war. The film was a co-production between the two countries, and was made at UFA's Berlin Studios. It was based on the 1849 play Adrienne Lecouvreur by Eugène Scribe and Ernest Legouvé about the life of the eighteenth century actress Adrienne Lecouvreur.
Shadows over St. Pauli
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Tango Notturno
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The Broken Jug
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The man who broke the jug, the judge, is trying a case who determine who broke the jug. Long before the evidence becomes conclusive against the suspects, it becomes apparent that the blustering and bullying - and naive - village judge is the guilty one.
The Man Who Was Sherlock Holmes
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Two out-of-work private detectives disguise themselves as Holmes and Watson to gain attention and end up chasing counterfeiters and stolen stamps.
Glamorous Night
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Based on Ivor Novello's hit stage play: an opera singer and her gypsy friends try to rescue their king from the clutches of a would-be dictator.
Les dieux s'amusent
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Alternate-language version of Amphitryon (1935).
Amphitryon: Happiness from the Clouds
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Lamenting Thebian women are waiting for the men to come back from war. God Jupiter is attracted to one of them: Alkmene. He goes to earth and tries to seduce her as himself: an old man. Failing in this, he disguises himself as Amphitryon (Alkemene's husband) and tries again. Next morning Amphitryon and his men come back from war; he suspects adultery and wants a divorce. Jupiter's wife Juno now also comes to earth and clears things up.
Love, Death and the Devil
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In a harbor bazaar of the Pacific town of Kona, the young sailor Kiwe is offered a mysterious bottle, which supposedly gives her owner power and wealth and should fulfill all his wishes. The required return is however high. From now on, the soul of the new owner belongs to the devil.
Prinzessin Turandot
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At the End of the World
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Volga in Flames
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Lieutenant Orloff, a recently graduated Russian officier, is making his way across the snow-covered steppes to the garrison where he is to be stationed. He comes across a man who has lost his way in the blizzard and takes him to the safety of an inn. Arriving at the garrison, Orloff meets and falls immediately in love with Macha, the daughter of his commander. The town is suddenly attacked by a hoard of bandits who claims to be the true Tsar of Russia.
Dream Castle
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A film actress falls for an extra on her set, he turns out to be a prince.
The Night of the Great Love
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The story, set in Constantinople, of a young man who falls in love with a woman much older than he is, and her daughter falls in love with him also. An American critic was vastly impressed by the day-and-night locale shots, and wrote that the film-maker had discarded and soft-pedaled the soft and sentimental in favor of the realistic and logical.
O Testamento do Dr. Mabuse
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Inspetor de polícia de Berlim investiga um caso em que todas as pistas levam a um homem que está internado num hospital para doentes mentais há muitos anos, o Dr. Mabuse.
How Shall I Tell My Husband?
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The film starts in the fashionable seaside resort on the Baltic, Heringsdorf, where Renate Müller spends a secret weekend away from her husband with her bosom friend Ida Wüst. The husband meanwhile has a flirtation while traveling by night train from Frankfurt to Berlin, nice atmospheric shots of sleeper and dining car in the morning. The action continues in the luxury villas and apartments of Berlin, Renate Müller wears a string of very elegant outfits. Misunderstandings, jealousies, temporary separation of husband and wife, a few songs, wicked humour.
Tell Me Tonight
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An Italian operatic tenor is dominated by his female business manager.
The Beautiful Adventure
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Helene has agreed to marry a man that she isn't in love with. On the day of her wedding her cousin arrives just in time to rescue her and they run away together. They stay with her aged grandmother who assumes the young man (whom she doesn't know) to be the new husband and has prepared a bridal bed for them.
The Song of Night
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He was known as Anatole Litvak during his Hollywood directorial career, but he was still Anatole Litwak when he helmed the German musical Das Lied Einer Nacht (The Song of Night). Famed Polish tenor Jan Kiepura stars as famed Italian tenor Ferraro. Escaping from his tyrannical manager, Ferraro switches identities with a young tourist (Fritz Schulz) and goes off on an unscheduled Swiss holiday. Still travelling incognito, our hero falls in love with a winsome mountain girl (Magda Schneider). Alas, both his romance -- and his freedom -- are placed in jeopardy when it turns out that the charming young fellow with whom Ferraro traded identities was actually a notorious swindler. Anatole Litvak also directed the English-language version of Das Lied Einer Nacht, Be Mine Tonight
Ronny
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Ronny is a young designer on her way to the capital of the Ruritanian Kingdom of Perusa with the costumes she has created for the operetta written by the Prince. On her journey, she meets the prince and is persuaded to take the place of the star who had just walked out. The prince falls for Ronny but how can he marry a commoner?
Ronny
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Käthe von Nagy plays Ronny, who designs the costumes for the upcoming premiere of an opera written by the young prince of Perusa (Willy Fritsch) and has to deliver them personally due to the urgency of the commission. Arriving there, the prince not only is charmed by the young lady (who wouldn't?), but also mistakenly believes her to be the famous singer who is to be the female lead in the opera. What Willy does not know yet is that the real singer has cancelled her appearance, and as the state ministers hope to distract him from politics with the performance of the opera, they indeed want Ronny to appear in the show….
Comradeship
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The picture tells of a mine disaster where German miners rescue French miners from an undergound fire and explosion. The story takes place in the Lorraine/Saar region, along the border between France and Germany.
The Threepenny Opera
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The French-language version of the The Threepenny Opera with a different cast from the German version.
The Threepenny Opera
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The French-language version of the The Threepenny Opera with a different cast from the German version.
M, o Vampiro de Dusseldorf
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Assassino em série na cidade alemã de Düsseldorf põe a polícia e a população em estado de alerta máximo. Obra-prima do Expressionismo Alemão, M já serviu de inspiração para inúmeros outros cineastas, que veem em sua fotografia uma maneira própria de fazer cinema, seguindo os passos de outras obras do Expressionismo, como Nosferatu, este de 1922.
A Ópera dos Três Vinténs
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Em Londres, na virada do século XIX para XX, Mackie, um cafetão e cafajeste conhecido como “A Navalha”, se casa com Polly, a filha de um empresário de mendigos.
Fire in the Opera House
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It begins with a Tannhäuser performance and ends with the premiere of The Tales of Hoffmann. In between a young ingénue cast in her first big role, the Hoffmann rehearsals, the theatre director and his stage director exchanging cynicisms, a budding love affair. Gründgens at his most repulsive, trying to woo both lovers. And a hair-raising finale. Add to this some snappy dialogue and "pre-code" scenes that make you sit up and stare.
Dolly is making a career
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Musical vehicle for up and coming Dolly Haas, as a would be actress with a would be composer boyfriend. She sings,at one point, that she has the walk of (Lilian) Harvey, the mouth of Garbo and the legs of Dietrich.
Scandal about Eva
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An engaged woman discovers her fiancé has a four year old son. Pretending to take a cure she travels to the boy's foster-parents to make his acquaintance.
Westfront 1918
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A group of German infantrymen of the First World War live out their lives in the trenches of France. They find brief entertainment and relief in a village behind the lines, but primarily terror fills their lives as the attacks on and from the French army ebb and flow. One of the men, Karl, goes home on leave only to discover the degradation forced on his family by wartime poverty. He returns to the lines in time to face an enormous attack by French tanks.
Wenn du einmal dein Herz verschenkst
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A 1929 German film.
Napoleon at St. Helena
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Napoleon at Saint Helena (German: Napoleon auf Sankt Helena) is a 1929 German silent historical film directed by Lupu Pick and starring Werner Krauss, Hanna Ralph and Albert Bassermann. The film depicts the final years of Napoleon between 1815 and 1821 during his period of exile on the British Atlantic island of Saint Helena following his defeat at Waterloo.
Diário de uma Garota Perdida
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Thymiane Henning, é uma jovem garota inocente que é enganada por um amigo de seu pai e fica grávida. Ela acaba sendo rejeitada pela sua família e descobre como o mundo pode ser cruel.
Das letzte Fort
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Spies
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O detetive Donald Tremaine tenta desmantelar a organização criminosa comandada pelo banqueiro Haghi. Foi uma das muitas colaborações entre Fritz Lang e sua então esposa, a roteirista Thea von Harbou.
The Love of Jeanne Ney
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In the Crimea, the Reds and the Whites aren't done fighting, and Jeanne discovers that the man she loves is a Bolshevik (when he kills her father). Penniless, she returns to Paris where she works for her uncle. Soon after, her lover Andreas is in France to organize the sailors in Toulon. So also is a thief, traitor, and libertine, Khalibiev, who wants to seduce Jeanne. His schemes, Jeanne and Andreas's naivete, and a lost diamond bring the lovers to the brink of tragedy.
At the Edge of the World
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A mill situated on the border between two unnamed countries and the residents therein become pawns in a future war.
A Modern Dubarry
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Die drei Kuckucksuhren
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Lord Ernest Clifton lives with his beautiful wife, Gladys, at Easton Lodge. He has lost immense wealth in the lap of his uncle's death. One day Lord Clifton receives a mysterious package with an even more mysterious letter from his uncle. Three cuckoo clocks that strike only once a month should show him the way to find the second part of the pot of gold buried somewhere. Ernest's thirst for adventure only awakens and waits for the first cuckoo clock to mark the room number of a hotel in Cairo, where the second cuckoo clock hangs.
The Chronicles of the Gray House
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Hinrich, the son of a feudal German landowner, falls in love with the beautiful daughter of one of his father's serfs despite opposition from both families. But when he actually offers marriage to her, this is going too far. The return of his brother Detlev, with an unscrupulous aristocratic bride of his own and a rival claim to their father's estates, proves to be the trigger for tragedy.
Leap Into Life
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A young intellectual falls in love with a circus performer and decides to cultivate her into a lady and marry her. Eventually however she decides to return to her tightrope walker lover.
Sombras
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Durante um jantar dado por um barão rico e sua esposa, quatro convidados ocupam a mesa da mansão do século 19 na Alemanha. Uma sombra dá aos convidados uma visão do que o barão ciumento pode fazer se os cavalheiros não reduzirem os olhares à sua bela esposa. O filme é considerado parte do movimento expressionista alemão.
Zwischen Abend und Morgen
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The Great Industrialist
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The Burning Soil
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The film follows tells the story of a struggle over a plot of petroleum-rich land.
Nosferatu
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Hutter (Gustav von Wangenheim), agente imobiliário, viaja até os Montes Cárpatos para vender um castelo no Mar Báltico cujo proprietário é o excêntrico conde Graf Orlock (Max Schreck), que na verdade é um milenar vampiro que, buscando poder, se muda para Bremen, Alemanha, espalhando o terror na região. Curiosamente quem pode reverter esta situação é Ellen (Greta Schröder), a esposa de Hutter, pois Orlock está atraído por ela.
Nosferatu
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Hutter (Gustav von Wangenheim), agente imobiliário, viaja até os Montes Cárpatos para vender um castelo no Mar Báltico cujo proprietário é o excêntrico conde Graf Orlock (Max Schreck), que na verdade é um milenar vampiro que, buscando poder, se muda para Bremen, Alemanha, espalhando o terror na região. Curiosamente quem pode reverter esta situação é Ellen (Greta Schröder), a esposa de Hutter, pois Orlock está atraído por ela.
A Morte Cansada
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Uma mulher do século 19 barganha com a Morte pelo seu amante, apanhado pelo Destino.
Playing with fire
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A method actress likes living out the roles she is playing in real life. To prepare for her new play, she enters the criminal underworld and ends up being implicated in a burglary of a Duke who is one of her suitors. The film was shot at the Babelsberg Studios in Berlin. The film received a generally positive reception from critics, although some were doubtful about the blending of farce and tragedy.
O Castelo Vogelöd
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No castelo Vogelöd, alguns aristocratas esperam a baronesa Safferstätt. Mas o primeiro conde Oestch chega sem ser convidado. Todos pensam que ele assassinou o próprio irmão três anos antes, o primeiro marido da baronesa. Isso torna a sua presença no castelo bastante indesejável.
Sumurun
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The favorite slave girl of a tyrannical sheik falls in love with a cloth merchant. Meanwhile, a hunchback clown suffers unrequited love for a traveling dancer who wants to join the harem.
Madame DuBarry
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Madame DuBarry, amante do rei francês Luís XV, vive muitos amores durante a Revolução Francesa.