Alexander Esway

Alexander Esway

Рождение : 1898-01-20, Budapest, Austria-Hungary [now Hungary]

Смерть : 1947-08-23

Профиль

Alexander Esway

Фильмы

Идол
Director
Коррумпированный менеджер берёт молодого боксера Люка Фонтана под своё крыло и делает его чемпионом. Но однажды Фонтана узнаёт, что тренер организовывал его бои с самого начала их сотрудничества, а победы были инсценированными. Когда молодой человек узнаёт правду, он признаётся прессе в произошедшем и возвращается к безвестной жизни, какой он жил прежде.
Sky Battalion
Director
Film in two eras.1st era: They are not angels. Chronicle of a Free French parachute training camp during the Second World War. 2nd era: Terre de France. A group of paratroopers landed in Brittany sabotages the German installations.
Steppin' in Society
Director
In this crime comedy, a prominent judge's vacation is interrupted during a sudden storm that forces him to seek refuge in a shady nightclub where he is mistaken by the mobsters for a highly esteemed racketeer.
The Cross of Lorraine
Screenplay
French soldiers (Jean-Pierre Aumont, Gene Kelly) surrender to lying Nazis and are herded into a barbaric prison camp.
The Man Who Seeks the Truth
Director
Jean Vernet, an unselfish banker, feels fine : he has a charming mistress, Jacqueline ; a godson, Fernand, that he took in when he was a child and that he has brought up and cherished ever since ; a faithful friend, Lamblin ; and an adorable dog. But things are not so rosy as they look. Adrienne, Jean's sister, hates Jacqueline and is prepared to do everything to separate the couple. Worse, it looks as though Fernand has betrayed his godfather by sleeping with Jacqueline. To know more about those around him, Jean, a modern Volpone, decides to fake deafness.
Latin Quarter
Director
A wealthy banker, bored with his life, heads to the Latin Quarter of Paris where he pretends to be a struggling artist. He falls in love with a student from the Sorbonne and moves into the same boarding house as her while continuing his pretence of poverty.
Monsieur Brotonneau
Director
A man leaves his adulterous wife for his secretary, but then the wife apologizes and wants her husband back again.
Bargekeepers Daughter
Director
Prince Sacha studies in Paris and cares more for Marianne than about Silistrie, the country his family was exiled from. But Chautard, a French financier, who has business there (the country is rich in oil), wouldn't mind a little political stability. So why not restore the ancient royal family to the throne? But is Prince Sacha up to his role ? And will Marianne make a suitable princess?
Barnabé
Director
Barnabé, an occasional flutist, goes to Mme Petit-Durand to organize her daughter's 20 years. But he is confused with the Count of Marengo whom Mme Petit-Durand wants to give as husband to her daughter, who has already made her choice.
Hercule
Director
Hercule, a young peasant, inherits a Parisian newspaper with a large circulation. The editor-in-chief, Vasco, takes advantage of his ignorance to make corruption prevail. But Hercules gradually realizes the role that we make him play.
Гром в городе
Producer
Приглашенный американец участвует в смелом продвижения бизнеса, подобного которому британцы не видели.
The Conquest of the Air
Director
This early docudrama uses dramatic re-enactment, working models of early flying machines, and archival footage to trace man's attempts to fly from ancient times through the 1930's.
Music Hath Charms
Director
This cheerful maze of melody, song, comedy and drama showcases the talents of Henry Hall and His Dance Band.
It's a Bet
Director
A young English reporter makes a bet with a wealthy publisher that he can disappear for a month. In his absence the publisher makes much of the mysterious disappearance in an attempt to boost the circulation of his newspaper.
Плохая кровь
Director
Праздный сын богатых родителей Анри Паскье, лишенный отцом машины, соглашается вступить в банду угонщиков автомобилей. Он влюбляется в Жаннетту, сестру бандита. Видя, что Анри начинает пользоваться в банде слишком большим авторитетом, шеф расставляет ему западню: просит перегнать угнанную машину в Марсель. Анри и Жаннетта избегают автокатастрофы и собираются уехать за границу. Но Жаннетта хочет, чтобы ее брат поехал с ними. Анри отправляется за ним в Париж...
Une vie perdue
Director
A jealous young woman murders her husband's mistress. A notorious scoundrel is accused of the crime. When, seized with remorse, the young woman goes to see the prosecutor to confess her crime, she is hit by a car and loses her memory. Her husband judges that she has earned the right to be forgotten and to happiness.
Le jugement de minuit
Director
The mysterious vigilante Milton has warned Scotland-Yard of his intention to kill the lawyer Maurice Meister who is the cause of his sister's suicide. Police and detectives watch over the lawyer's home, but on the day and at the appointed time Meister is murdered.
Lucky children
Director
Shadows
Producer
The estranged son of a newspaper owner returns to his father's good favour by unmasking a gang of criminals.
Shadows
Director
The estranged son of a newspaper owner returns to his father's good favour by unmasking a gang of criminals.
Children of Chance
Director
A casual date at a high-class hotel leads Binnie, an aspiring showgirl, to be mistaken for model and actress Lia de Marita – landing her an audition for the producer of a new musical stage show. Marvelling at her good fortune, what Binnie doesn't know is that Lia is also the wife of a notorious jewel thief and that she's already fled the country in possession of a valuable, ill-gotten necklace!
Taxi for Two
Scenario Writer
'Lady's son poses as chauffeur to woo girl who buys taxi.' (British Film Catalogue)
Taxi for Two
Director
'Lady's son poses as chauffeur to woo girl who buys taxi.' (British Film Catalogue)
Herkules Maier
Director
Die Dame mit der Maske
Screenplay