Personal Info
Birth date
1890-07-27 (134 Years)
Day of death
1967-11-25
Gender
Male
Known for
Acting
Place of birth
Pillkallen
Also known as
-Erich Dunskus
Biography
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Filmography
Die Katze im Sack
NYR
Overview:
Vic Malloy discovers the letter of a girl in his letter tray. The shnodder detective has probably forgotten to open it some time ago. He now learns that the young millionaire should have come to life immediately after sending the letter. But who inherited the fortune? The sister who says in the letter that she should be in the violence of blackmailers. With his detective colleague Jack, Vic goes after the matter. They encounter a secret crime.Shadows over St. Pauli
NYR
Overview:
Old John Carstens sells his marine‐equipment firm to Lafrenz, unaware it’s now a fuel‐smuggling front. Living above the showroom with daughter Hanna and son Jochen, he resists Lafrenz’s pressure. When Hanna falls for bargeman Oschi Rasmus, Lafrenz demands John either give up Hanna or settle his debts. John defies him and dies. Oschi clears John’s debts, but Lafrenz soon plots against the young couple.The Rats
6.5
Overview:
Soon after World War II, a pregnant Polish refugee, Pauline, wanders Berlin looking for the boyfriend who abandoned her. She has no option but to sell her child to another woman, Anna. After the birth, Pauline decides she wants the baby back.Süss, the Jew
4.3
Overview:
Nazi historical drama about Duke Karl Alexander of Württemberg and his treasurer Süß Oppenheimer.Joan of Arc
5
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France in the 15th Century: The country is marked by the wars with England and internal power struggles. King Charles sees himself powerless against the state. As emerges from the people suddenly a young woman named Johanna, who claimed that the Archangel Gabriel to be appointed, to save France. First of all doubt the king in their words, but he remembers that the people through this "help of God" is gaining new courage. With the slogan "God and the Virgin!" pulls the revivified victorious army into battle against the English-Burgundian alliance. After Johanna King Charles is crowned at Reims, there breaks the plague over the country in. Now Johanna all the blame on the disaster: God would punish believe in the country for that a heretic; if Johanna were actual a holy, she would deal also with the plague. The waning faith weakens France, England is again on the rise. But Johanna is executed as a witch. Only years later annulled the verdict of the Holy and Johanna explained.A Prize of Gold
5.4
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A U.S. sergeant, a British sergeant and a British pilot hijack gold for a German refugee's war orphans.The Great Love
6.6
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The attractive Oberleutnant Paul Wendlandt is stationed in North Africa as a fighter pilot. While in Berlin to deliver a report he is given a day's leave, and on the stage of the cabaret theatre "Skala" sees the popular Danish singer Hanna Holberg. For Paul it is love at first sight. When Hanna visits friends after the end of the performance, he follows her, and speaks to her in the U-Bahn. After the party in her friends' flat, he accompanies her home and chance throws them further together when an air raid warning forces them to take cover in the air raid shelter. Hanna reciprocates Paul's feelings, but after a night spent together Paul has to return immediately to the front. There now follows a whole series of misunderstandings, and one missed opportunity after another. While Hanna waits in vain for some sign of life from Paul, he is flying on missions in North Africa. When he tries to visit her in her Berlin flat, she is giving a Christmas concert in Paris.The Berliner
7.4
Overview:
Otto, a feckless Everyman, tries to adjust to the postwar travails of his defeated nation. Stymied by black-market profiteers and government bureaucrats, Otto begins fantasizing about a happier life at the end of that ever-elusive rainbow.Morituri
5.5
Overview:
As the end of the Second World War approaches and the Soviet Red Army is advancing, a group of concentration camp inmates is helped to escape by a Polish doctor. They hide in a wood where they meet other fugitives, who have been there for months, constantly in fear of being discovered. Out of fear of the German army patrols, they do not dare to leave the forest, even as the food supplies run low.The Man Who Was Sherlock Holmes
7.2
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Two dubious characters disguise themselves as Holmes and Watson to gain attention and end up chasing counterfeiters and stolen stamps.The Mountain Calls
7.1
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The Italian mountaineer Carel wants to be the first man to stand on the top of the Matterhorn. Since the climb is very difficult, he agrees to try it together with the British mountaineer Whymper. But due to an intrigue this agreement is dropped and the two man try it on the same day with two different teams and then disaster strikes.The Last Witness
6.3
Overview:
Director Wolfgang Staudte who left East Germany in 1953 to make movies in West Germany, takes a few swipes at the West German judicial system in this fairly effective courtroom drama about the murder of a four-month-old baby. Police almost immediately arrest the mother Ingrid who is the mistress of the father, a rich business VIP married to another woman. His position and wealth keep him insulated from suspicion. A hot-shot lawyer has to overcome the unaccountably biased perceptions of the police, the judge, the prosecutor and almost everyone else in the judicial system. The defence lawyer, driven to an extreme, knows he has to find the real killer or his client will be convicted.Robert Koch, der Bekämpfer des Todes
5.8
Overview:
Country Dr. Robert Koch is desperate: a tuberculosis epidemic is decimating the children in his district and no one is able to do anything about it. Every fourth child is already sick and the parents must helplessly watch as their young ones die. Now Koch is undertaking to find the cause of the tuberculosis --- something he has already been working on for years --- which has been causing this plague of illness. His work is made more difficult by envy; for example, that of his teacher, who was wounded defending his honor. But his greatest obstacle is the famous Berliner scientist and Reichstag deputy, Privy Councilor Rudolf Virchow: He is extraordinarily skeptical of Koch's theory, that the cause for tuberculosis is a bacteria.Bel Ami
5.6
Overview:
Shortly after being demobilized, Georges Duroy becomes aware of his power over women in the arms of Rachel, a young singer. Thanks to his good looks and his charming manners and his unabashed cynicism he will rapidly rise to the top by courtesy of women women (Mme Walter, Clotilde, Madeleine), from journalist to member of Parliament to cabinet minister. But it is also the fair sex that will cause his fall in the end.Seven Slaps
6.3
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William MacPhab loses seven-pounds in the stock market and decides to slap the man who was responsible for the stock manipulation that caused him to lose his money. Astor Terbanks, the stock-market manipulator is surprised the next day when he gets soundly slapped by MacPhab, and the latter promises to deliver one more a day for the next six days. Terbank's daughter, Daisy, is amused by the procedure and is attracted to MacPhab.Our Daily Bread
5
Overview:
A story about a family after the Second World War. The petty bourgeois cashier Karl Weber of Berlin observes from a distance how his son Ernst participates in the building of a new socialist society. Karl does not understand Ernst's visions, instead he confides in his other son Harry. However, Harry becomes involved in illicit business and Karl quickly realizes that it would be best to join his son Ernst in the citizen-owned factory.The Broken Jug
7.2
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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.Darkness Fell on Gotenhafen
5.5
Overview:
The film depicts the first month of 1945 when the Russian Red Army broke into the eastern part of Germany and forced millions of civilians to flee in the coldest of winter. While the Russians invaded Ostpreussen hundred of thousands of civilians were evacuated by ships. Gotenhafen was the last open port and ships left the town almost by the minute, overloaded by refugees. One of the last ships to leave Gotenhafen was the 'Wilhelm Gustloff', a former 'Kraft durch Freude' pleasure cruiser designed for 1000 passengers. Until today it is unknown how many people were on board but it is said to be around 10.000. The ship sunk without a trace and only a handful of people survived this hellish nightmare.The Girl from the Marsh Croft
6.8
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A farm boy betrothed to a socialite falls in love with his maid - an impoverished girl from the marsh.Serenade
7
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The violin virtuoso Ferdinand Lohner is lonely and depressed after the death of his wife. But then he gets to know the much younger Irene and forgets all about his dead wife, marrying the young tart soon after. Irene moves into the house in the mountains, where Ferdinand, his son Heinz and his former mother-in-law Mrs. Leuthoff live. The bitter Mrs. Leuthoff makes life difficult for Irene, since she had no way of preventing Ferdinand from re-marrying after her daughter bit the dust. When Ferdinand conveniently goes out on tour once again, Irene has to sit at home with the bitter woman. One day, Irene’s cousin Gustl comes on a visit and Mrs. Leuthoff takes the opportunity to “accidentally” let slip to Ferdinand, that his current wife is a whore. As if living with your current mother-in-law isn’t enough to deal with!The Day the Rains Came
6.8
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A motorcycle gang in post-war Germany wreaks havok on a town, until one of their members begins to have second thoughts after a run-in with the police.D III 88
5.3
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Across German screens at the outbreak of WWII streaks "DIII88: The New German Air Force Attacks", an aeronautic and maritime spectacle glorifying Hermann Goring's Luftwaffe and the spirit of the newly arisen Germany. Once war became imminent, Joseph Goebbels instructed the German film industry to initiate production of numerous militaristic projects, but DIII88 was initiated by the Propaganda Minister's rival, Goring, who commissioned several aviation pictures. DIII88 is not a war picture per se, because it takes place in peacetime, but the young, fresh-faced air aces enthusiastically look forward to the coming war. The propaganda is blatant: The only thing that matters is dedication to duty and unconditional commitment to the Fatherland.Annelie
6.8
Overview:
On New Year′s Eve 1871 Annelie is born – 15 minutes too late, since her parents had calculated her birth to be exactly at midnight. These 15 minutes will again and again become the girl′s fate.Der Blaufuchs
6
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Ilona, the bored wife of an easily distracted professor, falls in love with his friend Tibor, a world-traveler and ladykiller. Although she pursues him, he declines to take advantage of the situation, because she's married to his best friend. Only after her husband shows an interest in a co-worker is it possible for a happy ending to take place for the two new couples.Das Herz von St. Pauli
5.2
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Due to a lack of money, Hamburg pub owner Jonny Jensen brings two partners on board. As soon as the contract is finalized, the ex-sea bear is almost struck by a blow: the shady duo want to turn his quaint harbour bar "Herz von St. Pauli" into a demimonde pub with lingerie shows. Jonny can't let that happen!Hot Blood
6
Overview:
Baroness Marika von Korossy dresses up as a man, in order to compete in a horse race. Her victorious horse, Satan, will only allow her to ride him and throws everyone else off of him. That includes the dandy lieutenant Tibor von Denes, who immediately recognizes that Marika isn't a man. It isn't long before he makes friends with her and even gets her to dance with him. It's then that Marika takes off her hat and shows she's a woman, which causes jealous Ilonka von Peredy to go into a rage. When Marika is forced to sell her estate to raise money, Ilonka is able to get Marika's beloved Satan.Acting
1979Anfrage as Mollwitz
1966Spätsommer as Pfarrer Gielow
1965Die Katze im Sack (2 Episodes) as Dr. Bewley
1964Sechs Stunden Angst as Passagier Wittstock
1961Barbara - Wild wie das Meer as Harpunen-Olaf
1961Das Fernsehgericht tagt (1 Episode) as Gustav Honau
1960The Last Witness as Unknown
1960Darkness Fell on Gotenhafen as Vater Marquardt
1959Der König ist tot as Unknown
1959The Day the Rains Came as Unknown
1958Die 7 Todsünden des Staatsbürgers as Gardener
1957Das Herz von St. Pauli as Kommissar Krüger
1955Michael Kramer as Pedell Krause
1955A Prize of Gold as Canal Foreman
1955The Rats as Unknown
1951Sündige Grenze as Unknown
1950Mein Herz gehört Dir as Unknown
1950Mayor Anna as Unknown
1950Der Kahn der fröhlichen Leute as Unknown
1949Our Daily Bread as Wirt
1949The Cuckoos as Unknown
1949The Bridge as Unknown
1949Träum’ nicht, Annette! as Unknown
1949Das Mädchen Christine as Melchior, Barbaras Vater
1948The Berliner as Unknown
1948Morituri as Unknown
19481-2-3 Corona as 2. Platzbesitzer
1947...and the Sky Above Us as Unknown
1947Kein Platz für Liebe as Unknown
1946Under the Bridges as Holl - Ship Captain
1944Eine Frau für drei Tage as Taxifahrer
1943Die goldene Spinne as Vorarbeiter
1943Altes Herz wird wieder jung as Hoffmanns Chauffeur
1942Hab’ mich lieb! as Unknown
1942Hände hoch as Unknown
1942The Big Game as Unknown
1942The Great Love as Mann, der den Staffelhund mitbringt
1941Das andere Ich as Unknown
1941Annelie as Unknown
1941The Comedians as Unknown
1940Between Hamburg and Haiti as Hotelportier
1940Herz – modern möbliert as Inspizient
1940Süss, the Jew as Meister der Schmiedezunft
1939Robert Koch, der Bekämpfer des Todes as Mitglied der Berliner Fakultät
1939Midsummer Night's Fire as Plötz
1939D III 88 as Bauer
1939Bel Ami as Maschinenmeister
1939Der Schritt vom Wege as Kruse
1938Der Blaufuchs as Tankstellenwart
1938The Mountain Calls as Mailli
1938Shadows over St. Pauli as Ewermann
1937Serenade as Unknown
1937The Broken Jug as Büttel
1937Versprich mir nichts! as Gläubiger #1
1937Seven Slaps as Unknown
1937The Man Who Was Sherlock Holmes as Lippert, Chef der Kriminalpolizei
1937Die göttliche Jette as Unknown
1936The Emperor of California as Unknown
1936Savoy-Hotel 217 as Unknown
1936Hot Blood as Wachtmeister
1935Mazurka as Unknown
1935The Girl from the Marsh Croft as Jens Willgraff
1935Vergiß mein nicht as Unknown
1935Joan of Arc as Unknown
1934So Ended a Great Love as Unknown
1933An Invisible Man Goes Through the City as Mann auf der Rennbahn
1933...und wer küßt mich? as Unknown