Cast: Alfred Abel

Direction Fritz Lang

Cast Gustav Fröhlich · Brigitte Helm · Alfred Abel · Rudolf Klein-Rogge

Synopsis In Metropolis (1927), a sprawling futuristic city is divided between the wealthy elite who live in luxury above ground and the oppressed workers toiling in harsh conditions below. Freder, the son of the city's ruler, becomes fascinated by Maria, a...

Direction Fritz Lang

Cast Rudolf Klein-Rogge · Alfred Abel · Aud Egede Nissen · Bernhard Goetzke

Synopsis Arch-criminal Dr. Mabuse sets out to make a fortune and run Berlin. Detective Wenk sets out to stop him.

Direction Marcel L'Herbier

Cast Pierre Alcover · Alfred Abel · Brigitte Helm · Marie Glory

Synopsis The business tycoon Nicolas Saccard is nearly ruined by his rival Gunderman, when he tries to raise capital for his company. To push up the price of his stock, Saccard plans a publicity stunt involving the aviator Jacques Hamelin flying...

Direction Artem Demenok

Cast Paula Félix-Didier · Fernando Martín Peña · Martin Koerber · Wladimir Dmitriew

Synopsis This is the documentary, which was broadcasted by Arte on February 10, 2010 after showing the restoration of this masterpiece. The documentary visits Berlin, Paris, Moskau and Buenos Aires, the most important stations of the final restoration.

Direction F.W. Murnau

Cast Alfred Abel · Grete Berger · Lil Dagover · Lya De Putti

Synopsis The story revolves around a man obsessed with an unattainable woman, and his attempts to substitute for his unfulfilled desires.

Direction F.W. Murnau

Cast Eugen Klöpfer · Vladimir Gajdarov · Werner Krauss · Eduard von Winterstein

Synopsis When farmer Rog dies, his son Peter stays, but Johannes can not be satisfied with such a condition (and servant Maria's love) and finds a job as old Count Rudenberg's secretary. His ambition leads him to charm Gerda, the Count's...

Direction F.W. Murnau

Cast Alfred Abel · Mady Christians · Adolphe Engers · Julius Falkenstein

Synopsis 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...

Direction Alfred Hitchcock

Cast Alfred Abel · Olga Tschechowa · Paul Graetz · Lotte Stein

Synopsis A juror in a murder trial, after voting to convict, has second thoughts and begins to investigate on his own before the execution.

Direction Paul Merzbach

Cast Ellen Heel · Alfred Abel · Hans Albers · Anton Pointner

Direction Alexis Granowsky

Cast Alfred Abel · Harald Paulsen · Peter Lorre · Ludwig Stössel

Direction Ernst Lubitsch

Cast Pola Negri · Hermann Thimig · Alfred Abel · Hilde Woerner

Synopsis In 19th century Paris a hedonistic woman marries an aristocrat but has trouble keeping faithful to him.

Direction Urban Gad

Cast Asta Nielsen · Ernst Hofmann · Max Landa · Mary Scheller

Synopsis Drama. When Hedda is about to appear on stage in Ostende she borrows a piece of jewelry from her fiancé, de Rochord. When a gang of thieves steals it, he calls off the engagement, but Hedda solves the crime singlehandedly...

Direction Max Reinhardt

Cast Maria Carmi · Joseph Klein · Alfred Abel · Ernst Matray

Synopsis Abel plays a young student who travels to Venice. There he incidentally visits a wedding party, and in the night, the situations and characters of the day begin to haunt his sleep.

Direction Alfred Abel

Cast Renée Héribel · Jack Trevor · Alfred Abel · Fritz Alberti

Direction Gerhard Lamprecht

Cast Alfred Abel · Aud Egede Nissen · Eduard Rothauser · Renate Brausewetter

Direction Robert Wiene

Cast Alfred Abel · Anton Edthofer · Karl Forest · María Corda

Synopsis An actor, jealous of his wife's suspected infidelity, disguises himself as an officer of the royal guard and begins courting her to try to catch her out.

Direction Robert Siodmak

Cast Willi Forst · Hilde Wagener · Alfred Abel · Lucie Höflich

Synopsis One autumn, Edgar, a 12 year old boy, spends a holiday with his mother at a plush hotel in Switzerland. His father, a busy lawyer, remains at the family home in Vienna. When he sees a stylish motorcar pull up...

Direction Léo Lasko

Cast Alfred Abel · Werner Krauss · Kurt Ehrle · Marga Köhler

Direction Rudolf Meinert

Cast Asta Nielsen · Werner Krauss · Alfred Abel · Elizza La Porta

Synopsis Tamara becomes addicted to cocaine but hides from her daughter by moving in with the dealer Mangol. The father tells his daughter that her mother has died, but years later the daughter rediscovers her mother appearing on stage. Mangol pursues...

Direction Douglas Sirk

Cast Mártha Eggerth · Johannes Heesters · Otto Tressler · Herbert Hübner

Synopsis At the royal court of Immendingen a bad mood prevails. The annual court concert is about to be ruined, because the court singer Pinelli is once again indisposed. The chamberlain, the State Minister von Arnegg, and the director are clueless...