Cast: Ferdinand von Alten

Top movies, series, and documentaries starring Ferdinand von Alten. Uncover the most acclaimed works, loved by fans and praised by critics.


Direction Henrik Galeen

Cast Fritz Alberti · Agnes Esterhazy · Ferdinand von Alten · Conrad Veidt

Synopsis For Balduin, going out to beer parties with his fellow students and fighting out disputes at the tip of the sword have lost their charms. He wants to find love; but how would he, a penniless student, ever dare looking...

6.6

149 votes

6.6

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Warning Shadows

1923 · Movie · 90 min. · Germany

Direction Arthur Robison

Cast Alexander Granach · Max Gülstorff · Lilli Herder · Rudolf Klein-Rogge

Synopsis During a dinner, given by a wealthy baron and his wive, attended by four of her suitors in a 19th century German manor, a shadow-player rescues the marriage by giving all the guests a vision what might happen tonight if...

6.5

140 votes

6.5

140 votes

Champagne

1928 · Movie · 93 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Alfred Hitchcock

Cast Betty Balfour · Gordon Harker · Jean Bradin · Ferdinand von Alten

Synopsis A rich man (Gordon Harker) pretends he is in bankruptcy to teach a life lesson to his daughter Betty (Betty Balfour).

5.1

262 votes

5.1

262 votes

Moral

1928 · Movie · 82 min. · Germany

Direction Willi Wolff

Cast Ellen Richter · Ralph Arthur Roberts · Jakob Tiedtke · Fritz Greiner

Synopsis Several times re-made story of the entertainer who humiliates the Emilsberg morality committee who condemn her show, by filming them when they call on her in private.

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Woman in Flames

1928 · Movie · 75 min. · Germany

Direction Max Reichmann

Cast Olga Tschechowa · Alexej Bondireff · Ferdinand von Alten · Arthur Pusey

Synopsis Dancing, sports and erotic pursuits are the main ingredients in this drama about the fate of this scorned and abandoned woman, Josefine, who falls for the selfish Fennhofer. This film is considered lost.

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The Flame

1923 · Movie · 43 min. · Germany

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.

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Die Geliebte Roswolskys

1921 · Movie · 55 min. · Germany

Direction Felix Basch

Cast Asta Nielsen · Paul Wegener · Wilhelm Diegelmann · Ferdinand von Alten

Synopsis Trying to kill herself, Mary is saved by rich Roswolsky.

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Der Stolz der 3. Kompanie

1932 · Movie · 85 min. · Germany

Direction Fred Sauer

Cast Heinz Rühmann · Anton Walbrook · Eugen Burg · Ferdinand von Alten

Synopsis The adventures of smart soldier Gustav Diestelbeck include managing his superior officer, competing for the canteneer's daughter, evading punishment for discipline faults and hosting Prinz Willibald during his visit to the regiment.

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Der Kaufmann von Venedig

1923 · Movie · 128 min. · Germany

Direction Peter Paul Felner

Cast Werner Krauss · Henny Porten · Harry Liedtke · Carl Ebert

Synopsis The Venetian merchant Antonio is in a difficult financial situation. To help his friend Bassanio, who is campaigning for the heiress Portia, he goes, although in mutual disgust, to the Jewish money lender Shylock to borrow money from him. If...

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Der rote Reiter

1923 · Movie · 112 min. · Germany

Direction Franz W. Koebner

Cast Fern Andra · Albert Steinrück · Carola Toelle · Hans Junkermann

Synopsis A couple, Hasia and Otto, are brought together by their loss of wealth and status as the imperial era ends, but torn apart by an unusual offer from a wealthy man. The man wishes Otto to marry his daughter, as...

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Danton

1921 · Movie · 60 min. · Germany

Direction Dimitri Buchowetzki

Cast Emil Jannings · Werner Krauss · Ossip Runitsch · Ferdinand von Alten

Synopsis The true story of the conflict between Danton and Robespierre, the leaders of the French Revolution.

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Othello

1922 · Movie · 79 min. · Germany

Direction Dimitri Buchowetzki

Cast Emil Jannings · Werner Krauss · Lya De Putti · Ica von Lenkeffy

Synopsis Based on Shakespeare's play: The treacherous Iago plans to ruin the life of Othello by provoking him to jealousy.

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This One or None

1932 · Movie · 91 min. · Germany

Direction Carl Froelich

Cast Gitta Alpar · Max Hansen · Ferdinand von Alten · Paul Otto

Synopsis Gitta Alpar stars as Eve, whose emotions are torn between two European princes, lifelong rivals who happen to be brothers. Eve prefers the nicer of the two princes, but this doesn’t stop the other from aggressively stepping up his courtship....

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