Direction: Paul Czinner

The best movies, series, and documentaries directed by Paul Czinner. Explore exceptional titles that showcase a unique filmmaking vision.


The Rise of Catherine the Great

1934 · Movie · 95 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Paul Czinner · Alexander Korda

Cast Elisabeth Bergner · Douglas Fairbanks Jr. · Flora Robson · Gerald du Maurier

Synopsis A quick-witted and compelling dramatization of the troubled marriage of Catherine II (played by German actress Elisabeth Bergner, in her English-language debut) to Peter III (a randy Douglas Fairbanks Jr.) and her subsequent ascension to the throne as Empress of...

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As You Like It

1936 · Movie · 96 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Paul Czinner

Cast Elisabeth Bergner · Henry Ainley · Felix Aylmer · Laurence Olivier

Synopsis A duke usurps his brother's land and power, banishing him and his retinue into the forest of Arden. The banished duke's daughter, Rosalind, remains with her cousin Celia. She has fallen in love with Orlando, but he has his own...

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Ariane

1931 · Movie · 85 min. · Germany

Direction Paul Czinner

Cast Elisabeth Bergner · Rudolf Forster · Annemarie Steinsieck · Hertha Guthmar

Synopsis Ariane was Hungarian director Paul Czinner's first talking picture. Starring in the title role is Czinner's charming wife, Elizabeth Bergner, likewise making her talkie debut. Young, naive Ariane sets herself for an emotional fall when she falls in love with...

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Mélo

1932 · Movie · 95 min. · France

Direction Paul Czinner

Cast Gaby Morlay · Pierre Blanchar · Victor Francen · Maria Fromet

Synopsis Pierre,the first violin in the Colonne concerts , is married to Romaine who falls in love with Marcel Blanc,a violin virtuoso and her husband's friend.She becomes his mistress,but she cannot make her mind to confess her love affair, devoured by...

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Escape me never

1935 · Movie · 95 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Paul Czinner

Cast Elisabeth Bergner · Hugh Sinclair · Griffith Jones · Penelope Dudley-Ward

Synopsis Drama based on the play of Margaret Kennedy. Sanger composer is torn between love for two women. Although he married Gemma, a young defenseless, who is secretly loves Fenella, his brother's wife Caryl.

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Dreaming Lips

1937 · Movie · 94 min. · United Kingdom

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Dreaming Lips

1932 · Movie · 95 min. · Germany

Direction Paul Czinner

Cast Elisabeth Bergner · Rudolf Forster · Anton Edthofer · Margarethe Hruby

Synopsis The young Gaby (Elisabeth Bergner) is happily married to the musician Peter (Anton Edthofer) but cannot ignore the impression that his friend Michael (Rudolf Forster), a violin virtuoso, makes on her. Even when Peter falls seriously ill, she cannot forget...

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Love

1927 · Movie · Germany

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The Way of Lost Souls

1929 · Movie · 94 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Paul Czinner

Cast Pola Negri · Warwick Ward · Hans Rehmann · Cameron Carr

Synopsis A lighthouse keeper's wife shelters her fugitive lover.

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Miss Else

1929 · Movie · 90 min. · Germany

Direction Paul Czinner

Cast Elisabeth Bergner · Albert Basserman · Albert Steinrück · Adele Sandrock

Synopsis Else is in St. Moritz, holidaying with an aunt and cousin. All’s right with the world, until word comes that her father, a lawyer in Vienna, faces bankruptcy through speculating with clients’ funds. Ruin can only be averted with financial...

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The Bolshoi Ballet

1957 · Movie · 100 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Paul Czinner

Cast Galina Ulanova · Raisa Struchkova · Nikolai Fedeychev

Synopsis Though John de Vere Loder is the credited director for the British documentary Bolshoi Ballet, chances are that producer Paul Czinner was responsible for the pacing and tone of the film. Divided into seven sections, the film begins with highlights...

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Ariane, jeune fille russe

1932 · Movie · 85 min. · France

Direction Paul Czinner

Cast Gaby Morlay · Rachel Devirys · Maria Fromet · Victor Francen

Synopsis Arianne ,a young Russian maid living in France, meets a man twice her age she falls in love with.

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