Conrad Veidt — Actor (28)
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The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (1920) [Movie] NeoDB Douban TMDB IMDb WikiData
Das Cabinet des Dr. Caligari
8.3 (6 ratings) director: Robert Wiene actor: Werner Krauss / Conrad Veidt …
other title: Il gabinetto del Dr. Caligari / Dr. Caligaris Kabinet …
Francis, a young man, recalls in his memory the horrible experiences he and his fiancée Jane recently went through. Francis and his friend Alan visit The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari, an exhibit where the mysterious doctor shows the somnambulist Cesare, and awakens him for some moments from his death-like sleep.
德国电影 德國早期表現主義 表现主义
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Waxworks (1924) [Movie] NeoDB Douban TMDB WikiData IMDb
Das Wachsfigurenkabinett
director: Leo Birinski / Paul Leni actor: Emil Jannings / Conrad Veidt …
other title: Il gabinetto delle figure di cera / Das Wachsfigurenkabinett …
A poet is hired by the owner of a wax museum in a circus to write tales about Harun al Raschid, Ivan the Terrible and Jack the Ripper. While writing, the poet and the daughter of the owner, Eva, fantasize the fantastic stories and fall in love for each other.
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The Man Who Laughs (1928) [Movie] TMDB WikiData NeoDB Douban IMDb
The Man Who Laughs
director: Paul Leni actor: Conrad Veidt / Mary Philbin …
other title: L'uomo che ride / Manden der ler …
When a proud noble refuses to kiss the hand of the despotic King James in 1690, he is cruelly executed and his son surgically disfigured.
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The Hands of Orlac (1924) [Movie] TMDB IMDb
Orlacs Hände
director: Robert Wiene actor: Conrad Veidt / Alexandra Sorina …
other title: Le mani dell'altro / Orlacs Hände …
A world-famous pianist loses both hands in an accident. When new hands are grafted on, he is horrified to learn they once belonged to a murderer.
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Napoleon (1927) [Movie] TMDB IMDb Douban
Napoléon
director: Abel Gance actor: Albert Dieudonné / Vladimir Roudenko …
other title: Napoleone / Napoléon …
A biopic of Napoleon Bonaparte, tracing the Corsican's career from his schooldays (where a snowball fight is staged like a military campaign) to his flight from Corsica, through the French Revolution (where a real storm is intercut with a political storm) and the Terror, culminating in his triumphant invasion of Italy in 1797.
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Opium (1919) [Movie] TMDB IMDb
Opium
director: Robert Reinert actor: Eduard von Winterstein / Hanna Ralph …
In China, Professor Gesellius has completed his long research on the many uses of opium. When he is about to return home, he hears about a special variety that produces fabulous sensations because of the way it is made, but can also cause the total destruction of the mind and body of the person who consumes it.
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The Thief of Bagdad (1940) [Movie] IMDb TMDB NeoDB WikiData Douban
The Thief of Bagdad
director: Michael Powell / Tim Whelan … actor: Conrad Veidt / Sabu …
other title: Il ladro di Bagdad / Der Dieb von Bagdad …
When Prince Ahmad is blinded and cast out of Bagdad by the nefarious Jaffar, he joins forces with the scrappy thief Abu to win back his royal place, as well as the heart of a beautiful princess.
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The Student of Prague (1926) [Movie] IMDb WikiData NeoDB Douban TMDB
Der Student von Prag
director: Henrik Galeen actor: Conrad Veidt / Elizza La Porta …
other title: Der Student von Prag / L'étudiant de Prague …
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 up to any woman worth of loving? Absorbed in his dreary thoughts and indifferent to the advances of Lyduschka, Balduin is unexpectedly offered a fortune by the mysterious money-lender Scapinelli - but on a strange condition...
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Different from the Others (1919) [Movie] IMDb WikiData TMDB
Anders als die Andern
director: Richard Oswald actor: Conrad Veidt / Anita Berber …
other title: Diverso dagli altri / Diferente dos Outros …
Conrad Veidt plays a famous musician who is blackmailed for being gay. Eventually he stands trial and is convicted. At the end the film pleads for the abolition of §175 (the law that punishes homosexuality).
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A Woman's Face (1941) [Movie] TMDB WikiData IMDb
A Woman's Face
director: George Cukor actor: Joan Crawford / Melvyn Douglas …
other title: Volto di donna / Erpressung …
A female blackmailer with a disfiguring facial scar meets a plastic surgeon who offers her the possibility of looking like a normal woman.
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The Ingmar Inheritance (1925) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
Ingmarsarvet
director: Gustaf Molander actor: Conrad Veidt / Ivan Hedqvist …
other title: Ingmarsarvet / Ingmar's Inheritance …
When his ancestors seem to appear in the clouds during a storm of biblical proportions, young Ingmar decides to give up his career as the village teacher and to reclaim the land and farm of his fathers. The same stormy night, the charismatic preacher Helgum arrives in the village to spread the word about the promises of the Holy Land, which turns parents and children, men and wives, brothers and sisters, against one another. Ingmar is torn between his love for the headmaster’s daughter Gertrud who is under the preacher’s spell, and the prospects of marrying the judge’s daughter Barbro in order to keep the farm.
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Eerie Tales (1919) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
Unheimliche Geschichten
director: Richard Oswald actor: Anita Berber / Conrad Veidt …
other title: Un affare misterioso / Unheimliche Geschichten …
A demon, a reaper, and the ghost of a prostitute read gothic short stories and act them out.
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Figures of the Night (1920) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
Nachtgestalten
director: Richard Oswald actor: Paul Wegener / Erik Charell …
other title: Nachtgestalten
"Night people". Thomas Bezug, the richest man in the world, is a solitary, domineering and cruel cripple, who hardly can move on his crutches. He dwells a fanatical love for his son, whom he holds like a monkey in a cage. His servants are defaced dwarfs. His secretary is trying to steal Bezugs assets. These are the night people.
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The Indian Tomb, Part I: The Mission of the Yoghi (1921) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
Das indische Grabmal, erster Teil: Die Sendung des Yoghi
director: Joe May actor: Olaf Fønss / Mia May …
other title: Das indische Grabmal, erster Teil: Die Sendung des Yoghi / La Mission du Yogi …
Ayan, Maharajah of Eschnapur, believes that his wife, Princess Savitri, has been unfaithful to him with officer Mac Allan. He decides to bury her alive, so he sends the Yogi Ramigani to England to look for Herbert Rowland, an architect; but when he orders him to build a tomb, Rowland refuses.
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The Last Performance (1929) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
The Last Performance
director: Pál Fejős actor: Conrad Veidt / Mary Philbin …
other title: Erik le mystérieux / Illusion …
A middle-aged magician is in love with his beautiful young assistant. She, on the other hand, is in love with the magician's young protege, who turns out to be a bum and a thief.