Otto Wernicke
Birthday: 1893-09-30
Place of Birth: Osterode am Harz, Germany
Biography: From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Otto Karl Robert Wernicke (30 September 1893, Osterode am Harz – 7 November 1965) was a German actor. He was best known for his role as police inspector Karl Lohmann in the two Fritz Lang films M and The Testament of Dr. Mabuse. He was the first one to portray Captain Smith in the first "official" Titanic film. Wernicke was married to a Jewish woman. Only due to a special permit was he allowed to continue his work in Nazi Germany. Description above from the Wikipedia article Otto Wernicke licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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M
In this classic German thriller, Hans Beckert, a serial killer who preys on children, becomes the fo...
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Der Tunnel
The engineer MacAllan designs a tunnel, which will join America and Europe together on the seabed. ...
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Titanic
In 1912, the Titanic embarks on its inevitable collision course with history. In the wake of the ove...
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Die blonde Christl
Hans, a young journeyman violin maker, meets and falls in love with Christel. But he has to go to Mi...
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The Testament of Dr. Mabuse
After a detective is assaulted by thugs and placed in an asylum run by Professor Baum, he observes t...
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Das Schloß in Flandern
Officers stationed in a castle in Flandes during WWI are comforted by Gloria Delamare's recorded voi...
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Peter Voss, Thief of Millions
Peter Voss, Thief of Millions is a 1932 German comedy crime film directed by Ewald André Dupont and ...
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The Great King
King Frederick II (aka "Frederick the Great") of Prussia is engaged in a major battle against the Au...
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Chased by the Devil
A doctor discovers a new medical cure with dangerous side effects, and takes the drug himself to tes...
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Studentin Helene Willfüer
Student Helene moves to Berlin to write her doctoral thesis. In the laboratory of her doctoral super...
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Midsummer Night's Fire
After many years in Africa, a man returns to his village in East Prussia to marry his intended bride...
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The Bartered Bride
Bohemia in the 19th century, stage-coach driver Hans loves the mayor's daughter Marie, but she is pr...
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Die vertauschte Braut
Capricious Lady Virginia has an unexpected double in a girl who works at a fair and wishes for a bea...
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Long Is the Road
"Long is the Road" - The first feature film to represent the Holocaust from a Jewish perspective. Sh...
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Silvesternacht am Alexanderplatz
New Year’s Eve should be a time of joy for everyone. But Herr Reinhardt has decided to take his lif...
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The Fugitive from Chicago
Werner Dux, heir of the big car company "Dux-Werke", is a gambler who has just been arrested in Chic...
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Homecoming
A Nazi propaganda film which aims to justify the invasion of Poland by portraying the plight of ethn...
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Drei wunderschöne Tage
This is essentially a "Kraft durch Freude" propaganda film though the organization is never mentione...
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Der große Preis
The moral is simple: keep your mouth shut, especially when you're working during the wartime in a fa...
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S.A. Mann Brand
This Nazi propaganda film tells the story of a young truck driver who is having trouble making ends ...
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D III 88
Across German screens at the outbreak of WWII streaks "DIII88: The New German Air Force Attacks", an...
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Between Yesterday and Tomorrow
A group of people gathers back in the post-war ruins of a luxurious Munich hotel they inhabited at o...
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Autobus S
Bus driver Jonny wants to marry Grete, but she is jealous, and when he wrecks his bus, gets robbed b...
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Rätsel um Beate
After her husband suddenly dies, a small town woman becomes the target of gossip, as to whether he h...
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Onkel Bräsig
The clever Zacharias Bräsig is a good friend to all and tries to help out, where he can. Bräsig also...
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Stimme des Blutes
Two brothers (Albert Matterstock and Attila Hoerbiger), who are trapeze artists, are getting along j...
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Geheimzeichen LB 17
It is purely coincidental that an assassination attempt against the Minister of Defense is thwarted....
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Maria Ilona
In 1848, the freedom-loving Hungarian people, led by Ludwig Kossuth, rose up against the hated rule ...
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Master of the World
A German scientist designs and builds a machine that will do dangerous work instead of placing human...
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Kolberg
During Napoleon's victorious campaign in Germany, the city of Kolberg gets isolated from the retreat...
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The Waitress Anna
Against the wishes of his adoptive father, Stefan Burgstaller decides to become a musician. He goes ...
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Sky Without Stars
Anna is a factory worker in East Germany, but her five-year-old son Jochen lives with his grandparen...
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City of Violence
Amore e sangue (released in the U.S. as "City of Violence"), the 1951 Marino Girolami (billed as "Jo...
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The Tempest
Two inspiration sources appear clearly: contemporary American gangster movies and Alfred Döblin’s no...
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The Two from South Express
A story of friendship, love, betrayal and jealousy, which the locomotive driver Karl and his coalman...
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