Paula Wessely
Birthday: 1907-01-20
Place of Birth: Vienna, Austria
Biography: Paula Anna Maria Wessely (20 January 1907 – 11 May 2000) was an Austrian theatre and film actress. Die Wessely (literally "The Wessely"), as she was affectionately called by her admirers and fans, was Austria's foremost popular postwar actress.
Movies
Masquerade in Vienna
After a masked carnival ball, Gerda Harrandt, wife of the surgeon Carl Ludwig Harrandt, allows the f...
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Everyman
Everyman (German: Jedermann) is a 1961 Austrian drama film directed by Gottfried Reinhardt, based on...
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The Third Sex
Klaus is a young man in post-war Berlin. He is drawn to his friend Manfred and, under the encouragem...
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Episode
Vienna, 1922. Due to a sudden financial tragedy, a young woman begins accepting checks from an older...
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The Angel with the Trumpet
A long time-span of Austrian history (from the late 19th century to the years after world war II) is...
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Die Wirtin zur Goldenen Krone
Since the capable landlady Maria bears a striking resemblance to the ruler of a miniature state, she...
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Ich und meine Frau
The conversion of a pedantic family tyrant into an understanding husband and father....
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The Light of Love
After her husband's death, Kate Zeller had to sell the farm and move with her four children from the...
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Späte Liebe
A drama about marriage in a small town, which takes place at the turn of the 19th into the 20th Cent...
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Das Herz muß schweigen
On New Year's Eve 1900, Paul Holzgruber started a new praxis as a radiologist. The young Maximilian...
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Der Bauer als Millionär
The fairy Lacrimosa's daughter lives with a forest farmer. If she marries a poor man, her mother wil...
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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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Die unvollkommene Ehe
Divorce lawyer Dr. Winifred Lert tries to convince her daughter Susi of the futility of marriage. Bu...
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Ein Leben lang
In 1910, the landlord's daughter Agnes from the Steiermark gets to know the diplomat Hans. They hav...
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Unter Achtzehn
The social worker Luise Gottschalk dedicates all her passion to the Viennese caretakers and derailed...
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So Ended a Great Love
The political advisor to the French emperor Napoleon, and the Austrian emperor Franz I, arrange a ma...
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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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Leckerbissen
"Gems" - Embedded in a frame story, the film shows excerpts from 18 entertainment films of the time,...
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Der große Zauberer - Max Reinhardt
"The Great Magician" - Max Reinhardt (1873-1943) was an Austrian theater and film director, director...
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Glücksachen
For thirty years Anna sat at the checkout in the supermarket; now she is retired and doesn't know wh...
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