Joe May

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Joe May

Born November 7, 1880 · Vienna, Austria-Hungary [now Austria]

Died April 29, 1954 · aged 73

Joe May, born Julius Otto Mandl, was a film director, screenwriter and producer. He was one of the pioneers of German cinema. In 1902 he married the actress Mia May, born Hermine Pfleger, and adapted her stage name as his. The same year their daughter Eva (1902-24) was born. In 1933 the family emigrated to USA.

Known For

The Strange Death of Adolf HitlerThe Strange Death of Adolf Hitler · 1943
The Strange Death of Adolf Hitler
5.21943
MovieDramaWar
Austrian actor Franz Huber, known for his impressions, is captured by the Gestapo and forced into plastic surgery to become Hitler's body double. Their plan is to poison Hitler and use Huber to take control of the Reich. Meanwhile, Huber's wife Anna sees her life coming undone as her husband has disappeared and her two sons are indoctrinated into the Hitler Youth.
The Invisible Man ReturnsThe Invisible Man Returns · 1940
The Invisible Man Returns
6.31940
MovieHorrorScience Fiction
The owner of a coal mining operation, falsely imprisoned for fratricide, takes a drug to make him invisible, despite its side effect: gradual madness.
AsphaltAsphalt · 1929
Asphalt
7.31929
MovieDrama
Starring Betty Amann in her most famous leading role, Joe May's Asphalt is a luxuriously produced German Expressionist classic where tragic liaisons and fatal encounters are shaped alongside the constant roar of Berlin traffic.
Mother HummingbirdMother Hummingbird · 1929
Mother Hummingbird
4.71929
MovieDramaRomance
A neglected Baroness falls in love with her oldest son's military officer friend, their adulterous romance leading the two to flee to Algeria.
Her Majesty LoveHer Majesty Love · 1933
Her Majesty Love
10.01933
MovieComedy
Fred von Wellingen is a wealthy industrialist, part of a large family-owned corporation. Fred has fallen for Lia, a comely bartender in the Berlin Cabaret. He proposes to her, much to the horror of his family, which considers Lia and her unsophisticated father far below their caste. The family convinces Fred to give up the girl in exchange for increased position and income in the company. But Fred's lapse is momentary, and he again pursues Lia. But she, by this time, has learned of his erstwhile agreement and has agreed to marry someone else.
The Invisible WomanThe Invisible Woman · 1940
The Invisible Woman
5.71940
MovieComedyHorror
Kitty Carroll, an attractive store model, volunteers to become a test subject for a machine that will make her invisible so that she can use her invisibility to exact revenge on her ex-boss.
Buccaneer's GirlBuccaneer's Girl · 1950
Buccaneer's Girl
5.81950
MovieAdventureComedy
A New Orleans performer loves a pirate who robs only from the shipowner who ruined his father.
HomecomingHomecoming · 1928
Homecoming
6.61928
MovieDrama
Following World War I, after a long imprisonment, two German prisoner-of-war soldiers escape from a Siberian lead-mine. Karl manages to reach Germany before Richard, and is sheltered by Anna, wife of Richard. While Richard is still on his homeward trek, Karl and Anna fall in love. And then Richard comes home.

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You're Not So ToughYou're Not So Tough · 1940
You're Not So Tough
5.01940
MovieCrimeDrama
The Dead End Kids are out of the slums of New York's East Side and running around the sunny valleys of California looking for a way to make a quick buck. The idea of working never enters their minds until Halop is egged on by Grey to show his capabilities. Before long, he and Hall are working on the ranch of Galli, an elderly Italian woman who treats her workers like human beings instead of animals. Galli's son disappeared as an infant, and Halop tries to convince her that he is that long lost son, thus possibly sharing in her wealth. Galli is such a good person that Halop is soon motivated by respect instead of greed, so he devises a plan to help her when truckers and a labor organization band together to keep her crops from making it to market.

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