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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 Hitler · 1943The 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 Returns · 1940The 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.
Asphalt · 1929Asphalt
★ 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 Hummingbird · 1929Mother 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 Love · 1933Her 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 Woman · 1940The 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 Girl · 1950Buccaneer's Girl
★ 5.81950
MovieAdventureComedy
A New Orleans performer loves a pirate who robs only from the shipowner who ruined his father.
Homecoming · 1928Homecoming
★ 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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Ehre · 1917Ehre
1917
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Derby · 1926Derby
★ 10.01926
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