Acting
Horst Birr
Born February 17, 1912 · Leipzig, Germany
Died October 18, 1943 · aged 31
No biography available.
Known For
Napoleon Is to Blame for Everything · 1938Napoleon Is to Blame for Everything
★ 8.51938
MovieComedy
English Lord Arthur Cavershoot is a passionate Napoleon scholar who badly neglects his wife Josephine for his obsession with the French emperor. When the cranky historian travels to a Napoleon conference in Paris, his smart spouse secretly follows him. Unnoticed by her, the city of love threatens to spark a romance between Arthur and a chorus girl.
Gypsy Ways · 1939Gypsy Ways
★ 6.51939
MovieDrama
Silo is a bum; but he's a bum whose beloved by all and one day, he is found wounded on the banks of the Theiss. Fishermen take him back to the village and Maria, Alexander Renka's young wife, cares for him until he gets better. Silo's wound heals, but he decides to stick with the fishermen to find out who the intended target for the stabbing knife really was (for who would stab a beloved bum?). Maria's husband is acting really strange. He is away from home often and can be found very often near the hut of the gypsy Panna, who can allegedly bewitch any man she pleases. Maria is convinced from her womanly intuition -- never mind asking -- that her husband is doing the dirty with the gypsy and decides to abandon him and the town she lives in. With her brother, she returns to her homeland, the steppe. That same morning, Alexander Renka is found dead on the riverbank and he's been stabbed, too.
The Man Who Was Sherlock Holmes · 1937The Man Who Was Sherlock Holmes
★ 7.31937
MovieComedyCrime
Two dubious characters disguise themselves as Holmes and Watson to gain attention and end up chasing counterfeiters and stolen stamps.
Seven Slaps · 1937Seven Slaps
★ 6.51937
MovieComedyRomance
William MacPhab loses seven-pounds in the stock market and decides to slap the man who was responsible for the stock manipulation that caused him to lose his money. Astor Terbanks, the stock-market manipulator is surprised the next day when he gets soundly slapped by MacPhab, and the latter promises to deliver one more a day for the next six days. Terbank's daughter, Daisy, is amused by the procedure and is attracted to MacPhab.
The Hound of the Baskervilles · 1937The Hound of the Baskervilles
★ 5.81937
MovieCrimeMystery
Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson look into reports that a huge, vicious hound has killed Lord Charles Baskerville and that Lord Henry Baskerville is the next to be killed.
The Stars Shine · 1938The Stars Shine
★ 6.61938
MovieMusic
German all-star musical from 1938 that was a big commercial success.
Battle Squadron Lützow · 1941Battle Squadron Lützow
★ 6.01941
MovieWar
Propaganda film telling the story of a German bomber crew taking part in the invasion of Poland and attacks on British shipping.
Little Sinner · 1938Little Sinner
★ 9.01938
MovieComedy
In this love triangle, two comrades working at a Berlin auto repair place fall out over a waitress they both want. The only way Rudi can think of winning away Erika from Hanni is to badmouth her to his rival.
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Battle Squadron Lützow · 1941Battle Squadron Lützow
★ 6.01941
MovieWar
Propaganda film telling the story of a German bomber crew taking part in the invasion of Poland and attacks on British shipping.
Obergefreiter Hasinger
Savoy-Hotel 217 · 1936Savoy-Hotel 217
★ 4.61936
MovieDramaCrime
A Moscow hotel waiter, found at the scene of a murder, tries to locate the real killer among a series of suspects.
Wanja - Hotelangestellter
Das Gewehr über · 1939Das Gewehr über
★ 8.01939
MovieWar
Schütze Jupp Derksen
Hearts Are Trumps · 1934Hearts Are Trumps
★ 6.01934
MovieComedy
Hotel tycoon Paulsen re-meets an old flame who mistakes him for a waiter. Paulsen's daughter Toni likes hotelier Reno and accepts to work for him as a waitress and chambermaid because she wants to be loved for herself, not her money.
Peter, Schiffsjunge, Tonis Freund











