Olga Engl

Acting

Olga Engl

Born May 30, 1871 · Prague, Bohemia, Austria-Hungary [now Czech Republic]

Died September 21, 1946 · aged 75

Olga Engl was an Austrian-German actress who achieved great fame during the silent film era.

Known For

PhantomPhantom · 1922
Phantom
★ 6.91922
MovieDramaRomance
Lorenz Lubota is a city clerk with no direction in life. One day on his way to work he is run over by a woman driving a chariot and he is immediately infatuated with her.
The Man Who Can't Say NoThe Man Who Can't Say No · 1938
The Man Who Can't Say No
★ 7.01938
MovieComedy
This 1938 film by Mario Camerini is the German version of a previously-made film by the same director. However, unlike the previous film, this one isn't quite as serious. A libertine gets married, but is free to carry out his adventures in this marriage of convenience. Eventually, however, he will discover that the marriage is more than something convenient and will lead, surprisingly, to something he never expected.
Emil and the DetectivesEmil and the Detectives · 1931
Emil and the Detectives
★ 7.31931
MovieFamilyComedy
When a suspicious man bribes Emil with chocolate in return for a bundle of cash, the young lad thinks of a plan to catch him.
Der DiebDer Dieb · 1918
Der Dieb
1918
Movie
The Csardas PrincessThe Csardas Princess · 1934
The Csardas Princess
★ 9.01934
MovieMusicRomance
Sylva Varescu is an operetta singer performing Kálmán's Die Czardasfürstin through Europe with great success. Before going to Vienna she meets handsome Prinz Weylerstein and they fall in love. Offered a contract for America, she doubts until she finds out that he is already engaged to a countess.
Zwei MenschenZwei Menschen · 1919
Zwei Menschen
★ 10.01919
MovieDrama
An actor and his wife have a tumultuous relationship. It ends in separation and a child custody battle.
Mistress MoonMistress Moon · 1941
Mistress Moon
★ 7.51941
MovieComedy
Berlin's theatre crowd is excited about the new operetta "Frau Luna". But for the head of the city's vice police, who was invited to the dress rehearsal, the costumes for the ladies onstage are a bit too revealing. He demands the show be cancelled as offensive. The president of the Thusneldenbund has taken it upon himself to alert everyone about the growth of immorality in the capital. The theatre director Knopp has come up with an idea to convince these "fine" gentlemen to let the operetta go onstage again: He intends to win over the friendship of the moral police and then nothing will stand in the way of "Frau Luna" once more being performed.
Witching HourWitching Hour · 1917
Witching Hour
★ 7.01917
MovieDramaHorror
The noble family de la Porte lives at castle Medan. After the lost heir August returns unexpectedly, countess Herm, mother-in-law of younger brother Johann, fears for the inheritance of her daughter.

Filmography

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The Great LoveThe Great Love · 1942
The Great Love
★ 6.81942
MovieDramaRomance
The attractive Oberleutnant Paul Wendlandt is stationed in North Africa as a fighter pilot. While in Berlin to deliver a report he is given a day's leave, and on the stage of the cabaret theatre "Skala" sees the popular Danish singer Hanna Holberg. For Paul it is love at first sight. When Hanna visits friends after the end of the performance, he follows her, and speaks to her in the U-Bahn. After the party in her friends' flat, he accompanies her home and chance throws them further together when an air raid warning forces them to take cover in the air raid shelter. Hanna reciprocates Paul's feelings, but after a night spent together Paul has to return immediately to the front. There now follows a whole series of misunderstandings, and one missed opportunity after another. While Hanna waits in vain for some sign of life from Paul, he is flying on missions in North Africa. When he tries to visit her in her Berlin flat, she is giving a Christmas concert in Paris.

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