Joseph Egger

Acting

Joseph Egger

Born February 21, 1889 · Donawitz, Styria, Austria-Hungary [now Austria]

Died August 29, 1966 · aged 77

Joseph Egger, also known as Josef Egger, (22 February 1889 – 29 August 1966) was an Austrian character actor who appeared in 76 films between 1935 and 1965. The 18-year-old Egger started his stage career at the Leoben theatre. During the following decades, he also appeared at the Raimund Theater in Vienna and at the Deutsches Theater in Munich. Besides acting Egger was a well-known music hall com…

Known For

A Fistful of DollarsA Fistful of Dollars · 1964
A Fistful of Dollars
7.81964
MovieWestern
The Man With No Name enters the Mexican village of San Miguel in the midst of a power struggle among the three Rojo brothers and sheriff John Baxter. When a regiment of Mexican soldiers bearing gold intended to pay for new weapons is waylaid by the Rojo brothers, the stranger inserts himself into the middle of the long-simmering battle, selling false information to both sides for his own benefit.
For a Few Dollars MoreFor a Few Dollars More · 1965
For a Few Dollars More
8.01965
MovieWestern
Two bounty hunters both pursue the brutal and sadistic bandit, El Indio, who has a large bounty on his head.
Valentins SündenfallValentins Sündenfall · 1951
Valentins Sündenfall
8.01951
MovieComedy
The single farmer Christian is highly sought after by the young, marriage-minded women of the area, but so far he has successfully evaded all matchmaking attempts. Last time, the somewhat bawdy country women Vroni and Petronella were offered to him as potential wives at the marriage market, but this time too he firmly rejected them. However, these young ladies feel personally attacked by his rejection and are now plotting revenge. To do so, they first need to get close to Christian, so Vroni and Petronella disguise themselves as a pig-suckling girl and a stable boy, respectively, and go to Christian's farm looking for work.
ChristineChristine · 1958
Christine
6.31958
MovieDramaRomance
Vienna, 1906. A passionate love story develops between Franz Lobheiner and the young Christine. Lobheiner is, however, currently seeing the married Baroness von Eggersdorf. Upon learning of his wife's infidelity, the Baron von Eggersdorf provokes a duel with Lobheiner. But the former is no longer a real threat to the Baron. Lobheiner is now passionately in love with Christine. How will this love quartet end?
Columbus Discovers KraehwinkelColumbus Discovers Kraehwinkel · 1954
Columbus Discovers Kraehwinkel
10.01954
MovieComedy
Two GIs haven fallen in love with "Fräuleins", decide to stay in Germany and open a typically American drugstore in the center of the small town where their girlfriends live.
Das FerienkindDas Ferienkind · 1943
Das Ferienkind
6.81943
MovieComedy
The White Horse InnThe White Horse Inn · 1935
The White Horse Inn
7.01935
Movie
Im weißen Rößl (English title: White Horse Inn or The White Horse Inn) is an operetta or musical comedy by Ralph Benatzky and Robert Stolz in collaboration with a number of other composers and writers, set in the picturesque Salzkammergut region of Upper Austria. It is about the head waiter of the White Horse Inn in St. Wolfgang who is desperately in love with the owner of the inn, a resolute young woman who at first only has eyes for one of her regular guests.
Der schönste Tag meines LebensDer schönste Tag meines Lebens · 1957
Der schönste Tag meines Lebens
6.81957
MovieDramaMusic

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