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Acting
Anton Vaverka
Born October 31, 1868
Died June 2, 1937 · aged 68
No biography available.
Known For
The Phantom of the Opera · 1925The Phantom of the Opera
★ 7.11925
MovieHorror
The deformed Phantom who haunts the Paris Opera House causes murder and mayhem in an attempt to make the woman he loves a star.
The Man Who Laughs · 1928The Man Who Laughs
★ 7.41928
MovieDramaRomance
When a proud noble refuses to kiss the hand of the despotic King James in 1690, he is cruelly executed and his son surgically disfigured.
The Wedding March · 1928The Wedding March
★ 7.11928
MovieDramaRomance
Against the backdrop of Vienna's hidebound caste system, aristocrat and army officer Nicki is attracted to peasant Mitzi, although he knows it cannot last. Acquiescing to familial pressure, he ultimately gives her up to marry the more socially acceptable – albeit crippled – heiress Cecelia. Mitzi, for her part, is heartbroken and must resign herself to marrying churlish butcher Schani Eberle.
Broken Lullaby · 1932Broken Lullaby
★ 7.41932
MovieDrama
A young French soldier in World War I is overcome with guilt when he kills a German soldier who, like himself, is a musically gifted conscript, each having attended the same musical conservatory in France. The fact that the incident occurred in war does not assuage his guilt. He travels to Germany to meet the man's family.
The Love Parade · 1929The Love Parade
★ 6.61929
MovieComedyRomance
The queen of mythical Sylvania marries a courtier, who finds his new life unsatisfying
Secrets of the Night · 1924Secrets of the Night
★ 6.71924
MovieDramaMystery
At a lavish house party, bank president Robert Andrews stages his own “murder” to distract a visiting bank examiner from uncovering a shortage, setting off a whodunit where nearly everyone has a motive. The investigation spirals until Andrews is found alive and admits the frame-up—after the deficit is repaid. A silent black-and-white Universal mystery-melodrama-comedy directed by Herbert Blaché; long thought lost, a print resurfaced in 2017.
Merry-Go-Round · 1923Merry-Go-Round
★ 6.21923
MovieDramaRomance
A nobleman posing as a necktie salesman falls in love with the daughter of a circus puppeteer, although he's already wed to the daughter of his country's war minister.
The Love Thief · 1926The Love Thief
★ 7.01926
MovieDramaRomance
To avert war between their countries an official marriage is arranged between Crown Prince Boris of Moraine and Princess Flavia of Norvia. Prince Karl of Norvia sees in the alliance an opportunity to gain control of both kingdoms but upon visiting Boris finds him unyielding and independent. Flavia, shedding her stately dignity in the palace garden, is accosted by the flirtatious Boris, who believes her to be the princess' cousin; and falling in love, he realizes that he cannot go through with the planned marriage.












