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Hanns Kräly

Born January 16, 1884 · Hamburg, Germany

Died November 11, 1950 · aged 66

No biography available.

Known For

One Hundred Men and a GirlOne Hundred Men and a Girl · 1937
One Hundred Men and a Girl
★ 6.41937
MovieComedyMusic
The daughter of a struggling musician forms a symphony orchestra made up of his unemployed friends and through persistence, charm and a few misunderstandings, is able to get Leopold Stokowski to lead them in a concert that leads to a radio contract.
The EagleThe Eagle · 1925
The Eagle
★ 6.41925
MovieAdventureRomance
A wanted Russian lieutenant becomes a masked vigilante seeking vengeance upon the man who stole his family's land, only to fall for his charming daughter.
So This Is ParisSo This Is Paris · 1926
So This Is Paris
★ 6.41926
MovieComedy
Paul and Suzanne Giraud are happily married and living in a quiet neighborhood. When Suzanne notices that their new neighbors are expressive dancers in revealing outfits, she demands Paul speak to them about their lack of morality. Paul discovers that the woman is Georgette Lalle, an old flame.
SumurunSumurun · 1920
Sumurun
★ 6.11920
MovieAdventureDrama
The favorite slave girl of a tyrannical sheik falls in love with a cloth merchant. Meanwhile, a hunchback clown suffers unrequited love for a traveling dancer who wants to join the harem.
I Don't Want to Be a ManI Don't Want to Be a Man · 1918
I Don't Want to Be a Man
★ 6.41918
MovieComedy
A teenage tomboy, tired of being bossed around by her strict guardian, impersonates a man so she can have more fun. She quickly discovers that being the opposite sex isn’t as easy as she had hoped for. What ensues is a gender-bending comedy decades ahead of its time.
The Garden of EdenThe Garden of Eden · 1928
The Garden of Eden
★ 5.91928
MovieDramaComedy
Toni Le Brun, a beautiful Viennese singer, becomes the ward of the wardrobe mistress of a Monte Carlo nightclub. Her benefactor, however, is actually a baroness incognito. Toni falls in love with the handsome Richard, but as they prepare to marry, she comes to believe he is only after the wealth accompanying her new noble status. But truth, like true love, will not be kept secret long.
The Oyster PrincessThe Oyster Princess · 1919
The Oyster Princess
★ 6.81919
MovieComedy
A pampered American oyster tycoon decides to buy a husband for his daughter, but things don’t go quite as planned. Along the way there are mishaps, misunderstandings and a foxtrot sequence that must be seen to be believed.
It Started with EveIt Started with Eve · 1941
It Started with Eve
★ 7.21941
MovieComedyRomance
A young man asks a hat check girl to pose as his fiancée in order to make his dying father's last moments happy. However, the old man's health takes a turn for the better and now his son doesn't know how to break the news that he's engaged to someone else, especially since his father is so taken with the impostor.

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BetrayalBetrayal · 1929
Betrayal
★ 9.01929
MovieDrama
André Frey, a bohemian artist, woos and wins a rustic Swiss maid, promising to return to her after a visit to the city. The girl, Vroni, finds herself pregnant and is forced by her father to marry Poldi Moser, the mayor of the small Swiss town. Moser and Vroni are happy together, and two sons are born to them. André returns to the village periodically and finally asks Vroni to go away with him. She refuses, and he writes her an angry note. That evening, Vroni and André are involved in a toboggan accident; Vroni is killed outright, and André is fatally injured. Moser finds André's note and goes to him, demanding of the dying man to know which of the boys is in fact André's child. Thinking to protect his own son, André informs Moser that Moser's own son is his (André's) son. Moser swears vengeance on the child but relents when he realizes that he loves both boys equally.

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