Directing

E.A. Dupont

Born December 25, 1891 · Zeitz - Germany

Died December 12, 1956 · aged 64

Ewald André Dupont (25 December 1891, Zeitz, Saxony, Germany – 12 December 1956, Hollywood) was a German film director, one of the founders of the German film industry. He was frequently credited as E. A. Dupont. A newspaper columnist in 1916, Dupont became a screenwriter and began directing his own crime-story scripts in 1918. After several successes in his native Germany in silent films, he wor…

Known For

Please Murder Me

Please Murder Me · 1956

Please Murder Me

MovieCrimeThriller

A lawyer tries to exact justice on a woman he defended in court -- a woman whom he found out was guilty after getting her off.

Magic Fire

Magic Fire · 1955

MovieDramaRomance

In the middle of the 19th-century, when the social structure of Europe is about to be reshaped, the world of music is shaken by one man: Richard Wagner.

Piccadilly

Piccadilly · 1929

MovieDramaCrime

A young Chinese woman, working in the kitchen at a London dance club, is given the chance to become the club's main act.

The Steel Lady

The Steel Lady · 1953

MovieActionDrama

Surviving a plane crash in the Sahara, four oilmen find and manage to repair a German Afrika Corps tank which had been buried in the sand since WWII.

Hell's Kitchen

Hell's Kitchen · 1939

A paroled convict's efforts to improve conditions at a boys' reform school alarm the school's corrupt warden, who has been embezzling funds from the institution. He hatches a plan to derail the reformed convict's efforts and have him sent back to prison, and part of that scheme involves cracking down hard on the reform school's inmates.

Love Me and the World Is Mine

Love Me and the World Is Mine · 1927

Love Me and the World Is Mine

MovieComedyDrama

In Old Vienna in the days prior to The Great War, a beautiful woman, Hannerl, has her choice of two men; the first is a dashing young army officer who can provide blazing romance and little long-time security. The other is an older man, influential in the affairs of Austria, who could provide wealth...and tender devotion. Hannerl thinks about it.

Pictura

Pictura · 1951

MovieDocumentary

A documentary film directed by seven famous directors, and narrated by several famous Hollywood actors. The film attempts to give the general filmgoing public a taste of art history and art appreciation.

The Scarf

The Scarf · 1951

MovieDramaMystery

A man who is believed to have murdered a woman, escapes from the insane asylum to find if he was the one to actually kill her using the scarf she was wearing.

Filmography

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Please Murder Me

Please Murder Me · 1956

Please Murder Me

MovieCrimeThriller

A lawyer tries to exact justice on a woman he defended in court -- a woman whom he found out was guilty after getting her off.

Story

Magic Fire

Magic Fire · 1955

MovieDramaRomance

In the middle of the 19th-century, when the social structure of Europe is about to be reshaped, the world of music is shaken by one man: Richard Wagner.

Screenplay

Piccadilly

Piccadilly · 1929

MovieDramaCrime

A young Chinese woman, working in the kitchen at a London dance club, is given the chance to become the club's main act.

Director

The Steel Lady

The Steel Lady · 1953

MovieActionDrama

Surviving a plane crash in the Sahara, four oilmen find and manage to repair a German Afrika Corps tank which had been buried in the sand since WWII.

Director

Hell's Kitchen

Hell's Kitchen · 1939

A paroled convict's efforts to improve conditions at a boys' reform school alarm the school's corrupt warden, who has been embezzling funds from the institution. He hatches a plan to derail the reformed convict's efforts and have him sent back to prison, and part of that scheme involves cracking down hard on the reform school's inmates.

Director

Love Me and the World Is Mine

Love Me and the World Is Mine · 1927

Love Me and the World Is Mine

MovieComedyDrama

In Old Vienna in the days prior to The Great War, a beautiful woman, Hannerl, has her choice of two men; the first is a dashing young army officer who can provide blazing romance and little long-time security. The other is an older man, influential in the affairs of Austria, who could provide wealth...and tender devotion. Hannerl thinks about it.

Director

Pictura

Pictura · 1951

MovieDocumentary

A documentary film directed by seven famous directors, and narrated by several famous Hollywood actors. The film attempts to give the general filmgoing public a taste of art history and art appreciation.

Director

The Scarf

The Scarf · 1951

MovieDramaMystery

A man who is believed to have murdered a woman, escapes from the insane asylum to find if he was the one to actually kill her using the scarf she was wearing.

Director

The Neanderthal Man

The Neanderthal Man · 1953

The Neanderthal Man

MovieHorrorScience Fiction

A scientist develops a formula which will cause animals to regress to the form of their primitive ancestors, and tries it on himself with disastrous results.

Director

Trapeze

Trapeze · 1931

Robby and Jim are two friends working in a circus. When Marina, a new acrobat, enters the show, both men will compete for her love. She needs a partner for a flying number, and one of them will be elected. Then accidents will happen.

Director

On Such a Night

On Such a Night · 1937

On Such a Night

MovieCrimeDrama

When her husband is accused of murder, an actress tries to prove his innocence.

Director

Die Geierwally

Die Geierwally · 1921

"The Bear Joseph", so named because of a fight with a bear, is rescued by Wally, a farmer's daughter, from a dangerous situation in a vulture's nest. He then calls her "Geierwally". They fall in love. Wally's father disapproves of this romance. He has other plans for Wally.

Director

Durchlaucht Hypochonder

Durchlaucht Hypochonder · 1918

Durchlaucht Hypochonder

A bored princess' flights of fancy cause troubles for the entire household, especially her husband.

Writer

Problem Girls

Problem Girls · 1953

MovieDramaMystery

A medical student learns about a scheme to drug a girl and pass her off as an heiress to an oil fortune.

Director

Return to Treasure Island

Return to Treasure Island · 1954

Return to Treasure Island

Jamie, a descendant of Jim Hawkins, teams up with Clive, a scholar of pirate lore, on present-day Treasure Island where villainous rivals seek her priceless map.

Director

Peter Voss, Thief of Millions

Peter Voss, Thief of Millions · 1932

Peter Voss, Thief of Millions

MovieAdventureCrime

When the wealthy Mr. Pitt decides to withdraw a sum in the millions, the Schilling & Co. bank faces ruin. To save it, the authorized signatory Peter Voß stages a break-in in which two million marks are allegedly stolen.

Director

Two Worlds

Two Worlds · 1930

An old Jewish man is forced to hide the Austrian lieutenant who killed his son and loves his daughter.

Director

Atlantic

Atlantic · 1930

A heavily fictionalized version of the RMS Titanic story.

Director

Night of Mystery

Night of Mystery · 1937

Night of Mystery

Philo Vance investigates a series of murders among members of the wealthy Greene family.

Director

The Two Worlds

The Two Worlds · 1930

Director

Moulin Rouge

Moulin Rouge · 1928

MovieMusicDrama

An odd and tightly directed tale of a singer/dancer at the Moulin Rouge, who meets her daughter's fiance, only to have him fall obsessively in love with her and she with him. Alienation, betrayal and near tragedy result.

Director

Cape Forlorn

Cape Forlorn · 1931

William Kell, the keeper of a lighthouse on a lonely stretch of coastline, marries cabaret dancer Eileen. His young wife, however, goes on to have an affair with Henry Cass, the handsome assistant later taken on by her husband; when she then begins to flirt with a stranger who is rescued from the wreck of a motor-launch, a chain of shocking events is set in motion...

Screenplay

The Green Manuela

The Green Manuela · 1923

The Green Manuela

A gypsy dancer becomes involved with some smugglers in Spain.

Director

The Secret of the American Docks

The Secret of the American Docks · 1919

The Secret of the American Docks

James Mistoll, one of the owners of a factory, and working on a process to turn copper ore into radium, falls from a window on the fourth floor and dies; This was no accident, but a murder. A detective sends his assistant, Barnes, to investigate and soon the number of suspects from within the company multiplies.

Director