Acting
Otto Hartmann
Born January 22, 1904 · Vienna, Austria
Died March 14, 1994 · aged 90
Otto Hartmann was an Austrian actor and Gestapo informer.
Known For
Bright Eyes · 1929Bright Eyes
★ 7.01929
MovieComedyRomance
Jenny, a cheerful kitchen maid at the Paris-style Palais de Luxe, is hopelessly in love with charming head waiter Jean—only to be stood up when he forgets their planned tryst in favor of the hotel’s glamorous dancer, Lola. Humiliated and on the verge of arrest for “stealing” champagne, Jenny hides backstage where she’s mistaken for a performer, wows the crowd with an impromptu dance, and finally wins Jean’s heart.
The Vagrant · 1930The Vagrant
★ 9.01930
MovieDrama
Approximately half a million vagabonds were roaming Austria and Germany in the late 1920s. The film addresses their social exclusion and depicts the harsh reality of living on the fringes of society.
Suburban Cabaret · 1935Suburban Cabaret
★ 6.51935
MovieDrama
In Vienna of 1913 a young woman coming from vaudeville theatre circles stands before the wedding with a construction draftsman; this must move to the military and sends his bride on the country, so that she cannot be enticed to the stage. However, she does it and gets by an officer's love affair so in confusion that she commits suicide. - This end environment-close and differentiates of produced melodrama was rejected by press and audience vehemently; the new second film end with the rescue of the desperate was supplied later, so that in this version only a bittersweet common melodrama with excellent actors and good photograph was left. In the rental company copy is the second version of the end jointly contain.
The Case of Colonel Redl · 1931The Case of Colonel Redl
★ 8.01931
MovieDrama
Based on the short story "Der Fall des Generalstabschefs Redl" by Egon Erwin Kisch. Alfred Redl, a colonel on the Austrian General Staff, leads an extravagant private life. No one suspects that in reality he is passing information to Russian spies. Alternate-language version of "Aféra plukovníka Rédla" (1931).
A Devil of a Fellow · 1935A Devil of a Fellow
★ 8.01935
MovieComedy
An Austrian officer traveling to London to meet his newly married sister at a fancy costume party cannot find her but finds another woman instead.
Stormy Night · 1931Stormy Night
★ 10.01931
MovieDrama
Burg Theatre · 1936Burg Theatre
★ 7.81936
MovieDrama
In this convoluted melodrama, an elderly thespian falls for a rising young starlet. He admits his love for her and then announces that he will retire. The young woman pretends she loves him too, but her real motive is to give her struggling lover, also an aspiring actor, a break.
Madame Bluebeard · 1931Madame Bluebeard
★ 8.01931
MovieComedyDrama
"The fate of a beautiful woman" tells a story of Erika Dankwarth that reflects herself in a multitude of men.



