Biography: Conrad Veidt |
Like so many German actors who played Nazis during World War II, Conrad Veidt was a fervent anti-Nazi and had fled Europe just one step ahead of the storm troopers. Veidt began his career at age 20 under the guidance of the great Max Reinhardt. His... more
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Cast: Michael Powell
Tags: Spy Film Melodrama Action Drama
Length: 82min
The Spy In Black is the story of a German World War I submarine captain (Conrad Veidt) who is given a mission to discover British intelligence secrets. Once he arrives in the Orkney Islands, he meets up with a female schoolteacher (Valerie Hobson),...
Tags: Drama
Length: 70min
In one of his last European film appearances, Conrad Veidt heads the cast of Le Joueur D'Echecs (The Checker Player). Set during the reign of Russia's Catherine the Great, the film recreates Poland's ongoing efforts to wrest free of Russian tyranny....
Cast: Vivien Leigh Alexander Korda
Tags: Spy Film Romantic Drama War Spy Film War Romance
Length: 82min
The unorthodox teaming of Vivien Leigh and Conrad Veidt is but one of the many pleasures of the 1937 spy yarn Dark Journey. Leigh plays a Stockholm dress-shop owner during World War I, who, being a neutral, is permitted to travel unmolested to and...
Tags: Adventure
Length: 100min
Though its title translates as Storm over Asia, this French melodrama bears no relation to the Pudovkin film of the same name. Conrad Veidt stars as a soldier of fortune who spearheads an expedition in Mongolia in hopes of finding hitherto untapped...
Cast: Conrad Veidt Raymond Massey Victor Sjöström James Wong Howe
Tags: Adventure Costume Adventure Romantic Adventure Swashbuckler
Length: 82min
Famed Swedish director Victor Sjostrom was coaxed out of retirement to direct his final film, Under the Red Robe, a swashbuckling adventure that takes place in the France of Louis XIII. Conrad Veidt stars as Gil de Berault, quick with his sword yet...
Cast: Walter Forde Noah Beery, Sr.
Tags: Drama Adventure Action Prison Film Melodrama
Length: 81min
Based on the stage melodrama by John Chancellor, King of the Damned takes place on a brutal prison colony that makes Devil's Island look like Disneyland. Cruel governor Courvin believes in strict discipline, and isn't above breaking a few backs to get...
Length: 70min
The title tells all in the German-made Legend of William Tell. Hans Marr is at his most nobly heroic as the title character, the 13th-century Swiss huntsman-patriot who defied the despotic dictatorship of Herr Gessler (Conrad Veidt). The famous scene...
The Passing of the Third Floor Back (1936)
Length: 80min
The Passing of the Third Floor Back, Jerome K. Jerome's mystical 1908 stage play, was given perfunctory treatment in this 1935 film version. Conrad Veidt assumes the old J. Forbes Robertson role as the Mysterious Stranger who moves into a cheap...
Cast: Cedric Hardwicke
Tags: Historical Film Drama Message Movie
Length: 105min
Jew Suss was a well-worn stage drama based on an old novel by Lionel Feuchtwanger. The story involves an enterprising Jewish businessman (Conrad Veidt) who gains power and influence in the European community of Wurttemburg. He does this to help his...
Cast: Peggy Ashcroft
Tags: Fantasy Religious Drama Historical Film Hagiography
Length: 85min
This story is based both on a long-standing legend and a play by E. Temple Thurston. Veteran British director Maurice Elvey brought years of experience with theatrical adaptations to the difficult task of filming a movie that spans centuries and...
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