Carl Wilhelm, was a prolific German film director, film producer and screenwriter of the silent film era, at the end of which his career apparently entirely faded away and he vanished into obscurity.
Willi Forst, born Wilhelm Anton Frohs was an Austrian actor, screenwriter, film director, film producer and singer. As a debonair actor he was a darling of the German-speaking film audiences, as a director, one of the most significant makers of the Viennese period musical melodramas and comedies of the 1930s known as Wiener Filme. From the mid-1930s he also recorded many records, largely of sentimental Viennese songs, for the Odeon Records label owned by Carl Lindström AG.
The Transformation of Dr. Bessel is a 1927 German silent film directed by Richard Oswald and starring Jakob Tiedtke, Sophie Pagay and Hans Stüwe. The film was based on a novel by Ludwig Wolff. It premiered at the Ufa-Palast am Zoo. It has thematic similarities with Ernst Lubitsch's 1932 film The Man I Killed. Whereas that film featured a French soldier partially assuming the identity of a dead German, in Oswald's film a German is able to survive by pretending to be French.
All Because of the Dog is a 1935 German comedy film directed by Fred Sauer and starring Weiß Ferdl, Julia Serda and Edith Oß. Location shooting took place around Munich and Tegernsee. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Otto Guelstorff and Hans Minzloff.
Doctor Crippen or Doctor Crippen on Board is a 1942 German crime film directed by Erich Engels and starring Rudolf Fernau, René Deltgen, and Anja Elkoff.
The Four Musketeers is a 1934 German drama film directed by Heinz Paul and starring Fritz Kampers, Paul Westermeier and Erhard Siedel. It was shot at the Terra Studios in Berlin. The film's art direction was by Robert A. Dietrich.
The Schimek Family is a 1926 German silent comedy film directed by Alfred Halm and Rudolf Dworsky and starring Livio Pavanelli, Olga Chekhova, and Lydia Potechina. It was shot at the EFA Studios in Berlin. The film's sets were designed by the art director Jacek Rotmil. It is based on the 1915 play of the same title by Gustaf Kadelburg, later adapted into a 1935 German film and a 1957 Austrian film.
Love on Skis is a 1928 German silent comedy film directed by Rolf Randolf and starring Harry Liedtke, Rita Roberts and Georg Henrich. It was shot at the Bavaria Studios in Munich and on location in the Alps. The film's sets were designed by the art director Ludwig Reiber.
Miss Midshipman is a 1929 German silent comedy film directed by Fred Sauer and starring Mary Parker, Willi Forst and Fritz Schulz. The film's sets were designed by the art director August Rinaldi.
Colibri is a 1924 German silent film directed by Victor Janson and starring Ossi Oswalda and Bruno Kastner.
The Happy Vagabonds is a 1929 German silent film directed by Jacob Fleck and Luise Fleck and starring Georg Alexander, Lotte Lorring and Ernö Verebes.
I Once Had a Beautiful Homeland is a 1928 German silent film directed by Max Mack and starring Leo Peukert, Grete Reinwald, and Ernst Rückert.
The Criminal of the Century is a 1928 German silent crime film directed by Max Obal and starring Luciano Albertini, Gritta Ley, and Hans Albers. It was shot at the Staaken Studios in Berlin. The film's art direction was by Jacek Rotmil.
Between the Parents is a 1938 German drama film directed by Hans Hinrich and starring Willy Fritsch, Jutta Freybe, and Gusti Huber. It was shot at the Babelsberg Studios in Potsdam. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Wilhelm Depenau and Ludwig Reiber.
The Last Performance of the Circus Wolfson is a 1928 German silent film directed by Domenico Gambino and starring Hermann Vallentin. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Willi Herrmann and Fritz Willi Krohn.
Mikosch Comes In is a 1928 German silent comedy film directed by Rolf Randolf and starring Gyula Szőreghy, Lydia Potechina, and Claire Rommer.
Gentlemen Among Themselves is a 1929 German silent comedy film directed by Rudolf Walther-Fein and starring Hermann Picha, Lydia Potechina and Maria Paudler. It was shot at the Staaken Studios in Berlin. The film's sets were designed by Botho Hoefer and Hans Minzloff.
German Women - German Faithfulness is a 1927 German silent drama film directed by Wolfgang Neff and starring Eugen Neufeld, Philipp Manning and Helga Thomas. Its title is taken from the second verse of the German national anthem.
At the Strasbourg is a 1934 German comedy film directed by Franz Osten and starring Hans Stüwe, Ursula Grabley, and Anna von Palen.
My Son the Minister is a 1937 German comedy drama film directed by Veit Harlan and starring Hans Brausewetter, Heli Finkenzeller and Françoise Rosay.
