Felix Bressart was a German-born actor of stage and screen whose career spanned both Europe and Hollywood.
Escape is a 1940 drama film about an American in pre-World War II Nazi Germany who discovers his mother is in a concentration camp and tries desperately to free her. It starred Norma Shearer, Robert Taylor, Conrad Veidt and Nazimova. It was adapted from the novel of the same name by Grace Zaring Stone.
Young Medardus is a 1923 Austrian silent historical drama film directed by Michael Curtiz and starring Victor Varconi, Egon von Jordan and Agnes Esterhazy. Based on a play with the same name by Arthur Schnitzler, it is set during the 1809 French occupation of Vienna during the Napoleonic Wars.
Gräfin Dubarry is an operetta in three acts by Carl Millöcker to a German libretto by F. Zell and Richard Genée. The story concerns Madame du Barry, the mistress of Louis XV, King of France.
The Private Secretary is a 1931 German musical film directed by Wilhelm Thiele and starring Renate Müller, Hermann Thimig and Felix Bressart.
Leap into Bliss is a 1934 Austrian comedy film directed by Fritz Schulz and starring Schulz, Olly Gebauer and Rosy Barsony. It was one of a number of Austrian films made by newly founded independent film companies by German filmmakers who were forced to leave Nazi Germany after 1933 - a cycle which ended with the Anchluss of 1938.
Anny Ahlers was a German actress and singer. She was born in Hamburg.
Three Days Confined to Barracks is a 1930 German comedy film directed by Carl Boese and starring Max Adalbert, Ida Wüst, and Gretl Theimer. The film is a farce set around a military barracks. It was a major hit on its release. It was shot at the Tempelhof Studios in Berlin. The film's sets were designed by the art director Emil Hasler. It was later remade in 1955 under the same title.
Die zärtlichen Verwandten is a 1930 German comedy film directed by Richard Oswald and starring Harald Paulsen, Charlotte Ander, and Felix Bressart. The film's art direction was overseen by Franz Schroedter.
Serenade or Schubert's Serenade is a 1940 French historical film directed by Jean Boyer and starring Lilian Harvey, Louis Jouvet and Bernard Lancret. It portrays a fictional romance between the Austrian composer Franz Schubert and an English dancer. The film was the first of two the Anglo-German actress Lillian Harvey made in France, after leaving Nazi Germany.
Peter is a 1934 Austrian-Hungarian comedy film directed by Henry Koster and starring Franciska Gaal, Felix Bressart and Richard Eybner.
The Old Song is a 1930 German drama film directed by Erich Waschneck and starring Lil Dagover, Lien Deyers, and Igo Sym. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Heinz Fenchel and Jacek Rotmil.
There Is a Woman Who Never Forgets You is a 1930 German drama film directed by Leo Mittler and starring Iván Petrovich, Lil Dagover and Helene Fehdmer. It was originally begun as a silent film shooting at the Staaken Studios before switching to sound at the newly converted Tempelhof Studios in Berlin. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Hans Sohnle and Otto Erdmann.
A Night in Paradise is a 1932 German musical film directed by Carl Lamac and starring Anny Ondra, Hermann Thimig and Ralph Arthur Roberts. A separate French-language version was also produced with the title Une nuit au paradis directed by Lamac and Pierre Billon. It was shot at the EFA Studios in Berlin. The film's art direction was by Otto Erdmann and Hans Sohnle.
The Company's in Love is a 1932 German comedy film directed by Max Ophüls and starring Gustav Fröhlich, Anny Ahlers and Lien Deyers.
The Office Manager is a 1931 German comedy film directed by Hans Behrendt and starring Felix Bressart, Hermann Thimig and Maria Meissner.
Holzapfel Knows Everything is a 1932 German comedy film directed by Victor Janson and starring Felix Bressart, Iván Petrovich and Gretl Theimer. It was shot at the Grunewald Studios in Berlin. The film's sets were designed by the art director Jacek Rotmil.
Madame Pompadour is a 1931 German historical musical film directed by Willi Wolff and starring Anny Ahlers, Kurt Gerron, and Walter Jankuhn. Part of the tradition of operetta films, it portrays the relationship between Madame Pompadour and Louis XV of France. The film is not based on the operetta Madame Pompadour by Leo Fall. It was shot at the EFA Studios in Berlin while location filming took place at the Palace of Versailles. A separate French version A Caprice of Pompadour was also released.
Die Fledermaus is a 1931 French-German musical film directed by Karel Lamač and starring Anny Ondra, Georg Alexander, and Oskar Sima. It is an operetta film based on the 1874 stage work Die Fledermaus by Johann Strauss.
