Alfred Abel
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Alfred Peter Abel (12 March 1879 – 12 December 1937) was a German film actor, director, and producer. He appeared in more than 140 silent and sound films between 1913 and 1938. His best-known performance was as Joh Fredersen in Fritz Lang's 1927 film, Metropolis.
| Known For | Acting |
|---|---|
| Most Rating | 5.184 |
| Birthday | 1879-03-11 |
| Place of Birth | Leipzig, Germany |
| Also Known As | Alfred Peter Abel, |
1927
Metropolis
8.142/2641
In a futuristic city sharply divided between the rich and the poor, the son of the city's mastermind meets a prophet who predicts the coming of a savi...
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Metropolis
1931
The Scoundrel
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The Scoundrel
1922
Phantom
6.744/43
Lorenz Lubota is a city clerk with no direction in life. One day on his way to work he is run over by a woman driving a chariot and he is immediately...
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Phantom
1928
L'Argent
6.714/35
Adapted from the novel L'Argent by Émile Zola, the film portrays the world of banking and the stock market in Paris in the 1920s.
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L'Argent
1922
The Burning Soil
6.2/21
The film follows tells the story of a struggle over a plot of petroleum-rich land.
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The Burning Soil
1931
Mary
5.5/25
A juror in a murder trial, after voting to convict, has second thoughts and begins to investigate on his own before the execution. German version of "...
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Mary
1933
The Burning Secret
5/4
One autumn, Edgar, a 12 year old boy, spends a holiday with his mother at a plush hotel in Switzerland. His father, a busy lawyer, remains at the fami...
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The Burning Secret
1926
The Folk Upstairs
7.5/2
In "Menschen Untereinander" ("The Folk Upstairs"), director Gerhard Lamprecht sketches a cross-section of Germany's new post-war society, with its win...
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The Folk Upstairs
1927
A Modern Dubarry
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A Modern Dubarry
1931
The Thirteen Trunks of Mr. O.F.
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In the very old-fashioned town of Ostend suddenly 13 suitcases are delivered to the hotel, with a note, that O.F. will be here soon and needs 6 rooms...
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The Thirteen Trunks of Mr. O.F.
1931
The Congress Dances
7.2/16
Vienna glove-sales-lady Christel falls in love with Russian Czar Alexander. Austrian Prince Metternich tries to use this and other pleasant diversion...
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The Congress Dances
1936
Maria, die Magd
5/5
An actress and her lawyer husband are so busy that their maid becomes the real mother to their six year old boy and at one point causes consternation...
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Maria, die Magd
1936
Spiel an Bord
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Spiel an Bord
1937
Und du mein Schatz fährst mit
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Und du mein Schatz fährst mit
1914
A Venetian Night
6/2
The young Anselmus Aselmeyer fulfilled a long cherished dream: He travels to Venice, the city of his dreams. Once there, the porter Pipistrello direct...
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A Venetian Night
1931
1914
0/0
The film focuses on the leadership of the Great Powers of Europe in the days leading up to the outbreak of the First World War.
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1914
1936
The Court Concert
4.6/5
Before he became cult director Douglas Sirk, Detlef Sierck cut his teeth on such lavish European star vehicles as Das Hofkonzert (The Court Concert)....
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The Court Concert
1923
Die Flamme
5.8/4
In 19th century Paris a hedonistic woman marries an aristocrat but has trouble keeping faithful to him.
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Die Flamme
1932
Spione im Savoy-Hotel
5/1
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Spione im Savoy-Hotel
1937
Seven Slaps
6.3/3
William MacPhab loses seven-pounds in the stock market and decides to slap the man who was responsible for the stock manipulation that caused him to l...
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Seven Slaps
1931
The Office Manager
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The Office Manager
1931
The Duke of Reichstadt
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The Duke of Reichstadt
1932
The White Demon
0/0
When Albers takes his drug-addicted opera star sister Gerda to a sanitarium, they both become targets of slimy dope peddler Peter Lorre, who fears tha...
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The White Demon
1933
Manolescu, der Fürst der Diebe
6/1
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Manolescu, der Fürst der Diebe
1932
Jonny Steals Europe
0/0
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Jonny Steals Europe
1936
Ein seltsamer Gast
5/2
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Ein seltsamer Gast
1937
Unter Ausschluß der Öffentlichkeit
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Unter Ausschluß der Öffentlichkeit
1932
Montparnasse Girl
0/0
A count's son has a place to meet his poor Parisian girlfriend and they even make some money for a while with him singing and her playing piano.But th...
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Montparnasse Girl
1931
My Wife, the Adventuress
0/0
A mousy bank clerk is married to an ambitious woman.
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My Wife, the Adventuress
1930
Dolly is making a career
0/0
Musical vehicle for up and coming Dolly Haas, as a would be actress with a would be composer boyfriend. She sings,at one point, that she has the walk...
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Dolly is making a career
1937
Millionäre
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Millionäre
1934
Die Liebe siegt
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Die Liebe siegt
1932
The Beautiful Adventure
0/0
Helene has agreed to marry a man that she isn't in love with. On the day of her wedding her cousin arrives just in time to rescue her and they run awa...
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The Beautiful Adventure
1929
Giftgas
6/2
Arnold Horn, a young idealistic chemist, discovers a compound that can be used for the production of an effective deadly poisonous gas. Against his w...
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Giftgas
1921
Mad Love
7.3/5
Richard de la Croix's brother, Andreas, has been driven insane by a notorious vamp and socialite named Sappho. A friend takes Richard to the Odeon to...
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Mad Love
1936
Kater Lampe
5.4/5
In the central mountains, an American lady trying to manufacture snowshoes assists a struggling German toy maker,whose cat becomes a symbol for what b...
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Kater Lampe
1929
Cagliostro
5.2/6
Paris, France, 1784. After living many tribulations, Joseph Balsamo, known as Count Cagliostro, an infamous adventurer, enigmatic magician and necroma...
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Cagliostro
1936
Skandal um die Fledermaus
0/0
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Skandal um die Fledermaus
1924
The Finances of the Grand Duke
6.6/25
The likeable and carefree Grand Duke of Abacco is in dire straits. There is no money left to service the State's debt; the main creditor is looking fo...
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The Finances of the Grand Duke
1926
The Guardsman
0/0
a silent movie by Robert Wiene
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The Guardsman
1934
Eine Siebzehnjährige
0/0
Walter is in love with the 17-year-old Erika, but she raves for older, experienced men. When Walter and Erika visit his parents' estate after passing...
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Eine Siebzehnjährige
1937
Millionenerbschaft
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Millionenerbschaft
1918
Nur ein Schmetterling
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Nur ein Schmetterling
1919
Intoxication
0/0
Gaston finally succeeds as a dramatist and decides to leave his wife and child for another woman. When the child dies, the finger is pointed at him an...
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Intoxication
1923
Die Buddenbrooks
5/1
Four-generation story-saga dealing with the decline of a middle-class Lübeck family.
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Die Buddenbrooks
1933
Die kleine Schwindlerin
0/0
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Die kleine Schwindlerin
1928
Jahrmarkt des Lebens
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Jahrmarkt des Lebens
1924
Mensch gegen Mensch
0/0
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Mensch gegen Mensch
1927
Ein Tag der Rosen im August..
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Ein Tag der Rosen im August..
1933
Wege zur guten Ehe
0/0
Film by Trotz.
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Wege zur guten Ehe
1928
Strauss, the Waltz King
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Strauss, the Waltz King
1938
Frau Sylvelin
0/0
Film by Herbert Maisch.
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Frau Sylvelin
1932
Viennese Waltz
8.5/2
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Viennese Waltz
1918
Die Dame, der Teufel und die Probiermamsell
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Die Dame, der Teufel und die Probiermamsell
1931
The Fate of Renate Langen
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The Fate of Renate Langen
1928
Rasputins Liebesabenteuer
0/0
Portrays the deep intrigue and mystical fanaticism of the last days of the Romanoffs, when Rasputin, the mad monk had such a hold over them.
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Rasputins Liebesabenteuer
1927
Das tanzende Wien
0/0
A cabaret singer in Germany is in love with a young American boy, and must convince his disapproving father that she is worthy of his son.
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Das tanzende Wien
1926
Die lachende Grille
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Die lachende Grille
1926
Der Bankkrach unter den Linden
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Der Bankkrach unter den Linden
1924
Das Spiel mit dem Schicksal
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Das Spiel mit dem Schicksal
1922
Bigamie
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Bigamie
1921
Lotte Lore
0/0
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Lotte Lore
1921
Die große und die kleine Welt
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Die große und die kleine Welt
1929
Mein Herz ist eine Jazzband
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Mein Herz ist eine Jazzband
1923
Die Prinzessin Suwarin
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Die Prinzessin Suwarin
1921
Wandering Souls
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Wandering Souls
1921
Die Geschichte des grauen Hauses
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Die Geschichte des grauen Hauses
1932
Kampf
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The race car drivers Robert Wenck and Kurt Harder are good friends. They become rivals when it appears that Robert is married to Eva. Eva was the form...
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Kampf
1924
The Woman in Flames
0/0
Dancing, sports and erotic pursuits are the main ingredients in this drama about the fate of this scorned and abandoned woman, Josefine, who falls for...
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The Woman in Flames
1916
The White Roses
0/0
When Hedda is about to appear on stage in Ostende she borrows a piece of jewellery from her fiancé, de Rochord. When a gang of thieves steals it, he c...
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The White Roses
1921
Nights of Terror
0/0
The young Evelyne lives with a man, her fiancee Frank, with whom she has a child. But her fiancee is a rundown drunk constantly hanging over the bottl...
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Nights of Terror
1914
The Silent Mill
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The Silent Mill
1920
Die Frau ohne Seele
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Die Frau ohne Seele
1922
Die Intriguen der Madame de la Pommeraye
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Die Intriguen der Madame de la Pommeraye
1916
Ernst ist das Leben
0/0
Fany, an up and coming dancer, is saved by a sculptor during a theatre fire. The two bond, distressing Fany's fiancee.
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Ernst ist das Leben
1918
Colomba
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Colomba
1915
Das Laster
0/0
Early drama about alcoholism.
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Das Laster
1924
Dudu, a Human Destiny
0/0
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Dudu, a Human Destiny
1918
Lola Montez
0/0
Dancer Lola Montez is the star of Madrid's theaters. All the important men are after her, among them the English ambassador. But the leader of the "Ca...
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Lola Montez
1919
Kameraden
0/0
Axel and Bertha are a modern, emancipated artist couple in Paris. He is feminine and vain. She is financially independent, member of the women's assoc...
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Kameraden
1927
Die Tragödie eines Verlorenen
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Die Tragödie eines Verlorenen
1920
Die Frau im Himmel
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Die Frau im Himmel
1927
The Vice of Humanity
0/0
Tamara becomes addicted to cocaine but hides from her daughter by moving in with the dealer Mangol. The father tells his daughter that her mother has...
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The Vice of Humanity
1913
Sodoms Ende
1/1
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Sodoms Ende
1929
Anesthesia
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Anesthesia
1922
Dr. Mabuse, the Gambler
7.644/184
Dr. Mabuse and his organization of criminals are in the process of completing their latest scheme, a theft of information that will allow Mabuse to ma...
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Dr. Mabuse, the Gambler
1916
Wenn Menschen reif zur Liebe werden
0/0
A young woman becomes pregnant and is abandoned by her lover, as her mother had been.
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Wenn Menschen reif zur Liebe werden
1918
Es werde Licht! 4. Teil: Sündige Mütter
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Es werde Licht! 4. Teil: Sündige Mütter
1917
Der Seele Saiten schwingen nicht
0/0
A middle class woman's marriage to a nobleman quickly becomes an unhappy one.
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Der Seele Saiten schwingen nicht
1918
Die nach Glück und Liebe suchen
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Die nach Glück und Liebe suchen
1918
Drohende Wolken am Firmament
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Drohende Wolken am Firmament
1928
Das Geheimnis von Genf
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Das Geheimnis von Genf
1917
Ein Blatt im Sturm...doch das Schicksal hat es verweht
0/0
The relationship between a painter and his lover fractures after the painter finds out she did not acquire a sum of money by selling his paintings, as...
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Ein Blatt im Sturm...doch das Schicksal hat es verweht
1984
Giorgio Moroder's Metropolis
8.133/15
In 1984, Academy Award winning composer Giorgio Moroder introduced Fritz Lang’s science fiction epic Metropolis to a new generation of filmgoers. Work...
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Giorgio Moroder's Metropolis
1924
Das Spiel der Liebe
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Das Spiel der Liebe
1922
Dr. Mabuse, the Gambler: Part 1 – The Great Gambler
7.2/5
Doctor Mabuse is a criminal mastermind, doctor of psychology, and master of disguise, armed with the powers of hypnosis and mind control, who oversees...
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Dr. Mabuse, the Gambler: Part 1 – The Great Gambler
1922
Dr. Mabuse, the Gambler: Part 2 – Inferno
6.3/3
As the police intensify their bemusing search on Doctor Mabuse's notorious band of gangsters, the deceptive, elusive hypnotist Mabuse simultaneously b...
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Dr. Mabuse, the Gambler: Part 2 – Inferno
1915
Lache, Bajazzo!
0/0
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Lache, Bajazzo!
1929
Ehe in Not
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Ehe in Not
1921
Mann über Bord
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Mann über Bord
1930
Sei gegrüßt, Du mein schönes Sorrent
0/0
Drama by Romano Mengon
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Sei gegrüßt, Du mein schönes Sorrent
1927
Human Law
0/0
A jealous husband leaves jail to find his wife loves his lawyer.
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