Otto Wernicke

Otto Wernicke

Born: September 30, 1893
Died: November 7, 1965
in Osterode am Harz, Germany
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Otto Karl Robert Wernicke (30 September 1893, Osterode am Harz – 7 November 1965) was a German actor. He was best known for his role as police inspector Karl Lohmann in the two Fritz Lang films M and The Testament of Dr. Mabuse. He was the first one to portray Captain Smith in the first "official" Titanic film.

Wernicke was married to a Jewish woman. Only due to a special permit was he allowed to continue his work in Nazi Germany.

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Title: Curd Jürgens erzählt...
Character: Brown
Released: April 27, 1963
Type: TV
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Immer die Mädchen
Title: Immer die Mädchen
Character: Diener Adam Fröschl
Released: August 14, 1959
Type: Movie
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Das Sonntagskind
Title: Das Sonntagskind
Character: Willowitz
Released: September 11, 1956
Type: Movie
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Studentin Helene Willfüer
Title: Studentin Helene Willfüer
Character: Dr. Rainer sr.
Released: January 12, 1956
Type: Movie
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Sky Without Stars
Title: Sky Without Stars
Released: October 14, 1955
Type: Movie
Anna is a factory worker in East Germany. Her five-year-old son Jochen lives with his grandparents in the West and Anna wants him to live with her, so she abducts him. Along the way she meets Carl who helps her with her son and they fall in love.
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Shadows Over Naples
Title: Shadows Over Naples
Character: Pietro
Released: May 10, 1951
Type: Movie
An Italian-German crime film. One of Maria Montez's last films.
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City of Violence
Title: City of Violence
Released: April 5, 1951
Type: Movie
Amore e sangue (released in the U.S. as "City of Violence"), the 1951 Marino Girolami (billed as "John Wolff") West German/Italian romantic action adventure war thriller.
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Die fidele Tankstelle
Title: Die fidele Tankstelle
Character: Gustav Krause
Released: December 4, 1950
Type: Movie
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Chased by the Devil
Title: Chased by the Devil
Character: Herr Dakar
Released: October 23, 1950
Type: Movie
A doctor discovers a new medical cure with dangerous side effects, and takes the drug himself to test its limitations.
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Wer fuhr den grauen Ford?
Title: Wer fuhr den grauen Ford?
Character: Kriminalkommissar Thieme
Released: October 11, 1950
Type: Movie
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Du bist nicht allein
Title: Du bist nicht allein
Character: Martin Jürgens
Released: April 15, 1949
Type: Movie
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Amico
Title: Amico
Character: Robert Kornagel, Konditormeister
Released: April 6, 1949
Type: Movie
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Long Is the Road
Title: Long Is the Road
Character: doctor
Released: November 11, 1948
Type: Movie
"Long is the Road" - The first feature film to represent the Holocaust from a Jewish perspective. Shot on location at Landsberg, the largest DP camp in U.S.-occupied Germany, and mixing neorealist and expressionist styles, the film follows a Polish Jew and his family from pre-war Warsaw through Auschwitz and the DP camps.
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Between Yesterday and Tomorrow
Title: Between Yesterday and Tomorrow
Released: December 11, 1947
Type: Movie
A group of people gathers back in the post-war ruins of a luxurious Munich hotel they inhabited at one point or another years before; each trying to cope with the tragic consequences of the war and their own actions.
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Kolberg
Title: Kolberg
Character: Bauer Werner
Released: January 30, 1945
Type: Movie
During Napoleon's victorious campaign in Germany, the city of Kolberg gets isolated from the retreating Prussian forces. The population of Kolberg refuses to capitulate and organizes the resistance against the French army, which immediately submits the city to massive bombardments.
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Kamerad Hedwig
Title: Kamerad Hedwig
Character: Fritz Beier
Released: January 1, 1945
Type: Movie
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The Molander Case
Title: The Molander Case
Character: Kunsthändler
Released: January 1, 1945
Type: Movie
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Das Leben ruft
Title: Das Leben ruft
Character: Der Vater
Released: December 20, 1944
Type: Movie
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Seinerzeit zu meiner Zeit
Title: Seinerzeit zu meiner Zeit
Character: Amtgerichtsrat Witt
Released: October 8, 1944
Type: Movie
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Der große Preis
Title: Der große Preis
Character: Obermeister Kramp
Released: May 19, 1944
Type: Movie
The moral is simple: keep your mouth shut, especially when you're working during the wartime in a factory, which produces racing cars only, or someone can (or even must) get murdered. Not a good movie, not a bad either. The ending is abrupt and artificial, which seems to be a common plague of Third Reich's crime movies. Gustav Fröhlich could never get rid of his silent era mannerisms and overacting. But on the other side, this film is not boring and has to offer some decent plot turns and acting.
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Titanic
Title: Titanic
Character: Kapitän Edward J. Smith
Released: November 10, 1943
Type: Movie
This little-known German film retells the true story of the British ocean liner that met a tragic fate. Ernst Fritz Fürbringer plays the president of the White Star Line, who unwisely pressed the Titanic's captain (Otto Wernicke) to make the swiftest possible crossing to New York.
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Sein Sohn
Title: Sein Sohn
Character: Vater Brugg, Geschäftsführer bei Hellmers
Released: December 13, 1942
Type: Movie
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Der Seniorchef
Title: Der Seniorchef
Character: Georg von Schulte, Pferdezüchter
Released: November 27, 1942
Type: Movie
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The Great King
Title: The Great King
Character: Oberst Rochow
Released: March 2, 1942
Type: Movie
King Frederick II (aka "Frederick the Great") of Prussia is engaged in a major battle against the Austrian army at Kunersdorf, and things aren't going well. The Austrians are inflicting major casualties, and his army is beginning to crumble. Defeat seems inevitable when a combination of events gives him hope that he may pull victory from the jaws of defeat after all.
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The Waitress Anna
Title: The Waitress Anna
Character: Ludwig Burgstaller
Released: October 22, 1941
Type: Movie
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Homecoming
Title: Homecoming
Character: Old Manz
Released: October 10, 1941
Type: Movie
A Nazi propaganda film which aims to justify the invasion of Poland by portraying the plight of ethnic Germans in Poland who were discriminated against and oppressed by the Poles, and how they were saved by the intervention of the German army.
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Was wird hier gespielt?
Title: Was wird hier gespielt?
Released: July 19, 1940
Type: Movie
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Maria Ilona
Title: Maria Ilona
Character: Fürst Windischgrätz
Released: December 14, 1939
Type: Movie
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Der Stammbaum des Dr. Pistorius
Title: Der Stammbaum des Dr. Pistorius
Character: Franz Tettenborn, Schuhmachermeister
Released: December 5, 1939
Type: Movie
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St. John's Fire
Title: St. John's Fire
Character: Vogelreuter
Released: November 3, 1939
Type: Movie
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D III 88
Title: D III 88
Character: Oberwerkmeister Bonicke
Released: October 25, 1939
Type: Movie
Across German screens at the outbreak of WWII streaks "DIII88: The New German Air Force Attacks", an aeronautic and maritime spectacle glorifying Hermann Goring's Luftwaffe and the spirit of the newly arisen Germany. Once war became imminent, Joseph Goebbels instructed the German film industry to initiate production of numerous militaristic projects, but DIII88 was initiated by the Propaganda Minister's rival, Goring, who commissioned several aviation pictures. DIII88 is not a war picture per se, because it takes place in peacetime, but the young, fresh-faced air aces enthusiastically look forward to the coming war. The propaganda is blatant: The only thing that matters is dedication to duty and unconditional commitment to the Fatherland.
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Gold in New Frisco
Title: Gold in New Frisco
Character: Jonathan Pepper
Released: October 2, 1939
Type: Movie
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Silvesternacht am Alexanderplatz
Title: Silvesternacht am Alexanderplatz
Character: Gast im 'Elite'
Released: March 3, 1939
Type: Movie
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Drei wunderschöne Tage
Title: Drei wunderschöne Tage
Released: January 27, 1939
Type: Movie
This is essentially a "Kraft durch Freude" propaganda film though the organization is never mentioned. A company's three day outing might very well be the last because bankruptcy is just around the corner. The people on the trip have all their individual problems and wishes, too. This episodic film might sound quite promising considering the basic idea but its script is determinedly optimistic and leads everything and anything to a happy end. The dramatic parts are finished in a rather implausible way, the comedic are terribly predictable. There's a badly misjudged singing scene in the bus, some bavarian shtick, the Regensburger Domspatzen are singing in Augsburg and so on...
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Dreizehn Mann und eine Kanone
Title: Dreizehn Mann und eine Kanone
Released: December 22, 1938
Type: Movie
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Liebesbriefe aus dem Engadin
Title: Liebesbriefe aus dem Engadin
Character: Thomas Viertinger, Hotelier
Released: December 5, 1938
Type: Movie
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Nordlicht
Title: Nordlicht
Character: Kaufmann Hansen
Released: September 19, 1938
Type: Movie
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Geheimzeichen LB 17
Title: Geheimzeichen LB 17
Character: Police Commissar Borel
Released: August 6, 1938
Type: Movie
It is purely coincidental that an assassination attempt against the Minister of Defense is thwarted. The attempt on his life was made by a group of anarchists. There's an investigation of the clues, which will doubtless lead to the perpetrators; but the investigating commissioner has to proceed carefully, for it is likely there is a traitor in his ranks.
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Eine Frau kommt in die Tropen
Title: Eine Frau kommt in die Tropen
Character: Verwalter Miller
Released: July 27, 1938
Type: Movie
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Wie einst im Mai
Title: Wie einst im Mai
Character: Schradecke, Stellmacher
Released: February 11, 1938
Type: Movie
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Rätsel um Beate
Title: Rätsel um Beate
Character: Vater Hübner - Schmied
Released: February 4, 1938
Type: Movie
After her husband suddenly dies, a small town woman becomes the target of gossip, as to whether he had been having an affair and whether she is connected to his demise.
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Der Katzensteg
Title: Der Katzensteg
Character: Gastwirt Merckel
Released: January 11, 1938
Type: Movie
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Das große Abenteuer
Title: Das große Abenteuer
Character: Kriminalrat
Released: January 7, 1938
Type: Movie
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Stimme des Blutes
Title: Stimme des Blutes
Released: January 1, 1938
Type: Movie
Two brothers (Albert Matterstock and Attila Hoerbiger), who are trapeze artists, are getting along just fine until Hoerbiger runs off with his brother's wife. Matterstock isn't very pleased when his wife is killed.
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Autobus S
Title: Autobus S
Character: 'Kapitän' Kröker
Released: October 11, 1937
Type: Movie
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Manege
Title: Manege
Character: Jan Morell
Released: October 7, 1937
Type: Movie
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Heimweh
Title: Heimweh
Character: Stober, Pastor
Released: September 2, 1937
Type: Movie
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Wie der Hase läuft
Title: Wie der Hase läuft
Character: Warnecke, Ortsvorsteher in Pümpelhausen
Released: May 24, 1937
Type: Movie
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Gleisdreieck
Title: Gleisdreieck
Character: Scheffler - Aufsichtsbeamter
Released: January 27, 1937
Type: Movie
Dark love story.
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Onkel Bräsig
Title: Onkel Bräsig
Character: Onkel Bräsig
Released: September 24, 1936
Type: Movie
The clever Zacharias Bräsig is a good friend to all and tries to help out, where he can. Bräsig also meddles in the relationships of young people, so that by the end of the film, there's a double marriage.
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Das Schloß in Flandern
Title: Das Schloß in Flandern
Character: Bonnet - Agent
Released: August 13, 1936
Type: Movie
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Straßenmusik
Title: Straßenmusik
Character: Godemann - Gastwirt
Released: July 9, 1936
Type: Movie
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Arzt aus Leidenschaft
Title: Arzt aus Leidenschaft
Character: Geheimrat Grimm, Chefarzt der Klinik
Released: April 29, 1936
Type: Movie
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Die lustigen Weiber
Title: Die lustigen Weiber
Character: Herr Fluth / Frank Ford
Released: January 24, 1936
Type: Movie
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Der mutige Seefahrer
Title: Der mutige Seefahrer
Character: Bäckermeister Holm
Released: September 26, 1935
Type: Movie
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Ein ganzer Kerl
Title: Ein ganzer Kerl
Character: Eckhardt
Released: August 1, 1935
Type: Movie
Film by Boese.
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Knockout – Ein junges Mädchen, ein junger Mann
Title: Knockout – Ein junges Mädchen, ein junger Mann
Character: Boxmanager Schmidtchen
Released: March 1, 1935
Type: Movie
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Liebe dumme Mama
Title: Liebe dumme Mama
Character: Inspektor Beneke
Released: September 3, 1934
Type: Movie
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Master of the World
Title: Master of the World
Character: Wolter
Released: August 11, 1934
Type: Movie
A German scientist designs and builds a machine that will do dangerous work instead of placing humans in jeopardy. But the machine itself turns out to have disastrous effects on the people involved.
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Die vertauschte Braut
Title: Die vertauschte Braut
Character: Der Gefängnisdirektor
Released: April 16, 1934
Type: Movie
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Achtung! Wer kennt diese Frau?
Title: Achtung! Wer kennt diese Frau?
Character: Thomas Burger
Released: April 10, 1934
Type: Movie
Film by Seitz.
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The Fugitive from Chicago
Title: The Fugitive from Chicago
Character: Wolke, Werkmeister
Released: January 2, 1934
Type: Movie
Werner Dux, heir of the big car company "Dux-Werke", is a gambler who has just been arrested in Chicago for shooting a cardsharper. While in jail, he learns from his friend Michael Nissen that his father has died recently. That means that the Dux-Werke are without a leader at the moment, for Werner's cousin Steffie, who is his co-heiress, is still too young to run the firm. In this situation, Werner convinces his friend Michael, who is an engineer by profession, to take over the firm as long as he is in jail and to pose as him. Michael agrees and is able to bring the firm up again. He even arranges a reliability test for motorcycles via Istanbul, Rome and Barcelona, which creates a big Turkish order for the company. When the real Werner escapes from jail and arrives in Germany, it looks as if the whole story is up to bust. But Werner needs money, so he convinces Michael to go on as before and hand over all profits of the firm to him.
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Der Tunnel
Title: Der Tunnel
Character: Bärmann
Released: October 26, 1933
Type: Movie
The engineer MacAllan designs a tunnel, which will join America and Europe together on the seabed. A group of American billionaires are financing the gigantic project, but the construction of the tunnel is proving to be as tedious as it is dangerous. MacAllan's worst enemy is the speculator Woolf, who had embezzled the money for the construction and who is attempting to cover up his crime by carrying out acts of sabotage. Also filmed in 1933 in a French-language version, LE TUNNEL, and remade in 1935 in England as TRANSATLATIC TUNNEL.
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S.A. Mann Brand
Title: S.A. Mann Brand
Character: Herr Brand
Released: June 13, 1933
Type: Movie
This Nazi propaganda film tells the story of a young truck driver who is having trouble making ends meet until he is exposed to the teachings of Adolf Hitler, and he joins the S.A., aka Storm Troopers, and manages to convert his father--a former soldier with Marxist leanings--and his girlfriend of the rightness of the Nazi cause.
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The Testament of Dr. Mabuse
Title: The Testament of Dr. Mabuse
Character: Kommissar Lohmann
Released: April 21, 1933
Type: Movie
After a detective is assaulted by thugs and placed in an asylum run by Professor Baum, he observes the professor's preoccupation with another patient, the criminal genius Dr. Mabuse the hypnotist. When Mabuse's notes are found to be connected with a rash of recent crimes, Commissioner Lohmann must determine how Mabuse is communicating with the criminals, despite conflicting reports on the doctor's whereabouts, and capture him for good.
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Die blonde Christl
Title: Die blonde Christl
Character: Franz Lechner
Released: February 10, 1933
Type: Movie
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The Bartered Bride
Title: The Bartered Bride
Character: Heiratsvermittler Kezal
Released: August 18, 1932
Type: Movie
Bohemia in the 19th century, stage-coach driver Hans, loves the mayor's daughter Marie, but she is promised Wenzel, the son of another wealthy farmer. Marie refuses to marry Wenzel because of Hans, but the marriage arranger tries to "buy" Marie from Hans. But when Wenzel tells Hans, that he doesn't want to marry Marie, either, because he loves circus director Brummel's daughter, Hans decides to accept the offer of money for not interferring in the relations of Hans and Marie. But when Marie hears about this, she doesn't want to see Hans again.
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The Night of Temptation
Title: The Night of Temptation
Character: Gesandter
Released: August 8, 1932
Type: Movie
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Peter Voss, Thief of Millions
Title: Peter Voss, Thief of Millions
Character: Pitt
Released: March 21, 1932
Type: Movie
Peter Voss, Thief of Millions is a 1932 German comedy crime film directed by Ewald André Dupont and starring Willi Forst, Alice Treff and Paul Hörbiger. It was based on the 1913 novel of the same title by Ewald Gerhard Seeliger which has been adapted into a number of films including previously in 1921 and later in 1946. It was the second to last film made by Dupont in Germany before he was forced to flee to the United States following the rise of the Nazi Party.
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The naked truth
Title: The naked truth
Released: January 31, 1932
Type: Movie
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The Tempest
Title: The Tempest
Released: January 22, 1932
Type: Movie
Two inspiration sources appear clearly: contemporary American gangster movies and Alfred Döblin’s novel Berlin Alexanderplatz (1929).
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M
Title: M
Character: Inspector Karl Lohmann
Released: May 11, 1931
Type: Movie
In this classic German thriller, Hans Beckert, a serial killer who preys on children, becomes the focus of a massive Berlin police manhunt. Beckert's heinous crimes are so repellant and disruptive to city life that he is even targeted by others in the seedy underworld network. With both cops and criminals in pursuit, the murderer soon realizes that people are on his trail, sending him into a tense, panicked attempt to escape justice.
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Das Parfüm der Mrs. Worrington
Title: Das Parfüm der Mrs. Worrington
Character: Philipp Worrington
Released: July 9, 1925
Type: Movie