Hector Abbas

Hector Abbas

Born: November 9, 1884
Died: November 11, 1942
in Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands

Movies for Hector Abbas...

One of Our Aircraft Is Missing
Title: One of Our Aircraft Is Missing
Character: Driver
Released: April 24, 1942
Type: Movie
During the Allied Bombing offensive of World War II the public was often informed that "A raid took place last night over ..., One (or often more) of Our Aircraft Is Missing". Behind these sombre words hid tales of death, destruction and derring-do. This is the story of one such bomber crew who were shot down and the brave Dutch patriots who helped them home.
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Old Mother Riley's Circus
Title: Old Mother Riley's Circus
Character: Wizista, the hypnotist
Released: December 10, 1941
Type: Movie
Mother Riley takes over a circus on the point of closing down, and makes it a success.
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The Common Touch
Title: The Common Touch
Character: Foreigner
Released: November 15, 1941
Type: Movie
The Common Touch is a 1941 British drama film directed by John Baxter and starring Geoffrey Hibbert, Harry Welchman, Greta Gynt and Joyce Howard. On the death of his father, an eighteen-year old lad leaves school to take over the family firm in the City of London. Realising the other directors want to keep him in the dark he starts asking questions, and is soon undercover as a down-and-out in a hostel which will disappear if a company building project goes ahead.
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'Pimpernel' Smith
Title: 'Pimpernel' Smith
Character: Karl Meyer
Released: July 26, 1941
Type: Movie
Eccentric Cambridge archaeologist Horatio Smith takes a group of British and American archaeology students to pre-war Nazi Germany to help in his excavations. His research is supported by the Nazis, since he professes to be looking for evidence of the Aryan origins of German civilisation. However, he has a secret agenda: to free inmates of the concentration camps.
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Rembrandt
Title: Rembrandt
Character: Burgher at Auction (uncredited)
Released: November 6, 1936
Type: Movie
A character study depicting the life of Rembrandt Van Rijn at the height of his fame in the mid 1600s. Beginning with the death of his wife, Rembrandt's work takes a dark turn, which offends many of his patrons.
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Gypsy Melody
Title: Gypsy Melody
Character: Biergarten Manager
Released: July 27, 1936
Type: Movie
Due to a complex series of events a Guards Officer in a small European country is imprisoned. He manages to escape in the company of an idiotic milliner and they briefly take shelter with some gypsies, where the Captain falls in love with a young woman. Having been discovered by an American promoter while performing with gypsy orchestra in a tavern, the three accompany him to London as the latest new musical sensation. A great success, they begin a European-wide tour when their plane is forced down by bad weather in their homeland. Here events are satisfactorily resolved.
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The Wandering Jew
Title: The Wandering Jew
Character: Isaachar (Phase II)
Released: November 15, 1933
Type: Movie
Old Jerusalem: Matathias, spiteful over his lover's illness, spits on Jesus along the road to Calvary, and is cursed to live endlessly until His return. The Crusades, 1150: Matathias, now an anonymous knight, competes for glory in combat and for the wife of a soldier. Palermo, 1290: Matteos Battadios witnesses the death of his young son, leading to conflict with his wife over whether to take comfort in Christianity. Seville, 1560: Dr Matteos Battadios dedicates himself to the treatment and comfort of the poor, but his life and work are endangered by the arrival of the Spanish Inquisition.
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The Roof
Title: The Roof
Character: Otto Bemberg
Released: January 1, 1933
Type: Movie
Inspector Darrow investigates the death of a wealthy man.
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Madame Guillotine
Title: Madame Guillotine
Character: Le Blanc
Released: February 19, 1931
Type: Movie
During the French Revolution, a revolutionary falls in love with and marries an aristocratic woman.
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The School for Scandal
Title: The School for Scandal
Character: Moses
Released: September 5, 1930
Type: Movie
Charles (Henry Hewitt), Joseph (Ian Fleming), and Sir Benjamin (John Charlton) are in love with Maria (Dodo Watts), and Lady Sneerwell (Anne Grey) is in love with Charles.
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Bolibar
Title: Bolibar
Character: Artist
Released: June 26, 1928
Type: Movie
Hessian officers' flirtations with an artist's daughter accidentally give signals to the attacking English.
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The Wandering Jew
Title: The Wandering Jew
Character: Zapportas
Released: May 1, 1923
Type: Movie
'The legend of the Wandering Jew, condemned to walk the earth until the Second Coming.' (British Film Institute)
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Fate's Plaything
Title: Fate's Plaything
Character: Quentin Sylvester
Released: May 10, 1920
Type: Movie
Dolores gets a marriage proposal from the promising young doctor Lucas, but on the day of their marriage, she leaves him in the lurch and takes off with the South American dancer and adventurer Hugo Amadis. But Hugo treats her badly. Dolores leaves Hugo and begins a career as a dancer to make ends meet for her and her son. One day, the son gets sick, and the doctor who helps the child through the crisis is Doctor Lucas. Lucas and Delores decide to start over.
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The First Men in the Moon
Title: The First Men in the Moon
Character: Sampson Cavor
Released: May 29, 1919
Type: Movie
The inventor of a space sphere flies to the moon and is marooned by a crooked financier.