Adolphe Engers

Adolphe Engers

Born: June 20, 1884
Died: December 8, 1945
in Gulpen, Netherlands
Adolphe Engers (1884-1945) was a Dutch actor. He was active on both stage and screen in his native Netherlands, Germany and in the Paris Comédie-Française.

Movies for Adolphe Engers...

The Ghost Train
Title: The Ghost Train
Character: Professor Alberto
Released: May 10, 1939
Type: Movie
A group of travelers find themselves stranded for the night at a deserted train station, which according to the old stationmaster, has been haunted for the last 20 years.
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Forty Years
Title: Forty Years
Character: Jan de Oude
Released: January 10, 1938
Type: Movie
This government commissioned film -- made on the occasion of the forty year anniversary of queen Wilhelmina's reign -- chronicles the lives of two Dutch families from 1898 to 1938 against the backdrop of the social and political events of the times. It shows the emergence of trade unions, the troubled years of the First World War, the development of aviation and Schiphol airport, the Dutch East Indies and the lives of the Dutch royal family.
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Op een Avond in Mei
Title: Op een Avond in Mei
Character: Johan
Released: December 11, 1936
Type: Movie
Peter Gruber, a young tenor from Vienna, gives piano lessons to Daisy, the daughter of a dentist. They fall in love and when Gruber has to perform in Antwerp, Daisy follows him there. She pretends to be an American musician and manages to get a job with Gruber's orchestra. Daisy's worried father sets off in pursuit of his daughter, accompanied by a certain miss Lola.
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De Big van het Regiment
Title: De Big van het Regiment
Character: Kruitnagel
Released: April 19, 1935
Type: Movie
Diary fragments tell of the arrival of Belgian refugees across the Dutch border in winter 1915. Reserve lieutenant Berkhage returns from the Belgian border with a refugee child. Named "Big" by the company the kid soon becomes the regimental darling.
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On the Move
Title: On the Move
Character: Barend Fortuin
Released: January 1, 1935
Type: Movie
Janus Fortuin is a goodhearted piano tuner married to a greedy landlady. Their daughter Polly is engaged to young songwriter George van Reen. When rich uncle Barend from Batavia makes a surprise visit — pretending to be a lodger called 'Van Santen' — the Fortuin family finds their lives turned upside down.
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Terra nova
Title: Terra nova
Character: Visser
Released: December 1, 1932
Type: Movie
Fishermen of a small village protest the closing of the Zuiderzee.
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Sensation im Wintergarten
Title: Sensation im Wintergarten
Character: Varietédirektor
Released: September 8, 1929
Type: Movie
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Sündig und süß
Title: Sündig und süß
Character: Albert
Released: July 1, 1929
Type: Movie
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Die vierte von rechts
Title: Die vierte von rechts
Released: February 4, 1929
Type: Movie
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Serenissimus und die letzte Jungfrau
Title: Serenissimus und die letzte Jungfrau
Released: November 1, 1928
Type: Movie
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Schuldig
Title: Schuldig
Character: Georg
Released: March 19, 1928
Type: Movie
"Guilty" - Thomas Feld returns home after 16 years in prison to find his wife Magda and daughter Maria fell in the hands of Peter Cornelius, the owner of a cabaret. Lawyer Frank Peters falls in love with Maria.
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Der falsche Prinz
Title: Der falsche Prinz
Character: Frabrikant Müller
Released: December 1, 1927
Type: Movie
a silent movie by Heinz Paul
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The Dangerous Age
Title: The Dangerous Age
Character: Monsieur Pierre
Released: November 17, 1927
Type: Movie
The gorgeous 40-year-old Elsie Lindtner lives in a beautiful house, and is married to a respectable university professor. And yet, there’s something that nags her. She’s about to reach “the dangerous age”, when beauty begins to fade and boredom kicks in. She falls in love with a younger man and divorces her husband, but ends up hiding away in a country house where she can age in secret. (Stumfilm.dk)
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Agitated Woman
Title: Agitated Woman
Character: Lutschku
Released: August 19, 1927
Type: Movie
The aging singer Clarina receives a new engagement from a cabaret called the Maison Mouche and must evade the advances of several overbearing men. This film is considered lost.
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The Prince's Child
Title: The Prince's Child
Released: June 22, 1927
Type: Movie
Based on the operetta of the same name.
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The Finances of the Grand Duke
Title: The Finances of the Grand Duke
Character: Don Esteban Paqueno
Released: January 7, 1924
Type: Movie
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 forward to expropriating the entire Duchy. The marriage with Olga, Grand Duchess of Russia, would solve everything, but a crucial letter of hers about the engagement has been stolen. Besides, a bunch of revolutionaries and a dubious businessman have other plans regarding the Grand Duke. With the intrusion of adventurer Philipp Collins into the Grand Duke's affairs, a series of frantic chases, plots and counter-plots begins.
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Daisy. Das Abenteuer einer Lady
Title: Daisy. Das Abenteuer einer Lady
Released: November 21, 1923
Type: Movie
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The man in the background
Title: The man in the background
Character: Willem Hendriks
Released: September 8, 1922
Type: Movie
The guests at Count Otto von Trepow's East Prussian estate Gross-Ehrenfeld are Lord and Lady Ruthven, Mr Hendriks with his wife and foster-daughter Mariska, a gypsy they adopted years ago, Kundry, the fiancée of Otto's son Bernhard, and Count Stanislaus Larinski, who claims to be a Polish revolutionary wanted by the Russian government. A boating trip is organized but ends when the motor breaks down. While waiting for it to be repaired, the guests go to an inn run by Andreas and his daughter Käthe. Hendriks goes for a walk, sees the boat come back and that a man with a bent back leaves it. He notices that Kundry is afraid of Bernhard.
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De bruut
Title: De bruut
Released: February 9, 1922
Type: Movie
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The Four Devils
Title: The Four Devils
Released: November 1, 1920
Type: Movie
One out of three silent adaptations of the novella "Les quatre diables" written by Danish author Herman Bang. The most famous one, although unfortunately lost, is without any doubt F.W. Murnau's "4 Devils". This German version, by Danish director A.W. Sandberg, was done eight years prior to Murnau's American one, and was a big success at the time.
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Fate's Plaything
Title: Fate's Plaything
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 Crown of Shame
Title: The Crown of Shame
Released: January 18, 1918
Type: Movie