Georg John

Georg John

Born: July 22, 1879
Died: November 18, 1941
in Schmiegel, Province of Posen, Imperial Germany [now Śmigiel, Poland]

Movies for Georg John...

The Making of 'The Last Laugh'
Title: The Making of 'The Last Laugh'
Character: Nachtwächter (archive footage)
Released: December 17, 2003
Type: Movie
This movie was featured on the DVD release of Der letzte Mann in 2004 in Germany.
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Volga in Flames
Title: Volga in Flames
Released: February 9, 1934
Type: Movie
Lieutenant Orloff, a recently graduated Russian officier, is making his way across the snow-covered steppes to the garrison where he is to be stationed. He comes across a man who has lost his way in the blizzard and takes him to the safety of an inn. Arriving at the garrison, Orloff meets and falls immediately in love with Macha, the daughter of his commander. The town is suddenly attacked by a hoard of bandits who claims to be the true Tsar of Russia.
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The Testament of Dr. Mabuse
Title: The Testament of Dr. Mabuse
Character: Baums Diener
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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F.P.1 Doesn't Answer
Title: F.P.1 Doesn't Answer
Character: Maschinist
Released: December 22, 1932
Type: Movie
F.P.1 is a huge airplane landing dock in the Atlantic where pilots making the transatlantic flight can stop. Yet a saboteur tries to sink the technical wonder in this classic German science fiction film from 1932. The film was also created with English and French speaking actors at the same time.
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Tod über Shanghai
Title: Tod über Shanghai
Character: Lutsin
Released: October 27, 1932
Type: Movie
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M
Title: M
Character: Blind Panhandler
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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Stormy Night
Title: Stormy Night
Released: April 4, 1931
Type: Movie
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Fundvogel
Title: Fundvogel
Character: Poacher
Released: May 19, 1930
Type: Movie
Young Jan Bergwall visits his grandmother, the so-called centenary, at Woyland Castle. There he meets his cousin Andrea, who everyone calls "Fundvogel". Jan is fascinated by the young girl's beauty, and soon there is an erotic tension in the air between the two. Although they both have strong feelings for each other, they are afraid to make a commitment, even though their domineering grandmother is determined that they marry. Panicked that he might feel obliged to marry Andrea, Jan escapes from this place. Andrea is deeply disappointed and seeks revenge. Out of spite, she becomes involved with the falconer Bartel and is later raped in a wooden hut. The centigress, concerned about morals and customs, then sends Fundvogel to a convent. She escapes from there and flees into the arms of Jan. When he learns from a letter from the countess what has happened to Andrea, he leaves her a second time. In her despair, Fundvogel then throws herself off a bridge into the floods with suicidal intent.
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Andreas Hofer
Title: Andreas Hofer
Character: Franz Raffl
Released: October 14, 1929
Type: Movie
A film based on the story of the Tyrolean innkeeper and patriot Andreas Hofer who led an Austrian uprising against Bavarian and French troops during the Napoleonic Wars.
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Wolga Wolga
Title: Wolga Wolga
Released: November 15, 1928
Type: Movie
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Der Staatsanwalt klagt an
Title: Der Staatsanwalt klagt an
Released: August 9, 1928
Type: Movie
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A Daughter Of Destiny
Title: A Daughter Of Destiny
Character: Murderer (uncredited)
Released: January 25, 1928
Type: Movie
Hanns Heinz Ewers' grim science-fiction novel Alraune has already been filmed twice when this version was assembled in 1928. In another of his "mad doctor" roles, Paul Wegener plays Professor Brinken, sociopathic scientist who combines the genes of an executed murderer with those of a prostitute. The result is a beautiful young woman named Alraune (Brigitte Helm), who is incapable of feeling any real emotions -- least of all guilt or regret. Upon attaining adulthood, Alraune sets about to seduce and destroy every male who crosses her path. Ultimately, Professor Brinken is hoist on his own petard when he falls hopelessly in love with Alraune himself. Alraune was remade in 1930, with Brigitte Helm repeating her role, and again in 1951, with Hildegarde Knef as the "heroine" and Erich von Stroheim as her misguided mentor.
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So küsst nur eine Wienerin
Title: So küsst nur eine Wienerin
Released: January 12, 1928
Type: Movie
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Anastasia, die falsche Zarentochter
Title: Anastasia, die falsche Zarentochter
Released: January 1, 1928
Type: Movie
Anastasia's supposed escape and possible survival was one of the most popular historical mysteries of the 20th century, provoking many books and films. At least ten women claimed to be her, offering varying stories as to how she had survived. Anna Anderson, was maybe the best known Anastasia impostor.
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At the Edge of the World
Title: At the Edge of the World
Released: September 18, 1927
Type: Movie
A mill situated on the border between two unnamed countries and the residents therein become pawns in a future war.
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The Bordellos of Algiers
Title: The Bordellos of Algiers
Character: Portier
Released: May 10, 1927
Type: Movie
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The Weavers
Title: The Weavers
Character: Ansorge
Released: April 29, 1927
Type: Movie
Die Weber (1927), a rousing German tale of the 1844 weavers’ revolution.
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Memoirs of a Nun
Title: Memoirs of a Nun
Released: February 24, 1927
Type: Movie
Sister Angelika has the power of life or death over her former tormentor, now sick and placed in her care.
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Metropolis
Title: Metropolis
Character: Working Man Who Causes Explosion of M-Machine (uncredited)
Released: February 6, 1927
Type: Movie
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 savior to mediate their differences.
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The Flight in the Night
Title: The Flight in the Night
Character: Bediensteter
Released: December 13, 1926
Type: Movie
Based on the play Henry IV by Luigi Pirandello. Conrad Veidt plays Count di Nolli, a nobleman who, after a head injury, imagines he is the medieval emperor. His friends and relatives choose to play along, dressing up as medieval courtiers, but is di Nolli truly mad, or just pretending? The art direction was by Hermann Warm. It was shot on location in Italy. 6 acts, 1856 meters.
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Attention Harry! Open eyes!
Title: Attention Harry! Open eyes!
Released: September 13, 1926
Type: Movie
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Des Königs Befehl
Title: Des Königs Befehl
Released: August 1, 1926
Type: Movie
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Die Mühle von Sanssouci
Title: Die Mühle von Sanssouci
Character: General Zieten
Released: February 1, 1926
Type: Movie
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Hanseaten
Title: Hanseaten
Released: December 16, 1925
Type: Movie
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Variety
Title: Variety
Character: Seemann
Released: November 16, 1925
Type: Movie
The murderer “Boss” Huller – after having spent ten years in prison – breaks his silence to tell the warden his story.
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Der Herr ohne Wohnung
Title: Der Herr ohne Wohnung
Released: November 11, 1925
Type: Movie
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In the Slums of Berlin
Title: In the Slums of Berlin
Character: Waschfraus Mann
Released: August 28, 1925
Type: Movie
It was not just the children who were treated badly by the wealthy Weimar republic. Robert Kramer is released from prison but struggles to adjust to civilian life. His father disowns him, his wife has left him for another man. There is no work. He eventually arrives in a shelter for the homeless, and seeks salvation through Emma, a prostitute.
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The Last Laugh
Title: The Last Laugh
Character: Nachtwächter [Night Watchman]
Released: December 23, 1924
Type: Movie
An aging doorman, after being fired from his prestigious job at a luxurious hotel is forced to face the scorn of his friends, neighbours and society.
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Waxworks
Title: Waxworks
Character: Owner of the Panoptikums
Released: November 13, 1924
Type: Movie
A poet is hired by the owner of a wax museum in a circus to write tales about Harun al Raschid, Ivan the Terrible and Jack the Ripper. While writing, the poet and the daughter of the owner, Eva, fantasize the fantastic stories and fall in love for each other.
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Die Nibelungen: Kriemhild's Revenge
Title: Die Nibelungen: Kriemhild's Revenge
Character: Blaodel - Etzel's Brother
Released: April 26, 1924
Type: Movie
When Kriemhild, thirsty for revenge, marries to Etzel, king of the Huns, she invites King Gunther and his court to visit them, intending to finally take the life of the man responsible of her disgrace.
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Die Nibelungen: Siegfried
Title: Die Nibelungen: Siegfried
Character: Mime the Blacksmith / Alberich the Nibelung
Released: February 14, 1924
Type: Movie
Siegfried, son of King Siegmund of Xanten, travels to Worms, capital of the Burgundian kingdom, to ask King Gunther for the hand of his sister, the beautiful Kriemhild.
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Decameron Nights
Title: Decameron Nights
Character: Astologer
Released: January 2, 1924
Type: Movie
A Saracen sultan's disguised son loves an amnesiac Moslem princess.
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Ein Weib, ein Tier, ein Diamant
Title: Ein Weib, ein Tier, ein Diamant
Character: Zirkusdirektor
Released: November 1, 1923
Type: Movie
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The Stone Rider
Title: The Stone Rider
Character: Pförtner
Released: March 31, 1923
Type: Movie
In a distant Teutonic village, people dance and drink merrily celebrating a wedding feast. However, an elderly man tells the villagers that the valley where they live wasn't always happy but sorrowful. This was due to the tyranny of the master of the mountains who ruled the valley despotically.
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Marie Antoinette - Das Leben einer Königin
Title: Marie Antoinette - Das Leben einer Königin
Character: Robespierre
Released: October 26, 1922
Type: Movie
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Dr. Mabuse, the Gambler: Part 2 – Inferno
Title: Dr. Mabuse, the Gambler: Part 2 – Inferno
Character: Pesch
Released: May 26, 1922
Type: Movie
As the police intensify their bemusing search on Doctor Mabuse's notorious band of gangsters, the deceptive, elusive hypnotist Mabuse simultaneously begins to close in on himself.
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Dr. Mabuse, the Gambler
Title: Dr. Mabuse, the Gambler
Character: Pesch
Released: April 27, 1922
Type: Movie
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 make huge profits on the stock exchange. Afterwards, Mabuse disguises himself and attends the Folies Bergères show, where Cara Carozza, the main attraction of the show, passes him information on Mabuse's next intended victim, the young millionaire Edgar Hull. Mabuse then uses psychic manipulation to lure Hull into a card game where he loses heavily. When Police Commissioner von Wenk begins an investigation of this mysterious crime spree, he has little to go on, and he needs to find someone who can help him.
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Die Geschichte des grauen Hauses
Title: Die Geschichte des grauen Hauses
Released: December 31, 1921
Type: Movie
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The Indian Tomb, Part II: The Tiger of Bengal
Title: The Indian Tomb, Part II: The Tiger of Bengal
Character: Penitent
Released: November 19, 1921
Type: Movie
Rowland falls sick with leprosy while Mac Allan is captured by the Maharajah, who offers Irene a deal: one night with him in exchange for letting Rowland to be cured. She accepts, but tries to commit suicide.
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The Indian Tomb, Part I: The Mission of the Yogi
Title: The Indian Tomb, Part I: The Mission of the Yogi
Character: Penitent
Released: October 22, 1921
Type: Movie
Ayan, Maharajah of Eschnapur, believes that his wife, Princess Savitri, has been unfaithful to him with officer Mac Allan. He decides to bury her alive, so he sends the Yogi Ramigani to England to look for Herbert Rowland, an architect; but when he orders him to build a tomb, Rowland refuses.
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Destiny
Title: Destiny
Character: Beggar
Released: October 6, 1921
Type: Movie
As a young couple stops and rests in a small village inn, the man is abducted by Death and is sequestered behind a huge doorless, windowless wall. The woman finds a mystic entrance and is met by Death, who tells her three separate stories set in exotic locales, all involving circumstances similar to hers.
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Das Rätsel der Sphinx
Title: Das Rätsel der Sphinx
Character: Mummy
Released: October 6, 1921
Type: Movie
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Die Geschichte von Barak Johnson
Title: Die Geschichte von Barak Johnson
Released: August 8, 1921
Type: Movie
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Die Fremde aus der Elstergasse
Title: Die Fremde aus der Elstergasse
Released: June 8, 1921
Type: Movie
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Planetenschieber
Title: Planetenschieber
Released: February 6, 1921
Type: Movie
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Hearts Are Trumps
Title: Hearts Are Trumps
Character: Dunkler mann
Released: December 3, 1920
Type: Movie
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Der König von Paris, 1. Teil - Die Geschichte des André Lifou
Title: Der König von Paris, 1. Teil - Die Geschichte des André Lifou
Released: November 11, 1920
Type: Movie
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Die Legende von der heiligen Simplicia
Title: Die Legende von der heiligen Simplicia
Character: Blind begger
Released: October 8, 1920
Type: Movie
Simplicia has a reputation for healing through prayer and laying on of hands. Knight Rochus sets out "to see how long it takes to turn a saint into a sinner!" He sneaks into the monastery and forces Simplicia under his will.
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Johann Baptiste Lingg
Title: Johann Baptiste Lingg
Character: Gutsverwalter Wolleck
Released: August 29, 1920
Type: Movie
A 1920 German costume drama from the days of Napoleon Bonaparte directed by Arthur Teuber and starring Carl Auen as Johann Baptiste Lingg.
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The Spiders: Part 2 - The Diamond Ship
Title: The Spiders: Part 2 - The Diamond Ship
Character: Dr. Telphas
Released: February 6, 1920
Type: Movie
When last we saw Kay Hoog (millionaire adventurer, courageous hunk), he’d been beset with tragedy. Having escaped an ancient Incan city by the skin of his gleaming teeth, Hoog looked forward to a few years of settled life with his (amicably) captured Incan lovely, Naela. But the past struck quickly. Hoog’s arch-nemesis, the homicidal femme Lio Sha, murdered Naela on the very grounds of Hoog’s estate, prompting him to swear revenge upon her and her criminal organization, the Spiders. Now he must find them, as the Spiders continue their global quest for the Buddha-head Diamond. The head, it’s said, has the power to restore Asia to world dominance.
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Eerie Tales
Title: Eerie Tales
Released: November 5, 1919
Type: Movie
After the old-books shop closes, portraits of the Strumpet, Death, and the Devil come to life and amuse themselves by reading stories--about themselves.
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The Spiders: Part 1 - The Golden Sea
Title: The Spiders: Part 1 - The Golden Sea
Character: Dr. Telphas
Released: October 3, 1919
Type: Movie
In San Francisco, well-known sportsman Kay Hoog announces to a club that he has found a message in a bottle with a map drawn by a Harvard professor who has gone missing. The map tells of a lost Incan civilization that possesses an immense treasure. Hoog immediately plans an expedition to find it. But Lio Sha, the head of a criminal organization known as the Spiders, is determined to get the treasure for herself and plans a rival expedition.
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Emerald of Death
Title: Emerald of Death
Released: July 1, 1919
Type: Movie
A man searches for a cursed emerald belonging to his ancestor.
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Peer Gynt - 2. Teil: Peer Gynts Wanderjahre und Tod
Title: Peer Gynt - 2. Teil: Peer Gynts Wanderjahre und Tod
Released: April 6, 1919
Type: Movie
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Peer Gynt - 1. Teil: Peer Gynts Jugend
Title: Peer Gynt - 1. Teil: Peer Gynts Jugend
Released: April 6, 1919
Type: Movie
Based on Henrik Ibsen's play.
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Veritas vincit
Title: Veritas vincit
Character: Blind Senator
Released: January 2, 1919
Type: Movie
"Truth Wins" - A history film that is particularly elaborate in terms of its features and that attempts to illustrate the perpetual victory of the truth about the lie in three epic episodes.
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Mr. Wu
Title: Mr. Wu
Character: Tschang-Ta
Released: September 29, 1918
Type: Movie
Operette-like oriental fantasy about a forbidden love between en english boy and a chinese girl.
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Verlorene Töchter
Title: Verlorene Töchter
Character: Manager Pichler
Released: September 4, 1918
Type: Movie
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Hilde Warren and Death
Title: Hilde Warren and Death
Character: Death
Released: August 31, 1917
Type: Movie
Hilde Warren, a famous actress, is impregnated by a convicted murderer and becomes plagued by visions of Death. Upon discovering her child is the image of its criminal father, Hilde must decide whether to allow it to live, or to kill it and risk the embrace of Death himself.
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Das Buch des Lasters
Title: Das Buch des Lasters
Character: Franz Histrich
Released: January 1, 1917
Type: Movie
A sculptor obsessed with a pianist will stop at nothing to rid himself of any competition for her affections.