Fritz Greiner

Fritz Greiner

Born: January 18, 1879
Died: January 1, 1933

Movies for Fritz Greiner...

Heldentum und Todeskampf unserer Emden
Title: Heldentum und Todeskampf unserer Emden
Character: Mertens
Released: November 13, 1934
Type: Movie
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S.A. Mann Brand
Title: S.A. Mann Brand
Character: Der alte Baumann
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 Black Hussar
Title: The Black Hussar
Character: Corporal of the Pursuit Party
Released: October 12, 1932
Type: Movie
In 1812, during the French period, large parts of Germany are occupied by the troops of Napoleon. Several paramilitary Freikorps units battle the French forces, among them the Black Brunswickers led by the 'Black Duke' Frederick William of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel. After the War of the Fifth Coalition, the Black Hussars are pursued by Napoleon throughout the country, but frequently take refuge with the noble-minded German people.
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Viennese Waltz
Title: Viennese Waltz
Released: August 11, 1932
Type: Movie
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The Night of Temptation
Title: The Night of Temptation
Released: August 8, 1932
Type: Movie
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Cruiser Emden
Title: Cruiser Emden
Character: Mertens
Released: May 20, 1932
Type: Movie
Story of the Kreuzer (cruiser) Emden and his men during WWI, garnished with a love Story, rivalry and heroism.
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Love's Command
Title: Love's Command
Released: November 10, 1931
Type: Movie
During the Austro Hungarian empire, a girl substitutes for her brother in a military academy.
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The Company's Mother
Title: The Company's Mother
Character: Herr Professor
Released: October 22, 1931
Type: Movie
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The Theft of the Mona Lisa
Title: The Theft of the Mona Lisa
Released: August 24, 1931
Type: Movie
This German crime drama was based on a true story. Willy Forst stars as a poverty-stricken Italian glazier who falls in love with French hotel maid Rosa Valletti. Struck by the girl's resemblance to Leonardo Da Vinci's Mona Lisa, Forst manages to steal the painting from the Louvre in hopes of impressing his sweetheart. But when the girl proves to be a fickle sort, the crestfallen hero confesses his crime and is carted off to jail. Unwilling to admit that he'd been led astray by a woman, Forst claims that he stole the Mona Lisa to restore it to his native Italy, and as a result is hailed as a national hero! Raub der Mona Lisa was distributed in the U.S. by RKO Radio, under the title The Theft of the Mona Lisa.
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The Squeeker
Title: The Squeeker
Character: Der Falschspieler
Released: July 30, 1931
Type: Movie
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Tropical Nights
Title: Tropical Nights
Character: Schomberg
Released: May 27, 1931
Type: Movie
"Tropical Nights" - The young violinist Alma comes to Simbali with an orchestra led by conductor Zangiacoma, hired for a series of performances at the Schomberg hotel. Both the conductor Zangiacomo and Schomberg are obsessed with Alma. One evening, when Alma is, as usual, forced to entertain the guests she meets Mr. Heyst from his island Sourabaya, where he lives in solitude. He takes Alma to his place on the island.
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Darling of the Gods
Title: Darling of the Gods
Released: October 13, 1930
Type: Movie
Also known as Darling of the Gods, this was Emil Jannings' second talkie appearance. Jannings stars as famed operatic singer Albert Winkelmann, who is greeted with cheers, applause and romantic propositions whenever he performs in his native Vienna. But when he embarks on a tour of South America, tragedy strikes. The sweltering climate causes Winkelmann to lose his voice on stage, a disaster met with hoots and cat-calls. Dispirited he returns to Europe, where he soon learns that no one is aware of what happened in South America. Intending to retire so as not to be exposed to further humiliation, Winkelmann is goaded back on stage -- where, miraculously, his gorgeous voice returns.
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Waves of Passion
Title: Waves of Passion
Character: Kölgis
Released: October 10, 1930
Type: Movie
About the booming of smuggling alcohol across the Baltic Sea between Estonia and the neighboring and alcohol prohibited Finland. Fiery love relationships are another theme of the film.
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Im Kampf mit der Unterwelt
Title: Im Kampf mit der Unterwelt
Character: Watts
Released: August 5, 1930
Type: Movie
German crime film
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Der Erzieher meiner Tochter
Title: Der Erzieher meiner Tochter
Character: Schiffskontrolleur
Released: January 7, 1930
Type: Movie
An American billionaire's daughter is obsessed with the idea of marrying a count. Her father would prefer her to marry the son of a competitor. So he comes up with the idea of hiring the dashing Heinz to spoil her aristocratic ways. Heinz introduces himself to her as Count Rüttow-Mallwitz and takes her to Europe. There, the two fall in love, but when she finds out about the scam, she indignantly takes the next ship and returns to America. It is only on the crossing that Heinz manages to convince her that he really loves her
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Andreas Hofer
Title: Andreas Hofer
Character: Andreas Hofer
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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Bright Eyes
Title: Bright Eyes
Character: Henri
Released: March 29, 1929
Type: Movie
A 1929 British-Austrian romance film directed by Géza von Bolváry.
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Lady Juan
Title: Lady Juan
Released: January 24, 1928
Type: Movie
A Spanish nobleman raises his only daughter as a boy, similarly to Greta Garbo in Queen Christina (1933). In adulthood, Juana's upbringing causes complications in her love life. Possibly an early example of genderqueer representation.
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Moral
Title: Moral
Character: Justizrat Hauser
Released: January 20, 1928
Type: Movie
When a travelling troupe threatens to unleash a saucy Berlin revue on the provincial town of Emilsburg, the local Morality Society, a band of sanctimonious middle-aged men, stages a protest. Meanwhile, the reigning monarch is concerned that his son and heir is not living his life to the full. Ninon d’Hauteville, a showgirl and the revue’s star attraction, takes a job as piano teacher to the young prince after her engagement at the local theatre was brought to a premature end, a result of the Morality Society’s interference. It doesn’t take long for those hypocrites to get wind of this. While on the outside they appear to be concerned with running the immoral woman out of their town, behind closed doors they rank among the new piano teacher’s most ardent pupils. However, Ninon, out to right the wrong done against her, secretly keeps a “diary” of their visits, recording each encounter on film with a hidden camera.
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Hungarian Rhapsody
Title: Hungarian Rhapsody
Character: Marika's Father
Released: January 2, 1928
Type: Movie
On the plains of Hungary, Franz, a Hussard lieutenant, broods about his future; Born into an aristocratic family, his father drank away the family fortune and marriage seems an unlikely prospect. Impoverished Franz's love for effervescent and upright country girl Marika coincides with the tragic tale of lovelorn violinist Josef, all but ignored by royal beauty Camilla.
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Haus Nummer 17
Title: Haus Nummer 17
Released: January 1, 1928
Type: Movie
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What's Going on in Beely Circus?
Title: What's Going on in Beely Circus?
Character: Kriminalkommissar Bull
Released: January 14, 1927
Type: Movie
Harry Piel plays Harry Peel who receives an urgent telephone call from a friend who has returned from South America recently. The call is being made from the circus "Beely" and our hero arrives there too late to prevent the murder of his friend. Now Harry must find his friend's killer and go on a strange mission involving a hidden document.
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The Raider Emden
Title: The Raider Emden
Released: December 22, 1926
Type: Movie
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Adventures of a Ten Mark Note
Title: Adventures of a Ten Mark Note
Released: October 28, 1926
Type: Movie
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Der schwarze Pierrot
Title: Der schwarze Pierrot
Released: May 31, 1926
Type: Movie
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Manon Lescaut
Title: Manon Lescaut
Character: Marquis de Bill
Released: February 15, 1926
Type: Movie
A French adventurer fights to save a woman in the life of prostitution.
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The Fallen
Title: The Fallen
Character: Konrad
Released: January 18, 1926
Type: Movie
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Zigano
Title: Zigano
Released: July 27, 1925
Type: Movie
Filmarchiv Austria holds a non-access master print and a nitrate duplicate negative of the film.
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Wallenstein, 1. Teil - Wallensteins Macht
Title: Wallenstein, 1. Teil - Wallensteins Macht
Character: Wallenstein
Released: May 20, 1925
Type: Movie
Historical drama about the life of Albrecht von Wallenstein.
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Um eines Weibes Ehre
Title: Um eines Weibes Ehre
Released: March 1, 1924
Type: Movie
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Nathan der Weise
Title: Nathan der Weise
Character: Sultan Saladin
Released: December 28, 1922
Type: Movie
Silent movie adaptation of Lessing's play. Set in Jerusalem during the Third Crusade, it describes how the wise Jewish merchant Nathan, the enlightened sultan Saladin and the (initially anonymous) Templar bridge their gaps between Judaism, Islam and Christianity.
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Der Klosterjäger
Title: Der Klosterjäger
Released: November 26, 1920
Type: Movie
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Das schwarze Gesicht
Title: Das schwarze Gesicht
Released: November 25, 1920
Type: Movie
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Der Ochsenkrieg
Title: Der Ochsenkrieg
Character: Runotter
Released: October 16, 1920
Type: Movie
Berchtesgaden in the 15th century: A power struggle between mountain peasants who have been raising milk cows on common land and a village bailiff trying to gain power driving them off the land. Both have a ducal documents that states the opposite.
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Panic in the House of Ardon
Title: Panic in the House of Ardon
Character: Stuart Webbs
Released: October 4, 1920
Type: Movie
A silent movie by Rober Wiene.
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Der schwarze Jack
Title: Der schwarze Jack
Released: January 1, 1919
Type: Movie
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Das Opfer der Iris
Title: Das Opfer der Iris
Released: January 1, 1919
Type: Movie
German silent film