Adele Sandrock
Acting
Biography
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Born: August 19, 1863
Place of Birth: Rotterdam, Netherlands
Known For
Dr. Mabuse, the Gambler
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.
Amphitryon: Happiness from the Clouds
Lamenting Thebian women are waiting for the men to come back from war. God Jupiter is attracted to one of them: Alkmene. He goes to earth and tries to seduce her as himself: an old man. Failing in this, he disguises himself as Amphitryon (Alkemene's husband) and tries again. Next morning Amphitryon and his men come back from war; he suspects adultery and wants a divorce. Jupiter's wife Juno now also comes to earth and clears things up.
The Congress Dances
Vienna glove-sales-lady Christel falls in love with Russian Czar Alexander. Austrian Prince Metternich tries to use this and other pleasant diversions to keep him out of the negotiation conferences of the 1815 Vienna Congress.
A Mad Idea
A series of stupid coincidences causes the young Munich painter Paul to convert his uncle's castle into a hotel for four weeks. But he can't complain: business is good and he has plenty of guests. For exmple, there's Theo Muller with his revue troupe. For reasons of "sound", Muller calls himself "Miller", which, of course, causes more confusion. His daughter, the beautiful Evelyn, is confused with Mabel Miller, who has come to the hotel on a mission for her filthy rich father ... namely, to estimate the worth of the castle.
The Fight with the Dragon
Countess von Drachenstein, owner of the traditional Drachenstein Castle Brewery, where the famous Drachenbräu beer has been brewed for 300 years, stubbornly refuses to agree to a merger between the Drachen and Sonnen breweries. Trude, the niece, and Fritz, the son of the manager of the Sonnenbrauerei, try in vain to poach Bachmeier, the master brewer at the Drachenbrauerei. But then Trude falls in love with Bachmeier, and Fritz with Countess Helene, the niece of the Countess von Drachenstein. And so the family businesses end up merging after all.
Katharina Knie
"Katharina Knie" is a 1929 German silent drama film directed by Karl Grune and starring Eugen Klöpfer, Carmen Boni and Adele Sandrock. It is based on the 1928 play of the same title by Carl Zuckmayer.
The English Marriage
Georg Alexander plays Douglas Mavis, the son of a rich English family who falls in love with a Berlin girl (Renate Müller) and marries her. However, he doesn't tell his family, and for a reason: the resolute head of the family (played by the inimitable Adele Sandrock) has other designs for her grandson. Further complications arise when the family lawyer (Adolf Wohlbrück) gets to know the Berlin lady without knowing who she is. And meanwhile, Mavis meets an alluring lady from a cabaret (Hilde Hildebrand).
The Great Passion
This is a real curiosity; at best a reasonable film, but also a charming little gem. There is a story (in the line of "A Star is Born"), but this merely serves as an excuse, as it is more importantly a kind of moving encyclopedia of about 35 stars making their debut in a talkie (although some of them had already made one talkie), of the technical sound possibilities and of film making. Besides all that, it is entertaining and sometimes hilarious and it has fine one-liners that split my side. The film is also remarkable for making mock of typical German film genres (like the overly sweet romances involving the military), of too heavy acting and of film making in general. I have to mention this one: a short, hysterically funny parody of "Der blaue Engel". What this film in fact says is: do not take any film too seriously. (J. Steed)
Fräulein Else
While staying with her aunt at a fashionable spa, Else receives an unexpected telegram from her mother, begging her to save her father from debtor’s jail. The only way out, it seems, is to approach an elderly acquaintance in order to borrow money from him. Through this telegram, Else is forced into the reality of a world entirely at odds with her romantic imagination – with horrific consequences.
Heaven on Earth
A poor composer who should buy a property for his ambitious father-in-law finances with the money, nevertheless, an opera. Together with his friend who must play a husband to his strict rich aunt, he makes to himself a fun from the mistakes which cause her feints.
Filmography
as Konstanze Gräfin Reiffersperg
as Adele von Gronau
as Frau Hofrat Aigner
as Tante Mary
as Grandmother
as Fürstin Dolgorucky
as Frau Admiralin
as Adele Hecht
as Seine Großmutter
as Herzogin von Norfolk
as Malvine von Hochheim
as Jupiters Gemahlin Juno
as Die Garderobiere
as Gräfin Drachenstein
as Frau Geheimrat Plüschkow
as Pauline Neuber
as Gräfin Alexandra
as Adele
as Frau Sommer
as Katharina Brockmann
as Frau von Damaskin
as Lady Mavis
as Exfürstin Ludovica von Palamo
as Hofmeisterin Gräfin Zanelli
as Virginia Marenzi
as Frau von Gobelinski
as Fürstin Stauffenstein
as Fräulein von Zackenthin
as Tante Henriette
as Die Gräfin
as Freifrau von der Heyde
as Great Aunt Henriette
as Mutter Liers
as Frau Timm
as Die Herzogintante
as Madame Schöll
as Emerenzia
as Edith, seine Schwester
as Frau de Trevillac
as Zimmerwirtin
as Herzogin Looz von Curswaren
as La vieille dame
as Die Oberlehrerin
as Ältere Dame im Hotel
as Adele von Hahnenkamp
as Mutter Goebel
as Eugenie, Dodos Theatermutter
as Veronika, seine Haushälterin
as Fürstin
as Tante Malchen
as Erbprinzessin Adelheid
as Eine Klavierlehrerin
as Hanne
as Countess Markowicz
as Hofdame
as Adele
as Fräulein von Wendelin
as Frau Stempel
as Herself
as Oberstudienrätin Vulpius
as Countess Rüttow-Mallwitz
as Edith's Aunt
as Tante Emma
as Bibo
as Marquise von Versac
as Frau Belloni
as Leokadia Spannagel
as Gräfin Voß
as Präsidentin des Sittlichkeitsvereins
as Josefines Tante
as Madame Viard
as Erzherzogin Sophie
as Hekabe
as Mutter Karsten
as Mother
as Die Äbtissen
as (uncredited)
as Mrs. Avricolos
as Turid
as Art gallery owner
as Worrit