Cornell Borchers
Acting
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Cornell Borchers (born 16 March 1925) is a German actress, active in the late 1940s and 1950s, who starred along with Errol Flynn and Nat King Cole in the film Istanbul (1957). Description above from the Wikipedia article Cornell Borchers, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Born: March 16, 1925
Place of Birth: Heydekrug, Prussia [now Šilutė, Lithuania]
Known For
Adventures in Vienna
Taking place over 12 hours on New Years Eve, a concert pianist murders his wife's lover, then frames an innocent man.
The Big Lift
The Berlin Air Lift from the point of view of two Air Force NCOs who navigate romance in a bombed out post WW2 Germany.
The Divided Heart
During World War II, a German woman, Inga, goes missing and is presumed dead. Her infant son is placed in an orphanage where, years later, he's adopted by a childless couple. The adoptive parents' happiness is shattered when Inga reappears and insists on custody of her son.
Never Say Goodbye
In present-day U.S., Dr. Michael Parker, a prominent surgeon, unexpectedly runs into his German-born wife whom he thought was dead. Victor, an artist and his "dead" wife's now boyfriend, berates Dr. Parker for "killing" her. The bulk of the story flashes back to Austria during World War II as we learn how Dr. Parker met and married his wife, and the one mistake that may have cost him his family.
Istanbul
A suspected diamond smuggler returns to Istanbul and finds the lady love he thought was dead...or does he?
Rot ist die Liebe
Poet Hermann Lons is turning 40. On his birthday, his childhood love, Rosemarie, unexpectedly to visit her cousin (who just happens to be Hermann's wife). Rosemarie and Hermann walk through the Luneburger Heide every day and it isn't long before their old love flares up again. Hermann is rather annoyed about that and asks the woman to leave. His decision, however, brings him no joy. Luckily, he's able to deal with his grief by writing poetry, which brings him some success. But now his life is one big, melancholy drama, punctuated by too much alcohol. When Hermann eventually learns that Rosemarie has gotten engaged to Hermann's hunting buddy, Prince Niko, he realizes he wants to ask his wife for a divorce and chase after his former lover. Luckily(?), Rosemarie puts the brakes on the whole thing saying it's too late for them.
12:15 AM, Room 9
The young hotel manager Leutner runs for study purposes a transmitter in the hotel room of his fiancée Maria. Coincidentally he learns that a gang of counterfeiters want to get rid of a troublesome witness at 12:15 AM. Will Leutner be able to prevent this… and can he trust his fiancée at all? Cheats, swindlers, forgers and murderers are hiding under the mask of honest and reputable hotel guests.
The Dark Wave
A young girl, normal in every way, is affected with severe epilepsy.
Flood Tide
When the testimony of a crippled child sends a murder suspect to prison, a friend of the accused sets out to investigate the crime on his own.
Dark Eyes
Violin virtuoso Fedor Varany meets on the train from Nice to Vienna Helene Samboni, the lover of the Chamber of Commerce President Alexander Grabner and still-wife of the artist Samboni. Fedor falls in love with her without betraying his identity.
Filmography
as Harriet Owen
as Anne Gordon
as Stephanie Bauer / Karen Fielding
as Rosemarie
as Lisa Gosting
as Karine Salstroem
as Inga
as Nora, seine Frau
as Dr. Elisabeth Keller
as Karin Manelli
as Helene Samboni
as Michèle Printemps
as Ellen Gruber
as Frederica Burkhardt
as Maria Mertens