Heinrich Gretler
Acting
Biography
Heinrich Gretler (1897–1977) was a Swiss film and television actor, who also starred on stage at the Bernhard-Theater in Zurich. Source: Article "Heinrich Gretler" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.
Born: October 1, 1897
Place of Birth: Zürich, Switzerland
Known For
The Fight for the Matterhorn
Struggle for the Matterhorn (German: Der Kampf ums Matterhorn) is a 1928 German-Swiss silent drama film co-directed by Mario Bonnard and Nunzio Malasomma and starring Luis Trenker, Marcella Albani, and Alexandra Schmitt. The film is part of the popular cycle of mountain films of the 1920s and 1930s. Art direction was by Heinrich Richter. Based on a novel by Carl Haensel, the film depicts the battle between British and Italian climbers to be the first to climb the Matterhorn. Trenker later remade the film as The Challenge in 1938.
Swiss Tour
A sailor on leave meets a beautiful girl on the ski slopes of Switzerland.
Die Gejagten
In the forest of Hablikon, the administrator Reichle is found shot dead. He had gone hunting with three other respected citizens of the community. Detective Sergeant Müller takes charge of the investigation. The first suspect is the nephew of one of the hunters, who was also at the scene at the time of the shooting and was on parole from prison. With no clear motive, Müller focuses his attention on the honorable and irreproachable fellow hunters. Their clean facade begins to crumble during his investigations. Village doctor Amsler, banker Meier, and architect Häuptl all had something to hide. Reichle knew about their private and business misdeeds. Müller also learns from Alvine Dünki, the dead man's lover, that money from the community coffers was used for the four men's entertainment. The murderer is convicted after the crime is reconstructed.
Swiss Tour
A sailor on leave meets a beautiful girl on the ski slopes of Switzerland.
Nights on the Road
An aging truck driver finds smuggled money and becomes involved with a hijacking crowd.
The Testament of Dr. Mabuse
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.
It Happened in Broad Daylight
The search for a child murderer drags a once-respected detective into an all-consuming obsession.
People on Sunday
A semi-documentary experimental 1930 German silent film created by amateurs with a small budget. With authentic scenes of the metropolis city of Berlin, it's the first film from the later famous screenwriters/directors Billy Wilder and Fred Zinnemann.
Heidi
Heidi, a young orphan girl living with her aunt in Frankfurt, is forced to move to the Swiss Alps to live with her ornery grandfather. At first, he resents her presence, but, after a short while, Heidi manages to pierce his gruff exterior, and the two become close. She also befriends a young shepherd named Peter. After three years, Heidi's aunt arrives and demands Heidi's return to Frankfurt.
The Counterfeiters of Paris
"Le Dabe" retired many years ago and now he lives in the Tropics where he owns stables and horses. He is a very rich man. He was the king of all money counterfeiters. He is contacted from Paris to organize a new job. He says no. But when he finds out the the currency that should be counterfeited is the Dutch florin, he accepts immediately. He retired after having counterfeited 100 florin notes just before the Queen Wilhelmina retired them from circulation. He flies to Paris. But the gang is not to be trusted, at least not all of them.
Filmography
as Kapitän Brinkhoff
as Hauptkommissar
as Vater Kohlhiesel
as Pfarrer
as Mautner sr.
as Trautwein
as Gustav Eidenbenz
as Tauchmann
as Amtmann Bonatsch
as Wachtmeister Müller
as Zyberlihoger-Joggi
as Moosgruber
as Zyberlihoger-Joggi
as Gastwirt Rüder
as Bockmann
as Stadtrat Niggelmann
as Abraham Schlachter
as Vater von Felix und Gemeindepräsident
as Pfarrer Polding
as Chief Strobl
as Polizeikommandant
as Bischof
as Professor Guter
as Wachmeister Grimm
as Landrat Zinner
as Mr.Wilde
as Posthalter
as Josef Reindorfer
as Herr Kummer
as Schwaiger
as Heinrich Prugger, Sägewerksbesitzer
as Köhler
as Gottlieb Peukert
as Heinrich Krüger
as Fischer-Bartl
as Sepp Riedl, Gastwirt
as Alp-Öhi
as Onkel Abegg
as Johannes, Bodenbauer
as Pfarrer
as Großvater Moosleitner
as Knüsli
as Pfarrer Randlmann
as Bürgermeister
as Alp-Öhi / Alp-Ochi, Heidi's Grandfather
as Herr Keigler
as Graf Fürstenberg
as Spediteur Carl Falk
as Lindoberer
as Paul Hendrix
as Christian Glucker
as Matthias Hochleithner
as Biber
as Gemeindepräsident
as Wachtmeister Studer
as Director Rüegg
as Arnold Murer
as Werner Stauffacher
as Friedrich Odermatt
as Schulpfleger
as Wachtmeister Jakob Studer
as Leu
as Handwerker
as Sanitäter
as Judge
as Kofferdieb
as Kurt Brann, sein Untermieter
as Grenzjäger
as Pelle
as Heinrich
as Seiler, Hotelwirt