Oscar Beregi Sr.
Acting
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Oscar Beregi, Sr. (born Beregi Oszkár, 24 January 1876 – 18 October 1965) was a Hungarian film actor. He appeared in 27 films between 1916 and 1953. He was born in Budapest, Hungary and died in Hollywood, California. He was the father of actor Oscar Beregi, Jr. Description above from the Wikipedia article Oscar Beregi, Sr., licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Born: January 24, 1876
Place of Birth: Budapest, Austria-Hungary (now Hungary)
Known For
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.
Moon of Israel
A Jewish slave girl falls in love with the Pharaoh's son during the Exodus.
Desert Legion
A commander in the Foreign Legion romances a mysterious and exotic princess.
A Train of Ghosts
Remake of the English movie Ghost Train (1931, Walter Forde). Seven people are stranded for a stormy night at a remote, unmanned railroad station past which, every midnight, steams the "ghost" of a train which wrecked there 20 years ago.
Jewels
JEWELS is an early example of the visual fascination of dark Vienna. The film was released in 1930 as one of the last silent films under the powerful title SENSATION IM DIAMANTENCLUB. The screenplay was based on motifs from Hoffmann's story 'Das Fräulein von Scuderi' (1819), which is considered the first crime story in German. Director Hans Brückner mixes some elements of the genre in his crime film, the palette ranges from classic 'Whodunit' to detective to elements of horror film, focuses on shadows, lighting effects, cross-fading according to German and drastic wrestling matches based on the American pattern. As a 'modern' script idea, the dissociative movement disorder, i.e. the psychological paralysis of a victim in shock, impresses a motif that will later prove to be indispensable for the horror repertoire.
The Man of Gold
Faithful to his word, Michael Tímar, captain of the St. Barbara, becomes the guardian of Kondya, daughter of a Turkish aristocrat on the run. Later, he weds the grateful young Turkish girl whom he saved from the waters of the Danube. While skillfully managing his wife's fortune, entrepreneur Tímar becomes an important wholesaler of wheat and exports his products to Brazil. But his marriage of convenience proves a failure. He is torn between the demands of bourgeois civilization, governed by money, and the ideal of freedom, consisting of living simply within nature. He then takes refuge by the side of the sweet Noemi on an island on the Danube.
Camille
Based on the 1852 novel and play La Dame aux Camélias by Alexandre Dumas, fils.
Different Women
The attaché of a former government of the Ukraine marries a rich Russian woman who wants to climb in society whereas her unnatural affection for another woman keeps her from really becoming his wife. Her daughter falls in love with her stepfather, family drama. The mother and the other woman are murdered, so there is a happy-end for husband and daughter.
Gólyakalifa
A baron has recurring nightmares of being a dock worker on the run.
Der Geliebte seiner Frau
Filmography
as Dr. Bartok
as Khalil (as Oscar Berefi)
as Uncle John (as Oscar Beregi)
as Prof. Dr. Baum
as Dr.Stirling
as Count de Varville
as Lord Purdon
as Jules Lagarre (as Oscar Beregi)
as Prime Minister
as Amenmeses
as Tímár Mihály
as Bán Ferenc, bányamérnök
as Elemér Tábori