Wolfgang Zilzer
Acting
Biography
German-American actor.
Born: January 20, 1901
Place of Birth: Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
Known For
Casablanca
In Casablanca, Morocco in December 1941, a cynical American expatriate meets a former lover, with unforeseen complications.
To Be or Not to Be
During the Nazi occupation of Poland, an acting troupe becomes embroiled in a Polish soldier's efforts to track down a German spy.
Ninotchka
A stern Russian woman sent to Paris on official business finds herself attracted to a man who represents everything she is supposed to detest.
Escape
An American goes to pre-war Germany to find his mother and discovers her in a concentration camp. With the help of an American-born widowed countess he seeks to engineer her escape.
Bluebeard's 8th Wife
American multi-millionaire Michael Brandon marries his eighth wife, Nicole, the daughter of a broke French Marquis. But she doesn't want to be only a number in the line of his ex-wives and undertakes her own strategy to tame him.
Bookkeeper Kremke
In this realistic, unsentimental portrait of Germany’s dire economic situation, a middle-aged payroll clerk loses his job due to technological advances and, unable to find another, descends into despair. The film’s director, Marie Harder, was one of only a few women directors of the time and was also the head of the German Social Democratic Film Office. She made only two known films before her accidental death in exile in Mexico in 1936.
Stairway to Light
This John Nesbitt's Passing Parade short tells the story of 18th Century French physician Dr. Philippe Pinel, who initiated enlightened, humane treatment of the mentally ill.
Crucified Girl
The young student Mary spends the beginning of her holiday with boat trips, visits to her wealthy groom, and gardening. In fast-paced, rhythmic cuts, Louise and Jakob Fleck draw their audience into a carefree, urban romantic comedy. With a single scene, however, it turns into a melodrama about sexual violence, shame and perpetrator-victim reversal.
Raid in St. Pauli
Illustrates both the powerlessness of the ordinary worker as well as an intimate portrait of the joys and sorrows of a small group of people in the harbor section of Hamburg.
Appointment in Berlin
The "war of nerves" which gripped the European continent in 1938, is the background for this war thriller starring George Sanders.
Filmography
as Analyst
as Ludendorff
as Kraler
as Man on the Street (uncredited)
as Taxi Driver
as Refugee
as August Helmuth
as Dr. Philippe Pinel (uncredited)
as Krafft
as Dr. Joseph Goebbels
as Nazi Doctor Treating Jeff
as Max
as Cripple (uncredited)
as Bit Part
as Man with Expired Papers (uncredited)
as Otto Schultz (uncredited)
as Von Porten (uncredited)
as Man in Bookstore (uncredited)
as German Clerk in Baron’s Office (uncredited)
as Hoffman
as Leon Rochelle (uncredited)
as Vogt (uncredited)
as Otto Kestler
as Pavillion Counter Clerk (uncredited)
as Post Office Clerk (uncredited)
as Dr. Rudolf Preussner
as Kellner
as Thief at Dock
as Taxi Driver (uncredited)
as Frome
as Kleswing
as Heinrich
as Limping Tenor (uncredited)
as Westphal
as Citizen (uncredited)
as Book Salesman (uncredited)
as Musiker Leo
as Robert
as Möller, Oberprimaner
as Max Benken
as Lenes Verlobter, Student
as Wooer
as Karl Meßner
as Walter
as Camille Raquin
as The Nipper
as Wölfchen
as Leutnant Wranow
as Erzherzog Oskar
as Christoph Burger
as Page