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Adolf Wohlbrück
Adolf Wohlbrück was an Austrian-born actor and singer who appeared in numerous films and stage productions during the 1920s-1940s. He was also known for his roles in several British and Hollywood films, including "Gaslight" and "The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp". However, his career was cut short by his escape from Nazi Germany in 1933 and his subsequent reluctance to return to acting after the war.
Titles credited to Adolf Wohlbrück
The Red Shoes
In this classic drama, Vicky Page is an aspiring ballerina torn between her dedication to dance and her desire to love. While her imperious instructor, Boris Lermontov, urges to her to forget anything...
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The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp
General Candy, who's overseeing an English squad in 1943, is a veteran leader who doesn't have the respect of the men he's training and is considered out-of-touch with what's needed to win the war. Bu...
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La Ronde
An all-knowing interlocutor guides us through a series of affairs in Vienna, 1900. A soldier meets an eager young lady of the evening. Later he has an affair with a young lady, who becomes a maid and...
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49th Parallel
In the early days of World War II, a German U-boat is sunk in Canada's Hudson Bay. Hoping to evade capture, a small band of German soldiers led by commanding officer Lieutenant Hirth attempts to cross...
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Lola Montès
Lola Montes, previously a great adventuress, is reduced to being the attraction of a circus after having been the lover of various important men.
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The Queen of Spades
An elderly countess strikes a bargain with the devil and exchanges her soul for the ability to always win at cards. An army officer, who is also a fanatic about cards, murders her for the secret, then...
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Saint Joan
Young Joan of Arc comes to the palace in France to make The Dauphin King of France and is appointed to head the French Army. After winning many battles she is not needed any longer and soon she is tho...
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Dangerous Moonlight
Stefan Radetzky, a Polish pilot and famous concert pianist, is hospitalised in England from injuries sustained while in combat, and having lost his memory. As Radetzky plays the piano in a trance-like...
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