The story of the rise to power of King Frederick II (aka “Frederick the Great”) Read More »
Tag Archives: Olga Tschechowa
Mary (1931) Alfred Hitchcock, Alfred Abel, Olga Tschechowa, Paul Graetz
A juror in a murder trial, after voting to convict, has second thoughts and begins to investigate on his own before the execution. Read More »
Moulin Rouge (1928) Ewald André Dupont, Olga Tschechowa, Eve Gray, Jean Bradin
Parysia is the rage of Paris. She has a daughter, secretly engaged to Andre Read More »
Bel Ami (1939) Willi Forst, Olga Tschechowa, Johannes Riemann, Drama, Romance
Shortly after being demobilized, Georges Duroy becomes aware of his power over women in the arms of Rachel, a young singer. Thanks to his good looks and his charming manners and his unabashed cynicism he will rapidly rise to the top by courtesy of women women (Mme Walter, Clotilde, Madeleine), from journalist to member of Parliament to cabinet minister. But it is also the fair sex that will cause his fall in the end.
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