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Alfred Zeisler is a Actor, Director, Scriptwriter and Producer Allemand born on 26 september 1897 at Chicago (USA)

Alfred Zeisler

Alfred Zeisler
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Nationality German
Birth 26 september 1897 at Chicago (USA)
Death 1 march 1985 (at 87 years) at Camano Island (USA)

Alfred Zeisler (26 September 1892 – 1 March 1985) was an American-born German film producer, director, actor and screenwriter. He produced 29 films between 1927 and 1936. He also directed 16 films between 1924 and 1949. He was born in Chicago, Illinois and died in Camano Island, Washington.

Biography

Né à Chicago, d'un père allemand acteur de théâtre alors en tournée aux États-Unis, Alfred Zeisler commence sa carrière en Allemagne. Comme réalisateur, après une première expérience sur un court métrage d'animation sorti en 1924, il dirige huit films allemands sortis de 1930 à 1933.

À la suite de l'avènement du nazisme, il quitte l'Allemagne en 1935 et transite par le Royaume-Uni, où il réalise trois films britanniques sortis en 1936 et 1937, dont Service de renseignements (1936, avec Cary Grant et Mary Brian).

Puis il s'installe définitivement aux États-Unis, où il réalise quatre films américains sortis entre 1944 et 1949, dont Parole, Inc. (1948, avec Michael O'Shea, Turhan Bey et Evelyn Ankers) et Alimony (1949, avec Martha Vickers, John Beal et Hillary Brooke).

Comme producteur, on lui doit quasi exclusivement des films allemands (exception faite du film britannique Service de renseignements déjà cité), sortis de 1927 à 1935, y compris quelques versions françaises alternatives. Notamment, il produit Viktor und Viktoria de Reinhold Schünzel (1933, avec Renate Müller dans le double rôle-titre), ainsi que sa version française réalisée par Reinhold Schünzel et Roger Le Bon, titrée Georges et Georgette et sortie en 1934, avec Julien Carette et Meg Lemonnier. Autre exemple, il produit (et réalise) Der Stern von Valencia (1933, avec Hans Deppe), ainsi que sa version française, L'Étoile de Valencia de Serge de Poligny (1933 également, avec Jean Gabin et Brigitte Helm).

Comme scénariste, il collabore à six films allemands entre 1922 et 1928, puis aux deux premiers films américains qu'il réalise.

Comme acteur, Alfred Zeisler apparaît dans deux films allemands de 1928 et 1930, avant huit films américains sortis de 1943 à 1953 (où il est généralement non crédité, comme dans L'Affaire Cicéron de Joseph L. Mankiewicz en 1952, avec James Mason et Danielle Darrieux). Il tient son seul rôle crédité dans L'Oiseau de paradis de Delmer Daves (version de 1951, avec Debra Paget et Louis Jourdan).

Par ailleurs acteur de théâtre (dès sa période allemande), il joue à Broadway (New York) en 1943, dans la pièce The Barber Had Two Sons, aux côtés de Joseph Wiseman et Blanche Yurka.

Usually with

Nestor Paiva
Nestor Paiva
(3 films)
Harry Piel
Harry Piel
(1 films)
Fritz Odemar
Fritz Odemar
(3 films)
Ernst Behmer
Ernst Behmer
(3 films)
Source : Wikidata

Filmography of Alfred Zeisler (21 films)

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Actor

The Desert Rats, 1h28
Directed by Robert Wise
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War, Action, Adventure
Themes Films set in Africa, Political films, Le désert, Guerre du désert
Actors Richard Burton, James Mason, Robert Newton, Robert Douglas, Torin Thatcher, Chips Rafferty
Roles von Helmholtz (uncredited)
Rating66% 3.3454553.3454553.3454553.3454553.345455
In mid-April 1941, during World War II, German Field Marshal Erwin Rommel (James Mason) and his Afrika Korps have driven the British Army into headlong retreat across North Africa toward Egypt and the vital Suez Canal. Standing in Rommel's way is Tobruk, a constant threat to his supply lines. The 9th Australian Division are asked to hold the port for two months, at which time they are to be relieved.
5 Fingers
5 Fingers (1952)
, 1h48
Directed by Joseph L. Mankiewicz, Gerd Oswald
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Spy
Themes Spy films, Political films, Children's films
Actors James Mason, Danielle Darrieux, Michael Rennie, Walter Hampden, Oskar Karlweis, Herbert Berghof
Roles général Joseph Kaltenbrunner
Rating75% 3.797333.797333.797333.797333.79733
In neutral Turkey in 1944, German ambassador Franz von Papen (John Wengraf) and his British counterpart Sir Frederic Taylor (Walter Hampden) attend a reception and encounter Countess Anna Staviska (Danielle Darrieux), who is a Frenchwoman and the widow of a Polish count. Now destitute, the countess volunteers to become a spy for a fee, but she is turned down.
What Price Glory, 1h51
Directed by John Ford
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War, Comedy, Musical, Romance
Themes Military humor in film, Théâtre, Political films, Films based on plays, Children's films, United States Armed Forces in films
Actors James Cagney, Corinne Calvet, Dan Dailey, William Demarest, Robert Wagner, Henri Letondal
Roles Colonel allemand
Rating60% 3.047253.047253.047253.047253.04725
Upon the United States entry into World War I, the first American units to arrive at the front in France are veteran Marine companies, one of which is commanded by captain Flagg, along with his Lieutenants, Moore and Aldrich. Flagg has developed a romantic relationship with the daughter of the local innkeeper, Charmaine, and resumes their relationship after returning from the front. However, he lies to her and tells her he is married when she wants to come with him on his leave to Paris. Replacements arrive and their lack of discipline and knowledge infuriate the Captain. But he is expecting the arrival of a new top sergeant, who he hopes will be able to train them properly. However, when the sergeant arrives, it is Quirt, Captain Flagg's long time rival, a rivalry which quickly re-ignites.
Bird of Paradise, 1h40
Directed by Delmer Daves
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Adventure, Romance
Themes Seafaring films, Transport films, Volcanisme, Children's films
Actors Debra Paget, Louis Jourdan, Jeff Chandler, Everett Sloane, Maurice Schwartz, Jack Elam
Roles Van Hook
Rating61% 3.0973953.0973953.0973953.0973953.097395
Andre Laurence (Jourdan) takes a trip to a Polynesian island with his college roommate Tenga (Chandler). He assumes the native life and marries his friend's sister, Kalua. An eruption of a volcano and the Kahuna, the island's shaman, decides that the volcano can be appeased with the sacrifice of Kalua.
Mission to Moscow, 2h4
Directed by Michael Curtiz, Don Siegel
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War, Historical
Themes Politique, Documentary films about war, Documentary films about historical events, Political films, Documentary films about World War II
Actors Walter Huston, Ann Harding, Oskar Homolka, George Tobias, Gene Lockhart, Eleanor Parker
Roles German Train Conductor (uncredited)
Rating54% 2.704272.704272.704272.704272.70427
The film chronicles ambassador Davies' impressions of the Soviet Union, his meetings with Stalin, and his overall opinion of the Soviet Union and its ties with the United States. It is made in faux-documentary style, beginning with Davies meeting with president Franklin D. Roosevelt to discuss his new appointment as United States ambassador to the Soviet Union. It continues to show the Davies' family's trip by boat to Moscow, with stops in Europe.
Background to Danger, 1h20
Directed by Raoul Walsh
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War, Thriller, Spy, Historical, Crime
Themes Spy films, Political films
Actors George Raft, Brenda Marshall, Sydney Greenstreet, Peter Lorre, Osa Massen, Turhan Bey
Roles Attaché
Rating63% 3.199253.199253.199253.199253.19925
In 1942, Nazi Germany attempts to bring neutral Turkey into the war on its side by staging an assassination attempt on Franz von Papen, its own ambassador to the country. Much to the annoyance of Colonel Robinson (Sydney Greenstreet), von Papen survives and the Russians that his agent provocateur was trying to frame have solid alibis, forcing him to turn to another scheme to inflame Turkey's traditional rivalry with Russia.
Docks of Hamburg, 1h54
Directed by Erich Waschneck
Genres Drama
Actors Jenny Jugo, Willy Fritsch, Fritz Rasp, Wolfgang Zilzer, Fritz Alberti, Betty Astor
Roles o.A.
Rating65% 3.2799653.2799653.2799653.2799653.279965
A merchant sailor becomes involved with a woman who works in a St. Pauli beer hall, leading him into a life of crime.

Director

Alimony
Alimony (1949)
, 1h10
Directed by Alfred Zeisler
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Crime
Actors Martha Vickers, John Beal, Hillary Brooke, Douglass Dumbrille, Blossom Rock, Leonid Kinskey
Rating54% 2.734332.734332.734332.734332.73433
Paul Klinger is on a desperate search for his lost daughter, Kate. He goes to see a man in New York, Dan Barker, a songwriter who knew Kate in the past when she lived in the city. Dan tells Paul that Kate changed her name to Kitty Travers, and then continues to tell the story of what he knows about "Kitty":
Parole, Inc., 1h11
Directed by Alfred Zeisler
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Crime
Actors Michael O'Shea, Turhan Bey, Evelyn Ankers, Lyle Talbot, Joseph Kenneth Shovlin, Charles Williams
Rating57% 2.850012.850012.850012.850012.85001
The film opens with a scene of FBI agent Richard Hendricks (Michael O'Shea) bedridden in a hospital bed, dictating the results of his investigation for a report to the California Governor. The dictation scenes are interrupted by long flashback scenes showing how the investigation proceeded.
Fear
Fear (1946)
, 1h8
Directed by Alfred Zeisler
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Noir, Crime
Actors Warren William, Peter Cookson, Anne Gwynne, Nestor Paiva, Almira Sessions, Ernie Adams
Rating56% 2.845232.845232.845232.845232.84523
A broke medical student in desperate need of tuition money sells everything he owns to a dishonest professor. When the student's scholarship is suddenly taken from him, he flies into a rage and kills the professor, whom he feels is responsible for his situation. His life then begins to improve, but as the student grows more reckless, police suspicion continues to grow.
Enemy of Women, 1h25
Directed by Alfred Zeisler
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War
Themes Documentary films about war, Documentary films about historical events, Political films, Documentary films about World War II
Actors Wolfgang Zilzer, Claudia Drake, Robert Barrat, Donald Woods, H. B. Warner, Sigrid Gurie
Rating51% 2.5830452.5830452.5830452.5830452.583045
Joseph Goebbels, a down-on-his-luck playwright, boards with Col. Eberhardt Brandt. While there, Goebbels falls in love with Brandt's daughter, Maria, an aspiring actress who does not return his affections. When Goebbels tries to force himself on Maria, Col. Brandt kicks him out of the house, and Goebbels joins the Nazis. Later, as propaganda minister, Goebbels manipulates Maria's career and attempts to force a relationship with her. Maria again rejects him, and he uses his power to blacklist her.
The Amazing Quest of Ernest Bliss, 1h20
Directed by Alfred Zeisler
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Romantic comedy, Romance
Actors Cary Grant, Mary Brian, Peter Gawthorne, Charles Farrell, Henry Kendall, John Turnbull
Rating63% 3.151163.151163.151163.151163.15116
Un milliardaire qui s'ennuie parie avec son médecin qu'il sera capable de gagner sa vie pendant un an.
Crime Over London, 1h24
Directed by Alfred Zeisler
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Adventure, Crime, Romance
Actors Margot Grahame, Paul Cavanagh, Bruce Lester, David Burns, Basil Sydney, John Darrow
Rating60% 3.0463753.0463753.0463753.0463753.046375
With the police on their tail, a gang of New York criminals decided to relocate to London where they plan a major robbery on a department store.