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Erik Charell is a Actor, Director, Scriptwriter, Producer and Additional Writing Allemand born on 8 april 1894 at Wrocław (Pologne)

Erik Charell

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Birth name Erich Karl Löwenberg
Nationality German
Birth 8 april 1894 at Wrocław (Pologne)
Death 15 july 1974 (at 80 years) at Munich (German)

Erik Charell (April 8, 1894 – July 15, 1974), born as Erich Karl Löwenberg, was a German theatre and film director, dancer and actor. He is best known as the creator of musical revues and operettas, such as White Horse Inn (Im weißen Rössl) and The Congress Dances (Der Kongress tanzt).

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Werner R. Heymann
Werner R. Heymann
(4 films)
Carl Hoffmann
Carl Hoffmann
(4 films)
Kurt Hoffmann
Kurt Hoffmann
(3 films)
Conrad Veidt
Conrad Veidt
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Theodor Sparkuhl
Theodor Sparkuhl
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Filmography of Erik Charell (13 films)

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Actor

Prinz Kuckuck
Prinz Kuckuck (1919)
, 1h39
Directed by Paul Leni
Origin German
Genres Drama
Actors Conrad Veidt, Olga Limburg, Magnus Stifter, Max Gülstorff, Paul Biensfeldt, Wilhelm Diegelmann
Roles Tiberio

Jeremias Kraker, millionnaire excentrique, a adopté le jeune Henry Felix. À sa mort, Kraker lui laisse tous ses biens. Carl et Berta, les neveu et nièce de Kraker, se sentent floués par le testament. Ils surnomment Henry le « prince coucou », car il fait son nid dans la fortune des Kraker.

Director

Caravan
Caravan (1934)
, 1h41
Directed by Erik Charell
Origin USA
Genres Musical
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films, Children's films
Actors Loretta Young, Charles Boyer, Jean Parker, Phillips Holmes, Louise Fazenda, Eugene Pallette
Rating60% 3.0486053.0486053.0486053.0486053.048605
The young Countess Wilma (Young) is forced to wed by midnight or lose her inheritance. Wilma impulsively chooses gypsy vagabond Latzi (Boyer), offering him a huge sum of money if he'll consent.
Caravane
Caravane (1934)
, 1h49
Directed by Erik Charell
Origin France
Genres Musical
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films, Children's films
Actors Charles Boyer, Loretta Young, Annabella, Pierre Brasseur, Jean Parker, Conchita Montenegro
Rating55% 2.785242.785242.785242.785242.78524
La princesse Wilma rentre à Budapest après la mort de son père pour l'ouverture du testament. Elle découvre alors que le testament stipule qu'elle ne peut percevoir son héritage que si elle est mariée avant sa majorité. Or il y a urgence car elle atteindra sa majorité le soir même. Il apparaît alors que son oncle le baron de Tokay a comploté de lui faire épouser son fils, le lieutenant de Tokay, un fêtard invétéré. Pour y échapper, la princesse Wilma épouse sur le champ Latzi, un jeune bohémien. Alors qu'elle fête ses noces déguisée en bohémienne, la princesse Wilma rencontre le lieutenant Tokay qui s'éprend d'elle .
The Congress Dances
The Congress Dances (1931)
, 1h42
Directed by Erik Charell, Jean Boyer
Origin German
Genres Comedy, Comedy-drama, Historical, Musical
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films, Operetta films
Actors Lilian Harvey, Willy Fritsch, Otto Wallburg, Conrad Veidt, Carl-Heinz Schroth, Lil Dagover
Rating69% 3.4893153.4893153.4893153.4893153.489315
Der Kongress tanzt takes place during the Congress of Vienna, that took place in 1814/1815 after the Napoleonic Wars, a meeting between the powers that was to set the frontiers of the world.
The Congress Dances
The Congress Dances (1931)

Directed by Erik Charell
Genres Comedy, Historical, Musical
Themes Musical films
Actors Lilian Harvey, Willy Fritsch, Conrad Veidt, Otto Wallburg, Carl-Heinz Schroth, Lil Dagover
Rating67% 3.375073.375073.375073.375073.37507
Christl, vendeuse de gants à Vienne, tombe amoureuse du tsar Alexandre. Metternich tente de s'en servir pour l'écarter des conférences du Congrès de Vienne de 1815.

Scriptwriter

Fireworks
Fireworks (1954)
, 1h38
Directed by Kurt Hoffmann
Genres Comedy, Musical, Romance
Themes Circus films, Films about music and musicians, Musical films, Films based on plays
Actors Lilli Palmer, Romy Schneider, Werner Hinz, Margarete Haagen, Ernst Waldow, Käthe Haack
Rating58% 2.904412.904412.904412.904412.90441
En 1910, un cirque itinérant s’arrête dans une petite ville. Le directeur a pour pseudonyme Sacha Obolski. C’est le frère, disparu vingt ans auparavant, d’un fabricant de nains de jardin, Albert Oberholzer, habitant la ville. De son vrai nom Alexander Oberholzer, il est revenu pour fêter l’anniversaire de son frère. Les petits-bourgeois déconcertés font la connaissance de sa ravissante épouse Iduna, qui chante une chanson en hommage à son père, un clown célèbre. Elle fait tourner la tête aux beaux-frères qui sont d’honnêtes maris, ce qui ne manque pas de créer des conflits.
What a Woman
What a Woman (1943)

Directed by Irving Cummings
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy, Romance
Actors Rosalind Russell, Brian Aherne, Willard Parker, Alan Dinehart, Sr., Ann Savage, Edward Fielding
Roles Original Story
Rating64% 3.243023.243023.243023.243023.24302
Henry Pepper (Brian Aherne), top writer for Knickerbocker magazine, is assigned to write a profile on Carol Ainsley (Rosalind Russell), who has been named the outstanding career woman of the year. Carol, a super agent and star-maker, has just scooped her competition by selling the movie rights to the romance novel Whirlwind and is spending a fortune to find the perfect actor to play the male lead. When Carol learns that the book's author, Anthony Street, may be the man to play his own hero, she searches him out and discovers that he is actually Professor Michael Cobb (Willard Parker) of Buxton College.
Road to Morocco
Road to Morocco (1942)
, 1h22
Directed by David Butler
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy, Action, Adventure, Musical, Romance
Themes Films set in Africa, Films about films, Films about music and musicians, Transport films, Musical films, Road movies, Buddy films
Actors Bing Crosby, Bob Hope, Dorothy Lamour, Anthony Quinn, Dona Drake, Vladimir Nikolayevich Sokoloff
Rating69% 3.498053.498053.498053.498053.49805
The film opens with a freighter at sea exploding and news announcements. The cause of the explosion is a mystery, with all crew accounted for with the exception of two unidentified stowaways.

Producer

Fireworks
Fireworks (1954)
, 1h38
Directed by Kurt Hoffmann
Genres Comedy, Musical, Romance
Themes Circus films, Films about music and musicians, Musical films, Films based on plays
Actors Lilli Palmer, Romy Schneider, Werner Hinz, Margarete Haagen, Ernst Waldow, Käthe Haack
Roles Producer
Rating58% 2.904412.904412.904412.904412.90441
En 1910, un cirque itinérant s’arrête dans une petite ville. Le directeur a pour pseudonyme Sacha Obolski. C’est le frère, disparu vingt ans auparavant, d’un fabricant de nains de jardin, Albert Oberholzer, habitant la ville. De son vrai nom Alexander Oberholzer, il est revenu pour fêter l’anniversaire de son frère. Les petits-bourgeois déconcertés font la connaissance de sa ravissante épouse Iduna, qui chante une chanson en hommage à son père, un clown célèbre. Elle fait tourner la tête aux beaux-frères qui sont d’honnêtes maris, ce qui ne manque pas de créer des conflits.
Casbah
Casbah (1948)
, 1h34
Directed by John Berry
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Musical, Crime, Romance
Themes Films set in Africa, Films about music and musicians, Musical films
Actors Yvonne De Carlo, Tony Martin, Peter Lorre, Märta Torén, Hugo Haas, Thomas Gomez
Roles Associate Producer
Rating59% 2.998742.998742.998742.998742.99874
Casbah is a musical remake of the 1938 film Algiers, which was in turn an American English-language remake of the 1936 French film Pépé le Moko. The plot, which follows that of the 1938 film rather faithfully, deals with Pépé le Moko (Tony Martin), who leads a gang of jewel thieves in the Casbah of Algiers, where he has exiled himself to escape imprisonment in his native France. Inez (Yvonne De Carlo), his girl friend, is infuriated when Pépé flirts with Gaby (Marta Toren), a French visitor, but Pépé tells her to mind her own business. Detective Slimane (Peter Lorre) is trying to lure Pépé out of the Casbah so he can be jailed. Against Slimane's advice, Police Chief Louvain (Thomas Gomez) captures Pépé in a dragnet, but his followers free him. Inez realizes that Pépé has fallen in love with Gaby and intends to follow her to Europe. Slimane knows the same and uses her as the bait to lure Pépé out of the Casbah.

Team

Caravan
Caravan (1934)
, 1h41
Directed by Erik Charell
Origin USA
Genres Musical
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films, Children's films
Actors Loretta Young, Charles Boyer, Jean Parker, Phillips Holmes, Louise Fazenda, Eugene Pallette
Roles Additional Writing
Rating60% 3.0486053.0486053.0486053.0486053.048605
The young Countess Wilma (Young) is forced to wed by midnight or lose her inheritance. Wilma impulsively chooses gypsy vagabond Latzi (Boyer), offering him a huge sum of money if he'll consent.