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Olaf Fønss is a Actor Danois born on 17 october 1882 at Aarhus (Danemark)

Olaf Fønss

Olaf Fønss
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Birth name Olaf Holger Axel Fønss
Nationality Danemark
Birth 17 october 1882 at Aarhus (Danemark)
Death 11 march 1949 (at 66 years) at Copenhagen (Danemark)

Olaf Fønss (17 October 1882–11 March 1949) was a Danish actor, director, producer, film censor and one of Denmark and Germany's biggest stars of the silent film era.

Usually with

August Blom
August Blom
(3 films)
Ebba Thomsen
Ebba Thomsen
(2 films)
Erna Morena
Erna Morena
(2 films)
Source : Wikidata

Filmography of Olaf Fønss (7 films)

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Journey into the Night, 57minutes
Directed by Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau
Origin German
Genres Drama
Actors Olaf Fønss, Conrad Veidt, Erna Morena, Clementine Plessner
Roles Dr. Eigil Börne
Rating61% 3.093873.093873.093873.093873.09387
Le docteur Eigil Boerne est fiancé à Hélène, qui pour célébrer l'anniversaire de son ami, le convie dans un cabaret où Eigil tombe amoureux de Lily, une jeune danseuse. Lily et Eigil se marient et vont vivre dans un petit village de pêcheurs. Le couple se familiarise avec un peintre devenu aveugle. Eigil l'opère et l'artiste recouvre la vue. Pour mieux suivre la guérison, le médecin décide de l'héberger chez eux, en dépit des remontrances de Lily qui ne voit pas d'un bon œil cette présence. Eigil, ayant appris qu'à la suite de leur rupture Hélène est tombée malade, décide de lui rendre visite. À son retour, il découvre que sa femme Lily et le peintre sont devenus amants et s'enfuit.
The End of the World, 1h17
Directed by August Blom
Origin Danemark
Genres Drama, Science fiction, Action
Themes La fin du monde, Films about religion, Films set in the future, Political films, Dystopian films, Impact events in fiction, Disaster films
Actors Olaf Fønss, Ebba Thomsen, Frederik Jacobsen, Carl Lauritzen
Roles Frank Stoll, mine owner and stock market speculator
Rating64% 3.234613.234613.234613.234613.23461
Une comète passant à proximité de la terre provoque des catastrophes naturelles et des désordres sociaux.
Atlantis
Atlantis (1913)
, 1h53
Directed by Michael Curtiz, August Blom
Origin Danemark
Genres Drama
Actors Olaf Fønss, Michael Curtiz, Ida Orloff, Carl Lauritzen, Torben Meyer, Ebba Thomsen
Roles Dr. Friedrich von Kammacher
Rating64% 3.2384753.2384753.2384753.2384753.238475
Dr. Friedrich von Kammacher (Olaf Fønss), a surgeon, is devastated after his wife develops a brain disorder and is institutionalized. On the advice of his parents, von Kammacher leaves Denmark to gain some respite from his wife's illness. Von Kammacher travels to Berlin, where he meets a young dancer named Ingigerd (Ida Orloff) and the doctor becomes fond of her and very interested in her. However she has a large amount of admirers and thus Von Kammacher gives up on her. However, while in Paris he sees an ad in the paper that she is going to New York with her father and decides to follow her. Von Kammacher buys a first ticket on the same liner as Ingigered, the SS Roland.