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Richard Ryen is a Actor American born on 11 september 1885 at Austria-Hungary

Richard Ryen

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Nationality USA
Birth 11 september 1885 at Austria-Hungary
Death 22 december 1965 (at 80 years) at Los Angeles (USA)

Richard Ryen est un acteur et metteur en scène d'origine hongroise, né Richard Anton Robert Felix Revy à Főherceglak (alors dans l'Empire d'Autriche-Hongrie ; actuellement Kneževo en Croatie) le 13 septembre 1885, décédé à Los Angeles (Californie) le 22 décembre 1965.

Biography

Dans les années 1910, Richard Ryen débute au théâtre à Zurich (Suisse) puis en Allemagne, où il sera également metteur en scène, notamment au Théâtre Kammerspiele de Munich, utilisant alors le nom de scène de "Richard Revy" (ou "Revi"). Apparaissant au cinéma en 1932, il joue d'abord dans six films allemands jusqu'en 1934, année où il est expulsé d'Allemagne par le régime nazi. Il émigre alors aux États-Unis et s'installe à Hollywood, optant pour le nom de "Ryen" en remplacement de son nom de naissance. De 1942 à 1949, il participe (entre autres, au sein de la Warner Bros.) à vingt-deux films américains, le plus souvent dans des petits rôles non-crédités d'officiers nazis. Ainsi, sa prestation la plus connue est celle du Colonel Heinz (aide du Major Strasser, interprété par Conrad Veidt) dans Casablanca, en 1942. Notons qu'il retrouve dans ce film S. Z. Sakall, un compatriote exilé comme lui et qu'il avait déjà croisé à l'occasion d'un film allemand de 1933 (Muß man sich gleich scheiden lassen), ainsi que le réalisateur Michael Curtiz, également émigré d'origine hongroise, avec lequel il tournera deux autres films en 1943 et 1949. Après la Seconde Guerre mondiale, il revient au théâtre, tant aux États-Unis qu'à Bâle (Suisse).

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Filmography of Richard Ryen (18 films)

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A Foreign Affair, 1h56
Directed by Billy Wilder, Charles C. Coleman, Gerd Oswald
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Romantic comedy, Romance
Actors Jean Arthur, Marlene Dietrich, John Lund, Millard Mitchell, Stanley Prager, William Murphy
Roles Maier (uncredited)
Rating72% 3.646443.646443.646443.646443.64644
In 1947, a United States congressional committee which includes prim Phoebe Frost of Iowa (Jean Arthur) arrives in post-World War II Berlin to visit the American troops stationed there. Phoebe hears rumors that cabaret torch singer Erika von Schlütow (Marlene Dietrich), suspected of being the former mistress of either Hermann Göring or Joseph Goebbels, is being protected by an unidentified American officer. She enlists Captain John Pringle (John Lund) to assist in her investigation, unaware he is Erika's current lover.
Salome, Where She Danced, 1h30
Directed by B. Reeves Eason, Charles Lamont
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War, Musical, Romance, Western
Actors Yvonne De Carlo, Rod Cameron, David Bruce, Walter Slezak, Albert Dekker, Marjorie Rambeau
Roles Le directeur de théâtre
Rating54% 2.707072.707072.707072.707072.70707
The film opens in Virginia in 1865, shortly after General Lee's surrender at Battle of Appomattox Court House. A war correspondent Jim Steed exchanges comments with Count Von Bohlen, an arrogant Prussian army officer serving as a military attaché during the American Civil War. A year later Steed is in Vienna shortly before the outbreak of the Austro-Prussian War of 1866. There he encounters a famous dancer, Anna Marie, who he persuades to spy for him on Von Bohlen, now a member of the Prussian General staff, who has become infatuated with her. However the secret plans which they manage to pass on to the Austrians are unable to prevent the decisive Prussian victory.
The Hitler Gang, 1h41
Directed by John Farrow
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War, Documentary, Historical
Themes Politique, Documentary films about war, Documentary films about historical events, Documentaire sur une personnalité, Hitler, Political films, Documentary films about World War II
Actors Roman Bohnen, Martin Kosleck, Victor Varconi, Luis van Rooten, Walter Abel, Ivan Triesault
Roles Adolf Wagner
Rating67% 3.367413.367413.367413.367413.36741
In 1918 a young soldier called Adolf Hitler recovers from being gassed during World War I. At the behest of the German army, he joins German nationalistic parties, espousing theories that Germany lost the war because they were stabbed in the back. He rises to become dictator of Germany.
Casablanca
Casablanca (1943)
, 1h42
Directed by Michael Curtiz
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War, Crime, Melodrama, Romance
Themes Films set in Africa, Political films, Films based on plays
Actors Humphrey Bogart, Ingrid Bergman, Paul Henreid, Claude Rains, Conrad Veidt, Sydney Greenstreet
Roles Col. Heinz - Strasser's Aide (uncredited)
Rating84% 4.2486554.2486554.2486554.2486554.248655
Set in December, 1941, American expatriate Rick Blaine is the proprietor of an upscale nightclub and gambling den in Casablanca. "Rick's Café Américain" attracts a varied clientele: Vichy French, Italian, and German officials; refugees desperate to reach the still neutral United States; and those who prey on them. Although Rick professes to be neutral in all matters, it is later revealed he ran guns to Ethiopia during its war with Italy and fought on the Loyalist side against the fascist Nationalists in the Spanish Civil War.
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 Major (uncredited)
Rating54% 2.7039752.7039752.7039752.7039752.703975
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.
Chetniks!
Chetniks! (1943)
, 1h13
Directed by Louis King
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War
Themes Political films
Actors Philip Dorn, Anna Sten, Shepperd Strudwick, Virginia Gilmore, Martin Kosleck, Felix Basch
Roles radio announcer
Rating64% 3.238233.238233.238233.238233.23823
In the opening scene, German troops and tanks are shown invading the Kingdom of Yugoslavia while bombers attack the capital Belgrade. When the Germans, Italians, Hungarians, and Bulgarians invade Yugoslavia on 6 April 1941, Serbian army colonel Draža Mihailović forms a band of guerrillas known as the Chetniks, who launch a resistance movement against the Axis occupation. Mihailović's forces then engage in an attack on the German and Italian forces, forcing them to employ seven Axis divisions against them.
The Constant Nymph, 1h52
Directed by Edmund Goulding
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Romantic drama, Musical, Romance
Themes Films about music and musicians, Films based on plays
Actors Joan Fontaine, Charles Boyer, Alexis Smith, Brenda Marshall, Charles Coburn, May Whitty
Roles Kyril Trigorin
Rating66% 3.343133.343133.343133.343133.34313
Lewis Dodd (Charles Boyer) is a composer in Brussels, but his most recent latest symphony is badly received in London. To get over the rejection, he decides to visit his old friend and fellow musician, Albert Sanger (Montagu Love), at his house in Switzerland. Lewis' arrival causes great excitement among Sanger's four daughters: Kate (Jean Muir), Toni (Brenda Marshall), Tessa (Joan Fontaine) and Paula (Joyce Reynolds).
First Comes Courage, 1h28
Directed by Dorothy Arzner, Charles Vidor
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War
Themes Political films
Actors Merle Oberon, Brian Aherne, Carl Esmond, Isobel Elsom, Fritz Leiber, Erville Alderson
Roles Dr. Hoff
Rating64% 3.239513.239513.239513.239513.23951
Nicole Larsen (Merle Oberon) is a member of the Norwegian resistance in a small town, about to be married to the Nazi commandant (Carl Esmond). When his superiors begin to suspect her, the Allies land an assassin to kill him - an assassin who happens to be her former lover, Capt. Allan Lowe (Brian Aherne).
Gangway for Tomorrow, 1h9
Directed by John H. Auer
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Themes Political films
Actors Margo, John Carradine, Robert Ryan, Amelita Ward, Harry Davenport, Charles Arnt
Roles Col. Mueller
Rating58% 2.9043152.9043152.9043152.9043152.904315
Five defense workers on their way to the munitions factory tell their stories: a refugee from the French Resistance, a frustrated race car driver, a prison warden, a former Miss America, and an intellectual who dropped out of society and saw the country as a bum.
Hitler's Madman
Directed by Douglas Sirk
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War, Historical
Themes Political films
Actors Patricia Morison, John Carradine, Alan Curtis, Howard Freeman, Ralph Morgan, Edgar Kennedy
Roles Gestapo
Rating64% 3.2441553.2441553.2441553.2441553.244155
En 1942, de passage dans le petit village tchèque de Lidice, Reinhard Heydrich, Reichsprotektor de Bohême, commandant en chef du gouvernement nazi en Tchécoslovaquie (Protectorat de Bohême-Moravie), est mortellement blessé lors d'un attentat commis par deux résistants (l'opération Anthropoid). En représailles, Lidice est détruit, une partie de ses habitants fusillés, les autres déportés...
The Cross of Lorraine, 1h30
Directed by Tay Garnett
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War
Themes Prison films, Political films
Actors Jean-Pierre Aumont, Gene Kelly, Cedric Hardwicke, Peter Lorre, Hume Cronyn, Richard Whorf
Roles Lt. Schmidt
Rating65% 3.292763.292763.292763.292763.29276
At the start of World War II, Frenchmen from all walks of life enlist. Defeated by the invading Germans in 1940, Marshal Philippe Pétain signs a peace agreement and the troops surrender. However, instead of being repatriated to their homes, a group of soldiers find themselves in a brutal prison camp. Most of the men resist as best they can, and some, like Paul (Jean-Pierre Aumont), are willing to spend time in solitary confinement and be subjected to beatings, while others, such as Duval (Hume Cronyn), collaborate with their jailers to get an easier life. The men find solace from Father Sebastian (Sir Cedric Hardwicke), a priest who was also in the army and who counsels them wisely. Eventually Paul helps his fellow prisoners to escape. When they liberate a village, they realise that continued fighting is the only option, so they join the French Resistance.
Desperate Journey, 1h47
Directed by Raoul Walsh
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War, Action, Adventure
Themes Transport films, Aviation films, Political films, Disaster films, Films about aviation accidents or incidents
Actors Errol Flynn, Ronald Reagan, Raymond Massey, John Arthur Kennedy, Nancy Coleman, Ronald Sinclair
Roles Le policier Heinze
Rating67% 3.3947353.3947353.3947353.3947353.394735
Assigned to bomb a German railway, Flight Lt. Terrence Forbes (Errol Flynn) presses home an attack but flies too low and the RAF bomber is shot down near the former Polish border. Along with his crew, consisting of Flying Officer Johnny Hammond (Ronald Reagan), Flight Sergeant Kirk Edwards (Alan Hale, Sr.), Flying Officer Jed Forrest (Arthur Kennedy) and Flight Sergeant Lloyd Hollis (Ronald Sinclair) who is wounded, they are captured by the Germans.