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Robert Thoeren (1903–1957) was a German screenwriter and film actor. Thoeren was born in Moravia, then part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. After the First World War the German-speaking Thoeren emigrated to Germany where he became a theatre and film actor. Thoeren appeared in leading roles in several German-language films made by Paramount at the Joinville Studios in Paris.
Thoeren went into exile following the Nazi rise to power in 1933, first in France and later in the United States. Thoeren had already ceased acting and begun writing screenplays for films and became a top writer in the United States working with leading directors including Joseph Losey and William Dieterle. Thoeren returned to Germany after the Second World War and continued his career as a screenwriter. His story idea for the 1935 French film Fanfares of Love and its 1951 German remake Fanfares of Love was used as the basis for Billy Wilder's Some Like It Hot released in 1959, two years after his death.
He married the German actress Erica Beer in 1957, but died in the same year in a car crash.
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Nationality Austria
Birth 21 april 1903 at Brno (Republique tcheque)
Death 13 july 1957 (at 54 years) at Munich (German)
Birth 21 april 1903 at Brno (Republique tcheque)
Death 13 july 1957 (at 54 years) at Munich (German)
Robert Thoeren (1903–1957) was a German screenwriter and film actor. Thoeren was born in Moravia, then part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. After the First World War the German-speaking Thoeren emigrated to Germany where he became a theatre and film actor. Thoeren appeared in leading roles in several German-language films made by Paramount at the Joinville Studios in Paris.
Thoeren went into exile following the Nazi rise to power in 1933, first in France and later in the United States. Thoeren had already ceased acting and begun writing screenplays for films and became a top writer in the United States working with leading directors including Joseph Losey and William Dieterle. Thoeren returned to Germany after the Second World War and continued his career as a screenwriter. His story idea for the 1935 French film Fanfares of Love and its 1951 German remake Fanfares of Love was used as the basis for Billy Wilder's Some Like It Hot released in 1959, two years after his death.
He married the German actress Erica Beer in 1957, but died in the same year in a car crash.
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The Squeeker (1931)
, 1h4Directed by Karel Lamač, Martin Frič
Origin German
Genres Drama, Crime
Actors Lissy Arna, Karl Ludwig Diehl, Fritz Rasp, Paul Hörbiger, S.Z. Sakall, Robert Thoeren
Roles Charles "Charly" Tillmann
Rating58%
Tropical Nights (1931)
Directed by Leo Mittler
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Actors Dita Parlo, Robert Thoeren, Fritz Greiner, Fritz Rasp
Roles Heyst
Scriptwriter
Some Like It Hot (1959)
, 2h1Directed by Billy Wilder
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Musical theatre, Romantic comedy, Musical, Crime, Romance
Themes Mafia films, Films about sexuality, Transport films, Erotic films, LGBT-related films, Transgender in film, Rail transport films, Musical films, Gangster films, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film, Cross-dressing in film
Actors Marilyn Monroe, Tony Curtis, Jack Lemmon, George Raft, Joe E. Brown, Pat O'Brien
Roles Story
Rating81%
It is February 1929 in the city of Chicago, Joe (Tony Curtis) is an irresponsible jazz saxophone player, gambler and ladies' man; his friend Jerry (Jack Lemmon) is a sensible jazz double-bass player. They accidentally witness the Saint Valentine's Day Massacre. When the gangsters, led by "Spats" Colombo (George Raft), spot them, the two run for their lives. Penniless and in a mad rush to get out of town, the two musicians take a job with Sweet Sue (Joan Shawlee) and her Society Syncopators, an all-female band headed to Miami. Disguised as women and renaming themselves Josephine and Daphne, they board a train with the band and their male manager, Bienstock. Before they board the train, Joe and Jerry notice Sugar Kane (Marilyn Monroe), the band's vocalist and ukulele player.
Confessions of Felix Krull (1957)
, 1h47Directed by Kurt Hoffmann
Origin German
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Crime
Actors Horst Buchholz, Liselotte Pulver, Heidi Brühl, Ingrid Andree, Paul Dahlke, Ilse Steppat
Rating67%
L'ascension sociale du jeune Félix Krull. Employé d'hôtellerie à Paris le jour et joyeux noceur la nuit, il part ensuite en voyage sous l'identité et à la convenance du marquis de Venosta. La gent féminine, séduite par son charisme, contribuera à son élévation : Madame Houpflé, Zouzou, fille du professeur Kuckuck, l'un de ses compagnons de voyage, Zaza perdue ici et retrouvée là. Félix arrive toujours à s'extirper de situations insensées et semble se jouer de tous les obstacles, comme ces soupçons d'assassinat qui pèseront sur lui à un moment de sa vie.
Sarajevo (1955)
, 1h35Directed by Fritz Kortner
Genres Drama, Historical
Actors Luise Ullrich, Ewald Balser, Franz Stoss, Hans Unterkircher, Erik Frey, Hans Olden
Roles Writer
Rating61%
Sarajevo (1955)
, 1h35Directed by Fritz Kortner
Genres Drama, Historical
Actors Luise Ullrich, Ewald Balser, Franz Stoss, Klaus Kinski, Josef Meinrad, Erika Remberg
Roles Writer
Rating61%
The Moment of Truth (1952)
, 1h49Directed by Jean Delannoy
Origin France
Genres Drama
Themes Films about sexuality
Actors Michèle Morgan, Jean Gabin, Daniel Gélin, Doris Duranti, Simone Paris, René Génin
Roles Writer
Rating69%
Marié à Madeleine, le docteur Pierre Richard est appelé au chevet d'un jeune peintre, Daniel Prévost, qui vient de tenter de se suicider par le gaz. En lui donnant les premiers secours, il découvre à son chevet la photo du moribond en compagnie de Madeleine, tendrement enlacés… Le soir même, Pierre demande des explications à sa femme. Oui, elle a connu Daniel huit ans plus tôt, au cours d'une fête donnée pour la centième d'une pièce dont elle était l'interprète. Daniel insiste pour que Madeleine divorce afin de l'épouser. Mais la jeune femme a compris alors qu'elle aimait son mari et que sa vie familiale avait énormément d'importance pour elle. C'est pourquoi elle a rompu. Un coup de téléphone vient apprendre à Pierre que Daniel vient de succomber à l'hôpital. La nuit s'achève, et avec elle cette minute de vérité au cours de laquelle se sont affrontés Pierre et Madeleine.
The Prowler (1951)
, 1h32Directed by Joseph Losey
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Noir, Crime
Actors Van Heflin, Evelyn Keyes, Katherine Warren, Emerson Treacy, Madge Blake, Wheaton Chambers
Roles Story
Rating70%
Webb Garwood, a disgruntled cop, is called to investigate a voyeur by Susan Gilvray. Her husband works nights as an overnight radio personality. The cop falls in love with the young and attractive married woman.
Captain Carey, U.S.A. (1950)
, 1h22Directed by Mitchell Leisen, Gerd Oswald
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War, Thriller, Action
Themes Political films
Actors Alan Ladd, Joseph Calleia, Wanda Hendrix, Francis Lederer, Celia Lovsky, Frank Puglia
Rating63%
A group of agents of the U.S. Office of Strategic Services (a forerunner of the Central Intelligence Agency) is sent to German-occupied Italy during World War II to knock out the German-held Italian railroad system. In accomplishing this mission, most of them are killed because of an inside betrayal.
My Daughter Joy (1950)
, 1h21Directed by Gregory Ratoff
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama
Actors Edward G. Robinson, Peggy Cummins, Richard Greene, Nora Swinburne, Walter Rilla, Finlay Currie
Rating65%
Un financier complote pour devenir l'homme le plus riche du monde en mariant sa fille au fils d'un cheikh arabe.
September Affair (1950)
, 1h44Directed by William Dieterle
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Romantic drama, Romance
Themes Films about music and musicians, Films about classical music and musicians, Musical films
Actors Joan Fontaine, Joseph Cotten, Jessica Tandy, Jimmy Lydon, Robert Arthur, Françoise Rosay
Rating67%
Marianne "Manina" Stuart (Joan Fontaine), a prominent concert pianist, meets David Lawrence (Joseph Cotten), a businessman, on a flight from Rome to New York. Their plane is diverted to Naples for engine repairs, and they decide to kill time by doing some sight-seeing.
Big Jack (1949)
, 1h25Directed by Richard Thorpe
Origin USA
Genres Adventure, Western
Actors Wallace Beery, Richard Conte, Marjorie Main, Edward Arnold, Vanessa Brown, Clinton Sundberg
Rating60%
À la frontière entre le Maryland et la Virginie en 1802, un jeune médecin est sur le point d'être pendu, lorsqu'il est sauvé par des hommes de la bande de Big Jack qui recherchent un médecin pour soigner le chef de la bande, blessé à la jambe.
The Fighting O'Flynn (1949)
, 1h33Origin USA
Genres Action, Adventure
Themes Political films, Napoleonic Wars films, French Revolution films
Actors Douglas Fairbanks, Jr., Helena Carter, Richard Greene, Patricia Medina, Arthur Shields, J. M. Kerrigan
Roles Writer
Rating68%
Nearing the end of the 18th century, Napoleon's vast army is sailing towards the Irish coast. The national poet and freedom fighter who goes by the name of "The O'Flynn" is traveling back to the castle where he was born, when he encounters a coach being robbed by rogues. The leader of the outlaws is a man named Hendrigg. The robbery fails thanks to O'Flynn's efforts. He offers the passenger, Lady Benedetta, to come with him and take refuge in his castle.
An Act of Murder (1948)
, 1h31Directed by Michael Gordon
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Crime
Actors Fredric March, Edmond O'Brien, Florence Eldridge, Geraldine Brooks, Stanley Ridges, John McIntire
Rating68%
Calvin Cooke, a principled but stubborn judge, presides over a murder case in which lawyer David Douglas is unsuccessful in proving that his client's state of mind was a mitigating factor. (Later, though, Cooke grants Douglas's motion for a mistrial on the grounds that he may have unconsciously shown prejudice.)
Singapore (1947)
, 1h19Directed by John Brahm
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War, Action, Adventure, Crime, Romance
Themes Medical-themed films, Seafaring films, Transport films, Films about psychiatry, Films about disabilities
Actors Fred MacMurray, Ava Gardner, Roland Culver, Richard Haydn, Spring Byington, Thomas Gomez
Rating63%
Pearl smuggler Matt Gordon (MacMurray) finds romance with Linda Grahame (Gardner) just before the start of World War II. He proposes to her, and she accepts. However, when the Japanese attack Singapore, the church where she is waiting to marry him is bombed; Gordon searches frantically in the wreckage, but cannot find her. He is forced to sail away on his schooner.