Conrad Veidt

Conrad Veidt

January 22, 1893

Hans Walter Conrad Veidt (22 January 1893 – 3 April 1943) was a German actor best remembered for his roles in films such as Different from the Others (1919), The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (1920), and The Man Who Laughs (1928). After a successful career in German silent film, where he was one of the be…

Known For

18 titles
1
Casablanca

Casablanca

1943 · 1h 42m · Movie

A cynical expatriate American cafe owner struggles to decide whether or not to help his former lover and her fugitive husband escape the Nazis in French Morocco.

8.5
2
The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari

The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari

1920 · 1h 7m · Movie

Hypnotist Dr. Caligari uses a somnambulist, Cesare, to commit murders.

8.0
3
The Thief of Bagdad

The Thief of Bagdad

1940 · 1h 46m · Movie

After being tricked and cast out of Bagdad by the evil Jaffar, King Ahmad joins forces with a thief named Abu to reclaim his throne, the city, and the Princess he loves.

7.4
4
The Man Who Laughs

The Man Who Laughs

1928 · 1h 50m · Movie

When a proud noble refuses to kiss the hand of the despotic King James in 1690, he is cruelly executed and his son surgically disfigured.

7.6
5
All Through the Night

All Through the Night

1942 · 1h 47m · Movie

Runyonesque Broadway gamblers turn patriotic when they stumble onto a cell of Nazi saboteurs.

7.1
6
A Woman's Face

A Woman's Face

1941 · 1h 46m · Movie

A female blackmailer with a disfiguring facial scar meets a plastic surgeon who offers her the possibility of looking like a normal woman.

7.2
7
The Hands of Orlac

The Hands of Orlac

1924 · 1h 32m · Movie

A world-famous pianist loses both hands in an accident. When new hands are grafted on, he doesn't know they once belonged to a murderer.

7.0
8
U-Boat 29

U-Boat 29

1939 · 1h 17m · Movie

A German submarine is sent to the Orkney Isles in 1917 to sink the British fleet.

6.9
9
Waxworks

Waxworks

1924 · 1h 47m · Movie

A wax museum hires a writer to give the sculptures stories. The writer imagines himself and the museum owner's daughter in the stories.

6.6
10
Dark Journey

Dark Journey

1937 · 1h 17m · Movie

During World War I, a German spy and a French spy meet and fall in love.

6.2
11
The Beloved Rogue

The Beloved Rogue

1927 · 1h 39m · Movie

François Villon, in his lifetime the most renowned poet in France, is also a prankster, an occasional criminal, and an ardent patriot.

7.0
12
The Student of Prague

The Student of Prague

1926 · 1h 50m · Movie

For Balduin, going out to beer parties with his fellow students and fighting out disputes at the tip of the sword have lost their charms. He wants to find love; but how would he, a penniless student, ever dare looking up to any wo...

6.9
13
Congress Dances

Congress Dances

1931 · 1h 25m · Movie

Vienna glove-sales-lady Christl falls in love to Czar Alexander. Metternich tries to use this to keep him out of the conferences of the Vienna Congress from 1815.

7.0
14
Rome Express

Rome Express

1932 · 1h 34m · Movie

A sinister character boards the Rome Express on the trail of a valuable Van Dyck painting, recently stolen from a Paris gallery. Much to his annoyance he finds the train populated with a motley assortment of passengers, including ...

6.6
15
Mysteries of India, Part II: Above All Law

Mysteries of India, Part II: Above All Law

1921 · 1h 40m · Movie

Irene saves Herbert and the two help Princess Savitri flee the palace.

6.7
16
I Was a Spy

I Was a Spy

1933 · 1h 29m · Movie

During World War I, a young nurse in a hospital in German-occupied Belgium is secretly feeding military information to the British. Complicating matters is the guilt she feels when she has to treat the German casualties inflicted ...

6.6
17
F. P. 1 Doesn't Answer

F. P. 1 Doesn't Answer

1933 · 1h 14m · Movie

"F.P.1 Doesn't Answer" is a 1933 adventure / science fiction movie starring Conrad Veldt, Jill Esmond, Leslie Fenton.

6.1
18
Der Mann, der den Mord beging

Der Mann, der den Mord beging

1931 · 1h 33m · Movie

The Marquis de Sévigné is put in a difficult position when he falls for the lovely Lady Falkland, a married woman whose husband, the strict Lord Falkland, subjects her to constant abuse.

6.7