Ernst Legal
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Known For:Acting
Birthday:1881-05-02
Place of Birth:Schlieben, Germany
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Also Known As:Ernst Otto Eduard Legal
Friedrich Schiller - Eine Dichterjugend (1923)
In his film version, Curt Goetz shifts the focus away from the poetic output towards the young Friedrich Schiller himself: on the misery of his soul...
Charley's Aunt (1934)
Charley Wyckham and Jack Chesney pressure fellow student Fancourt Babberly to pose as Charley's Brazilian Aunt Donna Lucia. Their purpose is to have...
The Journey to Tilsit (1939)
A villager is tempted by a sophisticated city woman and almost kills his wife in a boating accident.
To New Shores (1937)
A 19th-century London cabaret singer is deported to prison in Australia. Her crime? Taking the blame when her lover bounces checks.
Discretion with Honor (1938)
Nazi era depiction of decadent British aristocracy: A madcap country heiress was betrothed to a Lord but runs off with a young inventor after she is...
Die Umwege des schönen Karl (1938)
Karl Kramer is a waiter in a beach hotel on the Baltic Sea. But he has completely different plans in mind for the future. Before he marries Grete...
The Mountain Calls (1938)
The Italian mountaineer Carel wants to be the first man to stand on the top of the Matterhorn. Since the climb is very difficult, he agrees to try it...
Es kommt ein Tag (1950)
Melodrama set during wartime.
Marriage of Figaro (1949)
Shortly after WWII, the DEFA Studios produced a series of operas and operettas which belonged to the classical German musical heritage. This...
Und wieder 48 (1948)
In 1948, students from Berlin University take part in the filming of a movie about the 1848 revolution as extras. A dispute arises between Else and...
The Glass Ball (1937)
A woman steals money from her banker husband but her lover, a baron, is jailed.He escapes and under a new identity is a circus daredevil but she...
Anschlag auf Schweda (1935)
The student Hans Kessler is suspected of having murdered the banker Hergotin, who has been found dead in his hotel in Zurich. When a search is...
Seven Slaps (1937)
William MacPhab loses seven-pounds in the stock market and decides to slap the man who was responsible for the stock manipulation that caused him to...
Die göttliche Jette (1937)
Cheeky Jette is a typical Berlin girl. Together with her mother, she performs couplets in a Berlin suburb theatre every night. Then, a young Austrian...
The Kaiser's Lackey (1951)
Diederich Heßling is scared of everything and everyone. But as he grows up, he comes to realize that he has to offer his services to the...
Waxworks (1924)
A poet is hired by the owner of a wax museum in a circus to write tales about Harun al Raschid, Ivan the Terrible and Jack the Ripper. While writing,...
Traumulus (1936)
This film is a fascinating showcase for Emil Janning's theatrical play. He's a gentle school teacher who believes in his boys and is easily fooled...
Nights in Andalusia (1938)
When the dancer Carmen visits the bullfighter Antonio, who has stabbed a gypsy, in prison, she meets the dragoon brigadier José. The two...
No Place for Love (1947)
While on leave in Berlin during the Second World War, a soldier named Hans meets a young woman named Monika. They fall in love and make plans for a...
Der Mustergatte (1937)
Heinz Rühmann plays the "model husband" who, when his bored wife threatens to leave him, embarks on an adventurous night.
Tanz auf dem Vulkan (1938)
Paris, 1830: Jean-Gaspard Debureau performs on the stage and delights his audience with song, wit and charm. He is, however, very unpopular with...
Immensee (1943)
A man and a woman struggle to stifle their love for each other, even after he moves away to travel the world and she marries a suitor.
The Golden City (1942)
Anna Jobst is the daughter of a rich, conservative farmer. Living on the bank of the Moldau, she wishes nothing more than follow the river to Prague,...
The Man Who Was Sherlock Holmes (1937)
Two dubious characters disguise themselves as Holmes and Watson to gain attention and end up chasing counterfeiters and stolen stamps.
Maria, die Magd (1936)
An actress and her lawyer husband are so busy that their maid becomes the real mother to their six year old boy and at one point causes consternation...
Insolent and in Love (1950)
Penniless Peter Schild looks for work when arrived in Germany. Working as a private eye he has to observe a young lady who is willing to marry an...
Rätsel der Nacht (1945)
Professor Schott, director of the Oberland Mountain Observatory, has discovered a new star, which he names "Nova Hercules." Working alongside him are...
His Best Friend (1937)
Remake of a 1929 German film by the same title about a man and a police dog.
The Man with the Paw (1935)
"The Man with the Paw" is what people call the very successful banker Wiegant, who is desperately in love with Lena Kroning, the wife of the lawyer...
Rotkäppchen und der Wolf (1937)
The first partly colored German fairy tale film directed by Fritz Genschow. The film has a frame story shot in black and white and a middle section...
August der Starke (1936)
Intrigue and love affairs at the court of the Saxon King Augustus the Strong, who can bend a horseshoe with his bare hands and is fighting with the...
The Leghorn Hat (1939)
Der Florentiner Hut (The Leghorn Hat), a 1939 German film directed by Wolfgang Liebeneiner
Andreas Schlüter (1942)
Historical drama portraying the life of German baroque architect Andreas Schlüter.
Karriere in Paris (1952)
France at the time of the Restoration. The young country gentleman Rastignac comes to Paris to study. He takes up residence in a poor boarding house,...
Romance in a Minor Key (1943)
A grieving husband tries to uncover the truth behind his wife's suicide, leading him to discover a tragic tale of infidelity and redemption.
Altes Herz geht auf die Reise (1938)
The underage Rosemarie is still too young to run her inherited farm by herself; but she's more than aware that her foster father and the farm's...
The Death Agony of the Eagles (1922)
After the death of Napoleon, colonel Montaner plots to restore the Empire, but falls in love with Lise, a beautiful dancer.
Altgermanische Bauernkultur (1934)
A Nazi propaganda film meant to glorify German history and to persuade people that the Teutons weren't barbarians but had a notable culture of their...
Marriage of Love (1944)
Young newlywed Martin Mansfeld suspects his wife Maria Mansfeld of infidelity and together with his friend sets a trap for her.
Die Freundin eines großen Mannes (1934)
A renowned actress rescues a small theater, which is on the verge of bankruptcy.
Love Conquers (1934)
After Willy privately photographs Renee her image headlines an ad campaign making her a star model. Her sister Elli loses her acting job but Willy's...
The Assumption of Hannele (1934)
The story of Hannele, an unhappy girl who is beaten by her stepfather and tries to commit suicide.
One Too Many on Board (1935)
During a journey of the "Ceder", the Captain, von Moltmann, disappears. It looks like an accident, but it could also have been murder. Attorney Dr....
Street Music (1936)
The three musicians Hans, Otto and Paul have no work and propose becoming street musicians with the support of Grete, who lives in the same apartment...
An Enemy of the People (1937)
Before the First World War, Dr. Hans Stockmann had a practice in a small town. His powerhungry brother is the mayor of Bad Trimburg, which has...
Gabriele eins, zwei, drei (1937)
Gabriele Bordersen, a woman from a good home, wants to see what real life is like among the common folk. With her stewardess Fanny Flint and the tour...
Our Little Wife (1938)
When a young woman becomes aware of her husband's wandering attentions, she plots his comeuppance.
Mia moglie si diverte (1938)
When a young woman becomes aware of her husband's wandering attentions, she plots his retribution.
When Women Keep Silent (1937)
Curt serenades his wife Charlott from the garden without her recognizing him. When she later doesn't refer to the incident he assumes that she is...
The Girl with a Good Reputation (1938)
A travelling cinema arrives in a small, Italian town. The only place suitable for the screenings is the inn run by Mirandolina, a woman with an...
The Day After the Divorce (1938)
A man, feeling unappreciated, leaves his wife for a cabaret singer, while the wife meets a young pilot and decides to join him abroad.
The Secret Lie (1938)
The stand-alone opera singer Carmen Casini dare not admit to her adult son, the spoiled race car driver Cecil, that she ruined her voice on a stormy...
My Aunt, Your Aunt (1939)
Because his future wife abandoned him shortly before the wedding, an old baron has decided that he doesn't want any women near him anymore. The...