Andrews Engelmann (23 March 1901 – 25 February 1992) was a

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. He worked primarily in Germany, where he specialised in playing Russian roles, but also appeared in a number of British films during his career. He was born as Andrei Engelman and also credited by various other names during his career including André von Engelman.

Selected filmography

* '' The Two Boys'' (1924) * ''

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'' (1926) * ''

Education of a Prince ''Éducation de Prince'' (English: ''Education of a Prince'') was a silent French film released in 1927. The French title has been spelled slightly differently over the years. It was adapted by the director Henri Diamant-Berger from the play b ...

'' (1927) * ''

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'' (1928) * ''

Diary of a Lost Girl ''Diary of a Lost Girl'' (german: Tagebuch einer Verlorenen) is a 1929 German silent film directed by G. W. Pabst and starring American silent star Louise Brooks. It is shot in black and white, and various versions of the film range from 79 m ...

'' (1929) * '' City of Play'' (1929) * ''

The Three Passions ''The Three Passions'' is a 1928 British silent drama film directed by Rex Ingram and starring Alice Terry, Iván Petrovich and Shayle Gardner. It was made as a quota film for Allied ArtistsLow p.160 and was based on a novel by Cosmo Hamil ...

'' (1929) * ''

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'' (1929) * '' Two Worlds'' (1930) * ''

La Femme d'une nuit ''La Femme d'une nuit'' ("The woman of one night") is a 1931 French drama film directed by Marcel L'Herbier. It was made simultaneously with Italian and German versions of the same story, which were however not only in different languages but i ...

'' (1931) * '' The Wandering Beast'' (1932) * ''

Baroud ''Baroud'' is a 1932 British-French adventure film directed by Rex Ingram and Alice Terry and starring Felipe Montes, Rosita Garcia, and Pierre Batcheff. Actor Paul Henreid debuted in a small role. The film was released in separate French and ...

'' (1933) * ''

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'' (1933) * ''

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'' (1934) * '' The Island'' (1934) * ''

The Crouching Beast ''The Crouching Beast'' is a 1935 British war thriller film directed by Victor Hanbury and starring Fritz Kortner, Wynne Gibson and Richard Bird. It was shot at Welwyn Studios with sets designed by the art director Duncan Sutherland.Wood p.85 B ...

'' (1935) * '' Return to Paradise'' (1935) * '' Stormy Weather'' (1935) * ''

Prison Breaker ''Prison Breaker'' is a 1936 British crime drama film directed by Adrian Brunel and starring James Mason, Wally Patch, Marguerite Allan and George Merritt. The film was based on a novel by Edgar Wallace; its plot concerns a British secret serv ...

'' (1936) * ''

The Last Four on Santa Cruz ''The Last Four on Santa Cruz'' (german: Die letzten Vier von Santa Cruz) is a 1936 German drama film directed by Werner Klingler and starring Hermann Speelmans, Irene von Meyendorff and Valéry Inkijinoff.Parish p. 507 The film was shot at the Ba ...

'' (1936) * '' Toilers of the Sea'' (1936) * ''

The Pearls of the Crown ''The Pearls of the Crown'' (french: Les Perles de la couronne) is a 1937 French comedy film of historically based fiction by Sacha Guitry who plays four roles in it (many of the other performers play multiple roles, as well). Guitry's Jean Mar ...

'' (1937) * ''

Faded Melody ''Faded Melody'' (german: Verklungene Melodie) is a 1938 German drama film directed by Viktor Tourjansky and starring Brigitte Horney, Willy Birgel and Carl Raddatz.Hake p. 247The film was made by Germany's largest studio of the era UFA. It was s ...

'' (1938) * ''

Water for Canitoga ''Water for Canitoga'' (German: ''Wasser für Canitoga'') is a 1939 German western film directed by Herbert Selpin and starring Hans Albers, Charlotte Susa and Josef Sieber. The film is a " Northern", set in Canada in 1905 where an engineer is ...

'' (1939) * ''

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'' (1939) * '' Cadets'' (1939) * ''

Commissioner Eyck ''Commissioner Eyck'' (german: Kriminalkommissar Eyck) is a 1940 German crime film directed by Milo Harbich and starring Anneliese Uhlig, Paul Klinger and Herbert Wilk.Moeller p. 32 It was shot at Tempelhof Studios in Berlin. Location shooti ...

'' (1940) * ''

Above All Else in the World ''Above All Else in the World'' (german: link=no, Über alles in der Welt) is a 1941 German drama film directed by Karl Ritter and starring Paul Hartmann, Hannes Stelzer and Fritz Kampers.Kreimeier p. 312 The title refers to the second line of ...

'' (1941) * ''

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'' (1941) * ''

Kora Terry ''Kora Terry'' is a 1940 German drama film directed by Georg Jacoby and starring Marika Rökk, Will Quadflieg and Josef Sieber Josef Sieber (28 April 1900 – 3 December 1962) was a German film actor. Selected filmography * ''Pappi'' (1934) * ...

'' (1940) * '' The Red Terror'' (1942) * '' Geheimakte W.B.1'' (1942) * '' Münchhausen'' (1943) * '' Seven Letters'' (1944) * ''

The Appeal to Conscience ''The Appeal to Conscience'' (german: Ruf an das Gewissen) is a 1949 German mystery film directed by Karl Anton and starring Karl Ludwig Diehl, Werner Hinz and Gustav Diessl.Davidson & Hake p. 61 It was originally shot in 1944, but remained unco ...

'' (1949) * ''

The Secret of Mayerling ''The Secret of Mayerling'' (French: ''Le secret de Mayerling'') is a 1949 French Historical drama film directed by Jean Delannoy and starring Jean Marais, Dominique Blanchar and Jean Debucourt. It set around the 1889 Mayerling Incident when th ...

'' (1949) * ''

Mystery in Shanghai ''Mystery in Shanghai'' (French: ''Mystère à Shanghai'') is a 1950 French crime film directed by Roger Blanc and starring Paul Bernard, Hélène Perdrière and Maurice Teynac. It is based on the novel ''La Nuit du 12 au 13'' by Stanislas-Andr ...

'' (1950) * ''

Scandal at the Embassy ''Scandal at the Embassy'' (german: Skandal in der Botschaft) is a 1950 West German comedy film directed by Erik Ode and starring Viktor de Kowa, Jeanette Schultze and Michiko Tanaka.Bock & Bergfelder p. 33 It was shot at the Bavaria Studios in ...

'' (1950) * '' The Case of Doctor Galloy '' (1951) * ''

The Girl with the Whip ''The Girl with the Whip'' (German: ''Das Mädel mit der Peitsche'') is a 1929 German silent comedy film directed by Carl Lamac and starring Anny Ondra, Werner Fuetterer and Sig Arno.Prawer p.123 It was shot at the Johannisthal Studios in Berl ...

'' (1952) * ''

The Secret of the Mountain Lake ''The Secret of the Mountain Lake'' (german: Das Geheimnis vom Bergsee) is a 1952 drama film directed by Jean Dréville and starring Harriet Geßner, Lil Dagover and Fredy Scheim.Bock & Bergfelder p. 78 It was made as a co-production between F ...

'' (1952)

Bibliography

* Hull, David S. ''Film in the Third Reich: A Study of the German Cinema, 1933-1945''. University of California Press, 1969.

References

External links

* 1901 births 1992 deaths German male film actors German male silent film actors Russian male film actors Russian male silent film actors Male actors from Saint Petersburg 20th-century German male actors Emigrants from the Russian Empire to Germany {{Germany-film-actor-stub