Victor Arthur Eduard Janson ( lv, Viktors Artūrs Eduards Jansons; 25 September 1884 – 29 June 1960) was a German stage and film actor and film director of Latvian ethnicity.BFI.org
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Selected filmography

Actor

* '' Your Dearest Enemy'' (1916) * '' When Four Do the Same'' (1917) * ''

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'' (1918) * ''

The Ballet Girl ''The Ballet Girl'' (german: Das Mädel vom Ballet) is a 1918 German silent film, silent comedy film directed by Ernst Lubitsch and starring Ossi Oswalda, Harry Liedtke and Margarete Kupfer.Thomson p. 145 It was shot at the Tempelhof Studios in ...

'' (1918) * ''

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'' (1918) * ''

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'' (1918) * ''

The Yellow Ticket ''The Yellow Ticket'' is a 1931 pre-Code American drama film based on the 1914 play of the same name by Michael Morton, produced by the Fox Film Corporation, directed by Raoul Walsh, and starring Elissa Landi, Lionel Barrymore and Laurence Oli ...

'' (1918) * ''

My Wife, the Movie Star ''My Wife, the Movie Star'' (German: ''Meine Frau, die Filmschauspielerin'') is a 1919 German silent comedy film directed by Ernst Lubitsch and starring Ossi Oswalda, Paul Biensfeldt and Victor Janson. Cast * Ossi Oswalda as Ossi, der Filmstar de ...

'' (1919) * ''

The Dagger of Malaya ''The Dagger of Malaya'' (german: Der Dolch des Malayen) is a 1919 German silent film, silent crime film directed by Léo Lasko and starring Carl Auen, Bernhard Goetzke, and Victor Janson. It is part of the Joe Deebs detective series films. The f ...

'' (1919) * '' One or the Other'' (1919) * ''

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'' (1919) * '' The Teahouse of the Ten Lotus Flowers'' (1919) * ''

Countess Doddy ''Countess Doddy'' (German: ''Komtesse Doddy'') is a 1919 German silent comedy film directed by Georg Jacoby and starring Pola Negri, Harry Liedtke and Victor Janson. The film's sets were designed by the art director Kurt Richter. Cast In alph ...

'' (1919) * ''

The Howling Wolf ''The Howling Wolf'' (German: ''Der heulende Wolf'') is a 1919 German silent crime film directed by Léo Lasko and starring Carl Auen, Meinhart Maur and Victor Janson. It was part of a series of films featuring the detective character Joe Deebs. ...

'' (1919) * ''

The Merry Husband ''The Merry Husband'' (German: ''Der lustige Ehemann'') is a 1919 German silent film, silent comedy film directed by Léo Lasko and starring Victor Janson, Irmgard Bern and Marga Köhler.Monaco p.339 The film's sets were designed by the art direc ...

'' (1919) * ''

The Panther Bride ''The Panther Bride'' (German: ''Die Pantherbraut'') is a 1919 German silent film, silent crime film directed by Léo Lasko and starring Carl Auen, Victor Janson and Ria Jende. It was part of a series of films featuring the detective character Joe ...

'' (1919) * ''

The Oyster Princess ''The Oyster Princess'' (german: Die Austernprinzessin) is a 1919 German silent comedy film directed by Ernst Lubitsch and starring Victor Janson, Ossi Oswalda and Harry Liedtke. It is a grotesque comedy in four acts about an American milliona ...

'' (1919) * '' The Woman at the Crossroads'' (1919) * ''

The Housing Shortage ''The Housing Shortage'' (German: ''Die Wohnungsnot'') is a 1920 German silent short comedy film directed by Ernst Lubitsch and starring Victor Janson and Marga Köhler and Ossi Oswalda.Grange, William. ''Cultural Chronicle of the Weimar Republ ...

'' (1920) * ''

The Last Kolczaks ''The Last Kolczaks'' (german: Die letzten Kolczaks) is a 1920 German silent drama film directed by Alfred Halm and starring Victor Janson, Ellen Richter, and Adele Sandrock.Das Ufa-Buch p. 70 The film's sets were designed by the art director ...

'' (1920) * ''

The Secret of the Mummy ''The Secret of the Mummy'' (german: Das Geheimnis der Mumie) is a 1921 German silent film, silent crime film directed by Victor Janson and starring Ferdinand von Alten, Aud Egede-Nissen, and Magnus Stifter. It is part of the Joe Deebs detective ...

'' (1921) * ''

Love at the Wheel ''Love at the Wheel'' (german: Amor am Steuer) is a 1921 German silent film, silent comedy film directed by Victor Janson and starring Ossi Oswalda, Janson and Rudolf Forster. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Robert Neppach and ...

'' (1921) * '' The Wild Cat'' (1921) * ''

The Girl with the Mask ''The Girl with the Mask'' (german: Das Mädel mit der Maske) is a 1922 German silent comedy film directed by Victor Janson and starring Ossi Oswalda, Paul Biensfeldt, and Hermann Thimig. The film's sets were designed by the art director Kurt R ...

'' (1922) * ''

Das Milliardensouper ''Das Milliardensouper'' is a 1923 German silent comedy film directed by Victor Janson and starring Ossi Oswalda, Georg Alexander and Paul Biensfeldt.Bock & Bergfelder p.353 The film's sets were designed by the art director Jacek Rotmil. Cast * ...

'' (1923) * '' Niniche'' (1925) * ''

Circus Romanelli ''Circus Romanelli'' (German: ''Der dumme August des Zirkus Romanelli'') is a 1926 German silent comedy film directed by Georg Jacoby and starring Reinhold Schünzel, Claire Rommer and Victor Janson. Cast * Reinhold Schünzel as August *Cla ...

'' (1926) * ''

The Ones Down There ''The Ones Down There'' (german: Die da unten) is a 1926 German silent film directed by Victor Janson and starring Maly Delschaft, Aud Egede-Nissen, and Walter Rilla. The film's sets were designed by the art director Jacek Rotmil Jacek Rotmil ...

'' (1926) * ''

The Divorcée ''The Divorcée'' (german: Die geschiedene Frau) is a 1953 German musical film directed by George Jacoby and starring Marika Rökk, Johannes Heesters and Hans Nielsen. It was based on the operetta '' Die geschiedene Frau'' by Leo Fall and Vict ...

'' (1926) * '' At the Edge of the World'' (1927) * ''

Holzapfel Knows Everything ''Holzapfel Knows Everything'' (german: Holzapfel weiß alles) is a 1932 German comedy film directed by Victor Janson and starring Felix Bressart, Iván Petrovich and Gretl Theimer.Bock & Bergfelder p. 63 It was shot at the Grunewald Studios in B ...

'' (1932) * ''

So You Don't Know Korff Yet? ''So You Don't Know Korff Yet?'' (German: ''Nanu, Sie kennen Korff noch nicht?'') is a 1938 German comedy crime film directed by Fritz Holl and starring Heinz Rühmann, Victor Janson and Franz Schafheitlin. It was shot at the Babelsberg Studios ...

'' (1938) * ''

The Leghorn Hat ''The Leghorn Hat'' (german: Der Florentiner Hut) is a 1939 German period comedy film directed by Wolfgang Liebeneiner and starring Heinz Rühmann, Herti Kirchner and Christl Mardayn. It is based on the 1851 play '' The Italian Straw Hat'' written ...

'' (1939) * ''

Men Are That Way ''Men Are That Way'' (german: Männer müssen so sein) is a 1939 German drama film directed by Arthur Maria Rabenalt and starring Hertha Feiler, Hans Söhnker and Hans Olden. The film's sets were designed by the art director Willi Herrmann. It w ...

'' (1939) * '' The Unfaithful Eckehart'' (1940) * '' The Way to Freedom'' (1941) * ''

We Make Music ''We Make Music'' (german: Wir machen Musik) is a 1942 German musical comedy film directed by Helmut Käutner, starring Ilse Werner, Viktor de Kowa and Edith Oß. Plot It is a revue film, loosely based on the stage work ''Karl III. und Anna vo ...

'' (1942) * '' The Great Love'' (1942) * ''

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'' (1942) * '' Back Then'' (1943) * '' Come Back to Me'' (1944) * ''

Viennese Girls ''Viennese Girls'' (German: ''Wiener Mädeln'') is a 1945 historical musical film directed by Willi Forst and starring Forst, Anton Edthofer and Judith Holzmeister. The film was made by Wien-Film, a Vienna-based company set up after Austria had b ...

'' (1945) * ''

A Man Like Maximilian ''A Man Like Maximilian'' (german: Ein Mann wie Maximilian) is a 1945 German comedy film directed by Hans Deppe and starring Wolf Albach-Retty, Karin Hardt and Lizzi Waldmüller.Bock & Bergfelder p. 79 It was one of the last films released during ...

'' (1945) * '' Peter Voss, Thief of Millions'' (1946) * ''

Ghost in the Castle ''Ghost in the Castle'' (german: Spuk im Schloß) is a 1945/1947 German comedy horror film directed by Hans H. Zerlett and starring Margot Hielscher, Fritz Odemar, and Albert Matterstock.Bock & Bergfelder p. 240 The film's sets were designed b ...

'' (1947) * ''

The Court Concert ''The Court Concert'' (german: Das Hofkonzert) is a 1936 German historical romantic comedy film directed by Detlef Sierck (later known as Douglas Sirk), and starring Mártha Eggerth, Johannes Heesters, and Kurt Meisel.Hake p. 142 It was made b ...

'' (1948) * ''

Journey to Happiness ''Journey to Happiness'' (German: ''Fahrt ins Glück'') is a 1948 German romantic drama film directed by Erich Engel and starring Käthe Dorsch, Rudolf Forster and Hildegard Knef. It was made at the Babelsberg Studios in Berlin while location sho ...

'' (1948) * ''

The Marriage of Figaro ''The Marriage of Figaro'' ( it, Le nozze di Figaro, links=no, ), K. 492, is a ''commedia per musica'' (opera buffa) in four acts composed in 1786 by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, with an Italian libretto written by Lorenzo Da Ponte. It premie ...

'' (1949) * ''

Professor Nachtfalter ''Professor Nachtfalter'' is a 1951 West German comedy film directed by Rolf Meyer and starring Johannes Heesters, Jeanette Schultze and Maria Litto.Bock & Bergfelder p.191 The film's sets were designed by the art director Franz Schroedter. The ...

'' (1951) * ''

Torreani ''Torreani'' is a 1951 West German drama film directed by Gustav Fröhlich and starring Fröhlich, René Deltgen and Inge Landgut.Bock & Bergfelder p. 82 The plot revolves around a Variety show. The film's sets were designed by the art director E ...

'' (1951) * ''

The Prince of Pappenheim ''The Prince of Pappenheim'' (German: ''Der Fürst von Pappenheim'') is a 1927 German silent comedy film directed by Richard Eichberg and starring Mona Maris, Curt Bois and Dina Gralla. Bois' character of an ambitious young man was closely mode ...

'' (1952) * ''

When the Heath Dreams at Night ''When the Heath Dreams at Night'' (german: Wenn abends die Heide träumt) is a 1952 West German drama film directed by Paul Martin and starring Rudolf Prack, Viktor Staal and Margot Trooger.Spicer p. 460 It was shot in the Göttingen Studios and ...

'' (1952) * ''

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'' (1953) * '' The Rose of Stamboul'' (1953) * ''

Such a Charade ''Such a Charade'' (german: So ein Affentheater) is a 1953 West German comedy film directed by Erik Ode and starring Josefin Kipper, Joachim Brennecke and Heli Finkenzeller.Bock & Bergfelder p. 346 Main cast * Josefin Kipper as Sabine Keller * J ...

'' (1953)

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'' (1918) * '' The Man of Action'' (1919) * '' The Lady in Black'' (1920) * ''

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'' (1923) * '' Niniche'' (1925) * ''

The Dealer from Amsterdam ''The Dealer from Amsterdam'' (German: ''Der Trödler von Amsterdam'') is a 1925 German silent film directed by Victor Janson and starring Werner Krauss, Hilde Hildebrand and Harry Hardt. It was made by the German subsidiary of the Fox Film Com ...

'' (1925) * '' The Queen of the Baths'' (1926) * ''

'' (1926) * '' Sword and Shield'' (co-director:

Rudolf Dworsky Rudolf Dworsky (1882–1927) was a German film producer and film director, director of the Silent era. His production company was called Aafa-Film (Althoff-Ambos-Film), Berlin, the co-owner was the producer Gabriel Levy. Selected filmography Pro ...

, 1926) * ''

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, 1926) * '' A Girl with Temperament'' (1928) * '' Vienna, City of My Dreams'' (1928) * ''

The Circus Princess ' (''The Circus Princess'') is an operetta in three acts by Hungarian composer Emmerich Kálmán to a German libretto by Julius Brammer and Alfred Grünwald. It premiered at the Theater an der Wien in Vienna on 26 March 1926 and went on to 344 ...

'' (1929) * '' Black Forest Girl'' (1929) * '' The Black Domino'' (1929) * ''

Hungarian Nights ''Hungarian Nights'' or ''Night Is Whispering'' (German: ''Es flüstert die Nacht'') is a 1929 German silent drama film directed by Victor Janson and starring Lil Dagover, Hans Stüwe and Alexander Murski.Parish p.131 The film's sets were desi ...

'' (1929) * '' Danube Waltz'' (1930) * ''

The Woman They Talk About ''The Woman They Talk About'' (German: ''Die Frau von der man spricht'') is a 1931 German drama film directed by Victor Janson and starring Mady Christians, Hans Stüwe and Lilian Ellis.Waldman p.27 The film's art direction was by Botho Hoefer ...

'' (1931) * ''

The Beggar Student ''Der Bettelstudent'' (''The Beggar Student'') is an operetta in three acts by Carl Millöcker with a German libretto by Camillo Walzel (under the pseudonym of F. Zell) and Richard Genée, based on ''Les noces de Fernande'' by Victorien Sardou a ...

'' (1931) * ''

Once There Was a Waltz ''Once There Was a Waltz'' (german: Es war einmal ein Walzer) is a 1932 German operetta film directed by Victor Janson and starring Mártha Eggerth, Rolf von Goth and Paul Hörbiger. It was shot at the Tempelhof Studios in Berlin with sets d ...

'' (1932) * ''

The Blue of Heaven ''The Blue of Heaven'' (german: Das Blaue vom Himmel) is a 1932 German musical film directed by Victor Janson and starring Mártha Eggerth, Hermann Thimig, and Fritz Kampers. It was shot at the Tempelhof Studios in Berlin.Klaus p.29 The film's s ...

'' (1932) * ''

Distorting at the Resort ''Distorting at the Resort'' (german: Lügen auf Rügen) is a 1932 German comedy film directed by Victor Janson and starring Maria Matray, Paul Hörbiger, and Otto Wallburg. It was shot at the Tempelhof Studios in Berlin. The film's sets were de ...

'' (1932) * '' The Page from the Dalmasse Hotel'' (1933) * '' The Tsarevich'' (1933) * '' A Woman Who Knows What She Wants'' (1934) * '' The Voice of Love'' (1934) * ''

The Blonde Carmen ''The Blonde Carmen'' (german: Die blonde Carmen) is a 1935 German musical comedy film directed by Victor Janson and starring Mártha Eggerth, Wolfgang Liebeneiner, and Ida Wüst.Zanger p. 30 It is part of the tradition of operetta films. It was ...

'' (1935) * '' She and the Three'' (1935) * ''

Girls in White ''Girls in White'' (german: Mädchen in Weiß) is a 1936 German musical comedy film directed by Victor Janson and starring Maria Cebotari, Iván Petrovich and Hilde von Stolz. It was shot at the Terra Studios in Berlin. The film's sets were design ...

'' (1936) * '' The Coral Princess'' (1937) * ''

Who's Kissing Madeleine? ''Who's Kissing Madeleine?'' (German: ''Wer küßt Madeleine?'') is a 1939 German comedy film directed by Victor Janson and starring Magda Schneider, Albert Matterstock and Herti Kirchner.Parish p.503 The film's sets were designed by the art direc ...

'' (1939)

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* 1884 births 1960 deaths German film directors German male film actors German male silent film actors Emigrants from the Russian Empire to Germany Latvian male silent film actors Film people from Riga 20th-century German male actors 20th-century Latvian male actors Actors from Riga {{Germany-film-actor-stub