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Erich Ponto

Date of birth: 1884-12-14

Place of birth: Lübeck, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany

Known for: Acting

Also known as: Эрих Понто, Erich Johannes Bruno Ponto

Erich Ponto

Biography

Movie Credits

The Punch Bowl
3.6

The Punch Bowl

1944-01-28

Writer Johannes Pfeiffer who goes undercover as a student in a high school after his friends told hi

The Third Man
4

The Third Man

1949-08-31

In postwar Vienna, Austria, Holly Martins, a writer of pulp Westerns, arrives penniless as a guest o

Das verlorene Gesicht
0

Das verlorene Gesicht

1948-11-19

Tobias Knopp, Adventure of a Bachelor
2

Tobias Knopp, Adventure of a Bachelor

1953-02-08

The wealthy man Tobias Knopp becomes ever more lonely and quirky over the years. He had let himself

The Zurich Engagement
3.1

The Zurich Engagement

1957-04-16

Juliane Thomas is an ambitious but unemployed young writer. After breaking up with her lover she wor

Wenn wir alle Engel wären
2.9

Wenn wir alle Engel wären

1956-09-20

The Final Chord
3

The Final Chord

1936-06-26

After her husband dies, a German woman who gave up her infant for adoption to emigrate to America re

Hokuspokus
3.1

Hokuspokus

1953-08-31

A murder trial becomes a farce when a widow tries to convince the district attorney that she didn't

Sky Without Stars
3.4

Sky Without Stars

1955-10-14

Anna is a factory worker in East Germany, but her five-year-old son Jochen lives with his grandparen

The Girl and the Legend
2.8

The Girl and the Legend

1957-02-07

London, in 1730. Charly, Jim and Ben work hard, with the brave Maud, in a cotton mill to earn a few

The Angel and the Lyre
3.9

The Angel and the Lyre

1944-12-19

Achim and Vera are friends and live an uncomplicated and happy life .... that is, until they get int

Film Without Title
3.6

Film Without Title

1948-01-23

A screenwriter comes up with a story about an affair between a maid and her employer.

The Flying Classroom
3.9

The Flying Classroom

1954-09-02

The third form of a boarding school and the students of a neighboring school do not get along. Each

Der Feuerteufel
2.5

Der Feuerteufel

1940-03-05

Love '47
3.5

Love '47

1949-11-25

A young man and woman meet on a bridge, both about to commit suicide by jumping into the river, and

Frauenarzt Dr. Prätorius
3.2

Frauenarzt Dr. Prätorius

1950-01-15

In the face of two world wars, Professor Prätorius, a philanthropist and a surgeon, wants to extermi

Der große Schatten
0

Der große Schatten

1942-09-25

During a performance of Calderón's "The Judge of Zalamea," a young actor encounters his famous older

Hans im Glück
0

Hans im Glück

1949-12-18

The plot closely follows the Grimm fairy tale. Hans, a hard-working miller's apprentice, sets off on

Haus des Lebens
0

Haus des Lebens

1952-09-11

Die große Versuchung
2.5

Die große Versuchung

1952-12-18

A young man practices medicine without a licence.

Joan of Arc
2.5

Joan of Arc

1935-04-26

France in the 15th Century: The country is marked by the wars with England and internal power strugg

Hallo Janine
3.1

Hallo Janine

1939-06-30

The French ballet girl Janine, a gifted tap-dancer, dreams of a musical career in Paris. But first s

No Greater Love
2.6

No Greater Love

1952-02-29

Directed by Harald Braun and told from the perspective of Bertha von Suttner, the first female to re

The Heart of a Queen
3.1

The Heart of a Queen

1940-11-01

As the title "The Queen's Heart" suggests, this early German black and white version of Mary Queen o

Philharmoniker
0

Philharmoniker

1944-12-04

Primanerinnen
0

Primanerinnen

1951-11-30

The Life of Surgeon Sauerbruch
4

The Life of Surgeon Sauerbruch

1954-07-12

Young Olga Ahrendt almost succeeded in attempting suicide. She had thrown herself in front of a tram

The Hound of the Baskervilles
2.9

The Hound of the Baskervilles

1937-01-12

Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson look into reports that a huge, vicious hound has killed Lord Charles

Diesel
3

Diesel

1943-02-09

The Rothschilds
3

The Rothschilds

1940-07-17

Biopic about the Rothschilds, a Jewish family whose members rose to the top of the European banking

Schneider Wibbel
2.5

Schneider Wibbel

1939-08-17

The Golden Plague
0

The Golden Plague

1954-12-30

At the end of the war a disillusioned German exile returns home only to fall into the dark world of

The Night in Venice
2.5

The Night in Venice

1942-04-02

The marriage of the celebrated operetta diva Vilma and the chamber singer Peter has come to an end.

Achtung! Feind hört mit!
2.8

Achtung! Feind hört mit!

1940-01-02

This is the war and everybody in Germany should beware : the enemy is listening. One family in parti

Ein glücklicher Mensch
0

Ein glücklicher Mensch

1943-10-15

Attack on Baku
0

Attack on Baku

1942-08-25

Azerbaijan, 1919. The British hope to secure control of the vast oil fields around Baku by launching

Between Yesterday and Tomorrow
3.2

Between Yesterday and Tomorrow

1947-12-11

A group of people gathers back in the post-war ruins of a luxurious Munich hotel they inhabited at o

Der weißblaue Löwe
0

Der weißblaue Löwe

1952-11-18

Clothes Make the Man
3.4

Clothes Make the Man

1940-09-16

The daydreaming tailor Wenzel is fired from his job, because the fancy frock he was supposed to cut

Blutsbrüderschaft
0

Blutsbrüderschaft

1941-01-03

On November 11, 1918, the last day of the First World War , Lieutenant Colonel Klaus Olden desperate

Monks, Girls and Pandours
3.5

Monks, Girls and Pandours

1952-10-01

Historical adventure comedy film about the beer-brewing mendicant brothers in the mid-18 Century Bav

In the Evening After the Opera
4

In the Evening After the Opera

1945-02-16

A wealthy man murders his wife, then marries a young woman who becomes suspicious of him.

Am seidenen Faden
0

Am seidenen Faden

1938-09-22

A WWI veteran comes home and with a scientist's help opens an artificial silk factory later used for

Palace Scandal
0

Palace Scandal

1949-04-15

During the Biedermeier era, a young singer searches for her missing father. Remake of "Das Hofkonzer

Wie konntest Du, Veronika!
0

Wie konntest Du, Veronika!

1940-08-29

Das Geheimnis um Betty Bonn
2.5

Das Geheimnis um Betty Bonn

1938-01-04

Schicksal aus zweiter Hand
0

Schicksal aus zweiter Hand

1949-10-05

A man's life breaks down in pursuit of material success.

Das Fräulein von Barnhelm
2.5

Das Fräulein von Barnhelm

1940-10-22

Die beiden Schwestern
2

Die beiden Schwestern

1943-10-27

Das andere Ich
0

Das andere Ich

1941-11-21

Der Meisterdetektiv
0

Der Meisterdetektiv

1944-07-10

The Molander Case
0

The Molander Case

1945-01-01

In letzter Minute
0

In letzter Minute

1939-09-07

A retired rail official and his wife Amalie purchase a disused railroad wagon to convert it into a v

Geliebter Lügner
3

Geliebter Lügner

1950-01-13

The young fashion illustrator Jeanette meets the chief engineer Rudolf Siebert at an artists' festiv

Der Scheiterhaufen
0

Der Scheiterhaufen

1945-01-01

The Man Who Committed the Murder
2.6

The Man Who Committed the Murder

1931-01-23

The story is about Conrad Veidt as military attache in Turkey where he learns to know an English con

Verspieltes Leben
3

Verspieltes Leben

1949-02-27

Germany, 1914: The bourgeois austerity of the small, northern German town in which Ulyssa lives con

The Four Companions
3

The Four Companions

1938-10-01

Four graduates of an industrial design school team up and form a small business. The protagonist is

I Accuse
3

I Accuse

1941-08-29

In this film, the wife of a renowned doctor becomes ill with multiple sclerosis. Trying to spare her

Was das Herz befiehlt
0

Was das Herz befiehlt

1951-09-12

Ballerina
3.1

Ballerina

1956-03-28

Bettina Sanden, a solo dancer at the opera, falls ill with polio. The chances of a cure look rather

Aus erster Ehe
2.5

Aus erster Ehe

1940-07-23

Movie based on the novel by Christel Broehl-Delhaes

Dreizehn Mann und eine Kanone
2.5

Dreizehn Mann und eine Kanone

1938-12-22

World War I, Eastern Front. A special battery consisting of thirteen soldiers and one cannon success

Not Afraid of Big Animals
3.4

Not Afraid of Big Animals

1953-07-30

Emil, a technical draftsman, is hardworking, always helpful, and somewhat shy. Because of these trai

Zwischen Herz und Gewissen
0

Zwischen Herz und Gewissen

1951-03-16

Keine Angst vor Schwiegermüttern
0

Keine Angst vor Schwiegermüttern

1954-10-14

Leichte Muse
0

Leichte Muse

1941-10-10

A composer finds commercial success but has to confront difficulties in his private life.

The Star of Africa
3.2

The Star of Africa

1957-08-13

Biographic Movie of the German fighter ace, who was killed in a plane crash after over 150 kills in

Made in Germany – Ein Leben für Zeiss
0

Made in Germany – Ein Leben für Zeiss

1957-01-24

Der Fall Rainer
2.5

Der Fall Rainer

1942-05-12

Germany in the fall of 1918: Accompanied by the Archduke Karl Maria, Princess Henriette von Battens

...und ewig bleibt die Liebe
3

...und ewig bleibt die Liebe

1954-08-12

Love, Death and the Devil
0

Love, Death and the Devil

1934-12-21

In a harbor bazaar of the Pacific town of Kona, the young sailor Kiwe is offered a mysterious bottle

Woman in the Jungle
2.5

Woman in the Jungle

1931-01-08

Marooned on a rubber plantation in the East Indies, Leslie turns to Geoffrey for the love and divers

Die kupferne Hochzeit
5

Die kupferne Hochzeit

1948-12-15