Gustav Fröhlich
Date of birth: 1902-03-21
Place of birth: Hannover, Germany
Known for: Acting
Also known as: Gustav Froelich
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Gustav Fröhlich (21 March 1902 – 22 December 1987) was a German actor and film director. He landed secondary roles in a number of films and plays before landing his breakthrough role of Freder Fredersen in Fritz Lang's 1927 film Metropolis. He remained a popular film star in Germany until the 1950s.
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Metropolis
1927-02-06
In a futuristic city sharply divided between the rich and the poor, the son of the city's mastermind
Die Sünderin
1951-01-18
Going from a dysfunctional family into a life of prostitution, Marina finally finds happiness and co
Two Souls
1930-12-22
Gustav Froehlich and Charlotte Susa play Rochus and Judith, the zwei menschen (two humans) of the ti
Rosen aus dem Süden
1954-01-01
What Women Dream
1933-04-19
In this pre-WWII German mystery-comedy, a lovely kleptomaniac with a taste for fine jewelry is unabl
Das verlorene Gesicht
1948-11-19
Asphalt
1929-03-12
Starring Betty Amann in her most famous leading role, Joe May's Asphalt is a luxuriously produced Ge
The Woman Who Did
1925-11-18
A young woman doesn't want to get married, but simply live together with the man she loves. This lea
Ray of Sunshine
1933-08-25
Hans, living in Vienna during the Great Depression, intends to drown himself in the river after losi
The Little Town will go to Sleep
1954-02-11
In a small town a bag with delicate letters disappears. Many of the residents are worried about thei
Gloria
1931-09-29
This is the German version of Gloria with Gustav Fröhlich & Brigitte Helm in the leads. A French
The Great King
1942-03-02
King Frederick II (aka "Frederick the Great") of Prussia is engaged in a major battle against the Au
Barcarole
1935-03-03
A young reckless womaniser is trapped one night at his club into a bet with a Mexican that he will w
Homecoming
1928-08-28
Following World War I, after a long imprisonment, two German prisoner-of-war soldiers escape from a
Sag die Wahrheit
1946-12-20
The Buchholz Family
1944-03-03
Based on an 1884 novel by Julius Stinde, it is a family chronicle set in late nineteenth century Ber
Haus des Lebens
1952-09-11
Neigungsehe
1944-03-24
Stadt Anatol
1936-10-15
Based on a 1932 novel City of Anatol by Bernhard Kellermann. The film is set in a small city in the
Inquest
1931-04-19
When a prostitute is murdered in a cheap Berlin boarding house, an investigating judge suspects that
The Fugitive from Chicago
1934-01-02
Werner Dux, heir of the big car company "Dux-Werke", is a gambler who has just been arrested in Chic
The Immortal Vagabond
1930-02-21
Prevented from wedding a postman's daughter (her father prefers she marry a farmer) a Tyrol schoolte
My Leopold
1931-12-18
Love's Command
1931-11-10
During the Austro Hungarian empire, a girl substitutes for her brother in a military academy.
Alles Schwindel
1940-04-10
Under False Flag
1932-02-12
Stips
1951-09-03
I Do Not Want to Know Who You Are
1932-09-08
An impoverished count has to work as a chauffeur but because of his good looks attracts women, one o
Alarm auf Station III
1939-11-10
The Company's in Love
1932-02-22
The story follows a movie crew who is filming a musical in a small and idyllic alpine village. After
Sechs Tage Heimaturlaub
1941-10-03
Adventures in Vienna
1952-08-20
Taking place over 12 hours on New Years Eve, a concert pianist murders his wife's lover, then frames
Diese Nacht vergess ich nie
1949-05-03
Frau Sixta
1938-09-06
The story of the upright Mrs. Sixta, who in 1861 ran the post office in a village in the Otztaler Al
Ehe für eine Nacht
1953-02-18
A Song, A Kiss, A Girl
1932-04-13
Peter Franke owns Supraphon record company, which has one main competitor in Lyraphon. As a commerci
A Man With a Heart
1932-11-26
A story about a series of confusions, in which Paul Ritter, a bank employee, is unaware that the gir
The Night of the Great Love
1933-07-27
The story, set in Constantinople, of a young man who falls in love with a woman much older than he i
Love Whispers
1935-12-23
To escape dreary country life, a count travels to Italy with a friend every year. Instead of the al
Stradivari
1935-08-25
In 1914 a Hungarian officer inherits a Stradivarius which is believed to bring back luck to its owne
Incognito
1936-07-31
The bored heir to a soap factory is able through pure chance to work incognito in the 153rd branch o
Die unmögliche Frau
1936-04-02
Das Konzert
1944-10-27
A concert pianist, the romantic idol of many women, is seduced away from his wife. The seductress's
Gleisdreieck
1937-01-27
Dark love story.
Der erste Frühlingstag
1956-06-05
Clarissa
1941-09-08
Clarissa is promoted to department head of Feerenbach's bank. He and bank clerk Lutz both love her.
Renate im Quartett
1939-08-23
Oberwachtmeister Schwenke
1935-01-14
A pretty girl helps a popular Berlin policeman solve the murders of a woman he knew and the crooked
Leutnant Bobby, der Teufelskerl
1935-09-20
Gabriele eins, zwei, drei
1937-09-09
Gabriele Bordersen, a woman from a good home, wants to see what real life is like among the common f
Ihr Privatsekretär
1940-02-22
Die Stunde der Versuchung
1936-09-28
Irene is unhappy because her lawyer husband Dr. Leuttern never has time for her. Womanizer Mac Norri
A Night of Change
1935-05-30
Nacht der Verwandlung (A Night of Change) stars Gustav Froelich as a globe-circling aviator, a chara
Abenteuer eines jungen Herrn in Polen
1934-10-03
Mit den Augen einer Frau
1942-10-30
Liebesleute
1935-10-17
Baron von Goret is an impoverished landowner, whose estate is about to go into receivership. And so
Von Liebe reden wir später
1953-03-05
The beautician Angela Bell, a well-off middle-aged lady, and the respected fashion doctor Prof. Chri
Alarm in Peking
1937-07-16
Set against the backdrop of the 1900 Boxer Rebellion...
A Waltz by Strauss
1931-10-02
Musical extravaganza, also filmed in a French language version, based on the life of Johann Strauss.
Gitta entdeckt ihr Herz
1932-04-04
In a small Hungarian village, a priest discovers a girl named Gitta who can sing beautifully. He tak
Herz geht vor Anker
1940-12-03
Tolle Nacht
1943-09-24
Der große Preis
1944-05-19
The moral is simple: keep your mouth shut, especially when you're working during the wartime in a fa
Der große Fall
1949-12-30
Paths in Twilight
1948-04-09
Three homeless youths commit petty crimes to get by in the difficult time just after the end of WW2
This Man Belongs to Me
1950-03-14
Country doctor Wilhelm Löhnefink has had enough of being a bachelor and goes looking for a wife.
Ball of the Nations
1954-12-25
Vergiß wenn Du kannst
1956-08-08
...und keiner schämte sich
1960-06-08
Herz – modern möbliert
1940-10-29
Racoczy-Marsch
1933-12-15
Hungary, 1925. A young lieutenant of the Hungarian army Fröhlich falls in love with his captain's si
The Eleven Devils
1927-10-19
Die elf Teufel / The Eleven Devils was made in Berlin in the summer of 1927, in the last throes of t
Eine alltägliche Geschichte
1948-11-26
We're switching to Hollywood
1931-06-09
A German reporter visits Hollywood and is escorted through the MGM Studio by a German nobleman, who
The Stars Shine
1938-03-17
German all-star musical from 1938 that was a big commercial success.
Die kleine und die große Liebe
1938-04-28
The Green Alley
1928-01-01
An ill-fated love affair between a brothel waitress and a doctor's son.
In geheimer Mission
1938-12-16
Angst - Die schwache Stunde einer Frau
1928-08-16
"The Fear of an Unfaithful Woman" - Inge Duhan lives with her husband, the lawyer Erich Duhan, and h
Kismet
1931-01-31
Hajj, a rascally beggar on the periphery of the court of Baghdad, schemes to marry his daughter to r
Die Entführung
1936-03-31
Der Fremdenlegionär
1928-03-01
Hochverrat
1929-11-01
Jahrmarkt des Lebens
1928-02-16
Eva and the Grasshopper
1927-06-10
Mary and Eva are best friends, although they couldn't be more different. Armand, Mary's fiancee, fal
The Holy Flames
1931-05-02
This is the German-language version of 1929's "The Sacred Flame", from the W. Somerset Maugham play,
Fire in the Opera House
1930-10-13
It begins with a Tannhäuser performance and ends with the premiere of The Tales of Hoffmann. In betw
Die Pflicht zu schweigen
1928-03-02
The Duty to Remain Silent (German: Die Pflicht zu schweigen) is a 1928 German silent drama film dire
Die Frau die nicht nein sagen kann
1927-01-06
Die leichte Isabell
1927-04-06
The Master of Nuremberg
1927-09-04
The clerk of Nuremberg wants to use his position to marry the young Evchen, but she does not love hi
Torreani
1951-12-21
Acrobat assumes identity of jailed fellow-artist to take over a theatre which had been bequeathed to
Schiff in Not
1925-11-04
Friesenblut
1925-10-01
The Burning Heart
1929-02-16
A young composer and inventor meets a poverty stricken singer.
Paganini
1923-03-31
Historical film about Italian musician Niccolo Paganini.
Money Governs the World
1933-10-13
In this French set comedy, five million francs change hands one weekend between a man pretending to
Hurrah! I'm Alive!
1928-12-21
Pieter Kruis runs a grocer's shop in a small Dutch town, with which he and his wife Johanne can hard
Agitated Woman
1927-08-19
The aging singer Clarina receives a new engagement from a cabaret called the Maison Mouche and must
Gardez le sourire
1934-03-28
Adieu Vienne
1939-12-22
Pommi Stern
1981-05-20
A young singer wants to make it big.