Walter Janssen (7 February 1887 – 1 January 1976) was a German film actor and director. He appeared in more than 160 films between 1917 and 1970.

Selected filmography

* '' The Dancer'' (1919) * ''

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'' (1921) * '' Wandering Souls'' (1921) * '' Island of the Dead'' (1921) * ''

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'' (1922) * '' What Belongs to Darkness'' (1922) * '' Lust for Life'' (1922) * ''

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'' (1923) * '' La Boheme'' (1923) * '' The Love of a Queen'' (1923) * '' Shadows of the Metropolis'' (1925) * ''

Tragedy A tragedy is a genre of drama based on human suffering and, mainly, the terrible or sorrowful events that befall a tragic hero, main character or cast of characters. Traditionally, the intention of tragedy is to invoke an accompanying catharsi ...

'' (1925) * '' The Great Duchess'' (1926) * '' Fräulein Mama'' (1926) * ''

Only a Dancing Girl ''Only a Dancing Girl'' (, ) is a 1926 German-Swedish silent drama film directed by Olof Molander and starring Lil Dagover, Walter Janssen and Harry Halm. It is based on the novel '' Pierre and Jean'' by Guy de Maupassant. The film's sets ...

'' (1926) * '' Sword and Shield'' (1926) * '' Women of Passion'' (1926) * '' The House of Lies'' (1926) * '' The Queen of Spades'' (1927) * '' The Little Slave'' (1928) * ''

It's You I Have Loved ''It's You I Have Loved'' () is a 1929 German drama film directed by Rudolf Walther-Fein and starring Mady Christians, Walter Jankuhn, and Hans Stüwe. It is considered the first full sound film to be made in Germany (following part-sound fil ...

'' (1929) * '' The Night Belongs to Us'' (1929) * '' Black Forest Girl'' (1929) * '' The White Roses of Ravensberg'' (1929) * '' The Flute Concert of Sanssouci'' (1930) * '' The Singing City'' (1930) * '' Two Hearts in Waltz Time'' (1930) * '' The Woman Without Nerves'' (1930) * ''

The Great Longing ''The Great Longing'' () is a 1930 Cinema of Germany, German comedy film directed by Steve Sekely in his directorial debut and starring Camilla Horn, Theodor Loos, and Harry Frank. It was shot at the EFA Studios in Berlin. The film's sets were de ...

'' (1930) * ''

Yorck ''Yorck'' is a 1931 German war film directed by Gustav Ucicky and starring Werner Krauss, Grete Mosheim and Rudolf Forster.Noack p.59 It portrays the life of the Prussian General Ludwig Yorck von Wartenburg, particularly his refusal to ser ...

'' (1931) * '' The Emperor's Sweetheart'' (1931) * '' Everyone Asks for Erika'' (1931) * '' The Concert'' (1931) * '' Queen of the Night'' (1931) * '' The Black Forest Girl'' (1933) * '' Ways to a Good Marriage'' (1933) * '' Laughing Heirs'' (1933) * '' The Hymn of Leuthen'' (1933) * ''

Maskerade ''Maskerade'' is a fantasy novel by British writer Terry Pratchett, the eighteenth book in the ''Discworld'' series. The witches Granny Weatherwax and Nanny Ogg visit the Ankh-Morpork Opera House to find Agnes Nitt, a girl from Lancre, and ...

'' (1934) * '' Roses from the South'' (1934) * '' Master of the World'' (1934) * '' Every Day Isn't Sunday'' (1935) * ''

The Old and the Young King ''The Old and the Young King'' (German: ''Der alte und der junge König'') is a 1935 German historical drama film directed by Hans Steinhoff and starring Emil Jannings, Werner Hinz and Leopoldine Konstantin. The film's sets were designed by ...

'' (1935) * '' Fräulein Veronika'' (1936) * '' The Accusing Song'' (1936) * '' Family Parade'' (1936) * ''

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'' (1937) * '' Red Orchids'' (1938) * '' Mistake of the Heart'' (1939) * '' Passion'' (1940) * '' The Comedians'' (1941) * ''

Attack on Baku ''Attack on Baku'' () is a 1942 German thriller film directed by Fritz Kirchhoff and starring Willy Fritsch, René Deltgen, and Fritz Kampers. The film was intended as anti-British propaganda during the Second World War. It is noted for its s ...

'' (1942) * '' Whom the Gods Love'' (1942) * ''

Beloved World ''Beloved World'' () is a 1942 German romantic comedy film directed by Emil Burri and starring Brigitte Horney, Willy Fritsch, and Paul Dahlke.Hake p. 195 It was made at the Bavaria Studios in Munich Munich is the capital and most ...

'' (1942) * '' Diesel'' (1942) * '' Heaven, We Inherit a Castle'' (1943) * '' The Big Number'' (1943) * '' The War of the Oxen'' (1943) * '' The Wedding Hotel'' (1944) * ''

Why Are You Lying, Elisabeth? ''Why Are You Lying, Elisabeth?'' (German: ''Warum lügst Du, Elisabeth?'') is a 1944 German comedy film directed by Fritz Kirchhoff and starring Carola Höhn, Paul Richter and Annie Rosar.Klaus p.119 It was shot at the Tempelhof Studios in ...

'' (1944) * '' Young Hearts'' (1944) * '' The Time with You'' (1948) * '' Everything Will Be Better in the Morning'' (1948) * '' Trouble Backstairs'' (1949) * '' The Appeal to Conscience'' (1949) * '' The Blue Straw Hat'' (1949) * '' Chased by the Devil'' (1950) * '' Scandal at the Embassy'' (1950) * '' Who Is This That I Love?'' (1950) * '' The Cloister of Martins'' (1951) * '' The Secret of a Marriage'' (1951) * '' Illusion in a Minor Key'' (1952) * '' Behind Monastery Walls'' (1952) * '' The Mine Foreman'' (1952) * '' Captive Soul'' (1952) * '' I Can't Marry Them All'' (1952) * ''

The Colourful Dream ''The Colourful Dream'' () is a 1952 West German Musical film, musical comedy film directed by Géza von Cziffra and starring Vera Molnar (actress), Vera Molnar, Josef Meinrad and Ursula Grabley. It was made at the Tempelhof Studios in Berlin wit ...

'' (1952) * '' Street Serenade'' (1953) * '' Must We Get Divorced?'' (1953) * '' The Chaplain of San Lorenzo'' (1953) * '' Your Heart Is My Homeland'' (1953) * '' The Poacher'' (1953) * '' Everything for Father'' (1953) * '' The Mosquito'' (1954) * '' Hubertus Castle'' (1954) * '' Homesick for Germany'' (1954) * '' Three from Variety'' (1954) * '' The Cornet'' (1956) * '' The Vulture Wally'' (1956) * '' The King of Bernina'' (1957) * '' War of the Maidens'' (1957) * '' Voyage to Italy, Complete with Love'' (1958) * '' Old Heidelberg'' (1959) * '' Every Day Isn't Sunday'' (1959) * '' Something for Everyone'' (1970)

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* 1887 births 1976 deaths 20th-century German male actors German male film actors German male silent film actors Male actors from North Rhine-Westphalia People from Krefeld German film directors German comedy film directors German fantasy film directors {{Germany-film-actor-1880s-stub