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Ernst Behmer (22 December 1875 – 26 February 1938) was a prolific German stage and film actor who appeared in more than a hundred films during the silent and early sound eras. Behmer was born in
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, Russia) and died in Berlin at age 62.


Selected filmography

* '' Ferdinand Lassalle'' (1918) * '' The Enchanted Princess'' (1919) * ''
The Commandment of Love ''The Commandment of Love'' (German: ''Das Gebot der Liebe'') is a 1919 German silent film.Bock & Bergfelder p.74 Cast In alphabetical order * Herbert Apel * Ernst Behmer as Oskar Price * Olga Engl * Rita Georg * Rose Lichtenstein * Eva May ...
'' (1919) * '' State Attorney Jordan'' (1919) * ''
Only a Servant ''Only a Servant'' () is a 1919 German silent film directed by Erik Lund.Bock & Bergfelder p.74 The film's art direction was by Siegfried Wroblewsky. Cast In alphabetical order * Ernst Behmer * Ria Jende * Bruno Kastner * Karl Platen ...
'' (1919) * ''
Kri-Kri, the Duchess of Tarabac ''Kri-Kri, the Duchess of Tarabac'' () is a 1920 German silent comedy film directed by Frederic Zelnik and starring Lya Mara, Johannes Riemann, and Gisela Werbisek. It premiered at the Marmorhaus in Berlin. Cast *Lya Mara as Kri-Kri *Johannes ...
'' (1920) * '' Kean'' (1921) * '' The Story of a Maid'' (1921) * '' The Golden Bullet'' (1921) * '' The Homecoming of Odysseus'' (1922) * '' A Woman, an Animal, a Diamond'' (1923) * '' By Order of Pompadour'' (1924) * '' The Girl with a Patron'' (1925) * '' Children of No Importance'' (1926) * '' The Armoured Vault'' (1926) * ''
Watch on the Rhine ''Watch on the Rhine'' is a 1943 American drama film directed by Herman Shumlin and starring Bette Davis and Paul Lukas. The screenplay by Dashiell Hammett is based on the 1941 play '' Watch on the Rhine'' by Lillian Hellman. ''Watch on the Rh ...
'' (1926) * '' Love's Joys and Woes'' (1926) * '' The Violet Eater'' (1926) * '' Roses from the South'' (1926) * '' Sister Veronika'' (1927) * '' The Orlov'' (1927) * '' The Catwalk'' (1927) * '' The Blue Mouse'' (1928) * '' The Beaver Coat'' (1928) * '' The Last Night'' (1928) * ''
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'' (1928) * '' Don Juan in a Girls' School'' (1928) * ''
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'' (1929) * '' His Best Friend'' (1929) * '' Mischievous Miss'' (1930) * '' The Rhineland Girl'' (1930) * '' The Immortal Vagabond'' (1930) * '' The Blonde Nightingale'' (1930) * ''
Marriage in Name Only ''Marriage in Name Only'' () is a 1930 German drama film directed by Heinz Paul and starring Evelyn Holt, Erika Dannhoff, and Wolfgang Zilzer.Bock & Bergfelder p. 397 The film's sets were designed by Robert A. Dietrich. Cast References B ...
'' (1930) * ''
The Love Market ''The Love Market'' () is a 1930 German silent film directed by Heinz Paul and starring Jean Murat, Erna Morena, and Renée Héribel. The film's sets were designed by the art director Gustav A. Knauer and Willy Schiller Willy Schiller (11 ...
'' (1930) * '' A Student's Song of Heidelberg'' (1930) * '' Hocuspocus'' (1930) * '' The Tiger Murder Case'' (1930) * ''Ein Walzer im Schlafcoupé'' (1930) * '' Terror of the Garrison'' (1931) * '' Who Takes Love Seriously?'' (1931) * '' Berlin-Alexanderplatz'' (1931) * '' Duty Is Duty'' (1931) * '' Between Night and Dawn'' (1931) * '' Student Life in Merry Springtime'' (1931) * '' Without Meyer, No Celebration is Complete'' (1931) * ''
The Magic Top Hat ''The Magic Top Hat'' () is a 1932 German comedy film directed by Rudolf Bernauer and starring Charlotte Ander, Felix Bressart and Oskar Sima.Hake p. 142 It was shot at the Grunewald Studios in Berlin. The film's sets were designed by the ar ...
'' (1932) * '' Modern Dowry'' (1932) * '' Chauffeur Antoinette'' (1932) * '' Spoiling the Game'' (1932) * '' A Blonde Dream'' (1932) * '' The Blue of Heaven'' (1932) * '' The Cheeky Devil'' (1932) * ''
The White Demon ''The White Demon'' (German: ''Der weiße Dämon'') is a 1932 German drama film directed by Kurt Gerron and starring Hans Albers, Gerda Maurus and Peter Lorre.Kreimeier pp. 198–199 The film is also known by the alternative title of ''Dope' ...
'' (1932) * '' Two Hearts Beat as One'' (1932) * '' Man Without a Name'' (1932) * ''
A Shot at Dawn ''A Shot at Dawn'' () is a 1932 German crime film directed by Alfred Zeisler and starring Ery Bos, Genia Nikolaieva and Karl Ludwig Diehl. It was based on the play ''The Woman and the Emerald'' by Harry Jenkins and recounts a jewel theft.Youn ...
'' (1932) * '' Impossible Love'' (1932) * '' Love Must Be Understood'' (1933) * ''
The Roberts Case ''The Roberts Case'' ( or ) is a 1933 German drama film directed by Erich Engels and starring Hermann Speelmans, Camilla Spira and Eduard von Winterstein.Moeller p. 65 It was shot at the Johannisthal Studios in Berlin. Cast References Bibl ...
'' (1933) * '' Two Good Comrades'' (1933) * ''
The Gentleman from Maxim's ''The Gentleman from Maxim's'' () is a 1933 German comedy film directed by Carl Boese and starring Lee Parry, Johannes Riemann and Oskar Karlweis. It was shot at the Johannisthal Studios in Berlin. The film's sets were designed by the art dire ...
'' (1933) * '' Gretel Wins First Prize'' (1933) * '' Inge and the Millions'' (1933) * '' The Country Schoolmaster'' (1933) * '' Hitlerjunge Quex'' (1933) * '' The World Without a Mask'' (1934) * ''
Miss Liselott ''Miss Liselott'' () is a 1934 German comedy film directed by Johannes Guter and starring Magda Schneider, Albert Lieven, and Maria Sazarina. The former silent director Franz Hofer worked as assistant director on the film.Bock & Bergfelder, p. ...
'' (1934) * ''
Love and the First Railway ''Love and the First Railway'' () is a 1934 German historical comedy film directed by Hasso Preiss, produced by Robert Neppach and starring Jakob Tiedtke, Ida Wüst, and Karin Hardt. The plot revolves around the construction of the railway line ...
'' (1934) * '' Music in the Blood'' (1934) * ''
The Girlfriend of a Big Man ''The Girlfriend of a Big Man'' () is a 1934 German comedy film directed by Paul Wegener and starring Käthe von Nagy, Karl Ludwig Diehl and Jessie Vihrog. The film's sets were designed by the art director Erich Kettelhut and Max Mellin. Ca ...
'' (1934) * '' The Four Musketeers'' (1934) * '' Holiday From Myself'' (1934) * '' The Cousin from Nowhere'' (1934) * ''
What Am I Without You ''What Am I Without You'' () is a 1934 German musical comedy film directed by Arthur Maria Rabenalt and starring Wolfgang Liebeneiner, Betty Bird, and Olga Chekhova. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Gustav A. Knauer, Alexander ...
'' (1934) * ''
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'' (1934) * ''
The Young Count ''The Young Count'' (German: ''Der junge Graf'') is a 1935 Czech-German comedy film directed by Carl Lamac and starring Anny Ondra, Hans Söhnker and Fritz Odemar. It is set around the circus,Bock & Bergfelder, p. 272 part of a subgenre of Circus ...
'' (1935) * ''
Punks Arrives from America ''Punks Arrives from America'' (German: ''Punks kommt aus Amerika'') is a 1935 German comedy film directed by Karl Heinz Martin and starring Attila Hörbiger, Lien Deyers, Ralph Arthur Roberts and Sybille Schmitz. Produced and distributed by ...
'' (1935) * '' The Valley of Love'' (1935) * ''
City of Anatol ''City of Anatol'' () is a 1936 German drama film directed by Viktor Tourjansky and starring Gustav Fröhlich, Brigitte Horney and Fritz Kampers. It is based on a 1932 novel '' City of Anatol'' by Bernhard Kellermann. The film is set in a small ...
'' (1936) * ''
Back in the Country ''Back in the Country'' (German: ''Dahinten in der Heide'') is a 1936 German drama film directed by Carl Boese and starring Hilde Weissner, Hans Stüwe and Hermann Speelmans. It is based on the 1910 novel of the same title by Hermann Löns. It ...
'' (1936) * ''
Paul and Pauline ''Paul and Pauline'' (German: ''Paul und Pauline'') is a 1936 German comedy film directed by Heinz Paul and starring Ludwig Manfred Lommel, Trude Hesterberg and Erika Helmke. It was shot at the Terra Studios in Marienfelde in Berlin.Klaus p.164 ...
'' (1936) * '' Moscow-Shanghai'' (1936) * '' The Czar's Courier'' (1936) * ''
The Three Around Christine ''The Three Around Christine'' (German: ''Die Drei um Christine'') is a 1936 German comedy film directed by Hans Deppe and starring Maria Andergast, Hans Söhnker and Fritz Kampers.Nelmes & Selbo It was made at the Bavaria Studios in Munich. The f ...
'' (1936) * '' Donogoo Tonka'' (1936) * ''
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 ...
'' (1936) * '' The Traitor'' (1936) * ''
Gasparone ''Gasparone'' is an operetta in three acts by Carl Millöcker to a German libretto by Friedrich Zell and Richard Genée. The libretto was later revised by and . An amusing feature of the work is that the title character never appears and acts as ...
'' (1937) * ''
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'' (1937) * '' Dangerous Game'' (1937) * ''
Woman's Love—Woman's Suffering ''Woman's Love—Woman's Suffering'' (German: ''Frauenliebe - Frauenleid'') is a 1937 German drama film directed by Augusto Genina and starring Magda Schneider, Iván Petrovich and Oskar Sima.Hake p.125 Cast References Bibliography * Hake ...
'' (1937) * ''
The Man Who Was Sherlock Holmes ''The Man Who Was Sherlock Holmes'' (German: ''Der Mann, der Sherlock Holmes war'') is a 1937 German mystery comedy film directed by Karl Hartl and starring Hans Albers, Heinz Rühmann and Marieluise Claudius. The film's sets were designed by ...
'' (1937) * ''
Seven Slaps ''Seven Slaps'' (German: ''Sieben Ohrfeigen'') is a 1937 German comedy film directed by Paul Martin and starring Lilian Harvey, Willy Fritsch and Alfred Abel. Like the earlier ''Lucky Kids'', which had the same director and stars, it was an attem ...
'' (1937) * '' Faded Melody'' (1938) * ''
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'' (1938) * '' The Marriage Swindler'' (1938)


Bibliography

* Rentschler, Eric. ''The Ministry of Illusion: Nazi Cinema and Its Afterlife''. Harvard University Press, 1996.


External links

* 1875 births 1938 deaths German male stage actors German male film actors German male silent film actors Actors from Königsberg People from the Province of Prussia 20th-century German male actors {{Germany-film-actor-1870s-stub