Albin Skoda Movies
- 1955
Originally Der Letzte Akt, The Last Ten Days has also been released to English speaking countries as Hitler: The Last Ten Days and The Last Ten Days of Adolf Hitler. This should establish for good and all the subject matter of this film. Albin Skoda plays Hitler, who wanders in and out of delirium as his Third Reich crumbles. He is surrounded by reams of existential dialogue from his generals and associates, courtesy of screenwriter Erich Maria Remarque, who based his script on Judge Michael A. Musmanno's book Ten Days to Die. Oscar Werner costars as a fictional "good" Nazi officer who acts as the film's voice of reason. Filmed in Austria, The Last Ten Days was inadequately remade in 1972, with Alec Guinness as Der Fuehrer. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Albin Skoda, Lotte Tobisch, (more)
- 1935
The English-language title of this complex German romantic melodrama is Love, Death and the Devil. After three years at sea, sailor Kaethe Von Nagy stops over at a strange novelty shop where he comes into possession of an old, old bottle. Legend has it that the genie in the bottle will grant three wishes, whereupon the owner's soul will be turned over to Satan until said owner is able to sell the bottle for a lower price to someone else. Thanks to his new possession, Von Nagy inherits a fortune and marries gorgeous native girl Brigette Horney. But when it becomes obvious that he and Horney will be forever damned unless he gets rid of the bottle, he searches around desperately for a buyer. Alas, the most recent asking price for the bottle was a half-penny -- and there's nothing of lower value than that! Liebe Tod and Teufel is based on Robert Louis Stevenson's The Bottle Imp. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Kaethe von Nagy, Albin Skoda, (more)
