Francis Lederer Movies

Lederer is a Hessian soldier who defects to the Americans during the Revolutionary War.He falls in love with a Yankee girl, but a thuggish local...

Former concert pianist, victim of Nazi torture, pursues a confused, melancholic existence on the island of Guadalupe.

The film tells the cultural story of Berlin during the Weimar Republic through interviews with a number of persons who were involved in literature,...

Former jewel thief Michael Lanyard toys with a princess and a grand duke.

An American vacations in Europe with her husband and watches him turn into a Nazi.

A mad scientist transforms a panther into a man-like creature that escapes and goes on a murderous rampage.

A wide-eyed working girl wins a $5,000 sweepstakes and plunges into the lush life of New York City, where she meets a bellboy who is more than he...

An unemployed American showgirl poses as Hungarian royalty to infiltrate Parisian high society.

A stock broker embezzles a million bucks and plans to take off to Shanghai. A number of obstacles stands in his path, however.

Karel Novak is an incredibly naive Czech immigrant who is taken under the wing of streetwise New York chorus girl Sylvia. With the help of lovable...

This film essay explores the strange case of G.W. Pabst, the Austrian filmmaker who was considered a giant of early cinema before his reputation went...

A neglected Baroness falls in love with her oldest son's military officer friend, their adulterous romance leading the two to flee to Algeria.

This documentary focuses on 1939, considered to be Hollywood's greatest year, with film clips and insight into what made the year so special.

Violet Barton, a femme-fatale goal-setter, fascinates men and readily returns their affection to obtain the wealth she desires, even to the point of...

Ann Sothern essays the title role in My American Wife. The story opens in Smelter City, Arizona, where the richest man in town is grizzled old Indian...

Suave French actor Philippe Martin provokes a scandal when, in a darkened theater, he mistakes young Monique for his mistress, Yvonne, and tries to...

A firefighter is sent to Venezuela to battle a blazing oil well but still finds time for romance.

A rope bridge over a gorge in the Peruvian Andes snaps, sending five people plunging to their deaths. A priest sets out to find out more about the...