Brigitte Helm

1906-1996

Biography: life and films

Brigitte Helm was a German actress whose birth name was Brigitte Eva Gisela Schittenhelm. She was born in Berlin, Germany on 17th March 1906 and died in Ascona, Switzerland on 11th June 1996, aged 90.

Her best films as an actor include Georg Wilhelm Pabst's Die Liebe der Jeanne Ney (1927), Abwege (1928), Marcel L'Herbier's L'Argent (1928), Hanns Schwarz's Die Wunderbare Lüge der Nina Petrowna (1929) and Hans Behrendt's Gloria (1931).

Brigitte Helm appeared in 40 films.

She has most frequently worked with the following directors: Georg Wilhelm Pabst (5 films), Viktor Tourjansky (2), Serge de Poligny (2), Karl Hartl (2), Johannes Meyer (2), Jacob Fleck (2), Hans Steinhoff (2) and André Beucler (2).

Her most frequent genres include: drama (28 films), romance (3), comedy (3), Fantasy (3) and Documentary (2).

Our average rating for Brigitte Helm over all films is: 2.6

Filmography

Key: a = actor

Am Rande der Welt (1927) [a]

Die Liebe der Jeanne Ney (1927) [a]

Metropolis (1927) [a]

Abwege (1928) [a]

Alraune (1928) [a]

Die Jacht der sieben Sünden (1928) [a]

Die Yacht der sieben Sünden (1928) [a]

Geheimnisse des Orients (1928) [a]

L'Argent (1928) [a]

Die Wunderbare Lüge der Nina Petrowna (1929) [a]

Manolescu - Der König der Hochstapler (1929) [a]

Rund um die Liebe (1929) [a]

Skandal in Baden-Baden (1929) [a]

Alraune (1930) [a]

Die Singende Stadt (1930) [a]

Gloria (1931) [a]

Im Geheimdienst (1931) [a]

Die Gräfin von Monte-Christo (1932) [a]

Die Herrin von Atlantis (1932) [a]

Eine von uns (1932) [a]

L'Atlantide (1932) [a]

The Blue Danube (1932) [a]

The Mistress of Atlantis (1932) [a]

Adieu les beaux jours (1933) [a]

Der Läufer von Marathon (1933) [a]

Die Schönen Tage von Aranjuez (1933) [a]

Inge und die Millionen (1933) [a]

L'Étoile de Valencia (1933) [a]

Spione am Werk (1933) [a]

Voyage de noces (1933) [a]

Die Insel (1934) [a]

Fürst Woronzeff (1934) [a]

Gold (1934) [a]

L'Or (1934) [a]

Le Secret des Woronzeff (1934) [a]

Vers l'abîme (1934) [a]

Ein Idealer Gatte (1935) [a]

Herrliche Zeiten (1950) [a]



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