List of the best Conrad Veidt movies: The Man Who Laughs(1928), The Passing of the Third Floor Back(1936), The Spy in Black(1939), Nazi Agent(1942), Dark Journey(1937), Contraband(1940), F.P.1 Doesn't Answer(1933), The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari(1919), All Through the Night(1942), The Beloved Rogue(1927), Waxworks(1924), Under the Red Robe(1937) ... ...
Drama
USA
1928
124 Minutes
Gwynplaine
Conrad Veidt Mary Philbin Olga Baclanova Josephine Crowell George Siegmann Brandon Hurst Sam De Grasse Stuart Holmes Cesare Gravina Nick De Ruiz Edgar Norton
When a proud noble refuses to kiss the hand of the despotic King James in 1690, he is cruelly executed and his son surgically disfigured.
Drama
UK
1936
79 Minutes
The Stranger
Conrad Veidt Rene Ray Frank Cellier Anna Lee John Turnbull Cathleen Nesbitt Ronald Ward Beatrix Lehmann Jack Livesey Sara Allgood Mary Clare
The tenants of an old boarding house are terrorized by an evil slumlord. One day a strange man arrives at the house and begins to help them with their problems.
War
UK
1939
82 Minutes
Conrad Veidt Sebastian Shaw Valerie Hobson Marius Goring June Duprez Helen Haye Cyril Raymond Hay Petrie
A German submarine is sent to the Orkney Isles in 1917 to sink the British fleet.
Drama
USA
1942
84 Minutes
Conrad Veidt Ann Ayars Frank Reicher Dorothy Tree Ivan F. Simpson William Tannen Martin Kosleck Marc Lawrence Sidney Blackmer Moroni Olsen Pierre Watkin
twin nazi american brother tense thrilling germany store embassy ship loyalty brotherhood espionage betrayal identity theft rivalry sacrifice transformation 1940s
A story of German-born identical twins (both played by Veidt), one a loyal American and the other, a Nazi official.
Adventure
UK
1937
82 Minutes
Baron Karl Von Marwitz
Conrad Veidt Vivien Leigh Anthony Bushell Joan Gardner Ursula Jeans Eliot Makeham Margery Pickard Austin Trevor Sam Livesey Cecil Parker Edmund Willard
double agent soldier doctor thrilling passionate sweden france submarine love war espionage secret rescue adventure forbidden love 1910s
During World War I, a German spy and a French spy meet and fall in love.
Adventure
1940
91 Minutes
Conrad Veidt Valerie Hobson Hay Petrie Joss Ambler Raymond Lovell Esmond Knight Charles Victor Phoebe Kershaw Harold Warrender John Longden Eric Maturin
A ship's captain gets caught up in a German spy ring when he follows two people who stole his shore passes.
Drama
1933
109 Minutes
Maj. Ellissen
Conrad Veidt Jill Esmond Leslie Fenton George Merritt Donald Calthrop Alexander Field Francis L. Sullivan Warwick Ward Nicholas Hannen William Freshman
An aircraft landing site in the Atlantic is targeted by a rival who wants the floating platform rendered useless.
Horror
Germany
1919
69 Minutes
Cesare
Werner Krauss Conrad Veidt Lil Dagover Friedrich Feher Rudolf Lettinger Hans Heinrich von Twardowski Rudolf Klein-Rogge
doctor woman man sleepwalker dark creepy eerie striking germany village murder madness kidnapping hypnosis pursuit discovery fall 1910s
Hypnotist Dr. Caligari uses a somnambulist, Cesare, to commit murders.
Drama
USA
1942
107 Minutes
Humphrey Bogart Conrad Veidt Kaaren Verne Jane Darwell Frank McHugh Peter Lorre Judith Anderson William Demarest Jackie Gleason Phil Silvers Wallace Ford
spy gambler nazi singer partner thrilling charming new york city murder espionage nazism gambling mystery adventure 1940s
Runyonesque Broadway gamblers turn patriotic when they stumble onto a cell of Nazi saboteurs.
Adventure, Drama, History
USA
1927
99 Minutes
John Barrymore Conrad Veidt Marceline Day Lawson Butt Henry Victor Slim Summerville Mack Swain Angelo Rossitto Nigel de Brulier Lucy Beaumont Otto Matieson
duke of burgundy king louis xi poet love interest peasant cheeky witty gutsy france paris royal court loyalty françois villon patriotism royalty french history exile underdog adventure escape
François Villon, in his lifetime the most renowned poet in France, is also a prankster, an occasional criminal, and an ardent patriot.
Horror
Germany
1924
60 Minutes
Ivan the Terrible
Emil Jannings Leo Birinsky Conrad Veidt Werner Krauss William Dieterle
wax museum owner daughter poet caliph ivan the terrible jack the ripper creepy dreamy germany baghdad moscow london wax museum revenge bloodlust paranoia love revenge wretched excess escape
A wax museum hires a writer to give the sculptures stories. The writer imagines himself and the museum owner's daughter in the stories.
Adventure
UK|USA
1937
82 Minutes
Gil de Berault
Annabella Conrad Veidt Raymond Massey Romney Brent Sophie Stewart F. Wyndham Goldie Lawrence Grant Baliol Holloway Haddon Mason J. Fisher White Ben Soutten
cardinal swordsman duke duchess pickpocket rebel wild amusing spectacular france royal court castle prison political intrigue espionage loyalty dueling rebellion forbidden love pursuit
Cardinal Richelieu spares the life of a convicted duelist (Veidt) provided he will capture the leader of the Huguenots.
Fantasy
UK|USA
1940
106 Minutes
Jaffar of Bagdad
Tim Whelan Sabu John Justin Conrad Veidt June Duprez Rex Ingram Miles Malleson Mary Morris
king thief villain princess genie amusing engaging fascinating middle east desert city castle arabia deception betrayal showdown daunting task magic adventure discovery
After being tricked and cast out of Bagdad by the evil Jaffar, King Ahmad joins forces with a thief named Abu to reclaim his throne, the city, and the Princess he loves.
Drama
UK
1933
89 Minutes
Commandant
Madeleine Carroll Herbert Marshall Conrad Veidt Gerald du Maurier Edmund Gwenn Donald Calthrop Nigel Bruce
During World War I, a young nurse in a hospital in German-occupied Belgium is secretly feeding military information to the British. Complicating matters is the guilt she feels when she has ... See full summary »
Mystery & Thriller
1943
90 Minutes
Hassert Seidel
Joan Crawford Fred MacMurray Conrad Veidt Basil Rathbone Reginald Owen Richard Ainley
professor bride classmate scientist count secret service agent suspenseful melodramatic charming thrilling germany paris castle prison camp swiss alps honeymoon espionage world war ii nazis secret weapon
Honeymooners (Joan Crawford, Fred MacMurray) spy for the British in 1939 Germany to learn more about the Nazis' new magnetic mine.
Mystery & Thriller, Comedy
USA
1941
77 Minutes
Joseph Jones
Red Skelton Ann Rutherford Virginia Grey Conrad Veidt Rags Ragland Eve Arden Don Douglas Don Costello Paul Stanton William Tannen
actor cult member thug fiancée friend amusing madcap lighthearted plane radio station race against time murder plot kidnapping cult inheritance radio rivalry escape 1840s
Radio crime show host 'The Fox' along with his fiancée and ex-girlfriend are kidnapped by a larcenous cult who demand that he help them plan a perfect murder.
Drama
USA
1942
102 Minutes
Major Heinrich Strasser
Humphrey Bogart Ingrid Bergman Paul Henreid Claude Rains Conrad Veidt Peter Lorre Sydney Greenstreet Dooley Wilson Marcel Dalio S.Z. Sakall Joy Page
expatriates nightclub owner resistance fighter nazi spy sad cool gripping casablanca paris nightclub airport world war ii rebellion virtue love triangle sacrifice 1940s
A cynical expatriate American cafe owner struggles to decide whether or not to help his former lover and her fugitive husband escape the Nazis in French Morocco.