Portrait of Wolfgang Zilzer

Acting

Wolfgang Zilzer

Career

Active from 1926 to 1945, busiest in 1927 with 5 main titles.

Leading roles
7
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score60/100
Highest rated
Poster for Stairway to Light
Stairway to Light
GoodWatch score67/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 21 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 4.1 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 3.8 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 2.5 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 5.2 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.2 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 5.1 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Wolfgang Zilzer Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Contemporary Realism
    2.4, average 5.4
  • Coming of Age
    1.0, average 3.0
  • Family Dynamics
    3.1, average 4.8
  • Uncanny
    1.3, average 2.5

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Historical Drama 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

55
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

1980s

2 titles · average score 49
Lovesick
Lovesick (1983)
GoodWatch score 41

as Analyst

Union City
Union City (1980)
GoodWatch score 57

as Ludendorff

1960s

3 titles · average score 55
The Diary of Anne Frank
The Diary of Anne Frank (1967)

as Kraler

Mister Buddwing
Mister Buddwing (1966)
GoodWatch score 55

as Man on the Street (uncredited)

Playhouse 90: The Hiding Place
Playhouse 90: The Hiding Place (1960)

as Taxi Driver

1950s

2 titles · average score 47
Singing in the Dark
Singing in the Dark (1956)

as Refugee

Walk East on Beacon
Walk East on Beacon (1952)
GoodWatch score 47

as August Helmuth

1940s

20 titles · average score 62
Stairway to Light
Stairway to Light (1945)
GoodWatch score 67

as Dr. Philippe Pinel (uncredited)

Enemy of Women
Enemy of Women (1944)
GoodWatch score 50

as Dr. Joseph Goebbels

Casablanca
Casablanca (1943)
GoodWatch score 92

as Man with Expired Papers (uncredited)

To Be or Not to Be
To Be or Not to Be (1942)
GoodWatch score 87

as Man in Bookstore (uncredited)

Invisible Agent
Invisible Agent (1942)
GoodWatch score 58

as Von Porten (uncredited)

Forbidden Passage
Forbidden Passage (1941)
GoodWatch score 64

as Otto Kestler

Out of Darkness
Out of Darkness (1941)

as Leon Rochelle (uncredited)

So Ends Our Night
So Ends Our Night (1941)
GoodWatch score 69

as Vogt (uncredited)

Dr. Ehrlich's Magic Bullet
Dr. Ehrlich's Magic Bullet (1940)
GoodWatch score 69

as Kellner

Escape
Escape (1940)
GoodWatch score 64

as Pavillion Counter Clerk (uncredited)

A Dispatch from Reuters
A Dispatch from Reuters (1940)
GoodWatch score 66

as Post Office Clerk (uncredited)

Three Faces West
Three Faces West (1940)
GoodWatch score 50

as Dr. Rudolf Preussner

1930s

16 titles · average score 62
Ninotchka
Ninotchka (1939)
GoodWatch score 87

as Taxi Driver (uncredited)

Confessions of a Nazi Spy
Confessions of a Nazi Spy (1939)
GoodWatch score 77

as Westphal

Espionage Agent
Espionage Agent (1939)
GoodWatch score 49

as Heinrich

Everything Happens at Night
Everything Happens at Night (1939)
GoodWatch score 54

as Thief at Dock

Hotel Imperial
Hotel Imperial (1939)

as Limping Tenor (uncredited)

Bluebeard's Eighth Wife
Bluebeard's Eighth Wife (1938)
GoodWatch score 57

as Book Salesman (uncredited)

I'll Give a Million
I'll Give a Million (1938)
GoodWatch score 63

as Citizen (uncredited)

Raid in St. Pauli
Raid in St. Pauli (1932)

as Musiker Leo

Bookkeeper Kremke
Bookkeeper Kremke (1930)

as Lenes Verlobter, Student

Boycott
Boycott (1930)

as Möller, Oberprimaner

Such Is Life
Such Is Life (1930)

as Wooer

Marriage in Name Only
Marriage in Name Only (1930)

as Max Benken

1920s

12 titles · average score 65
Crucified Girl
Crucified Girl (1929)

as Karl Meßner

Geschminkte Jugend
Geschminkte Jugend (1929)

as Walter

Thérèse Raquin
Thérèse Raquin (1928)

as Camille Raquin

A Daughter Of Destiny
A Daughter Of Destiny (1928)
GoodWatch score 61

as Wölfchen

Docks of Hamburg
Docks of Hamburg (1928)

as The Nipper

Primanerliebe
Primanerliebe (1927)

as Rolf Karsten

Mata Hari: the Red Dancer
Mata Hari: the Red Dancer (1927)

as Erzherzog Oskar

Das Heiratsnest
Das Heiratsnest (1927)

as Leutnant Wranow

Arme kleine Colombine
Arme kleine Colombine (1927)

as Christoph Burger

Alpine Tragedy
Alpine Tragedy (1927)

as Fredo

Schützenliesel
Schützenliesel (1926)

as Dr. Blasius Nestl

The Ancient Law
The Ancient Law (1923)
GoodWatch score 70

as Page