Elsa Bassermann
Actor
Elsa Bassermann appears in 20 titles on CineTonight, including Madame Curie and Desperate Journey. Known on screen for roles such as Madame Perot.
20Titles
1913Earliest
8.0Avg. rating
IndiaBased in
Known For
7.2Madame Curie
1943 7.2
Poor physics student Marie is studying at the Sorbonne in 1890s Paris. One of the few women studying in her field, Marie encounters skepticism concerning her abilities, but is eventually offered a research placement in Pierre Curie's lab. The scientists soon fall in love and embark on a shared quest to extract, from a particular type of rock, a new chemical element they have named radium. However, their research puts them on the brink of professional failure.
Madame Curie
1943
6.1Desperate Journey
1942 6.1
A British bomber crew, including Australian (Flynn) and American (Reagan), is shot down over Germany during a bombing run. The five make their way across a perilous Germany, intent on reaching the UK with the war secrets they have learned, battling Nazis along the way.
Desperate Journey
1942
9.0Du sollst keine anderen Götter haben
1917 9.0
No synopsis available yet.
Du sollst keine anderen Götter haben
1917
7.5Escape
1940 7.5
An American goes to pre-war Germany to find his mother and discovers her in a concentration camp. With the help of an American-born widowed countess he seeks to engineer her escape.
Escape
1940
9.0Dr. Schotte
1918 9.0
A doctor's marriage to a single mother comes unravelled.
Dr. Schotte
1918
8.0Die Stimme
1920 8.0
No synopsis available yet.
Die Stimme
1920
10.0Der eiserne Wille
1917 10.0
No synopsis available yet.
Der eiserne Wille
1917
5.1Lucrezia Borgia
1922 5.1
Rodrigo Borgia, Pope Alexander VI, has three adult children: Juan, who is virtuous and has a sweetheart who is a woman of the people, Lucrezia, who is virtuous and wants to marry Alfonso, and Cesare, who is wicked and lusts after Lucrezia, Juan's girlfriend, and probably others. Cesare has vowed to kill any suitor for Lucrezia's love, and he has three thugs to carry out his wishes. Bodies fall into the Tiber, into the Colosseum (with lions prowling), and onto the Vatican floors.
Lucrezia Borgia
1922
9.0Dolls of Death
1920 9.0
Crime film based on Nikolaus Lenau's poem "Die Marionetten."
Dolls of Death
1920
9.0Der letzte Tag
1913 9.0
No synopsis available yet.
Der letzte Tag
1913
8.0I Was a Criminal
1941 8.0
Aka Passport to Heaven. In Prussia shoemaker Voight needs a residence permit to get a job, but can only get a job if he already has a permit. He dons a captain's uniform to order a platoon of soldiers to Koepenick to take over the Town Hall to get his permit.
I Was a Criminal
1941
5.5Last Love
1935 5.5
A middle aged composer returns to Vienna after ten years in America, falls in love with a Japanese student and writes his last opera for her.
Last Love
1935
9.0Urteil des Arztes
1914 9.0
No synopsis available yet.
Urteil des Arztes
1914
8.0Die Duplizität der Ereignisse
1920 8.0
No synopsis available yet.
Die Duplizität der Ereignisse
1920
9.0Der Mutter Augen
1913 9.0
Silent film
Der Mutter Augen
1913
7.0Die Brüder von Zaarden
1918 7.0
No synopsis available yet.
Die Brüder von Zaarden
1918
9.0Herr und Diener
1917 9.0
No synopsis available yet.
Herr und Diener
1917
9.0Lorenzo Burghardt
1918 9.0
No synopsis available yet.
Lorenzo Burghardt
1918
8.0A Woman Branded
1931 8.0
Toni van Eyck became known with her leading role in this early "Aufklärungsfilm" (education film) Gefahren der Liebe/A Woman Branded (Eugen Thiele, 1931) opposite Hans Stüwe. She played a rape victim, who finally becomes a murderess.
A Woman Branded
1931
7.0Vater und Sohn
1918 7.0
No synopsis available yet.
Vater und Sohn
1918