The best Egon Brecher’s drama movies

Egon Brecher

Egon Brecher

16/02/1880- 12/08/1946
Today we present the best Egon Brecher’s movies. If you are a great movie fan, you will surely know most of them, but we hope to discover a movie that you have not yet seen … and that you love! Let’s go there with the best Egon Brecher’s movies.
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Rebecca

Rebecca
8.1/10
Story of a young woman who marries a fascinating widower only to find out that she must live in the shadow of his former wife, Rebecca, who died mysteriously several years earlier. The young wife must come to grips with the terrible secret of her handsome, cold husband, Max De Winter. She must also deal with the jealous, obsessed Mrs. Danvers, the housekeeper, who will not accept her as the mistress of the house.

Mission to Moscow

Mission to Moscow
5.4/10
  • Genre: DramaHistoryWar
  • Release: 29/04/1943
  • Character: Heinrich Sahm (uncredited)
Ambassador Joseph Davies is sent by FDR to Russia to learn about the Soviet system and returns to America as an advocate of Stalinism.

Heidi

Heidi
7.2/10
Heidi is orphaned and her uncaring maternal Aunt Dete takes her to the mountains to live with her reclusive, grumpy paternal grandfather, Adolph Kramer. Heidi brings her grandfather back into mountain society through her sweet ways and sheer love. When Dete later returns and steals Heidi away to become the companion of a rich man's wheelchair-bound daughter, the grandfather is heartsick to discover his little girl missing and immediately sets out to get her back.

Kings Row

Kings Row
7.5/10
Five children in an apparently ideal American small town find their lives changing as the years pass near the turn of the century in 1900. Parris and Drake, both of whom have lost their parents, are best friends; Parris dreams of becoming a doctor, studying under the father of his sweetheart Cassie, while Drake plans on becoming a local businessman when he receives his full inheritance - juggling girlfriends in the meantime. As they become adults, the revelations of local secrets threaten to ruin their hopes and dreams.

Manpower

Manpower
6.6/10
  • Genre: CrimeDrama
  • Release: 09/08/1941
  • Character: Antoine 'Pop' Duval
Hank McHenry and Johnny Marshall work as power company linesmen. Hank is injured in an accident and subsequently promoted to foreman of the gang. Tensions start to show in the road crew as rivalry between Hank and Johnny increases.

Man Hunt

Man Hunt
7.2/10
British hunter Thorndike vacationing in Bavaria has Hitler in his gun sight. He is captured, beaten, left for dead, and escapes back to London where he is hounded by German agents and aided by a young woman.

Black Legion

Black Legion
6.9/10
  • Genre: CrimeDrama
  • Release: 30/01/1937
  • Character: Dombrowski
When a hard-working machinist loses a promotion to a Polish-born worker, he is seduced into joining the secretive Black Legion, which intimidates foreigners through violence.

Above Suspicion

Above Suspicion
6.5/10
  • Genre: DramaThriller
  • Release: 31/05/1943
  • Character: Gestapo Official (Uncredited)
Two newlyweds spy on the Nazis for the British Secret Service during their honeymoon in Europe.

Juarez

Juarez
6.9/10
The newly-named emperor Maximilian and his wife Carlota arrive in Mexico to face popular sentiment favoring Benito Juárez and democracy.

Suez

Suez
6.6/10
Ferdinand de Lesseps, disappointed in love, is sent as a junior diplomat to the Isthmus of Suez, and realizes it's just the place for a canal.

A Royal Scandal

A Royal Scandal
6.7/10
  • Genre: ComedyDrama
  • Release: 26/03/1945
  • Character: Wassilikow (uncredited)
Catherine the Great falls in love with an army officer who is plotting against her.

Temptation

Temptation
6.5/10
  • Genre: Drama
  • Release: 02/12/1946
  • Character: Ibrahim
A Victorian-era drama about a beautiful young woman with a shady past.

All This, and Heaven Too

All This, and Heaven Too
7.4/10
  • Genre: DramaRomance
  • Release: 13/07/1940
  • Character: Doctor (uncredited)
When lovely and virtuous governess Henriette Deluzy comes to educate the children of the debonair Duc de Praslin, a royal subject to King Louis-Philippe and the husband of the volatile and obsessive Duchesse de Praslin, she instantly incurs the wrath of her mistress, who is insanely jealous of anyone who comes near her estranged husband. Though she saves the duchess's little son from a near-death illness and warms herself to all the children, she is nevertheless dismissed by the vengeful duchess. Meanwhile, the attraction between the duke and Henriette continues to grow, eventually leading to tragedy.

Espionage

Espionage
6.1/10
  • Genre: Drama
  • Release: 26/02/1937
  • Character: Chief of Police
Two reporters pose as man and wife in order to get the goods on a munitions supplier and the rumours of war in Europe.

Gateway

Gateway
6.1/10
  • Genre: Drama
  • Release: 05/08/1938
  • Character: Rabbi
Irish immigrant meets returning war correspondent on a liner bound for New York. When she resists the amours of another passenger, charges result in her being detained at Ellis Island.

Knute Rockne All American

Knute Rockne All American
6.7/10
  • Genre: Drama
  • Release: 05/10/1940
  • Character: Elder in Norway (uncredited)
The story of legendary Notre Dame football player and coach Knute Rockne.

Dr. Ehrlich's Magic Bullet

Dr. Ehrlich's Magic Bullet
7.4/10
  • Genre: Drama
  • Release: 23/02/1940
  • Character: Martl
True story of the doctor who considered it was not immoral to search for a drug that would cure syphillis.

Racket Busters

Racket Busters
6/10
  • Genre: CrimeDrama
  • Release: 16/07/1938
  • Character: Peters (uncredited)
A trucker with a pregnant wife fights a New York mobster's protection racket.

Underground

Underground
7.2/10
A World War II Hollywood propaganda film detailing the dark underside of Nazism and the Third Reich set between two brothers, Kurt and Erik Franken, whom are SS officers in the Nazi party. Kurt learns and exposes the evils of the system to Erik and tries to convince him of the immoral stance that marches under the symbol of the swastika.

A Dispatch from Reuters

A Dispatch from Reuters
6.9/10
  • Genre: DramaHistory
  • Release: 19/10/1940
  • Character: Von Konstat (uncredited)
German Julius Reuter (Edward G. Robinson) sends 19th-century news by carrier pigeon and then by wire, founding a news agency.

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