#sigfried gruning

[angelamontoo]

Do you guys have a least favourite character that Peter Lorre played?

For me it's probably the radio version of Cairo if I'm counting every single thing I've ever seen him in and Siegfried Gruning if I'm just counting his film characters

#peter lorre #lancer spy #sigfried gruning #radio #the maltese falcon #joel cairo #i also really hate baron ikito just off principle #but i turned TIA off like 5 minutes into attempting to watch it do i cant really count him #im also dont really like the radio versions of roderick or leyden #but i can tolerate them way more thwn radio joel #i used to feel like i really disliked gino and paul hyde aswell #theyre both similar to gruning in that i find all 3 of their films too boring to rewatch a lot #but gino and hyde have a lot more interesting moments to me

[soapkaars]

I find a photo of Lorre on that very annoying website that steals photos and charges you for licenses they don't own (rhymes with Calamy) and I am compelled to download it and release it back into the wild

#lancer spy (1937) #peter lorre #major sigfried gruning #sigfried gruning #d'you think old man Alajos wore a uniform like this? #wonder if he thought of his old man while wearing this

[peterlorrefanpage]

Peter Lorre and Dolores Del Rio in a candid behind-the-scenes shot on the set of Lancer Spy (1937).

"According to the first-draft continuity script of Lancer Spy, dated April 16, 1937, Lorre had been cast in the small but pivotal role of American agent Captain Spencer van Ryn, who works undercover—as Hauptmann Paul von Gourmach—in the service of the story’s principal villain, Count Gottfried Zo von Hollen, played by Sig Rumann. By October, however, all reference to the van Ryn/von Gourmach character had been dropped from the script and Lorre had been elevated from eleventh billing to the third billed Major Sigfried Gruning." -The Lost One: A Life of Peter Lorre

Regardless of where his billing was, Peter has barely more than a cameo in this film, making this movie a major disappointment for me.

#peter lorre #Lancer Spy #1930s movies #peter lorre movies

[soapkaars]

The talk about Lancer Spy made me want to draw major Sigfried Gruning (with sabre) and dream of better roles

#lancer spy #lancer spy (1937) #sigfried gruning #peter lorre #underutilised characters

[angelamontoo]

Pete characters from the 30s films I've seen

#i dont love all these alignment charts #but this is a good one so i intend to use it for all of petes characters #so far im going decade to decade #but ive seen so few of petes 50s and 60s stuff that i might combine the decades #peter lorre #m #hans beckert #the man who knew too much 1934 #abbott #die koffer des herrn o.f. #stix #crack-up #crime and punishment #roderick raskolniknov #mr moto #the secret agent #the hairless mexican #lancer spy #sigfried gruning #was frauen träumen #otto fuessli #the things ill do out of boredom #mememes #Barron Rudolph Maximillian Tagger

[angelamontoo]

Just watched lancer spy..

OK at this point it's on me cause I even made a post just the other day saying that I oughtta look up how much screentime peter has in a film before I watch it(and subsequently whine about it on tumblr) but you have to admit they're taken the piss by having one of the first billed actors be a dude who doesn't show up till the 30 minute mark, gets like 5 minutes of screentime and just evaporates out of the plot. Also idek where I got this assumption, but for some reason I figured that these films where Peter Lorre only got like 5 minutes of screentime weren't really a thing till the 40s

At least Fritz Feld was in it. Its always a nice treat when he pops up in something. Considering Max was the first character I've seen him play it's kind of surprising how dang loveable Fritz is. Also this makes three films to my knowledge with both Fritz Feld and Peter Lorre and its such a shame that they don't interact much or at all in any of them

Ferdi was pretty funny too. Loved when he left the room and just made that "Aaaagh" sound for no reason. My kind of guy

This makes the second Peter Lorre film I've seen where Peter does not play the character I find to be the most loveable. Tbh Major Gruning might be peters most meh character for me. I do enjoy that he's a rare Peter lorre character with facial hair though. Lil moostash

We got ourselves another supposed femme fatale, who's whole way of life, previous loyalties and nonchalance about murder just disappear over some joe she knew for like an hour. I swear, everytime I see this happen in one of these old films I appreciate o Shaughnessy a little bit more. She may end the film with the whole "oh Sam dont throw me away, I friggin love you and stuff uwu" thing, but it's entirely possible(and I much prefer to believe) that she never cared about Spade and just doesn't wanna go to jail and I love that about her. Give me more bad bitches who just don't wanna go to jail. At least if she's just gonna be killed off or something anyway

I did like Dolores outfits though. Especially the one with the shiny bonnet thing. That was neat

This feels like an especially stupid nitpick(and for me that's saying something) but it kinda bugs me that the Germans keep randomly saying German words to eachother. Why? Surely they're speaking to eachother in German and we're hearing it in English, but then why would some words and phrases still be German?

Uhhh. Idk how to end this post. I like Ferdi

#lancer spy #sigfried gruning #what am i even tagging him first for i barely bring him up lol #lt. michael bruce #dolores daria sunnel #fritz mueller #ferdi #i have no fucking clue how i was able to write so much about this stinken film i feel like i didnt even pay attention to most of it😂 #hc that baron kurt is bayerisch and the berlin citizens thought it would be easier to communicate with him in english lo

[soapkaars]

Knight of Swords

The knight of swords shows a knight on horseback, charging into battle. He represents a brash and impulsive nature, storming headlong into battle without a plan, but reversed he can be a deceitful, a clever liar, secretive… drawing this card is a sign you may want to think your plans through a little. So naturally I chose Major Siegfried Gruning from Lancer Spy, a character who barely appears in the film and has very few lines.

Why use such an undeveloped character for this card?

Look, sometimes I want to draw Lorre in uniform on horseback

Ahem.

Well, yeah, that, but also because I feel like the film itself fits really well in the spirit of this card. It’s a batshit plan: let’s have one of our men impersonate a high-ranking Prussian officer and send him off to Austria to… spy? To do what, exactly? And, one of the first things we see when he’s brought into town, is Major Siegfried being onto him from the second he appears - he holds a newspaper showing a prominent British officer supposedly dies at sea and he looks knowingly at his commanding officer, who then proceeds to put two and two together. Frankly, the film itself feels like a poorly compiled plan, considering how this was one of many films that had a larger role for Lorre and then scrapped away so much he’s nothing more but a glorified cameo. And not to mention WW1 being an extremely poorly compiled plan

So if this film can give Lorre such a flimsy role, I can use this flimsy excuse to put him on the card. So there! I tricked you! You thought I’d have a well-thought out reasoning for this card but I didn’t! It’s fanservice! In a way that fits perfectly with the card’s purpose!

#peter lorre #major sigfried gruning #lancer spy #lancer spy (1937) #knight of swords #minor arcana #tarot #peter lorre tarot #peter lorre tarot deck

[soapkaars]

I have a headcanon

#it works because he still never was a general in service #major sigfried gruning #lancer spy #lancer spy (1937) #the general #the hairless mexican #secret agent #peter lorre #oh damn i forgot his earring #oh well #fanart #headcanon

[soapkaars]

I have a headcanon that the character Major Sigfried Gruning from Lancer Spy eventually becomes the General in the Secret Agent, mostly because Lorre plays both roles and he has a wee little wispy mustache and because I think they didn't give him enough to do in Lancer Spy, so this is payback, babey

#peter lorre #drawing #fanart #sketch #comic #lancer spy #secret agent #the general #hitchcock

[peterlorrefanpage]

Peter Lorre Movie Timeline

Peter Lorre was never a “horror” actor. Horror was Hollywood’s unfortunate typecasting. If anything, he’d say of himself that he played roles of “psychological terror” - which takes intellect and insight. But he was also a gifted comic actor and took his turn as a romantic lead. Enjoy this marvelously nuanced, talented actor in his films below. 

I have linked to YouTube, archive.org, and ok.ru. 

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UPDATE: Some of the links below have become defunct. If that happens, try this archive.org pack of movies. 

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1920s

1929  Die verschwundene Frau (The Missing Wife) - Patient of a Dentist. (Silent film; Lorre was uncredited.) If you can source a copy, let me know!

1930s

1931  M - Hans Beckert - and - Lorre dubbing in English!

1931  Bomben auf Monte Carlo - Pawlitschek.

1931  Die Koffer des Herrn O.F. - Redakteur Stix (Editor Stix). Also located here.

1931  Mann ist Mann (A Man's a Man) - Galy Gay. Film of Bertolt Brecht's stage play. Here are clips.

1932  Fünf von der Jazzband (The Jazzband Five) - Car thief. You can buy it here.

1932  Schuß im Morgengrauen (A Shot at Dawn) - Klotz. If you can source a copy, let me know!

1932  Der Weisse Damon (The White Demon) - Hunchback (Film originally titled Rauschgift.) You can buy it here.

1932  Stupéfiants (Narcotics) - Le bossu. This is the French-language version of Der Weisse Damon. Peter Lorre speaks French!

1932  F.P.1 antwortet nicht - Bildreporter Johnny. 

1933  Was Frauen Traumen (What Women Dream) - Otto Fuesslli. Lorre sings! 

1933  Unsichtbare Gegner (Invisible Opponent) - Henry Pless. You can buy it here.

1933  Du haut en bas (From Top to Bottom) - Beggar. 

1934  The Man Who Knew Too Much - Abbott. [Alfred Hitchcock] Lorre’s first English-speaking role!

1935  Mad Love - Dr. Gogol. 

1935  Crime and Punishment - Roderick Raskolnikov. 

1936  Secret Agent - The General. [Alfred Hitchcock.]

1936  Crack-Up - Colonel Gimpy / Baron.

1937  Nancy Steele Is Missing! - Prof. Sturm.

1937  Think Fast, Mr. Moto (1) - Mr. Kentaro Moto. 

1937  Lancer Spy - Maj. Sigfried Gruning.

1937  Thank You, Mr. Moto (2) - Mr. Kentaro Moto. 

1938  Mr. Moto's Gamble (3) - Mr. Kentaro Moto. 

1938  Mr. Moto Takes a Chance (4) - Mr. Kentaro Moto. 

1938  I'll Give a Million - Louis 'The Dope' Monteau.

1938  Mysterious Mr. Moto (5) - Mr. Kentaro Moto. 

1939  Mr. Moto's Last Warning (6) - Mr. Kentaro Moto. 

1939  Mr. Moto in Danger Island (7) - Mr. Kentaro Moto. 

1939  Mr. Moto Takes a Vacation (8) - Mr. Kentaro Moto. 

1940s

1940  Strange Cargo - M'sieu Pig.

1940  I Was an Adventuress - Polo.

1940  Island of Doomed Men - Stephen Danel. 

1940  Stranger on the Third Floor - The Stranger. (Launched the film noir genre. Peter doesn’t appear for awhile, but when he does...)

1940  You'll Find Out - Fenninger.

1941  The Face Behind the Mask - Janos 'Johnny' Szabo. 

1941  Mr. District Attorney - Paul Hyde.

1941  They Met in Bombay - Captain Chan. You can buy it here.

1941  The Maltese Falcon - Joel Cairo. (Sydney Greenstreet pairing #1.)

1942  All Through the Night - Pepi. (This film is where Peter Lorre met his second-wife-to-be, Kaaren Verne.) Here’s a clip. And another.

1942  Invisible Agent - Baron Ikito. Available on this collection.

1942  The Boogie Man Will Get You - Dr. Arthur Lorencz.

1942  Casablanca - Signor Ugarte. (Sydney Greenstreet pairing #2.)

1943  The Constant Nymph - Fritz Bercovy. Lorre’s role was significantly cut in editing.

1943  Background to Danger - Nikolai Zaleshoff. (Sydney Greenstreet pairing #3.)

1943  The Cross of Lorraine - Sergeant Berger.

1944  Passage to Marseille - Marius. (Sydney Greenstreet pairing #4.)

1944  The Mask of Dimitrios - Cornelius Leyden. (Sydney Greenstreet pairing #5.)

1944  Arsenic and Old Lace - Dr. Einstein.

1944 The Conspirators - Jan Bernazsky. (Sydney Greenstreet pairing #6.)

1944  Hollywood Canteen (segment). (Sydney Greenstreet pairing #7.)

1945  Hotel Berlin - Johannes Koenig.

1945  Confidential Agent - Contreras.

1946  Three Strangers - Johnny West. (Sydney Greenstreet pairing #8; Joan Lorring pairing #1.)

1946  Black Angel - Marko.

1946  The Chase - Gino.

1946  The Verdict - Victor Emmric. (Sydney Greenstreet pairing #9; Joan Lorring pairing #2.)

1946  The Beast with Five Fingers - Hilary Cummins.

1947  My Favorite Brunette - Kismet.

1948  Casbah - Slimane.

1949  Rope of Sand - Toady.

1950s

1950  Quicksand - Nick.

1950  Double Confession - Paynter.

1951  Der Verlorene (The Lost One) - Dr. Karl Rothe / Dr. Karl Neumeister. Lorre’s directorial debut.

1953  Beat the Devil - Julius O'Hara.

1954  20,000 Leagues Under the Sea - Conseil.

1956  Meet Me in Las Vegas - as Peter Lorre (uncredited).

1956  Congo Crossing - Colonel John Miguel Orlando Arragas.

1956  Around the World in Eighty Days - Japanese Steward on S.S. Carnatic. 

1957  The Buster Keaton Story - Kurt Bergner. 

1957  Silk Stockings - Brankov. 

1957  The Story of Mankind - Nero. 

1957  The Sad Sack - Abdul. 

1957  Hell Ship Mutiny - Commissioner Lamoret.

1959  The Big Circus - Skeeter.

1960s

1960  Scent of Mystery (Smellovision!) - Smiley; re-released without Smellovision as Holiday in Spain.

1961  Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea - Comm. Lucius Emery.

1962  Tales of Terror: Montresor in "The Black Cat".

1962  Five Weeks in a Balloon - Ahmed.

1963  The Raven - Dr. Adolphus Bedlo.

1964  The Comedy of Terrors - Felix Gillie. 

1964  Muscle Beach Party - Mr. Strangdour (posthumous release). 

1964  The Patsy - Morgan Heywood (posthumous release).

See also:

Peter Lorre Television Show List

Peter Lorre Radio Show List

#peter lorre #peter lorre movies #peter lorre films #peter lorre comedy #peter lorre terror #peter lorre psychological terror #peter lorre suspense #peter lorre humor