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Curt Bois

Curt Bois

Actor · Died December 25, 1991, aged 90 · Berlin, Germany

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Curt Bois (April 5, 1901 – December 25, 1991) was a German actor. He is best remembered for his performance as the Pickpocket in Casablanca (1942). Bois was born in Berlin and began acting in 1907, becoming one of the film world's first child actors, with a role in the silent movie Bauernhaus und Grafenschloß. In 1909, he played the title role in Der Kleine Detektiv ('The Little Detective'). Bois' acting career spanned eighty years, a span reached by few other actors. His final performance was in 1987's Der Himmel über Berlin (Wings of Desire). Bois performed in theatre, cabaret, musicals, silent film and "talkies" over his career as an actor. In 1934, Bois was forced to leave his home for the United States, where he found work on stage on Broadway. By 1937, he had found his way to Hollywood, and began acting in American pictures, the best-known of which was Casablanca (1942), with a single speech warning about pickpockets as "vultures everywhere". After World War II Bois decided it was safe to return to Germany, which he did in 1950. He finished his life and career in Germany, first in the East, and finally in the West. Bois died in Berlin, the city of his birth, at the age of ninety. Description above from the Wikipedia article Curt Bois, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.    

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Biography from TMDB.

Born
April 5, 1901
Died
December 25, 1991 (aged 90)
From
Berlin, Germany
Works as
Actor
Titles
29 on MovieCove · 95 credits in all
Links
IMDb (opens in a new tab)TMDB (opens in a new tab)Wikidata (opens in a new tab)

Known for

TMDB popularity, last 38 days to Oct 27Down 52% in 30 days

What are Curt Bois' films like?

Across their 19 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Bonds and Self.

Genres

Comedy7 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 41st percentile
: browse their Comedy movies
Drama7 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 67th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Drama movies
Action2 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 31st percentile
: browse their Action movies

Their MovieCove films by primary genre. The badge is the typical Midcredits score of the genre's films, the median percentile; an up arrow marks a genre at or above their average across these genres.

Themes

share of theme weight
Bonds
40%
Self
25%
Morality
15%
Power
8%
Survival
7%
Society
5%
Romantic love11 titles, browse their movies with this themePurpose4 titles, browse their movies with this themeOppression3 titles, browse their movies with this themeRedemption3 titles, browse their movies with this themeFamily bonds2 titles, browse their movies with this themeRevenge2 titles, browse their movies with this themeSurvival2 titles, browse their movies with this themeIdentity2 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 19 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category
Light: How heavy the subject matter and outlook get. Browse their light movies.
Tone · Weight
lightdark

Light 14 · Serious 1 · Dark 4

Stylized: How far its world departs from everyday reality. Browse their stylized movies.
Tone · Style
naturalisticheightened

Grounded 5 · Stylized 9 · Heightened 5

Charged: How hard the emotional peaks hit while you watch. Browse their charged movies.
Feel · Intensity
gentleintense

Gentle 8 · Charged 8 · Intense 3

Steady: How much it swings between very different feelings. Browse their steady movies.
Feel · Swings
steadyswings

Steady 14 · Shifting 4 · Whiplash 1

Some laughs: How much of the runtime is played for laughs. Browse their some laughs movies.
Feel · Humor
noneconstant

A split, not a type: Straight-faced 6 · Some laughs 6 · Funny 7

Slow burn: How fast it moves from scene to scene. Browse their slow burn movies.
Demand · Pace
slowrelentless

Slow burn 13 · Even-paced 5 · Relentless 1

Casual: How much focus it asks of you — look away and lose the thread? Browse their casual movies.
Demand · Attention
casualfull focus

Casual 15 · Engaged 3 · Full focus 1

Resolved: How much is left for you to interpret. Browse their resolved movies.
Demand · Resolution
resolvedambiguous

Resolved 17 · Open-ended 1 · Ambiguous 1

Roles they play

3 analyzed roles

Usually the Trickster: 3 of 3 analyzed roles.

Trickster
3 of 3

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Romantic
9
Joyful
8
Melancholic
7
Tense
6
Warm
5
Other
12

How their films linger

Feel-good11 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteFun10 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteBittersweet4 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHopeful3 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHaunting2 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteDevastating2 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

How their films end · 1 with a twist

  • Happy12
  • Bittersweet5
  • Tragic2

AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.

Where can I watch Curt Bois' films?

As of October 24, 2026, 4 of their 29 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on HBO Max (2).

Also on these channels

Subscription and free streaming for Curt Bois' titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.

Filmography

95 credits, 29 with a MovieCove page; 7 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.

  • Faraway, So Close!(1993)

    In Memory Of

    Midcredits score: 84th percentile of all films

  • Wings of Desire(1987)

    as Homer

    Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all films

  • Kir Royal (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1986)

    Show 1 episode · as Friedrich Danziger

  • Detektivbüro Roth (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1986)

    Show 1 episode · as Robert Maschenberg

  • Kleine Stadt, ich liebe dich (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1985)

    Show 6 episodes · as Theo Kleber

  • War was, Rickie? (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1985)

    Show 12 episodes · as Onkel Erwin

  • Haus Vaterland (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1983)

    Actor

  • The Roaring Fifties (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1983)

    Actor

  • Gesucht wird... Drei Geschichten um nicht ganz ehrenwerte Herren (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1981)

    Actor

  • Flächenbrand (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1981)

    as Bühler

  • The Boat Is Full(1981)

    as Lazar Ostrowskij

    Midcredits score: 77th percentile of all films

  • Der Schützling (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1981)

    Actor

  • Der Mond scheint auf Kylenamoe (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1980)

    Actor

  • Bühne frei für Kolowitz (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1980)

    as Benjamin Weiß

  • Wochenendgeschichten (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1980)

    Actor

  • Die Alten kommen (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1980)

    Actor

  • Liebe, Tod und Heringshäppchen (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1979)

    as Friedrich Schlick

  • Das Idol von Mordassow (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1979)

    as Fürst

  • The Old Fox (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1977)

    Show 1 episode · as Herr Nathan · as Karl Brunner

  • Das Rentenspiel (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1977)

    Actor

  • Strychnin und saure Drops (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1974)

    Actor

  • Der trojanische Sessel (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1971)

    as Franz Seider

  • Der Pott (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1971)

    as Simon Norton

  • Amerika oder der Verschollene (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1969)

    as Vater

  • The Commissioner (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1969)

    Show 1 episode · as Ohlers · as Vater Klinger

  • Die hundertste Nacht (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1966)

    as Iwakichi

  • Ganovenehre (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1966)

    as Seiden-Emil

  • Der eingebildete Kranke (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1964)

    as Argan

  • The Haunted Castle(1960)

    as Hugo

    Midcredits score: 62nd percentile of all films

  • Herr Puntila and His Servant Matti (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1960)

    as Johannes Puntila

  • Androcles and the Lion (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1958)

    Actor

  • Der Stern von Afrika(1957)

    Actor

    Midcredits score: 49th percentile of all films

  • Ein Polterabend (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1955)

    Director · Screenplay

  • Fortunes of Captain Blood(1950)

    as King Charles II

    Midcredits score: 33rd percentile of all films

  • Joe Palooka Meets Humphrey (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1950)

    as Pierre

  • The Great Sinner(1949)

    as Jeweler / Money Lender

    Midcredits score: 67th percentile of all films

  • The Lovable Cheat (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1949)

    as Count de la Brive

  • A Kiss in the Dark(1949)

    as Hugo Schloss

    Midcredits score: 41st percentile of all films

  • Caught(1949)

    as Franzi Kartos

    Midcredits score: 80th percentile of all films

  • The Woman in White (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1948)

    as Louis

  • French Leave (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1948)

    as Marcel

  • Arch of Triumph(1948)

    as Tattooed Waiter

    Midcredits score: 52nd percentile of all films

  • The Woman from Tangier (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1948)

    as Parquit

  • Jungle Flight (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1947)

    as Pepe

  • Saratoga Trunk(1945)

    as Augustin Haussy

    Midcredits score: 55th percentile of all films

  • The Spanish Main(1945)

    as Paree

    Midcredits score: 56th percentile of all films

  • Blonde Fever (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1944)

    as Brillon

  • Gypsy Wildcat(1944)

    as Valdi

    Midcredits score: 29th percentile of all films

  • Cover Girl(1944)

    as Chef at Danny McGuire's

    Midcredits score: 71st percentile of all films

  • The Desert Song (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1944)

    as François

  • Swing Fever(1943)

    as Nick Sirocco

    Midcredits score: 29th percentile of all films

  • Princess O'Rourke (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1943)

    as Count Peter de Candome

  • Paris After Dark (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1943)

    as Max

  • Destroyer (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1943)

    as Swab with large nose

  • Casablanca(1942)

    as Pickpocket

    Midcredits score: 99th percentile of all films

  • Pacific Rendezvous (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1942)

    as Kestrin

  • The Tuttles of Tahiti(1942)

    as Jensen

    Midcredits score: 36th percentile of all films

  • Blue, White and Perfect (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1942)

    as Friedrich Gerber, alias Nappy Dubois

  • Hold Back the Dawn(1941)

    as Bonbois

    Midcredits score: 88th percentile of all films

  • That Night in Rio(1941)

    as Felicio Salles

    Midcredits score: 70th percentile of all films

  • Bitter Sweet(1940)

    as Ernst

    Midcredits score: 33rd percentile of all films

  • Hullabaloo(1940)

    as Armand Francois

    Midcredits score: 35th percentile of all films

  • He Stayed for Breakfast (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1940)

    as Comrade Tronavich

  • Boom Town(1940)

    as Ferdie the Tailor

    Midcredits score: 80th percentile of all films

  • The Lady in Question(1940)

    as Henri Lurette

    Midcredits score: 57th percentile of all films

  • The Hunchback of Notre Dame(1939)

    as Student

    Midcredits score: 94th percentile of all films

  • Hotel Imperial (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1939)

    as Anton

  • The Great Waltz(1938)

    as Kienzl

    Midcredits score: 58th percentile of all films

  • Garden of the Moon(1938)

    as Maharajah of Sund

    Midcredits score: 38th percentile of all films

  • Boy Meets Girl (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1938)

    as Dance Director

  • The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse(1938)

    as Rabbit

    Midcredits score: 81st percentile of all films

  • Gold Diggers in Paris(1938)

    as Padrinsky

    Midcredits score: 35th percentile of all films

  • Romance in the Dark (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1938)

    as Von Hemisch

  • Hollywood Hotel(1937)

    as Butch, Dress Designer

    Midcredits score: 58th percentile of all films

  • Tovarich (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1937)

    as Alfonso

  • Scherben bringen Glück (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1932)

    Director · Writer · Actor

  • A Tremendously Rich Man (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1932)

    as Curt Nickel

  • The Schlemihl (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1931)

    as Hartwig

  • Anschluß um Mitternacht (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1929)

    as Emil

  • His Majesty the Barber (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1928)

    Actor

  • The Fugitive Lover (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1927)

    as Simche Regierer

  • The Masked Mannequin (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1927)

    as Egun Fürst

  • Gräfin Plättmamsell (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1926)

    Actor

  • Der Jüngling aus der Konfektion (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1926)

    as Moritz Spiegel

  • The Golden Butterfly (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1926)

    Actor

  • Wehe wenn sie losgelassen (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1926)

    as Ali ben Mokka

  • She and the Three (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1922)

    as Der Hilfsregisseur

  • The Oyster Princess (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1919)

    as Conductor (as Kurt Bois)

  • Der Dieb (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1918)

    Actor

  • Die Spinne (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1917)

    Actor

  • The Indian's Gift (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1914)

    as Kind

  • The Minister's Daughter (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1913)

    as Young Hans

  • Ein neuer Erwerbszweig (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1912)

    Actor

  • Klebolin Sticks to Everything (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1909)

    Actor

  • Mother Love (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1909)

    Actor

Career shape

Star power in the 93rd percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 95 titles from 1909 to 1993; peak year 1987.

Biggest box office

Wings of Desire (1987)

$3.6M worldwide

Highest rated

Wings of Desire (1987)

Midcredits 97th

Film career

19091993

Peak 1987 · steadily prominent in film for years. Film roles by billing, audience size and rating; 25+ votes. A show carries a single first-air date, so shows are not on the curve.

By role

only this rolewith another role
Acting93 of 95: 92 only acting, 1 with another role · typical Midcredits score58thDirecting2 of 95: 0 only directing, 2 with another roleWriting2 of 95: 0 only writing, 2 with another roleOther crew1 of 95: 1 only other crew, 0 with another role

By decade

1900s2 · acting1910s6 · acting1920s9 · acting1930s13 · 13 acting · 1 crew1940s30 · acting1950s5 · 4 acting · 1 crew1960s7 · acting1970s7 · acting1980s15 · acting1990s1 · crew

Billing

usually 11th · top billed in 0% of 13 roles
1944

Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored. Billing is TMDB cast order for roles with 25+ votes, billed in the top 30; the columns are the share of top-billed roles in each era, 5-year spans from the year on the label, merged until each holds at least 5 roles.

How do Curt Bois' films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 58th percentile, the median of all 29; across their 19 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 53rd percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

53rdpercentile
Typical film, the median of 19

Approval · how many liked their films

52ndpercentile
Typical film, the median of 19

Reach · how many have seen their films

44thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 19

Midcredits score across 29 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up9
  • 50th to 74th10
  • 25th to 49th10

Shape of the crowd

None of their 29 titles divides audiences: 17 are Crowd Pleasers.

  • Universally Loved3
  • Crowd Pleaser17
  • Broadly Agreed6
  • Mixed3

Most loved · actor

Casablanca (1942)

Midcredits 99th · 90% liked

Reviewers score the acting 68/100 in their films, across 19 reviewed titles; fans 77, detractors 45. The element that speaks to their work as an actor.

Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.

Who does Curt Bois work with?

People who share at least 2 of Curt Bois' MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Charles Vidor shares the most, 2.

Directors

Writers

Actors

Composers and editors

Producers

Mixed roles