Highest rated movie: The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp (1943)
Lowest rated movie: Satellite in the Sky (1956)
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Movies starring Carl Jaffe have generally received mixed reviews and hold an average score of 59%.
The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp - released in 1943 - is Carl Jaffe's highest rated movie, with a score of 82% based on 188 reviews.
The lowest rated film from Carl Jaffe is Satellite in the Sky - released in 1956 - with a score of 38% based on 1 reviews.
Carl Jaffe (21 March 1902 – 12 April 1974) was a German actor. Jaffe trained on the stage in his native Hamburg, Kassel and Wiesbaden before moving to Berlin, where his career took off.
In 1933 Jaffe changed his stage name to Frank Alwar, but in 1936, with the situation for Jews in Germany rapidly deteriorating, he made the decision to migrate to the United Kingdom. He remained in the UK for the rest of his life and enjoyed a prolific career, appearing in over 50 films and many television productions.
Throughout his British career he was almost invariably cast as German or Central European characters, usually in supporting roles, and often with a war, crime or espionage setting. His more notable films include The Lion Has Wings, The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp, Two Thousand Women, Operation Amsterdam and The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone. Jaffe's television credits included Danger Man, Dad's Army and Oh, Brother!.
Carl Jaffe has acted in films with Felix Aylmer, Bill Nagy, Bryan Forbes and George Sanders.
Carl Jaffe has worked with these film directors: José Ferrer, Howard Hawks, Norman Jewison and Michael Powell.
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