Ernst Winar
# Ernst Winar

Ernst Winar (born Wilhelm Joseph Carl Eichhoff; 3 September 1894 – 28 June 1978) was a Dutch actor and film director. He appeared in 34 films between 1916 and 1955. He also directed 14 films between 1922 and 1955. In 1920 he published Peccavi...???, a then-scandalous novel with a gay protagonist, co-written with fellow actor Adolphe Engers.

## Selected filmography

* Majoor Frans (1916)
* La renzoni (1916)
* Gloria transita (1917)
* Ulbo Garvema (1917)
* Toen 't licht verdween (1918)
* Pro domo (1918)
* A Carmen of the North (1919)
* The Devil in Amsterdam (1919)
* Hidden Lives (1920)
* The Flight into Death (1921)
* On the Red Cliff (1922)
* The Man in the Background (1922, directed)
* Comedy of the Heart (1924)
* The Great Opportunity (1925)
* The Company Worth Millions (1925)
* The Proud Silence (1925)
* The Girl on the Road (1925)
* Watch on the Rhine (1926)
* The Dashing Archduke (1927)
* Circus Renz (1927)
* On the Banks of the River Weser (1927)
* Paragraph 182 (1927, directed)
* The Harbour Baron (1928)
* What a Woman Dreams of in Springtime (1929)
