The Match King (1932)
• December 31st, 1932 • 1h 19min
Drama
Overview
Unscrupulous Chicago janitor Paul Kroll uses deceit to fund a return trip to his homeland of Sweden. There, via ongoing continuing deceit and manipulation, he gradually attains a monopoly on the matchstick market in several countries and becomes an influential international figure. Based on the true story of Ivar Kreuger.
Make sure to check your pop-up blocker!!
Trailer
Similar Movies
The Blue Angel
Released on: 1930-04-01
Drama
Prim professor Immanuel Rath finds some of his students ogling racy photos of cabaret performer Lola...
High Fidelity
Released on: 2000-03-17
Drama, Comedy, Romance, Music
After his long-time girlfriend dumps him, a thirty-year-old record store owner seeks to understand w...
M
Released on: 1931-05-11
Drama, Thriller, Crime
In this classic German thriller, Hans Beckert, a serial killer who preys on children, becomes the fo...
2046
Released on: 2004-10-29
Drama, Science Fiction, Romance
Women enter and exit a science fiction author's life over the course of a few years after the author...
Shanghai Express
Released on: 1932-02-12
Drama, Romance, War, Crime, History
A beautiful temptress re-kindles an old romance while trying to escape her past during a tension-pac...
Scarface
Released on: 1932-04-09
Crime, Action, Drama
In 1920s Chicago, Italian immigrant and notorious thug, Antonio 'Tony' Camonte, aka Scarface, shoots...
Tabu: A Story of the South Seas
Released on: 1931-07-30
Romance, Drama, Adventure
On the South Pacific island of Bora Bora, a young couple's love is threatened when the tribal chief ...
Involuntary
Released on: 2008-11-28
Comedy, Drama
In several unrelated stories, the consequences of putting one's foot down – or failing to do so – ar...
Chicago
Released on: 2002-12-10
Comedy, Crime, Drama
Murderesses Velma Kelly and Roxie Hart find themselves on death row together and fight for the fame ...
Primal Fear
Released on: 1996-03-06
Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Defense attorney Martin Vail takes on jobs for money and prestige rather than any sense of the great...
The Negotiator
Released on: 1998-07-29
Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
The police try to arrest expert hostage negotiator Danny Roman, who insists he's being framed for hi...
Here Is Your Life
Released on: 1966-12-26
Drama, History
A working class teenager comes of age in 1910s rural Sweden, moving through a series of jobs and rom...
New Moon
Released on: 1930-12-23
Drama, Romance, Music
New Moon is the name of the ship crossing the Caspian Sea. A young Lt. Petroff meets the Princess Ta...
Displaced Perssons
Released on: 2013-08-23
Drama, Documentary
Per Persson left Sweden 40 years ago. In Pakistan he fell in love and became the father of two daugh...
The World of Henry Orient
Released on: 1964-03-19
Comedy, Drama
A mischievous, adventuresome fourteen-year-old girl and her best friend begin following an eccentric...
The New Country
Released on: 2000-11-24
Drama, Comedy
A 15-year-old Somalian boy meets a 40-year-old Iranian man in a refugee camp in Skåne, in the south ...
Rogers Park
Released on: 2017-10-19
Drama
Two Chicago couples struggle to keep their love alive when secrets and long-simmering resentments ri...
Bergman Island
Released on: 2021-07-14
Drama, Romance
An English-German filmmaking couple retreat to Fårö for the summer to each write screenplays for the...
Hush Money
Released on: 1931-07-05
Comedy, Drama
Story of a girl who tries to live down the past and marries a wealthy man. Blackmail attempt by old ...
The Secret Six
Released on: 1931-04-18
Crime, Drama
Bootlegger/cafe owner, Johnny Franks recruits crude working man Scorpio to join his gang, mastermind...