Hans RichterFilmography

Nues Vom Raeuber Hotzenplotz

Actors: Peter Kern, Barbara Valentin, Wal Davis

Synopsis: In this sequel to the 1973 comedy Robber Hotzenplotz, the Hotzenplotz (Peter Kern) escapes from jail in a policeman's uniform and amuses himself by harassing an old woman. ~ Clarke Fountain, All Movie Guide Read More

Section Spéciale

Actors: Louis Seigner, Michel Lonsdale, François Maistre, Ivo Garrani, Henri Serre, Roland Bertin, Pierre Dux

Synopsis: Based on a true story, Costa-Gavras' Special Section (Section Speciale) is set in wartime France, but the parallels to contemporary political persecution are inescapable. A young German naval officer is killed in occupied Paris. The supplicative Vichy government sets about to locate the Read More

Die Feuerzangenbowle

Actors: Walter Giller, Uschi Glas, Theo Lingen, Willy Reichert, Nadja Tiller

Synopsis: This sentimental story is taken from the novel by Heinrich Spoerl but strays from the original. Teachers and students are the focus of the plot, with Hans (Walter Giller) in love with Marion (Nadja Tiller). Uschi Glass and Hans Richter also star in this remake of the 1944 classic by Helmut Weiss. Richter Read More

Herrliche Zeiten Im Spessart

Actors: Liselotte Pulver, Harald Leipnitz, Willy Millowitsch, Tatjana Sais, Rudolf Rhomberg

Synopsis: Anneliese (Lisolellte Pulver) is the German consulate's daughter who is scheduled to marry rocket scientist Frank Green (Harald Leipnitz). Their ceremony is interrupted when Frank is called away to partake in a top secret mission at the request of NATO. Some humor is thrown in to lighten things up Read More

Ach Egon!

Die Junge Suenderin

Actors: Karin Baal, Vera Tschechowa, Rudolf Prack, Paul Hubschmid, Rainer Brandt

Synopsis: Die Junge Suenderim is a teen-centered drama about Eva Reck (Karin Baal), a nineteen-year-old woman born into a kind of respectable poverty, with a working-class father as the head of the family. Because she is beautiful, Eva tends to attract all manner of men, most of whom do not have innocent Read More

Wenn Die Bombe Platzt

Das Herz Von St. Pauli

Schwarzwaldmelodie

Die Rose Von Stambul

Actors: Inge Egger, Albert Lieven, Grethe Weiser, Hans Richter, Paul Hoerbiger

Synopsis: That venerable Leo Fall operetta Die Rose von Stamboul was given a serviceable screen treatment in 1953. The fetchingly underdressed (Inge Egger) plays a pasha's niece, who agrees to a "marriage of convenience" to a supposedly stuffy diplomat. Alas, the girl has eyes only for a handsome composer (Albert Lieven Read More

Season in Salzburg

Actors: Adrian Hoven, Gretl Schoerg, Hans Richter

Synopsis: The name of Austrian director Ernst Marischka was virtually synonymous with "musical comedy" during the late 1940s - early 1950s. In Marischka's Season in Salzburg, the music is given equal footing with the comedy, resulting in a very well-balanced film. Popular leading-lady Hannerl Matz portrays Read More

Tanz ins Gluck

Actors: Johannes Heesters, Waltraut Haas

Synopsis: Tanz ins Gluck (Dance into Happiness) is another attempt by the Austrian film industry to revive the popular prewar operetta genre. Though Johannes Heesters is afforded top billing, the plot is motivated by Heester's leading lady Lucie Englisch. The plot is one of those forgettable concoctions Read More

Knall und Fall Als Hochstapler

Cuba Cabana

Stips

Arlberg-Express

Der Mann, Der Sherlock Holmes War

Actors: Hans Albers, Heinz Rühmann, Marieluise Claudius, Hansi Knoteck, Hilde Weissner

Synopsis: The English-language title of this German musical satire is The Man Who Was Sherlock Holmes. That immensely popular German star Hans Albers plays Morris Flint, a slaphappy private detective who enjoys pretending to be Holmes; likewise, Flint's assistant, Macky McPherson (Heinz Rühmann), gets a Read More

Ein Walzer um den Stefansturm

Actors: Olga Tschechowa, Gusti Huber, Wolf Albach-Retty, Leo Slezak, Paul Heidemann

Synopsis: This all-too-typical Austrian operetta combines elements from several previous musical successes. The heroine, played by Gusti Huber, is the adopted daughter of wealthy widow Sylvia von Polonska (Olga Tshechowa). The latter is in love with much-younger cabdriver (with a college degree) Dr. Read More

Inkognito

Actors: Gustav Froehlich, Hansi Knoteck, Hans Leibelt

Synopsis: Having inherited a prosperous soap factory, Severin Matthias (Gustav Froelich) finds that the board of directors refuses to listen to his suggestions. Disgustedly, Matthias drops from sight, travelling incognito across Europe. During his odyssey, he strikes up a friendship with out-of-work soap Read More

Drei Blaue Jungs und Ein Blondes Maedel

Actors: Fritz Kampers, Friedrich Benfer, Charlotte Ander, Hans Richter

Synopsis: The title tells all in Drei Blaue Jungs und ein Blondes Maedel, which translates as Three Sailors and a Blonde. The plot concerns three gobs on leave, each of whom pitch woo at a pretty dance-hall girl. Two of the sailors are convinced that they're the only men in the heroine's life, but it is the Read More

Das Maedchen Irene

Actors: Lil Dagover, Sabine Peters, Hedwig Bleibtreu, Karl Schoenboeck

Synopsis: The popular stage drama Das Maedchen Irene (This Girl Irene) was adapted for the screen by director Reinhold Schuenzel. Sixteen-year-old Irene (Sabine Peters) is one of two daughters of widow Jennifer Lawrence (Lil Dagover). When Jennifer announces her plans to remarry, Irene is shocked and Read More

Knock-Out

Actors: Anny Ondra, Edith Meinhard

Synopsis: Knock-Out is a form-fitting movie vehicle for world heavyweight boxing champion Max Schmeling. Through a masterstroke of casting, Schmeling plays a boxer, named Max Breuer. Allowing success to go to his head, Breur finally comes to his senses through the love of a good woman. If Max Schmeling Read More

Schabernack

Actors: Paul Hoerbiger, Trude Marlen, Hans Moser, Heinz Salfner, Max Guelstorff

Synopsis: Schabernack (Hoax) gets under way when heroine Eva (Trude Marlen) finds herself too broke to open her hotel for the season. Next door to Eva's establishment is a sanitarium, chock full of wealthy eccentrics. When the sanitarium burns down, its occupants move into Eva's hotel, whereupon it is Read More

Das Hofkonzert

Actors: Otto Tressler, Rudolf Klein-Rogge

Synopsis: Before he became cult director Douglas Sirk, Detlef Sierck cut his teeth on such lavish European star vehicles as Hofkonzert (Court Concert). Marta Eggerth is cast as Christine, a young singer who aspires to find out who her father was. Her odyssey brings her to the court of a mythical kingdom Read More

Das Frauenparadies

Actors: Ivan Petrovich, Leo Slezak, Georg Alexander, Hans Richter

Synopsis: The "Women's Paradise" of the title is the ironic nickname of a heavily-in-debt Vienna fashion salon. The business is taken over by Gary Field (Ivan Petrovich), a handsome young aviator. The shopgirls all swoon over Gary, especially starry-eyed little Eva (Hortense Raby), who offers to moonlight Read More

Ein Ganzer Kerl

Actors: Joe Stoeckel, Erika Glaessner, Lien Deyers, Hermann Speelmans

Synopsis: Herman Speelmans plays the title character in the German comedy Ein Ganzer Kerl (A Regular Fellow). The plot is hardly new: young go-getter Karl Grosse (Speelmans) bluffs his way into a big-time business firm, rescuing the organization from bankruptcy with his brash, bold new ideas. He also wins Read More

Schwarze Walfisch

Actors: Emil Jannings, Max Guelstorff, Margarete Kupfer

Synopsis: Schwarze Walfisch (The Black Whale) is the German-language version of the Marcel Pagnol masterpiece Fanny. Replacing the virtually irreplaceable Raimu as philosophical innkeeper Panisse is Emil Jannings, no small talent in his own right. When Panisse's son Marius (Franz Nicklisch) goes off to sea Read More

Abenteuer Eines Jungen Herrn in Polen

Brennendes Geheimnis

Actors: Willi Forst, Hans Richter, Alfred Beierle

Das Blaue Vom Himmel

Emil und die Detektive

Actors: Fritz Rasp, Kaethe Haack, Olga Engl, Inge Landgut, Hans Hermann Schaufuss

Synopsis: No less a scrivener than Billy Wilder adapted the Erich Kastner novel Emil and the Detectives for its first film version. The story concerns a young boy named Emil who has been packed off to visit relatives in Germany. While en route on the train, Emil's money is stolen by a penny-ante thief. The Read More