Karl May chronicles the life of the extremely popular 19th-century German novelist who lived from 1842 to 1912. Karl May's...
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1974
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This German sex comedy deals with the comeuppance of a young girl's philandering surgeon father who assigns his three best...
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1973
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1973
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This sentimental story is taken from the novel by Heinrich Spoerl but strays from the original. Teachers and students are the...
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1970
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David McCallum stars in Hauser's Memory as scientist Hillel Mondoro. At the behest of the CIA, Mondoro willingly has himself...
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1970
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Ludwig (Hansi Kraus) is a mischievous moppet who causes plenty of good-natured fun in this uneven children's comedy taken...
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1965
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Professor Traugott Naegler (Heinz Ruehmann) is a small-town teacher with 12 children in this remake of the 1951 feature of...
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1963
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1962
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The friendship between two rival soldiers provides the basis of this comedy. The tale is set during the Franco-Prussian War...
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1962
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This routine fantasy-drama that centers on a woman's dream is directed by Helmut Kaeutner and begins when Lieschen Mueller...
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Director
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1962
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This is a hard-hitting, realistic drama by Helmut Kaeutner that covers perhaps too much territory as it looks at the failing...
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1961
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Based on a play by Eugene Scribe, this witty comedy by director Richter-Helmut Kautner departs from the usual fare of 1950s...
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1960
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The Rest Is Silence, a German-made attempt to update Shakespeare, is one of the best and least self-conscious of this minor...
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Director, Producer, Screenwriter
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1959
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Though billed fifth, Mary Astor is the one to watch in the Ross Hunter-produced soapera Stranger in My Arms. Astor portrays a...
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1959
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Schinderhannes is the legendary Robin Hood of Germany, a thief who did not focus on robbing from the rich but on defeating...
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1959
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Effective in its message that war itself is idiotic, this slowly, slowly evolving, conventional comedy drama by director...
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1959
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In this romantic comedy, a cocquette playfully pursues any man she can find. She is most enamored of a handsome playboy whom...
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1958
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Small-minded small town 1950's mores threaten a youthful romance in this sudsy melodrama based on the play Teach Me How to...
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1958
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Monpti is better known by its English-language title Love From Paris. Romy Schneider stars as Anne Claire, a seamstress who...
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1957
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1956's Captain from Koepenick was the second film version of Der Hauptmann von Koepenick, a play by Carl Zuckmayer (the first...
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1956
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O. W. Fischer stars as Ludwig II, the "mad king" of Bavaria. The film downplays some of Ludwig's most outrageous...
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1955
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The Devil's General (Des Teufels General) stars Curt Jurgens as a courageous Luftwaffe officer. Jurgens loves the service,...
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1955
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1955
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1955
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1954
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The winner of the International Jury Prize at the Cannes Film Festival, Die Leitze Bruecke (The Last Bridge) was the most...
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Director, Screenwriter
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1954
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Nachts aut den Strassen (Detour) stars German film favorite Hans Albers as a middle-aged truck driver named Heinrich. Coming...
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1951
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1950
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1950
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The reminiscences of a maid provide the basis for this German drama. The story is told via flashback. The maid recalls the...
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1950
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The "Adam and Eve" story is updated and lightly satirized in the German Der Apfel Ist Ab (The Apple Fell). Adam (Bobby Todd)...
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Director, Prof. Petri
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1949
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Originally In Jenen Tagen, In Those Days was the first postwar directorial contribution by Germany's Helmut Kautner. The film...
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1947
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Screenwriter
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1947
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Unter den Bruecken (Under the Bridge) was German filmmaker Helmut Kautner's final film under the aegis of the Third Reich....
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Director, Screenwriter
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1946
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In this German drama, a man tries to prevent his niece, a hooker, from falling in love with a drunken sailor. The film was...
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1945
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This movie tells the story of a suicidal young woman who became involved with an artist. ~ Rovi...
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1943
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1942
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1941
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1940
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1939
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