One of several films helmed by internationally renowned actor-director Fritz Kortner after his return to Germany in 1947, Die...
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Prof. Siebrecht
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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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Two films concerning the July 20, 1944 plot to kill Adolph Hitler were released in Germany within the same week. The second...
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1955
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Lord Melbourne
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1954
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1952
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Carl Ludwig Diehl stars as famed attorney Ruska in Atto di Accusa. After murdering his wife (Lea Padovani) Ruska arranges the...
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Avvocato Ruska
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1951
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1941
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Hans H. Zerlett was pretty near the whole show in the German Es Leuchten die Sterne (The Stars are Shining): producer,...
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1938
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Though the witty, epigrammatic style of Oscar Wilde would seem best suited to the rhythms of the English language, a...
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Lord Chiltern
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1937
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With a plot that twists like a plumber's snake, this is more a story of family secrets than anything else, in which the...
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1937
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According to the English-language translation of the film's title, "The Ways of Love are Strange." Presumably this proverb...
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Captain Costali
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1937
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The music of Johann Strauss counterbalances the various intrigues in Ein Liebesroman im Hause Habsburg (A Romance in the...
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Johann Salvator (Johann Orth)
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1936
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Set during the Napoleonic era, Der Hoehre Befehl (Higher Command) nonetheless manages to accommodate huge heaping helpings of...
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Rittmeister von Droste
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1936
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The title of the German domestic drama translates as His Daughter is Peter, which makes sense only in context. Female...
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1936
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In this Austrian romantic comedy, set in old Vienna, a young girl attempts to support herself and her elderly mother. She...
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Kinz
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1935
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Romance and espionage intermingle in this WW I drama that centers on an Austrian officer who falls in love with an Italian...
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1933
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1933
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1933
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Henry Artonis
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1933
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This version of the notorious Russian monk/charlatan's life, presents Rasputin, not as an evil manipulator of the czar's...
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1932
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Maximilian
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1932
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A robbery and a betrayal begin this convoluted crime drama. Following a robbery, jewel thieves Dr. Sandegg and Klotz demand...
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Petersen
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1932
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1932
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Allegedly based on a true story, Im Geheimdienst (Secret Service) takes place during WWI. German spy Willy Fritsch, posing as...
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Wassilieff
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1931
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Die Koenigen einer Nacht was based on a novel by Alfred Machard. The title translates as Queen of a Night, which is the...
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1931
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Der Zinker (To Squeal) was based on The Squeaker, a mystery play by Edgar Wallace. The hero is a Scotland Yard detective who...
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1931
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1930
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Court Marshal
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1930
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Der Greifer translates as The Copper -- and, yes, this is a detective yarn. Hero Hans Albers, representing Scotland Yard,...
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1930
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1930
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