Karl Ludwig DiehlFilmography

Des Teufels General

Actors: Curd Jürgens, Viktor de Kowa, Karl John, Eva-Ingeborg Scholz, Marianne Koch

Synopsis: The Devil's General (Des Teufels General) stars Curt Jurgens as a courageous Luftwaffe officer. Jurgens loves the service, even though he barely tolerates the Hitler regime. Sickened by wartime Nazi atrocities, Jurgens renounces his government, and is imprisoned and tortured as a result. Once Read More

Die Stadt ist voller Geheimnisse

Actors: Karl Ludwig Diehl, Werner Fuetterer, Paul Hoerbiger, Adrian Hoven

Synopsis: One of several films helmed by internationally renowned actor-director Fritz Kortner after his return to Germany in 1947, Die Stadt ist Voller Geheimnisse was released in English-speaking countries as Secrets of the City, City of Secrets and This Town is Full of Secrets. Adapted from a stage play Read More

Mädchenjahre Einer Koenigin

Actors: Romy Schneider, Adrian Hoven, Karl Ludwig Diehl, Magda Schneider, Christl Mardayn

Synopsis: Filmed in 1954 as Madchenjahre einer Konigin, The Story of Vickie stars 16-year-old Romy Schneider as England's soon-to-be Queen Victoria. Purportedly based on the Queen's diary and letters, the story concerns the early romance between "Vickie" and her beloved Prince Albert (Adrian Hoven). When Read More

Bis Wir Uns Wiedersehen

Atto di Accusa

Actors: Lea Padovani, Karl Ludwig Diehl, Marcello Mastroianni, Andrea Checchi

Synopsis: Carl Ludwig Diehl stars as famed attorney Ruska in Atto di Accusa. After murdering his wife (Lea Padovani) Ruska arranges the evidence in a manner that will implicate the wife's lover (Marcello Mastrioanni). This "perfect crime" requires the killing of another, wholly innocent victim. Eventually Read More

Was Geschah in Dieser Nacht

Es Leuchten Die Sterne

Actors: Carla Rust

Synopsis: Hans H. Zerlett was pretty near the whole show in the German Es Leuchten die Sterne (The Stars are Shining): producer, director, screenwriter. Zerlett, however, was not the star, that honor went to German musical-comedy star La Jana. What story there is concerns a pretty movie extra who is Read More

Liebe Geht Seltsame Wege

Actors: Karl Ludwig Diehl, Olga Tschechowa, Karin Hardt, Arthur Schroeder

Synopsis: According to the English-language translation of the film's title, "The Ways of Love are Strange." Presumably this proverb refers to Captain Costali (Carl Ludwig Diehl) and the beautiful Antonia Delvarez (Olga Tschechowa). After a revolution in a South American banana republic, Costali is Read More

The High Command

Actors: Lionel Atwill, Lucie Mannheim, Steven Geray, James Mason

Synopsis: With a plot that twists like a plumber's snake, this is more a story of family secrets than anything else, in which the British commander of a West African garrison has to prevent the exposure of an ugly scandal involving his daughter. The story was based on a novel by Lewis Robinson entitled The Read More

Ein Idealer Gatte

Actors: Karl Ludwig Diehl, Brigitte Helm, Annie Markart, Georg Alexander, Paul Henckels

Synopsis: Though the witty, epigrammatic style of Oscar Wilde would seem best suited to the rhythms of the English language, a surprising number of Wilde's plays and short stories were filmed in Europe. The German Ein Idealer Gatte is a fairly faithful adaptation of Wilde's 1895 play An Ideal Husband. The Read More

Der Hoehere Befehl

Actors: Karl Ludwig Diehl, Lil Dagover, Karl Dannemann, Gertrud de Lalsky, Heli Finkenzeller

Synopsis: Set during the Napoleonic era, Der Hoehre Befehl (Higher Command) nonetheless manages to accommodate huge heaping helpings of pro-Nazi propaganda. The story concerns the breakup of the alliance between France and Prussia, galvanized by the imprisonment of an English envoy. The prisoner is set free Read More

Seine Tochter Ist Peter

Actors: Karl Ludwig Diehl, Olga Tschechowa

Synopsis: The title of the German domestic drama translates as His Daughter is Peter, which makes sense only in context. Female child-star Trudi Stark plays the son of a divorced couple, who ends up in the custody of her remarried father. It's all due to the selfishness of Stark's mother, Olga Tschechova Read More

Ein Liebesroman Im Hause Habsburg

Actors: Paul Otto, Paul Richter, Karl Ludwig Diehl, Fritz Alberti, Paul Wegener

Synopsis: The music of Johann Strauss counterbalances the various intrigues in Ein Liebesroman im Hause Habsburg (A Romance in the House of Hapsburg). Karl Ludwig Diehl stars as military activist Johann Salvador, who plots to place Austro-Hungarian Prince Rudolph (Paul Richter) on the Bulgarian throne. This Read More

Episode

Actors: Paula Wessely, Karl Ludwig Diehl, Otto Tressler

Synopsis: In this Austrian romantic comedy, set in old Vienna, a young girl attempts to support herself and her elderly mother. She meets a kindly art dealer who offers to help her, but unfortunately, she questions his motives. She then meets the tutor of the dealer's two sons, an ex-officer. Confusion Read More

Unsichtbare Front

Actors: Trude von Molo, Jack Mylong-Muenz, Theodor Loos, Karl Ludwig Diehl

Zirkus Leben

Actors: Liane Haid, Oscar Marion, Rolf von Goth, Karl Ludwig Diehl

Secret Agent

Synopsis: Romance and espionage intermingle in this WW I drama that centers on an Austrian officer who falls in love with an Italian woman and later discovers that she is an enemy agent. Soon he becomes a double agent and joins her. Unfortunately, he does not seem to be very good at espionage as she saves Read More

Spione Am Werk

Actors: Brigitte Helm, Karl Ludwig Diehl, Eduard von Winterstein, Oscar Homolka, Ernst Dumcke

Schuss im Morgengrauen

Actors: Heinz Salfner, Karl Ludwig Diehl, Theodor Loos, Fritz Odemar

Synopsis: A robbery and a betrayal begin this convoluted crime drama. Following a robbery, jewel thieves Dr. Sandegg and Klotz demand that the corrupt jeweler behind their latest heist give them a bigger cut of the take, but he cannot as he has already spent the loot. Instead, he gives them the key to his Read More

Rasputin

Actors: Conrad Veidt, Paul Otto, Hermine Sterler

Synopsis: This version of the notorious Russian monk/charlatan's life, presents Rasputin, not as an evil manipulator of the czar's family, but as more of a victim. The story begins in a tiny village where he miraculously healed peasants. He is then taken to court to treat the czarina's hemophiliac son, but Read More

Scampolo, ein Kind der Strasse

Actors: Madeleine Ozeray, Dolly Haas, Karl Ludwig Diehl, Oska Sima, Marcel André, Paul Hoerbiger, Hedwig Bleibtreu

Zwei in Einem Auto

Actors: Karl Ludwig Diehl, Magda Schneider, Richard Romanowsky, Ernst Verebes, Kurt Gerron

Die Koenigin Einer Nacht

Actors: Friedl Haerlin, Adele Sandrock, Walter Janssen, Karl Ludwig Diehl

Synopsis: Die Koenigen einer Nacht was based on a novel by Alfred Machard. The title translates as Queen of a Night, which is the lofty status thrust upon heroine Friedl Haerlin. Despite the fact that she is not in the least bit queenly, Haerlin manages to convince her fans that she is indeed a beautiful Read More

Im Geheimdienst

Actors: Brigitte Helm, Willy Fritsch, Oscar Homolka, Theodor Loos, Karl Ludwig Diehl

Synopsis: Allegedly based on a true story, Im Geheimdienst (Secret Service) takes place during WWI. German spy Willy Fritsch, posing as an American violinist, manages to move within the uppermost circles of Russian society with impunity. He inveigles Brigitte Helm, the wife of Russian general Oscar Homolka Read More

Der Zinker

Actors: Lissi Arna, Karl Ludwig Diehl, Fritz Rasp, Paul Hoerbiger

Synopsis: Der Zinker (To Squeal) was based on The Squeaker, a mystery play by Edgar Wallace. The hero is a Scotland Yard detective who poses as an ex-convict. It's all part of a strategy to capture a notorious and elusive fence known as "The Squeaker," who cloaks his criminal activities behind a facade of Read More

The Copper

Actors: Charlotte Susa, Hans Albers

Synopsis: Der Greifer translates as The Copper -- and, yes, this is a detective yarn. Hero Hans Albers, representing Scotland Yard, mingles with the cream of British society to bring a murderer to justice. Greeting everyone, friend and foe alike, with the same off-handed cheerfulness, Albers is able to put Read More

The Love Waltz

Actors: Lilian Harvey, John Batten, Willy Fritsch, Georg Alexander

Synopsis: Originally Liebeswalzer, this German operetta was the third talkie vehicle for the effervescent Lillian Harvey. The plot is a typical Graustarkian affair, with Princess Eva (Harvey) preparing to marry a duke whom she's never met. Getting cold feet, the duke ducks the wedding, persuading a handsome Read More

Liebeswalzer

Actors: Julia Serda, Lilian Harvey, Karl Ludwig Diehl, George Alexander

Rosenmontag

Actors: Gertrud Arnold, Eduard von Winterstein

Synopsis: Rosenmontag (U.S. title: Carnival's End) was based on the novel of the same name by Otto Erich Hartlebein. Thanks to ugly gossip, a young Army lieutenant is convinced that his sweetheart is an unfaithful trollop. He becomes engaged to another woman then marches off to war, having promised to Read More