German writer-director Til Schweiger's romantic comedy Barefoot (Barfuss) concerns itself with the plight of Nick Keller...
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2005
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Robert Mitchum's is seen in one of his last performances in this Norwegian drama about four lifelong friends. After Carl...
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1998
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1995
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Concocted with a flair for the kind of mystery once captured in the best silent films, this engaging suspense story concerns...
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Dr. Feuillade
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1986
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Maria Schneider is Michele, a young student sculptress assigned to look after the kidnapped baby of her ex-lover. She and the...
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Lotte
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1975
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Elvira
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1972
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A joint venture between Italian and German production companies, this meandering horror mess stars Alex Cord and...
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1972
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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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Marion Xylander
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1970
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The German Seventeen and Anxious was also released as O Happy Day. The film's alternate title is a reference to a popular...
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1970
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This drama, based on Alexander Dumas' novel, chronicles the doomed love between Lord Horatio Nelson and the scandalous Lady...
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1969
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1966
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Jean-Paul Belmondo is a lovable lothario who delights in his womanizing ways in this ribald comedy adventure. When two women...
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Baroness Minna von Strasshofer
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1966
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In this crime drama, two middle-aged gangsters attempt to run an international smuggling ring and begin looking for new...
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Irene
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1966
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This exciting adventure provides an interesting look into the manufacture and trafficking of opium and heroin. The original...
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1966
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1965
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This drama is taken from Thomas Mann's 1903 semi-autobiographical novel. Tonio (Jean Claude Brialy) is an aspiring writer and...
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Lisaweta Iwanowna
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1965
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Stanislas (Jean Marais) is a wealthy and well-heeled French secret agent who is called out of retirement for another mission...
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Benedicte
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1965
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This overdone German film relies on a repetitive plot centered around bedroom antics worthy of daytime dramas. A call girl...
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Geschiedene Frau
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1963
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Co-produced and directed by Kurt Hoffmann, one of Germany's most prolific post-war directors, this drama was based on a...
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Billie
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1963
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Romance, sex, and marriage are the themes of this episodic Italian comedy. The first of the four vignettes, "The Women"...
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1962
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Set in an old German castle where an elderly paterfamilias lies on his deathbed, this conventional murder mystery by director...
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Myra
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1962
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Lulu
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1962
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1961
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A police inspector on the trail of the murderer of a nightclub owner falls for the dead man's drug-addicted mistress. He...
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1961
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While this effective film may ostensibly be a thriller about the robbery of an armored vehicle, considerable black comedy...
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Ginny
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1961
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This standard melodrama by director Robert Siodmak, active in Germany, France, and the U.S., is nuanced with shades of film...
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Nina B
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1961
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1960
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Labyrinth by director Rolf Thiele is aptly titled, since viewers may find the story itself labyrinthian, in that it is hard...
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Georgei
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1959
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In this crime drama, a criminal mastermind and his gang plan to rob the Bank of Belgium during the Brussels Exposition as...
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Vicky
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1959
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Thomas Mann's sprawling German novel Buddenbrooks could hardly be confined to a "conventional" film length, thus it's no...
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1959
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After spending most of the 1950s in Europe, writer/director Robert Siodmak filmed his only picture in England: The Rough and...
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Ila Hansen
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1959
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1959
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A romantic comedy about boys chasing girls and girls chasing boys without quite knowing who is best for whom. German...
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1959
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This nonsensical swashbuckler stars Jean Marais as a "lovable rogue" named LaTour. Generally loyal to no one but himself, La...
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1958
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Originally Das Madchen Rosemarie, this German "musical tragedy" has a lot in common with the Bertold Brecht/Kurt Weill...
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Rosemary
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1958
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As France's conflicts with Austria grow, 18th century travelers find themselves entangled in the mess. ~ Rovi...
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1958
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Director Giles Grangier adapted the screenplay of Les Desordre et la Nuit from his own novel. Jean Gabin stars as Vallois, a...
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Lucky
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1958
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An espionage romp inspired by a dying man brings a spy out of retirement in this crime film. ~ Rovi...
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1958
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1957
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1957
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1956
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1956
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This movie takes place during the premiere of Mozart's Die Zauberfloete (The Magic Flute). Not really depicting his entire...
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Aloysia Weber
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1956
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1955
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1955
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1955
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1954
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1953
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Like many of its Hollywood counterparts, the German all-star musical Schlagerparade (Hit Parade) is more memorable for its...
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Sherry Sommer
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1953
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1953
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This Austrian comedy has a plotline that would never pass muster in these days of political correctness. O.W. Fischer plays a...
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1949
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