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Synopsis: In this East German Drama, a soldier volunteers to be a medical guinea pig for army doctors. His only joy in life is spending time with his girl friend. In the end, the cruel doctors tease him into killing her. Later he is hung for his crime. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide Read More
Actors: Horst Buchholz, Liselotte Pulver, Ingrid Andree, Susi Nicoletti, Paul Dahlke
Synopsis: Confessions of Felix Krull was adapted from the last novel by German author Thomas Mann. Horst Buchholtz stars as a German soldier sent to Paris during World War I. He casts aside his uniform and gets a job as an elevator operator. A handsome lug, Buchholtz is pursued by virtually every female who Read More
Actors: Gertrud Kückelmann, Gunnar Moeller, Paul Hoerbiger, Paul Henckels
Synopsis: Adapted from a novel by W. F. Fischelscher, The Dancing Heart combines music, dance, whimsy and fantasy. Herta Staal plays Annchen, who hopes to save her toymaker father from losing his shop. To that end, she ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide Read More
Actors: Dieter Borsche, Ruth Leuwerik, Herbert Hübner, Lil Dagover, Paul Bildt
Synopsis: Koenigliche Hoheit (His Royal Highness) was adapted from a novel by Thomas Mann -- who, according to all reports, was pleased with the film version. Ruth Leuwerick stars as an American heiress raised in Europe. She falls in love with Dieter Borsch, a handsome but shy German prince. Their romance Read More
Actors: Eva Kerbler, Charles Chaplin, Jr., Paul Westermeier, Carl Wery
Synopsis: Two of Charlie Chaplin's talented offspring -- Charles Jr. and Sidney -- make a rare joint appearance in the German comedy Columbus Entdeckt Kraehwinkel (Columbus Discovers Kraehwinkel). The Chaplin boys play a couple of American ex-GIs who return to the tiny Teutonic village of Kraehwinkel after Read More
Actors: Erich Ponto, Paul Henckels, Erwin Biegel
Synopsis: It must be noted that the "Paul Verhoeven" credited with the direction of the German Palace Scandal is not the current Dutch director of Robocop and Basic Instinct fame. Now that that's been established, on to the plot. Set in the 19th century, this amiable comedy stars Elfie Meyerhoffer as Read More
Actors: Karin Hardt, Hans Söhnker, Hans Thimig, Ernst Legal
Synopsis: Like the title says, "every woman has a secret," especially Annemarie Kolper (Karin Hardt). Upon finding an abandoned train ticket, Annemarie decides to take a trip to Baden-Baden. Here she is assumed to be a young heiress, who'd thrown away the ticket rather than marry a man she didn't love. Read More
Actors: Jenny Jugo, Richard Romanowsky, Friedrich Benfer, Hans Zesch-Ballot
Synopsis: The English-language title of this German period comedy is A Night With the Emperor -- and it's not a Marx Brothers film. The time is the early 19th century: ambitious young actress Lisa Grossinger (Jenny Jugo) tries to advance her career by romancing Napoleon Bonaparte (Hans Zesch-Ballot) and Read More
Actors: Luise Ullrich, Paul Hoerbiger, Theo Lingen, Genia Nikolajeva
Synopsis: Lessons in Love is the streamlined English-language title for this musical farce. It's another story of romantic misunderstandings and misinterpretations, replete with disguise scenes and indignant renunciations. During the course of the story, hero Alois Weinberl (Paul Horbiger) finds it Read More
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
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
Actors: Paul Beckers, Paul Richter
Synopsis: Paul Becker stars as Carl Tiempe, a lovable old village "schustermister," or shoemaker. Despite his spotless reputation and scores of friends, Carl is accused of stealing a valuable set of spoons. When he finds that no one will listen to his side of the story, the old cobbler decides to play Read More
Actors: Jenny Jugo, Otto Tressler, Olga Limburg, Renee Stobrawa
Synopsis: Maedchenjahre Einer Koenigen translates as The Girlhood of a Queen -- the queen in question being young British regent Victoria. As played by Jennie Jugo, Victoria is hardly prepared for the responsibilities attending her ascension to the throne at age 18. But she learns quickly, thanks in great Read More
Actors: Beniamino Gigli, Kaethe von Nagy, Paul Henckels, Harald Paulsen, Erna Berger
Synopsis: Ave Maria was the second film-starring vehicle for legendary operatic tenor Beniamino Gigli. Mourning the loss of the only woman he ever loved, concert singer Tino Dossi (Gigli) is temporarily shaken from his doldrums by vivacious Montmartre entertainer Claudette (Kaethe Von Nagy). Dossi doesn't Read More
Actors: Heinrich George, Karin Hardt, Paul Henckels, Albert Lieven
Synopsis: The "7 Aufrechten" ("Seven Righteous Men") of the title are a septet of elderly Swiss gentleman who've taken a vow of eternal friendship. En masse, the seven set out into the world to preach a doctrine of love and peace. Curiously, however, these benevolent oldsters are dead-set against the Read More
Synopsis: Dream of the Rhine is the English-language title of this easygoing romantic comedy. German-born Jupp Steinweg (Schroeder-Schromm) returns to Der Fatherland after several years in America. He arrives with two servants, who are instantly inveigled into a pick-pocketing scheme. This comic subplot is Read More
Actors: Georg Alexander, Paul Henckels, Adele Sandrock
Synopsis: Der Stoerfried (The Troublemaker) was adapted from a popular turn-of-the-century German stage play. The title character, played by Adele Sandrock, is the gorgonlike mother-in-law of hapless hero George Alexander. Moving in on her daughter and son-in-law, Sandrock quickly makes a shambles of the Read More
Actors: Luis Trenker, Maria Andergast, Berti Schultes
Synopsis: "Mountain-film" specialist Luis Trenker plies his trade with his usual expertise in the Austrian Velorene Sohn (Prodigal Son). Trenker himself plays the leading role of Tonia Feuersinger, a Tyrolean mountaineer bound and determined to scale the American Rockies. He also wants to journey to the Read More
Actors: Paul Hartmann, Charlotte Susa, Paul Henckels, Dr. Philip Manning
Synopsis: Paul Hartmann stars as businessman Bernhard Fredersen, who tries to make a go of his inherited business in South Africa. When Fredersen begins losing his eyesight, he is deserted by friends, business associates, and clients; only his wife, Agnes (Charlotte Susa), remains faithfully by his side. Read More
Actors: Szoke Szakall, Jenny Jugo, Hermann Thimig, Heinrich Schroth, Berthe Ostyn
Actors: Rudolf Klein-Rogge, Otto Wernicke, Gustav Diessl, Wera Liessem
Synopsis: Fritz Lang directed this sequel to his nearly four-hour Dr. Mabuse silent of 1922 (often shown in two parts, Dr. Mabuse: Der Spieler/The Gambler and Dr. Mabuse: King of Crime). The film opens with Detective Hofmeister (Karl Meixner) spying on the activities of a criminal syndicate. Not realizing Read More
Actors: Hermann Speelmans, Camilla Spira, Eduard von Winterstein, Paul Henckels, Eugen Rex
Actors: Heinrich George, Peter Voss, Paul Henckels, Albert Lieven
Synopsis: Reifende Jugend was a variation on the 1933 film hit Maedchen in Uniform, minus the homosexual subtext (after all, Hitler was now in power!) The basic storyline concentrates on the boarding-school training of clean-limned, Aryan youth, all for the greater good of the Fatherland. Heroine Elfriede (Hertha Thiele Read More
Synopsis: Also known as Unholy Tales, the German-made Tales of the Uncanny is a talking-picture homage to the impressionistic "nightmare" films of the German silent cinema. In the manner of the later British Dead of Night, several horror stories are linked together with a central set of characters. Paul Wegener Read More
Actors: Lucie Englisch, Ralph Arthur Roberts, Fritz Schulz, Paul Hoerbiger, Paul Henckels, Alexander Mursky
Synopsis: The title translates as Unfaithful Eckehart, and indeed Dr. Eckart Bleitreu (Ralph A. Roberts) is cheating on his loving wife (Luize Englisch). To throw his wife off his scent, Bleitreu claims that it's his brother-in-law Fritz (Fritz Schulz) who is the philanderer. The doctor's deception Read More
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
Actors: Paul Wegener, Harald Paulsen, Mary Parker, Gerhard Bienert
Actors: Heinz Rühmann, Anton Walbrook, Eugen Burg, Ferdinand Von Alten
Synopsis: Der Stolz der 3. Kompagnie (Pride of the Third Company) is set amongst the ranks of the Prussian army. All the standard "military" cliches are in attendance, including the heroic coward, the cowardly hero, the young husband who dies just after learning he's a father, and the rest. Heinz Ruhmann Read More
Actors: Max Adalbert, Gustav Froehlich, Harald Paulsen, Camilla Spira, Paul Henckels
Synopsis: Mein Leopold was based on the long-running play by A. L'Arronge, originally written in the 1870s. Max Adelbert plays a wealthy old Berlin shoe manufacturer who sacrifices all for the sake of his son Leopold (Harald Paulsen). The boy repays his father's devotion by behaving like a thorough bounder Read More
Actors: Hans Albers, Anna Sten, Ida Wuest, Rachel Devirys
Synopsis: Despite its title, the German musical comedy Bomben auf Monte Carlo is not a war picture -- not in the traditional sense, anyway. Hans Albers stars as a naval captain from a small, mythical kingdom who heads to his consulate in Monte Carlo, complaining that neither he nor his crew have received Read More
Actors: Lilian Harvey, Willy Fritsch, Ralph Arthur Roberts, Heinz Rühmann
Synopsis: Einbrecher (Burglars) is a vehicle for Lillian Harvey and Willy Fritsch, designed as a follow-up to their copacetic pairing in Drei von der Tankstelle. Like most operettas of this nature, the plot is the film's least important element. The story has something to do with an ingenuous young bride Read More
Actors: Max Adalbert, Emilia Unda, Evelyn Holt, Heins Koenecke
Synopsis: Das Ekel translates as The Grouch; in any language, it's an apt description of curmudgeonly protagonist Adalbert Bulcke (Max Adelbert). A small-town bureaucrat, Bulcke carries his officious, obstreperous manner into his own home. His dictatorial edicts are subtly challenged by Quitt (Heinz Read More
Synopsis: In this German comedy, an enterprising American uncle comes from Chicago goes to the tiny town of Groditzkirchen to make a fortune on credit even though he only has $10 to his name. To do so, he enlists the aide of a bank clerk and begins posing as a millionaire. The bank clerk is aware that it's Read More
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Actors: Camilla Horn, Theodor Loos, Harry Frank, Paul Kemp, Paul Henckels
Synopsis: The "great yearning" of the title refers to the desire of heroine Camilla Horn to become a famous movie star. Fortunately, director Theodor Loos happens to be combing the countryside, searching for "something new" to put before the cameras. He discovers Horn, and the rest can be filled in by the Read More
Actors: Friedl Haerlin, Max Adalbert, Hermann Blass
Synopsis: Das Gestohlene Gesicht (The Stolen Face) is an old-fashioned detective yarn given credence by its talented cast. A set of peculiar circumstances force the heroine of the story to assume the identity of another woman. When a murder occurs, the wrong person is held responsible, and it is up to a Read More
Actors: Adele Sandrock, Paul Henckels, Karl Ettlinger, Ludwig Stossel, Oska Sima
Synopsis: After completing his searing antiwar drama Westfront 1918, director G. W. Pabst shifted gears with the romantic seriocomedy Skandal um Eva (Scandalous Eva). Upon learning that her fiancee, the Minister of Finance, has fathered a child, schoolteacher Eva (Adele Sandrock) brings the kid to her home Read More
Actors: Walter Rilia, Gösta Ekman
Actors: Henny Porten, Paul Henckels, Ernst Stahl-Nachbaur
Synopsis: Hot on the heels of her dual-role tour de force in Kohlhisel's Tochters, German comedienne Henny Porten went dramatic -- with a vengeance! -- in Mutterliebe (Mother Love). After five years' marriage, poor Maria (Porten) is still childless. In frustration, her husband strays from home and hearth Read More
Synopsis: American actress June Marlowe's fluency in the German language served her well in such Teutonic film dramas as Durchs Brendburger Tor (Brandenburg Arch). Marlowe stars as a shoemaker's daughter who falls in love with one of her father's employees. When her sweetheart is reported killed in WWI, she Read More
Actors: Werner Krauss, Albert Basserman
Synopsis: Napoleon auf St. Helena was the next-to-last film of director Lupu-Pick, who died by his own hand in 1931. Werner Krauss is a physically inappropriate choice for the role of Napoleon, though he plays the part with his usual consummate skill. This study of Napoleon's last days in exile doesn't Read More
Actors: Gina Manès, Hans Adalbert von Schlettow, Wolfgang Zilzer
Synopsis: Jacques Feyder's 1928 adaptation of Emile Zola's Therese Raquin was also released in Germany as Du Sollst Nicht Ehe Brechen and in the U.S. as Shadows of Fear. Produced in Berlin, with Gina Manes in the title role, the film is regarded by many cineastes as Feyder's best effort. The director Read More
Synopsis: Liebfraumilch was co-produced by its star, popular German actress Henny Porten, and its director, Gustav Froelich. As suggested by its title, the film is set amidst one of those Rhine wine festivals so beloved of German filmmakers. Returning to comedy after several negligible dramatic roles Read More
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