In this East German Drama, a soldier volunteers to be a medical guinea pig for army doctors. His only joy in life is...
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1962
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1958
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1957
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1956
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1956
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1956
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Adapted from a novel by W. F. Fischelscher, The Dancing Heart combines music, dance, whimsy and fantasy. Herta Staal plays...
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Haberling
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1955
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Two of Charlie Chaplin's talented offspring -- Charles Jr. and Sidney -- make a rare joint appearance in the German comedy...
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1954
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Koenigliche Hoheit (His Royal Highness) was adapted from a novel by Thomas Mann -- who, according to all reports, was pleased...
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1954
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1952
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1949
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It must be noted that the "Paul Verhoeven" credited with the direction of the German Palace Scandal is not the current Dutch...
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Emil Knips
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1949
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1949
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1942
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1942
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1940
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1939
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1939
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Lessons in Love is the streamlined English-language title for this musical farce. It's another story of romantic...
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1937
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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 Caversham
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1937
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1937
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Like the title says, "every woman has a secret," especially Annemarie Kolper (Karin Hardt). Upon finding an abandoned train...
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1937
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The English-language title of this German period comedy is A Night With the Emperor -- and it's not a Marx Brothers film. The...
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1937
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Maedchenjahre Einer Koenigen translates as The Girlhood of a Queen -- the queen in question being young British regent...
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1936
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Ave Maria was the second film-starring vehicle for legendary operatic tenor Beniamino Gigli. Mourning the loss of the only...
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Amadeus Winkler
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1936
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Paul Becker stars as Carl Tiempe, a lovable old village "schustermister," or shoemaker. Despite his spotless reputation and...
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1936
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Schabernack (Hoax) gets under way when heroine Eva (Trude Marlen) finds herself too broke to open her hotel for the season....
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1936
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The "7 Aufrechten" ("Seven Righteous Men") of the title are a septet of elderly Swiss gentleman who've taken a vow of eternal...
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Hediger
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1935
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Der Stoerfried (The Troublemaker) was adapted from a popular turn-of-the-century German stage play. The title character,...
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1935
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1935
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Dream of the Rhine is the English-language title of this easygoing romantic comedy. German-born Jupp Steinweg...
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1935
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1934
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Paul Hartmann stars as businessman Bernhard Fredersen, who tries to make a go of his inherited business in South Africa. When...
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Petermann, Procurist
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1934
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1933
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Reifende Jugend was a variation on the 1933 film hit Maedchen in Uniform, minus the homosexual subtext (after all, Hitler was...
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Dr. Heppt
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1933
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1933
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Fritz Lang directed this sequel to his nearly four-hour Dr. Mabuse silent of 1922 (often shown in two parts, Dr. Mabuse: Der...
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1933
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Der Stolz der 3. Kompagnie (Pride of the Third Company) is set amongst the ranks of the Prussian army. All the standard...
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1932
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The title translates as Unfaithful Eckehart, and indeed Dr. Eckart Bleitreu (Ralph A. Roberts) is cheating on his loving wife...
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Apel
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1932
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1932
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Mein Leopold was based on the long-running play by A. L'Arronge, originally written in the 1870s. Max Adelbert plays a...
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Zernickov
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1932
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1932
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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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Also known as Unholy Tales, the German-made Tales of the Uncanny is a talking-picture homage to the impressionistic...
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1932
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Das Ekel translates as The Grouch; in any language, it's an apt description of curmudgeonly protagonist Adalbert Bulcke (Max...
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1931
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The "great yearning" of the title refers to the desire of heroine Camilla Horn to become a famous movie star. Fortunately,...
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Dialogue Writer, Director Klieht
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1931
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1931
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In this German comedy, an enterprising American uncle comes from Chicago goes to the tiny town of Groditzkirchen to make a...
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1931
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Despite its title, the German musical comedy Bomben auf Monte Carlo is not a war picture -- not in the traditional sense,...
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1931
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Einbrecher (Burglars) is a vehicle for Lillian Harvey and Willy Fritsch, designed as a follow-up to their copacetic pairing...
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1931
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1930
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1930
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1930
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Das Gestohlene Gesicht (The Stolen Face) is an old-fashioned detective yarn given credence by its talented cast. A set of...
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1930
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After completing his searing antiwar drama Westfront 1918, director G. W. Pabst shifted gears with the romantic seriocomedy...
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1930
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1930
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Hot on the heels of her dual-role tour de force in Kohlhisel's Tochters, German comedienne Henny Porten went dramatic -- with...
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Malthusen
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1929
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1929
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1929
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American actress June Marlowe's fluency in the German language served her well in such Teutonic film dramas as Durchs...
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1929
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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...
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1929
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Jacques Feyder's 1928 adaptation of Emile Zola's Therese Raquin was also released in Germany as Du Sollst Nicht Ehe Brechen...
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1928
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Liebfraumilch was co-produced by its star, popular German actress Henny Porten, and its director, Gustav Froelich. As...
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1928
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1923
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