Comedy from Germany is featured in six short pieces; Der Buerobote, Auf Fluegeln des Gesangs, Im Warenhaus, Mach der Poesie,...
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1984
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1977
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1972
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This German comedy is a starring vehicle for beloved entertainer Peter Alexander. Here he plays a school teacher who has a...
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1972
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1971
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1971
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1971
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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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Professor Grey
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1970
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This comedy finds a group of students playing a practical joke on the school director (Theo Lingen). His twin brother Taft...
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Taft, School Director
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1970
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Dr. Peter Bach (Peter Alexander) is sent to a city school when his small village school burns down. The liberal and...
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1969
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This situation comedy finds a television reporter posing as a teacher in order to get a story on the younger generation. He...
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School Director
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1969
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A group of children play a game on their island home of Ruegen in the Baltic Sea. They revise an ancient heathen ritual one...
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Senftleben, superintendent
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1968
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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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Knaak
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1965
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Connie Froboess plays the daughter of a millionaire who is a kleptomaniac in this screwball comedy. Her fiance...
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1964
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1964
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The friendship between two rival soldiers provides the basis of this comedy. The tale is set during the Franco-Prussian War...
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1962
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An uneven comedy that opens well and then slows down, Der Teufel Hat Gut Lachen features three tramps, Barbarossa (Max...
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1960
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This fictional story tells of a South American dancer and her daughter who wants to marry a man from Hamburg. Mom decided to...
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1959
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The English-language title of this colorful Austrian operetta is Trees Are Blooming in Vienna. Johanna Matz stars as Lixie...
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Mr. Schindler
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1958
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1957
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1957
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This saucy Austrian comedy-drama is based on the venerable stage play by Gustav Kadelburg. Helga Martin stars as Hedwig, the...
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1957
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Director
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1957
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This comical feature tells the story of Delores, the star showgirl, whose family thinks she works nights as a nurse in a...
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1957
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1957
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1956
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1956
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1956
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A favorite of the church-basement and kiddie-matinee circuit, Heidi und Peter is a sequel to the 1952 adaptation of Johann...
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1955
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Director
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1955
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This follow up to Heidi tells of her adventures with Peter and a flood that threatens their village. ~ Rovi...
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1955
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1953
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1953
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1953
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In this German sci-fi comedy, the chaos begins when an amateur scientist invents a machine to make himself invisible. ~...
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1952
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Unlike previous adaptations of the Johanna Spyri children's classic, this 1952 German-language version of Heidi was lensed on...
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1952
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1951
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1949
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Director
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1948
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This postwar Austrian musical harks back to happier prewar times. Yugoslavian-born singing favorite Elfie Mayerhoffer essays...
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Director
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1947
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Director
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1945
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Director
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1944
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Director
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1943
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1943
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1942
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Director
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1941
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1941
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1941
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Director
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1941
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Director
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1941
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1940
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1940
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1940
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1939
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Popular German stage and screen comedian Theo Lingen handled the directorial reins of Marguerite Drei. The title translates...
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Director
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1939
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1939
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1939
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1938
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The zany German "chase" comedy Diskretion-Ehrensache (Discretion-Word of Honor) was adapted from a novel by Von Hannes Peter...
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Lord Benton
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1938
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1938
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The title Die Entfuehrung translates as The Abduction, but it's a comedy, so no one gets hurt. Marieleuse Claudine plays...
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Justin
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1938
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Emil Sperling
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1938
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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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Melchior Feuerfuchs
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1937
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1937
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Per its title, the plotline of this film is motivated by a counterfeit $50 bill. The funny money is passed to shopgirl...
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Lehman
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1937
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The "gipfelsturmer" ("mountain conqueror") of the title is Franzl, played by Olympic mountain-climbing champion Franz Schmid....
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1937
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By accident or design, two pre-Hitler efforts from German filmmaker Carl Boese were distributed to the U.S. during the same...
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1937
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The Man Who is Talked About is the overly agreeable Toni Mathis (Heinz Ruhmann), a gent constitutionally incapable of saying...
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Hassler
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1937
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Ein Stelldichein im Schwarwald (Rendezvous in the Black Forest) is a curious amalgam of music, romance and slapstick farce....
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Hugo Kuehleman
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1937
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The Austrian musical Premiere showcases the talents of Swedish stage and screen star Zara Leander. It's a backstage drama...
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1937
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Ein Walzer Fuer Dich (A Waltz For You) once again combines the talents of singer Louis Graveure and the ethereally beautiful...
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1936
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1936
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I Am Longing for You is the English-language title of this lugubrious German musical drama. Real-life concert singer Louis...
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Pelle
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1936
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Jan Kiepura and Marta Eggerth, a pair of gifted opera singers who were also husband and wife, were at the height of their...
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Aristide Boupon
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1936
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Axel Nielsen's stage play Kontuschowska was the basis for the German comedy Ein Hoczeitstraum (A Wedding Dream). Ida List...
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Prince Illyria
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1936
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This Hungarian musical comedy (English title: Spring Parade) was produced by Joseph Pasternak, who later remade the picture...
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1934
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Another spin on the life of "waltz king" Joseph Strauss, Walzerkrug (Battle of the Waltzes) is typical of the escapist...
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1933
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1933
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1933
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Hans Fallada's poignant Depression-era novel Klein Mann, Was Nun? was faithfully filmed in Germany in 1933. Young provincial...
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1933
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1933
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1933
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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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Ein Toller Einfall (A 'Phantastic' Idea) features comic actor Max Adelbert as a "poor rich man," who in spite of his...
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1932
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Brigette Helm stars as a disillusioned movie extra who makes a speedy exit from a Viennese movie studio while still wearing...
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1932
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Music, drama and comedy are neatly integrated in this low-key backstage romance. After a lengthy spell of unemployment,...
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1932
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Max Hansen stars as the title character in Der Frauendiplomat (The Ladies' Diplomat). The hero is an Austrian duke with a...
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1932
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Die Firma Heiratet (The Firm Weds) is based on a stage comedy by Walter Turczinsky and Jacques Berg. The plot concerns a...
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Phillips
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1932
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Fritz Lang's classic early talkie crime melodrama is set in 1931 Berlin. The police are anxious to capture an elusive child...
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1931
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1931
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1931
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1931
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(Dolly Macht Karrier) Dolly's Career top-bills the delightful Dolly Haas in the title role. It's a harmless little story...
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Conny Coon
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1930
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The "two neckties" referred to in the title are all that separates the gentlemen from the bums, at least so far as the script...
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1930
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More formerly known as Das Floetenkonzert von Sanssouci, this German historical drama is set during the reign of Prussia's...
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1930
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