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Fridericus Rex - 4. Teil: Schicksalswende (1923)
Character: Madame de Pompadour
The last part of Fridericus Rex's main focus is entirely on the battle after years of conflict with Austria, which allied itself with France and Russia finally opens against Prussia in 1756 in the Seven Years War.
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Corinna Schmidt (1951)
Character: Jenny Treibel
Berlin in 1878: Corinna Schmidt, who was brought up in a petit-bourgeois, academic family, is romantically interested in Leopold Treibel, the son of the lordly councillor of commerce Jenny Treibel – although Corinna is also deeply in love with her cousin Marcel. Leopold is also falling for cute Corinna, and Jenny Treibel tries to prevent their friendship by all means, but changes her opinion when their secret engagement becomes public. To avoid a scandal, she urges them to marry quickly. But Corinna soon withdraws from this complicated situation and again turns to her cousin, who is banished from the country for his social democratic beliefs.
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Am Ende der Welt (1947)
Character: Corinna Valaine
Old Bell, owner of the sawmill and the surrounding forests in a remote place “at the end of the world,” died twenty years ago. Since then, the down-to-earth and nature-loving Michael March has been the sawmill’s manager. Then Bell’s daughter Roberta comes to him and demands a large sum from the estate, which she plans to use to open a cabaret in the city and perform as a singer herself.
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Der grüne Domino (1935)
Character: Lulu Mielke
The film The Green Domino is adapted from the 1933 stage play Der Fall Claasen by German dramatist Erich Ebermayer, whose works often examined criminal cases and moral dilemmas. Ebermayer's play, premiered at Vienna's Akademietheater, centers on a mysterious figure linked to a green domino mask during a pivotal event, blending elements of intrigue and personal reckoning.
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Jakko (1941)
Character: Soubrette
In this Nazi propaganda film, a troubled young boy joins the Hitler Naval Youth, where he finds meaning and purpose in his life.
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Der Fall Brenken (1934)
Character: Fräulein Bomst
Shots fall at night at Gussersee Hotel. Hermann Brenken, general manager of a large company, is attacked. Newspapers hype up the case and offer a reward for its clarification.
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Die kleine Sklavin (1928)
Character: Meta Strippe
Lili, an unfortunate foster child, has a series of near misses and falls in love.
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Madame wünscht keine Kinder (1926)
Character: N/A
Playboy Paul Le Barroy, weds Elyane Parizot because he is ready for children, and his mistress, Louise Bonvin, is not. After the honeymoon, Elyane informs Paul that she doesn’t want children, either. When Paul leaves her, Elyane blames Louise and confronts the ex-mistress with a gun.
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Laster der Menschheit (1927)
Character: N/A
Tamara becomes addicted to cocaine but hides from her daughter by moving in with the dealer Mangol. The father tells his daughter that her mother has died, but years later the daughter rediscovers her mother appearing on stage. Mangol pursues the daughter, but Tamara intervenes before dying amongst family members.
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Das Geheimnis der roten Katze (1949)
Character: Laura
In the dive bar "Rote Katze," unemployed actor André is mistaken for a gang leader, whose charm attracts the interest of Gloria, the daughter of US jeweler Jefferson, who is said to have just acquired the famous "Halifax" diamond. The crook Pitou is also interested in the diamond and tries to ingratiate himself with the Jeffersons. When Pitou sees Gloria with the supposed gang leader André, he believes that André might also be after the "Halifax" and wants to confront him on the spot.
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Die lieben Verwandten (1955)
Character: Alwine Zehböck
As a prank and out of curiosity, a childless landowner fakes his death. The greedy relatives who rush to the castle find themselves faced with an original will clause. It provides for an election act from which the testator's illegitimate daughter emerges as the winner.
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Ist mein Mann nicht fabelhaft? (1933)
Character: Frau Windisch
Trying to impress his wife, a newly-wed office clerk makes up a story about being promoted to manager of a record-company.
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Unter den Sternen von Capri (1953)
Character: N/A
A comedy about a white yacht and four attractive young women who want to impress a sailing club with their seaworthiness. A fifth "girl" turns out to be a photo reporter in disguise, who joins the voyage instead of his sister in order to get ahead professionally. Two of the women eventually get hitched.
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Der blaue Strohhut (1949)
Character: Frau Kammersänger
Pretty hat-saleswoman Lola wants nothing more than to become an operetta singer. Unfortunately, it isn't so easy to make it in the music business. Operetta diva Isabella, on the other hand, is sick and tired of performing and leaves the stage, despite the fact that her partner begs her to stay, because without her he can't premiere his latest work on the stage.
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Mädchenräuber (1936)
Character: Frau des Hippodrombesitzers
Pat and Patachon stage a kidnapping in hopes of uniting their friend Erik with his love interest Lissy.
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Der Juxbaron (1927)
Character: Fränze
The film follows the comic (mis)adventures of a poor street musician, who is roped into posing as an eccentric nobleman. He and his antics are rapturously received by the members of a bourgeois family desperate to mingle with the aristocracy. The daughter of the family takes a fancy to the baron (in reality, merely a “joke baron”), assuming him to be immensely wealthy.
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Flitterwochen (1928)
Character: N/A
Newlyweds Käthe and Max met while studying law. Trouble ensues when Max takes on his first case without telling his wife.
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Der Sträfling aus Stambul (1929)
Character: Jola Zezi
Zezi, on being released from prison for smuggling, is ordered to leave the country. His incarceration has not lessened his craving for female society, but he finds his mistress false. A young girl, trying to sell vacuum-cleaners, calls at his home. Half-starved, she collapses. The blackleg’s heart is touched, and he befriends her. Gratitude on her side develops to love. Though she takes the place of the false one, she urges the man to marry her. This he does, though he has a wife, from whom he is separated.
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Jonny rettet Nebrador (1953)
Character: Madame Dubouche
The story centers on Jonny, who is stranded in the fictional South American republic of Nebrador after being discovered as a stowaway en route to inherit a ranch elsewhere; due to his striking resemblance to Governor Oronta, he is coerced into impersonating the leader to shield him from assassination attempts amid a brewing revolution.
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Johann Strauss, k. u. k. Hofkapellmeister (1932)
Character: N/A
Viennese Waltz or Johann Strauss, Royal and Imperial Court Musician is a 1932 German historical musical film directed by Conrad Wiene and starring Michael Bohnen, Lee Parry and Paul Hörbiger.
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Das gefährliche Alter (1927)
Character: Lilly Wellmann
The gorgeous 40-year-old Elsie Lindtner lives in a beautiful house, and is married to a respectable university professor. And yet, there’s something that nags her. She’s about to reach “the dangerous age”, when beauty begins to fade and boredom kicks in. She falls in love with a younger man and divorces her husband, but ends up hiding away in a country house where she can age in secret. (Stumfilm.dk)
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Smaragden - Geschichte (1956)
Character: Duchess of Edgestone
A cunning jewel thief has been giving Scotland Yard Inspector Grey a hard time for a long time. Nobody suspects that the man keeping the police on their toes is the likeable Roger Edgeston, the son of the Duke of the same name. When the shrewd crook meets the enchanting Jennifer Lindsey on a cozy summer night, fate takes its course, as the charming young lady also engages in criminal activities in her spare time and acts as a blackmailer. In the course of the evening, the duke's son is forced to realize that love is not only blind, but also careless when it comes to his illegal activities.
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Nachts im Grünen Kakadu (1957)
Character: Faktotum Frl. Koldewey
The inhibited, uptight Irene Wagner must take over running the seedy dance club the Green Cockatoo or lose her classic dance studio to creditors.
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Auf Wiedersehn am blauen Meer (1962)
Character: Bonny
Cupid's arrow strikes Andreas, a hunter by profession, quite unexpectedly when he meets the sophisticated Italian Manuela, who has inherited a castle in his hometown. It is love at first sight for both of them. Manuela invites her admirer to come with her to Italy. A charming romance in which even the setting is enough to fall in love with.
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Die Geschichte vom kleinen Muck (1953)
Character: Ahavzi
An old man living in an oriental city tells the story of his life to a group of kids: He too was once a young boy by the name of Little Muck - much like them, but with better manners and a heap of problems. Having lost his father at early age, little Muck is expelled from home by his greedy relatives. He wanders off into the desert hoping to find the merchant who sells good fortune. Amidst the dunes of sand he comes across a small house owned by a wicked woman and her many cats. She wants to make Little Muck her servant, but he manages to escape by stealing a pair of magic shoes which enable him to run faster than any man in the country. From there he heads right into the next set of challenges...
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Stürme der Leidenschaft (1932)
Character: Yvonne
Two inspiration sources appear clearly: contemporary American gangster movies and Alfred Döblin’s novel Berlin Alexanderplatz (1929).
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Alraune (1952)
Character: Gräfin Wolkonska
In the 1800s, a stormy love relationship develops quickly between a young medical student and a woman believing herself to be the daughter of his scientist uncle, the student having never heard of her before their chance encounter and both unaware that she is the result of the scientist's illegal experiments with artificial insemination..
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Manon Lescaut (1926)
Character: Claire
A French adventurer fights to save a woman in the life of prostitution.
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Briefträger Müller (1953)
Character: Tante Anna
Postman Titus Müller returns from his daily rounds with a letter that will change the course of his modest provincial existence.
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Sein bester Freund (1937)
Character: Emmi Gärtner
Remake of a 1929 German film by the same title about a man and a police dog.
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Varieté (1925)
Character: Zuschauerin im Varieté
Murderer “Boss” Huller—after having spent ten years in prison—breaks his silence to tell the warden his story.
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Ein blonder Traum (1932)
Character: Illustrierte Ilse
Rival window cleaners Willy I and Willy 2 befriend Jou-Jou, an aspiring dancer, who has been tricked out of money by a con-man posing as an American movie mogul, and together they turn an old railway carriage into a "Villa Hollywood" for her.
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