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Die verschwundene Miniatur (1954)
Character: Der Kommissar
Master butcher Külz from Hanover meets the young and beautiful Irene Trübner, private secretary to the wealthy art collector Steinhövel, in Copenhagen. She asks him to help her transport a miniature recently acquired by her employer at an auction in Copenhagen to Hanover. The newspaper has just reported on the theft of some of the art objects sold at the same auction and she is afraid of being robbed as well. The two agree that Külz should discreetly give her the miniature at the station the next morning in order to deceive any robbers. However, Miss Irene does not give Mr. Külz the original, but a copy. During the train journey, the miniature is stolen from Mr. Külz...
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Mecki stellt sich vor (1952)
Character: Narrator (voice)
Mecki Introduces Himself - This stop motion puppet film explains the making of animated shorts featuring the character Mecki.
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Taiga (1958)
Character: Engelhardt
A German doctor who is a prisoner of war inspires her compatriots in a Siberian labor camp to regain their courage and confidence in life.
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Anschlag auf Schweda (1935)
Character: Ein Klavierspieler
The student Hans Kessler is suspected of having murdered the banker Hergotin, who has been found dead in his hotel in Zurich. When a search is launched for an unknown woman, who was seen in the hotel at the time of the murder, Hans suddenly confesses to the deed. The prosecution is headed by Schweda and Hans is sentenced to fifteen years in prison. Only afterwards does Regine, Hans' sister, find out about the events. She is convinced that her brother is innocent and is covering for the actual murderer.
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Geliebte Feindin (1955)
Character: Allaine, französischer Konsul
The wife of the English consul in British-occupied Egypt at the turn of the century falls in love with a French foreign legionnaire, and her husband takes advantage of this to spy on secret plans for an uprising instigated by the French. An action by the French in the desert is then bloodily suppressed by the English. The legionnaire survives, but he cannot forgive the woman who loves him for the fact that many of his comrades have died as a result of her betrayal.
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Wenn die Musik nicht wär (1935)
Character: N/A
The great Franz Liszt helps a struggling, unworldly piano tutor advance to a position in Munich, and ward off a villainous foreign competitor for his lady love.
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Brennendes Geheimnis (1977)
Character: Sprecher
A married woman takes her young son to a spa resort in the hope of helping his asthmatic condition. But she falls in love with a dashing baron.
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Paragraph 218 - Wir haben abgetrieben, Herr Staatsanwalt (1971)
Character: N/A
This movie chronicles several pregnant women on their quest to have an abortion. Some got pregnant by accident, others were raped. Sure to offend anti-abortionists, pro-lifers, feminists and chauvinists alike. The portions of the movie that deal with European folk remedies to pregnancy are especially interesting.
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Alarm auf Station III (1939)
Character: Holt
During the Prohibition the US government has been just as successful at stopping drinking as they have been in the War on Drugs. Customs Officer Arne Kolk is determined to stop the alcohol smugglers at any price.
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Peter Pan (1962)
Character: George Darling
Peter Pan is an adolescent boy who has escaped from his parents to the dreamland of Nowhere. Peter is determined to remain a little boy forever; because the adult world does not please him at all. Together with the fairy Tinkerbell, Peter Pan lures the girl Wendy and her two brothers John and Michael to Nowhere, where Peter teaches them to fly. They join forces with the Indians, led by the beautiful Tigerlilly, to fight together against the evil Captain Jack Haken and his wild pirates.
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Anita Drögemöller und die Ruhe an der Ruhr (1976)
Character: N/A
Anita Drögemöller has transformed herself from a small-time street prostitute into a luxury call girl. But one day she finds her former pimp dead in her apartment with a broken neck. Chief Inspector Langensiepen takes up the investigation and discovers an impenetrable web of sex, lies, raison d'état and murder.
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Natascha - Todesgrüsse aus Moskau (1977)
Character: General Rachmanow
Super agents from East and West have 24 hours to foil an assassination attempt on Brezhnev. Together they hunt the terrorist No. 1. The race against the clock shows eerily realistic the practices of the secret services.
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Hausfrauen-Report (1971)
Character: Karl Heimann
A report style film that focuses on salacious episodes of housewives engaging in infidelity.
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Der Hund von Baskerville (1955)
Character: Sherlock Holmes
When a nobleman is threatened by a family curse on his newly inherited estate, Sherlock Holmes is hired to investigate.
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Banditen der Autobahn (1955)
Character: Polizeikommissar Breslau
The film is based on a true story, concerning a series of robberies on the highways of Germany. At the time of the actual events, there was a controversy over whether or not highway patrolmen should be given permission to use firearms against perpetrators.
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Ludwig 1881 (1993)
Character: Hofsekretär von Bürkel
In 1881 Ludwig of Bavaria goes on a cruise on a Swiss lake. He takes with him a famous actor, Josef Kainz, to act out the scenes from a story which took place on the lake, at the actual locations.
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Nachts auf den Straßen (1952)
Character: Klatte, Inhaber der Broadway-Bar
An aging truck driver finds smuggled money and becomes involved with a hijacking crowd.
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Le malizie di Venere (1969)
Character: Heshwan - Horse Breeder
Based on the infamous novel by Leopold Sacher-Masoch this fine film follows the perverted passions of a young couple as Severin watches the beautiful Wanda writhing naked amongst furs. His disturbing peeping tomism triggers off a whirlpool of emotions due to a childhood episode which punishes voyeurism with pain.
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Rommel ruft Kairo (1959)
Character: Major Smith
In 1942 the Germans devised an operation to introduce in Egypt spies to provoke a rebellion against the British.
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Hanna Amon (1951)
Character: Entresser
Hanna Amon and her brother Thomas live on an estate they've inherited from their parents. Local veterinarian Brunner loves Hanna from afar, and Thomas is in love with the daughter of the local mayor. Love, however, doesn't always mean happiness, as both Hanna and Thomas are soon to find out.
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Irrtum des Herzens (1939)
Character: Dr. Smolny
On the afternoon of Christmas Eve, Sister Angelika bids her boss, Professor Reimers, farewell, for she has quit her post. Reimers doesn’t understand the reason for this and since she won’t say a word as to why she’s quit, he asks her to spend the evening with him and his son Konrad. Konrad, however, wanted to take advantage of the holiday to bring his divorced parents back together and sends Angelika packing as soon as she reaches the house. Disappointed and sad, she drives to the airport to meet Captain van Santen, who also invited her to spend the holiday.
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Hurra, ich bin Papa (1939)
Character: Peters Freund
Peter Ohlsen, a perpetual student, leads a dissolute life and has been living off his filthy-rich father for years. When Peter comes home drunk from a party with his friends yet again, he finds a three-year-old boy in his bed who had been left with his housekeeper along with a letter. The letter states that Peter is the boy’s father and that he is hereby entrusted with the child’s upbringing.
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Schwarze Rosen (1935)
Character: N/A
Erkki Collin is a hunted man. The Czar’s soldiers have been close on the heels of the leader of the rebellious Finns, who have been fighting the Russian occupiers since the end of the 18th Century. His flight leads him to the chambers of the dancer Marina Feodorowna, in whose house a party is taking place at that very moment. Marina discovers the intruder, hides him from his pursuers and soon falls in love with him. But hiding Erkki forever is not an option; so she presents him as her music teacher. The swindle fails and Prince Governor Abarow, who’s long had a thing for Marina, discovers the real identity of the man, but doesn’t have him arrested.
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