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Abenteuer im Südexpress (1934)
Character: N/A
On a train's way to the Italian Alps, the jewelry of a wealthy young widow is stolen and a military veteran working as a waiter is the first to come under suspicion.
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Viktor und Viktoria (1957)
Character: Marquise de Sevigne
Aspiring singer Susanne takes over for ham actor Viktor at a small cabaret in Berlin where he works a woman impersonator and per chance she's discovered by an agent, who thinks, that she really is a man. She becomes famous, but her situation becomes troublesome, when she falls in love with Robert.
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Toxi (1952)
Character: Charlotte Jenrich
This German slice-of-life drama is based on a very real postwar dilemma. At the time the film was made, there were over 3000 children living in Germany who'd been fathered by African American GIs. Referred to as "mischlings," these children were often treated as outcasts because of their illegitimacy and skin color. One such mischling is Toxi (played by herself), who is sent to live with her American father when her mother dies. At first, Toxi is welcomed with opened arms, but the father, who already has two children, has neither the time nor the money to care for the girl. Toxi is then bundled off to an orphanage, sparking a serious rift in her father's family. By concentrating on a highly fictionalized plotline, Toxi tends to ignore the thousands of other mischlings whose lives are far more complex and tragic than that of the film's central character.
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O Wildnis (1959)
Character: Essie Miller
In a town in Connetticut in 1906, newspaper publisher Miller has problems with his sixteen-year-old son Richard, who reads Wilde, Shaw, Swinburne and Ibsen. Richard loves the neighbor's daughter with touching naivety, which the neighbor finds sinful. The problems of puberty are solved idyllically with a great deal of understanding and bourgeoisie. The everyday life of an average family with small disasters and small victories oscillates between heart and sentimentality and the wilderness of awakening love is nothing more than a teasing maze.
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Der große Preis (1944)
Character: Fanny
The moral is simple: keep your mouth shut, especially when you're working during the wartime in a factory, which produces racing cars only, or someone can (or even must) get murdered. Not a good movie, not a bad either. The ending is abrupt and artificial, which seems to be a common plague of Third Reich's crime movies. Gustav Fröhlich could never get rid of his silent era mannerisms and overacting. But on the other side, this film is not boring and has to offer some decent plot turns and acting.
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Vertauschtes Leben (1961)
Character: Maria Bertram
The mistake of two infants on a night of bombing during World War II plunged their families into grief and conflict 18 years later, when both girls were marriageable.
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Charleys Tante (1934)
Character: Kitty
Charley Wyckham and Jack Chesney pressure fellow student Fancourt Babberly to pose as Charley's Brazilian Aunt Donna Lucia. Their purpose is to have a chaperone for their amorous visits with Amy and Kitty, niece and ward of crusty Stephen Spettigue. Complications begin when Fancourt, in drag, becomes the love object of old Spettigue and Sir Francis Chesney.
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Schloß Königswald (1988)
Character: Gräfin Dohna
In Königswald Castle, eight noble old ladies and their maid are waiting for the end of World War II. Princess Ursela has made arrangements with her grandmother, the Countesses Hohenlohe, Dohna, Posadowsky, and Woronzoff, as well as Baroness Schweinitz and Baroness von Boehme. The Americans are advancing on the castle from one side, while the Russians are approaching from the other. Suddenly, however, Wehrmacht soldiers barricade themselves in the castle to defend it. But the old ladies do not want to be defended, lest they risk the destruction of their beloved castle. So they hatch a crazy plan to get rid of the German soldiers...
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Der Weibertausch (1952)
Character: Rosl Lanner
Lorenz has his eye on Simon Gigl's prize-winning breeding bull and would love to have it. But is he willing to make a deal to give up his wife Uschi to Gigl for a week in exchange for the bull?
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Ferien vom Ich (1934)
Character: Eva von Dornberg
A stressed American millionaire is advised by his doctor to take some downtime and rest in the German countryside. The tycoon is so impressed that he buys an estate and turns it into a resort where other businessmen can take holidays from their stressful lives. In the process he falls in love with the estate's former owner.
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Alle Tage ist kein Sonntag (1935)
Character: Margot, seine Tochter
After winning the lottery young draftsman Erich decides to quit his job and enjoy his riches on a big scale, thus alienating his bride, his grandmother and his friends. Soon con men try to swindle him out of his money.
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Herzensfreud – Herzensleid (1940)
Character: Frau Gitta Denk
Herzensfreud-Herzensleid (literally translates to "Heartfelt Joy - Heartbreak"), the 1940 Hubert Marischka German family relationship romantic comedy starring Magda Schneider, Paul Horbiger (later, he appeared in "The Third Man"!), Olly Holzmann, Lucie Englisch, and Walter Muller. It appears this movie was never released in the U.S.
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Der Fall Rabanser (1950)
Character: Dorothea Rabanser
Editor Peter Rabanser is planning a series on the perfect cash heist, which he plans down to the last detail and actually begins to prepare: He befriends two cash couriers and lays the groundwork to lure them into an apartment he has rented.
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Der grüne Kaiser (1939)
Character: Joana Martinez
A pilot is suspected of murdering a fraudulent banker who vanished without a trace and is subsequently convicted. After his release, he tracks down the man he was accused of killing, who is living in Brazil under a different identity, and kills him in self-defense during a confrontation.
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Kameraden auf See (1938)
Character: Carmita Prätorius
1936: Fahnrich Peter serves on a torpedo boat. Peter loves Carmita, the pretty sister of a fellow seaman. But then his superior officer falls in love with her, too, who offers to marry Carmita and who accepts. Disappointed, Peter's relationship to his superior turns sour, but eventually improves after recognition of his heroic behaviour handling a fire on board his ship. Later on, his unit is sent off to fight in Spain against the Reds. In those same waters, Carmita and her father are taken prisoner by the Communists when they commandeer their cruise ship. Peter's commander receives the order not to take action against the Spanish communist pirates, but Peter and his buddies take it upon themselves to take the situation in hand. However, Peter and his buddies find themselves prisoners of the Commies, too and now his superior must decide what to do about it.
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Liebeslied (1935)
Character: Jeanette
An opera tenor replaces a humble performer in a honky tonk show and wins the heart of the soprano.
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Apartmentzauber (1963)
Character: Frau Fischer
Because factory owner's son and womanizer Karl Fischer is constantly avoiding his rich fiancée Almut, his father Waldemar sends the flighty little boy to Italy, where he is supposed to work in his future father-in-law's business and come to his senses. The business is a beach hotel where Karl, booked by the drunken janitor as "Carla", ends up in a triple room where two girls are billeted. Karl finds the woman of his life in the beautiful black-haired Karin.
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Liebe streng verboten (1939)
Character: N/A
In the eve of the war between Vienna and Berlin playing dear comedy with then popular occupation: The mother wants to marry her daughter to the lord of the manor, but the daughter prefers the elegant hoteliers.
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Abenteuer im Grandhotel (1943)
Character: Alice
The impoverished Count Lerchenau works under the name Rudi Lindt as a chauffeur. Because he is so well-loved by women, he lost his last position. His former servant Franz has not abandoned him in his time of need and the servant keeps trying to find a rich bride for the former Count. In the Grand Hotel, where the Count is supposed to be finding a suitable mate, he instead flirts with the attractive Alice. In order to get a job with the employer Ottokar Frühwirt, Rudi uses Count Lerchenau as a reference. But then the employer wants to speak with Lerchenau and Franz has to play the role of the Count. Alice, it turns out, is the employer's niece. When she finds out that Rudi is only a chauffeur, she wants nothing to do with him.
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Adolf Hitler - Ein Volk, ein Reich, ein Führer: Dokumente der Zeitgeschichte (1953)
Character: Self
The film begins with the First World War and ends in 1945. Without exception, recordings from this period were used, which came from weekly news reports from different countries. Previously unpublished scenes about the private life of Adolf Hitler and Eva Braun were also shown for the first time. The film was originally built into a frame story. The Off Commentary begins with the words: "This film [...] is a document of delusion that on the way to power tore an entire people and a whole world into disaster. This film portrays the suffering of a generation that only ended five to twelve. " The film premiered in Cologne on November 20, 1953, but was immediately banned by Federal Interior Minister Gerhard Schröder in agreement with the interior ministers of the federal states of the Federal Republic of Germany.
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Schloß Vogelöd (1936)
Character: Marianne, Gräfin von Vogelöd
Remake of the silent film of 1921: The lord of a castle disappears after the return of two feuding brothers from a noble family. Suspicion falls on the recently returned brothers.
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Lieder klingen am Lago Maggiore (1963)
Character: N/A
After his wife's accidental death, the once successful pop singer Eric Kersten and his son Peter retired to Lake Maggiore. He spends his time painting pictures that he sells to tourists. One day he meets the pretty Eva, who looks very much like his late wife. He falls in love with her without knowing that his producer sent her to bring him back to music.
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Königswalzer (1935)
Character: Herzogin Elisabeth in Bayern, genannt Sisi
A love story based in Munich in 1852: An Austrian officer belonging to the nobility has the mission of ensuring the young Kaiser Franz Joseph doesn’t endanger his future marriage to Princess Elisabeth by his acquaintanceship with the daughters of a coffee-house owner.
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Zwei blaue Vergissmeinnicht (1963)
Character: Clothilde
At the behest of their boss, London private detective Charly Biff and his assistant Ingrid are supposed to relax on a cruise along the Adriatic coast. Even before the ship sets sail, Charly gets on the trail of drug smugglers in the port of Portoroz. He soon finds out that they want to transport "snow" on the vacation steamer to Italy and sell it there. And while the other passengers enjoy themselves - and some even discover love - Charly follows the crooks' trail.
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Einmal eine große Dame sein (1934)
Character: Hilde
A young woman working as a secretary for a Berlin car business tries to impress a rich Australian visitor by pretending she is a foreign countess.
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Fridericus (1937)
Character: Louise von Bonin
In 18th century Europe, King Friedrich II of Prussia leads his army through the seven-years-war with neighboring states, and after numerous near defeats, eventually brings a victorious army back to Berlin.
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Roter Mohn (1956)
Character: Barbara
Through a cleverly deceptive maneuver, a theater ensemble attempts to prevent the sale of its small theater to a shady profiteer. Numerous misunderstandings and mix-ups arise, culminating in a fake wedding night...
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Die lustigen Vagabunden (1940)
Character: Erika Brencken
On account of a bet, the painter Menzinger and his friend Schratt decide to travel the country as unemployed bums (no doubt, because there were so few unemployed and homeless people in Germany just a few years earlier). For two weeks, they wander around Germany; then they're confused with some robbers and they land in jail. How does it feel to imitate the homeless now, guys?
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Morgen fällt die Schule aus (1971)
Character: Frau Nietnagel
Pepe Nietnagel's father has a valuable stamp collection stolen in Amsterdam. Street musician Pit recovers it. To show his gratitude, Pit is invited to Baden Baden and enters the Mommsen Gymnasium. There, he joins Pepe in his pranks.
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Night Crossing (1982)
Character: N/A
Two men want to escape from East Germany (under Communist rule) but they will only go if they can take their families with them. Based on a true story.
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Pepe, der Paukerschreck (1969)
Character: Frau Nietnagel
Mommsen Gymnasium director Taft secretly places his nephew as a spy with the difficult class of Pepe Nietnagel. During the celebration for the 100th anniversary, a simulated fire forces the school to shut down for a week. The director's attempt to get a tough teacher assigned by the department of education results in the exact opposite because of Nietnagel's intervention.
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Hurra, die Schule brennt (1969)
Character: Frau Nietnagel
A new teacher, Dr. Dr. Bach, is transferred from his quiet village elementary school to the Mommsen Gymnasium, bringing along his nephew Jan. Bach's lackadaisical methods raise the suspicions of the other teachers.
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Herzblatt oder wie sag' ich's meiner Tochter? (1969)
Character: Änne
Widower Paul always delayed talking to his daughter about sex. But when workers on a nearby construction site are falling down their scaffold because 16 years old "Herzblatt" is tanning naked, he feels he has to take action. In the hope she'll learn herself what consequences the difference between boys and girls has, he tries to get her a boyfriend.
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Der Bettelstudent (1936)
Character: Laura Nowalska
To take a revenge on countess Laura, who slapped him at his proposal, the Governor of the occupied Poland gets her fall in love with a poor student, and exposes him during wedding banquet.
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Alle lieben Willy Wuff (1995)
Character: Tante Leonore
Promenade mixer Willy travels to Munich by train as a stowaway. On the way, he meets little Natalie and makes friends with the girl. When he arrives in Munich, Willy is not only hungry but also has to read about a dangerous gang of dog catchers. Willy is happy when he meets Natalie again and is allowed to come home with her. However, Lord, his new girlfriend's distinguished pedigree dog, makes life difficult for him there. When Lord is caught by the dog catchers, Willy doesn't hesitate for a second to help him. In the end, the brave mongrel falls into the clutches of the criminals himself.
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Durch dick und dünn (1951)
Character: Elisabeth Ebert
Theo Müller and his family inherit a vintage car that turns out to have a wayward mind of its own, fixing the family troubles and some romances with a series of guardian angel and/or matchmaking shenanigans.
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April, April! (1935)
Character: Friedel Bild
Businessman and shameless social climber, Julius Lampe, is subjected to a cruel April Fools’ Day prank when he is led to believe a noble prince intends to personally inspect his pasta factory.
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Jungfrau aus zweiter Hand (1967)
Character: Katja Bergen
Two young Italian guest workers in Germany find a beautiful dead woman one morning on the way to their job. The Kripo quickly determines that the dark-haired, young woman is the well-known sexworker Elena Rossano. The short, brutal and intense life of the girl is rolled presented in flashbacks.
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Hurra, ich bin Papa (1939)
Character: Kathrin Gebhardt, Kindergärtnerin
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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Der alte und der junge König (1935)
Character: Kronprinzessin
The story of the stormy relationship between King Friedrich Wilhelm and his son, who later became known as King Frederick the Great of Prussia.
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Beatrice Cenci (1941)
Character: Beatrice Cenci
Italian historical drama portraying the story of the sixteenth century Italian noblewoman Beatrice Cenci.
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Zu neuen Ufern (1937)
Character: Mary Jones
A 19th-century London cabaret singer is deported to prison in Australia. Her crime? Taking the blame when her lover bounces checks.
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