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Mit 17 weint man nicht (1960)
Character: Singer
Horst, the 18-year-old son of a factory owner, and 17-year-old Karin dream up their future together in the most beautiful colors. Newly married, however, they don't float on cloud nine as they had hoped, but sink into the dreary everyday life of marriage. While Horst ends his school career prematurely, Karin seeks help from her father-in-law.
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Unsere Tante ist das Letzte (1973)
Character: Dr. Martin Klamm
A dorky uncle and a nag of an aunt mess up a family, their surroundings and ultimately half of Venice. A comedy bordering on nonsense, abandoned by all good spirits.
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Maskenball bei Scotland Yard (1963)
Character: N/A
Agostino announces an incredible invention: a device that allows one to jump into any TV show. He's promptly declared insane and ends up in an institution. Giorgio, however, who is convinced by Agostino's abilities, rescues him, and the two begin to use the invention as a marketing strategy: The cake, which comes from Giorgio's aunts' oven and hasn't sold well up to this point, is now being advertised across television.
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Apartmentzauber (1963)
Character: Karl 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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Krautrock: The Rebirth of Germany (2009)
Character: Self (archive footage)
Documentary which looks at how a radical generation of musicians created a new German musical identity out of the cultural ruins of war.
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Musik ist Trumpf (1961)
Character: Himself
The young musician Ralph Osterwalder, born in Bern in 1922, is tired of working in a big band. He dreams of a small, flexible ensemble. In 1944, he founded his own combo in a hotel room. In 1949, fierce disputes arose. The newly founded Hazy Osterwald Sextet, featuring Sunny Lang, Dennis Armitage, Curti Prina, Werner Dies, and Johnny Ward, soon made international music history. Fast-paced, catchy music, interspersed with humorous show interludes, became the band's unmistakable trademark.
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Unsere tollen Nichten (1963)
Character: Rex
Out of necessity, Gunther Philipp and his male colleagues put on women's clothes again and cause a commotion in the noble ski resort of Davos as the Jolly Sisters. Their girlfriends don't take kindly to this and counterattack in men's costumes.
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Sing, aber spiel nicht mit mir (1963)
Character: Billie Bill
The head of a fashion school spots a girl on television with exactly the angelic face he needs for one of his pictures. He has no idea that she's his student.
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Zwei blaue Vergissmeinnicht (1963)
Character: Rolf
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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Schlagerparade 1961 (1961)
Character: Self
A gang of hoods led by "Shark" tries to extort protection money from bar owner Susanne. She soon forms her own gang and claims the tough Charly will protect he. Charly, actually a meek Scotsman, deals with the hoods in spite of himself.
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Immer wenn der Tag beginnt (1957)
Character: Max Clement
Dr. Hanna Burkhardt is a teacher by vocation: she is not only interested in teaching the pupils the subject matter, she also wants to be a human support and help them when necessary. The school authorities don't like this at all; in their eyes, she has failed several times. Her last chance is the ninth grade of a grammar school. At first, she has no access to the pupils. Only with Martin, a spoiled but lonely child of divorce, does Hanna develop a genuine relationship of trust. The rest of the class, however, remains dismissive until the day Hans, leader of the class jazz band, dies. His last wish was for the band to play at his grave, which the principal does everything in his power to prevent. Hanna, however, manages to get the class to play at the boy's grave - the ice is broken. Martin's diary, which is found in the school and in which the pupil confesses his love for her, almost becomes the teacher's undoing.
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Marina (1960)
Character: Rex
A German "Schlager-Film" (a musical comedy with popular songs) with Giorgia Moll in the title role.
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Alexandra – die Legende einer Sängerin (1999)
Character: Self (archive footage)
Germany’s rising chanson star Alexandra, known for her dark, smoky voice and haunting hits like “Mein Freund, der Baum”, died in a car crash at 27 in 1969. In just three years she’d tasted fame’s glory and its price: lost privacy, relentless pressure, and creative compromise.
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Was ist denn bloß mit Willi los? (1970)
Character: Frank Kuhländer
Willi Winzig is a small tax officer with a big heart. He sometimes lets the tax files of his insolvent fellow citizens disappear into the air shaft. But shortly before his retirement, the shaft is so full that Willi has to dispose of the file of a penniless taxpayer in the wastepaper basket. The scam is promptly discovered and Willi is threatened with a hefty fine - even dishonorable dismissal from the civil service. Fortunately, friend and colleague Felix Klein knows what to do.
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