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Leckerbissen (1948)
Character: Self - film scenes (archive footage)
"Gems" - Embedded in a frame story, the film shows excerpts from 18 entertainment films of the time, among others, "The Gypsy Baron", "The Three Codonas", "La Habanera", "Viennese Blood", "Sophienlund", and "Mask in Blue".
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Grün ist die Heide (1951)
Character: Walter Rainer - Förster
After the end of World War II Lüder Lüdersen, the former owner of a feudal estate in the East, and his daughter Helga arrive as refugees in the Lüneburg Heath. While living a seemingly happy life on the estate of his cousin, Lüdersen hides a dark secret: he is a poacher.
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Der Jäger von Fall (1974)
Character: Prinzregent
When a hunter returns home after two years, he finds nothing is like it used to be, as his cruel rival has stolen his bride.
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Aus dem Tagebuch eines Frauenarztes (1959)
Character: Chefarzt Dr. Brückner
After a carnival celebration, young Erika Hansen is offered a lift by two young men in a car. The men become abusive. Erika rushes out of the car and is seriously injured. She is brought to a gynecoligal clinic for an acute operation.
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Der weite Weg (1946)
Character: Franz Manhardt
Shortly before the end of the war: Disillusioned Austrian soldiers crammed into a barracks in a prison camp welcome a new arrival who has nothing better to do than rave to the men, who have been separated from their homeland for years, about his Viennese lover. When the womanizer mentions the name of his latest love affair, Manhardt, her husband, jumps at him in outrage; the adulterer falls and dies. Acquitted of murder and returned to Vienna, Manhardt cannot get over his Anni's infidelity. Friends and a second fateful coincidence help.
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Die heimlichen Bräute (1942)
Character: Peter Leidinger
Uncle Ludwig’s childless estate hinges on his nephews: Peter studies agriculture and is engaged to Inge, while Paul, a court assessor, loves Marianne, whose father disdains “judges.” Both women secretly visit Bainingen, but Ludwig mistakes Inge for Marianne and vice versa, triggering a cascade of romantic mix-ups.
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Ein Herz schlägt für dich (1949)
Character: Martin Hellwanger, Bauer
Farmer Regina suffers greatly from her childlessness, because it means that the Hallwanger farm has no heir. A former suitor, whom she rejected for Martin Hallwanger's sake, also torments her with references to her childlessness.
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Mutterliebe (1939)
Character: Felix Pirlinger - 1922
A melodrama about a self-sacrificing mother who, after her husband is struck by lightning, has to raise her three sons and one daughter alone. She buys a small laundry in Vienna and does everything she can to give her children a good life. When one of her employees becomes pregnant by one of her sons, she demands that the two marry. Another son has to leave home after an argument. The third son goes blind. For him, the mother makes her greatest sacrifice: she donates her cornea. Finally, she reconciles with the son who left home and, as a grandmother, can look back on a difficult but fulfilling life.
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Ein Leben lang (1940)
Character: Franz Hofbauer
In 1910, the landlord's daughter Agnes from the Steiermark gets to know the diplomat Hans. They have a short love affair and then part from one another. Hans gets sent to Beijing, where he marries and American and has a son with her. Agnes, too, has a son by Hans and moves to Vienna, where she works in a restaurant. She is still in love with Hans ...
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Frau Irene Besser (1961)
Character: Martin Besser
It was not until twelve years after the end of World War II that Irene Besser's husband, Martin Besser, long believed to be missing, returned from Soviet captivity. But the country and family have become unfamiliar to him. His wife Irene and her daughter Lotte built a new life all by themselves in the tough times of the post-war turmoil in the still young Federal Republic of Germany. With a lot of commitment and dedication, she runs her own department store today and has become an extremely successful businesswoman. Not only as a consultant, the lawyer Dr. Heinz Werther stand her more and more aside. It is becoming increasingly impossible for Irene to do justice to both, men and lover alike. She hopes that even without her, Martin will slowly find his way back in his homeland and open up perspectives for him..
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Krambambuli (1940)
Character: Thomas Werndl
A hunter buys a fine hunting dog from a drunkard for twelve bottles of "Krambambuli" schnapps and forcibly impresses upon the animal that from now on it must obey only him. When he catches the dog's former owner poaching, the dog runs irritably back and forth between the two men until it decides in favor of the gamekeeper - who is shot by the hunter the next moment.
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Vertauschtes Leben (1961)
Character: Prof. Alexander 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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Jesus von Ottakring (1976)
Character: Major a. D.
In the year 1970 several Austrian newspapers reported of Viennese people beating a homeless person to death because they thought he had stolen 50 Schilling. This story was the foundation for the play JESUS VON OTTAKRING which Pellert brought to the big screen in his directorial debut. A parable about intolerance in society.
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Die unheimliche Wandlung des Alex Roscher (1943)
Character: Alex Roscher
Helena's mirror, a valuable piece of jewelry, has been stolen from a museum in Bremen and is to be smuggled across the Alps to the border. Alex Roscher, the border guard, catches the smugglers but gets caught up in a shootout.
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Ferien vom Ich (1952)
Character: George B. Stefenson
American billionaire George B. Stefenson is on a business trip through Europe when, due to his heavy workload, he suffers a heart attack. The doctor called to his aid, Dr. Hartung, strongly advises him to take a three-month break—in other words, to take a “vacation from himself.” After some hesitation, Stefenson agrees and also commits to funding the project, since an institution offering such a program has so far existed only as a dream in the doctor’s mind. As part of the “vacation from the self,” all participants are given a new first name and work clothes so they do not have to reveal their true identities to any of the other residents.
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Happy End am Wörthersee (1964)
Character: Johannes Petermann
According to the last will of a deceased millionaire, her brother Severin Petermann and her two nephews Walther von Peterjahn and Johannes Petermann should only be entitled to inherit if they spend a summer together under one roof in an Austrian villa.
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Heimliches Rendezvous (1949)
Character: Dr. Stefan Böhme
A young teacher has to declare that she is unmarried in order to obtain a teaching license in the small town where her husband works as a teacher at the local grammar school.
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Mädchen mit Beziehungen (1950)
Character: Peter Hauff
An unemployed engineer who does not want his fiancee to protect him has accidentally insulted his future boss, unknown and for no reason. From this meager idea, a stupidly rolled-out confusion with pop song in a Mexico bar develops.
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Die Privatsekretärin (1953)
Character: Direktor Erich Delbrück
Determined Gerda Weber travels to the big city and locates at a girl's pension. She soon finds job as a secretary in a big business thanks to her optimism and wits, and ends dating her boss after mistaking him for a companion. They share an evening of music and dancing, after which she discovers who he really is.
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Engel im Abendkleid (1951)
Character: Peter Harden
The bailiff Engel is believed to be an heir to the millions via a fictitious newspaper advertisement. It is said to have a mink farm. Your debtors mean my nun that as a millionaire you can pay the debts. Some dowry hunters have seen it on them too. Paulchen, who shows the ad, has in Ms. Engel and in the end she also has a couple.
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Prinzessin Sissy (1939)
Character: Prince Luitpold
A UFA feature film about the little Princess Sissi, later Elisabeth of Austria—the legendary and beloved Queen of the Habsburgs to this day.
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Die Diebin von Bagdad (1952)
Character: Achmed
Fatme has quite the talent for getting herself into trouble and escaping with her head intact. But when she's caught rifling through Caliph Omar's possessions, she finds herself in serious trouble. News of a theft makes the rounds and now the caliph's men are after her. Fortunately, she's able to find refuge with a sheikh, who isn't quite so thorough in checking his possessions. And it's thanks to him, that Fatme is able to get away with her newly acquired goods.
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Reise in die Vergangenheit (1943)
Character: Michael Brantner
With her daughter Anita, a young singer, the widow Marianne von der Halden undertakes a journey into the past. She wants to see her former admirers again. One of them is the chamber singer Paul Schneider, who only remembers his childhood sweetheart with irony. They meet the former student Werner Birkner at his wedding, where Anita meets the teacher Michael Brantner. But the encounters make no impression on Marianne. Until she meets her former great love again at a concert given by her daughter, the general director Elmers. The concert is a resounding success and Marianne reconnects with Elmers, who is still unaware that Anita is his daughter.
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Lockende Sterne (1952)
Character: Werner Nordhaus
A completely new life begins for railroad employee Werner Nordhaus when he meets the fascinating variety theater director Karena Rodde. She discovers that Werner is a great dancing talent and is determined to win him over for her theater. Karena wants Werner to give up his life as a train driver and start training as an artist for her in Hamburg - a decision that would turn his life upside down...
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Heidi (1965)
Character: Pfarrer
After her mother's death, the five year old orphan Heidi is brought by her aunt to her grumpy grandfather Alp, who leads a hermit life in the beautiful Swiss mountains. Heidi's natural cheerfulness quickly brings renewed joy in grandfather Alps life. Heidi becomes friends with the goatherd Peter who is about the same age as her and spent two beautiful years in the pasture. But then she is sent by her aunt to Frankfurt in the house of Consul Sesemann where Heidi should get a proper education and upbringing. After some initial difficulties Heidi eventually adjusts to her new situation and makes friends with Clara, the paralyzed daughter of the consul. Only with the strict governess Miss Rottingmeier she keeps getting in trouble. Miss Rottingmeier clearly can not cope with the free and outdoors spirit of Heidi. But Heidi lets a fresh wind blow through the Sesemann house and even causes Clara to overcome her illness.
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Holiday in St. Tropez (1964)
Character: Robert Engelhard
Prospective hotel owner Carlos is having problems with the completion of his hotel on the Adriatic. He quickly asks his niece Vivi in Germany to cancel the bookings he has made so far. Unfortunately, his telegram reaches her too late and a motley group of guests arrives. They promptly pitch tents in the garden of the half-finished building.
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Der liebe Augustin (1940)
Character: Podl Schauerhuber, Musikant
Vienna, sometime around 1680: Augustin makes fun of Leopold I mistress and in doing so, stirs up the passions of the people against the luxury-enjoying rulers, who neglect their people. He is arrested and sent to prison. When the plague breaks out, he manages to get out of prison, but accidentally ends up in a mass grave for victims of the plague
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Eine Reise ins Glück (1958)
Character: Carlo
Together with her uncle and waiter Otto, young Renate runs a guesthouse high above the Rhine, which hardly any guests ever visit. When she suddenly inherits a vineyard in Tuscany one day, the three of them set off full of hope on the arduous journey south. However, the inheritance turns out to be a dilapidated estate, whose valuable wines stored in a secret cellar are known only to the devious wine merchant Brandolini. Fortunately, he has a nice brother who falls in love with Renate and helps her out.
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Verliebte Ferien in Tirol (1971)
Character: Dr. Madesperger
The architect Stefan Hellwig is to plan the construction of a housing estate for a hard stone factory in Tyrol. As his landlord Meier from Dortmund is on his way to Africa with his family, he gets a cheap ride to Tyrol. There, the Meiers are initially forced to make a stopover because their daughter Babsi is weak. While they finally abandon their plans for Africa to spend their vacation in Tyrol, the budding romance between Stefan and the local vet Karin seems to come to an abrupt end when she finds out why he is in Tyrol.
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Was eine Frau im Frühling träumt (1959)
Character: Johannes Brandt
Twenty years after their wedding, the well-to-do Elisabeth sets off for Konstanz to meet her husband and finally take their honeymoon. There she runs into her childhood friend Pierre Bonvant. While old memories and feelings are stirred up in Elisabeth, her husband meets the attractive Madeleine, who happens to be Pierre’s fiancée...
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Der Kongreß tanzt (1955)
Character: Zar Alexander
Congress of Vienna, 1815: In order to lure certain monarchs away from the conference, the Austrians instigate a ceaseless sequence of operas and balls. Indeed, Russian Czar Alexander is distracted when he falls for a beautiful salesgirl.
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Die lustigen Weiber von Tirol (1964)
Character: Musikverleger Karl-Heinz Busch
A girls only hotel in Austria, run by a man-hating grandmother. Her daughter and three pretty grand daughters are chased by men, nevertheless (and chase the guys themselves), so everything is back to heterosexual normality in the happy ending. It's a musical.
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Kronprinz Rudolfs letzte Liebe (1956)
Character: Kronprinz Rudolf
The sensitive Austrian Crown Prince Rudolf is suffering from his marriage, dictated by his father, Emperor Franz Joseph, and the strict court etiquette. He meets a kindred spirit in the very young Baroness Mary Vetsera.
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Orient-Express (1944)
Character: Franz Schulz
The emergency braking of the Orient Express causes chaos. When the lights are switched back on, lawyer Branko is found murdered in his compartment. The Rarna Criminal Investigation Department starts investigating immediately. There are several suspects: Baron Hübner and his divorced wife, the seemingly too staid private detective Holzer and the mysterious Vera Panaid. Suddenly, the mysterious case takes a surprising turn...
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Die Landärztin (1958)
Character: Dr. Rinner
A German village gets a new doctor, but the conservative folk have trouble accepting a female for the job.
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Roter Mohn (1956)
Character: Stefan von Reiffenberg
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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Kaiserball (1956)
Character: Reichsgraf Georg von Hohenegg
Austria, Bad Ischl: The young Princess Christine and the Imperial Count of Hohenegg are supposed to meet at the annual Imperial Ball before their planned engagement. But things turn out differently than expected: Christine falls in love with Count Baranyi, and her future husband falls in love with the seamstress Franzi, who is mistaken for a countess at the wrong moment...
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Mariandl (1961)
Character: Hofrat Franz Geiger
The meticulous court councilor Geiger suddenly realizes: 18-year-old Mariandl, who is applying to study music with him, is his own daughter. Remorsefully, he decides to fulfill his fatherly duties and travels to Dürnstein, where he met Mariandl's mother, Marianne, 19 years ago. She runs an inn that is on the verge of bankruptcy due to a lack of guests. Marianne is forced to marry a wealthy hotelier. But when Geiger suddenly appears before her, old feelings rekindle, and more than just friendship develops between Geiger's secretary, Peter, and Mariandl.
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Kaisermanöver (1954)
Character: Hauptmann Gustl Eichfeld
In Franz Joseph I's Vienna, Captain Eichfeld publishes a witty satire on imperial Austrian army abuses, using the pseudonym "Spectator." It's popular, but Eichfeld dares not reveal his identity, as he wants the hand of conservative General von Trattenbach's daughter. His race rival blackmails both lovers.
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Heimatland (1955)
Character: Thomas Heimberg
Somewhere in the Salzburg mountains, young poacher Hans tries to conquer the heart of pretty schoolteacher Helga but is overthrown by forest warden Thomas. Krambambuli, the dog he once saved from being drowned, indirectly causes his death.
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Ruf der Wälder (1965)
Character: Ingenieur Prachner
A young Italian worker is always having problems with his coworkers because he doesn't understand their language. His only friend is a dog that came up to him. After his coworkers kick the dog, he becomes angry and beats up the bully. He is then summoned to his boss, who wants to fire him. Standing beside him, however, is a man who wants to take him to Austria to work. There, he meets a beautiful woman and falls in love with her, but he isn't the only one. Someone else has a crush on the woman, and so a conflict erupts that escalates to a head-on.
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Schwarzwaldmädel (1950)
Character: Hans Hauser
The painter Hans Hauser falls head over heels in love with the "Black Forest girl" Bärbele Riederle. He travels to her home village and soon the two realize that they are made for each other.
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Schwejks Flegeljahre (1964)
Character: Major Ferdinand Hruschkovic
Shortly before the First World War, the son of a Prague butcher is called up for military service in the Austro-Hungarian Army of Emperor Franz Joseph, proving to be a very incompetent recruit.
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Frau Wirtin bläst auch gern Trompete (1970)
Character: Archduke
Susanne is the hostess who gives comfort to the visitors to her hotel. All of the vices in the country are heavily taxed, including drinking and making love. Susanne and a group of nude women try to give some relief to the beleaguered and overtaxed clientele.
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Die goldene Stadt (1942)
Character: Thomas
Anna Jobst is the daughter of a rich, conservative farmer. Living on the bank of the Moldau, she wishes nothing more than follow the river to Prague, the "Golden City". After arriving, she quickly falls into a bad crowd.
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Die Standarte (1977)
Character: kaiserlicher Hofdiener
During the final days of the First World War, Officer Menis does his duty in defending the battle flag of the defeated Austro-Hungarian empire, while his fellow troops, a motley gang recruited from several different countries not loyal to the royal family, simply try to survive by any means possible.
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Wenn jeder Tag ein Sonntag wär'... (1973)
Character: Raimund Anger
The owner of a travel agencies decides to took a holiday with his family. He combines business with pleasure and undertakes a tour of inspection of some of his enterprises. Incognito he arrives with his family at the Castle Hotel on the Wörthersee. But the hotel manager has been warned of the impending visit and means to give the important guest the red carpet treatment. Unfortunately he does not know him personally and so takes the wrong man for the incognito inspector. Neither of the two men enjoy the mix-up and the poor hotel director has to live through some uncomfortable hours before he manages to pour oil on the troubled water.
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Mariandls Heimkehr (1962)
Character: Hofrat Franz Geiger
After marrying Hofrat Geiger, Marianne moves to Vienna to be with her husband. She runs the household while her daughter attends the music academy. But Mariandl is heartbroken. She constantly catches her Peter in strange situations with other women. Marianne, on the other hand, constantly has to listen to the innuendo of Franzi, Geiger's long-time housekeeper, who would have loved to be a Hofrat herself. Frustrated, mother and daughter decide to leave Vienna and visit their grandfather. He has inherited a dilapidated farm in the Wachau region, where horses are kept, awaiting shipment to Italian slaughterhouses. Through two benefit concerts, the talented music student Mariandl is able to raise enough money to buy the horses' freedom.
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