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Der Schützenkönig (1932)
Character: Anni, Siebzehnrübels Tochter
A comedy about the rivalry between two men from rather different parts of Germany, Bavaria and Prussia, a rivalry which extends from business to a rifle range when they compete in shooting.
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Rosen aus dem Süden (1934)
Character: Mizzi, seine Tochter
Johann Strauss helps the business of a Viennese wine merchant and his daughter by showing up to conduct the orchestra at a party.
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Die ganz großen Torheiten (1937)
Character: Fritzi
The young Styrian woman Therese Brandl desperately wants to work in the theater and therefore travels by train to Vienna to pursue artistic training. The scholarship granted by the elderly Countess Hoyer is intended to guarantee her financial independence. Unaware that she is to be picked up from the Vienna train station, the student immediately takes a taxi upon arrival and asks for recommendations for both an affordable hotel and a charming little pub. Therese gets approached by an older gentleman, a gray-haired bon vivant with considerable life experience. After several glasses of wine, they leave the establishment together and go to Therese's room. Apparently, things escalate there, and they spend the night together without having been introduced. The surprise is all the greater for Therese when she goes to the drama academy the following day to begin her training: her future teacher is none other than the gallant and lover from the previous night, Dr. Alexander Dahlen.
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Die Landstreicher (1937)
Character: Christl
Two members of a traveling troupe are reduced to the status of hoboes. They pretend to be a famous composer and his colleague, to improve their prospects.
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Das Geheimnis um Johann Orth (1932)
Character: Milly Stubel vom Theater a.d.Wien
A Hapsburg archduke in the 1880s gives up his title, changes his name, marries a Viennese actress, and then disappears with her on a South American ocean voyage.
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Der nackte Spatz (1938)
Character: Fanny
Albert and his sister Lene live with their aunt. One day, they discover that the street car line will open a new track, which will go through the land, on which their aunt has a house. In expectation of a high buying price for her property, the aunt goes on a spending spree, only to find out that the new line will not be laid on her property after all.
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Der Bauerndoktor von Bayrischzell (1957)
Character: Franziska Pfundtner
In spite of his blustering manner and his refusal to listen to what the patients have to say, Dr. Doppelsieder is highly respected in the Upper Bavarian town of Bayrischzell, because he (almost) always has the right remedy and effective advice ready for the sick. The only person he can't help is Pfundtner, the rich Guldenhof farmer. He wants a remedy that, after seven daughters, will finally help him and his wife to the longed-for farm inheritance.
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Ein Lied, ein Kuß, ein Mädel (1932)
Character: Asta Walden
Peter Franke owns Supraphon record company, which has one main competitor in Lyraphon. As a commercial strategy Peter gets engaged to her counter partner Asta, to his assistant Münzer's approval. Then he meets Wally Sommer, singing saleswoman at one of his shops, and all his plans are turned upside down while they both fall in love in this light musical comedy filled with Robert Stolz music.
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Der Kampf mit dem Drachen (1935)
Character: Komtess Helene
Countess von Drachenstein, owner of the traditional Drachenstein Castle Brewery, where the famous Drachenbräu beer has been brewed for 300 years, stubbornly refuses to agree to a merger between the Drachen and Sonnen breweries. Trude, the niece, and Fritz, the son of the manager of the Sonnenbrauerei, try in vain to poach Bachmeier, the master brewer at the Drachenbrauerei. But then Trude falls in love with Bachmeier, and Fritz with Countess Helene, the niece of the Countess von Drachenstein. And so the family businesses end up merging after all.
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Der müde Theodor (1936)
Character: Helma René
A fast-paced comedy revolving around secrets and mix-ups. Theodor is a husband who helps his expulsed niece with her careers as a singer. His wife mustn't know this so he secretly takes a job as maître d' at a big hotel. This doesn't just lead to him always being tired but to all kinds of other troubles.
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Drei Tage Mittelarrest (1930)
Character: Eva
When an attractive maid in a garrison town becomes pregnant, she reveals that one of three soldiers stationed there who had been chasing after her, is responsible.
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Der Tanzhusar (1931)
Character: Pepi Pieper, Soubrette
In this comedy, a civilian singer of opera is obliged to fulfill his duty and perform six weeks of military service.
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Zwei Herzen im Dreiviertel-Takt (1930)
Character: Hedi
Nicky and Vicky, two librettists who also happen to be brothers, are presently in collaboration with composer Toni. All too aware of Toni's amorous escapades, Nicky and Vicky try to keep the existence of their pretty sister Hedi a secret. Suffering from an acute case of writers' block (he has yet to find an inspiration for his next production), Toni throws a huge party, which is boycotted by his friends and associates so that he'll keep his mind on his work.
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Johann Strauss, k. u. k. Hofkapellmeister (1932)
Character: Mizzi Enzinger
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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Holzapfel weiß alles (1932)
Character: Eva Stein
An unemployed man who plays a concertina gets involved with a band of crooks and tries to frustrate a kidnapping, in this farcical caper.
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Fräulein Veronika (1936)
Character: Lizzie
Veronika, a saleswoman at the Tutzinger department store, is in love with Paul, who also works there as a salesman. During a weekend trip in the car, the colleagues grow closer, but Veronika also gets into serious trouble. To cover up a tear in her dress, she borrowed a valuable fur coat from the department store, which she intended to return on Monday. However, the theft is noticed, and Veronika has to justify herself to her boss, Tutzinger. When Paul arrives to defend Veronika, Tutzinger realizes that the two are in love—and makes sure that they can be happy together.
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Viktoria und ihr Husar (1931)
Character: Riquette, Kammerzofe
Viktoria is a Hungarian countess who believes her Hussar captain husband was killed in World War I. She marries an American and resettles at the American consulate in Tokyo. Her first husband reappears, alive; and the American generously releases Viktoria from their union.
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Donaumelodien (1936)
Character: Ilonka
Stefan is the son of the owner of a Bavarian steamship concern, which plies the Danube. During a trip to Budapest, he falls in love with the beautiful Etelka, who, unbeknownst to Stefan, is the daughter of his father's Hungarian competitor. By chance, they lose sight of each other; but as Stefan's father enters into negotiations with Etelka's father about a merger of the two companies, the children find each other once again.
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Drei Mäderl um Schubert (1936)
Character: Hedwig "Hederl" Tscholl
Composer Franz Schubert becomes involved with a family with three daughters, falling in love with the two blonds, first one, then the other; but will he notice the quiet brunet third daughter, who has fallen madly in love with him?
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Wenn die Soldaten.. (1931)
Character: Tilly
When the Soldiers is a 1931 German comedy film directed by Jacob Fleck and Luise Fleck and starring Otto Wallburg, Gretl Theimer and Ida Wüst.
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Unsterblicher Walzer (1939)
Character: Emilie Trampusch
Johann Strauss firmly established himself as the leader of a dance orchestra in Vienna in the 1840s. His sons Johann junior and Josef have clearly inherited their father's talent. Nevertheless, father Johann is strictly opposed to both of them training as composers.
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Schuberts Frühlingstraum (1931)
Character: Maria Esterhazy
An episode in the life of the Austrian composer Franz Schubert, who wrote the most beautiful love songs, but whose love life was very unhappy: The timid, myopic and rather portly Schubert falls for the beautiful, blond Countess Maria Esterhazy and has impossibly unrealistic fantasies about the two of them as she only admires him for his music. When he’s fired from his position as a teacher in the parish school, the village innkeeper Therese, who secretly has the hots for Schubert, gets him an engagement at a concert in Palace Esterhazy.
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Einmal eine große Dame sein (1934)
Character: Ria Thurner
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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Ihre Majestät die Liebe (1933)
Character: Elli von Wellingen - his daughter
Fred von Wellingen is a wealthy industrialist, part of a large family-owned corporation. Fred has fallen for Lia, a comely bartender in the Berlin Cabaret. He proposes to her, much to the horror of his family, which considers Lia and her unsophisticated father far below their caste. The family convinces Fred to give up the girl in exchange for increased position and income in the company. But Fred's lapse is momentary, and he again pursues Lia. But she, by this time, has learned of his erstwhile agreement and has agreed to marry someone else.
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Die Trapp-Familie (1956)
Character: N/A
A true story based on the popular novel by the Baroness Von Trapp of Austria. The film was made in 1956, some years before the other film based on the Trapp Family's life was released - a little movie named "The Sound of Music".
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Tanz auf dem Vulkan (1938)
Character: Schirmverkäuferin
Paris, 1830: Jean-Gaspard Debureau performs on the stage and delights his audience with song, wit and charm. He is, however, very unpopular with King Charles X, who is the target of much of Debureau's scornful jests. That would be a somewhat tolerable situation if it weren't for the fact that Debureau has fallen for a countess, who happens to be the King's mistress.
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