Dorothea Wieck

En 1938, en la Austria recién ocupada por los nazis, Werner von Basilio, un prestigioso intelectual vienés es detenido y acusado de contrabando cuando intentaba sacar obras de arte del país. A continuación la Gestapo lo recluye en una habitación de hotel, donde no tiene distracciones de ningún tipo... Una famosa película sobre el juego de ajedrez basada en la novela corta de Stefan Zweig "Novela de Ajedrez" (The Royal Game and Other Stories).

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.

Durante la Segunda Guerra Mundial (1939-1945), un soldado alemán que combate en el frente ruso obtiene un permiso para volver a Alemania. Tras comprobar que su casa ha sido bombardeada, emprende la búsqueda de sus padres desaparecidos; al mismo tiempo, conoce a la hija de un preso político y se enamora de ella.

In 1920, an unknown 24-year-old woman was fished out of Berlin's Landwehr kanal after a suicide attempt. Since she has no papers and no answers to any questions, they soon assign them to the insane asylum Dallendorf. A co-patient believes she recognizes the Czar's daughter Anastasia Romanowa - who apparently was the only one who survived the murder of the tsar's family in 1918.

German big game hunter brings elephants back from Africa safely through enemy lines, but they go on a stampede in Berlin. Filming began during WWII in Germany, but production was stopped because story showed Third Reich police and military having problems coping with an elephant stampede; after the War, it got completed by its originator, and exported to the US with English dubbed, while removing all references to its 1940s German origins!

Thomas Holinka has returned home from war and captivity. In the absence of a suitable home, he finds himself in what seems to be an abandoned monastery. When the nuns return, a conflict is inevitable because Holinka is addicted to alcohol and gambling .

Directed by Harald Braun and told from the perspective of Bertha von Suttner, the first female to receive the Nobel Peace Prize, The Alfred Nobel Story - No Greater Love chronicles the life of scientist, inventor, and businessman Alfred Nobel. Nobel built a massive fortune throughout his life, and while much if it was amassed by his inventions--dynamite being perhaps the most notable--he was also revered for his discoveries within the fields of science and economics. Upon his death, Nobel decided that his fortune was simply too great to continue in the form of an inheritance or single charitable donation, opting instead to use the money as reward for the greatest contributors to physics, chemistry, medicine, literature, and, of course, peace.

An Italian film from 1943.

Historical drama portraying the life of German baroque architect Andreas Schlüter.

The exploits of a young German youth during World War II in Argentina.

Prague in the 1860s: Balduin is a popular, handsome student, the best fencer in town, in amicable rivalry with his friend Dahl for the affections of Lydia, the innkeeper's niece. While the students are celebrating Lydia's birthday, the opera singer Julia Stella arrives at the inn - and Balduin's life begins to unravel. He is immediately infatuated with the glamorous singer - but she is already kept by an admirer, the wealthy and foppish Baron Waldis. How can a poor student hope to compete? The mysterious Dr. Carpis, who also has ties to Julia and is jealous of the Baron, intervenes. But the price will be higher than Balduin can ever imagine. He risks his sanity and his life - perhaps his very soul - haunted by his own reflection.

Miss Madeline Fane is a famous California screen star who has been devoted to her baby son Michael since her husband's death the previous year. One morning she awakens to find Michael has been kidnapped. After a day, she calls in the police, who instantly begin an all-out search.

In a deeply cloistered convent, nun Dorothea Wieck (Mädchen in Uniform) raises a foundling to be Evelyn Venable. But at 17, what if, guided by a kindly doctor, she sees the world and finds love?

The two main people in the story are Anna, a young girl, who is thought of having the ability to heal people mysteriously. Elisabeth is a young - middle aged aristocratic woman, that is disabled and puts all her hopes in meeting Anna and having her disability heal by her. A strange ambivalent relationship develops between the two women.

A series of stupid coincidences causes the young Munich painter Paul to convert his uncle's castle into a hotel for four weeks. But he can't complain: business is good and he has plenty of guests. For exmple, there's Theo Muller with his revue troupe. For reasons of "sound", Muller calls himself "Miller", which, of course, causes more confusion. His daughter, the beautiful Evelyn, is confused with Mabel Miller, who has come to the hotel on a mission for her filthy rich father ... namely, to estimate the worth of the castle.

Manuela es una adolescente que es enviada a un rígido internado después de la muerte de su madre. La directora del establecimiento es una convencida de que el hambre y la disciplina afirman el carácter de las niñas, pero Manuela tiene problemas ajustándose a la rígida disciplina de la directora. Así la niña es cuidada por la maestra Elizabeth Von Bernburg, que es la profesora más joven del internado y por la que todas las niñas (incluida Manuela) suspiran enamoradas... Basada en una obra de Christa Winsloe, fue la primera película que claramente trataba el tema del lesbianismo, y obtuvo un considerable éxito tanto en Europa como en Estados Unidos.