Gustav Knuth
Nacimiento : 1901-07-07, Braunschweig, Germany
Muerte : 1987-02-01
Herzog Max in Bayern (archive footage)
September 11, 1898: The imperial family’s personal physician, Dr. Herman Widerhofer, is deeply shocked by the news that an anarchist has assassinated Empress Elisabeth in Geneva. He then shuts himself up in his private rooms and recalls the empress’ fateful life. We learn the truth about Elisabeth, as the doctor knew more about her than anyone else.
Herr Knabe
A politically naive Viennese butcher (Bockerer) manages to survive the Nazi occupation of Austria and the second world war.
Pförtner
Rough
Robert Swingle / Dr. Richard Swingle / Paul
Gast
Herr Quisenow
Robert de Baudricourt
Aufofahrer
Berullis
Jakstat
A villager is tempted by a sophisticated city woman and almost kills his wife in a boating accident. Based on the same story that inspired F. W. Murnau's film Sunrise (1927).
Kurt 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.
Reginald Tressblekken
Bürgermeister
Un conde y una condesa cuya vida amorosa está perdiendo brillo, invitan a algunas personas
Muheim
Stadtmusikant Miller
Gustav Schultheiss
Stefans Vater
Vienna 1965. While visiting the Wax Museum a group of tourists stop in front of the figure of Prince Metternich. All of a sudden they find themselves brought back 150 years earlier during the Vienna Congress of 1814-1815. Before their eyes wide open, history is in the making. Gathered around the Tsar of Russia, Alexander I, the Kings of Bavaria, Würtemberg, Prussia and Denmark, are persuaded they are building the future Europe whereas they are being manipulated by foxy Chancellor Metternich, he himself under the thumb of cynical Count Talleyrand, the French representative. All those considerations come second though to partying and social life, which is all these aristocrats really want out of this congress.
Franz Lehmhuhn
Gustav Schultheiss
The 13-year-old Ludwig is to have for every joke. At boarding school he cuts his stern teacher, Captain a. D. Semmelmaier, during the nap from the beard. The angry pedagogue then sends the spoiled flail back to his beloved Bavarian village. The long-suffering mother persuades the rector to resume her reforming boy at the Latin school. Everything seems to be working out for the better, but the upcoming marriage of his sister Ännchen with the Berlin beer brewer Karl Schultheiss presents Ludwig with new challenges.
Horace A.W. Tabor
Alp Oehi
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.
Igor
Un ingenioso equipo electrónico, utilizado como guía de misiles, es robado en París. Pero la pericia de un aristocrático agente secreto francés consigue localizarlo y recuperarlo en Viena.
Richard Bradley
After his parents are killed in a stagecoach holdup, a young man learns to be an expert gunman and with his dog Shorty, sets out to avenge their deaths.
Herbert Georg Beutler / Isaac Newton
Holger Andreesen
Theaterdirektor Löwe
Dr. Thomas Stockmann
John P. Hoover
Dr. Walther
Charles Clifton
A company's stockholders hold their meeting at a lonely mansion. A mad doctor conducting experiments in the mansion starts to strangle them one at a time with a nylon noose. The survivors must figure out a way to stop him.
Jules
Sir Claude Mulhammer
Eugen Stärkle
Duke Max of Bavaria (archive footage)
The beautiful account of the powerful drama of love and courage of Austrian Archduke Franz Joseph and Princess Elizabeth (Sissi) of Bavaria. This is a condensed version of the original German language 3-part "Sissi" series.
Herbert Georg Beutler
Rotbarth
When the wife of Sebastian Schumann left her family, he told his little daughter that her mother has died, because he thought that this was the easiest way for her to accept that her mother is now gone. But this was only the beginning of a lot of lies he tells her continuously, mostly about himself and his job. This way he also tries to hide away from her the fact that he had to quit his job as a traveler and is now paid much less than before.
Sean O’Connor
Hotel Director
A biographical drama directed by Franz Josef Gottlieb.
Otto Seeberg
Carlos
Hans Waldisch
Water is a scarce and sometimes dangerous resource in the Swiss Mountain Village. Anytime the wooden pipe is damaged and the supply breaks, one man from the village is determined by "unlucky" draw to take on the life-threatening repairs.
Erich Füllgrabe
Three bums get played by the devil.
Vater Barnebusch
Generaldirektor Meißen
Hugo Wiederkehr, as a dutiful bank employee, has to deal with all kinds of customers. Among other things, with the industrialist Meissen and his pretty daughter Christine, with whom he falls in love. However, it remains unmatched because it belongs to a different social class. He also works as a hobbyist and inventor, which also requires a lot of money. When his employer refuses to give him a loan because his father is in prison for fraud, he quits disappointed.
Trautmann, Hoteldirektor
Herr Seipel
Josef „Sepp“ Ziegler
Arthur Grönland
Friedrich Kiesberg
Henry O’Brien
Freddy can hardly believe his good fortune: His uncle has left him some land in the Rocky Mountains, and, together with orphan Stefan, he's taking off for Canada. However, the great inheritance turns out to be a decrepit, old log cabin in the middle of nowhere. Nevertheless, an unusual number of people seem to be way too interested in the rundown ranch.
Diederich Schwarzkopf
First part of two of the saga of the troubled Buddenbrook family and their business in mid 19th century Germany.
Viirimäki
Generaldirektor Steiner
Carl de Vries
Ferdinand Sommerrock
Christian Tschöll
Waldemar Graf Hatzberg zu Eberstein
Hotelier Haringer
Michael Kirchner, nicknamed "The Black Lightning", is a passionate alpine skier. Now he must eliminate the tough opponent Herbert Tanner to be the representative of the national team.
Anton Burger
deutscher Konsul
Der 10. Mai (The Tenth of May) was the date in 1940 that Hitler invaded the Low Countries: Belgium, Holland and Luxembourg. Neutral Switzerland, which hadn't experienced a war since the 14th century, hurriedly fortified its borders with battalions of inexperienced soldiers. The panic, confusion and isolated acts of courage which occurred on that fateful day are re-created in this Swiss docudrama. The story is "personalized" by concentrating on a fugitive German soldier (Heinz Reincke) who falls in love with the Swiss girl (Linda Geiser) who shelters him. Produced on a bare-minimum budget, Der 10. Mai is impressive more for its sincerity and raw energy than for its actual cinematic merits.
Ruedi Stuffer
Oberst Ollendorf
Axel von Pröhl
Hellmann
Fürst Basil Basilowitsch
Duke Max
Sissi se muestra hábil no sólo con los asuntos de estado, sino también con Sofía, su conflictiva suegra, que aprovecha cualquier ocasión para inventar falsos romances entre Sissi y el conde Andrassy con el objetivo de romper el matrimonio entre la emperatriz y su hijo. A las amenazas de Sofía hay que añadir la grave enfermedad pulmonar que Sissi contrae en Hungría y que la llevará a Grecia, donde tras un tiempo la joven mejora felizmente de su enfermedad.
Jack Hover
A comedy directed by Géza von Radványi.
Klaus Papendiek
Roger Bentley
The true story of a German agent sent to the USA in 1944 in order to stop the development of the atomic bomb.
Duke Max
Tras su boda en Viena, Sissi empieza su nueva vida como Emperatriz de Austria, pero pronto la rigidez del protocolo se convierte para ella en un verdadero problema. Entre ella y Sofia, su suegra, nace un profundo resentimiento que estalla en el cumpleaños de la hija de Sissi: Sofia, apelando a una antigua tradición de la Corte, se opone a que la niña sea criada por su madre. Al final llegan a un acuerdo, por el que Sissi podrá educar a su hija si se compromete a cumplir sus obligaciones cortesanas.
Polizeikommissar
Andreas
The sculptor Andreas promised his seriously ill childhood friend before her death that he would take care of her daughter Heidemarie. While his application for custody is going through the authorities, the young girl comes to her uncle and his wife. Both treat Heidemarie badly so she spends most of the time with Andreas and the hunchback beggar boy Peter. Finally, the time has come: Andreas is granted custody and also takes Peter in with him.
Karl Nielsen
Loisl, Bildhauer und Maler
Der alte Winter
Martin Lundt, heir to his family's industrial business, falls for and, against his family's wishes, weds the family maid, Régine. Soon thereafter, rumors begin to circulate about Régine's faithfulness and being to haunt Martin.
Major Hinrichsen
The third part of Paul May′s "08/15" trilogy based on the novel by Hans Hellmut Kirst takes place shortly before the end of World War II: In the spring of 1945, the German troops are practically defeated, and the battalion of Kowalski, major general von Plönnies and Asch who had risen to the rank of lieutenant in the meantime is left to its own devices to a large extent. They hope to be able to wait for the end of the war without having to encounter any combat operations. At the same time, Asch tries to prevent high-level Nazi officers from disappearing unnoticed and from cashing in on the chaotic circumstances.
Istvan Racz
Andreas, a young German student comes to Hungary on an exchange programme. In the Hungarian village he falls in love with the stationmaster's daughter Piroschka and spends much of his time with her. They have an enchanting summer until Andreas gets an invitation to join another young woman at a nearby resort. Piroschka is jealous and follows him there, causing trouble. It takes a long time for Andreas and Piroschka to even talk to each other again. When Andreas has to leave Hungary at the end of his holiday, he is determined to return some day.
Duke Max
Francisco José debe casarse y, aunque su madre ya ha pensado en Helena, una joven princesa bávara, el emperador se enamora perdidamente de Elizabeth (Sissi), una joven espontánea y poco convencional que detesta el protocolo de la Corte. A pesar de que su decisión no contará con la aprobación de su madre, el joven enamorado hará de su espléndida boda con Sissi la primera victoria en el frente familiar.
Otto Friese
Anna es trabajadora de una fábrica en Alemania Oriental. Su hijo Jochen, de cinco años, vive con sus abuelos en el oeste y Anna quiere que viva con ella, por lo que lo secuestra. En el camino conoce a Carl, quien la ayuda con su hijo y se enamoran.
Soldat Horner
Karl John
After the fall and before the wall.
Carlo
Brandstetter snr.
After many years on the oceans, sailor Hannes Wedderkamp has finally returned to Hamburg. On St. Pauli, Hannes sings songs from the sea in the hippodrome of his best friend Pitter Breuer on the Reeperbahn with the "Quetschkommode" songs and cares for the audience.
Karrari
Directed by Walter Reisch
Emanuel Striese
Hermann Schninkat
Unemployed and homeless actors following the dream of finding the future in South America. The manager Osvaldo Curtis tricks the group of colorful and failed artists to apply for a special visa overseas.
Dr. Spitzkoetter
Abruzzo
Schimmel
Jean Baptiste Gunderloch
Herr Schwidders
Loosli, Kellermeister
The paths of guests and employees cross at the Palace Hotel in St. Moritz: A chambermaid experiences financial difficulties. A guest has been robbed. A thief is caught. An assistant cook is promoted to waiter. And there’s no shortage of love in this small world of the great Hotel Palace. Keeping an orderly eye over proceedings is the hotel’s beautiful patron, whose heart is in the right place.
Bruck
Eberhard Bruggs
Papi Straßmeier
Paul
Melodrama set during wartime.
Knospe
Braubach
Caesar von Waldau
Ernesto Spadoli, Artist
Pitou
Holm, Antiquitätenhändler
Willy
Hendrik y Willy son barqueros en el río Havel. En uno de sus viajes recogen a Anna, una joven de misterioso pasado, y ambos se enamoran de ella...
Dr. Ewald Martens
Fiete
Singing sailor Hannes, who now entertains the crowd at St. Pauli's Hippodrome after years at sea, promises his dying brother that he will take care of his ex-girlfriend Gisa. Taking Gisa to Hamburg to live with him, Hannes quickly falls in love with her, but soon has to face Gisa's affection for another man, Willem.
Georg, sein Sohn
Georg Polenz, Müller
Trainer Karl Wildbrandt
A player on a soccer team, where everyone matches together just perfectly, has fallen out of a championship tournament due to illness; which leads to a big problem: who would be the perfect man to replace him? Werner Fehling appears to be the perfect replacement for the sick man. The problem is, he's a bitter rival of the goalkeeper, Jupp Jaeger. Both men love the same girl, Grete Gabler. Grete is the daughter of a senior member of the sports club, which is why she feels doubly under pressure not to do anything to jeopardize the success of the team.
Pedro, Hirte
Johann Christoph Altnikol
During a house concert, the Bach family gets a visit by their son Wilhelm Friedemann, who has just given up his position in Dresden because he no longer could endure the reprisals of his superiors.
Fischer Frerk
Henry Brinkmann
Nic Brenten, Ingenieur
When the famous singer Grace Collins got off the plane that had flown her a remote place in Northen Africa little did she know she would meet love and adventure there. If she came there, it was to visit Sir Collins, her stepfather. Falling in love was not on the agenda but how could she resist the charm of Nic Brenten, an alluring and idealistic Dutch engineer? Butcan devotion and generosity really compete with the greed of someone like Sir Collins, a cynical financier who wants to dispossess the locals of the copper mine Brenten helps them to develop ?...
Walter Zügel, Caissonarbeiter
Dr. Cornelsen
Oschi Rasmus
Christof Peleikis, Fischer und Steuermann
Hans Stork
Rather coarse, pre-War comedy about a Markgraf -- Heinrich XXVI -- who bathes in the springs of the Ammendorf to strengthen his potency. The town and its springs are especially well known for the many couples with lots of children, who, for tax reasons, live there unmarried. The town smithy and bully provides his vitality to ensure the countess has an heir for the throne.
