Hardy Krüger

This documentary, hosted by actor Burgess Meredith, explores the life and career of movie director Otto Preminger, whose body of work includes such memorable films as Anatomy of a Murder, Exodus, Laura, Forever Amber, Advise and Consent, In Harm's Way, The Moon Is Blue, The Man with the Golden Arm, and many other movies made from the '30s through the '70s. Interviews with actors Frank Sinatra, Vincent Price, James Stewart, Michael Caine, and others who worked with the flamboyant and sometimes control-obsessed director add information and insight to the story.

In 1981, after the successful test of a submarine tracker device developed by the Swedish scientist Paul Mandell and sponsored by the US government through his representative Miller, his industry is totally burned and the laser device is stolen. Stig Larsson from the Swedish Secret Agency suspects of an inside job and brings the Swedish Marine Thomas Kallin to investigate Paul undercover as his driver. The naive Kallin is double-crossed but continues his investigation while Larsson finds the truth about the heist.

Duas perigosas armas nucleares são roubadas e posteriormente vendidas a um grupo terrorista, fato que pode desencadear a próxima Grande Guerra. O repórter televisivo Patrick Hale precisa investigar o caso e acaba se envolvendo em toda a trama envolvendo a polícia, o governo e líderes de instituições religiosas e políticas, mas inesperadamente surge uma pista de que seu próprio governo pode estar envolvido no crime.

Based on the children's novel by celebrated South Australian author 'Colin Thiele' , this is an emotional father and son story about tuna fishing of Southern Blue Fin tuna in South Australia's Port Lincoln fishing district. Accident prone son Snook is forever making mistakes much to the chagrin of his father Pascoe. But when tragedy strikes the fishing boat during a deep sea fishing trek in the Southern Ocean, the boy is called on to become a man in a rites of sea passage to reconcile is past mishaps and save both his father and the ship from certain disaster.

Uma multinacional britânica pretende derrubar um ditador na África central. Então contrata um bando de mercenários em Londres e os envia para resgatar da prisão o democrático líder da oposição, que está gravemente doente. Mas quando a equipe realiza o resgate perfeito, a multinacional consegue fechar um acordo com o ditador e abandona o bando de mercenários que então precisa sair por conta própria da enrascada. (e 16 - Estimado 16 Anos)

Setembro de 1944, os Aliados confidencialmente mandam para a Normandia um grande grupo de soldados para a operação Market Garden, cuja intenção era dar um fim para a Segunda Guerra Mundial, invadindo a Alemanha e destruindo as indústrias de guerra do 3º Reich. Durante a operação, disparidades políticas no campo de batalha, mó sorte nas condições meteorológicas e falhas na inteligência levam ao desastre da missão. A história do mais trágico erro tático da Segunda Guerra Mundial, que custou a vida de muitos soldados.

After her daughter is kidnapped, a mother discovers that there can be something even worse after "the worst."

A diabolical tale of romance, murder, and mistaken identity as a treacherous terrorist organization hunts an enemy agent with the intention of killing him, but instead they set their sights on the wrong man. Left in the wake of their mistaken pursuit is a trail of broken lives and brutal murders.

Potato Fritz (Hardy Kruger) and his friends have moved from Germany to the American Wild West, settling eventually in the Rockies. They are besieged by what appear to them to be hostile Native Americans. Before too long, it becomes clear that the hostiles are in fact a gang of gold thieves. This movie is notable among German-made Westerns for its use of authentic period costumes and firearms.

Um trapaceiro irlandês conquista o coração de uma viúva rica e assume a posição aristocrárica do seu falecido marido na Inglaterra do século 18.

A somewhat prim and proper Englishman is hired as the tutor to the son of the Japanese ambassador. His life changes when he and the boy are kidnapped by terrorists for political purposes.

Um escritor inglês viúvo viaja com sua jovem namorada para uma casa remota que ele possui na Espanha. Pouco depois de chegar, ela começa a notar um comportamento estranho em seu enteado, um menino de 12 anos, que parece estar obcecado por ela.

Dilacerado por culpa pessoal o general italiano Umberto Nobile relembra sua fracassada expedição ao Ártico, em 1928, a bordo do avião Itália, do acidente e dos esforços de resgate subsequentes. Os 'fantasmas' de pessoas envolvidas nos eventos aparecem em suas memórias para ajudá-lo a determinar sua culpa no caso. As reminiscências são misturadas com a ação real: o voo do 'Itália', a operação de resgate aéreo do aeródromo de Kings Bay e a expedição do quebra-gelo 'Krassin'. (e 10 - Estimado 10 Anos)

In January 1943 the German army, afraid of an Allied invasion of the Balkans, launched a great offensive against Yugoslav Partisans in Western Bosnia. The only way out for Partisan forces and thousands of refugees was the bridge on the river Neretva.

A true story taken from the archives of the archdiocese of Milan. Based on the life of Marianna De Leyva, better known as "The Nun of Monza," a 17th century nun accused of and tried by the church for breaking celibacy and plotting murder.

Bombolini é um bêbado bastante inútil na pequena cidade italiana de Santa Vittoria nos últimos dias da Segunda Guerra Mundial. Quando chega a notícia de que o governo fascista se rendeu, ele sobe na torre de água para derrubar a bandeira. Depois que subiu fica com medo da altura e não consegue descer. Então alguém da multidão começa a gritar o seu nome para lhe dar confiança. O conselho fascista da cidade ouve isso e acredita que ele é o novo líder da cidade. Eles se rendem a ele e o transformam no novo prefeito. Ele assume o cargo e quando descobre que os alemães planejam ocupar sua cidade e tomar seu vinho (mais de um milhão de garrafas), ele cria um plano para esconder todas as garrafas.

Albert is a Franciscan monk and a medical orderly at a monastery in France. Although he is German, the kindly monk helps hide French resistance members. Albert tries to maintain the delicate balance between the warring factions by helping out the afflicted and not getting involved in political ideology.

While he is trying to escape from a hit man, Carl is setting up a kidnapping in Beirut. He gets lost on his way, falling in love with Salène, a.k.a. "La grande sauterelle"...

An American scientist is sent by the CIA to East Germany to retrieve a secret microfilm from a Soviet scientist interested in defecting to the West but the Stasi secret police's surveillance complicates matters.

Depois de um acidente de avião no deserto do Saara, um dos sobreviventes diz ser um projetista de avião e que eles podem refazer um avião a partir dos destroços. Um avião de carga, no meio de uma tempestade de areia no Saara, cai com menos de uma dúzia de homens a bordo. Um dos passageiros é um projetista de avião que propõe arrancar as partes não danificadas das asas e usá-las como base para um avião que eles vão construir para escapar, antes que sua comida e água acabem. Foi refilmado em O Vôo da Fênix (2004). (e 14 - Estimado 14 Anos)

Uma história de amor medieval.

Vincent is recovering from a nervous breakdown in a seaside village on the Costa Brava. He enters into an affair with nightclub owner Jenny, but their relationship changes when she falls for alcoholic author Pascal Regnier, who is struggling to resume his writing career. Vincent eventually returns home, leaving Jenny to stay on with Pascal and his young son Daniel.

Jovem jogador de futebol após acidente automobilístico vê-se numa trama envolvendo uma fortuna em seguros.

"Les quatre vérités" aka "The Four Truths" is a movie anthology that consists of four segments, all loosely parodying fables from the 17th-century French poet Jean de la Fontaine. The US cut usually features only 3 segments.

Sofrendo de amnésia, um ex-combatente vive atormentado por ter matado uma criança na guerra. Sua vida começa a mudar quando encontra uma menina abandonada pelo próprio pai e passa a se encontrar todo domingo com ela para brincar e, ao mesmo tempo, tentar lembrar de seu passado. Aos poucos, a relação entre os dois começa a ser mal interpretada, até mesmo pelos amigos de Pierre.

Sean Mercer lidera um grupo internacional de caçadores que se encontra na África no período de três meses em que essa prática está liberada. Sua intenção é capturar um grande número de animais selvagens para atender encomendas de zoológicos do mundo todo. Além do risco que corre, Sean fica contrariado quando chega uma mulher no acampamento contratada pelo zoológico de Los Angeles para documentar a captura dos animais. Dallas se mostra à vontade no lugar, e se torna conhecida dos nativos por "Momma Tembo" (Mãe dos Elefantes), por acolher alguns filhotes elefantes órfãos, que tumultam ainda mais a vida no acampamento.

Lieschen Müller is in her mid-20s, works a dull office job and fancies the handsome waiter from the diner down the street, wishing for a more exciting life. In a vivid, lucid dream she happens upon a gigantic fortune, allowing her to live out her wildest fantasies. Quickly, however, she realizes that that's not what makes her happy.

A German expedition is in the African jungles on an unidentified misson. During this mission one of the German explorers, Thoren, is attacked and captured by the local natives called the Botos.

Durante a Segunda Guerra Mundial, soldados franceses unem forças com um oficial alemão para sobreviver ao deserto africano. (e 12 - Estimado 12 Anos)

Summer 1870. Following the French defeat at Sedan. Léon, a soldier in a detachment isolated in the Ardennes forest, is sent in search of water. When he discovers the most peaceful of rivers, he decides to undress and bathe in it. At bend of the river he catches sight of another naked swimmer. It's a Prussian! Both men start bickering a bit: aren't they supposed to be arch enemies? But they soon fraternize. Unfortunately the patrol has not vanished in the haze and they hear it coming. Each man gets hold of his uniform and runs away in two opposite directions. The only trouble is that Fritz the Prussian has donned the French uniform and Leon the Prussian one!

Em Londres da década de 1950, o pintor holandês Jan-Van Rooyer tem um caso com uma francesa rica que é assassinada, fazendo com que Van Rooyer se torne o principal suspeito do Scotland Yard.

'The Rest Is Silence, a German-made attempt to update Shakespeare, is one of the best and least self-conscious of this minor genre. As indicated by the title, the film's script is a "mufti" version of Hamlet, with young Hardy Krüger trying to prove that his uncle has killed his father. Direct references to the Shakespeare original abound, right down to the re-enactment of the crime for the benefit of the Uncle and the periodic appearances of the ghost of the hero's father.'

A German scholar has girl troubles while studying at Cambridge.

A doctor goes to meet a beautiful girl at a park bench near a wooded area. When he arrives, he finds her battered body lying next to a stream! He then finds himself to be the prime suspect. Who's the killer?

Based on the true story of Oberleutnant Franz von Werra, the only german prisoner of war captured in Britain to escape back to Germany during the Second World War.

Paris, 1944. With France under Nazi occupation, General Quade entrusts an important mission to Furstenwerth, the commander of the Wermacht: to secretly transmit secret documents to the Allies. While carrying out this mission, the commander falls under the spell of a young French resistance fighter, Yvonne. He is discovered and arrested by the Gestapo. Yvonne and her group of resistance fighters will do everything to free him.

Researchers in the African jungle find a young white woman living with a tribe, that adores her as goddess. They carry her off and proudly report to the press. It turns out that she may be Liane, the long lost daughter of the rich shipowner Amelongen. So Toren starts civilizing her and takes her to Germany, where she - now in love with Toren - has to defend herself against accusations of legacy-hunting. Will she fit into her new society?

An industrialist's wife was killed and now her lover is accused of murder.

A comedy of manners, the film centers on virtuous actress Patty O'Neill, who meets playboy architect Donald Gresham on the observation deck of the Empire State Building and accepts his invitation to join him for drinks and dinner in his apartment. There she meets Donald's upstairs neighbors, his ex-fiancée Cynthia and her father, roguish David Slader. Both men are determined to bed the young woman, but they quickly discover Patty is more interested in engaging in spirited discussions about the pressing moral and sexual issues of the day than surrendering her virginity to either one of them. After resisting their amorous advances throughout the night, Patty leaves and returns to the Empire State Building, where Donald finds her and proposes marriage.

As Long as You're Near Me (German: Solange Du da bist) is a 1953 West German drama film directed by Harald Braun. It was entered into the 1954 Cannes Film Festival.

Dois playboys estão interessados pela mesma garota, mas ela evita dar alguma chance a ambos com o argumento de que quer se manter virgem até a noite de núpcias. Os dois homes, então, tentam encontrar uma maneira de fazê-la mudar de idéia.

Winnie is desperate and doesn't know what to do next. She is about to marry her lover Paul, who has returned from war captivity. Both want to emigrate to America short after marriage. But the young woman has an illegitimate one-and-a-half-year-old son, whom she has kept secret from her fiancé. The short-tempered Paul would never understand that. When she is on her way to the orphanage, the grumpy senior civil servant Hieronymus Spitz and his little dog Tobby get into her train compartment. After a short observation, Winnie is certain that the misantrope actually has a good heart, because he lovingly takes care of his dog. Without further ado she leaves little Niki with the tax accountant and disappears from the train. Only a note with a request remains. The overwhelmed old gentleman initially wants to get rid of the child, but then takes it home and takes care of it together with his housekeeper. Both take the bundle of joy to their hearts. But then everything turns out differently.

Director Brakke has good reason to be happy: he has just received the news that his son, Theo, won first place in the local boat race. To be sure, he had forbidden his son to take part in the competition, because the son's grades in school are substandard. In the end, Brakke sees no other way than to pull Theo from school and install him as an apprentice in his airplane manufacturing plant. Although Theo is received by the other 150 apprentices in a friendly fashion, he behaves in an arrogant and disrespectful tone towards them. He feels himself to be better than them, because his father is the director of the factory.