Leon Askin

A small retirement home on the edge of Vienna where the city's oldest residents live. Patients over the age of 100 begin to die under mysterious circumstances. The police's secret investigation concentrates on the nursing staff at first. But the new medical director, Dr. Klein, discovers that one of the patients is the culprit.

Paul and Bernd take over a small upscale antique store together. On one nightly excursion, Bernd introduces Paul and Lisa with each other. What was intended as a little variety to marriage-like everyday life develops into a great romance accompanied by a threat: If Eva hears about the affair, the financing for the shop will be in danger. Slowly but surely, Paul is ready to give up everything for Lisa: the shop, Eva and especially the loan. Bernd knows that Dragan is his only hope.

Adele and Sibylle, the two brides of narrow-gauge crooks Heinz and Hermann , are fed up with being just appendages . Together with fellow sufferers , they decide to pull off their own coups - and they do it much better , more cleverly and more successfully than their unsuspecting men... underworldand the police are at a loss.

An unhappy young photographer is about to make his debut as a journalist. He is to write an obituary about the weapons-crazy mayor of a Lower Austrian village who, it is said, had a tank from WWII. In the course of his research he unearths a conspiracy of wifes murdering their husbands to get an early widowers pension.

"The art of the stage actor and even of a stage director is evanescent. Nothing remains of it but a 'still' photograph or two (...) Not everyone can be a genius. Somebody has to be a Leon Askin - and that's me." Leon Askin, born in Vienna in 1907 , fled from the Nazis to the USA in 1940. The private Leon Askin is portrayed: his daily routine, his contact with those around him, at work. During quiet moments, he discusses his thoughts about persecution, emigration, work, discipline, success, the image one projects to the world, his identity as a Jew, loneliness, the struggle for recognition and health, life acting - and also about death.

Following the failure of the marriage of the influential publisher Helmreich and his wife, Helmreich wins the suit for the custody of their 6-year old son. His former wife, Uschi, robbed of the meaning of her life, commits an act of desperation.

An unusual love story between a farmer from a small village and a 25-year-old recently released prisoner from Vienna. First he wins the acceptance and sympathy of the villagers before his past catches up with him.

Using archive film material never seen before, Hollywood veteran Leon Askin portrays Adolf Lanz (1874-1954), the man who gave Hitler his ideas.

A man with cognitive problems lives and works in a hospice. One day an American banker discovers that the man is his son.

Four students who work on different jobs during their vacations in summer are tired of doing the same thing every year. Therefore they decide to open up a moving company together and confront themselves with the former boss of one of them.

Women who have been captured and sold as slave labor to a South American emerald mine hatch a plan for revolution and revenge.

A U.S. Navy submarine captain tries to prevent the Soviets from trying to launch World War III.

Группа студентов крадёт из склепа тело Конрада Радзоффа - легендарного актёра, работавшего в жанре ужасов - и относит его в старый дом, в котором Конрад при жизни сыграл свои лучшие роли. С наступлением ночи выясняется, что духу Конрада такой «переезд» не слишком понравился…

Фостер получает в наследство от своего отца 5 миллионов, цирк и трех орангутангов. Но есть одно условие — если хотя бы одна из обезьян умрет или заболеет, то он не получит пяти миллионов и они отойдут к президенту Зоологического фонда.

Split into three episodes, this film examines extrasensory perception, reincarnation and telepathy.

Fanny Hobichler, a young promising actress, moves to Vienna in the 1920s in order to pursue her big break. She draws inspiration and seeks help from the popular stage actor Albert Kortz who once started out from the same provincial town as she did and was a close friend of her late father. Kortz, however, dreams of retiring as he is tired of his fame and having to deal with the short-tempered theatre director Jason. Together, they try to outwit Jason.

This ethereal, three-hour biopic is the middle film in Hans-Jürgen Syberberg’s “German Trilogy” on the mythological foundations of the Third Reich. By fusing theater, music, and cinema, Syberberg conjures up Karl May (1842-1912), the immensely popular German author, who set many of his adventure novels in an idealized version of the American Wild West. His tales of the cowboy and the Ubermensch alike were beloved by many, including (Our) Hitler, who supposedly ordered his generals to read May works after defeats in the Russian campaign.

John Considine plays the flamboyant Dr. Death, a thousand-year-old magician who has mastered he art of transferring souls from one body to another and thereby manages to perpetuate himself by jumping from one body to the next. Apparently the Doc is a kindred spirit since his blood is a highly-corrosive acid that can strip flesh from bone

The Faust legend retold (loosely) and applied to a mentally disturbed patient in a hospital run by a doctor of dubious sanity himself. The patient offers the innocent orderly vast riches if he'll help him escape.

When private detective Bob Martin looking for a stolen diamond necklace, he also has a clever serial killer on the trail ...

A man buys a house and comes to believe that not only is the house haunted by werewolves, but a family of vampires lives next door.

A detective gets involved with the beautiful daughter of an old friend. The daughter turns out to be a jewel thief, who in turn gets the detective involved in a caper in Austria.

The Confiscation of Confession and 10 million Marks bring the young accident priest Wolf into an adventurous situation: A deadly injured gobber has entrusted him with the hiding-place of the millions of heavy prey, making him the key figure of dangerous gangster interests. The ice-cold cheeks, the fat Felix, and the sex bomb Roma are placed on him to reveal the secret. But Wolf remains ironic - even as Roma tried to seduce him in a completely unchristian way. On the contrary, Wolf brings the beautiful blonde even to think - and so the hunt for the prey ends quite differently

Fabrizio finds refuge from thugs in a convent, and passion in the arms of Lucrezia Borgia.

Мексика. 1746 год. Беглого преступника Леона Аластрея, переодетого монахом, в деревне Сан-Себастьян ошибочно принимают за священника. Сами жители деревни страдают из-за нападений индейского племени яки, которых возглавлял метис Текло, и появление священника считают знаком свыше. Сначала Леон отказывается принять на себя роль спасителя, но в итоге вынужден пересмотреть своё решение.

Прекрасная восточногерманская олимпийская чемпионка прыгает с шестом через Берлинскую стену на свободу.

Pauline becomes involved in a series of adventures around the world and is aided by her ever present friend, George.

Питер Чёрчман, в прошлом - грабитель банков, а теперь - состоятельный джентльмен в тихом испанском городке, вынужден вновь собрать старую команду, чтобы совершить самое невозможное ограбление в своей преступной карьере - ограбить банк в Памплоне прямо во время фиесты Сан-Фермин с её знаменитым Энсьерро - бегом быков.

Гай Ламберт, популярный певец, совершает гастрольное турне по европе. Его неотступно преследует влюбленная юная девушка, являющаяся наследницей огромного состояния. Герой влюбившись узнает, что девушке грозит смертельная опасность и спасает ее…

Годы Второй мировой войны. Войска союзников вторгаются на землю Италии. Капитан Кэш получает задание захватить небольшую деревушку, но расположенные там итальянские войска и сами не прочь сдаться. Их единственная просьба — дождаться окончания праздников, посвященных сбору винограда и молодому вину. Лейтенант Кристиан уговаривает капитана согласиться на это предложение, ведь воздушной разведке все равно будет казаться, что боевые действия — в самом разгаре.

American Mike Harper, sent to do business in England, moves there with his wife, Janet. But she soon becomes convinced that Mike is carrying on with his attractive new assistant, Claire. Mike also has been spending a considerable amount of time with his British bachelor buddies. Vexed and lonely, Claire hires charming antiques expert Paul to decorate the Harper home and maybe make Mike jealous in the process.

During the Cold War, John Goldfarb crashes his spy plane in the Middle East and is taken prisoner by the local government. His captor, King Fawz, soon discovers that Goldfarb used to be a college football star. So he issues him an ultimatum: coach his country's football team, or Fawz will surrender him to the Russians. Goldfarb teams up with undercover reporter Jenny Ericson, and together they plot to escape their dangerous situation.

Шерлок Холмс ищет очень ценное колье Клеопатры, найденное археологами в Египте, которое уже послужило причиной многочисленных загадочных смертей. За всем этим стоит вечный противник Шерлока Холмса профессор Мориарти, автор всех убийств...

Dr. Mabuse has been locked away for years in an insane asylum. Suddenly crimes start occurring and no one knows the culprit. A detective goes to visit the Doctor to find some sort of clues to the robberies.

A 14-year-old girl is caught while trying to pick a doctor's pocket. The doctor ends up taking her in and turning her into a sophisticated lady, whom he marries off to a wealthy man.

МакНамара — глава отделения компании «Кока-Кола» в Германии — ответственный работник и настоящий карьерист. Однажды на его голову сваливается Скарлетт, дочь большого американского начальника, и МакНамара нянчится с ней, надеясь, что это поможет ему получить вожделенное назначение. Но дело принимает скверный оборот, когда девушка влюбляется в коммуниста из Восточного Берлина и выходит за него замуж.

A German police man thinks his wife is a call girl.

Karin is now continuing her father's research and is also caught in the cross hairs of the mysterious opponents. Johanson himself retreats to a Cambodian monastery in order to escape the gangsters' shots and recover. Meanwhile, the international criminals manage to steal Johanson's energy formula. Karin then goes after the thieves, supported by Lundstrom. But he also has his own goals. The hunt takes them around the world. It soon turns out that a certain Madame Latour is behind the sinister machinations. Eventually old Johanson falls into her hands. In Southeast Asia, a showdown ensues between the kidnappers and Lundstrom and Karin.

Шведский профессор Йоханссон совершает открытие, способное разрушить мир. Международная преступная группировка во главе с мадам Лятур начинает за ним охоту и похищает профессора и его помощника. В борьбу вступают агенты спецслужб со всего мира. Швед Лундстрем, итальянец Бьямонте, русский агент Бераков. Вскоре исчезает и дочь профессора Карин. Выясняется, что следы преступников ведут в Бангкок.

The story of young Tchaikovsky through the premiere of his "Sleeping Beauty" ballet.

Эта история о немецком отряде диверсантов, действовавших в американском тылу в битве в Арденнах. Снятый в Голландии "Последний Блицкриг" представляет в главной роли Вана Джонсона в нетипичной для него роли немецкого офицера Кронера. Сын высокопоставленного нацистского чиновника Кронер назначен на опасное задание в условиях, когда война уже клонится к концу. Вместе с ещё несколькими говорящими по-английски офицерами, переодетые в американскую форму, они отправляются за линию фронта вести подрывную работу. Кронер своё дело делает, несмотря на всё своё разочарование "величием" Третьего Рейха. Когда его личность оказывается установленной, Кронер решает перейти к американцам и возглавляет тот самый, фигурально выражаясь, "последний блицкриг" уже против своих, против нацистов.

A group of criminals hijacks a plane, intending to fly it to Cuba.

Slip and the gang (Bowery Boys) foil foes of the exiled, incognito king of Truania (Sig Ruman).

Judy and her grandpa run a trolley between a train depot and a ghost town in Nevada, near the California border. Three spies intent of tracking down an atomic missile gone astray arrive. When the trolley breaks down, Judy and Grandpa unwittingly install the engine from the nearby crashed missile.

Hard-boiled archeologist Mark Brandon is searching for ancient tombs in Egypt when he is approached by beautiful Ann Mercedes, who convinces him to help her fulfill her deceased father's life's ambition - to provide solid proof of the biblical Joseph's travels in ancient Egypt. As an ex-pupil of Ann's father, Mark accepts and the two embark on a search for the tomb of the Pharoah Ra Hotep, said to have had some connection with Joseph. The trail to the tomb is fraught with intrigue, betrayal, murder, and the possibility that the tomb itself has been emptied of all its artifacts by ancient looters.

Harry Steele (Charlton Heston) is a tourist guide determined to make his fortune by finding the Sunburst, an Inca treasure.

Все идет не так у артиста-чревовещателя Джерри Моргана. Его отношения с подругой зашли в тупик, собственная кукла взбунтовалась, менеджер отправляет Джерри к психиатору, а тут еще гастроли в Цюрихе. Тем временем, изготовитель кукол Папинек, по совместительству шпион, решил использовать кукол Моргана, что бы переправить украденные секретные чертежи. За чертежами, надо сказать, охотятся очень многие. Так что в Цюрихе Джерри придется непросто.

Antar is sent by Suleiman, head of the Ottoman Empire, to Bagdad to prevent Hammam, Pasha of Bagdad, from purchasing the services of local leader Mustapha to unite the hill tribes and overthrow the emperor. The intrigue mounts as Antar falls in love with dancer Selima, who tries to avenge her father's death against Hammam's right-hand-man Kasseim, whose wife Rosanna has fallen in love with Antar!

Римский центурион Галл Марцелл был беден и неудачлив, но он очень любил азартные игры. И однажды ему сказочно повезло — он выиграл одежду распятого на Голгофе за какие-то пригрешения осужденного. Если бы он мог заранее знать, как навсегда изменится его жизнь, если бы он только мог представить себе, что значит выиграть хитон самого Христа…

American soldiers undertake a mission to capture a Japanese admiral who has survived an air crash in China during WWII.

Marine Sergeant James O'Hearn is being tried at the San Diego Marine base for desertion, theft, scandalous conduct and destruction of property in time of war. He refuses to testify or plead guilty or not guilty to the charges. Showgirl Ginger Martin takes the stand against his protest. She testifies O'Hearn won't talk because he is protecting the name of his pal, Marine Private Davey White. Ginger tells how she, broke and stranded, met the two marines in Shanghai two weeks before Pearl Harbor.

A commander in the Foreign Legion romances a mysterious and exotic princess.

Having to leave Melbourne in a hurry to avoid various marriage proposals, two song-and-dance men sign on for work as divers. This takes them to an idyllic island on the way to Bali where they vie with each other for the favours of Princess Lala. The hazardous dive produces a chest of priceless jewels which arouses the less romantic interest of some shady locals.

A short film made for the United Jewish Appeal, reuniting the main players behind The Sniper, writers Edna and Edward Anhalt, director Edward Dmytryk, and star Arthur Franz.

Paris-based New York Herald Tribune reporter Jimmy Race (Andrews) is sent by his boss (Sanders) behind the Iron Curtain in Budapest to investigate a meeting involving the Hungarian ambassador.

In September 1938, an American diplomat negotiated in London the peace of Munich, rather than rush to Paris where his wife, a famous film actress, is about to fall into the arms of a young first. He gains peace but loses his happiness.