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Secrets of a Sorority Girl
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Secrets of a Sorority Girl(1945)

5.3

In this crime drama, a sorority girl is photographed hanging around with known criminals in illicit gambling dens. The resulting pictures are then used to blackmail her father, a district attorney.

Darkness Fell on Gotenhafen
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Darkness Fell on Gotenhafen(1960)

6.8
99Minutes
Stalingrad: Dogs, Do You Want to Live Forever?
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Stalingrad: Dogs, Do You Want to Live Forever?(1959)

7.2
97Minutes

In the midst of the brutal Battle of Stalingrad during World War II, a group of soldiers fight for their lives and endure the harsh winter conditions. They face constant danger and witness the destruction and devastation of the city. With their supplies dwindling and their spirits low, they must find the strength to keep going.

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Rimfire
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Rimfire(1949)

5.8
63Minutes

An undercover Army captain links missing gold and murder to a gambler's ghost.

The Prairie
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The Prairie(1947)

6
65Minutes

The Prairie is set at the time of the Louisiana Purchase. Hoping to find their destiny in the new territory, the Bush Family heads southward in a covered wagon. Sharing the family's numerous dangers and hardships are Ellen Wade (Lenore Aubert), sole survivor of an Indian attack, and army mapmaker Paul Hover (Alan Baxter). Cousins Abiram (Russ Vincent) and Asa (Jack Mitchum) duke it out over Ellen's affections

Wet Asphalt
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Wet Asphalt(1958)

6.7
90Minutes

In Berlin, when the journalist Greg Bachmann is released from prison six months before the end of his sentence, there is a driver named Jupp waiting for him. Soon he learns that the famous journalist Cesar Boyd was the responsible for the shorter sentence. Cesar offers a position of his assistant to Greg; in return, Boyd would write his story about his interviews to war criminals and Greg would help him in other matters. Meanwhile Boyd welcomes the daughter of a deceased friend, Bettina, and he becomes her guardian.

Madonna of the Desert
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Madonna of the Desert(1948)

6.4
60Minutes

A jeweled Madonna, property of rancher Joe Salinas, attracts two crooks to his ranch, Monica Dell, a smooth operator, and ruthless Nick Julian. Joe believe that the statue has a miraculous power to ward off evil, and Monica, after a narrow escape from injury while trying to steal the statue, is converted to Joe's faith and refuses to go through with the robbery. Nick has no such intentions.

Barbara - Wild wie das Meer
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Barbara - Wild wie das Meer(1961)

6.2
96Minutes

A drama set on Faroe Islands by Frank Wisbar based on the novel by Jørgen-Frantz Jacobsen.

Commando
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Commando(1962)

7.1
87Minutes

A French Foreign Legion commander is told to assemble a unit and capture an Algerian rebel leader. He gathers in his old unit, most of whom are no longer in top form. One is having nightmares of past indiscretions, another is now drinking, another has lost his nerve. He takes them in captures the leader, but then is unable to make it to the pick up. He encounters a rebel patrol and is trapped unless they can escape before their water runs out.

Women in Bondage
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Women in Bondage(1943)

5.9
72Minutes
Anna and Elizabeth
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Anna and Elizabeth(1933)

7.1
74Minutes

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.

Petermann ist dagegen
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Petermann ist dagegen(1938)

2.4
75Minutes

Experiences during a voyage with a KDF-steamer (Kraft Durch Freude = Power Through Joy, a nazi campaign that allowed working class people to make affordable holidays often on steamers).Grumpy old Petermann is a moaner, but during a KDF-tour on the "Der Deutsche" there's so much Freude that he is transformed into a playful nice old chap. It has some beautiful moments despite the obvious promotion of the KDFconcept.

Hermine and the Seven Upright Men
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Hermine and the Seven Upright Men(1935)

5.5
106Minutes

Seven men in peaceful Switzerland swear lifelong friendship while the rest of the world is at strife. A conflict arises when the daughter of one falls in love with the son of another.

Devil Bat's Daughter
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Devil Bat's Daughter(1946)

4.5
67Minutes

Wishing to dispose of his wife, psychiatrist Dr. Elliott makes his patient Nina think that she suffers from a compulsion to kill. He drugs Nina, murders his wife and leaves evidence that points to Nina. The latter, pre-conditioned by Elliott, also thinks she is guilty.

Ferryman Maria
Movie

Ferryman Maria(1936)

6.9
85Minutes

A beautiful young drifter comes to a small village and battles Death itself to save the man she loves.

Flucht über die Ostsee
Movie

Flucht über die Ostsee(1967)

9.5

In 1967, a group of East Germans attempts a dangerous escape to the West by sailing across the Baltic Sea. They face numerous challenges and obstacles along the way, including rough weather, a pursuing naval vessel, and internal conflicts within the group. The film is a tense portrayal of their desperate bid for freedom.

Frank Wisbar

Frank Wisbar, born Franz Wysbar, was a German film director and screenwriter. He directed more than 30 feature films and tv-productions between 1932 and 1967 in Germany and the United States. Frank Wisbar is probably best known for "Anna und Elisabeth" (1933) and "Die Unbekannte" (1936). Two great examples of densified and high-strung relationships in unusual contexts. He also produced the cult classic "Mädchen in Uniform" (1931).

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