Old Shatterhand is the story of a brave adventurer who becomes embroiled in a conflict between corrupt soldiers and Native American tribes. Along the way, he forms a friendship with an Apache warrior and together they fight against injustice and prejudice.
In this spoof, a man impersonates Sherlock Holmes in order to solve a crime involving the rare stamps collection. He teams up with Dr. Watson and together they go on a train ride to Berlin, Germany to catch the gang behind the crime.
Emil goes to Berlin to see his grandmother with a large amount of money and is offered sweets by a strange man that make him sleep. He wakes up at his stop with no money. It is up to him and a group of children to save the day.
In 'The Strange Countess', a man gets drawn into an exciting adventure when he encounters a mysterious countess. As he delves deeper into her world, he discovers dark secrets and becomes entangled in a web of crime and danger. The story is based on a novel filled with suspense, murder, and intrigue. This thrilling movie captivates the audience with its compelling plot and beautiful visuals.
In the midst of the 1860s in Mexico, a group of bandits encounter a pyramid said to house the Sun God's treasure. They must navigate through various challenges and face off against native Americans to claim the riches for themselves.
Set in Mexico, a band of mercenaries sets out on a treacherous adventure to find a hidden treasure, encountering dangerous obstacles and facing their own personal demons.
In this black-and-white film, a crime gang led by Doctor Mabuse terrorizes the city. The police, led by their brilliant detective, are determined to bring them down. The plot unfolds with a series of shootouts, heists, and mysterious murders, as the detective uncovers a secret underworld. As tensions rise, the detective must outsmart Doctor Mabuse and his henchmen to bring them to justice.
Almost Angels is a delightful family movie set in Vienna, Austria. It follows Tony Fiala, a young boy with a passion for singing, as he joins the Vienna Boys' Choir. Tony faces challenges such as puberty and a changing voice but, with the support of his friends and mentors, he learns important life lessons in the process.
Carnival in Flanders is a satire-comedy film that takes place during the Eighty Years' War in Flanders. The story revolves around a mayor who tries to protect his town from an invasion by a Spanish army. With the help of a mercenary, the mayor devises a plan to outsmart the invaders. The film is filled with humor, romance, and social satire.
This film is a fascinating showcase for Emil Janning's theatrical play. He's a gentle school teacher who believes in his boys and is easily fooled about all things, while the other town officials want him dismissed. Curiously it's very hard to see what the film is exactly aiming for. Disaster strikes and the lax prof proves to be too far removed of the real problems of the world, on the other hand his enemies are shown in the most unsympathetic, satirical way denouncing the militaristic, bourgeois ideology of the Kaiserreich.
Mobsters conspire to loot another criminal's treasure secured in an enormous booby-trapped vault.
Then the spirit of Jack the Ripper seems to be very much alive in 1960s London as a series of brutal slayings by the Monster of London City has Scotland Yard baffled. In a macabre coincidence, a new play about the famous murderer is about to become a major West End hit... and the leading man is rapidly becoming the prime suspect!
Doris Putzke is fond of dating men in her quest to find the perfect one. In her brief relationships, she goes from one disillusionment to another, constantly deluding herself about the intentions of her lovers.
A group of hooded vigilantes hang wrong-doers with a rope stolen from Scotland Yard's Black Museum.
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?
After completing work on the British musical Invitation to the Waltz, Lillian Harvey returned to her adopted country of Germany to star in the comedy-with-music Glueckskinder (Children of Fortune). Harvey plays Ann Garden, an unemployed actress who ends up in night court on a loitering charge. Here she meets Gil Taylor (Willy Fritsch), a struggling songwriter temporarily employed as a court reporter. Hoping to keep her out of jail, Gil impulsively tells the judge that he's engaged to Ann -- whereupon the judge, equally impulsively, marries the couple on the spot! After this inauspicious start, Ann and Gil embark upon a rocky (but tuneful) whirlwind romance.
Director Wolfgang Staudte who left East Germany in 1953 to make movies in West Germany, takes a few swipes at the West German judicial system in this fairly effective courtroom drama about the murder of a four-month-old baby. Police almost immediately arrest the mother Ingrid who is the mistress of the father, a rich business VIP married to another woman. His position and wealth keep him insulated from suspicion. A hot-shot lawyer has to overcome the unaccountably biased perceptions of the police, the judge, the prosecutor and almost everyone else in the judicial system. The defence lawyer, driven to an extreme, knows he has to find the real killer or his client will be convicted.
The reporter Peter Zabel stumbles upon the sinking of the luxury yacht Orplid in Hamburg on August 14, 1949. The ship went down with a wedding party run by artists on a pleasure trip from Hamburg to Scotland . In spite of good weather and no technical problems. Out of personal curiosity, Zabel starts researching. Could the sinking of Orplid have political reasons? A German political thriller and film noir inspired by Carol Reed's "The Third Man".
Kubinke is a drama movie released in 1966. It tells the story...