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- DirectorGeorg HurdalekStarsHeinz RühmannLucie MannheimErnst SchröderGustav Hartmann is in trouble. Because of the new taxis he doesn't get many passengers in his horse-drawn carriage. To prove what he and his horse are capable of, he starts a trip from Berlin to Paris.
- DirectorKurt MeiselStarsHeinz RühmannMarianne KochHans LeibeltLutz Ventura is a writer in a small town. There he lives an idyllic life with his fiancée Margot. When his widowed sister suddenly dies, he takes in her two children Traudl and Rudi. This inevitably leads to complications.
- DirectorGéza von BolváryStarsHeli FinkenzellerFita BenkhoffMarte HarellAfter Richard Heuberger's operetta of the same name, Géza von Bolváry staged a high-spirited confusion about infidelity and amusing entanglements in Vienna at the turn of the century.
- DirectorFritz LangStarsPeter LorreEllen WidmannInge LandgutWhen the police in a German city are unable to catch a child-murderer, other criminals join in the manhunt.
- DirectorFritz LangStarsBrigitte HelmAlfred AbelGustav FröhlichIn a futuristic city sharply divided between the working class and the city planners, the son of the city's mastermind falls in love with a working-class prophet who predicts the coming of a savior to mediate their differences.
- DirectorHelmut KäutnerStarsHans AlbersIlse WernerHans SöhnkerThe film tells the story of the blond "singing sailor" Hannes Kröger who works in a St. Pauli club on the Große Freiheit 7, and falls in love with a girl. But she prefers his rival Willem and Hannes returns to the sea.
- DirectorJosef von BákyStarsHans AlbersWilhelm BendowMichael BohnenThis lavish, impudent, adult fairy tale takes the viewer from 18th-century Braunschweig to St. Petersburg, Constantinople, Venice, and then to the moon using ingenious special effects, stunning location shooting.
- DirectorAxel von AmbesserStarsHeinz RühmannPeter PartenGrit BoettcherFather Brown brings back a stolen painting. Later he examines the mysterious death of a castle owner.
- DirectorE.W. EmoStarsHeinz RühmannHans MoserInge ListRabe travels to Vienna in hope of a great inheritance from his aunt. But there are only 13 chairs waiting for him, which he sells. Then he finds a letter from the aunt announcing that she has hidden her money in one of the chairs.
- DirectorEduard von BorsodyStarsHedwig BleibtreuJoachim BrenneckeHeinz GoedeckeAt the Olympic games in Berlin 1936 Inge Wagner falls in love with Luftwaffenleutnant (Airforce Lieutenant) Herbert Koch. They want to marry, but he receives orders to go to Spain - incognito, without permission for any contacts to his friends and relatives. Inge is still waiting for him. After the beginning of WW II, German radio starts broadcasting the "Wunschkonzert für die Wehrmacht" - a program made of wishes from the soldiers. He hears the song, he wanted to hear, and so does Inge. A friend of Inge, who hopes she is willing to marry him, comes to the same squadron where Koch flies. Koch and Inge arrange a date at a Hamburg restaurant, but he and Ilse's friend are shot down the day before. In the hospital Koch finds out, that he and his friend love the same girl. He thinks they are already engaged and is willing to give her up.
- DirectorKurt HoffmannStarsHeinz RühmannJosef SieberHans BrausewetterMarriage license official Hugo gets his second divorce, and his new landlady is trying to lure him into his third marriage, but with the help of his wartime buddies he escapes this danger. Due to the fact, that all of them had bad luck with women, they decide to rent an apartment together and they promise each other to give up women, but Hugo falls for their landlady again and is breaking the promise. To get his two buddies to break the promise also, he sets up a "trap" for them, with the help of his two ex-wives....
- DirectorTheo LingenStarsHeinz RühmannHertha FeilerIda Wüst
- DirectorJosef von SternbergStarsEmil JanningsMarlene DietrichKurt GerronAn elderly professor's ordered life spins dangerously out of control when he falls for a nightclub singer.
- DirectorF.W. MurnauStarsGösta EkmanEmil JanningsCamilla HornThe demon Mephisto wagers with God that he can corrupt a mortal man's soul.
- DirectorPaul WegenerCarl BoeseStarsPaul WegenerAlbert SteinrückErnst DeutschIn 16th-century Prague, a rabbi creates the Golem - a giant creature made of clay. Using sorcery, he brings the creature to life in order to protect the Jews of Prague from persecution.
- DirectorKurt HoffmannStarsLiselotte PulverGunnar MöllerWera FrydtbergAndreas, 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 must leave Hungary at the end of his holiday, he is determined to return someday.
- DirectorMax OphülsStarsWolfgang LiebeneinerCarl EsmondMagda SchneiderVienna in the beginning of the twentieth century. Cavalry Lieutenant Fritz Lobheimer is about to end his affair with Baroness Eggerdorff when he meets the young Christine, the daughter of an opera violinist. Baron Eggerdorff however soon hears of his past misfortune...
- DirectorCarl BoeseStarsLuise UllrichPaul HörbigerHeinz RühmannAfter a burn-out Karl spends time in his home region, the Black Forest. His car gets lost and is picked up by penniless magician Amadori who enjoys posing as wealthy entrepreneur Karl while Karl reunites with the love of his youth, Liesl.
- DirectorGeorg JacobyStarsEddie ConstantineMarion MichaelGunther PhilippIn Monte Carlo, a captain tries to raise the money to pay his crew at the gaming table, and meets and falls in love with a queen.
- DirectorHanns SchwarzStarsHans AlbersAnna StenHeinz RühmannThe captain of a battleship of a small Balkan country is fed up with following strange orders from the country's queen.
- DirectorHelmut KäutnerStarsHeinz RühmannMartin HeldHannelore SchrothA young shoemaker is arrested for stealing a small amount of money, and is released after being jailed for 15 years. He wants to have a pass to get a job and start anew, but without a job he doesn't get a pass; and without a pass, he doesn't get a job. He gets into the net of Prussian bureaucracy, and can't see a solution. Until he enters a small Second-Hand Shop, and sees a Prussian Uniform that fits him like a second skin...
- DirectorHelmut KäutnerStarsCurd JürgensMaria SchellChristian WolffThe movie reports the historical story of Schinderhannes, based on a play by Carl Zuckmayr. Johannes Bückler, this his real name, led a band of brigands in the Hunsrück mountains during Napoleonic times.
- DirectorHelmut WeissStarsWalter GillerHeinz ErhardtHans-Joachim KulenkampffDrei Freunde wollen durch eine Bootstour auf dem Rhein ihren Frauenproblemen entfliehen.
- DirectorKurt HoffmannStarsJohanna von KoczianHansjörg FelmyWera FrydtbergThe movie explains Germany from 1913 until 1955 by example of two contrary characters: The idealistic journalist Hans (H.-J. Felmy) loses his work during the Third Reich, whereas opportunist Bruno (R. Graf) makes career to himself in the NSDAP party. After World War II ended, Bruno manages to be indispensable to the US administration and becomes a successful and well respected businessman, despite his Nazi-past. At the same time, Hans tries to earn a living on the countryside. But one day a time will come when both men will meet again.
- DirectorJosef von SternbergStarsMarlene DietrichCary GrantHerbert MarshallA cabaret singer takes up with a millionaire to pay for her gravely-ill husband's operation.
- DirectorEwald André DupontStarsEmil JanningsMaly DelschaftLya De PuttiPrologue: The murderer "Boss" Huller - after having spent ten years in prison - breaks his silence to tell the warden his story. "Boss", a former trapeze artist, and his wife own a cheap side-show that displays ''erotic sensations''. But he longs for his former glamorous life in the circus. When he meets the orphan Berta-Marie, he falls under her spell and leaves his wife and young son behind. He makes Berta-Marie his partner in a new trapeze number. One day, the famous trapeze artist Artinelli takes note of them and engages them for his trapeze show in Berlin. Their salto mortale becomes an immediate sensation. Calculatedly and cold, Artinelli seduces Berta-Marie and destroys "Boss'" happiness.
- DirectorFritz LangStarsRudolf Klein-RoggeOtto WernickeThomy BourdelleA criminal mastermind uses hypnosis to rule the rackets after death.
- DirectorGeorg JacobyStarsEgon von HagenPaul HeidemannHarry LiedtkeThe youngest brother of Napoleon, Jerome, who, after the unfortunate peace of Tilsit, on August 18, 1807, took control of the newly created kingdom of Westphalia, holds his splendid court at Schloss Wilhelmshoehe near Kassel. In the magnificent surroundings of the castle, its beautiful parks and the charming water features, he spends his time in happy garden parties.
- DirectorGeorg Wilhelm PabstStarsLouise BrooksJosef RovenskýFritz RaspAfter falling pregnant by a pharmacist and refusing to marry, a young woman is ejected from her home and sent to a strict girls' reform school.
- DirectorGeorg Wilhelm PabstStarsRudolf ForsterLotte LenyaCarola NeherThe Gangster Macheath secretly marries the daughter of beggar king Peachum. When Peachum finds out, he instructs the police chief Brown to arrest and hang Macheath. If not, all the beggars of Soho will disturb the upcoming coronation.
- DirectorHans SchweikartStarsJohannes HeestersGabriele ReismüllerCharlott DaudertPenniless Peter Schild looks for work when arrived in Germany. Working as a private eye he has to observe a young lady who is willing to marry an unemployed actor against the will of her parents.
- DirectorGéza von BolváryStarsHans MoserMarte HarellJohannes HeestersPrincess Rosemarie learns about the philandering of her husband and plans to catch him in the act. But the Prince is elsewhere, and a substitute has been recruited, dashing Count Herbert who falls in love with Rosemarie, and she with him.
- DirectorGeorg JacobyStarsMarika RökkJohannes HeestersHubert MarischkaFamous star Sylva Varescu turns her adorers heads in great numbers, leaving them behind with broken hearts. But when she falls for Edwin von Weylersheim and he for her, his family objects because they want him to marry another woman. So Sylva has to fight for him.
- DirectorWilli ForstStarsJohanna MatzJohannes HeestersWalter MüllerLeopold, the new head waiter at the 'Weißen Rößl' is in love with the landlady Josefa. He sends her red roses every day. But Josefa believes they are a gift from her regular guest Dr. Otto Siedler, with whom Josefa is in love.
- DirectorGeorg JacobyStarsMarika RökkFred LiewehrHarry FußThree itinerant writers stage an open-air theatre production with Marika (Marika Rokk) as the star. A fire burns their theatre and all is seeminly lost, but one of the group writes a newspaper story and urges the public to contribute to the rebuilding.
- DirectorGustav UcickyEmil JanningsStarsEmil JanningsFriedrich KayßlerMax GülstorffThe man who broke the jug, the judge, is trying a case who determine who broke the jug. Long before the evidence becomes conclusive against the suspects, it becomes apparent that the blustering and bullying - and naive - village judge is the guilty one.
- DirectorViktor TourjanskyStarsSiegfried BreuerGusti WolfRudolf PrackA crime comedy around a murder on the Orient-Express with lots of twists around the investigation and love affairs. One of the last entertainment comedies of the declining Nazi-regime.
- DirectorKurt HoffmannStarsPaul DahlkeHeliane BeiPaul KlingerAll is not really well between the boys of Gymnasium and the boys of the six-form High School: sparks fly when they get within 100m of each other. The continuous feud between the pupils is only one of the pleasant alternations, which life brings into the everyday school life. In addition, there are the rehearsals for the school theatre, and there are the secrets around a teacher called 'Justus' and a man called 'Nichtraucher' or the "non-smoker" since he lives in an abandoned non-smoking railway carriage. In between all the exciting surprises, a few serious things remain to be done.
- DirectorKurt HoffmannStarsPaul DahlkeGünther LüdersClaus BiederstaedtA rich man wins a vacation at a hotel but takes it in the disguise of a poor man under the supervision of his butler. The hotel manager gets tipped off about the plot, but misidentifies a money-less doctor as the eccentric.
- DirectorHelmut KäutnerStarsRomy SchneiderHorst BuchholzMara LaneA poor 22 y.o. Hungarian man who's recently arrived in Paris meets a seemingly wealthy 17 y.o. Parisian girl. They fall in love, but tragedy ensues when the truth behind the girl is revealed.
- DirectorFritz LangStarsHermann BöttcherCarola ToelleLilli LohrerHarry Yquem, a wealthy broker, remains obsessed with delusions of his devout wife's infidelity.