Manfred Fürst

Louis II de Bavière monte sur le trône à l'âge de dix-neuf ans. Dédaignant la politique pour la musique, il rencontre Wagner à qui il voue une admiration sans limite. Conscient de son homosexualité refoulée, il rompt ses fiançailles avec Sophie de Bavière. Mais le peuple s'inquiète…

Fédor, jeune écrivain russe, tombe amoureux d'une jeune fille, Pauline, qu'il rencontre dans un train et décide de la suivre à Wiesbaden, ville d'eau à la mode où elle va rejoindre son père. Fédor découvre que le général Ostrovski, joueur invétéré, presque ruiné, a promis sa fille Pauline en mariage au directeur du casino pour couvrir ses dettes. Fédor gagne au jeu de quoi racheter les dettes et libérer Pauline mais succombe à son tour cette passion.

"Tropical Nights" - The young violinist Alma comes to Simbali with an orchestra led by conductor Zangiacoma, hired for a series of performances at the Schomberg hotel. Both the conductor Zangiacomo and Schomberg are obsessed with Alma. One evening, when Alma is, as usual, forced to entertain the guests she meets Mr. Heyst from his island Sourabaya, where he lives in solitude. He takes Alma to his place on the island.

Graf Yoster gibt sich die Ehre [French title: Le comte Yoster a bien l'honneur] is a TV series which followed the adventures of the title’s amateur gentleman detective. It was a success in particular in Germany and in France. Originally the show was a German production in black-and-white but it evolved into a European co-production in colour.

Das Kriminalmuseum was a German television series. It ran from 1963 to 1970 on ZDF and was one of its first programs. Each episode began with a tracking shot through an unspecified crime museum, stopping at one of the displays, whose story was then told. Each episode was between 60 and 75 minutes long and featured different actors as the criminal commissioner. The best known was Erik Ode, who in 1969 moved to Der Kommissar, appearing in 97 episodes. The theme music of the series was written by German composer Martin Böttcher, who also composed the complete scores for five episodes.