Wolfgang Zilzer

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Alraune
6.4

Alraune

Jan 25, 1928
Inspiré par la légende de la Mandragore, le professeur Jakob ten Brinken, célèbre généticien, décide de créer un être humain artificiel. Et ainsi naît Mandragore, qui finit par devenir une belle jeune fille, ignorante de ses origines et dépourvue d'émotions…
Drama
Razzia in St. Pauli
6.7

Razzia in St. Pauli

May 02, 1932
Illustrates both the powerlessness of the ordinary worker as well as an intimate portrait of the joys and sorrows of a small group of people in the harbor section of Hamburg.
Crime
Die Carmen von St. Pauli
5.2
When Hamburg ship's mate Klaus Brandt catches a thief one night at the port, his downfall is pre-ordained. For the thief turns out to be a young, attractive woman and the otherwise upright sailor allows her to slip away. Jenny is the star of a local dive bar, with a side-line in smuggling.
Drama
La Huitième Femme de Barbe-Bleue
7
C'est en souhaitant acquérir une veste de pyjama que Michael Brandon, un jeune milliardaire séjournant sur la Côte d'Azur, fait la connaissance de Nicole de Loiselle, la ravissante fille d'un noble désargenté. Les relations des deux jeunes gens commencent mal. Lui achète la veste, elle, le pantalon du pyjama. Mauvais présage qui ne décourage pas Michael dans ses tentatives de séduction. Nicole résiste tout d'abord, avant d'accepter d'épouser son riche prétendant, sur les conseils de son père. Apprenant peu de temps après la noce que Michael a déjà été marié à sept reprises, elle décide de se garantir financièrement contre lui…
Comedy
Jeux dangereux
7.817

Jeux dangereux

Mar 06, 1942
En 1939, dans un théâtre de Varsovie, un jeune lieutenant aviateur quitte chaque soir sa place pour filer dans la loge de la belle Maria Tura, dès que Joseph Tura, le mari, attaque le grand monologue de Hamlet, « to be or not to be ». Mis dans la confidence, Tura accepte d’aider sa femme et le lieutenant dans sa délicate mission. Un agent nazi, le professeur Siletzky, a réussi à s’approprier la liste des familles des pilotes polonais cantonnés en Grande-Bretagne. Le lieutenant Sobinsky a pour mission d’intercepter cette liste avant qu’elle ne devienne une redoutable arme de chantage entre les mains de la Gestapo…
Comedy
Lovesick
5.5

Lovesick

Feb 18, 1983
Sigmund Freud's ghost advises a married New York psychiatrist in love with a patient.
Romance
L'Agent invisible contre la Gestapo
5.8
Le petit-fils de l'homme invisible coulait des jours paisibles à New-York jusqu'à ce qu'un agent allemand, épaulé par un confrère nippon, fasse irruption dans sa vie, espérant lui arracher le secret de l'invisibilité. Il se met alors au service des Alliés. Parachuté sur Berlin, il a pour mission d'aider au démantèlement d'un réseau d'espions infiltrés aux États-Unis.
Science Fiction
Hitler's Madman
5.6

Hitler's Madman

Jun 10, 1943
In 1942, a young paratrooper in the RAF returns to Czechoslovakia to encourage his fellow countrymen to sabotage the German war effort.
Drama
Forbidden Passage
6.3

Forbidden Passage

Feb 08, 1941
This MGM Crime Does Not Pay series short looks at the U.S. Department of Immigration's efforts to halt the smuggling of illegal aliens into the country. Desperate immigrants, tired of waiting for legal entry, pay exorbitant fees and risk a grisly death to enter by illegal means.
Crime
Enemy of Women
5.5

Enemy of Women

Nov 10, 1944
Playwright Joseph Goebbels turns Nazi propagandist and loses his girlfriend to another man.
Drama
Casablanca
8.2

Casablanca

Jan 15, 1943
À Casablanca, pendant la Seconde Guerre mondiale, le night‐club le plus couru de la ville est tenu par Rick Blaine, un Américain en exil. Mais l’établissement sert également de refuge à ceux qui voudraient se procurer les papiers nécessaires pour quitter le pays. Lorsque Rick voit débarquer un soir le dissident politique Victor Laszlo et son épouse Ilsa, quelle n’est pas sa surprise de retrouver dans ces circonstances le grand amour de sa vie.
Drama
Television Spy
5

Television Spy

Oct 20, 1939
A scientist invents a television device called the Iconoscope. Foreign agents hear about it and try to steal it.
Science Fiction
I'll Give a Million
5.7

I'll Give a Million

Jul 27, 1938
After saving a tramp from suicide, a millionaire takes his clothing and disappears. Word is out that he will give a million dollars to anyone who is kind to a tramp.
Comedy
Thérèse Raquin
5.7

Thérèse Raquin

Nov 04, 1928
A silent adaptation of the novel by French writer Émile Zola. Thérèse Raquin was shot in a German studio and featured Gina Manes in her greatest part. Zola’s sombre bourgeois tragedy was brought vividly to life. The details of the Raquin home, the human tensions, the unspoken words, and the looming shadows created an unforgettable effect.
Drama
Les aveux d'un espion nazi
6.138
Un agent du F.B.I. démantèle un réseau d'espions nazis opérant aux États-Unis. Jack Warner résista à de multiples pressions pour produire le film, un des premiers d'Hollywood à dénoncer le nazisme
Drama
Espionage Agent
5.9

Espionage Agent

Sep 30, 1939
When Barry Corvall discovers that his new bride is a possible enemy agent, he resigns from the diplomatic service to go undercover to route out an espionage ring planning to destroy American industrial capability.
Drama
Ninotchka
7.506

Ninotchka

Nov 23, 1939
Une austère commissaire politique soviétique est envoyée à Paris pour négocier l'acquisition de bijoux et ramener dans le droit chemin des collègues qui ont succombé aux charmes du capitalisme décadent.
Comedy
Appointment in Berlin
6.4

Appointment in Berlin

Jul 15, 1943
The "war of nerves" which gripped the European continent in 1938, is the background for this war thriller starring George Sanders.
Drama
Underground
6.1

Underground

Jun 28, 1941
A World War II Hollywood propaganda film detailing the dark underside of Nazism and the Third Reich set between two brothers, Kurt and Erik Franken, whom are SS officers in the Nazi party. Kurt learns and exposes the evils of the system to Erik and tries to convince him of the immoral stance that marches under the symbol of the swastika.
Adventure
Escape
7.4

Escape

Nov 01, 1940
An American goes to pre-war Germany to find his mother and discovers her in a concentration camp. With the help of an American-born widowed countess he seeks to engineer her escape.
Drama
Une dépêche de Reuter
5.7
Allemand Julius Reuter (Edward G. Robinson) envoie nouvelles du 19e siècle par pigeon porteur, puis par fil, créant une agence de nouvelles.
Drama
Les déracinés
5.4

Les déracinés

Jul 03, 1940
Le docteur Karl Braun et sa fille Leni, réfugiés aux États-Unis peu après avoir fui l'annexion de l'Autriche (Anschluss) en 1938 par les nazis, arrivent dans une petite ville rurale du Dakota du Nord, où lui exerce comme médecin et elle comme infirmière. La bourgade est alors durement éprouvée par la sécheresse et des tempêtes de poussière persistantes (Dust Bowl). Sur la recommandation du Ministère de l'Agriculture, la communauté décide de se déplacer en masse vers une zone plus favorable, située en Oregon, sous la conduite de John Phillips...
Drama
L'Évasion de Baruch
6.3

L'Évasion de Baruch

Oct 29, 1923
En 1860, dans un village juif de Galicie, le jeune Baruch, fils de rabbin, se découvre une passion pour le théâtre. Pour son père, pas question de laisser son fils prendre cette voie, aux antipodes des traditions séculaires de la religion juive. Mais Baruch, poussé par son désir de jouer, rompt avec son milieu et part sur les routes en rejoignant une troupe de comédiens itinérants. Remarqué par l’archiduchesse Élisabeth-Thérèse de Lorraine, devant laquelle il s’est produit, il devient vite une vedette des planches. Malgré son succès, Baruch reste habité par la nostalgie des siens, et tentera de renouer avec sa famille.
Drama
Lohnbuchhalter Kremke
8

Lohnbuchhalter Kremke

Sep 14, 1930
In this realistic, unsentimental portrait of Germany’s dire economic situation, a middle-aged payroll clerk loses his job due to technological advances and, unable to find another, descends into despair. The film’s director, Marie Harder, was one of only a few women directors of the time and was also the head of the German Social Democratic Film Office. She made only two known films before her accidental death in exile in Mexico in 1936.
Drama
The Lady Has Plans
5.3

The Lady Has Plans

Jan 20, 1942
Some dastardly criminals have stolen some top secret plans and tattoo them on the back of a woman so she can sell them to the highest bidder in Lisbon. This woman plans to take the place of a 'Sidney Royce', a legitimate traveler going to Lisbon as a reporter. Crossed signals allows the real Sidney to reach Portugal first, where she is pursued by those trying to obtain the plans and US government agents trying to prevent the sale.
Drama
Hotel Imperial
6

Hotel Imperial

May 11, 1939
It is the fate of a small frontier town, adjoining the no-man's-land where the Russians and Austrians are fighting out one of the final campaigns of World War I, to be occupied one day by the Russians, the next by the Austrians, and the inhabitants soon acquire a complacent view of the changing allegiances. To the town comes Ann Warschaska, intent on avenging the suicide of her sister, who has killed herself after being betrayed by an Austrian officer. She knows no more about his identity than the number of his room at the "Hotel Imperial".
Drama
Mata Hari, die rote Tänzerin
1
Mata Hari, die rote Tänzerin (English: Mata Hari: The Red Dancer), often shortened on release to Mata Hari, is a 1927 German silent drama film directed by Friedrich Feher and starring Magda Sonja, Wolfgang Zilzer and Fritz Kortner. It depicts the life and death of the German World War I spy Mata Hari. It was the first feature-length portrayal of Hari.
Drama
Ainsi finit notre nuit
6
Au début de la Seconde Guerre Mondiale, un Allemand très attaché à son pays, du nom de Josef Steiner, ne peut accepter le régime nazi. Il délaisse sa femme et commence un long et douloureux pèlerinage à travers l'Europe, pour fuir la persécution. En cours de route, il se lie d'amitié avec un jeune refugié de 19 ans. Mais dès qu'il apprend que sa femme est tombée malade, Steiner est prêt à sacrifier sa liberté pour aller la retrouver.
War
Boykott
6.4

Boykott

Dec 14, 1930
A film about the pupils of a posh Berlin gymnasium in their final term, and their class teacher teaching them about humanism and tolerance, a lesson that would be badly needed three years later.
Drama
Hitler: Beast of Berlin
4.3
Hans Memling, a young intellectual, patriotic German, is secretly opposed to the Nazi regime. With the aid of Gustav Schultz, Father Pommer, Anna Wahl and others, he is gleaning accurate information from foreign radio broadcasts and distributing it through Germany with an underground-press operation.
War
Takový je život
6.4

Takový je život

Mar 24, 1930
A story about domestic life in a typical working-class environment. Life and trials and how little situations have big consequences.
Drama
The Devil with Hitler
5.2

The Devil with Hitler

Oct 18, 1942
Adolf Hitler, Benito and Suki Yaki are placed in a series of Three-Stooges routines, with the premise that the Board of Directors of Hell has put the Devil on notice they intend to replace him with Adolf Hitler unless he can get Hitler to commit a good deed. The devil has his work cut out for him, and doesn't appear likely to escape being replaced by the German leader.
Comedy
Primanerliebe
1

Primanerliebe

Jun 02, 1927
An exploration of the misery of youth. A student, his friends, and the girl he loves all suffer due to the harsh and unforgiving nature of the adults in their lives.
Drama
Geschminkte Jugend
1

Geschminkte Jugend

Apr 17, 1929
Based on the real life events of the 1927 Steglitzer Schülertragödie, in which several high school students planned murder-suicides.
Drama
Stairway to Light
6.5

Stairway to Light

Nov 03, 1945
This John Nesbitt's Passing Parade short tells the story of 18th Century French physician Dr. Philippe Pinel, who initiated enlightened, humane treatment of the mentally ill.
Drama
Marge d'erreur
5.7

Marge d'erreur

Feb 10, 1943
Un policier juif de Brooklyn est chargé d'assurer la sécurité d'un consul allemand dont la vie est menacée. Ce dernier, qui martyrise sa femme, est cependant retrouvé assassiné...
Drama
Mädchen am Kreuz
7

Mädchen am Kreuz

Aug 26, 1929
The young student Mary spends the beginning of her holiday with boat trips, visits to her wealthy groom, and gardening. In fast-paced, rhythmic cuts, Louise and Jakob Fleck draw their audience into a carefree, urban romantic comedy. With a single scene, however, it turns into a melodrama about sexual violence, shame and perpetrator-victim reversal.
Drama
Out of Darkness
1

Out of Darkness

Mar 29, 1941
This John Nesbitt's Passing Parade short tells of the Nazis' efforts to shut down an underground resistance newspaper in occupied Belgium.
Drama
Counter-Attack
6

Counter-Attack

Apr 26, 1945
Two Russians fight to escape the seven Nazi soldiers trapped with them in a bombed building.
War
Singing in the Dark
1

Singing in the Dark

Mar 07, 1956
Leo, a holocaust survivor who suffers from total amnesia, comes to the U.S. and works as a hotel desk clerk. One night while a comedian who owns a bar in the hotel gives him a drink, he breaks out in song and discovers a great voice. Under a psychiatrist's treatment, and because of a blow to the head by some hoodlums, he realizes his name is David and that he was the son of a great Jewish Cantor, and gradually recovers his memory of losing his parents. He gives up a promising career singing in nightclubs to return to the synagogue.
Music
Bomber's Moon
5.5

Bomber's Moon

Aug 05, 1943
Le bombardier piloté par le capitaine Jeff Dakin est abattu au cours d'un raid au-dessus de l'Allemagne. Alors que l'équipage a sauté en parachute, Jeff voit son frère Danny abattu froidement avant d'avoir touché le sol. Capturé, le capitaine est emprisonné par les Allemands. En compagnie d'un prisonnier tchèque et du docteur Alexandra Zoreisch, il parvient à s'évader.
Drama
Hotel Berlin
6.1

Hotel Berlin

Mar 02, 1945
An assortment of diverse characters gather at the Hotel Berlin in World War II Germany as the Third Reich falls.
War
Mister Buddwing
5.9

Mister Buddwing

Jul 15, 1966
Un amnésique erre dans les rues de Manhattan, en essayant de résoudre le mystère de qui il est.
Drama
Strafsache van Geldern
5.2
Paulus van Geldern is a lawyer who has made a name for himself as a criminal defense attorney, but is notoriously short of funds due to his unbridled passion for gambling. His gambling causes problems with his marriage to Martha who is thriving.
Crime