Willy Fritsch

Willy Fritsch

Born: January 27, 1901
Died: July 13, 1973
in Kattowitz, Upper Silesia, Germany [now Katowice, Slaskie, Poland]
Willy Fritsch war der bekannteste deutsche Schauspieler neben Hans Albers und Heinz Rühmann in den vierziger Jahren, er drehte mehrere Filme mit Lillian Harvey bis diese nach Frankreich emigrierte

Er ist der Vater des Schauspielers Thomas Fritsch

Movies for Willy Fritsch...

Title: Filmgeschichte(n) aus Österreich
Character: Self
Released: October 7, 1970
Type: TV
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Andere Zeiten - andere Sitten
Title: Andere Zeiten - andere Sitten
Character: Self - Co-Host
Released: November 16, 1967
Type: Movie
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I Learned It from Father
Title: I Learned It from Father
Character: Clemens Andermann
Released: August 28, 1964
Type: Movie
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Rauf und runter
Title: Rauf und runter
Released: February 29, 1964
Type: Movie
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Der Himmel kann warten
Title: Der Himmel kann warten
Character: Alexander Allerson
Released: February 17, 1962
Type: Movie
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The Bellboy and the Playgirls
Title: The Bellboy and the Playgirls
Released: February 12, 1962
Type: Movie
The bellboy aspires to be a private eye and is reading a book to learn the trade. The 'suspicious' activities of women in the hotel give him a chance to practice his skills. Surprise! They are representatives of a lingerie manufacturer. To investigate further, he poses as a potential buyer, and the women take turns modeling their wares.
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Isola Bella
Title: Isola Bella
Character: Konsul Stülcken
Released: November 3, 1961
Type: Movie
Consul daughter Anne Stülcken wants to take her fiancee undetected under the magnifying glass and therefore slips in her father's villa in the role of a maid.
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Was macht Papa denn in Italien?
Title: Was macht Papa denn in Italien?
Character: Studienrat Hanselmann
Released: September 7, 1961
Type: Movie
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Wenn die Heide blüht
Title: Wenn die Heide blüht
Character: Dr. Erdmann
Released: October 20, 1960
Type: Movie
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Sweetheart of the Gods
Title: Sweetheart of the Gods
Character: Gunzel
Released: April 11, 1960
Type: Movie
Biography of the famous German actress Renate Müller, who died in 1937 under unsettled circumstances; While doing her first movie for the UFA in Berlin, she meets the elderly secretary-general Dr. Simon and is impressed by his charm. Although her Nazi-friend Volker discourages her to befriend a Jew, they start dating. While she ascends to one of the most famous German actresses of her time, Simon is suffering more and more under the Nazi regime.
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Hubertusjagd
Title: Hubertusjagd
Character: Otto von Lindenberg
Released: December 22, 1959
Type: Movie
The young Monika Dahlhoff returns from the USA after two years. As soon as she arrives, she learns that her father wants to sell his traditional stud farm, because he has quarreled with the members of the equestrian club. Accordingly annoyed is the old Dahlhoff, when his daughter just fell in love with the son of his greatest enemy. In the annual "Hubertusjagd" there is a dramatic encounter between the men.
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Mit Eva fing die Sünde an
Title: Mit Eva fing die Sünde an
Character: Gregor
Released: August 14, 1958
Type: Movie
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Schwarzwälder Kirsch
Title: Schwarzwälder Kirsch
Character: Arthur Altenberg
Released: August 1, 1958
Type: Movie
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Zwei Herzen im Mai
Title: Zwei Herzen im Mai
Character: Gesenius
Released: January 19, 1958
Type: Movie
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Der schräge Otto
Title: Der schräge Otto
Character: Alexander Korty
Released: January 9, 1957
Type: Movie
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Die Beine von Dolores
Title: Die Beine von Dolores
Character: Herr Lehmann
Released: January 1, 1957
Type: Movie
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Solange noch die Rosen blüh'n
Title: Solange noch die Rosen blüh'n
Character: Richard Kühn
Released: December 21, 1956
Type: Movie
Another German Heimatfilm.
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Das Donkosakenlied
Title: Das Donkosakenlied
Character: Chefarzt Dr. Burger
Released: November 14, 1956
Type: Movie
After the death of his mother, little Peter lives with his great sister Helga at his adoptive father Professor Hartmann. Peter is seriously ill, can not get upset and therefore also on the advice of his doctor Heinz Stark no more music. Even his revered Donkosaks , who remember him with their songs to his Russian mother, can no longer listen to him on the radio. It is all the more pleasing to him when the choir, during a tour with their conductor Serge Jaroff and their manager Rolf Bender, has an autopanne near his home. While Chauffeur Karl repairs the bus, Peter sings the choir's title The Evening Star, glowing us two - a song of his mother, which the choir has never heard before.
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Wo die alten Wälder rauschen
Title: Wo die alten Wälder rauschen
Character: Harald Rehm
Released: September 14, 1956
Type: Movie
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Schwarzwaldmelodie
Title: Schwarzwaldmelodie
Character: Herbert Olberg
Released: August 9, 1956
Type: Movie
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The Three from the Filling Station
Title: The Three from the Filling Station
Released: May 9, 1956
Type: Movie
Three young men working at a filling station fall in love with the same woman.
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Three from the Gasoline Station
Title: Three from the Gasoline Station
Character: Konsul Willy Kossmann
Released: December 21, 1955
Type: Movie
Robert, Peter and Fritz are the best of friends ... and hopelessly broke. But they don't let that stop them and in short order, they end up renting a deserted gas station. With just a little bit of wit and some elan, they'll bring the old girl back to life and all will look rosy ... until all three of them fall in love with the same dame: Gabi, the daughter of the director of a large gasoline firm. Thanks to her, their eternal friendship is really going to be put to the test.
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Liebe ist ja nur ein Märchen
Title: Liebe ist ja nur ein Märchen
Character: Dr. Lindenberg
Released: December 16, 1955
Type: Movie
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Drei Tage Mittelarrest
Title: Drei Tage Mittelarrest
Character: Major von Faber
Released: September 8, 1955
Type: Movie
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Adventure in Rio
Title: Adventure in Rio
Character: Silvester
Released: April 8, 1955
Type: Movie
A remake of the 1940 film of the same title. It was shot on location in Brazil with separate German and Italian versions.
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Der fröhliche Wanderer
Title: Der fröhliche Wanderer
Character: Kurt Henner
Released: January 1, 1955
Type: Movie
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Weg in die Vergangenheit
Title: Weg in die Vergangenheit
Character: Werner Schrey
Released: December 20, 1954
Type: Movie
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Maxie
Title: Maxie
Character: Direktor Walter Rhomberg
Released: October 13, 1954
Type: Movie
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At the Order of the Czar
Title: At the Order of the Czar
Character: Le Grand-Duc
Released: June 18, 1954
Type: Movie
Carolyn de Sayn was married at the age of sixteen, against her will, to the Prince of Wittgenstein, much older than herself. A few years later, she met Franz Liszt, whose fame had already conquered the whole of Europe. Taking advantage of her husband's absence, the young woman invites the musician to her estate in Woronince. When Franz confesses his love for her, she finds it easier to fight her own feelings.
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Hungarian Rhapsody
Title: Hungarian Rhapsody
Character: Großherzog
Released: April 14, 1954
Type: Movie
1847. Franz Liszt meets the beautiful princess Caroline von Sayn-Wittgenstein in Kiev. The two fall in love, but the princess is forced to marry an elderly general. When the revolution breaks out in Hungary, she flees with Franz Liszt to Weimar. They also ask the Pope to annul Caroline's unhappy marriage, a question that remains unanswered for the time being. Can Liszt and his princess stay together for long?
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When the White Lilacs Bloom Again
Title: When the White Lilacs Bloom Again
Character: Willy Forster
Released: November 24, 1953
Type: Movie
Married couple Willy and Therese go separate ways. Willy leaves town and returns years later as a famous singer. But Therese is about to marry her best friend Peter. Little does Willy know that he and Therese now have a teenage daughter.
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Damenwahl
Title: Damenwahl
Character: Herbert Blank
Released: August 20, 1953
Type: Movie
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Von Liebe reden wir später
Title: Von Liebe reden wir später
Character: Professor Christian Hollmann
Released: March 5, 1953
Type: Movie
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At the well in front of the gate
Title: At the well in front of the gate
Character: Roberts Vater
Released: December 18, 1952
Type: Movie
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Ferien vom Ich
Title: Ferien vom Ich
Character: Dr. Hartung
Released: November 10, 1952
Type: Movie
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Mikosch rückt ein
Title: Mikosch rückt ein
Character: Oberst von Körömsbös
Released: October 8, 1952
Type: Movie
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The Heath Is Green
Title: The Heath Is Green
Character: Amtsrichter
Released: November 14, 1951
Type: Movie
After the end of World War II Lüder Lüdersen, the former owner of a feudal estate in the East, and his daughter Helga arrive as refugees in the Lüneburg Heath. While living a seemingly happy life on the estate of his cousin, Lüdersen hides a dark secret: he is a poacher.
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Die verschleierte Maja
Title: Die verschleierte Maja
Released: August 30, 1951
Type: Movie
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Schön muß man sein
Title: Schön muß man sein
Character: Jupp Holunder
Released: February 1, 1951
Type: Movie
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Title: Deutscher Filmpreis
Character: Self
Released: January 1, 1951
Type: TV
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König für eine Nacht
Title: König für eine Nacht
Character: König Ludwig I von Bayern
Released: December 22, 1950
Type: Movie
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Mädchen mit Beziehungen
Title: Mädchen mit Beziehungen
Character: Dr. Kobel
Released: September 15, 1950
Type: Movie
An unemployed engineer who does not want his fiancee to protect him has accidentally insulted his future boss, unknown and for no reason. From this meager idea, a stupidly rolled-out confusion with pop song in a Mexico bar develops.
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Die wunderschöne Galathee
Title: Die wunderschöne Galathee
Character: Marcel Thomas
Released: April 13, 1950
Type: Movie
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Schatten der Nacht
Title: Schatten der Nacht
Character: Ernst Magnus
Released: January 10, 1950
Type: Movie
Elga's life with Magnus, her husband, would be a happy one if Struwe, her former lover, had not resurfaced and started to blackmail her.For a while, he has been extorting money from her, threatening, if she didn't, to reveal all the details about their past life. In desperation, Elga decides to disappear and goes to another town where, forsaken and forlorn, she sinks lower and lower. One day, Magnus, who has not forgotten her, meets her by chance. And he falls in love with this stray creature who reminds him of the one who left him so suddenly...
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Kätchen für alles
Title: Kätchen für alles
Character: Georg Vorster
Released: October 17, 1949
Type: Movie
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Derby
Title: Derby
Character: Dahlen
Released: August 27, 1949
Type: Movie
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Zwölf Herzen für Charly
Title: Zwölf Herzen für Charly
Character: Dr. Wolfgang Amadeus Wagenbichler / Charly
Released: May 6, 1949
Type: Movie
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Hallo - Sie haben Ihre Frau vergessen
Title: Hallo - Sie haben Ihre Frau vergessen
Character: Dr. Hans Ollendorf
Released: January 7, 1949
Type: Movie
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Finale
Title: Finale
Character: Dr. Thomas Benninghoff
Released: July 23, 1948
Type: Movie
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Film Without Title
Title: Film Without Title
Character: als er selbst
Released: January 23, 1948
Type: Movie
A screenwriter comes up with a story about an affair between a maid and her employer.
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Title: Bambi Awards
Character: Self
Released: January 1, 1948
Type: TV
The Bambi, often called the Bambi Award and stylised as BAMBI, is a German award presented annually by Hubert Burda Media to recognize excellence in international media and television to personalities in the media, arts, culture, sports, and other fields "with vision and creativity who affected and inspired the German public that year", both domestic and foreign. First held in 1948, it is the oldest media award in Germany. The trophy is named after Felix Salten's book Bambi, A Life in the Woods and its statuettes are in the shape of the novel's titular fawn character. They were originally made of porcelain until 1958, when the organizers switched to using gold, with the casting done by the art casting workshop of Ernst Strassacker in Süßen.
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Die Fledermaus
Title: Die Fledermaus
Character: Gefängnisdirektor Frank
Released: August 16, 1946
Type: Movie
Produced in 1944, finished and released in 1946.
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Das Leben geht weiter
Title: Das Leben geht weiter
Character: Axel Aressen
Released: March 1, 1945
Type: Movie
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Die tolle Susanne
Title: Die tolle Susanne
Released: January 1, 1945
Type: Movie
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Junge Adler
Title: Junge Adler
Character: training manager Roth
Released: May 24, 1944
Type: Movie
Director Brakke has good reason to be happy: he has just received the news that his son, Theo, won first place in the local boat race. To be sure, he had forbidden his son to take part in the competition, because the son's grades in school are substandard. In the end, Brakke sees no other way than to pull Theo from school and install him as an apprentice in his airplane manufacturing plant. Although Theo is received by the other 150 apprentices in a friendly fashion, he behaves in an arrogant and disrespectful tone towards them. He feels himself to be better than them, because his father is the director of the factory.
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Die Gattin
Title: Die Gattin
Character: Walter Baumann
Released: August 31, 1943
Type: Movie
Puck Niklas (Jenny Jugo) loves her husband Peter even though her brother thinks he's a no-good. She's very charming and a bit crazy and does everything to help him get an engagement as an architect. Opportunity comes knocking in the form of factory owner Walter Baumann (Willy Fritsch) who sees through her trickery but at the same time charmed by her, he gives her Peter the job. Soon Walter finds out
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Der kleine Grenzverkehr
Title: Der kleine Grenzverkehr
Character: Georg Rentmeister
Released: April 22, 1943
Type: Movie
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Liebesgeschichten
Title: Liebesgeschichten
Character: Werner Lüdtke
Released: March 3, 1943
Type: Movie
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Geliebte Welt
Title: Geliebte Welt
Character: Generaldirektor Dr. Blohm
Released: October 30, 1942
Type: Movie
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Attack on Baku
Title: Attack on Baku
Character: Hans Romberg, Security Service Officer
Released: August 25, 1942
Type: Movie
Azerbaijan, 1919. The British hope to secure control of the vast oil fields around Baku by launching a series of terrorist attacks on them. Hans Romberg, a German who is working as a security officer, battles with the British chief agent Captain Forbes and his associates. (Description from Wikipedia)
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Viennese Spirit
Title: Viennese Spirit
Character: Count Georg Wolkersheim
Released: April 3, 1942
Type: Movie
A musical comedy directed by Willi Forst.
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Women Are Better Diplomats
Title: Women Are Better Diplomats
Character: Rittmeister von Karstein
Released: October 31, 1941
Type: Movie
A seductive dancer (Marika Rökk) helps her uncle to fight against the closing of his casino. Through her feminine charm she achieves diplomatic success.
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Leichte Muse
Title: Leichte Muse
Character: Pe Pe Müller
Released: October 10, 1941
Type: Movie
A composer finds commercial success but has to confront difficulties in his private life.
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Dreimal Hochzeit
Title: Dreimal Hochzeit
Character: Fürst Alexander Woronin
Released: June 24, 1941
Type: Movie
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Das leichte Mädchen
Title: Das leichte Mädchen
Character: Dietz Frobelius
Released: May 27, 1941
Type: Movie
Dietz' relatives are horrified to discover that Dietz, the son of a wealthy merchant, is planning to marry an actress, who is known to appear in rather daring roles. Dietz finds a way to escape from a gathering over coffee, during which he's supposed to be introduced to "decent ladies". After all, his great love is waiting for him somewhere else.
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Die keusche Geliebte
Title: Die keusche Geliebte
Character: Pierre Dugard, Plantagenbesitzer
Released: December 27, 1940
Type: Movie
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Die unvollkommene Liebe
Title: Die unvollkommene Liebe
Character: Thomas Holk
Released: October 17, 1940
Type: Movie
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Streit um den Knaben Jo
Title: Streit um den Knaben Jo
Character: Hans Eckardt
Released: September 22, 1939
Type: Movie
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Die Geliebte
Title: Die Geliebte
Character: Therese
Released: July 27, 1939
Type: Movie
A love story between officer von Warp coming from a wealthy family and salesgirl Therese. When the social rules of the time would force the officer to resign from service in order to marry Therese the situation becomes tense.
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Woman at the Wheel
Title: Woman at the Wheel
Character: Paul Banky
Released: June 19, 1939
Type: Movie
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Am seidenen Faden
Title: Am seidenen Faden
Character: Richard Hellwerth
Released: September 22, 1938
Type: Movie
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Das Mädchen von gestern Nacht
Title: Das Mädchen von gestern Nacht
Character: Stanley Stalton
Released: April 1, 1938
Type: Movie
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Zwischen den Eltern
Title: Zwischen den Eltern
Character: Dr. Hans Ravenborg, Arzt
Released: March 2, 1938
Type: Movie
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A Prussian Love Story
Title: A Prussian Love Story
Character: Prinz Wilhelm von Preußen
Released: January 1, 1938
Type: Movie
The film depicts the love affair between William I and Elisa Radziwill.
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Gewitterflug zu Claudia
Title: Gewitterflug zu Claudia
Character: Droste - Flugkapitän
Released: November 25, 1937
Type: Movie
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Seven Slaps
Title: Seven Slaps
Character: William Tenson MacPhab
Released: August 2, 1937
Type: Movie
William MacPhab loses seven-pounds in the stock market and decides to slap the man who was responsible for the stock manipulation that caused him to lose his money. Astor Terbanks, the stock-market manipulator is surprised the next day when he gets soundly slapped by MacPhab, and the latter promises to deliver one more a day for the next six days. Terbank's daughter, Daisy, is amused by the procedure and is attracted to MacPhab.
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Menschen ohne Vaterland
Title: Menschen ohne Vaterland
Character: Oberleutnant Maltzach
Released: February 16, 1937
Type: Movie
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Lucky Kids
Title: Lucky Kids
Character: Gil Taylor, Reporter
Released: September 19, 1936
Type: Movie
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.
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Boccaccio
Title: Boccaccio
Character: Petruccio, Stadtschreiber
Released: July 30, 1936
Type: Movie
The residents of the town of Ferrara are swept up in a tide of emotion and physical passion by the writings of a Renaissance author. Before long, the town is in chaos and it becomes difficult to keep track of which characters have been involved with one another. Is it any wonder the Germans didn't take their Italian allies seriously?!
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Black Roses
Title: Black Roses
Character: Erkki Collin
Released: December 23, 1935
Type: Movie
Erkki Collin is a hunted man. The Czar’s soldiers have been close on the heels of the leader of the rebellious Finns, who have been fighting the Russian occupiers since the end of the 18th Century. His flight leads him to the chambers of the dancer Marina Feodorowna, in whose house a party is taking place at that very moment. Marina discovers the intruder, hides him from his pursuers and soon falls in love with him. But hiding Erkki forever is not an option; so she presents him as her music teacher. The swindle fails and Prince Governor Abarow, who’s long had a thing for Marina, discovers the real identity of the man, but doesn’t have him arrested.
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Amphitryon: Happiness from the Clouds
Title: Amphitryon: Happiness from the Clouds
Character: Jupiter / Amphitryon
Released: July 18, 1935
Type: Movie
Lamenting Thebian women are waiting for the men to come back from war. God Jupiter is attracted to one of them: Alkmene. He goes to earth and tries to seduce her as himself: an old man. Failing in this, he disguises himself as Amphitryon (Alkemene's husband) and tries again. Next morning Amphitryon and his men come back from war; he suspects adultery and wants a divorce. Jupiter's wife Juno now also comes to earth and clears things up.
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Prinzessin Turandot
Title: Prinzessin Turandot
Character: Kalaf
Released: November 30, 1934
Type: Movie
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Die Insel
Title: Die Insel
Character: Raak, Handelsattaché
Released: August 29, 1934
Type: Movie
A case of espionage in high society: To save the reputation of his county, a diplomat voluntarily takes his own life.
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Die Töchter ihrer Exzellenz
Title: Die Töchter ihrer Exzellenz
Character: Graf Marenzi d. Jüngere
Released: May 17, 1934
Type: Movie
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A Prince's Young Love
Title: A Prince's Young Love
Character: Fürst Leopold von Anhalt-Dessau
Released: December 22, 1933
Type: Movie
Period romance set in Bismarck's Second Empire about a nobleman who wants to marry the daughter of a lowly pharmacist.
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Waltz War
Title: Waltz War
Character: Pauker Gustl
Released: October 3, 1933
Type: Movie
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Cairo Season
Title: Cairo Season
Character: Tobby Blackwell
Released: July 19, 1933
Type: Movie
Comedy with an Egyptian backdrop: Businessman Tobby and the Countess Stafanie wish to take all the fun away from their single parents and make them marry each other. Their parents have the same plan, too ... but with regards to their nosy kids. And so it happens, that Tobby wants to surprise the parents with the announcement of their -- the parents' -- engagement at a party (so nice to let them know), but is one-upped by Stefanie's father, the old Count, who announces the engagement of the kids. To avoid a scandal, they have to get married, but will divorce later.
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I by Day, You by Night
Title: I by Day, You by Night
Character: Hans
Released: November 29, 1932
Type: Movie
A nightclub waiter and a manicurist share the same room, he sleeps there by night and she by day. They've never meet , but they can't stand each other. Then they meet by chance, not knowing who's who and fall in love.
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A Blonde Dream
Title: A Blonde Dream
Character: Willy I
Released: September 23, 1932
Type: Movie
Rival window cleaners Willy I and Willy 2 befriend Jou-Jou, an aspiring dancer, who has been tricked out of money by a con-man posing as an American movie mogul, and together they turn an old railway carriage into a "Villa Hollywood" for her.
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A Mad Idea
Title: A Mad Idea
Character: Paul Lüders
Released: May 12, 1932
Type: Movie
A series of stupid coincidences causes the young Munich painter Paul to convert his uncle's castle into a hotel for four weeks. But he can't complain: business is good and he has plenty of guests. For exmple, there's Theo Muller with his revue troupe. For reasons of "sound", Muller calls himself "Miller", which, of course, causes more confusion. His daughter, the beautiful Evelyn, is confused with Mabel Miller, who has come to the hotel on a mission for her filthy rich father ... namely, to estimate the worth of the castle.
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The Cheeky Devil
Title: The Cheeky Devil
Character: Junger Mann
Released: April 28, 1932
Type: Movie
Adaptation of a French comedy, set in Paris, in which a lecherous man sets his sights on a beautiful married woman, whose husband is otherwise distracted.
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The Congress Dances
Title: The Congress Dances
Character: Zar Alexander von Russland / Uralsky
Released: September 29, 1931
Type: Movie
Vienna glove-sales-lady Christel falls in love with Russian Czar Alexander. Austrian Prince Metternich tries to use this and other pleasant diversions to keep him out of the negotiation conferences of the 1815 Vienna Congress.
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In the Employ of the Secret Service
Title: In the Employ of the Secret Service
Character: Thomas Higgins
Released: August 13, 1931
Type: Movie
During WWI a German agent receives an order to find out when the Russian army will carry out its expected attack against the German lines.
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Her Grace Commands
Title: Her Grace Commands
Character: Leutnant Karl von Conradi
Released: March 3, 1931
Type: Movie
An emancipated Princess, who has just returned home to her court in the Balkans from England, goes in disguise to a servants’ bal and falls in love with an alleged caterer, who turns out next day to be a lieutenant of the guard. Without letting on to her masquerade, she makes sure he climbs the ranks quickly. At the same time, she tries to thwart her engagement to an unpopular prince.
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Burglars
Title: Burglars
Character: Durand
Released: December 15, 1930
Type: Movie
The young wife of a rich old husband is prevented of a fling by a gentleman-burglar, who falls in love to her.
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The Three from the Filling Station
Title: The Three from the Filling Station
Character: Willy
Released: September 15, 1930
Type: Movie
Die Drei von der Tankstelle, meaning The Three from the Gas Station, was advertised as a German operetta when release and with it’s star studded cast would become the forerunner of Musical films. Even today the soundtrack of the comic harmonists is popular in Germany.
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Hokuspokus
Title: Hokuspokus
Character: Peter Bille
Released: July 10, 1930
Type: Movie
Hokuspokus is a 1930 German comedy film directed by Gustav Ucicky and starring Lilian Harvey, Willy Fritsch and Oskar Homolka. It was an adaptation of the play Hokuspokus by Curt Goetz.
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Love waltz
Title: Love waltz
Character: Bobby Fould
Released: February 7, 1930
Type: Movie
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Melodie des Herzens
Title: Melodie des Herzens
Character: János Garas
Released: December 15, 1929
Type: Movie
A young maid from the country looses her job as maid in k.u.k. Budapest, when she stays out too long with her beau, a soldier, who's saving money to buy a horse to open a transport company. After being unemployed for quite a while and her rent is long overdue, the landlady offers her a better job in a nightclub. Meanwhile the soldiers family has decided that her son should marry the daughter of a rich farmer. The soldier finds out about his girl friends profession, and accepts after struggling with himself the match his parents have made. At the day of his engagement his girl friend comes to his hometown with enough money to buy a horse, which leads to a conflict between her, the fiancee, her family, himself and his parents.
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Woman in the Moon
Title: Woman in the Moon
Character: Wolf Helius
Released: October 14, 1929
Type: Movie
A scientist discovers that there's gold on the moon. He builds a rocket to fly there, but there's too much rivalry among the crew to have a successful expedition.
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Ihr dunkler Punkt
Title: Ihr dunkler Punkt
Released: January 19, 1929
Type: Movie
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Docks of Hamburg
Title: Docks of Hamburg
Character: Klaus Brandt
Released: October 10, 1928
Type: Movie
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.
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Spies
Title: Spies
Character: No. 326
Released: March 22, 1928
Type: Movie
The mastermind behind a ubiquitous spy operation learns of a dangerous romance between a Russian lady in his employ and a dashing agent from the government's secret service.
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Schuldig
Title: Schuldig
Released: March 19, 1928
Type: Movie
"Guilty" - Thomas Feld returns home after 16 years in prison to find his wife Magda and daughter Maria fell in the hands of Peter Cornelius, the owner of a cabaret. Lawyer Frank Peters falls in love with Maria.
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Hungarian Rhapsody
Title: Hungarian Rhapsody
Character: Lt. Franz Graf v. Turoczy
Released: January 2, 1928
Type: Movie
On the plains of Hungary, Franz, a Hussard lieutenant, broods about his future; Born into an aristocratic family, his father drank away the family fortune and marriage seems an unlikely prospect. Impoverished Franz's love for effervescent and upright country girl Marika coincides with the tragic tale of lovelorn violinist Josef, all but ignored by royal beauty Camilla.
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His Late Excellency
Title: His Late Excellency
Character: Fürst Ernst Albrecht
Released: September 16, 1927
Type: Movie
In the Ruritanian kingdom of Leuchtenstein, the old ruler has just died. His subjects are a bunch of intrigants, and his only real friend was the Baroness Windegg (Olga Tschechowa), a kind-hearted, witty, and very attractive woman, who however was not much loved by the Leuchtenstein upper class. And as these are only interested in getting better positions and other wealths after His Excellency's death, the baroness invents the story that the old ruler wrote his memoirs before his death, containing a lot of intimate, delicate and potentially embarrassing details about the Leuchtenstein dignitaries. Unsurprisingly, everyone is afraid about the details to be revealed. Only the successor to the throne, Prince Ernst Albrecht (Willy Fritsch) sees through the baroness' scheme, and as he is a lusty young man, he joins in her prank.
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The Last Waltz
Title: The Last Waltz
Character: Graf Dimitri Sarrasow
Released: August 18, 1927
Type: Movie
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A Sister of Six
Title: A Sister of Six
Character: Count Horkay
Released: December 28, 1926
Type: Movie
A silent romantic comedy
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The Chaste Susanne
Title: The Chaste Susanne
Character: René Boislurette
Released: November 11, 1926
Type: Movie
Naughty Susanne leads an exciting double life between her hometown and Paris: in the provincial nest she is considered the ever virtuous and down to earth girl, while in the cosmopolitan city she always escapes to, she is the queen of the night, sophisticated and seductive. In Paris, she meets René and begins to recruit him, but she has a noble competitor: Jacqueline. A spirited love triangle begins, complicated by the interventions of uncomprehending moral preachers. Their befitting final finds the story in the Moulin Rouge.
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Die Boxerbraut
Title: Die Boxerbraut
Character: Fritz Spitz
Released: September 1, 1926
Type: Movie
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Die Fahrt ins Abenteuer
Title: Die Fahrt ins Abenteuer
Released: April 16, 1926
Type: Movie
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The Waltz Dream
Title: The Waltz Dream
Character: Nicholas Graf Preyn
Released: March 14, 1926
Type: Movie
Austrian actress Mady Christians stars alongside German matinee idol Willy Fritsch in this adaptation of the Oscar Straus operetta about a Prince who, after falling for a Viennese girl, becomes obsessed with the city and its customs.
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The Girl with a Patron
Title: The Girl with a Patron
Released: December 21, 1925
Type: Movie
The Girl with a Patron (German: Das Mädchen mit der Protektion) is a 1925 German silent comedy film directed by Max Mack and starring Ossi Oswalda, Willy Fritsch, and Nora Gregor. It was one of a number of popular comedies released by UFA during the era alongside its more prestigious art films.
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Her Dancing Partner
Title: Her Dancing Partner
Released: November 6, 1925
Type: Movie
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Der Farmer aus Texas
Title: Der Farmer aus Texas
Character: Akke
Released: October 21, 1925
Type: Movie
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Express Train of Love
Title: Express Train of Love
Character: Charley
Released: May 6, 1925
Type: Movie
Silent romantic comedy set on a train.
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Guillotine
Title: Guillotine
Released: May 1, 1925
Type: Movie
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Mother and Child
Title: Mother and Child
Character: Werner
Released: November 13, 1924
Type: Movie
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His Wife, the Unknown
Title: His Wife, the Unknown
Released: October 19, 1923
Type: Movie
A war blind painter marries his nurse. But after he can see again through an operation, he does not recognize her. Then she decides to leave him in order to return to his service under a different name. Only when the painter falls in love with her as a stranger to him, she reveal herself.
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Hallig Hooge
Title: Hallig Hooge
Character: Tetze Tetens
Released: January 17, 1923
Type: Movie
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Der Heiratsschwindler
Title: Der Heiratsschwindler
Released: May 9, 1922
Type: Movie
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Miss Venus
Title: Miss Venus
Released: September 16, 1921
Type: Movie
Maud Goodin is the daughter of a millionaire, content with her present life, but she is an interesting conquest for those wants to get on the social ladder.