Johannes Heesters

Johannes Heesters

Born: December 5, 1903
Died: December 24, 2011
in Amersfoort, Netherlands

Movies for Johannes Heesters...

Große Klappe, großes Herz
Title: Große Klappe, großes Herz
Character: Gast
Released: April 20, 2018
Type: Movie
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Ten - Sin for Salvation
Title: Ten - Sin for Salvation
Character: Mr. Peterson
Released: November 30, 2011
Type: Movie
A short directed by Stefan Hering.
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1½ Knights - In Search of the Ravishing Princess Herzelinde
Title: 1½ Knights - In Search of the Ravishing Princess Herzelinde
Character: Wissenschaftler
Released: December 17, 2008
Type: Movie
The story of Lanze who is in love with the princess. One day the princess is kidnapped by the Dark Knight and Lanze starts his journey to rescue her. But he is not alone because Erdal, a turk, joins him on his journey.
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Title: De Wereld Draait Door
Released: October 10, 2005
Type: TV
Talk show hosted by Matthijs van Nieuwkerk containing a mixture of news, information, television bloopers and general entertainment.
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Filmlegenden. Deutsch
Title: Filmlegenden. Deutsch
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: June 26, 2005
Type: Movie
A parade of well-known actors and directors from Germany
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Title: Willkommen bei Carmen Nebel
Character: Self
Released: January 31, 2004
Type: TV
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Johannes Heesters: Eine Legende wird 100
Title: Johannes Heesters: Eine Legende wird 100
Character: Self
Released: December 5, 2003
Type: Movie
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Title: Menschen bei Maischberger
Character: Self
Released: September 2, 2003
Type: TV
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Title: Beckmann
Character: Self
Released: January 25, 1999
Type: TV
Reinhold Beckmann hosts a weekly talk show.
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Title: In aller Freundschaft
Character: Prof. Dr. Junghans
Released: October 26, 1998
Type: TV
German soap opera about the staff of the fictional hospital "Sachsenklinik" in the city of Leipzig.
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Ein gesegnetes Alter
Title: Ein gesegnetes Alter
Released: May 1, 1998
Type: Movie
TV version of Curth Flatow's stage play starring Johannes Heesters and his wife Simone Rethel.
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Title: Die Johannes B. Kerner Show
Character: Self
Released: January 22, 1998
Type: TV
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Title: Alphateam – Die Lebensretter im OP
Character: Weck
Released: January 2, 1997
Type: TV
Alphateam – Die Lebensretter im OP was a German hospital drama television series which aired on Sat.1 between 1996 and 2005. The series covered the work of a team of doctors, nurses and caregivers in the fictional Hamburg Hansa Clinic, located in the Altona district.
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Bevor der letzte Vorhang fällt
Title: Bevor der letzte Vorhang fällt
Character: Himself
Released: January 2, 1996
Type: Movie
A documentary about the life of the 93 years old actor Johannes Heesters who doesn't want to leave the stage.
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Title: Zwischen Tag und Nacht
Released: October 16, 1995
Type: TV
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Die schönsten Geschichten mit Johannes Heesters
Title: Die schönsten Geschichten mit Johannes Heesters
Released: March 1, 1995
Type: Movie
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Title: Zwei alte Hasen
Character: Jan van Houten
Released: November 19, 1994
Type: TV
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Title: Die Feste mit Florian Silbereisen
Character: Self
Released: June 2, 1994
Type: TV
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Altes Herz wird nochmal jung
Title: Altes Herz wird nochmal jung
Character: Various
Released: November 28, 1991
Type: Movie
A movie with three episodes starring Johannes Heesters.
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Title: Musik liegt in der Luft
Character: Self
Released: February 2, 1991
Type: TV
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Title: DAS!
Character: Self
Released: January 2, 1991
Type: TV
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Title: Romy Award
Character: Self
Released: January 1, 1990
Type: TV
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Title: Zwei Münchner in Hamburg
Character: Konsul Thaddäus van Daalen
Released: October 3, 1989
Type: TV
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Ich knüpfte manche zarte Bande
Title: Ich knüpfte manche zarte Bande
Character: Self
Released: December 8, 1985
Type: Movie
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Title: Alte Gauner
Character: Gustav
Released: August 30, 1985
Type: TV
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Otto - The Movie
Title: Otto - The Movie
Character: Clochard
Released: July 19, 1985
Type: Movie
East Friesian Otto moves to the big city Hamburg. There he gets into trouble with a loan shark and needs to find a way to impress his love interest Silvia.
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Title: Melodien für Millionen
Character: Self
Released: February 2, 1985
Type: TV
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Title: Offen gesagt
Character: Self
Released: January 9, 1985
Type: TV
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Die schöne Wilhelmine
Title: Die schöne Wilhelmine
Character: Marschall Keith
Released: September 6, 1984
Type: Movie
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Sonny Boys
Title: Sonny Boys
Character: Al Lewis
Released: December 12, 1982
Type: Movie
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Title: Na sowas!
Character: Self
Released: March 29, 1982
Type: TV
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Title: Menschen
Character: Self
Released: January 9, 1982
Type: TV
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Title: Wetten, dass..?
Character: Self
Released: February 14, 1981
Type: TV
A long-running German-language entertainment television show based on the format of the British show You Bet! and the American show Wanna Bet?.
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Liebe bleibt nicht ohne Schmerzen
Title: Liebe bleibt nicht ohne Schmerzen
Character: Erzähler
Released: November 23, 1980
Type: Movie
TV-film by Alfred Vohrer
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Die Alten kommen
Title: Die Alten kommen
Released: January 27, 1980
Type: Movie
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Title: Peter Alexander: Wir gratulieren
Character: Self
Released: November 29, 1979
Type: TV
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Title: NDR Talk Show
Character: Self
Released: February 9, 1979
Type: TV
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Memories of Berlin: The Twilight of Weimar Culture
Title: Memories of Berlin: The Twilight of Weimar Culture
Character: Self - Interviewee
Released: October 7, 1976
Type: Movie
The film tells the cultural story of Berlin during the Weimar Republic through interviews with a number of persons who were involved in literature, film, art, and music during the period. It includes interviews with Christopher Isherwood, Louise Brooks, Lotte Eisner, Elisabeth Bergner, Francis Lederer, Carl Zuckmayer, Gregor Piatigorsky, Claudio Arrau, Rudolf Kolisch, Mischa Spoliansky, Herbert Bayer, Mrs. Walter Gropius, and Arthur Koestler.
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Treffpunkt Herz
Title: Treffpunkt Herz
Character: Gast
Released: October 4, 1975
Type: Movie
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Title: Musik ist Trumpf
Character: Self
Released: January 2, 1975
Type: TV
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Hochzeitsnacht im Paradies
Title: Hochzeitsnacht im Paradies
Character: Dr. Hansen
Released: October 23, 1974
Type: Movie
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Title: Der große Preis
Character: Self
Released: September 5, 1974
Type: TV
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Die Welt des Robert Stolz
Title: Die Welt des Robert Stolz
Released: May 8, 1973
Type: Movie
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Paganini
Title: Paganini
Character: Fürst Felice Bacciocchi
Released: January 4, 1973
Type: Movie
Operetta concerning the love affair of Niccolò Paganini, the violinist, and Élisa Bonaparte, the younger sister of Napoleon.
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Title: Hallo – Hotel Sacher … Portier!
Character: Marinus de Ryder
Released: January 1, 1973
Type: TV
Hallo – Hotel Sacher … Portier! is an Austrian television series.
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Title: Eine Frau bleibt eine Frau
Character: Georg
Released: November 7, 1972
Type: TV
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Title: A Kettle of Colour
Character: Self - Musician
Released: January 29, 1972
Type: TV
The show was meant to compete with those on West German television. To this end it was fairly successful even attracting a following in parts of West Germany which could receive Eastern TV. Its production values were high. Apart from song and dance numbers and appearances from East German celebrities, almost every broadcast featured well-known stars from the west, often after their popularity had peaked in their home countries.
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Gastspiele
Title: Gastspiele
Character: Steven Gilford
Released: December 26, 1971
Type: Movie
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Title: Anneliese Rothenberger gibt sich die Ehre
Character: Self
Released: December 25, 1971
Type: TV
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Title: Peter Alexander präsentiert Spezialitäten
Character: Self
Released: March 9, 1969
Type: TV
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Title: Der Kommissar
Character: Eberhard Boszilke
Released: January 3, 1969
Type: TV
Der Kommissar is a German television series about a group of detectives of the Munich homicide squad. All 97 episodes, which were shot in black-and-white and first broadcast between 1969 and 1976, were written by Herbert Reinecker and starred Erik Ode as Kommissar Herbert Keller. Keller's assistants were Walter Grabert, Robert Heines, and Harry Klein who, in 1974, was replaced by his younger brother Erwin Klein.
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Wenn die kleinen Veilchen blüh'n
Title: Wenn die kleinen Veilchen blüh'n
Character: Dr. Hans Thomas
Released: November 10, 1968
Type: Movie
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Title: Die Caterina-Valente-Show
Character: Self
Released: September 1, 1966
Type: TV
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Title: Goldene Kamera Verleihung
Character: Self
Released: January 25, 1966
Type: TV
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Leider lauter Lügen
Title: Leider lauter Lügen
Character: Professor Saladin Rohde
Released: April 7, 1965
Type: Movie
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Title: Zwischenstation
Character: Self
Released: December 15, 1964
Type: TV
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Er soll dein Herr sein
Title: Er soll dein Herr sein
Character: Mr.Scott
Released: January 1, 1963
Type: Movie
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Mein Bruder Jacques
Title: Mein Bruder Jacques
Character: Jacques
Released: November 11, 1962
Type: Movie
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Nicht zuhören, meine Damen!
Title: Nicht zuhören, meine Damen!
Character: Daniel Bachelet
Released: August 13, 1962
Type: Movie
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Junge Leute brauchen Liebe
Title: Junge Leute brauchen Liebe
Character: Charles Fürst
Released: May 17, 1961
Type: Movie
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Title: Hotel Victoria
Character: Self
Released: March 12, 1961
Type: TV
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Title: Am grünen Strand der Spree
Character: Graf Chiaroscuro
Released: March 22, 1960
Type: TV
Am grünen Strand der Spree was a five-part German television movie which first aired in 1960. It was based on a novel by Hans Scholz and has been called a Straßenfeger in German, a television program that was watched by so many, the streets were empty. It was produced by German broadcaster Nord- und Westdeutscher Rundfunkverband in Cologne, Germany.
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Nocturno im Grand Hotel
Title: Nocturno im Grand Hotel
Character: Karolin - ein berühmter Dirigent
Released: September 9, 1959
Type: Movie
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Die unvollkommene Ehe
Title: Die unvollkommene Ehe
Character: Professor Paul Lert
Released: September 3, 1959
Type: Movie
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Title: Stars in der Manege
Character: Self
Released: April 11, 1959
Type: TV
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Visit out of the blue
Title: Visit out of the blue
Character: John Underhower
Released: February 5, 1959
Type: Movie
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Frau im besten Mannesalter
Title: Frau im besten Mannesalter
Character: Bernhard Hauff
Released: January 29, 1959
Type: Movie
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Clear the stage for Marika
Title: Clear the stage for Marika
Character: Michael Normann
Released: August 14, 1958
Type: Movie
A dance and music film tailored completely for Marika Rokk: After her divorce, the wife of a composer uses her wit and charm to engage Marika as a singer and dancer on the stage. This manages to give life once again to the extinguished love between her and her former husband.
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Title: Aktuelle Schaubude
Character: Self
Released: December 7, 1957
Type: TV
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Von allen geliebt
Title: Von allen geliebt
Character: Rudolf Avenarius
Released: October 16, 1957
Type: Movie
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Title: Zum blauen Bock
Character: Self
Released: August 3, 1957
Type: TV
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Viktor und Viktoria
Title: Viktor und Viktoria
Character: Jean Perrot
Released: April 16, 1957
Type: Movie
Aspiring singer Susanne takes over for ham actor Viktor at a small cabaret in Berlin where he works a woman impersonator and per chance she's discovered by an agent, who thinks, that she really is a man. She becomes famous, but her situation becomes troublesome, when she falls in love with Robert.
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Heute heiratet mein Mann
Title: Heute heiratet mein Mann
Character: Robert Petersen
Released: August 30, 1956
Type: Movie
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Opernball
Title: Opernball
Character: Georg Dannhauser
Released: August 29, 1956
Type: Movie
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.. und wer küsst mich?
Title: .. und wer küsst mich?
Released: March 30, 1956
Type: Movie
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Adventure in Rio
Title: Adventure in Rio
Character: Don Felipe
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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Bel Ami
Title: Bel Ami
Character: Georges Duroy genannt Bel Ami
Released: March 20, 1955
Type: Movie
In the 1880s, Georges Duroy, back from the Colonies, arrives in Paris with the firm intention of conquering the capital through his power of seduction, his selfishness and cynicism. Entering into journalism through the back door he will soon rise to the top with the support of several women: Madeleine Forestier, the wife of his journalist friend Charles; Clothilde de Marelle, his first mistress; Virginie Walter, the wife of a newspaper owner; Suzanne Walter, her daughter who eventually marries Duroy.
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Gestatten, mein Name ist Cox
Title: Gestatten, mein Name ist Cox
Character: Paul Cox
Released: March 8, 1955
Type: Movie
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Title: Was bin ich?
Character: self
Released: January 2, 1955
Type: TV
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Hab’ ich nur Deine Liebe
Title: Hab’ ich nur Deine Liebe
Character: Franz von Suppé
Released: December 17, 1953
Type: Movie
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The Girl on The Roof
Title: The Girl on The Roof
Character: David Slader
Released: December 16, 1953
Type: Movie
A comedy of manners, the film centers on virtuous actress Patty O'Neill, who meets playboy architect Donald Gresham on the observation deck of the Empire State Building and accepts his invitation to join him for drinks and dinner in his apartment. There she meets Donald's upstairs neighbors, his ex-fiancée Cynthia and her father, roguish David Slader. Both men are determined to bed the young woman, but they quickly discover Patty is more interested in engaging in spirited discussions about the pressing moral and sexual issues of the day than surrendering her virginity to either one of them. After resisting their amorous advances throughout the night, Patty leaves and returns to the Empire State Building, where Donald finds her and proposes marriage.
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Schlagerparade
Title: Schlagerparade
Character: himself
Released: November 3, 1953
Type: Movie
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The Divorcée
Title: The Divorcée
Character: Karel
Released: September 16, 1953
Type: Movie
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Liebeskrieg nach Noten
Title: Liebeskrieg nach Noten
Character: Ralph Beyron
Released: August 17, 1953
Type: Movie
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The Moon Is Blue
Title: The Moon Is Blue
Character: Tourist (uncredited)
Released: July 8, 1953
Type: Movie
Two aging playboys are both after the same attractive young woman, but she fends them off by claiming that she plans to remain a virgin until her wedding night. Both men determine to find a way around her objections.
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The White Horse Inn
Title: The White Horse Inn
Character: Dr. Siedler
Released: December 19, 1952
Type: Movie
Head waiter Leopold has been secretly in love with the hostess Josepha for a long time, but she only has eyes for Dr. Siedler, a guest in the White Horse Inn. Leopold tries to get Dr. Siedler interested in the daughter of Industrialist Giesecke, who would rather see his daughter married to Sigismund.
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The Csardas Princess
Title: The Csardas Princess
Character: Edwin von Weylersheim
Released: December 20, 1951
Type: Movie
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Tanz ins Glück
Title: Tanz ins Glück
Character: Pedro Domingo
Released: October 19, 1951
Type: Movie
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Professor Nachtfalter
Title: Professor Nachtfalter
Character: Dr. Joachim Wendler
Released: February 23, 1951
Type: Movie
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Title: Deutscher Filmpreis
Character: Self
Released: January 1, 1951
Type: TV
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Hochzeitsnacht im Paradies
Title: Hochzeitsnacht im Paradies
Character: Pieter van Goos
Released: October 23, 1950
Type: Movie
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Wenn eine Frau liebt
Title: Wenn eine Frau liebt
Character: Martin Pratt
Released: August 30, 1950
Type: Movie
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Frech und verliebt
Title: Frech und verliebt
Character: Peter Schild
Released: March 30, 1950
Type: Movie
Penniless 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.
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Liebe Freundin
Title: Liebe Freundin
Character: Adrian van der Steer
Released: March 23, 1949
Type: Movie
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Wiener Melodien
Title: Wiener Melodien
Character: Ferry van der Heuvels
Released: November 19, 1948
Type: Movie
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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: Herbert Eisenstein
Released: August 16, 1946
Type: Movie
Produced in 1944, finished and released in 1946.
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Renee XIV
Title: Renee XIV
Released: January 1, 1946
Type: Movie
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Es lebe die Liebe
Title: Es lebe die Liebe
Character: Manfred Richter
Released: December 11, 1944
Type: Movie
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It All Started So Gaily
Title: It All Started So Gaily
Character: Clemens Verné
Released: August 28, 1944
Type: Movie
Clemens and Bobi, two legation secretaries, are sent on a delicate mission by their minister: it concerns a red portfolio with secret papers, which the minister stuck under a bed mattress and forgot about when he met someone on a rendezvous. And to make things more difficult, the horny minister can't remember which room he left it in. After several incidents in different hotel rooms, neither secretary has found a thing. There's not a trace of the portfolio; but Clemens is more interested in Annette, the young lady in one of the hotel beds, than in the portfolio. He forgets his mission and can think only of her. Boni, in the meantime, has found his way into a room, where Olivia is staying and sees a red, leather folder there. But the woman throws him out in short order.
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Glück bei Frauen
Title: Glück bei Frauen
Character: Stefan Hell
Released: July 11, 1944
Type: Movie
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Axel an der Himmelstür
Title: Axel an der Himmelstür
Character: Axel
Released: January 1, 1944
Type: Movie
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Melody of a Great City
Title: Melody of a Great City
Character: Gast
Released: October 4, 1943
Type: Movie
A young woman moves to Berlin to work as a press photographer.
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Karneval der Liebe
Title: Karneval der Liebe
Character: Tenor Peter Hansen
Released: April 1, 1943
Type: Movie
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Illusion
Title: Illusion
Character: Stefan von Holtenau
Released: December 30, 1941
Type: Movie
Melodrama about an actress falling in love with a man who wants her to give up her job.
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Jenny und der Herr im Frack
Title: Jenny und der Herr im Frack
Character: Peter Holm
Released: November 25, 1941
Type: Movie
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Immer nur Du
Title: Immer nur Du
Character: Will Hollers
Released: August 22, 1941
Type: Movie
The two stars of an upcoming operetta performance quarrel constantly. but they also fall in love with each other.
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Rosen in Tirol
Title: Rosen in Tirol
Character: Graf Herbert von Waldendorf
Released: December 5, 1940
Type: Movie
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Die lustigen Vagabunden
Title: Die lustigen Vagabunden
Character: Werner Schratt, Schauspieler
Released: September 20, 1940
Type: Movie
On account of a bet, the painter Menzinger and his friend Schratt decide to travel the country as unemployed bums (no doubt, because there were so few unemployed and homeless people in Germany just a few years earlier). For two weeks, they wander around Germany; then they're confused with some robbers and they land in jail. How does it feel to imitate the homeless now, guys?
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Liebesschule
Title: Liebesschule
Character: Enrico Villanova, Tenor
Released: May 3, 1940
Type: Movie
A young woman works for two different men, both of whom fall in love with her. In the mornings she is secretary for a popular author and in the afternoons for a singer. Which of them will she settle for?
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Meine Tante – deine Tante
Title: Meine Tante – deine Tante
Character: Peter Larisch
Released: December 28, 1939
Type: Movie
Because his future wife abandoned him shortly before the wedding, an old baron has decided that he doesn't want any women near him anymore. The daughter of the flaky woman decides to take it upon herself to get the baron and her mother back together again and dresses up as a gypsy boy to use music from "his" violin to soften the baron's heart ...
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Hallo Janine
Title: Hallo Janine
Character: Graf René de Batier
Released: June 30, 1939
Type: Movie
The French ballet girl Janine, a gifted tap-dancer, dreams of a musical career in Paris. But first she wants to take revenge on Count René who stood up her best friend Charlotte. Janine wants him to fall in love with her and disappoint him afterwards. At a masked ball at which Janine pretends to be a Marquise they have their first meeting. Janine is very disappointed in the "good gentleman", but she does not suspect that this gentleman also makes a pretence. The man whom she holds to be count René is Pierre, a composer and pianist.
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Das Abenteuer geht weiter
Title: Das Abenteuer geht weiter
Character: Heinz van Zeelen
Released: February 24, 1939
Type: Movie
A popular stage tenor can't stay away from his female admirers until his wife threatens to divorce him.
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Nanon
Title: Nanon
Character: Marquis Charles d'Aubigne
Released: November 15, 1938
Type: Movie
An operetta directed by Herbert Maisch.
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Gasparone
Title: Gasparone
Character: Erminio Bondo
Released: December 17, 1937
Type: Movie
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Wenn Frauen schweigen
Title: Wenn Frauen schweigen
Character: Curt van Doeren
Released: September 9, 1937
Type: Movie
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The Court Concert
Title: The Court Concert
Character: Leutnant Walter von Arnegg
Released: December 18, 1936
Type: Movie
Before he became cult director Douglas Sirk, Detlef Sierck cut his teeth on such lavish European star vehicles as Das Hofkonzert (The Court Concert). Marta Eggerth is cast as Christine, a young singer who aspires to find out who her father was. Her odyssey brings her to the court of a mythical kingdom, where she is romanced by handsome lieutenant Walter (Johannes Heesters). He is warned not to lose his heart to a "commoner," but all turns out all right when King Serenissimus (Otto Tressler) turns out to be Christine's long-lost daddy. Hofkonzert was designed as a comeback for Marta Eggerth, whose star had eclipsed by the mid-1930s.
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The Beggar Student
Title: The Beggar Student
Character: Symon Rymanowicz / Herzog Kasimir
Released: August 6, 1936
Type: Movie
To take a revenge on countess Laura, who slapped him at his proposal, the Governor of the occupied Poland gets her fall in love with a poor student, and exposes him during wedding banquet.
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Die Leuchter des Kaisers
Title: Die Leuchter des Kaisers
Character: Grossfürst Peter Alexandrowitsc
Released: February 14, 1936
Type: Movie
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Everything for the Company
Title: Everything for the Company
Released: April 4, 1935
Type: Movie
Familial disputes surrounding a traditional business. Grandfather Sonndorfer allies himself with his grandson Otto, in order to bring his arrogant son Max on the right path. Between the fronts is Emmerich Liebling, the intriguing messenger.
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The Four Müllers
Title: The Four Müllers
Character: Otto Muller
Released: March 29, 1935
Type: Movie
Several generations of Mullers go to war with each other over their family business, the main branch of which is about to go belly-up.
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Bleeke Bet
Title: Bleeke Bet
Character: Ko Monje
Released: September 6, 1934
Type: Movie
In 1930s Amsterdam, greengrocer Bet is involved in illicit affairs with businessman Van Santen. To tighten bonds even further, Bet arranges a marriage between her handsome daughter Jans and the businessman's wacky son Hannes. Jans, however, is in love with tough sailor Ko. Based on the succesful Dutch stage musical by Herman Bouber.
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The Dutch Circus
Title: The Dutch Circus
Released: October 17, 1924
Type: Movie
After years of touring abroad with his "Cirque Hollandais", Hendrik van Dalen returns to Holland, hoping that his brother will lend him financial support. Since the death of his wife, things have gone from bad to worse with Hendrik, who drowns his sorrow in drink. Moreover, he has set his heart on the circus-equestrienne, who pretends to love him but is having an affair with the company's wrestler. By encouraging Hendrik to drink, they hope to get their hands on his possessions. Hendrik's daughter sees through their designs and, with the aid of the clown Louisot, tries to foil their plans.