Deutschsprachige (Co-) Produktionen der 1940er Jahre
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- DirectorErich WaschneckStarsGustav KnuthGisela UhlenAlbert FlorathA German plantation owner in Latin America falls in love with a woman who has had an illegitimate child with an unscrupulous villain.
- DirectorKarl AntonStarsViktor de KowaElse von MöllendorffKarl SchönböckA rich girl, about to become of age, decides to withdraw all her money from a bank. The sum is much larger than the bank can afford, at that particular time, so Peter Voss, a bank employee, offers himself to pretend stealing it and to keep on the run until stocks have risen again. Followed by a private detective and the girl, he flees around the world. In the end, the bank is saved and Voss gets the girl.
- DirectorHelmut WeissStarsHeinz RühmannKarin HimboldtHilde SessakA successful writer, home-schooled in his youth, masquerades as a student at a secondary school to experience all the fun and pranks he missed out on.
- DirectorRudolf JugertStarsHans SöhnkerHildegard KnefIrene von MeyendorffA screenwriter comes up with a story about an affair between a maid and her employer
- DirectorHarald BraunStarsHildegard KnefWinnie MarkusSybille SchmitzA group of people gathers back in the post-war ruins of a luxurious Munich hotel they inhabited at one point or another years before; each trying to cope with the tragic consequences of the war and their own actions.
- DirectorWolfgang StaudteStarsHildegard KnefElly BurgmerErna SellmerAfter returning from a concentration camp, Susanne finds an ex-soldier living in her apartment. Together the two try to move past their experiences during World War II.
- DirectorGéza von BolváryStarsHans SöhnkerElfie MayerhoferSigrid BeckerThe day before chemist Dr. Hans Wynhold leaves for a six months business trip to Africa, he meets chemistry student Christa Weiden. They spend the evening together in St. Pauli and fall in love. She doesn't tell him that she'll start the next day at the chemistry laboratory he works at too, because he says he doesn't like women in "men's jobs". Only after his departure the next day Christa learns about Hans' reputation as a Don Juan. In fear that she'll lose him to another woman, she follows him... and starts a series of complications.
- DirectorHelmut KäutnerStarsMarianne HoppeHans SöhnkerFritz OdemarMichael and Franziska's relationship suffers from the separations brought on by his photojournalism. Only after Michael's colleague lay dying in his arms does he decide to go home, but is asked by Franziska to join the war: as a soldier.
- DirectorAdolf SchlysslederStarsJoe StöckelTrude HesterbergCharlott DaudertOn a solo vacation Franz enjoys wine and women though in his letters home he boasts with his alleged mountain climbing feats. When on a new trip his wife insists on witnessing his climbing skills he gets entangled in his own web of lies.
- DirectorHarald BraunStarsLuise UllrichViktor StaalFranziska KinzNora forges her father's signature to borrow a large sum from financier Brack. When Brack's criminal past thwarts his social advancement he uses Nora's secret to blackmail her and her banker husband Robert into supporting his schemes.
- DirectorHarald BraunStarsMarika RökkViktor StaalHans BrausewetterA funny classic German picture of the Nazi period, but with no propaganda and with contemporary swing music.
- DirectorHarald BraunStarsHilde KrahlMathias WiemanFriedrich KayßlerA movie about Clara Schumann, wife of Robert Schumann. Originally Zarah Leander should have played the lead role!
- DirectorErich EngelStarsHilde KrahlEwald BalserMaria Koppenhöfer