
Erich Ponto
1884 - 1957The Third Man
Carol Reed
Joseph Cotten, Alida Valli
In postwar Vienna, Austria, Holly Martins, a writer of pulp Westerns, arrives penniless as a guest of his childhood chum Harry Lime, only to learn he has died. Martins develops a conspiracy theory after learning of a "third man" present at the time of Harry's death, running into interference from British officer Major Calloway, and falling head-over-heels for Harry's grief-stricken lover, Anna.
The Third Man
Der Engel mit dem Saitenspiel
Heinz Rühmann
Hertha Feiler, Hans Söhnker
Achim and Vera are friends and live an uncomplicated and happy life .... that is, until they get into their first serious argument on how they should spend New Year's Eve. Vera wants to celebrate with friends, while Achim wants to go off to a lonely mountain hut. And so, he goes off alone into the mountains. In the hut, he meets the student Susanne, with whom he spends New Years' Eve; gets to know well; and falls in love with. Unfortunately, through misfortune, they lose sight of each other afterwards...
The Angel and the Lyre
Die Feuerzangenbowle
Helmut Weiss
Heinz Rühmann, Karin Himboldt
Die Feuerzangenbowle from Director Helmut Weiss is based on the novel by the same name from Heinrich Spoerl and Hans Reimann that has turned into a cult German film. The film tells the story of a writer Johannes Pfeiffer who goes undercover as a student in a high school after his friends told him that he missed out on a great life experience since he was home schooled.
The Punch Bowl
Zwischen gestern und morgen
Harald Braun
Hildegard Knef, Winnie Markus
A 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.
Between Yesterday and Tomorrow
Das fliegende Klassenzimmer
Kurt Hoffmann
Paul Dahlke, Heliane Bei
The third form of a boarding school and the students of a neighboring school do not get along. Each side dreams up the craziest pranks to defeat the other. And when one day the high school students go as far as stealing the Gymnasium students’ essays and even burning them, daily school life really gets out of hand.
The Flying Classroom
Himmel ohne Sterne
Helmut Käutner
Eva Kotthaus, Erik Schumann
Anna is a factory worker in East Germany. Her five-year-old son Jochen lives with his grandparents in the West and Anna wants him to live with her, so she abducts him. Along the way she meets Carl who helps her with her son and they fall in love.
Sky Without Stars