Willy A. Kleinau
1907 - 1957
Gefährliche Fracht
Gustav von Wangenheim
Willy A. Kleinau, Wilhelm Koch-Hooge
Американские военные приготовления целиком сконцентрированы в Западной Европе. В результате чего происходят постоянные поставки оружия западноевропейским странам. В одном из маленьких французских портовых городов корабль "Чикаго" с американским флагом не разгружается. У него на борту находится опасный груз-напалмовые бомбы. Французские докеры бастовали 3 месяца. Это была ожесточённая борьба, но они победили. Теперь в американской главной квартире во Франкфурте-на-Майне решается вопрос в какой гавани "Чикаго" освободится от своего груза...
Gefährliche Fracht
Der Hauptmann von Köpenick
Helmut Käutner
Heinz Rühmann, Martin Held
The 1956 movie based on the theater play by Carl Zuckmayer based on the true story of cobbler Wilhelm Voigt who dressed up as a German military officer and, with the help of unsuspecting soldiers, took over the city hall in Köpenick and confiscated the city's purse.
The Captain from Kopenick
Das Beil von Wandsbek
Falk Harnack
Erwin Geschonneck, Käthe Braun
Hamburg, Germany 1934: An executioner is needed. Teetjen makes the biggest mistake of his life. Because his butcher shop is facing bankruptcy, he agrees to execute a group of political prisoners for the Nazis. Once this becomes known, Teetjen’s life falls apart.
The Axe of Wandsbek
Der Teufel vom Mühlenberg
Herbert Ballmann
Eva Kotthaus, Hans-Peter Minetti
This film is set in a medieval mill town in the Harz mountains. The greedy and brutal millman and his accomplices, the castle steward and the mayor, set fire to a forest mill that the farmers used for processing their grain. Without their mill, the farmers must now rely on the millman's services. When the farmhand Anna uncovers the millman’s crimes, he swiftly detains her and a young miller, Jörg. The forest spirits have a different plan, however, and they free the young couple with the charge to rebuild the ruined forest mill and turn things around for the villagers.
Der Teufel vom Mühlenberg
Die blauen Schwerter
Wolfgang Schleif
Hans Quest, Ilse Steppat
The story of Johann Friedrich Böttger, an apothecary’s apprentice and alchemist’s assistant. Fleeing from the Prussian King, he goes to Saxony, where King Frederick August the Strong takes him to a fortress and demands that he create gold. Böttger is equipped with everything he would need for the task, but he has known for a while that actual gold production is a myth and instead experiments with porcelain—white porcelain, as the Chinese are said to possess. In 1709, he finally succeeds in surprising the King with the "white gold," the first white porcelain made in Europe, he hopes for freedom.
The Blue Swords
Der Rat der Götter
Kurt Maetzig
Fritz Tillmann, Paul Bildt
Based on the records of the Nuremberg trial of the chemical giant IG Farben; a story about the collaboration between international corporations and Nazi scientists, whose research contributed to the death of millions. The chemist Dr. Hans Scholz lives through a tortuous political transformation and maturation process. Eventually, he adopts political neutrality and closes his eyes to the fact that the poison being produced in his factory is being used in the extermination camps. Standing before the judges at the Nuremberg trials, he must face the fact that he is implicated in the deaths of millions in the gas chambers of the concentration camps.
Council of the Gods
Spielbank-Affäre
Arthur Pohl
Gertrud Kückelmann, Jan Hendriks
In a casino in a We'5t German health resort, one often sees Sybille - an attractive young student actress. With her winnings from the roulette table, she attempts to finance her studies. Despite a rather lucky streak, her winnings are a little on the lean side. She doesn't, however, gamble with her own money but with that of Dr. Busch, a lawyer, who likes to stay in the background with the argument that gambling houses are not the proper turf for a serious lawyer. From him, Sybille receives only a small share of her winnings later, and only through the intervention of Gerhard Fischer, a journalist, does Sybille come to realize her role in Dr. Busch's fraudulent scheme.
Spielbank-Affäre
Zar und Zimmermann
Hans Müller
Willy A. Kleinau, Bert Fortell
In the Dutch town of Saardam, Tsar Peter the Great has disguised himself in order to learn the art of ship-building. Another Russian named Peter also works at the wharf, causing a comical case of mistaken identities. Emissaries sent from France and England have difficulty locating the man they are looking for, and the lovely Marie is courted by both Peters. An adaptation of Albert Lortzing's eponymous comic opera (1837).
Zar und Zimmermann
Das Fräulein von Scuderi
Eugen York
Henny Porten, Willy A. Kleinau
Several men have been murdered lately, mostly rich lovers on their way to meet their mistresses with gifts of fine jewelry. To fight this scourge, King Louis XIV decides to create a special court named "La chambre ardente", designed to find and punish the perpetrators of such heinous crimes. An unexpected person, Mademoiselle de Scudéry, the famous poetess, will find herself entangled in the web of a criminal intrigue linked with the jewel murders, along with a a goldsmith, his daughter and her fiancé...
The Young Woman of Scuderi
