Hans Stiebner
1898 - 1958
Die Fledermaus
Hans H. Zerlett, Paul Verhoeven
Lída Baarová, Hans Söhnker
The delightful Johann Strauss comic opera Die Fledermaus was mercilessly lampooned in this truly bizarre production. For starters, a framing device has been added: After appearing in 300 consecutive appearances of Fledermaus (which translates as The Bat) the lead tenor (Georg Alexander) imagines that he's seeing bats everywhere. Driven a bit over the edge by all this, he falls asleep and has a nightmare about the opera, with a group of non-singers cast in the leading roles. The original libretto about romantic assignations, political imprisonments and mistaken identity is burlesqued to the hilt: at one point, the hero finds out that his prison cell is surrounded by rubber tubes!
Die Fledermaus
Die letzte Runde
Werner Klingler
Attila Hörbiger, Camilla Horn
В Нью-Йорке у боксера Эдди Стила впереди крутая карьера. Но это делает его безрассудным, и он больше любит ночные клубы, чем тренировки. В конце концов, его безрассудный образ жизни становится для него наказанием. Поразмыслив, он эмигрирует в Германию, открывает в Берлине спортивную школу и позволяет своему любимому ученику извлечь пользу из собственного опыта.
Die letzte Runde
Ave Maria
Alfred Braun
Zarah Leander, Hans Stüwe
Karin Twerdy used to be an opera singer but now, in order to pay for her daughter Daniela's education in a religious school, she performs in a shady nightclub. Industrialist Dietrich Gontard, the father of Karin's school friend Christa, falls for her. But when he learns the truth about her he is outraged and rejects her. At a loss and not to stand in the way of Daniela's future, Karin chooses to disappear...
Ave Maria
Verwehte Spuren
Veit Harlan
Kristina Söderbaum, Philip Dorn
Séraphine and her mother arrive in Paris to visit the 1867 World Exhibition. In an overcrowded city they must be accommodated in separate hotels. During the night the mother, who wasn't feeling very well, gets suddenly worse. When next morning Séraphine goes to meet her every trace of her presence has disappeared and everybody denies having ever met her. The bewildered young woman must find someone who believes her. Previous version of So Long at the Fair (1950).
Covered Tracks
Kleider machen Leute
Helmut Käutner
Heinz Rühmann, Hertha Feiler
The daydreaming tailor Wenzel is fired from his job, because the fancy frock he was supposed to cut for the mayor, he instead made for himself. He is allowed, however, to take the frock, which he appropriated for himself and he puts it on as he leaves the shop. A puppeteer picks him up in his coach and addresses Wenzel as "Count". So is he received in Goldach, where people think he is Count Stroganoff, the ambassador to the Czar of Russia.
Clothes Make the Man
Die Frau meiner Träume
Georg Jacoby
Marika Rökk, Wolfgang Lukschy
Blonde goddess Marika Rökk plays Julia Koster, a ravishing red-headed musical revue star and her opening number, "At Night It Isn't Right To Be Alone", playing to a packed theater, is both an eye-popper and a jaw-dropper.
The Woman of My Dreams
