Fita Benkhoff

Acting

Fita Benkhoff

Born — Died

1901-11-01 — 1967-10-26

Place of birth

Dortmund, Germany

Known for

Acting

Credits

63 titles

Known for

Bambi poster
9.0

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 They were originally made of porcelain until 1958, when the organizers switched to using gold, with the casting done by the art casting workshop of Ernst Strassacker in Süßen.

Bambi

1948

No artwork available
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Blick zurück im Film

1963

Es ist soweit poster
9.0

Janet Freeman, the daughter of the English nuclear researcher Clive and his wife Lucy, is kidnapped.

Es ist soweit

1960

Mistress Moon poster
7.5

Berlin's theatre crowd is excited about the new operetta "Frau Luna". But for the head of the city's vice police, who was invited to the dress rehearsal, the costumes for the ladies onstage are a bit too revealing. He demands the show be cancelled as offensive. The president of the Thusneldenbund has taken it upon himself to alert everyone about the growth of immorality in the capital. The theatre director Knopp has come up with an idea to convince these "fine" gentlemen to let the operetta go onstage again: He intends to win over the friendship of the moral police and then nothing will stand in the way of "Frau Luna" once more being performed.

Mistress Moon

1941

No artwork available
7.0

Film by Jacoby.

Der Störenfried

1934

Fanfaren der Ehe poster
7.5

Two married women musicians get work on a cruise ship; their husbands dress as women to be able to join them.

Fanfaren der Ehe

1953

Film credits

1960s · 4 titles

1950s · 26 titles

Fanfaren der Ehe poster
7.5

Two married women musicians get work on a cruise ship; their husbands dress as women to be able to join them.

Fanfaren der Ehe

1953

Through Thick and Thin poster
9.0

Theo Müller and his family inherit a vintage car that turns out to have a wayward mind of its own, fixing the family troubles and some romances with a series of guardian angel and/or matchmaking shenanigans.

Through Thick and Thin

1951

Auf der Reeperbahn nachts um halb eins poster
6.8

After many years on the oceans, sailor Hannes Wedderkamp has finally returned to Hamburg. On St. Pauli, Hannes sings songs from the sea in the hippodrome of his best friend Pitter Breuer on the Reeperbahn with the "Quetschkommode" songs and cares for the audience.

Auf der Reeperbahn nachts um halb eins

1954

No artwork available
10.0

No synopsis available yet.

Familie Schimek

1957

If the Father and the Son poster
6.6

After Clown Teddy lost his son, he lost his gift for laughter. He opened a joke shop and lives above the shop. His landlady has had a foster son since birth, and Teddy decides to raise the child, who always believed that Teddy was his father. When the mother suddenly appears five years later and wants her son, Teddy decides to run away with the child and goes back onstage with his son. Will the family catch up with them, or will the mother never get her son back?

If the Father and the Son

1955

No artwork available
10.0

No synopsis available yet.

Liebe, Luft und lauter Lügen

1959

When the Heath Dreams at Night poster
7.0

A film about men's friendship and the complications of love: Karl and Peter are close buddies since they were pilots in defense of German cities during ww-ii. Now they are working together in a bomb disarm unit. During a vacation they visit Karl's mother and fiancée Helge in the heath-land. When Helge meets Peter, it's love on first sight. But Karl, who's considering quitting his job and buying a local gas station, fails to notice it. Torn between his feelings for Helge and his friendship to Karl, Peter accepts a dangerous job.

When the Heath Dreams at Night

1952

Ein Herz voll Musik poster
6.0

Ellinor Patton is so wealthy that her six unsuccessful marriages are considered befitting of her status. She is currently unhappily single again and hoping for her lucky number seven. Vico, the hotel owner's son, dreams of a career as a singer and is in love with the flower girl Blanche. His father is eagerly trying to prevent both. Vico proves that he really has talent at a concert by the Mantovani orchestra.

Ein Herz voll Musik

1955

Hilfe, ich bin unsichtbar poster
10.0

No synopsis available yet.

Hilfe, ich bin unsichtbar

1951

Der Hauptmann und sein Held poster
7.0

No synopsis available yet.

Der Hauptmann und sein Held

1955

Immer die Mädchen poster
5.7

No synopsis available yet.

Immer die Mädchen

1959

The Thief of Bagdad poster
6.7

Fatme has quite the talent for getting herself into trouble and escaping with her head intact. But when she's caught rifling through Caliph Omar's possessions, she finds herself in serious trouble. News of a theft makes the rounds and now the caliph's men are after her. Fortunately, she's able to find refuge with a sheikh, who isn't quite so thorough in checking his possessions. And it's thanks to him, that Fatme is able to get away with her newly acquired goods.

The Thief of Bagdad

1952

Von Liebe reden wir später poster
10.0

The beautician Angela Bell, a well-off middle-aged lady, and the respected fashion doctor Prof. Christian Hollmann would like to get married, but there is a catch: Hollmann is still married to his somewhat annoying wife Margot. Angela, however, has to get married as soon as possible because as a foreigner she will lose her work permit if she does not become a German citizen soon. The couple then come up with the idea of ​​​​marrying Angela to the German bachelor Jonny Pitter, a writer - a sham marriage with no dishonorable consequences, of course. What neither Angela nor Prof. Hollmann suspect is that Jonny has been in love with Angela for some time

Von Liebe reden wir später

1953

No artwork available
7.5

Everything seems perfect in the lives of Andreas and Garda. They have a happy marriage and up-and-coming talent Andreas is constantly striving to reach the top of his sport. But their happiness is suddenly clouded when the racing driver suffers a serious accident at the Nürburgring. He is sent to Switzerland to recover. There, however, a second shadow looms over the couple's idyll, this time in the form of the beautiful, rich Argentinian widow Joan de Portago. When Garda finds out about her husband's flirtations, she becomes jealous and begins to fake an affair of her own in return. When Joan's old admirer Dr. Albys joins the triangle, the web of love becomes increasingly tangled.

Muss man sich gleich scheiden lassen?

1953

Theft of the Sabines poster
10.0

No synopsis available yet.

Theft of the Sabines

1954

In Munich Stands a Hofbäuhaus poster
7.2

Berlin tongue encounters Munich lifestyle. A comedy around Oktoberfest. Movies, FRG, 1951 Fita Benkhoff, Paul Kemp, Liesl Karlstadt, etc. A Berlin producer of nerve healing, vitamin-enriched and expanding its life-prolonging lemonade stand in front of all the Schottenhammel at the Oktoberfest on - under the slogan helps Berlin Munich: an intolerable provocation. And then come the Saxons ... Turbulent comedy about beer, Oktoberfest and a lot of originals from Germany!

In Munich Stands a Hofbäuhaus

1951

Der Himmel ist nie ausverkauft poster
6.0

No synopsis available yet.

Der Himmel ist nie ausverkauft

1955

Ein Sommer, den man nie vergißt poster
6.0

The young Ernst Leuchtenthal is planning to travel to the USA for a year to study. Before he leaves, his father asks him for a meeting. Consul Leuchtenthal wants to get his son a "good" marriage before he disappears overseas. The old man has the very young, attractive Christine von Auffenberg in mind, who runs a breeding farm for chinchillas. This would fit in well with the consul's business, as he earns good money as a fur trader. Ernst is not too keen on marrying a woman his father has chosen for him, especially as he does not love Christine. In the local children's home he meets the light-blonde Marianne, and for him it is like love at first sight.

Ein Sommer, den man nie vergißt

1959

Three Girls from the Rhine poster
7.7

Therese Hübner, owner of the “Linde”, is desperately trying to protect her long-established business from being taken over by the “Palasthotel”. But the bank manager doesn't want to grant her the loan she urgently needs, as he is betting on the newly opened luxury hostel. It's now old or new for the Linden landlady, who is shocked to realize that her daughters are also in favor of “modernity”. But just as she's about to give up, the tide turns. An admirer in love with his daughter Sabine plays fate...

Three Girls from the Rhine

1955

Wenn wir alle Engel wären poster
6.8

No synopsis available yet.

Wenn wir alle Engel wären

1956

No artwork available
10.0

No synopsis available yet.

Ist Mama nicht fabelhaft?

1958

No artwork available
10.0

The new-rich mother of a film child who became famous overnight is trying to bring her little son together with the twelve-year-old king of a Balkan country, who is currently in Brussels, for validity and advertising reasons. The children actually get to know each other and run away with an 'Liftboy' to Antwerp for adventure.

Majesty on a Detour

1958

Opernball poster
6.0

No synopsis available yet.

Opernball

1956

Fräulein vom Amt poster
7.0

No synopsis available yet.

Fräulein vom Amt

1954

No artwork available
10.0

No synopsis available yet.

Kein Engel ist so rein

1950

..und die Liebe lacht dazu poster
7.5

No synopsis available yet.

..und die Liebe lacht dazu

1957

1940s · 11 titles

Mistress Moon poster
7.5

Berlin's theatre crowd is excited about the new operetta "Frau Luna". But for the head of the city's vice police, who was invited to the dress rehearsal, the costumes for the ladies onstage are a bit too revealing. He demands the show be cancelled as offensive. The president of the Thusneldenbund has taken it upon himself to alert everyone about the growth of immorality in the capital. The theatre director Knopp has come up with an idea to convince these "fine" gentlemen to let the operetta go onstage again: He intends to win over the friendship of the moral police and then nothing will stand in the way of "Frau Luna" once more being performed.

Mistress Moon

1941

No artwork available
7.0

After a successful concert, the singer Maria dreams about a man with a boquet of lilies, who follows her and kisses her. A short time later, she actually meets such a man: his name is Peter and he’s on his way to his bride, Helene. In the afternoon, Maria receives a valuable diamond pin from a messenger, which was actually intended for Helene. This confusion will now trigger a wild chase through concert halls and overnight trains. During all of this, Maria’s fiancée will show up, who, in light of all this nonsense, decides he’d be better off with someone less fickle and breaks off the engagement. Maria and Peter, who barely know one another, will be drawn closer together by fate and will eventually marry … and will stay so until Maria no doubt dreams of a lawyer with a divorce decree knocking on her door.

I Have Dreamed of You

1944

Johann poster
6.5

Johann, the trusted valet of Count Zirndorf, has an affair with chambermaid Marie, but this liaison ends, as does the count's marriage. Years later trouble ensues when the count's daughter falls for young Hans who might be her brother.

Johann

1943

Die Zeit mit dir poster
9.0

No synopsis available yet.

Die Zeit mit dir

1948

No artwork available
9.0

No synopsis available yet.

Morgen ist alles besser

1948

No artwork available
5.8

During the Seven Years' War, Prussian Major von Tellheim sacrifices his own fortune to save a Saxon estate from being plundered. After the war ends he is discharged and left penniless when the government suspects his noble deed was actually due to a bribe. Believing his lost honour makes him unworthy Tellheim breaks his engagement to Minna von Barnhelm, but she tracks him down to a Berlin tavern to win him back. To test his love Minna pretends she has also lost her wealth, prompting Tellheim’s protective instincts to finally override his stubborn pride. The film concludes with a royal decree from Frederick the Great, restoring Tellheim's rank and fortune and allowing the couple to marry.

The Young Lady of Barnhelm

1940

Was wird hier gespielt? poster
9.0

No synopsis available yet.

Was wird hier gespielt?

1940

No artwork available
6.2

The actress Julia Bach is married to the famous director, Professor Paulus Allmann; however, no one is to know about the marriage. Julia doesn't want a career simply because she has a famous spouse. For that reason, Paulus always has to go on his concert tours alone. It's no wonder then, that he soon starts to feel neglected. These feelings of neglect are encouraged by his ex-wife Hedi, who's always hanging around. When Paulus one day forgets his wife's birthday, she goes on the rampage in the presence of guests. Wounded, Paulus leaves their home. Julia thinks there's only one way to save their marriage: for one year -- until her next birthday -- they are not to see one another. In that period of time, it should be abundantly clear whether they belong together or not.

I Need You

1944

You Only You poster
5.4

The two stars of an upcoming operetta performance quarrel constantly. but they also fall in love with each other.

You Only You

1941

No artwork available
8.0

No synopsis available yet.

Meine Freundin Josefine

1942

So ein Früchtchen poster
8.0

No synopsis available yet.

So ein Früchtchen

1942

1930s · 19 titles

No artwork available
7.0

Film by Jacoby.

Der Störenfried

1934

Boccaccio poster
6.0

The film is set during the Italian Renaissance in the 14th century. Petruccio lives in Ferrara with his wife, Fiametta. Initially, he works as a scribe at the city court. Under the pseudonym Giovanni Boccaccio, he writes amorous tales that divide opinion within the city. While the women read the texts with delight, the men are outraged by their moral licentiousness.

Boccaccio

1936

Amphitryon: Happiness from the Clouds poster
7.6

Lamenting Thebian women are waiting for the men to come back from war. God Jupiter is attracted to one of them: Alkmene. He goes to earth and tries to seduce her as himself: an old man. Failing in this, he disguises himself as Amphitryon (Alkemene's husband) and tries again. Next morning Amphitryon and his men come back from war; he suspects adultery and wants a divorce. Jupiter's wife Juno now also comes to earth and clears things up.

Amphitryon: Happiness from the Clouds

1935

Spaßvögel poster
7.0

Mayor Eberhorn is known as a womanizer to everyone in the village. Katchen, his wife, is constantly trying to convert him to a proper way of life … but in vain. When one morning, Casanova finds a stroller with a clever slogan referencing his affairs at his front door, Eberborn seeks revenge. Top suspects for the prank? The “Spassvogel”: seven friends led by the former sailor Hannes Strobel.

Spaßvögel

1939

Hangmen, Women, and Soldiers poster
10.0

Nazi propaganda film with Hans Albers starring in a dual role as a daring German airman and a Russian general, two cousins who find themselves facing each other in bitter enmity after the end of World War I.

Hangmen, Women, and Soldiers

1935

Queen of Love poster
10.0

An opera tenor replaces a humble performer in a honky tonk show and wins the heart of the soprano.

Queen of Love

1935

The Valley of Love poster
7.5

Rather coarse, pre-War comedy about a Markgraf -- Heinrich XXVI -- who bathes in the springs of the Ammendorf to strengthen his potency. The town and its springs are especially well known for the many couples with lots of children, who, for tax reasons, live there unmarried. The town smithy and bully provides his vitality to ensure the countess has an heir for the throne.

The Valley of Love

1935

Wibbel the Tailor poster
5.5

During the Napoleonic occupation of the German states in 1812, a tailor by the name of Anton Wibbel is sentenced to sit in jail for insulting the Emperor. The tailor manages to get out of this by paying off a friend to go to prison in his place. But then, the "phony" prisoner suddenly dies in his cell and everyone now thinks Wibbel is dead.

Wibbel the Tailor

1939

No artwork available
5.0

A struggling composer gets one of his pieces into a film program and his wife captures the lead part in the production as well.

What Am I Without You

1934

Charley's Aunt poster
7.5

Charley Wyckham and Jack Chesney pressure fellow student Fancourt Babberly to pose as Charley's Brazilian Aunt Donna Lucia. Their purpose is to have a chaperone for their amorous visits with Amy and Kitty, niece and ward of crusty Stephen Spettigue. Complications begin when Fancourt, in drag, becomes the love object of old Spettigue and Sir Francis Chesney.

Charley's Aunt

1934

Der schüchterne Casanova poster
7.0

No synopsis available yet.

Der schüchterne Casanova

1936

Inheritance in Pretoria poster
10.0

The businessman Bernhard Fredersen, who has been blinded by an eye disease, shuts down his long-established company in Hamburg and moves to Pretoria to spend his retirement years with his wife Agnes. While on the journey, Agnes is seen by the treacherous Eugen Schliebach.

Inheritance in Pretoria

1934

The Grey Pikes Wharf poster
7.0

Otto is pressured by his former girlfriend Mila to marry her. His friend and colleague Franz gets him a new job at Bernhard Münchow's remote auto repair shop, where Otto is safe from Mila for the time being. But then he falls in love with Käthe, the daughter of the owner of the shipyard “Zum grauen Hecht,” and finds a bitter enemy in Ladewig, who is also in love with Käthe and who puts Mila back on Otto's trail. Mila, however, falls in love with garage owner Münchow, who is only interested in her supposed fortune...

The Grey Pikes Wharf

1935

A Girl Whirls by the World poster
8.0

A woman is torn between two different composers, within the larger conflict between traditional classical and the newer contemporary popular music.

A Girl Whirls by the World

1934

Heinz in the Moon poster
6.0

A young man of property is engaged to two women at once.

Heinz in the Moon

1934

Schüsse in Kabine 7 poster
8.0

The Minerva Mines Company is interested in transporting two particularly valuable diamonds from Cape Town to Amsterdam. To confuse potential thieves, two detectives are sent on two different ships with steel suitcases and they have no clue whether they’re carrying pebbles or diamonds. Nevertheless, a collection of questionable characters come on board both ships. The hunt for the diamonds begins; the suitcases are stolen; everyone is suspect.

Schüsse in Kabine 7

1938

No artwork available
5.2

Curt serenades his wife Charlott from the garden without her recognizing him. When she later doesn't refer to the incident he assumes that she is falling for the 'unknown' suitor and deliberately puts a notorious womanizer on her trail.

When Women Keep Silent

1937

Trouble with Jolanthe poster
7.0

Comedy about a prize pig, who’s more than a tad responsible for the turbulent adventures in his small town.

Trouble with Jolanthe

1934

Many Lies poster
5.5

The stories' setup: a bunch of passive weaklings being dominated by two strong and ambitious women who fight for the same man.

Many Lies

1938

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