Franziska Kinz

Acting

Franziska Kinz

Born — Died

1897-02-21 — 1980-04-26

Place of birth

Kufstein, Austria-Hungary [now Austria]

Known for

Acting

Credits

30 titles

Franziska Kinz was a singer, stage and film actress. In 1924, she studied with Fritz Basil. After 4 months, he gave her a job at the Staatstheater in Munich. In 1930, she played in Darmstadt, in 1933, at the Kammerspielen, Schiller and Deutschen Theater in Berlin, and afterwards, in Vienna and Munich. In 1929, she made her first film, _Tagebuch einer Verlorenen, Das (1929)_ ("Diary of a Lost Girl"), and her first talkie was Väter und Söhne (1930) (aka "Das Geheimnis der Ehe". Die Kellnerin Anna (1941) ("Anna la serveuse", "The Waitress Anna") included Elfriede Datzig as her daughter. She also worked in radio and she made more than 35 movies. - IMDb mini biography by: Rudi Polt / rudipolt@a…

Known for

Film credits

1950s · 13 titles

The Cow and I poster
6.7

In 1942, a French prisonner of war in Germany decide to escape to France using a cow hold by a lunge as a decoy. He cross all Germany in this way.

The Cow and I

1959

Christina poster
5.9

No synopsis available yet.

Christina

1953

No artwork available
9.0

No synopsis available yet.

Secret Confession

1956

Anastasia: the Czar's Last Daughter poster
6.5

In 1920, an unknown 24-year-old woman was fished out of Berlin's Landwehr kanal after a suicide attempt. Since she has no papers and no answers to any questions, they soon assign them to the insane asylum Dallendorf. A co-patient believes she recognizes the Czar's daughter Anastasia Romanowa - who apparently was the only one who survived the murder of the tsar's family in 1918.

Anastasia: the Czar's Last Daughter

1956

Lifeguard in the women's bathroom poster
7.0

No synopsis available yet.

Lifeguard in the women's bathroom

1956

Moselfahrt aus Liebeskummer poster
10.0

Thomas offers Dorette a trip to Moselle that she rejects saying it's short notice, but when Thomas shows at her apartment the next day he finds she's not slept on her bed. He leaves for Dorette alone, and there he meets Angela.

Moselfahrt aus Liebeskummer

1953

Der Schäfer vom Trutzberg poster
5.5

No synopsis available yet.

Der Schäfer vom Trutzberg

1959

Das Mädchen vom Pfarrhof poster
5.2

The Catholic priest Hell takes the orphan Annerl into his house as a maid. This soon gives rise to wild rumors in the town. To put an end to the gossip, the young woman decides to get married. Her old childhood friend is the chosen one.

Das Mädchen vom Pfarrhof

1955

Der Geigenmacher von Mittenwald poster
7.5

No synopsis available yet.

Der Geigenmacher von Mittenwald

1950

No artwork available
7.0

No synopsis available yet.

Ein Amerikaner in Salzburg

1958

No artwork available
8.5

No synopsis available yet.

Die schöne Tölzerin

1952

Nachtschwester Ingeborg poster
9.0

Ingeborg starts her new job at the hospital. Her boss is the venerable Professor Burger, a famous heart surgeon who devotes himself entirely to his work. His son, womanizer Manfred, is an assistant doctor on the same ward. After an affair between Ingeborg and Manfred, the father sends his son away and dismisses Ingeborg, unaware that she is expecting Manfred's child. She gives birth in secret. Only when Manfred has a car accident and the father saves his son's life in a costly operation is there a reconciliation at his bedside.

Nachtschwester Ingeborg

1958

Die Försterbuben poster
7.5

When seminarian Martin Rufmann arrives in St. Eustachen, idyllically located in the Carinthian mountains, the local choral society is celebrating a joyous festival. Martin is the youngest son of the widowed head forester Thomas Rufmann. Martin's older brother Friedolin has inherited his father's love of hunting and is one of the best hunters in the area. He is also engaged to the pretty innkeeper's daughter Helene Schwarzaug. At the feast, Friedolin and his cronies drink heavily to the black liquor of the charcoal burner Krauthaas. Friedolin and the townspeople Günther have a loud argument in front of everyone. When Günther is found murdered a short time later, suspicion immediately falls on Friedolin. To save his brother, Martin accuses himself of the crime. The two brothers are arrested. The real culprit soon turns himself in, but in the meantime Thomas Rufmann has disappeared without a trace.

Die Försterbuben

1955

1940s · 5 titles

1930s · 11 titles

Hitler Youth Quex poster
6.0

Nazi propaganda film based on the life and death of Hitler Youth Herbert "Quex" Norkus – in the film, renamed Heini Völker – who was killed while distributing flyers in a Communist neighborhood.

Hitler Youth Quex

1933

Militiaman Bruggler poster
5.3

Chronicles the Alpine war experiences of young Toni Bruggler (Ludwig Kerscher), a Tyrolean-German member of the Standschützen (militiamen), comprised of those who are too young or old to fight in the Austro-Hungarian Habsburg army.

Militiaman Bruggler

1936

Mazurka poster
7.3

A woman is put on trial for murdering a musician who ruined her marriage.

Mazurka

1935

Frau Sixta poster
7.5

The story of the upright Mrs. Sixta, who in 1861 ran the post office in a village in the Otztaler Alps right on the Italian border. When her husband dies, she must also take care of the farm. The mayor, Forcher, hopes to make her his wife. But then a stranger arrives with the stagecoach, the mayor must contend with a rival .

Frau Sixta

1938

Refugees poster
6.2

Propaganda film detailing the plight of ethnic Germans, known as "Volga Germans", in the Soviet province of Manchuria.

Refugees

1933

Tannenberg poster
7.0

Shortly after the outbreak of World War I August 1914, Eastern Front. The Russian surprise attack on the northeasternmost part of the country causes serious problems for the German defenders.

Tannenberg

1932

Rasputin, Demon of the Women poster
8.3

The demonic Rasputin is poisoned but survives to continue seducing in evil ways, in this historical thriller.

Rasputin, Demon of the Women

1932

No artwork available
7.0

Walter is in love with the 17-year-old Erika, but she raves for older, experienced men. When Walter and Erika visit his parents' estate after passing their exams, Erika shows increasing interest in Walter's father, Werner von Schlettow.

Eine Siebzehnjährige

1934

An Enemy of the People poster
5.8

Before the First World War, Dr. Hans Stockmann had a practice in a small town. His powerhungry brother is the mayor of Bad Trimburg, which has developed into a respectable resort. Dr. Stockmann is called in to become the town’s chief physician. He considers the sanitary conditions to be intolerable and insists on a clean-up. His ambitious brother and all those who, till now, have profited well from the corner cutting, are, of course, against that for financial reasons. The doctor is condemned from all sides and the conflict escalates.

An Enemy of the People

1937

Father and Son poster
8.0

About the wealthy Mr Markurell and his son, Johan, who is closing in on his graduation, and their life in the city of Wadköping. German language version.

Father and Son

1930

No artwork available
6.0

No synopsis available yet.

William Tell

1934