Production

Alf Teichs

Born — Died

1904-12-18 — 1992-01-14

Place of birth

Dresden, Saxony, Germany

Known for

Production

Credits

24 titles

Alf Teichs was born on 18 December 1904 in Dresden, Saxony, Germany. He was a producer and writer, known for Frau Irene Besser (1961), Goal in the Clouds (1939) and Waldwinter (1956). He was married to Katharina Mayberg and Maria Teichs. He died on 14 January 1992 in Heidelberg, Baden-Württemberg, Germany.

Known for

Behind the camera

Stalingrad: Dogs, Do You Want to Live Forever? poster
7.3

In the winter of 1943, against the background of battle scenes, a young German Lieutenant who increasingly distrusts the inhuman Nazi ideology struggles with the concept of war.

Stalingrad: Dogs, Do You Want to Live Forever?

1959

Wo der Wildbach rauscht poster
6.5

The young farmer Andrä has fallen madly in love with the maid Maria. But she marries the son of the mayor. When Andrä meets the newlywed in the mountains and the latter falls into the depths after an argument, a murder charge is brought - but no one but Andrä knows the truth

Wo der Wildbach rauscht

1956

Love Letters from the Engadine poster
6.0

Constance, the young widow of a wealthy American, gets a love letter from the Engadine region, signed by the famous guide Toni Anewater she had met during a holiday in the previous year. Constanze and her friend Dorothy therefore go to Switzerland for winter sports. But identical love letters to other ladies in London, Paris and Rome have been sent. Toni does not know anything about the letters. Everything seems to be a cunning of the hotel owner to attract tourists.

Love Letters from the Engadine

1938

The Berliner poster
7.4

Otto, a feckless Everyman, tries to adjust to the postwar travails of his defeated nation. Stymied by black-market profiteers and government bureaucrats, Otto begins fantasizing about a happier life at the end of that ever-elusive rainbow.

The Berliner

1948

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NR

No synopsis available yet.

Das Feuerzeichen

1965

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NR

No synopsis available yet.

Das Feuerzeichen

1965

Ich mach Dich glücklich poster
8.5

No synopsis available yet.

Ich mach Dich glücklich

1949

Grabenplatz 17 poster
9.0

Murder mystery about the disappearance of a boy who has leukaemia following the murder of his mother, which he witnessed.

Grabenplatz 17

1958

Doctor Crippen poster
8.0

The popular trapeze artist Cora is married to the respected doctor Frank Crippen. After a party at the Crippens' house, Cora suddenly disappears. Apparently, she traveled to Brazil alone overnight. However, a friend of the couple is skeptical and calls the police. While excavating the garden, Inspector Düwell makes a gruesome discovery: body parts. Meanwhile, the prime suspect, Dr. Crippen, has already gone into hiding...

Doctor Crippen

1942

Jons und Erdme poster
9.0

Adaptation of Hermann Sudermann's novel about the troubled relationship between the strong willed Erdme and her irascible husband Jons in the Lithunian moors.

Jons und Erdme

1959

Der Herr vom andern Stern poster
7.0

No synopsis available yet.

Der Herr vom andern Stern

1948

Frau Irene Besser poster
8.0

It was not until twelve years after the end of World War II that Irene Besser's husband, Martin Besser, long believed to be missing, returned from Soviet captivity. But the country and family have become unfamiliar to him. His wife Irene and her daughter Lotte built a new life all by themselves in the tough times of the post-war turmoil in the still young Federal Republic of Germany. With a lot of commitment and dedication, she runs her own department store today and has become an extremely successful businesswoman. Not only as a consultant, the lawyer Dr. Heinz Werther stand her more and more aside. It is becoming increasingly impossible for Irene to do justice to both, men and lover alike. She hopes that even without her, Martin will slowly find his way back in his homeland and open up perspectives for him..

Frau Irene Besser

1961

The Cry of the Wild Geese poster
7.5

Gare uses the knowledge that his wife Amelia was imprisoned and had an illegitimate son to make her his subject. When her son Marc Jordan appears and falls in love with her daughter Judith, Amelia is forced to tell the truth. Gare then tyrannizes Judith. She tries to escape, but a fatal accident occurs first.

The Cry of the Wild Geese

1961

Das Geheimnis der roten Katze poster
5.7

In the dive bar "Rote Katze," unemployed actor André is mistaken for a gang leader, whose charm attracts the interest of Gloria, the daughter of US jeweler Jefferson, who is said to have just acquired the famous "Halifax" diamond. The crook Pitou is also interested in the diamond and tries to ingratiate himself with the Jeffersons. When Pitou sees Gloria with the supposed gang leader André, he believes that André might also be after the "Halifax" and wants to confront him on the spot.

Das Geheimnis der roten Katze

1949

In the Evening After the Opera poster
8.0

A wealthy man murders his wife, then marries a young woman who becomes suspicious of him.

In the Evening After the Opera

1945

Spy for Germany poster
6.0

The true story of a German agent sent to the USA in 1944 in order to stop the development of the atomic bomb.

Spy for Germany

1956

Der Transport poster
6.8

March, 1945: The insecure and hesitant reserve lieutenant Felix Bleck receives orders to lead a transport of 40 prisoners to the Western Front, where the men are to be burned up in a punishment battalion. On the way there, Bleck realizes the inhuman futility of his assignment and makes a fateful decision.

Der Transport

1961

Die kupferne Hochzeit poster
10.0

Three young couples who are friends get married on the same day and promise to celebrate their copper wedding anniversary together in seven years. But seven years is a long time, and all three marriages are now in crisis. However, a heartfelt letter from their late teacher sets them back on the right path.

Die kupferne Hochzeit

1948

Petermann ist dagegen poster
5.8

Experiences during a voyage with a KDF-steamer (Kraft Durch Freude = Power Through Joy, a nazi campaign that allowed working class people to make affordable holidays often on steamers).Grumpy old Petermann is a moaner, but during a KDF-tour on the "Der Deutsche" there's so much Freude that he is transformed into a playful nice old chap. It has some beautiful moments despite the obvious promotion of the KDFconcept.

Petermann ist dagegen

1938

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6.7

A wayward young woman running from her past is reunited with her sister after they became separated during the war. While she worked on the streets, the sister established a professional career as a psychologist.

Martina

1949

No artwork available
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Unsterblichkeit mit Marschmusik

1965

City of Violence poster
8.0

Amore e sangue (released in the U.S. as "City of Violence"), the 1951 Marino Girolami (billed as "John Wolff") West German/Italian romantic action adventure war thriller.

City of Violence

1951

Stjenka Rasin poster
8.0

Russia, 1667: The Cossacks, led by Rasin, are ill-treated by Prince Dolgoruki who arrests and sentences Rasin to forced labor on the ship that brings the Prince and his daughter to her arranged wedding. But the Princess falls for Rasin.

Stjenka Rasin

1936

The Song of the Don Cossacks poster
6.5

After the death of his Russian mother, nine-year-old orphan Peter lives with Professor Hartmann and his daughter Helga, who cares for him like a mother. Peter is very musical. He especially loves the melancholy songs of the Don Cossack Choir, which remind him of his mother. Because the boy has suffered from a severe heart defect since birth, his doctor, Dr. Stark, has forbidden him any excitement, including music. When one day the Don Cossack Choir's tour bus breaks down near Peter's house with engine trouble, the little boy meets the conductor Serge Jaroff and his famous singers in person.

The Song of the Don Cossacks

1956