Grethe Weiser

Acting

Grethe Weiser

Born — Died

1903-02-27 — 1970-10-02

Place of birth

Hannover, Germany

Known for

Acting

Credits

65 titles

Known for

Film credits

1950s · 25 titles

Ich und meine Schwiegersöhne poster
7.7

Agathe Zausel doesn't have it easy. Not only could her doll factory be running better, but her sons-in-law Fred and Otto also seem to have nothing but fantasies on their minds instead of devoting their full attention to the family business. Fred has taken it into his head to secretly compose pop songs, while Otto is secretly designing a rocket plane. As they both try to keep their pastimes a secret from Agathe, she can only fear the worst.

Ich und meine Schwiegersöhne

1956

Die Kaiserin von China poster
6.0

No synopsis available yet.

Die Kaiserin von China

1953

Kirschen in Nachbars Garten poster
5.2

No synopsis available yet.

Kirschen in Nachbars Garten

1956

No artwork available
10.0

No synopsis available yet.

Keine Angst vor Schwiegermüttern

1954

Gabriela poster
9.0

Gabriela once a famous singer who enjoyed great success. She married, had a daughter Andrea, but pursued her career. Now that Andrea has matured into a young woman, Gabriela is overwhelmed by maternal remorse.

Gabriela

1950

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

Mein Leopold poster
8.0

In unconditional fatherly love, an old shoemaker clings to his son, a spoiled good-for-nothing. After the Filius has ruined the respected shoe shop, he gets further and further down the wrong path without opening his father's eyes.

Mein Leopold

1955

No artwork available
10.0

No synopsis available yet.

Die Nacht ohne Sünde

1950

Lady's Choice poster
10.0

Mathilde Kratzer owns the entertainment venue "Bei Mathilde" (At Mathilde's). Her roommate Max also has a financial stake in the establishment, but only as a silent partner, which is why he works either as Mathilde's servant or as the bouncer. He would love to rename the venue "Bei Max und Mathilde" (At Max and Mathilde's), but Mathilde would rather return his investment. Because she can't afford to do so, Max is in financial trouble and is being relentlessly pursued by the tax authorities.

Lady's Choice

1953

Die verschleierte Maja poster
8.0

No synopsis available yet.

Die verschleierte Maja

1951

Fanfares of Love poster
5.0

Two out of work musicians put on drag to get work in an all girl band. Inevitable comical romantic complications ensue.

Fanfares of Love

1951

Secrets of the City poster
8.5

An industrial plant gets into difficulties. The factory owner then decides to sell the company and makes all the employees redundant. How do the dismissed employees deal with the new situation?

Secrets of the City

1955

Good Evening Paris poster
10.0

A foreign pianist who comes to visit Paris is ripped off by a young man and his sister. But he soon falls in love with this one.

Good Evening Paris

1956

Liebe, Jazz und Übermut poster
5.7

No synopsis available yet.

Liebe, Jazz und Übermut

1957

Hilfe, ich bin unsichtbar poster
10.0

No synopsis available yet.

Hilfe, ich bin unsichtbar

1951

It Was Always So Nice with You poster
6.0

While working as an accountant in his uncle's factory, talented young pianist Peter dreams of becoming a famous composer. When he shows his work to a producer, he manages to convince him to give him a chance. From time to time he gets bigger contracts that keep him more and more away from home and his young wife Elisa. When he "discovers" and supports a pretty ballerina in Munich, a rumor starts that he's having an affair. He fails to realize that his marriage is threatened.

It Was Always So Nice with You

1954

Einmal eine große Dame sein poster
7.0

Being a leading lady is just what young Jeanette has always dreamed. To reach her goal she takes part in a film company's talent competition. When things don't go as planned, Jeanette and her feisty Aunt Elly resort to drastic measures.

Einmal eine große Dame sein

1957

Die Dritte von rechts poster
9.0

No synopsis available yet.

Die Dritte von rechts

1950

Hollandmädel poster
8.0

No synopsis available yet.

Hollandmädel

1953

No artwork available
10.0

No synopsis available yet.

Königin der Arena

1952

Crazy Otto poster
7.4

A wannabe revue dancer meets a man she thinks is the revue's impresario, and mistaken identities lead to laughs.

Crazy Otto

1957

Ferien vom Ich poster
6.3

American billionaire George B. Stefenson is on a business trip through Europe when, due to his heavy workload, he suffers a heart attack. The doctor called to his aid, Dr. Hartung, strongly advises him to take a three-month break—in other words, to take a “vacation from himself.” After some hesitation, Stefenson agrees and also commits to funding the project, since an institution offering such a program has so far existed only as a dream in the doctor’s mind. As part of the “vacation from the self,” all participants are given a new first name and work clothes so they do not have to reveal their true identities to any of the other residents.

Ferien vom Ich

1952

Du bist Musik poster
6.0

No synopsis available yet.

Du bist Musik

1956

No artwork available
6.2

No synopsis available yet.

Lemkes sel. Witwe

1957

Mein Herz gehört Dir poster
5.5

Adaptation of Theodor Fontane's novel Mathilde Möhring.

Mein Herz gehört Dir

1950

1940s · 9 titles

Rote Mühle poster
10.0

A respectable woman in her 50s inherits a local night club from her husband in a divorce settlement, provided that she shows up there every night at 10:00pm for a month. In spite of eny and provocation, she manages to meet the terms.

Rote Mühle

1940

Between Hamburg and Haiti poster
7.0

A successful German overseas merchant with a plantation in Haiti is looking for a suitable wife in Hamburg and comes across a barmaid from the Reeperbahn with an illegitimate child. He wants to marry her, but she does not follow him out of nobility. In search of her, he finds her in Mexico as the secretary of his former lover, a writer.

Between Hamburg and Haiti

1940

No artwork available
9.0

Alexander and Poldi, the “Sunday Children”, work as a headwaiter and servant in the Palasthotel in a southern German spa resort. Like many people, they dream of one day being rich. But when their lottery ticket actually wins, their friendship is destroyed, when it turns out, that Poldi stopped buying tickets to save money. Both then fall in love with beautiful Steffi, whose aunt won’t hear of anything other than a marriage to a rich man. Steffi gives her heart to poor Alex, while Poldi actually receives a fortune. When a crook ends up taking his money away, Alex helps Poldi to convict the fraudster and get his money back.

Sonntagskinder

1941

Mein Mann darf es nicht wissen poster
9.0

Sabine Senden is desperate – she's hopelessly in love with Willi Ulbrich, her mother's lodger. The only problem is, her mother doesn't like the man at all. She even wants to sue him for defamation, since he allegedly called her a "hooded crow" after he and his friends partied all night and kept her awake. Without telling her mother anything, Sabine and Willi secretly marry before the lengthy legal proceedings are even over. Of course, Sabine can't possibly introduce her husband to her mother; so she simply presents Erich, her friend Ulla's fiancé, as her husband.

Mein Mann darf es nicht wissen

1940

A Waltz with You poster
10.0

The composer Hans Helmer can really count his happy blessings: he is married to a wonderful woman, who also happens to be a celebrated operetta star. But Hans is suffering from the success of his wife and is constantly in her shadow. He also doesn't want to profit from her reputation when he tries to get his play, "Husband of the Famous Singer" published. Hans wants to be recognized for his own achievements. So he decides to submit his latest composition under the name of his best friend, the painter Willi Kenter. The director is thrilled with the work, but there are some unforseen complications. Hans' wife Maria hears about the operetta and is likewise very impressed; but also sees through her husband's little deception. She tells him that she is determined to play a part in the performance of the work. That's something Hans wants to prevent at any price.

A Waltz with You

1943

No artwork available
10.0

No synopsis available yet.

Amico

1949

The Woman of My Dreams poster
5.3

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

1944

No artwork available
8.0

Rudi, who’s been quite the ladies’ man, finally wants to settle down and marry Hilde. So as to not get into a touchy situation with all his many women, he plans to bring them all together the night before his wedding. While sitting alone in his apartment and burning all his old photos and love letters, he notices a woman in the garden. She assets, that she’s hiding from a stubborn admirer and he stupidly offers her to come in … and then it all begins! First, his wife-to-be Hilde shows up, who wants to spend the night before their wedding together. While Rudi tries to hide the unknown woman in his bedroom, a hotel detective shows up and claims he’s following a thief.

Polterabend

1940

The Great Love poster
6.8

The attractive Oberleutnant Paul Wendlandt is stationed in North Africa as a fighter pilot. While in Berlin to deliver a report he is given a day's leave, and on the stage of the cabaret theatre "Skala" sees the popular Danish singer Hanna Holberg. For Paul it is love at first sight. When Hanna visits friends after the end of the performance, he follows her, and speaks to her in the U-Bahn. After the party in her friends' flat, he accompanies her home and chance throws them further together when an air raid warning forces them to take cover in the air raid shelter. Hanna reciprocates Paul's feelings, but after a night spent together Paul has to return immediately to the front. There now follows a whole series of misunderstandings, and one missed opportunity after another. While Hanna waits in vain for some sign of life from Paul, he is flying on missions in North Africa. When he tries to visit her in her Berlin flat, she is giving a Christmas concert in Paris.

The Great Love

1942

1930s · 18 titles

Women for Golden Hill poster
6.5

Women are being sent to an all male settlement. The marriages are planned in advance, but not everything goes according to plan.

Women for Golden Hill

1938

Angels with Minor Faults poster
7.0

Mary arrives in Berlin from Canada to visit her nephew Max and meet his twin daughters that she has been amply supporting financially. But Max has cheated: There is only one daughter Inge who has to enact both girls to cover up the mess.

Angels with Minor Faults

1936

Trapeze poster
10.0

Robby and Jim are two friends working in a circus. When Marina, a new acrobat, enters the show, both men will compete for her love. She needs a partner for a flying number, and one of them will be elected. Then accidents will happen.

Trapeze

1931

No artwork available
10.0

No synopsis available yet.

Der Raub der Sabinerinnen

1936

Ursula Under Suspicion poster
9.0

The sawmill owner Ramin disappears from one day to the next. Concerned, his family learns from the bank that he wrote a check to an agent named Frisch. He supposedly wanted to use it to buy a good. However, that did not happen. When Ramin's body is found, the police stumble upon Ursula von Tweel, who knew the dead man.

Ursula Under Suspicion

1939

No artwork available
NR

Short film about a fortune teller.

Gutgehendes Geschäft zu verkaufen…

1933

No artwork available
8.0

The seamstresses Franzi and Mizzi have opened up a small shop in a suburb of Vienna. Mizzi is of the opinion, however, that her friend could have a much better life if only she'd marry Karl, the son of the landlord, who has been hot for her for quite a while now. Next store to them lives a rather elegant gentleman, whom Mizzi does not like. One day, an excited woman bursts into the studio, tears off her clothes and begs the girls to act as if they're fitting her for a dress should her husband waltz on in, too. In fact, her jealous husband Stefan does show up and is thrilled to discover that his Gerda isn't cheating on him. But Mizzi and Franzi are positive, that she's been meeting a certain elegant gentleman next door.

A Merry House

1939

Bashful Felix poster
10.0

The traveling salesman for a bathing suit company has trouble getting business until he meets a girl willing to take off her clothes and act as a model.Misunderstandings and complications ensue.

Bashful Felix

1934

Familie Schimek poster
6.8

For three difficult orphans living by her aunt the former employee of the family searches a new premouth; he releases with it a result of tumultuous involvements. - Humble-entertaining mistake farce, completely fitted on Hans Moser.

Familie Schimek

1935

No artwork available
6.2

A love story between officer von Warp coming from a wealthy family and salesgirl Therese. When the social rules of the time would force the officer to resign from service in order to marry Therese the situation becomes tense.

Die Geliebte

1939

Geheimnis eines alten Hauses poster
9.0

No synopsis available yet.

Geheimnis eines alten Hauses

1936

Fresh Wind from Canada poster
8.0

A wholesome youth returns from Canada to the Fatherland, to rescue his father's business from a crooked accountant and a scheming lawyer.

Fresh Wind from Canada

1935

Eskapade poster
7.5

No synopsis available yet.

Eskapade

1936

Once a Great Lady poster
9.0

A young woman working as a secretary for a Berlin car business tries to impress a rich Australian visitor by pretending she is a foreign countess.

Once a Great Lady

1934

No artwork available
NR

When a young woman becomes aware of her husband's wandering attentions, she plots his retribution.

Mia moglie si diverte

1938

No artwork available
8.0

A modest young woman, who dreams of a radio career, forges a lottery ticket so that she can win the prize.

Gretl Wins First Prize

1933

No artwork available
10.0

German romantic comedy from Carl Boese.

Men Before Marriage

1936

One Too Many on Board poster
6.0

During a journey of the "Ceder", the Captain, von Moltmann, disappears. It looks like an accident, but it could also have been murder. Attorney Dr. Burger and superintendent Störensen discover quickly that two of the crewmen hated the Captain: Chief officer Rohlfs suspects an affair between his fianceé Gerda and von Moltmann. Chief engineer Sparkuhl thinks the Captain has seduced his niece, who later committed suicide. The court decides that the Captain has gone overboard without anyone else's "help", but the rumors don't come to an end.

One Too Many on Board

1935

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