Arno Paulsen

Acting

Arno Paulsen

Born — Died

1900-01-03 — 1969-09-17

Place of birth

Stettin, Pomerania, Germany [now Szczecin, Zachodniopomorskie, Poland]

Known for

Acting

Credits

50 titles

Known for

Film credits

1950s · 32 titles

Rosemary poster
5.8

West Germany in '50s is becoming an economic superpower. In such climate, Rosemarie is just one of many enterpreneurs who wants her piece of new fortune. She uses her charms to bring members of West German industrial elite to her bed. There she finds business secrets and later sells them to French competition. However, when scandal errupts, Rosemarie would find that she can't beat the system.

Rosemary

1958

Canaris poster
6.7

Admiral Canaris is chief of the intelligence service of Nazi Germany. His department is quite successful and Hitler grants him all the money he wants for new developments. Still he's a thorn in the side of the Nazi chiefs, since he's not as unscrupulous as they want him and is known to criticize their ideology.

Canaris

1954

Epilogue poster
6.0

The reporter Peter Zabel stumbles upon the sinking of the luxury yacht Orplid in Hamburg on August 14, 1949. The ship went down with a wedding party run by artists on a pleasure trip from Hamburg to Scotland . In spite of good weather and no technical problems. Out of personal curiosity, Zabel starts researching. Could the sinking of Orplid have political reasons? A German political thriller and film noir inspired by Carol Reed's "The Third Man".

Epilogue

1950

The Star of Africa poster
6.7

Biographic movie of the German fighter ace, who was killed in a plane crash after over 150 kills in North Africa.

The Star of Africa

1957

Das Stacheltier - Der Wintermantel poster
NR

A little man wants to order a warm coat from a fabric he has brought with him to a tailor's workshop in winter. He is laughed at and told that orders for this type of garment are only accepted in the summer - after all, they work to a schedule. When the customer continues to insist on his request, he is declared insane by the employees of the atelier - they are not a capitalist company after all. This infuriates him so much that a neurologist, the fire department and an ambulance are called. The doctor clarifies the situation and advises the first tailor to have a word with his assistant. "I'm normal," he claims. "I believe it," replies the doctor, "but will the others believe it...?"

Das Stacheltier - Der Wintermantel

1954

Mayor Anna poster
9.0

A novelty in German post-war history: a young woman becomes mayor in a village. She is efficient and enjoys respect, but soon enough two villagers disagree with her work. In her predecessor, a prominent farmer, she has a bitter enemy. But even her boyhood friend, who wants to marry her as he returns home from captivity, can not accept that his future wife holds such an office.

Mayor Anna

1950

The Day the Rains Came poster
7.3

A motorcycle gang in post-war Germany wreaks havok on a town, until one of their members begins to have second thoughts after a run-in with the police.

The Day the Rains Came

1959

Hilfe, ich bin unsichtbar poster
10.0

No synopsis available yet.

Hilfe, ich bin unsichtbar

1951

City in the Fog poster
8.5

In the Danish port city of Belgesund, the caretaker of a private high school has fallen victim to murder. Detective Thomsen takes on the case and finds that behind the clean facade there are abysses. He has five suspects in mind: the teacher Berling, who is having a relationship with a student, the twin brother and sole heir of the murdered man, the murdered man's shady roommate, the primary school teacher Klaus Erikson and his brother Jakob.

City in the Fog

1950

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

The Plot to Assassinate Hitler poster
6.1

A disillusioned Wehrmacht officer named Colonel Claus von Stauffenberg and his co-conspirators attempt to assassinate Adolf Hitler on 20 July 1944.

The Plot to Assassinate Hitler

1955

No artwork available
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Und das am Montagmorgen

1957

You Only Live Once poster
8.0

Remake of the 1931 film The Man in Search of His Murderer.

You Only Live Once

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

Mein Vater, der Schauspieler poster
7.0

Because Diva Christine believes that her husband is cheating on her, she hurtles away and dies. Only the little son prevents the widower from committing suicide.

Mein Vater, der Schauspieler

1956

No artwork available
9.0

A girl from a wealthy industrial family falls in love with a car mechanic. He is not interested in her, so she follows him and his friends on a group tour and goes to great lengths to finally win his affections.

Dreizehn unter einem Hut

1950

Die Sehnsucht des Herzens poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Die Sehnsucht des Herzens

1951

Bank Vault 713 poster
7.5

A man is unable to find a job. In his desperation, he plans to rob a bank together with a friend who works in a petrol station and feels tempted by the possibility of getting rich. Two different motivations drive these two good men into an immoral situation.

Bank Vault 713

1958

Traumrevue poster
7.3

Lieschen Müller wants to advance her career under the name of a revue star. Of course, the deception is discovered, but this does not hinder her rise to fame. On the contrary. The Vienna Ice Revue, accustomed to success, is in crisis and urgently needs a box office hit. Otherwise, creditors will cut off the money supply.

Traumrevue

1959

No artwork available
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Michael Kramer

1955

Alibi poster
6.7

An industrialist's wife was killed and now her lover is accused of murder.

Alibi

1955

Ein Mann vergißt die Liebe poster
10.0

No synopsis available yet.

Ein Mann vergißt die Liebe

1955

No artwork available
7.0

No synopsis available yet.

Uns gefällt die Welt

1956

Hogler's Task poster
8.0

The Luisin ridge is divided not only by the river, but also by the zone boundary. The old CEO Högler still lives in the west, the eastern part has been expropriated and is managed by the chief engineer Dr. Tellen. He is working on a new steel production process that Högler absolutely needs. Högler's means to achieve his goal are bribery, espionage and slander. Trade union member Maria Steinitz almost becomes a victim of slander. However, the intrigue is exposed and Hogler's criminal intentions are thwarted. At a large production meeting, the old people's controller Hufland exposes the true culprits. Maria and Fritz Rottmann, a trade unionist from Munich, who have known each other since the days of the anti-fascist resistance, embrace each other.

Hogler's Task

1950

Ein Herz schlägt für Erika poster
7.5

No synopsis available yet.

Ein Herz schlägt für Erika

1956

No artwork available
7.0

No synopsis available yet.

Die Liebe des Jahres

1959

No artwork available
9.0

No synopsis available yet.

Ihre große Prüfung

1954

Regina Amstetten poster
9.0

No synopsis available yet.

Regina Amstetten

1954

Die Unbesiegbaren poster
7.2

The film "Die Unbesiegbaren" covers an episode in German history, in which the Bismarck government tried to mitigate the rise of the social-democrat movement.

Die Unbesiegbaren

1953

Anna Susanna poster
7.0

No synopsis available yet.

Anna Susanna

1953

Torreani poster
10.0

Acrobat assumes identity of jailed fellow-artist to take over a theatre which had been bequeathed to him. He is suspected of murdering the acrobat but is cleared in the end.

Torreani

1951

No artwork available
7.0

No synopsis available yet.

Roman eines Frauenarztes

1954

1940s · 12 titles

The Murderers Are Among Us poster
6.8

After returning from a concentration camp, Susanne finds a traumatized ex-soldier living in her apartment in bombed out Berlin. Together the two try to move past their experiences during WWII.

The Murderers Are Among Us

1946

The Blum Affair poster
9.0

Dr. Blum, a Jewish manufacturer, is falsely accused of a murder. Even when the real killer’s identity becomes evident, the state prosecutor refuses to accept Blum’s innocence.

The Blum Affair

1948

Police Raid poster
5.4

Shortages in postwar Berlin have created a blooming black market, and the goods rounded up during a major police raid all seem to come from the same source. The trail leads Commissioner Naumann to the Alibaba Cabarett, but he is unable to find conclusive evidence to convict its owner Goll.

Police Raid

1947

Chemistry and Love poster
6.2

A chemist and his assistant make a groundbreaking discovery. They manage to make butter directly from pasture grass without having to deal with either the cow or the use of dairy products. An industrialist attempts to seize the invention.

Chemistry and Love

1948

Girls in Gingham poster
6.8

A moving saga focusing on the women in a family that spans three generations and almost 70 years of German history, from the Wilhelmine period through the end of WWII. This film shows that it takes a combination of hard work, political consciousness and family work in tandem to face the tragedies of war, economic hardship and death.

Girls in Gingham

1949

Street Acquaintances poster
7.3

The film centres around the young woman Erika, desperately seeking for love and escape from the depression of the times, drifting, and in the end becoming involved with a circle of rich people who sell goods for sexual favours.

Street Acquaintances

1948

The Bridge poster
4.4

This is the directorial debut of Artur Pohl and tells the story of war refugees as they try to settle in a small town in Germany.

The Bridge

1949

No artwork available
3.7

Due to complicity in a robbery raid the young Ursula comes to a detention center, in which the education is hard since she is considered a serious offender. In a joint outbreak, she gains the respect of the other girls.

Girls Behind Bars

1949

Wozzeck poster
5.7

While an anatomy seminar prepares to examine the cadaver of Franz Wozzeck in the name of scientific progress, medical student Büchner excoriates humanity for having allowed Wozzeck’s fate. The tragic story unfolds in flashbacks, as Büchner narrates.

Wozzeck

1947

The Adventures of Fridolin poster
8.7

A decent small-town citizen named Fridolin Biedermann travels to Berlin and wants to finally experience something. And he succeeds. First he falls into the hands of a couple of crooks who rip him off terribly, and - back home - the law...

The Adventures of Fridolin

1948

No artwork available
8.0

During the global economic crisis, "Morgenrot" mine is due to be closed due to unprofitable results. With the use of a machine forbidden for security reasons, the mates try to work more effectively and thus save their jobs. A serious accident happens.

Grube Morgenrot

1948

No artwork available
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

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