Writing
Carl Merz
Born — Died
1906-01-30 — 1979-10-31
Place of birth
Kronstadt, Siebenbürgen
Known for
Writing
Credits
12 titles
Known for
6.9Father Brown is only too happy to interfere with the work of the police in solving tricky criminal cases, usually with resounding success. That's why the clergyman is transferred to a sleepy island called Abbott's Rock. At first, nothing happens there, but somehow Father Brown seems to be attracted to crime: Soon a gang of thieves is up to no good on the island. So Brown makes the headlines again, and is punitively transferred once more. This time he finds himself in a quiet Irish millionaire community.
Er kann's nicht lassen
1962
4.8Three crooks come out of jail on probation and, taking advantage of the economic boom in Germany, they continue their shady business quite legally this time.
They're Too Much
1965
6.2Twelve different episodes of erotic relationships are described as examples of modern love substitute.
And So to Bed
1963
5.5Austrian sex comedy.
Ist Geraldine ein Engel?
1963
7.0Franz Schubert toils by day as his father’s clerk while secretly composing in Beethoven’s shadow, gaining little recognition until friends persuade publisher Diabelli to host a public performance where he meets and falls for soprano Therese Grob. Abandoning a teaching career, he moves in with artist and poet friends, finds inspiration for the “Erlkönig,” and together with Therese sustains himself by performing his songs.
Franz Schubert – Ein Leben in zwei Sätzen
1953
9.0No synopsis available yet.
Die Brücke des Schicksals
1960
Film credits
2010s · 1 titles
Behind the camera
6.9Father Brown is only too happy to interfere with the work of the police in solving tricky criminal cases, usually with resounding success. That's why the clergyman is transferred to a sleepy island called Abbott's Rock. At first, nothing happens there, but somehow Father Brown seems to be attracted to crime: Soon a gang of thieves is up to no good on the island. So Brown makes the headlines again, and is punitively transferred once more. This time he finds himself in a quiet Irish millionaire community.
Er kann's nicht lassen
1962
4.8Three crooks come out of jail on probation and, taking advantage of the economic boom in Germany, they continue their shady business quite legally this time.
They're Too Much
1965
6.2Twelve different episodes of erotic relationships are described as examples of modern love substitute.
And So to Bed
1963
5.5Austrian sex comedy.
Ist Geraldine ein Engel?
1963
7.0Franz Schubert toils by day as his father’s clerk while secretly composing in Beethoven’s shadow, gaining little recognition until friends persuade publisher Diabelli to host a public performance where he meets and falls for soprano Therese Grob. Abandoning a teaching career, he moves in with artist and poet friends, finds inspiration for the “Erlkönig,” and together with Therese sustains himself by performing his songs.
Franz Schubert – Ein Leben in zwei Sätzen
1953
9.0No synopsis available yet.
Die Brücke des Schicksals
1960
8.2The antihero "Mr. Karl" tells a "young person", the viewer, his life story while he sits at work in the warehouse of a delicatessen. The narrator increasingly turns out to be an opportunistic follower from the petty-bourgeois milieu, who maneuvered his way through life in the changing course of Austrian history from the end of the First World War to the end of the occupation in the 1950s.
Der Herr Karl
1967
NRThe second film adaption of the legendary monolog by Helmut Qualtinger and Carl Merz.
Der Herr Karl
2022
A politician is afraid about his reputation
Passion eines Politkers
1970
NRMr. Karl tells his life story – from the 1920s to the 1950s. As an opportunist and survivor, he combines different facets of the Austrian soul. He is a petty-bourgeois follower, but he always knows how to make the most of opportunities for himself.
Der Herr Karl
2023


