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6.5Legendary, immortal nobleman Baron Munchausen regales a lovestruck woman with tales of his amazing adventures.
Münchhausen
1943
6.1Exposed to bad influences since childhood, Mary, a young girl is pushed by her mother to approach an elderly banker by the name of Harber. After almost driving her fiancee to suicide and seducing his mentally-ill son, she realizes through a metaphorical dream the scope of her negligence. Sentenced to prison for incitement to murder Harber, she sees herself as a parallel figure to Lea, Lot's wife in Sodom, where the Angel of the Lord warns the sinful citizens of the city of their impending doom. Lea oppresses the angel and eventually turns it over to the pagan priests when her sexual advances to it are rejected. In another dream sequence, Mary becomes the Queen of Syria, whose oppressed people turn against her and who, in turn, condemns a young man who loves her to death. Finally, her dream returns to the present time and when she awakens, she runs back to her former lover.
Sodom and Gomorrah
1922
7.5In 1885, famous New York Metropolitan Opera singer Maddalena dall' Orto is scheduled to perform at a festival in the German residence of Ilmingen. It soon becomes obvious that she is non other than Magda von Schwartze, who left the town eight years ago against her father's wishes to become a singer.
Homeland
1938
8.0No synopsis available yet.
Herbstmanöver
1936
7.0This 1938 film by Mario Camerini is the German version of a previously-made film by the same director. However, unlike the previous film, this one isn't quite as serious. A libertine gets married, but is free to carry out his adventures in this marriage of convenience. Eventually, however, he will discover that the marriage is more than something convenient and will lead, surprisingly, to something he never expected.
The Man Who Can't Say No
1938
10.0Plastic surgeon Professor Mangold sends assistant Fred to pick up a patient at the train station. Fred brings the wrong woman, losing his job and his fiancee in the chaotic aftermath while the professor and his wife separate.
The Gentleman Without a Residence
1934
Film credits
1940s · 7 titles
6.5Legendary, immortal nobleman Baron Munchausen regales a lovestruck woman with tales of his amazing adventures.
Münchhausen
1943
6.0When a wife reads a love letter addressed to her husband, written by an unknown female, all hell breaks lose.
Beloved Darling
1943
7.5No synopsis available yet.
Der Herr im Haus
1940
7.0The ambitious female chief executive of a gramophone record company slowly finds herself falling in love with the company's head of production.
Everything for Gloria
1941
No synopsis available yet.
Golowin geht durch die Stadt
1940
7.2A musician is offered a job in Vienna as stage director, but his disagreements with the aristocratic opera manager end in abrupt firing in spite of a mutual attraction. He's quickly engaged by another theatre and becomes famous for his lavish stage productions and fine acting, which begins their golden age with Suppé and Strauss.
Operette
1940
6.5Prince Heinrich Dagobert has a weakness for the opposite sex, which his wife, Rosemarie, isn't exactly happy about. While the prince invites both men and women to his castle, Rosemarie tries to uncover her husband's true intentions incognito. There, she meets Herbert von Waldendorf, with whom she falls in love. Then there's the bird dealer Adam, who has his worries about his fiancée, Christel von der Post...
Rosen in Tirol
1940
1930s · 37 titles
7.5In 1885, famous New York Metropolitan Opera singer Maddalena dall' Orto is scheduled to perform at a festival in the German residence of Ilmingen. It soon becomes obvious that she is non other than Magda von Schwartze, who left the town eight years ago against her father's wishes to become a singer.
Homeland
1938
8.0No synopsis available yet.
Herbstmanöver
1936
7.0This 1938 film by Mario Camerini is the German version of a previously-made film by the same director. However, unlike the previous film, this one isn't quite as serious. A libertine gets married, but is free to carry out his adventures in this marriage of convenience. Eventually, however, he will discover that the marriage is more than something convenient and will lead, surprisingly, to something he never expected.
The Man Who Can't Say No
1938
10.0Plastic surgeon Professor Mangold sends assistant Fred to pick up a patient at the train station. Fred brings the wrong woman, losing his job and his fiancee in the chaotic aftermath while the professor and his wife separate.
The Gentleman Without a Residence
1934
7.01865. Katharina goes to a ball in Moscow. There she meets again Tchaikowsky, her first and only love. The young, who is now married to wealthy Michael Iwanowitsch Murakin, a man she does not love, has not forgotten Piotr Illich, the (not yet) famous composer. Both are still in love with each other but Piotr is engaged to Nastassia, a dancer, while for her part Katharina cannot leave her husband. Tchaikowky's first love then decides to sacrifice her happiness to the success of the composer, sponsoring him in secret. Something Piotr will learn only years after. When Katharina finds herself free at last it is too late: Tchaikowsky is dying of cholera and she only has time to close his eyes.
It Was a Gay Ballnight
1939
5.6In the fantasy state of Olivia, the robber chief Gasparone is up to all sorts of mischief. But Prefect Nasoni is not only worried about him, his son Sindulfo is also causing him headaches. He is supposed to marry Countess Ambrat, but loves Ita, the niece of Massaccio, a somewhat obscure existence. Then the elegant Erminio appears, and the countess makes eyes at him. Confusion after confusion until Massaccio is unmasked as Gasparone. Erminio turns out to be a civil servant who was set on Gasparone and now gets his beautiful countess. Sindulfo is the last to embrace his Ita.
Gasparone
1937
6.0Four graduates of an industrial design school team up and form a small business. The protagonist is so excited by the venture that she turns down the proposal of her dashing instructor. Time passes and her three partners lose interest in the business for different reasons. This leaves the heroine who has a change of heart and decides to forgo the business and marry the instructor after all.
The Four Companions
1938
5.0A Bavarian comedy centered around Gusti, the lovely waitress of the restaurant „Bratwurstglockl“, who is adored by all the men. When the spoiled snob Carl Maria complains to the manager about the restaurant, Gusti is summarily dismissed and accepts the invitation of the poor chamber singer Gottlieb Bumm to accompany him on a three-day trip to the Zugspitze he won in a contests. While there, they both live well above their means and Gusti runs into Carl Maria again.
Freut Euch des Lebens
1934
9.0Dan Douglas is a typical Scottish. When his niece Evelyne marries engineer Fred Keller aboard the ship to Scotland, he gives her a pearl necklace as dowry, but it's false. The newlyweds face their differences when the necklace gets lost.
Modern dowry
1932
7.0After meeting up with a charming blonde and her female orchestra on a Danube river steamer, a nobleman who had aspired toward the classics turns to popular music instead.
A Night on the Danube
1935
10.0No synopsis available yet.
Die Pompadour
1935
8.0No synopsis available yet.
Mein Liebster ist ein Jägersmann
1933
9.0Maria Kelemen is a secretary in the office of a bank in Budapest. Her boss, director Borden, courts her, albeit she is engaged to Paul (about which she has remained silent). On the day of the wedding, Paul becomes unemployed and takes on the role of a house-husband. During a visit at Borden’s, Maria introduces Paul as her brother, which incites raging jealousy in the latter.
Woman at the Wheel
1939
La Marquise de Pompadour desires the best tenor in France for her opera company, and after an extensive search in the provinces, Chapelou is selected and forced to leave his bride-of-an-hour to go to Paris. Alfer seeing the handsome tenor, the Marquise decides not to let his bride, Madeliane, join him in Paris. Graf de Latour, banished from the court for his bawdy song about La Pompadour, goes to the town where Chapelou has left his bride and sees an opportunity to get even. He takes Madeleine in hand and after exhaustive grooming and make-over he returns to court with her as his banishment has been lifted, and Chepelou, failing to recognize hie own wife, falls in love with her.
The Postman from Longjumeau
1936
5.5A Hungarian squire and his son compete for the favour of an operetta diva; the younger makes the running. - Unplausible mistakes, small intrigues and a lot of love in an old-fashioned musical comedy with proven comedians.
The World's in Love
1935
5.5When Sir John Falstaff decides that he wants to have a little fun he writes two letters to a pair of Window wives: Mistress Ford and Mistress Page. When they put their heads together and compare missives, they plan a practical joke or two to teach the knight a lesson. But Mistress Ford's husband is a very jealous man and is pumping Falstaff for information of the affair. Meanwhile the Pages' daughter Anne is besieged by suitors.
The Merry Wives
1936
A journalist travelling by train to Vienna meets an American millionairess travelling incognito. They become friends and decide it'd be fun to swap places for awhile.
Tales from the Vienna Woods
1934
7.0No synopsis available yet.
Skandal in der Parkstraße
1932
7.0A series of stupid coincidences causes the young Munich painter Paul to convert his uncle's castle into a hotel for four weeks. But he can't complain: business is good and he has plenty of guests. For exmple, there's Theo Muller with his revue troupe. For reasons of "sound", Muller calls himself "Miller", which, of course, causes more confusion. His daughter, the beautiful Evelyn, is confused with Mabel Miller, who has come to the hotel on a mission for her filthy rich father ... namely, to estimate the worth of the castle.
A Mad Idea
1932
7.5The happiest one should be selected from 500 married couples to move a marriage-hostile American millionnaire's daughter to the marriage. - Shallow and turbulent love banter with some tumultuous and funny climaxes.
The Happiest Married Couple in Vienna
1937
7.0No synopsis available yet.
Die Fahrt in die Jugend
1935
4.3Gusti Aigner and Franz Lenhardt are in love, but composer Lenhardt is too shy and bashful to go out and sell his compositions to music publishers. Gusti takes the burden on herself; and while there are complications and humorous situations she runs into.
Springtime in Vienna
1936
8.9A Czarist refugee, separated from her husband, gets a job as a nightclub singer in Vienna and has to decide later if she wants to rejoin him.
Grand Duchess Alexandra
1933
10.0Diplomat Fürst Windischberg is known for spending too much time with women, receiving frequent reprimands and even a threat to be sent to Afrika. In Berlin he meets chorus girl Hella, who tells her companions she is his current flirt.
The Ladies Diplomat
1932
6.2Knox owns half of the Circus Saran and acts as a clown there. He hides his circus life from his daughter and is very embarrassed when his daughter finds out his true profession. Hans Moser, who plays Knox, performs poorly, because the character he plays is simply not funny. Leo Slezak, who owns the other half of the circus, as well as Pat and Patachon perform better. The only really good thing about this film is its music, composed by Robert Stolz; especially the song "Ein bisschen Sing-Sang und gute Kameradschaft" , which can be heard throughout the movie.
Circus Saran
1935
7.0In Dresden's classical music world, female students learn from an opinionated conductor and a pompous dance instructor.When their work isn't appreciated, a teacher consoles them, saying Bruckner, Schubert and Wagner were also criticized.
Music in the Blood
1934
Returning after three years at sea, a young sailor finds his boyhood sweetheart is now engaged to his old friend::a challenge to their comradeship.
La Paloma. Ein Lied der Kameradschaft
1934
7.0A singer tired of the stage retreats to a hotel in the country. There, she finds love and a way back into show business.
The Blonde Carmen
1935
A handsome Vienna lawyer has been driving a cab to make ends meet.He lands up romancing both a widowed countess and her adopted daughter, a chorus girl.
Waltz Around the Stefanstower
1935
9.0A working class young woman disregards the wishes of her father to stay in her place, and marries higher in society by wooing a wealthy car manufacturer.
Love in Waltz Time
1937
7.0No synopsis available yet.
Ihr größter Erfolg
1934
9.0Vienna, Austria, late 1870s. After suffering an irreparable misfortune, the Austrian composer Johann Strauss Jr. (1825-99), the Waltz King, falls in love with a ballet dancer, which disappoints the famous operetta singer Marie Geistinger…
Immortal Melodies
1935
7.0No synopsis available yet.
Tanzmusik
1935
8.0No synopsis available yet.
Die Herren vom Maxim
1933
The dashing pilot Gary inherits a financially troubled fashion house. It is only thanks to the shy employee Eva that the company takes off...
Women's Paradise
1936
8.0No synopsis available yet.
Husaren heraus
1937
8.0Confusion comedy with musical interludes around a carnival ball, to dare the pretty shop assistant for a fashion store with one of the best gowns of her salon and posing in her embarrassment as the wife of a guest. - Harmlessly entertaining comedy, a little bit too poorly to bring to bear the first-time meeting of three most popular Austrian comic specialists Moser-Slezak-Romanowsky at that time appropriately.
Confetti
1936
