
Directing
Franz Peter Wirth
Born 1919-09-22 · München, Germany
Acting credits
6.5Inspired by the real-life events of Mathias Kneißl, a marginal man, son of poor farmers from Bavaria, in the late XIX century. Mathias stole from the rich to give to the poor, becoming a hero for the rural people and a popular social rebel. He was chased by the police until his unfortunate sentence.
Mathias Kneißl
1971
10.0Dominik Graf, now a leading filmmaker, revisits his late father Robert Graf’s acting career (1956–1966), during which Robert appeared in 20 features and 25 TV dramas by directors like Hoffmann, Staudte, Siodmak, Sturges, and Comencini. Through archival clips and personal reflections, Dominik “meets” his father and confronts the West German society and film industry of that era, where scripted narratives often outweighed real life.
A Whispering in the Mountain of Things
1997
Behind the camera
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Ein Schloß
1966
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Schmutzige Hände
1956
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Typisch Ed!
1999
6.61865: Swiss captain Bluntschli fights as mercenary in the war between Bulgaria and Serbia. When his group's attacked by a few Bulgarian troopers, he learns that he's got the wrong ammunition for his cannon and has to flee. His flight leads him right into the bedroom of his enemy's fiancée.
Arms and the Man
1958
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Zahlungsaufschub
1961
10.0Unusual race relations melodrama from West Germany follows a German sailor who meets and weds a Chinese woman while on leave in Hong Kong, only to meet with disapproval from his family and friends when the couple returns to Europe.
Girl from Hong Kong
1961
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Was Ihr wollt
1963
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Wallenstein
1962
6.0No synopsis available yet.
Oh Jonathan – oh Jonathan!
1973
The movie depicts the events from July until September of 1914 which led to the defeat of the German troops at the Marne. While Sebastian Haffner explains and comments on operations and decisions on the basis of situation maps, key scenes are depicted by actors. A main focus is thereby placed by Haffner onto the controversial mission of lieutenant-colonel Richard Hentsch who is said to have, during a war patrol to the various army high commands, contributed to the abortion of the operations significantly.
Generale - Anatomie der Marneschlacht
1977
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Die Frau am dunklen Fenster
1960
A domineering, reclusive and ostentatiously pious widow in a small Spanish town keeps such close watch on her daughters that they are unable to have normal social lives. However, the eldest is allowed to become engaged to an unprincipled young man, primarily for the financial advantages it will bring the mother, Bernarda. Jealousy and envy ensues among the other daughters.
Bernarda Albas Haus
1957
2.8Hamlet, Prince of Denmark, returns home to find his father murdered and his mother remarrying the murderer, his uncle.
Hamlet, Prince of Denmark
1961
5.0Germany, WWII: 10-year old Dagmar has just lost her beloved twin brother Doug and her family through a bomb attack. Together with a young girl who worked in the bakery of Dagmar's parents they escape to Bavaria and find shelter at some far relatives of Dagmar's family. The little girl just doesn't feel comfortable in the strange family but soon finds a good friend: Laurent, a 17-year old French alien employee. Laurent is tormented by August, the "head of the family", but cannot defend himself because as soon as he causes a conflict he will be sent into an approved school in France which is even worse. Dagmar and Laurent become very close and become almost like brother and sister, they are all they have and Dagmar even falls a bit in love with Laurent. One day August sees how Laurent hugs Dagmar, he provokes a conflict and at the end Laurent is sent back to France...
Adieu, Mon Ami
1996
No synopsis available yet.
Der zerbrochene Krug
1974
Following a series of murders, it turns out that a notorious criminal believed to be dead is seeking revenge for his sister’s murder. Although the motive is obvious, the phantom cannot be apprehended because no one knows his identity. In desperation, one of the most experienced detectives is brought out of retirement.
Der Hexer
1956
5.0No synopsis available yet.
Konto ausgeglichen
1959
5.0No synopsis available yet.
Konto ausgeglichen
1959
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Jeanne oder Die Lerche
1956
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Geschlossene Gesellschaft
1966
7.0Munich-based graphic artist Lukas is an artist with no fixed abode and no desire for commitment, who never stays in the same place for long. His only possessions are his duck, his clothes and a few everyday objects with which he moves from apartment to apartment as a lodger. There he prefers to devote himself entirely to his amorous adventures. With his unconventional manner, he drives philistines, aristocrats and the nouveau riche up the wall.
Bekenntnisse eines möblierten Herrn
1963
4.0Richard Mertens, a successful magazine editor with a cold, empty marriage to Lucy, seeks excitement through an affair with younger colleague Eva. Yet his need for status traps him in superficiality, undermining genuine connection. A legal battle with old friend Ferrow, won through perjury, reveals Mertens’s moral emptiness, shattering his relationship with Eva. Alone, he finds solace only in listening to bartender Brigitte.
Ein Mann im schönsten Alter
1964
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Strychnin und saure Drops
1974
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Die Schlacht bei Lobositz
1968