Manfred Purzer

Writing

Manfred Purzer

Born 1931-04-13 · Munich, Germany

Manfred Purzer is a German journalist, film director and screenwriter who often used the pseudonyms Ernst Flügel or Hans Hasenow

Acting credits

Behind the camera

Lili Marleen poster
6.5

The story of a German singer named Willie, who while working in Switzerland, falls in love with a Jewish composer named Robert, whose family is helping people to flee from the Nazis. Robert’s family is skeptical of Willie, thinking she could be a Nazi as she becomes famous for singing the song “Lili Marleen”.

Lili Marleen

1981

Drei Männer im Schnee poster
8.0

This film adaptation of Erich Kästner's book is about a millionaire who wants to travel to a hotel under a false name and test how "normal people" are treated. The hotel staff receive a warning, but mistake another man for the fake millionaire and treat him like God in France, while he doesn't feel the slightest bit of even luxurious treatment

Drei Männer im Schnee

1974

The Females poster
5.6

A young woman joins an exclusive health clinic and discovers that the town is populated almost entirely by women, and they have surprising intentions for any male tourists who visit.

The Females

1970

Randale poster
6.2

Girls in a reform school are tormented violently by the headmistress . . . until they can take no more

Randale

1983

Randale poster
6.2

Girls in a reform school are tormented violently by the headmistress . . . until they can take no more

Randale

1983

The Net poster
6.3

The aging writer Aurelio Morelli is disillusioned: although the critics like his books, they are barely read. He develops hatred on youth and their depraved moral. One night he goes with a callgirl - and kills her. The police doesn't have a clue, only the unscrupulous sensational journalist Bossi suspects him. Instead of naming him to the police, he persuades Morelli to write about the murder for his paper. Morelli uses the occasion to write his memoirs, in which he confesses lots of other crimes before this last one...

The Net

1975

The Net poster
6.3

The aging writer Aurelio Morelli is disillusioned: although the critics like his books, they are barely read. He develops hatred on youth and their depraved moral. One night he goes with a callgirl - and kills her. The police doesn't have a clue, only the unscrupulous sensational journalist Bossi suspects him. Instead of naming him to the police, he persuades Morelli to write about the murder for his paper. Morelli uses the occasion to write his memoirs, in which he confesses lots of other crimes before this last one...

The Net

1975

Swinging Wives poster
4.5

Sex comedy about lonely housewives and their activities while the husband is away. It’s a series of vignettes connected by documentary-style interviews with people on the street. The eroticism relies completely on nudity, not altogether different from British sex comedies of the era.

Swinging Wives

1971

To the Bitter End poster
4.3

15 years ago Paul Jordan was a star in Hollywood musicals. But then he retired from showbiz and married the rich Joan. Now, after being dependent on his wife's money for many years, he's sick of it and wants to work again. A romantic affair with his stepdaughter, Shirley, gives him the guts to ask for a role. His former agent gets him one but it's with a small company in Vienna, Austria. The stress worsens his alcoholism; the tablets he takes to hide the effects lead him to hallucinations. When his wife and girlfriend appear at the same time, he's no longer capable of handling the situation.

To the Bitter End

1975

Tears of Blood poster
5.3

A story of love between French student Alain and German high school student Christine.

Tears of Blood

1972

Only the Wind Knows the Answer poster
5.7

The yacht of millionaire Hellmann explodes in the Mediterranean Sea, with him and 8 men crew on board. Insurance agent Lucas investigates at the Cote D'Azur, because there's the suspicion that it could have been suicide. He finds out that Hellmann's villa was monitored, the tapes also contain information about the explosion. He uses them for blackmail.

Only the Wind Knows the Answer

1974

School of Fear poster
5.3

A teenager named Kurrat mysteriously disappears from a German boys' school. Then a teacher is found dead; the mystery grows.

School of Fear

1969

No artwork available
8.0

In 1934, young archaeologist Robert returns to his home in Salzburg after spending several years working in Crete. He wants to officially break up with his original fiancée Hannah, as he has fallen in love with his employer's wife. But his personal plans get caught up in the political turmoil of the Austrian coup year. In a small village, he and Hannah find themselves caught between the fronts of the coup plotters and the Home Guard troops. A defenseless deaf-mute is to be lynched as a scapegoat. To protect him, Robert invents a mysterious "man in the reeds." But Hannah also eventually falls victim to the unrest.

Der Mann im Schilf

1978

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NR

No synopsis available yet.

Unter so vielen Lidern!

1960

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NR

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Unter so vielen Lidern!

1960

Die Elixiere des Teufels poster
9.0

Monk Medardus, administrator of the relic chamber of a Capuchin monastery, drinks from the elixirs of the devil and is confronted with the dark sides of his soul.

Die Elixiere des Teufels

1976

Die Elixiere des Teufels poster
9.0

Monk Medardus, administrator of the relic chamber of a Capuchin monastery, drinks from the elixirs of the devil and is confronted with the dark sides of his soul.

Die Elixiere des Teufels

1976

Gott schützt die Liebenden poster
6.5

Engineer Paul Holland returns from a trip. His girlfriend Sybille has disappeared from their apartment without leaving a note. He searches for her and finds himself in the middle of a manhunt for an international drug ring.

Gott schützt die Liebenden

1973

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NR

Report on the four historic days from June 24 to June 27, 1963, during which the President of the United States visited the Federal Republic of Germany.

Deutschland grüßt Kennedy - Vier geschichtliche Tage

1963

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NR

No synopsis available yet.

Abseits vom Protokoll

1955

Come Now, My Dear Little Bird poster
3.3

A portrayal of the moral history of sex in the course of human history.

Come Now, My Dear Little Bird

1968

Crazy Jungle Adventure poster
6.2

A sleazy airline owner forces boozy former pilot Butch Donovan to climb into the cockpit by threatening to harm his son in this outlandish German comedy. Unbeknownst to Butch, the plane has been rigged to crash as part of an insurance scam. After miraculously surviving a harrowing landing on a remote jungle island, Butch and the other passengers find a whole new set of dangers awaits, including wild beasties and hired hit men.

Crazy Jungle Adventure

1982

Alle Menschen werden Brüder poster
6.3

The unsuccessful writer Ritchie can't stand his brother, a criminal businessman. When both fall in love with the beautiful Lilian, a dangerous game of revenge begins.

Alle Menschen werden Brüder

1973

Love Is Only a Word poster
4.8

The 21-year-old student Oliver Mansfeld attends a boarding school in Frankfurt. There he meets the married banker's wife Verena. A passionate affair develops between them, which does not remain undiscovered by Verena's husband for long.

Love Is Only a Word

1971