Otto Retzer

On the occasion of Otto Retzer's 75th birthday, Servus TV is showing a personal portrait of his unique success story as a self-made man from dishwasher to the most watched director in Europe.

Thomas Gottschalk appears in front of the camera for the first time with his son Roman, who goes in search of clues about the "Supernasen" cult movies of his father and his friend Mike Krüger. Coming from America, he visits a "Supernasen" revival festival at Lake Wörthersee, which is being held to mark the 40th anniversary of the cult movies and is also the exact year of his birth! He wants to investigate the question: "How could my father be in such films? Isn't that rather embarrassing or really iconic today?"

In the 1960s, the film production company Lisa Film, headed by Karl Spiehs, ushered in a new era in German film: the erotic film. This period, characterized by change and openness, produced numerous successful films that had a lasting impact on the genre in Germany and captivated audiences.

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A documentary about the making of Rolf Olsen's "Blutiger Freitag" aka "Violenza contro la violenza" aka "Bloody Friday".

Dr. Reinhard Nagl would rather hide behind the walls of his extravagant Austrian castle than embrace the outside world, but when his 70th birthday approaches he is surprised by his overzealous best friend from childhood, Lorenz Zweig. Zweig invites laughter back into the walls of his friends home, enticing the staff to embrace romance and even conspiring to reunite Nagl with his first love - Magdalena. Has Zweig arrived too late or can Nagl learn to live before he dies.

The priest Hannes Jagermüller struggles to keep his flock under control in the idyllic village of St. Gilgen on Lake Wolfgang. His arch-rival, the mayor Oskar Lindner, is planning to build a ski resort with a hotel on the "magical" wedding meadow.

The Count of Hohenlodern and the forester Susanne, his ex-lover, are after a psychopathic poacher. Leni has completely different problems. She is caught between two men, her husband Werner and his brother Karl. When Werner's ex-lover Irmgard suddenly turns up in the village and Leni's children get on the poacher's trail, the situation escalates and a dramatic finale ensues ...

A quiet, offbeat German dramedy about self-reinvention and the messy ways we try to escape ourselves. When a middle-aged woman decides to shed her old life and adopt the name “Harry,” her transformation unsettles family, friends, and lovers who can’t quite keep up. Blurring gender identity, midlife crisis, and dark humour, the film plays like a bittersweet character study — deadpan, gently absurd, and tinged with melancholy.

An old, rich bachelor learns that he has a granddaughter ...

Carmen is an opera in four acts by the French composer Georges Bizet. The libretto was written by Henri Meilhac and Ludovic Halévy, based on a novella of the same title by Prosper Mérimée.

Buddy and Bob, two gang leaders in Germany and Hong Kong, have joined forces to run a successful syndicate to smuggle drugs, arms and gold around the world. But when Buddy is killed during the escalating gang warfare, Bob has another enemy to contend with - Interpol; they bring in a team of top-ranking police officers to break the syndicate apart. Bloodshed is unavoidable before the sun rises...

A comedy directed by Frank Strecker.

Soon after newlyweds Olga and Michel set foot on the grounds of a notorious women's prison, they're arrested by topless guards and ushered behind bars where the warden quickly dismisses Michel but demands that Olga do a little time.

Albert Zack is a struggling, bumbling, advertising salesman hired to save the Beaver Bra Company from impending doom. He is charged with signing five specific, world-famous, busty woman as endorsers for the bra line. Silly antics and situations occur as he tries, mostly in various costumes, to get close enough to these women to make his pitch for their signature. Working against him are two board members who stand to gain if the company fails. As he circles the globe in search of these signatures, he is faced with a variety of challenges, one of which is a relationship with his own secretary.

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.

Betsy Norman is a happy assistant at a luxurious Spanish hotel. Shiela, the hotel owner, caters for all wishes of her clientele with another lucrative business, the brothel "Rio Amore" where clients from all over the world come to relax with the girls and watch the sado-masochistic shows. Linda, Betsy's sister, is drugged and forced to work as a prostitute there.

Tommy and Mike, again without a job and without money, are looking for a public toilet at a motor show.

After being released from a mental asylum, a disfigured man becomes obsessed with a student at his sister’s boarding school while grappling with his dark past.

Mistaken for bank robbers, two friends stumble into a group of beautiful girls and follow them to Morocco for a dance show.

Tommy and Mike operate a famous pirate radio station, Germany's most listened-to radio station. The police and the operators of the Bavarian Broadcast Company try to stop their illegal broadcast.

Mike and Susanne are a loving couple who keep afloat through petty crime. When they are pursued by the police following a robbery at a jewelry store, they seek refuge in a slaughterhouse.

Two crash pilots from BravoAir have to fight crime with their dim-witted mechanic, the beautiful daughter of a beaten-up police inspector, and the mechanic's 15-year-old godson. Not only are the three of them and the little one clumsy, but so are the gangsters and the police.

The two buddies Peter and Freddie are on their way to Italy on vacation in their pink VW Beetle to pick up a few "bees and bunnies". At a petrol station on Lake Wörthersee, Peter meets his summer love from last year, the enchanting Billy, again and there is a new spark between the two. Much to Freddy's chagrin, the vacation plans are now moved from Italy to Lake Wörthersee without further ado. But, of course, there are one or two hares to catch here too, and so they enjoy themselves in a cozy summer retreat. Things only get complicated when Peter's three ex-girlfriends turn up.

Karl is a simple farmer who takes a plane to Ibiza to finally meet his idol, pop-singer Linda Lou. Karl has long ago fallen in love with his idol and has written her numerous love letters, But a farmer like Karl is not the kind of man she could be interested in. At the same time however, a famous millionaire, who happens to look just like Karl, is staying on the island

Several known criminals already have been murdered by a professional killer, leaving no trace but the "ace" game card. The police suspects a new mob is trying to take over the district. The investigating police officer Jan is victimized by a bomb himself, when he's at his girlfriend Daniela's father's Italian restaurant. Although paralyzed and suspended from work, the tuff cop continues to investigate and takes revenge on the gangsters who did this to him.

Tommy loses his job as a make-up artist at Bayerischer Rundfunk after fogging an announcer with hairspray and then insulting her; Mike is dumped by his girlfriend because, on the one hand, he only cares about his music and, on the other hand, he is financially stranded. So they both need money and decide to become detectives. On behalf of a rich industrialist, they are to shadow his wife and take photos of her cheating. So Mike and Tommy travel to Bad Spänzer, where the lady is staying. But she is as faithful as gold, so Mike, disguised as a Prussian, makes advances to her so that Tommy can take the required photos. But Tommy soon has to slip into a costume, too: Since Tommy looks deceptively similar to an Arab sheik, he is hired by the sheik's secret service to double him. What Tommy doesn't know: assassins want to kill the sheikh at all costs.

Norbert actually loves Monika, and she loves him. But he is also tempted to have a fling with Ulla. And one day, he gets a huge stitch in his side and an enormous appetite to boot. A visit to the doctor reveals that Norbert is pregnant. Initially shocked, he quickly comes to terms with his new role...

Because her husband, crime novel author Bert, prefers to spend the evenings with milieu and girl studies in the pubs, Conny files for divorce and moves with the two children from Berlin to Munich. There, she mistakes the new teacher of her daughter with the renovating carpenter, which is quite alright with the teacher as this gives him plenty of opportunity to enjoy Conny’s company. Meanwhile, however, Bert as well has started to understand how good it is to have a cosy home. He comes to Munich in order to win Conny back.

Teen-aged Tonyhas never known who is father is. Together with his best buddies Peter and Susan, he tracks down the clues he has as well as he can.

Everything you want to know about the secret erotic desires of Germans can be experienced here in documentary images and hard-hitting interviews that leave nothing to be desired in terms of unsparing openness. The film should serve as a warning to parents and a deterrent to daughters, because once registered means a lifetime burned market! And you can buy a lot from the earnings - but no happiness!

A crime comedy directed by Jirí Menzel, based on a story by Edgar Wallace.

Various German tourists arrive at the African vacation hotel "Leisure Lodge". Businessman Harry Weber wants to seduce his secretary Julia undisturbed, but unbeknownst to him, his wife Melanie has also arrived to seduce skier Toni. Weber's business partner, the industrialist Pfefferkorn, also turns up, and Weber's secretary is trying to woo his son Florian. Harry is given the call girl Christine by a friend, but Pfefferkorn is also after her. Hairdresser Agathe is the first to recognize the connections and uses her knowledge for business purposes. Finally, Toni's fiancée Resi arrives and adds to the confusion.

At the moment, love via newspaper ads or telephone is in full bloom. Thousands of offers of pleasure can be found in the daily newspapers and advertising journals, sometimes with coded instructions. Many clients - especially businessmen or salesmen - shy away from going to a brothel or club. They prefer to do it in the lady's apartment or in the back room. The very latest variant of "love" by phone: You transfer a certain amount to a "lady" and then she calls you. With more or less vulgar love whispering, the man may then bring himself to climax..

Axel and Gaby are looking for a priest who stole an erotic magazine from them, which happened to contain an envelope with a lot of money.

Professor Lichtwitz, a successful architect and notorious womanizer, secretly accesses his penthouse via his office. Employee Bodo, assuming Lichtwitz is away, invites dentist’s assistant Stella to the “vacant” penthouse for dinner. Unaware of his boss’s return, Bodo and others, including Lichtwitz’s wife, believe the penthouse is empty, triggering a hectic swirl of mistaken assumptions and visitors.

The son of a Berlin industrialist is innocently sentenced to life in forced labor in Kenya. A colorful American reporter and Vietnam veteran clarifies the background and saves the young man with daring and more or less snappy sayings.

A comedy directed by Nikolai Müllerschön.

Eduard von Bittermagen and his friend Professor Pfiff, indulge in an amusing hobby. They take every opportunity to bet on anything. Their latest bet: Bittermagen claims that his nephew Tommi, a young rascal and the Professor's young daughter Julia will become a couple although the two are actually not crazy about each other. Of course, Pfiff bets against it. But then Bittermagen uses a macabre trick. He acts as if his last hour had come and summons Tommi and Julia to his "deathbed". He offers his immense heritage to both of them-if they solve a problem.

German boarding school student Pauli hopes to lose his virginity while visiting his father in Italy.

Another Ernst Hofbauer schoolgirl exploiter in the same vein as his Schoolgirl Report films, but for this one he raised the sleaze level to new heights with non-pornographic scenes of rape, pedophilia, satanic rituals, virgin sacrifice and golden showers. Despite how it sounds, these acts are played for silly comedy rather than any harsh depictions.

Otto runs a hotel for tourists in Tyrol but has troubles both with the economy and with his wife Olga. After a trip to Stockholm he imports three Swedish blondes who eventually save Otto from disaster, both marital and financial.

Dudu, the craziest car in the world, takes part in the goofiest race in the world!

Two buddies head off for a summer holiday, but one of them has to take his sister along. She cramps their style when it comes to picking up chicks. However, they manage to have some fun.

Following her parents' death, Vanessa was raised in a convent. Due to an inheritance, she travels to Hong Kong to learn that she inherited a chain of bordellos. Soon, Vanessa has trouble coping as she's thrust into her new world of carnal delights.

Gesa loses her vacation money in a warehouse bed while having sex with her boyfriend. When she realizes the money is gone, they return to the warehouse, but the beds have all been picked up for delivery. They immediately set off by train to follow the money.

A film about drug addiction and prostitution in Berlin that focuses exclusively on "show values" and mixes its completely implausible story with plot elements from relevant sex films. A lurid mixture of schoolgirl report and smear melodrama from the Karl Spiehs smithy.

A comedy directed by Franz Josef Gottlieb

The clumsy manager of a milk advertising company is suddenly treated with excessive friendliness by the people around him because they believe he has won a million dollars.

Bea Fiedler and Olivia Pascal star in this erotic tale set against the backdrop of the sun soaked Seychelles, and detailing the situation that arises when an incurable gambling addict loses his wife in a wager with a casino owner who runs a secret white slave trade ring.

Nikki Moser, a blond womanizer, made a deal with the burgomaster. He gave him money to buy a hotel, and for this Nikki should marry his daughter Marianne. And the catch is not even that the daughter of the Bavarian city head is a mulatto, but the fact that Nicky does not want to be bound by marriage to anyone. Buddy Tony throws the poor guy the idea of ​​taking a loan, giving money to the burgomaster and sending him away with his daughter. However, to say is not to do. To knock out a loan is a complicated matter.

Nikki Moser, a blond womanizer, made a deal with the burgomaster. He gave him money to buy a hotel, and for this Nikki should marry his daughter Marianne. And the catch is not even that the daughter of the Bavarian city head is a mulatto, but the fact that Nicky does not want to be bound by marriage to anyone. Buddy Tony throws the poor guy the idea of ​​taking a loan, giving money to the burgomaster and sending him away with his daughter. However, to say is not to do. To knock out a loan is a complicated matter.

Admiral Dagobert von Kattnig develops a rescue system for the German Navy. The mountain troops are to test the device in Upper Bavaria and Dagobert sends his son and his staff boatman there. Instead of testing the device, however, the two marvel at the cozy country life. When an inspection is due, the mountain troops are fortunately mistaken and escape the initial chaos. But when they all meet up, chaos is inevitable.

A young woman pharmacist, Eva, is very friendly with a children's doctor, Dr. Fröhlich. Eva's small nephew Peter lives with her and she is often thought to be his mother. A number of amusing and more serious misunderstandings arise from this situation...