Richard Häussler

Acting

Richard Häussler

Born — Died

1908-10-26 — 1964-09-28

Place of birth

München, Germany

Known for

Acting

Credits

67 titles

Richard Häussler was born on October 26, 1908 in Munich, Germany. He was an actor and director, known for Die schöne Tölzerin (1952), Maria Ilona (1939) and The Indian Scarf (1963). He was married to Maria Andergast. He died on September 28, 1964 in Munich, Bavaria, West Germany.

Known for

Five Thousand Dollars on One Ace poster
10.0

Jeff Clayton, who has already won $5,000 at poker when the game’s big loser returns, asking for one last hand. This time, the stranger will wager his portion of a ranch. He loses, tries to gun down Clayton in despair, and loses again, winding up dead on the floor of the saloon.

Five Thousand Dollars on One Ace

1965

The White Spider poster
6.4

After an automobile accident, in which a man is unrecognizably burnt to a crisp, his wife's only able to confirm the corpse's identity by his talisman: a small, white spider. However, soon, there are more corpses walking around than at a comic con convention and every single one of them was a white spider sitting on or nearby the body.

The White Spider

1963

The Strange Countess poster
6.6

Strange fortune hunters are behind a girl's murder in this Edgar Wallace tale.

The Strange Countess

1961

Room 13 poster
6.1

A serial-killer is murdering the ladies of a night club. Detective Gray is seeking for the killer but can only find a lot of gangsters. And the killer is about to act again...

Room 13

1964

The Strangler of Blackmoor Castle poster
6.4

A strangler is loose on a British estate, and he not only strangles his victims but brands an "M" onto their foreheads before he decapitates them.

The Strangler of Blackmoor Castle

1963

Maria Ilona poster
5.7

In 1848, the freedom-loving Hungarian people, led by Ludwig Kossuth, rose up against the hated rule of the Austrian Habsburg dynasty. In its expansionist policy, the Austrian monarchy had long relied on Hungarian feudal lords who betrayed the interests of their people. The anger of the rebels was directed against the Austrian oppressors and their Hungarian supporters. Against the backdrop of these historical events, the personal fate of the Hungarian patriot Maria Ilona is shown.

Maria Ilona

1939

Film credits

1960s · 13 titles

Five Thousand Dollars on One Ace poster
10.0

Jeff Clayton, who has already won $5,000 at poker when the game’s big loser returns, asking for one last hand. This time, the stranger will wager his portion of a ranch. He loses, tries to gun down Clayton in despair, and loses again, winding up dead on the floor of the saloon.

Five Thousand Dollars on One Ace

1965

The White Spider poster
6.4

After an automobile accident, in which a man is unrecognizably burnt to a crisp, his wife's only able to confirm the corpse's identity by his talisman: a small, white spider. However, soon, there are more corpses walking around than at a comic con convention and every single one of them was a white spider sitting on or nearby the body.

The White Spider

1963

The Strange Countess poster
6.6

Strange fortune hunters are behind a girl's murder in this Edgar Wallace tale.

The Strange Countess

1961

Room 13 poster
6.1

A serial-killer is murdering the ladies of a night club. Detective Gray is seeking for the killer but can only find a lot of gangsters. And the killer is about to act again...

Room 13

1964

The Strangler of Blackmoor Castle poster
6.4

A strangler is loose on a British estate, and he not only strangles his victims but brands an "M" onto their foreheads before he decapitates them.

The Strangler of Blackmoor Castle

1963

Wenn man baden geht auf Teneriffa poster
6.2

No synopsis available yet.

Wenn man baden geht auf Teneriffa

1964

The Indian Scarf poster
6.8

When a wealthy man dies, his avaricious relatives look forward to inheriting all his money. However, he leaves a provision in his will that they all must spend a week together in his castle before they will be able to inherit anything. At the castle (which is cut off from the outside world), the relatives soon begin to be killed off one by one, each strangled with an Indian scarf.

The Indian Scarf

1963

No artwork available
8.0

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Das Kartenspiel

1961

No artwork available
NR

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Der Kronanwalt

1962

No artwork available
NR

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Elektra

1964

No artwork available
NR

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Heute nacht in Samarkand

1961

No artwork available
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Glashauskomödie

1963

No artwork available
7.0

No synopsis available yet.

Das Paradies

1960

1950s · 20 titles

U47 - Kapitänleutnant Prien poster
6.0

In 1939 German U-boat captain Günther Prien receives orders to infiltrate the British Royal Navy base at Scapa Flow and sink British warships.

U47 - Kapitänleutnant Prien

1958

Moonwolf poster
5.5

Dr. Peter Holmes (Carl Moehner), zoologist and veterinarian, relectantly agrees to permit his dog, Wolf, to be used in a launch project commissioned by the International Conference of Science, at Geneva, to study body function and survival in outer space. Holmes had discovered Wolf as a pup in the forest, only to lose him again in a flood, and is fearful of risking the dog's life again.

Moonwolf

1959

The Lady of Scuderi poster
9.0

Several men have been murdered lately, mostly rich lovers on their way to meet their mistresses with gifts of fine jewelry. To fight this scourge, King Louis XIV decides to create a special court named "La chambre ardente", designed to find and punish the perpetrators of such heinous crimes. An unexpected person, Mademoiselle de Scudéry, the famous poetess, will find herself entangled in the web of a criminal intrigue linked with the jewel murders, along with a a goldsmith, his daughter and her fiancé...

The Lady of Scuderi

1955

They Call It Love poster
8.0

No synopsis available yet.

They Call It Love

1953

Wenn die Alpenrosen blüh'n poster
5.9

No synopsis available yet.

Wenn die Alpenrosen blüh'n

1955

Die Frühreifen poster
7.8

Inge works in a department store as a saleswoman in the women's fashion department. She suffers from the cramped conditions in her parents' house, where they save money because her choleric father, a miner, dreams of owning his own house in the country. She despises life in the Ruhr area where the air is always sooty black and she is dissatisfied in her relationship with the miner Wolfgang. A sudden change occurs when her boss organizes a fashion show in the department store. He personally selects a group of female employees and sales assistants to appear as mannequins. Inge is praised for her figure and appearance and is even allowed to present the wedding dress at the end of the fashion show. Wolfgang wants to surprise her after the fashion show: he has also bought a motorcycle for her (on credit). Inge is short-tempered, however, as she and the other mannequins have been invited to a party at his house after the fashion show by the well-off Günther...

Die Frühreifen

1957

Smaragden - Geschichte poster
8.0

A cunning jewel thief has been giving Scotland Yard Inspector Grey a hard time for a long time. Nobody suspects that the man keeping the police on their toes is the likeable Roger Edgeston, the son of the Duke of the same name. When the shrewd crook meets the enchanting Jennifer Lindsey on a cozy summer night, fate takes its course, as the charming young lady also engages in criminal activities in her spare time and acts as a blackmailer. In the course of the evening, the duke's son is forced to realize that love is not only blind, but also careless when it comes to his illegal activities.

Smaragden - Geschichte

1956

No artwork available
7.0

No synopsis available yet.

Dreyfus Affair

1959

Die Alm an der Grenze poster
6.5

No synopsis available yet.

Die Alm an der Grenze

1951

Der Adler vom Velsatal poster
7.0

No synopsis available yet.

Der Adler vom Velsatal

1957

No artwork available
7.0

No synopsis available yet.

Es war die erste Liebe

1958

Desire poster
7.0

No synopsis available yet.

Desire

1951

Der Czardas-König poster
7.0

Film biography about the youthful years of the composer Emmerich Kálmán.

Der Czardas-König

1959

The Rabanser Case poster
8.0

Editor Peter Rabanser is planning a series on the perfect cash heist, which he plans down to the last detail and actually begins to prepare: He befriends two cash couriers and lays the groundwork to lure them into an apartment he has rented.

The Rabanser Case

1950

No artwork available
8.0

No synopsis available yet.

Unser Herr Vater

1958

No artwork available
7.0

After a carnival celebration, young Erika Hansen is offered a lift by two young men in a car. The men become abusive. Erika rushes out of the car and is seriously injured. She is brought to a gynecoligal clinic for an acute operation.

Notes from a Gynecologist's Diary

1959

No artwork available
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Das Geheimnis des Hohen Falken

1950

No artwork available
8.5

No synopsis available yet.

Die schöne Tölzerin

1952

No artwork available
10.0

No synopsis available yet.

Die Todesarena

1953

No artwork available
10.0

No synopsis available yet.

Der rote Prinz

1954

1940s · 20 titles

No artwork available
9.0

Violanta lives with her parents in a poor cottage in the mountains in Austria. Her family is frowned upon by the local population since her father is a drunk and suspected by the villagers to have caused the death of one of the farmers. One day handsome Marianus Renner comes along. He sees Violanta and immediately starts courting her, They become involved in a relationship, until one day he suddenly does not come to her usual appointment.

Violanta

1942

The Bath in the Barn poster
8.0

During a stay in Terbrügg, a small village in Flanders, the wealthy merchant Fernando Sartorius gifts a bathtub to Antje, the mayor’s wife, with the intention of seducing her upon his return to the village. While Antje is delighted with the tub, her husband, Hendrik, banishes it from their home. When Antje decides to bathe outdoors instead, the lecherous men of the village spy on her. Through a clever ruse, Antje and her maids manage to expose the voyeurs, and the villagers ultimately conclude that the bathtub brings nothing but trouble; they cast it into a nearby quarry. Antje demands a replacement tub, but wheels are secretly attached to it. During her first bath, the tub begins to roll, coming to a stop in the middle of the village square. These events bring Hendrik and Antje back together, ensuring that when Sartorius returns, he fails in his attempt to seduce her.

The Bath in the Barn

1943

Der Bagnosträfling poster
7.0

No synopsis available yet.

Der Bagnosträfling

1949

Was wird hier gespielt? poster
9.0

No synopsis available yet.

Was wird hier gespielt?

1940

No artwork available
5.8

Nazi propaganda film showing the development of the German navy's submarine fleet.

Geheimakte W.B. 1

1942

Heaven, We Inherit a Castle poster
7.5

Max and Karla visit his deceased uncle's farming estate where it is confirmed that they will inherit it. Financial expert Max tries to manage the farm but collides with manager Georg whom Max soon suspects to have an affair with Karla.

Heaven, We Inherit a Castle

1943

In the Shadow of the Mountain poster
5.8

In a village near a deadly mountain ascent the people repeatedly have to help climbers in danger who didn't make it to the top, in fact nobody made it yet up there. Hansi Knoteck can't stand anymore the danger after a member of the rescue party dies and demands from Attila Hörbiger that he steps back from participating in his rescue efforts. Finally he relents but the villagers ostracize them. In the meantime Winnie Markus tries to seduce Richard Häußler who makes the life for his wife Viktoria von Ballasko a hell through his infidelities.

In the Shadow of the Mountain

1940

No artwork available
9.0

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Beate

1948

No artwork available
7.0

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Eines Tages

1945

Die schwarze Robe poster
10.0

No synopsis available yet.

Die schwarze Robe

1944

No artwork available
8.0

Professor Schott, director of the Oberland Mountain Observatory, has discovered a new star, which he names "Nova Hercules." Working alongside him are Dr. Gerellis and Dr. Alvens, both vying for the affections of the new assistant, Dr. Aenne Bruck, while the professor's wife, unhappy in her marriage, is interested in Dr. Gerellis and therefore wants a divorce. Due to the emotional entanglements, disappointment, and jealousy, considerable tension arises at the observatory. Then Professor Schott is found dead—poisoned with cyanide. Initially, Gerellis is suspected of the murder, but a photograph of the newly discovered star takes an unexpected turn.

Rätsel der Nacht

1945

The Lost Face poster
8.0

A clearly confused girl is found wandering around Stuttgart and can't be understood, because she's speaking in a foreign language. The police take her to some doctors, who eventually believe they're dealing with a Tibetan. Doctor von Aldenhoff takes the stranger in and begins to educate her according to western European standards. In her new home, the girl, Luscha, gets to know Robert Lorm, a rather well-travelled man, and falls in love with him. Eventually, she decides quite unilaterally that they're going to build a new home and life together. A plaster of paris mask of the girl's face is made for the doctors to keep as a remembrance of Luscha. But as soon as the mold is removed from her face, she suddenly seems to become an entirely different woman.

The Lost Face

1948

No artwork available
8.0

By coincidence Magdalena gets hired for two jobs in the same company (one day, one night shift) and "invents" a sister to "explain" the situation to an engineer who falls for one of the "sisters" while hating the other.

Her Other Self

1941

No artwork available
5.3

No synopsis available yet.

Liebe, Leidenschaft und Leid

1943

Mädchen im Vorzimmer poster
5.7

No synopsis available yet.

Mädchen im Vorzimmer

1940

No artwork available
7.0

A big explosion in a pulp mill causes a lot of damage. The police suspect a crime and put up a 5,000 Mark reward for information leading to the arrest of the perpetrator. Egged on by his wife Ursula, the insurance agent Rolf Kettner sees his chance to prove his detective capabilities and to track down the culprit.

Fünftausend Mark Belohnung

1942

Madonna in Ketten poster
9.0

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Madonna in Ketten

1949

No artwork available
6.0

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Schicksal am Strom

1944

Wozzeck poster
5.7

While an anatomy seminar prepares to examine the cadaver of Franz Wozzeck in the name of scientific progress, medical student Büchner excoriates humanity for having allowed Wozzeck’s fate. The tragic story unfolds in flashbacks, as Büchner narrates.

Wozzeck

1947

No artwork available
3.7

Due to complicity in a robbery raid the young Ursula comes to a detention center, in which the education is hard since she is considered a serious offender. In a joint outbreak, she gains the respect of the other girls.

Girls Behind Bars

1949

1930s · 7 titles

Maria Ilona poster
5.7

In 1848, the freedom-loving Hungarian people, led by Ludwig Kossuth, rose up against the hated rule of the Austrian Habsburg dynasty. In its expansionist policy, the Austrian monarchy had long relied on Hungarian feudal lords who betrayed the interests of their people. The anger of the rebels was directed against the Austrian oppressors and their Hungarian supporters. Against the backdrop of these historical events, the personal fate of the Hungarian patriot Maria Ilona is shown.

Maria Ilona

1939

Ursula Under Suspicion poster
9.0

The sawmill owner Ramin disappears from one day to the next. Concerned, his family learns from the bank that he wrote a check to an agent named Frisch. He supposedly wanted to use it to buy a good. However, that did not happen. When Ramin's body is found, the police stumble upon Ursula von Tweel, who knew the dead man.

Ursula Under Suspicion

1939

Die große und die kleine Welt poster
8.0

The taxi driver Fritz gets to know the millionaire-heiress Iris and marries her against the wishes of her family. They live together in a small apartment and are very happy. But Fritz wants to offer Iris more and thus finds a position as a laborer in a large car factory and ends up making a career for himself as a race car driver. But while he is driving from one victory to another, he is getting more and more estranged from his young wife. As his career starts to go downhill, he notices the mistakes he has made and tries to win Iris back.

Die große und die kleine Welt

1936

Sensationsprozess Casilla poster
6.5

They meet on the plane from Dakar to Casablanca: the well-known American defense lawyer Vandegrift, his daughter Jessie and the arrested Peter Roland, who allegedly kidnapped and murdered the famous film child Binnie Casilla in Stockford in 1928. Vandegrift, convinced of Roland's innocence, decides to represent the man at his upcoming sensational trial. But just as public opinion is increasingly questioning Roland's guilt, he testifies under pressure from prosecutor Adams. Now only Binnie herself can save the young man, but the search for her has so far been in vain...

Sensationsprozess Casilla

1939

The Unsuspecting Angel poster
7.0

Jozi's aunt runs an inn near the border and has a little side-job: she smuggles. Poor, naive Jozi doesn't know anything about it. Jozi falls in love with the young border patrol officer Hans and her feelings are amply returned. But Hans' supervisor suspects Jozi of smuggling and tries again and again to lead her into illegal temptation. Finally, Hans sees Jozi in a dance bar together with smugglers and believes, too, that she's one of their accomplices.

The Unsuspecting Angel

1936

Der Schimmelkrieg in der Holledau poster
9.0

To resolve a feud between two villages over a horse, the burgomasters propose that a man from one town marry a woman from the other.

Der Schimmelkrieg in der Holledau

1937

No artwork available
7.0

No synopsis available yet.

Spiel auf der Tenne

1937

Behind the camera