Ludwig Linkmann

Acting

Ludwig Linkmann

Born — Died

1902-06-16 — 1963-06-12

Place of birth

Gießen, Germany

Known for

Acting

Credits

27 titles

Known for

Film credits

1950s · 15 titles

Grabenplatz 17 poster
9.0

Murder mystery about the disappearance of a boy who has leukaemia following the murder of his mother, which he witnessed.

Grabenplatz 17

1958

Das Herz von St. Pauli poster
5.7

Due to a lack of money, Hamburg pub owner Jonny Jensen brings two partners on board. As soon as the contract is finalized, the ex-sea bear is almost struck by a blow: the shady duo want to turn his quaint harbour bar "Herz von St. Pauli" into a demimonde pub with lingerie shows. Jonny can't let that happen!

Das Herz von St. Pauli

1957

Wet Asphalt poster
6.0

In Berlin, when the journalist Greg Bachmann is released from prison six months before the end of his sentence, there is a driver named Jupp waiting for him. Soon he learns that the famous journalist Cesar Boyd was the responsible for the shorter sentence. Cesar offers a position of his assistant to Greg; in return, Boyd would write his story about his interviews to war criminals and Greg would help him in other matters. Meanwhile Boyd welcomes the daughter of a deceased friend, Bettina, and he becomes her guardian.

Wet Asphalt

1958

The Glass Tower poster
6.8

Katja Fleming has given up her job as an actress and married the business man Robert Fleming. But the cold that surrounds her in her modern, luxurious high-rise makes her lonely. Then she meets the author John Lawrence, who wants to convince her to perform in his new play.

The Glass Tower

1957

Der Schinderhannes poster
7.3

1802: The adventurous life story of Hans Bückler, known as “Schinderhannes”, who fights against the French occupying forces and large landowners who exploit poor farmers in the Hunsrück region during the Napoleonic Wars.

Der Schinderhannes

1958

The Man in the Stream poster
6.8

61-year-old Paul Hinrichs impersonates being 10 year younger in order to get a job as diver once again.

The Man in the Stream

1958

No artwork available
7.0

No synopsis available yet.

Künstlerpech

1954

Schmutziger Engel poster
9.0

A teacher is defamed in an obscene way by an over-excited pupil.

Schmutziger Engel

1958

Wunschkonzert poster
8.0

Accountant and would-be song-writer Willy inadvertently gets into a live TV game show and is tasked with finding, presenting and performing with a motley band of six amateur musicians within 90 minutes.

Wunschkonzert

1955

Der eiserne Gustav poster
8.8

Gustav Hartmann is in trouble. Because of the new taxis he doesn't get many passengers in his horse-drawn carriage. To prove what he and his horse are capable of, he starts a trip from Berlin to Paris.

Der eiserne Gustav

1958

Alibi poster
6.7

An industrialist's wife was killed and now her lover is accused of murder.

Alibi

1955

Heidemelodie poster
6.3

No synopsis available yet.

Heidemelodie

1956

No artwork available
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Der Fall Pinedus

1959

No artwork available
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Die Abiturientin

1958

No artwork available
NR

German adaptation of The Dock Brief

Das Pflichtmandat

1958

1940s · 7 titles

The Rothschilds poster
6.1

Biopic about the Rothschilds, a Jewish family whose members rose to the top of the European banking community during the Napoleonic era.

The Rothschilds

1940

No artwork available
5.7

The river level rises, the dam can no longer hold back the floodwaters – it breaks. Panic erupts, everyone tries to save at least some of their belongings from the rising waters. Those who manage it flee to the farm of old dike captain Doorn. His sons, Peter and Heinrich, help wherever they can. In doing so, they save the local schoolteacher and his beautiful daughter, Renate, from certain death. Both men love Renate, but this rivalry is not the only reason the brothers become enemies. While Heinrich, a trained engineer, advocates for river regulation to prevent further dam breaches, Peter vehemently argues for reinforcing the dam. When old Doorn dies and Peter proves to be the sole heir, Heinrich leaves home.

Wenn du noch eine Heimat hast

1942

The Trip to Marrakesh poster
5.5

Armande, the wife of surgeon Colbert, has numerous love affairs and pursues Jacques, whom Armande’s girlfriend Liliane has in her sights.

The Trip to Marrakesh

1949

No artwork available
10.0

No synopsis available yet.

Leuchtende Schatten

1945

...and the Sky Above Us poster
7.1

Hans Albers plays returning war veteran Hans Richter who has trouble finding work. With nowhere else to turn, Richter gets involved with black market activities. This so disgusts Richter's son, blind ex-soldier Edwin (Paul Edwin Roth), that the boy literally disowns his father. Hans eventually mends his ways, but not before several other devastating setbacks.

...and the Sky Above Us

1947

Small Town Poet poster
8.0

Paul Schleemueller is the town clerk of Schonbach, but secretly, he is counting on becoming the municipality's mayor one day. However, Paul's real passion is poetry, which he has never admitted to anyone, because he thinks it is unworthy of a municipal dignitary to write poems.

Small Town Poet

1940

Via Mala poster
6.3

In a mountain village a deranged alcoholic who routinely beats his wife and kids goes missing. Though everyone in the village is glad to see him gone, an investigation begins.

Via Mala

1945