
Directing
Reginald Puhl
Born — Died
1931-07-05 — 2017-04-30
Place of birth
Hamburg, Germany
Known for
Directing
Credits
39 titles
Reginald Puhl was a German film producer, film director and screenwriter. At the beginning of his career, he produced and shot short documentaries, mainly about Hamburg. From the mid-1960s onwards, he specialized in documentary and sex education films.
Known for
A young woman on the verge of suicide tells her story to a driver who picks her up from the Elbe bridge: in order to free her husband from a blackmailer, she wanted to earn a lot of money through prostitution, but she finds it repulsive.
Love Affair
1980
An insight into the economic life and beauty of the city of Hamburg.
Zwischenstation Hamburg
1953
5.2A sex education film dedicated to all forms of human sexuality.
Freedom to Love
1969
No synopsis available yet.
Maroc
1965
9.0Documentary about monarchy and royal courts around the world.
Im Glanze ihrer Kronen
1968
6.0No synopsis available yet.
Sexy Sixties
2009
Film credits
Series credits
Behind the camera
A young woman on the verge of suicide tells her story to a driver who picks her up from the Elbe bridge: in order to free her husband from a blackmailer, she wanted to earn a lot of money through prostitution, but she finds it repulsive.
Love Affair
1980
A young woman on the verge of suicide tells her story to a driver who picks her up from the Elbe bridge: in order to free her husband from a blackmailer, she wanted to earn a lot of money through prostitution, but she finds it repulsive.
Love Affair
1980
An insight into the economic life and beauty of the city of Hamburg.
Zwischenstation Hamburg
1953
An insight into the economic life and beauty of the city of Hamburg.
Zwischenstation Hamburg
1953
5.2A sex education film dedicated to all forms of human sexuality.
Freedom to Love
1969
No synopsis available yet.
Maroc
1965
9.0Documentary about monarchy and royal courts around the world.
Im Glanze ihrer Kronen
1968
9.0Documentary about monarchy and royal courts around the world.
Im Glanze ihrer Kronen
1968
6.0No synopsis available yet.
Sexy Sixties
2009
7.0German cinemas were flooded with sex education films in the 60s and 70s. What was shown in cinemas then and was meant seriously, is today rather unintentionally funny.
Hurra, wir werden aufgeklärt!
1989
7.0German cinemas were flooded with sex education films in the 60s and 70s. What was shown in cinemas then and was meant seriously, is today rather unintentionally funny.
Hurra, wir werden aufgeklärt!
1989
4.3Educational film about variants of sexuality.
Die sexuellen Wünsche der Deutschen
1972
4.3Educational film about variants of sexuality.
Die sexuellen Wünsche der Deutschen
1972
The film shows the course of the Alster from its source to Jungfernstieg in Hamburg.
Die Alster, Perle der Großstadt
1953
4.5Educational film devoted mainly to understanding sexual behavior that deviates from the norm and circumstantially attempts to de-taboo human sexuality. The manuscript of the film, which uses a wealth of interviews, statements, charts and reportage elements, was written by the director of the Institute for Educational Psychology at the PH in West Berlin.
Du - Zwischenzeichen der Sexualität
1968
No synopsis available yet.
Das deutsche Wunder
1958
An overview of the generation and use of electricity.
Unsichtbare Kraft Elektrizität
1954
9.0Pseudo-documentary that repeats everything from fashion to nudism to childbirth that has already been seen in countless "sex education" films.
Was Männer nicht wissen müssen
1964
9.0Pseudo-documentary that repeats everything from fashion to nudism to childbirth that has already been seen in countless "sex education" films.
Was Männer nicht wissen müssen
1964
3.5No synopsis available yet.
Das darf doch nicht wahr sein!
1973
3.5No synopsis available yet.
Das darf doch nicht wahr sein!
1973
3.5No synopsis available yet.
Das darf doch nicht wahr sein!
1973
Short film about Hamburg, the industrial city and major transshipment hub.
Hamburg - Bericht einer rastlosen Stadt
1958
The film reports on the historical development of public transportation.
Abseits der großen Bahnen
1956
No synopsis available yet.
Die stillen Gefährten
1959
8.0The impact of new documents from the international conflict that shook the world is enormous. Never-before-seen footage has emerged for the first time from previously secret archives. The murderous encirclement battles in Russia, the Battle of Britain, and the heroic deeds of countless lone fighters in Potsdam complete the circle of horror, from the Polish campaign to the harrowing images of refugee treks in the winter of 1944/45.
Siegen oder sterben
1976
8.0The impact of new documents from the international conflict that shook the world is enormous. Never-before-seen footage has emerged for the first time from previously secret archives. The murderous encirclement battles in Russia, the Battle of Britain, and the heroic deeds of countless lone fighters in Potsdam complete the circle of horror, from the Polish campaign to the harrowing images of refugee treks in the winter of 1944/45.
Siegen oder sterben
1976
A look at the work of an electrical engineer.
Hinter Schalter und Steckdose
1955
Short film about electricity in modern life.
Elektrizität - Kraftquell unseres Lebens
1956
4.0Rival gangs are fighting for control of Hamburg's notorious harbor district, spreading fear and terror in the process. In the streets, houses and clubs, the thriller shows the lives of a handful of people whose fates will be decided within 24 hours.
Unter den Dächern von St. Pauli
1970
7.8No synopsis available yet.
Haie an Bord
1971
3.3After the death of her husband, Sarah gets caught up in the wheels of the "most sinful mile in the world," Hamburg's Kiez. In this ruthless machinery that produces nothing but violence, money and lust, the sensitive Sarah tries to adapt emotionlessly. It is a long and hard process of acclimation, but eventually the business of love becomes a profession for Sarah. The power of money holds her captive. And the more she succeeds in increasing her value in the milieu, the more she distances herself from her past bourgeois world - along with her concepts of love, decency and morality. An affair almost becomes her undoing. Sarah flees deeper into the labyrinth - onto the path of venal masochism. She becomes a whip-wielding dominatrix in the notorious Herbertstraße. Now the others are the victims, but Sarah almost loses her mind...
Sarah
1987
3.3After the death of her husband, Sarah gets caught up in the wheels of the "most sinful mile in the world," Hamburg's Kiez. In this ruthless machinery that produces nothing but violence, money and lust, the sensitive Sarah tries to adapt emotionlessly. It is a long and hard process of acclimation, but eventually the business of love becomes a profession for Sarah. The power of money holds her captive. And the more she succeeds in increasing her value in the milieu, the more she distances herself from her past bourgeois world - along with her concepts of love, decency and morality. An affair almost becomes her undoing. Sarah flees deeper into the labyrinth - onto the path of venal masochism. She becomes a whip-wielding dominatrix in the notorious Herbertstraße. Now the others are the victims, but Sarah almost loses her mind...
Sarah
1987
3.3After the death of her husband, Sarah gets caught up in the wheels of the "most sinful mile in the world," Hamburg's Kiez. In this ruthless machinery that produces nothing but violence, money and lust, the sensitive Sarah tries to adapt emotionlessly. It is a long and hard process of acclimation, but eventually the business of love becomes a profession for Sarah. The power of money holds her captive. And the more she succeeds in increasing her value in the milieu, the more she distances herself from her past bourgeois world - along with her concepts of love, decency and morality. An affair almost becomes her undoing. Sarah flees deeper into the labyrinth - onto the path of venal masochism. She becomes a whip-wielding dominatrix in the notorious Herbertstraße. Now the others are the victims, but Sarah almost loses her mind...
Sarah
1987
10.0A newlywed couple is lured to Schloss Schreckenstein, the residence of Count Dracula -- condemned for all eternity for sleeping with his grandmother. Soon, the bride, Eva, is under his spell and is taken away to be the center of an orgy. The apparent purpose of the exercise is to fill her up with semen before the Count takes a bite.
Heisse Nächte auf Schloss Dracula
1978
A gang wants to rob the local bank by keeping the security guards busy in other ways.
Das große Ding
1979
10.0A newlywed couple is lured to Schloss Schreckenstein, the residence of Count Dracula -- condemned for all eternity for sleeping with his grandmother. Soon, the bride, Eva, is under his spell and is taken away to be the center of an orgy. The apparent purpose of the exercise is to fill her up with semen before the Count takes a bite.
Heisse Nächte auf Schloss Dracula
1978
