Willy Rösner

Acting

Willy Rösner

Born — Died

1893-05-19 — 1966-10-02

Place of birth

Rosenheim, Germany

Known for

Acting

Credits

49 titles

Willy Rösner was born on 19 May 1893 in Rosenheim, Germany. He was an actor, known for Der Ochsenkrieg (1943), Seduction (1929) and Großreinemachen (1935). He died on 2 October 1966 in Munich, Bavaria, West Germany.

Known for

Film credits

1960s · 8 titles

1950s · 29 titles

The Cow and I poster
6.7

In 1942, a French prisonner of war in Germany decide to escape to France using a cow hold by a lunge as a decoy. He cross all Germany in this way.

The Cow and I

1959

Lola Montès poster
6.9

Lola Montes, previously a great adventuress, is reduced to being the attraction of a circus after having been the lover of various important men.

Lola Montès

1955

Jons und Erdme poster
9.0

Adaptation of Hermann Sudermann's novel about the troubled relationship between the strong willed Erdme and her irascible husband Jons in the Lithunian moors.

Jons und Erdme

1959

Without Trumpet or Drum poster
10.0

Summer 1870. Following the French defeat at Sedan. Léon, a soldier in a detachment isolated in the Ardennes forest, is sent in search of water. When he discovers the most peaceful of rivers, he decides to undress and bathe in it. At bend of the river he catches sight of another naked swimmer. It's a Prussian! Both men start bickering a bit: aren't they supposed to be arch enemies? But they soon fraternize. Unfortunately the patrol has not vanished in the haze and they hear it coming. Each man gets hold of his uniform and runs away in two opposite directions. The only trouble is that Fritz the Prussian has donned the French uniform and Leon the Prussian one!

Without Trumpet or Drum

1959

Die Panne poster
10.0

No synopsis available yet.

Die Panne

1957

Ludwig II poster
7.1

Life and death of King Ludwig II of Bavaria.

Ludwig II

1955

Die schöne Müllerin poster
6.0

No synopsis available yet.

Die schöne Müllerin

1954

Der Klosterjäger poster
7.0

The huntsman of a Bavarian monastery falls in love with a beautiful girl and convinces the provost to make his steward delay her brother's feudal due arrears.

Der Klosterjäger

1953

And Lead Us Not Into Temptation poster
6.5

A unlucky village railroader causes a trainwreck by accident. In court he is exculpated by a woman who first becomes his lover, later on his wife. But in the end, his guilt is too strong and he faces his due punishment.

And Lead Us Not Into Temptation

1957

Holy Heritage poster
7.8

No synopsis available yet.

Holy Heritage

1957

Schwarzwälder Kirsch poster
7.0

No synopsis available yet.

Schwarzwälder Kirsch

1958

Hunter’s Blood poster
10.0

Young forester Sixt is wounded one night. Smuggling in the mountains is the reason. By day, the brothers Benno and Simon Schaidler are respectable citizens - by night, they are smugglers and poachers. They daredevilly pursue their nocturnal "craft". However, a number of people in Aurach have no idea of the smugglers' activities. For example Barbara, the landlady of the "Gamsbock", and her sister Gretl. One night Sixt, the young forester, is wounded by a pistol shot. Suspicion falls on forester Aiblinger, since it is his lost service pistol that is found near the wounded man.

Hunter’s Blood

1957

Waltz King poster
7.7

No synopsis available yet.

Waltz King

1955

Das Hirtenlied vom Kaisertal poster
7.0

With much hard work and effort, the Lechner farmer has built a substantial estate. As a wealthy landowner, he trusts that his son Jakob, a trained farmer, will continue to run the farm in his spirit. However, Jakob is an idealistic young man who does not share his father's ideas. The plan to marry him to Anni, the daughter of the wealthy Mayor Huber, is also met with little enthusiasm by Jakob, especially since he has fallen in love with the young and pretty dairymaid Liesl, whom he recently met on the mountain pasture. However, a penniless maid is not considered appropriate as a daughter-in-law by the strict patriarch. A serious argument ensues between Jakob and his father...

Das Hirtenlied vom Kaisertal

1956

Der Herrgottschnitzer von Ammergau poster
8.5

Pauli is a professional wood carver of religious figures, but can't get the approval of his girlfriend's strict father.

Der Herrgottschnitzer von Ammergau

1952

Die Alm an der Grenze poster
6.5

No synopsis available yet.

Die Alm an der Grenze

1951

No artwork available
9.0

No synopsis available yet.

Die Abenteuer des braven Soldaten Schwejk

1957

No artwork available
7.5

No synopsis available yet.

Heiraten verboten

1957

Die Rosel vom Schwarzwald poster
7.0

No synopsis available yet.

Die Rosel vom Schwarzwald

1956

Weißer Holunder poster
7.0

No synopsis available yet.

Weißer Holunder

1957

Cuba Cabana poster
5.5

No synopsis available yet.

Cuba Cabana

1952

Die Martinsklause poster
7.7

No synopsis available yet.

Die Martinsklause

1951

Der Geigenmacher von Mittenwald poster
7.5

No synopsis available yet.

Der Geigenmacher von Mittenwald

1950

Das Erbe vom Pruggerhof poster
10.0

No synopsis available yet.

Das Erbe vom Pruggerhof

1956

Border Post 58 poster
6.2

Border Inspector Reitlechner fights in vain against a stubborn gang of smugglers led by the pretty innkeeper Retta. When a colleague is shot during an operation, suspicion falls on Reitlechner.

Border Post 58

1951

No artwork available
8.5

No synopsis available yet.

Die schöne Tölzerin

1952

No artwork available
10.0

No synopsis available yet.

Die Bernauerin

1958

No artwork available
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Magdalena

1955

No artwork available
8.0

No synopsis available yet.

Madame Aurélie

1955

1940s · 3 titles

1930s · 9 titles

Frau Sixta poster
7.5

The story of the upright Mrs. Sixta, who in 1861 ran the post office in a village in the Otztaler Alps right on the Italian border. When her husband dies, she must also take care of the farm. The mayor, Forcher, hopes to make her his wife. But then a stranger arrives with the stagecoach, the mayor must contend with a rival .

Frau Sixta

1938

No artwork available
8.0

A comedy loosely based on the life story of Johann Friedrich Böttger, the inventor of Meissen porcelain: In Berlin, the pharmacist Fritz Böttger gains a reputation for being able to make gold and is imprisoned on the orders of the Prussian king. Following in the footsteps of a young lady, he flees to Saxony, but is also imprisoned in Dresden and forced to make gold. Although he does not succeed in this, by chance he discovers how to make porcelain instead. Augustus the Strong appoints him baron and director of the royal porcelain manufactory.

The King's Prisoner

1935

The Hunter of Fall poster
5.8

In the first light of day, one can see a mountain farm close to the forest. Nothing stirs far and wide. Suddenly, a figure comes out of the forest, running quickly to the farm. There's a quick grab and the hunting rifle is hidden in the gutter. There's a jump to the window sill: Obermeier Martl creeps like a cat into his room. No one's seen him. At the same time, the doorbell rings at Doctor Rauch's place. The hunter's mate Hias is standing outside. "Doctor, you have to bandage me: I've been shot!" By whom, he doesn't know.

The Hunter of Fall

1936

No artwork available
9.0

The head of a squad of maids captures the heart of a wealthy young bachelor.

General Housecleaning

1935

The Poor Millionaire poster
7.5

A shoemaker has delusions of grandeur when he inherits from a baron whose life he saved.He prevents his daughter from seeing a mere carpenter, abandons humble old friends, and shows poor judgment by falling for a couple of poseurs.

The Poor Millionaire

1939

Erotikon poster
6.3

Andrea, the beautiful daughter of a railway gateman, is seduced by a rich passenger, who missed his train. Left pregnant, Andrea marries another man and moves to Prague, only to encounter her former lover and recover her former lust.

Erotikon

1930

Water for Canitoga poster
6.9

In the spring of 1905, the water conduit project in the Canadian city of Canitoga is set to be completed. For years, the completion had been marred by sabotage. Engineer Oliver Montstuart commands the last blasting operation. But again, the explosive charge is too large and thus, further construction is forestalled again. When Montstuart confronts foreman Westbrook, the foreman threatens him with a knife. In self-defence, Montstuart shoots him. Now, he has to flee.

Water for Canitoga

1939

Die Pfingstorgel poster
6.5

The residents of the villages Strasslach and Rott are anything but friends. The residents of the “enemy” town are ridiculed at every chance the residents of the other village can get to do so. And it’s no different, when Rott is getting ready to celebrate the 300th anniversary of its founding. The residents of Strasslach ridicule their neighbors, because the Rotters don’t want to celebrate the anniversary, because it’ll cost money. Even the church doesn’t have an organ, because that would cost money, too.

Die Pfingstorgel

1939

Peer Gynt poster
6.6

Fun-loving Peer Gynt lives carefree on his parents' farm. Only his mother is a fixed point of reference; he doesn't think much of regular work and an orderly life. His mother's death brings him closer to the young Solveig, but he leaves her and his homeland to make his fortune in America.

Peer Gynt

1934