Writing
August Rieger
Born — Died
1914-03-21 — 1984-09-03
Place of birth
Vienna, Austria
Known for
Writing
Credits
40 titles
August Rieger (1914–1984) was an Austrian screenwriter and film director. He worked in the Austrian and later the West German film industry.
Known for
5.0Hamburg business man Otto Westermann is also the boss of organized crime in the city. His reign as godfather is in danger, though, as an ambitious Sicilian mafioso enters the fray. His goal is clear and simple: he wants to take over Hamburg. But Westermann isn't as easy to defeat as the Sicilian expects. And soon Hamburg is on the verge of a bloody mob war.
Battle of the Godfathers
1973
5.2An American actress inherits a Transylvanian castle, unaware that her ancestor was really a vampire countess, and has emerged from her tomb to ravage the nearby village and Catholic seminary
The Vampire Happening
1971
5.1At a girls boarding school, a beautiful blonde orphan is possessed by an evil demon.
The Devil's Female
1974
7.5Eva wants to become a singer and ends up in the Mambo bar, where behind the scenes is traded with other goods than talents.
Mädchen für die Mambobar
1959
4.2Lucia, a young German married to Paolo, a Neapolitan emigrant, is raped. She tells a lie to her husband, but the day he discovers the truth a tragedy begins for the woman...
Maria - Nur die Nacht war Zeuge
1980
5.2Because the muse doesn't want to kiss them in the city, musicians Theo and Bert jet out into the countryside. A bell-like voice from the stables promptly catches their attention. But instead of a fair beauty, they find a dirty stable boy. Amused, they choose him as their servant. The boys have no idea that the boy is Liesel, the charcoal-burner's daughter in disguise.
Hohe Tannen
1960
Behind the camera
5.0Hamburg business man Otto Westermann is also the boss of organized crime in the city. His reign as godfather is in danger, though, as an ambitious Sicilian mafioso enters the fray. His goal is clear and simple: he wants to take over Hamburg. But Westermann isn't as easy to defeat as the Sicilian expects. And soon Hamburg is on the verge of a bloody mob war.
Battle of the Godfathers
1973
5.2An American actress inherits a Transylvanian castle, unaware that her ancestor was really a vampire countess, and has emerged from her tomb to ravage the nearby village and Catholic seminary
The Vampire Happening
1971
5.1At a girls boarding school, a beautiful blonde orphan is possessed by an evil demon.
The Devil's Female
1974
7.5Eva wants to become a singer and ends up in the Mambo bar, where behind the scenes is traded with other goods than talents.
Mädchen für die Mambobar
1959
4.2Lucia, a young German married to Paolo, a Neapolitan emigrant, is raped. She tells a lie to her husband, but the day he discovers the truth a tragedy begins for the woman...
Maria - Nur die Nacht war Zeuge
1980
5.2Because the muse doesn't want to kiss them in the city, musicians Theo and Bert jet out into the countryside. A bell-like voice from the stables promptly catches their attention. But instead of a fair beauty, they find a dirty stable boy. Amused, they choose him as their servant. The boys have no idea that the boy is Liesel, the charcoal-burner's daughter in disguise.
Hohe Tannen
1960
5.2Because the muse doesn't want to kiss them in the city, musicians Theo and Bert jet out into the countryside. A bell-like voice from the stables promptly catches their attention. But instead of a fair beauty, they find a dirty stable boy. Amused, they choose him as their servant. The boys have no idea that the boy is Liesel, the charcoal-burner's daughter in disguise.
Hohe Tannen
1960
6.0Young photographer Andy is commissioned to take advertising photographs of the film star Hanna Peters. She is on holiday, and to his confusion and bewilderment Andy finds that her twin sister works in Hanna's hotel. The comedy of errors that arises keeps Andy on tenterhooks until he finds his true love in sister Renate.
Hilfe, ich liebe Zwillinge!
1969
5.3The young architect Hannes Cremer wants to forget all professional stress on his grandfather's Black Forest farm. He falls in love with the student Renate, but her romance is thwarted by Hannes' beloved admirer Janine. When Renate disappears, Hannes and his friend Uwe find so many surprises. Music comedy with Roy Black.
Schwarzwaldfahrt aus Liebeskummer
1974
5.8A U.S. Vietnam vet comes to Hong Kong to look for his wife who seemingly has disappeared whilst modeling. As he digs deeper he discovers the people behind her disappearance are a crime syndicate that deal in trafficking young girls. He assembles a group of men to put down the operation once and for all.
Women for Sale
1969
3.3No synopsis available yet.
Das Nachtlokal zum Silbermond
1959
3.3No synopsis available yet.
Das Nachtlokal zum Silbermond
1959
5.0Ignaz Hirnbeißer has won the lottery. Now he has the money to travel to where the smartest playboys and the hottest girls can be found. However, he is told adventurous stories about this place at the travel agency.
Paradies der flotten Sünder
1968
5.0Ignaz Hirnbeißer has won the lottery. Now he has the money to travel to where the smartest playboys and the hottest girls can be found. However, he is told adventurous stories about this place at the travel agency.
Paradies der flotten Sünder
1968
5.0No synopsis available yet.
Nachbarn sind zum Ärgern da
1970
3.5No synopsis available yet.
Hurra, unsere Eltern sind nicht da
1970
6.8Deep in the African Congo, revolution rages and explosive documents have fallen into the hands of nationalist guerillas. The Red Berets are the government's only hope of retrieving papers which could change the course of the war.
The Seven Red Berets
1969
6.2A mix between Italian neo-realism, German expressionism and Austrian exploitation.
Viennese Women
1952
7.2The captain Paul Heider enjoys the reputation of a Danube Casanova.
Dort in der Wachau
1957
7.2The captain Paul Heider enjoys the reputation of a Danube Casanova.
Dort in der Wachau
1957
6.0German sex comedy
Monika und die Sechzehnjährigen
1975
6.6Peter Hartung, a student at the technical college, just wanted to take his little brother Paul to boarding school. On the way there, his friend Hans Werner tries to persuade him to swap roles. Peter wouldn't dream of going to school for Hans, but only changes his mind when he makes the acquaintance of Christa, who works at the neighboring fashion school. He has no idea that Christa has just broken off her engagement to Dr. Werner, his future literature teacher. The lessons with his jealous ex-fiancé turn into a gauntlet, but this does nothing to dampen the general good mood. Brother Paul also causes a lot of excitement. Not a day goes by without him plotting a prank. Within the sacred school walls, the wildest boarding school comedy since the introduction of compulsory education unfolds - explosions, police action and fire alarms - but principal Dr. Schwabmann takes it all in his stride.
Immer Ärger mit den Paukern
1968
No synopsis available yet.
Ein Engel namens Schmitt
1967
4.8No synopsis available yet.
When the Mad Aunts Arrive
1970
3.2Two dumb blokes are searching for the illegitimate sons of an old captain. But it soon turns out, that the sons are daughters...
Zwei Rebläuse auf dem Weg zur Loreley
1975
9.5No synopsis available yet.
Sixty Nine Games of Love
1968
9.5No synopsis available yet.
Sixty Nine Games of Love
1968
No synopsis available yet.
Verdammt die jungen Sünder nicht
1961
7.5While on vacation, the young, Benedictine monk Markus runs into temptation in the form of his childhood sweetheart, Linda. Linda, the daughter of Baron Danning, is about to marry the rich manufacturer’s son, Walter Bertram, to save the Danning family estate from the Baron’s debtors. But her encounter with Markus is creating doubts about the sincerity of her love for Walter. So she keeps pushing back their wedding, using as a pretext the demand, that she’ll only marry when the now-silent church organ in the village once more plays. But the organ builder Franz is in a dispute with his twin brother Joseph and has no time to fix the disused organ.
Der Orgelbauer von St. Marien
1961
7.5While on vacation, the young, Benedictine monk Markus runs into temptation in the form of his childhood sweetheart, Linda. Linda, the daughter of Baron Danning, is about to marry the rich manufacturer’s son, Walter Bertram, to save the Danning family estate from the Baron’s debtors. But her encounter with Markus is creating doubts about the sincerity of her love for Walter. So she keeps pushing back their wedding, using as a pretext the demand, that she’ll only marry when the now-silent church organ in the village once more plays. But the organ builder Franz is in a dispute with his twin brother Joseph and has no time to fix the disused organ.
Der Orgelbauer von St. Marien
1961
7.8No synopsis available yet.
Haie an Bord
1971
3.0A couple of reporters interview married and divorced women about the reasons for their marital crisis.
Hausfrauen-Report 6: Warum gehen Frauen fremd?
1977
4.3Three brothers and their affairs.
Peter und Sabine
1968
4.3Three brothers and their affairs.
Peter und Sabine
1968
6.5Vienna, 1957: Head waiters Gustav (Paul Hörbiger) and Franz (Hans Moser) are working for the stinted Cafétier Panigl and are close friiends despite of their different characters. Franz is happily married and a good family father, Gustav, a relaxed charmer, is living a calm single life. Overnight both of them become jobless, because Panigl decided to sell his Café which was not successful anymore. Right in this moment, Franz' brother is sending 20.000 Dollar from USA. Money, he once peculated and now wants to pay back.. Gustav and Franz are buying half of the Café for each from the unexpected money. One half they develop as the modern Musicbox-Espresso «Pinguin», the other half as a traditional old style Vienna Café . Misunderstandings between guests and generations are inevitable and stretch the long term friendship of the two waiters.
Ober zahlen
1957
7.0No synopsis available yet.
Hab’ ich nur Deine Liebe
1953
3.2The mayor of the small Bavarian village of Hirnkirchen runs a poorly performing inn with his two good-looking and very busy daughters. When advertising experts Bob and Bert Vogel arrive in the village, they promise the mayor that they will replace the dusty regulars with wealthy visitors from all over Germany. What follows is a turbulent vacation season which, thanks to the inn's attractive daughters, involves a lot of physical activity.
Urlaubsgrüße aus dem Unterhöschen
1973
7.0No synopsis available yet.
Das Mädel aus dem Böhmerwald
1965
8.0The single farmer Christian is highly sought after by the young, marriage-minded women of the area, but so far he has successfully evaded all matchmaking attempts. Last time, the somewhat bawdy country women Vroni and Petronella were offered to him as potential wives at the marriage market, but this time too he firmly rejected them. However, these young ladies feel personally attacked by his rejection and are now plotting revenge. To do so, they first need to get close to Christian, so Vroni and Petronella disguise themselves as a pig-suckling girl and a stable boy, respectively, and go to Christian's farm looking for work.
Valentins Sündenfall
1951
7.5When the cosmopolitan pastor Linhart takes care of the pregnant, unmarried maid Angela, the entire village believes that he must be the father of the child—especially when he takes in the baby Andreas after the mother's death. Twenty years pass. Andreas has grown into a handsome young man. The old rumors have long since been forgotten. But when Andreas falls in love with the pretty Hanni and the old farmer Santner wants to leave him his farm, the envy and hatred of the villagers are reawakened.
Der Pfarrer von St. Michael
1957
