Brigitte Horney

Acting

Brigitte Horney

Born — Died

1911-03-29 — 1988-07-27

Place of birth

Berlin, Germany

Known for

Acting

Credits

82 titles

Brigitte Horney was a German stage and film actress. Best known for her role as Empress Katherine the Great in the 1943 version of the UFA film version of "Baron Münchhausen", directed by Josef von Báky, with Hans Albers in the title role.

Known for

The Old Fox poster
6.3

A police department, lead by an older, experienced detective solve crimes together.

The Old Fox

1977

Derrick poster
6.0

Derrick was a German TV series produced by Telenova Film und Fernsehproduktion in association with ZDF, ORF and SRG between 1974 and 1998 about Detective Chief Inspector Stephan Derrick and his loyal assistant Inspector Harry Klein, who solve murder cases in Munich and surroundings.

Derrick

1974

Das Traumschiff poster
5.0

The series is about a cruise ship that travels to places around the world.

Das Traumschiff

1981

Bambi poster
9.0

The Bambi, often called the Bambi Award and stylised as BAMBI, is a German award presented annually by Hubert Burda Media to recognize excellence in international media and television to personalities in the media, arts, culture, sports, and other fields "with vision and creativity who affected and inspired the German public that year", both domestic and foreign. First held in 1948, it is the oldest media award in Germany. The trophy is named after Felix Salten's book Bambi, A Life in the Woods and its statuettes are in the shape of the novel's titular fawn character. They were originally made of porcelain until 1958, when the organizers switched to using gold, with the casting done by the art casting workshop of Ernst Strassacker in Süßen.

Bambi

1948

No artwork available
6.0

No synopsis available yet.

German Film Award

1951

The Commissioner poster
8.0

Der Kommissar is a German television series about a group of detectives of the Munich homicide squad. All 97 episodes, which were shot in black-and-white and first broadcast between 1969 and 1976, were written by Herbert Reinecker and starred Erik Ode as Kommissar Herbert Keller. Keller's assistants were Walter Grabert, Robert Heines, and Harry Klein who, in 1974, was replaced by his younger brother Erwin Klein.

The Commissioner

1969

Film credits

1980s · 7 titles

Charlotte poster
8.0

In 1939, Charlotte Salomon leaves Berlin to seek refuge at her grandparents' villa in the south of France. A little later, war breaks out, and Charlotte must, besides forgetting all she left behind, deal with her grandmother's depression, and her mother's suicide. To fight despair, Charlotte starts to paint, producing over one thousand images. "Is my life real, or is it theater?" This is the title she gives her body of work, which highlights her former life in Berlin. She finds herself though her art, but in 1943 is deported to Germany and Auschwitz.

Charlotte

1981

Bella Donna poster
10.0

This film of a glitzy showbiz world by director Peter Keglevic in his first feature-length effort recounts the saga of a married torch singer whose numerous lovers are meant to steady her nerves and a saxophone player who loves her but cannot get his own act together. Singing and cinematography are pluses.

Bella Donna

1983

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NR

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So oder so ist das Leben: Vier Begegnungen in einer Großstadt

1983

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10.0

What good is having a title of nobility if you're practically broke? Count Carl-Enno zu Wutzbach therefore comes up with the idea of marrying off his daughter Sylvia. He has chosen brewery owner Oscar Betzel as her husband. But then a fortune teller makes him an eerie prediction: he will commit murder!

Ein Mord liegt auf der Hand

1983

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9.0

No synopsis available yet.

Teegebäck und Platzpatronen

1980

Rendezvous der Damen poster
NR

Various interwoven stories about women of different ages and life situations, each dealing with encounters, relationships, and expectations of love and life paths. The focus is on female characters who, each in their own way, are at a crossroads in their lives: whether through a surprising acquaintance, a disturbing announcement, a new romance, or an encounter with a mysterious gentleman who challenges old certainties.

Rendezvous der Damen

1983

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7.0

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Mamas Geburtstag

1985

1970s · 10 titles

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7.8

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Wo die Liebe hinfällt

1979

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7.0

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Strychnin und saure Drops

1974

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NR

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Paradies der alten Damen

1971

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NR

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Auktion bei Gwendoline

1970

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9.0

Six women from three generations of one family live in an old villa on the outskirts of a provincial Polish town. All of them have lost their husbands; one is divorced, the others are widows. The women live on their memories, raving about the old days or looking back bitterly on a lost life. The doted center of this isolated women's world is the old grandmother, whose wise kindness determines the atmosphere of the house. Joanna Nielewicz returned to the family circle just a few months ago, after the death of her husband, who was respected by all for his particularly high moral standards. Since his death, Joanna has been tormented by a guilt that she finally confesses to her grandmother: once during her marriage, she was unfaithful to her husband. One day, the surprise visit of a young girl brings unrest to the villa. Despite the women's resistance, she manages to get through to Joanna and reveal that she is the illegitimate daughter of her late husband.

Haus der Frauen

1978

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7.0

No synopsis available yet.

The Night Miracle

1979

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10.0

No synopsis available yet.

Das Geheimnis der alten Mamsell

1972

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8.0

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Einzelzimmer

1979

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NR

Drug addiction and alcoholism are well-known and frequently discussed phenomena in our society. Tablet abuse is no less dangerous. However, its prevalence and its effects are largely unknown. The film attempts to investigate how tablet abuse occurs and what consequences this addiction can have for drug users and their families. Five authentic cases, which were created based on protocols with those involved, provide a rough picture of the area in which tablet addiction takes place.

Kleine bunte Freudenspender

1978

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NR

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Die Auferstehung des Stefan Stefanow

1971

1960s · 12 titles

Miracle of the White Stallions poster
5.8

In WWII Austria, Col. Alois Podhajsky must protect his beloved Lipizzaner stallions and make sure that they are surrendered into the right hands. But Patton's something of a horse fancier and can help...if he sees the stallions perform.

Miracle of the White Stallions

1963

Again the Ringer poster
6.2

Arthur Milton aka Der Hexer (The Magician/Ringer) must return to London after his calling card was left at the scene of a murder he did not commit.

Again the Ringer

1965

Ich suche einen Mann poster
7.5

Somehow it doesn't work out with marriage, so the charming and extremely pretty fashion designer Barbara Schönfelder, in her late 20s, entrusts herself to a marriage planning institute - and experiences many an amusing adventure on her 'blind dates', but everything goes wrong. Only when the right man, her boss who is secretly in love with her, takes the initiative do the wedding bells finally ring.

Ich suche einen Mann

1966

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9.0

No synopsis available yet.

Daphne Laureola

1962

Heritage of Bjorndal poster
6.2

Peace has returned to Björndal. After his father's death, young Dag succeeds him and strives to build a good relationship with his neighbor von Gall. The young farmer is determined to return the Borgland farm, which his father acquired by secretly purchasing bills of exchange. Dag leaves the old man in charge of the estate and assigns Aunt Elo, a lovely relative of his wife Adelheid, to assist him. He also brings Adelheid's father, Major Barre, to Björndal, where he is to spend his retirement with the young family. According to the Lexicon of International Films, the film is a Heimatfilm of a relatively respectable standard.

Heritage of Bjorndal

1960

The Trygon Factor poster
6.5

A Scotland Yard detective is investigating a string of robberies and a murder, and the information he uncovers leads him to the estate of a wealthy but strange English family, who share their mansion with a group of nuns. The detective comes to suspect that neither the family nor the nuns is quite what they seem to be.

The Trygon Factor

1966

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NR

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Antonia

1968

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NR

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Eine etwas sonderbare Dame

1968

Darkness Fell on Gotenhafen poster
5.7

The film depicts the first month of 1945 when the Russian Red Army broke into the eastern part of Germany and forced millions of civilians to flee in the coldest of winter. While the Russians invaded Ostpreussen hundred of thousands of civilians were evacuated by ships. Gotenhafen was the last open port and ships left the town almost by the minute, overloaded by refugees. One of the last ships to leave Gotenhafen was the 'Wilhelm Gustloff', a former 'Kraft durch Freude' pleasure cruiser designed for 1000 passengers. Until today it is unknown how many people were on board but it is said to be around 10.000. The ship sunk without a trace and only a handful of people survived this hellish nightmare.

Darkness Fell on Gotenhafen

1960

The Cry of the Wild Geese poster
7.5

Gare uses the knowledge that his wife Amelia was imprisoned and had an illegitimate son to make her his subject. When her son Marc Jordan appears and falls in love with her daughter Judith, Amelia is forced to tell the truth. Gare then tyrannizes Judith. She tries to escape, but a fatal accident occurs first.

The Cry of the Wild Geese

1961

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NR

No synopsis available yet.

Dann geh zu Thorp

1964

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NR

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Ein Stern in einer Sommernacht

1961

1950s · 4 titles

1940s · 7 titles

Münchhausen poster
6.5

Legendary, immortal nobleman Baron Munchausen regales a lovestruck woman with tales of his amazing adventures.

Münchhausen

1943

Geliebte Welt poster
8.0

No synopsis available yet.

Geliebte Welt

1942

No artwork available
9.0

The two Danish fishermen Frerk and Ipke battle a severe storm off the coast of Fanø harbor. They finally manage to reach land, where they want to recover from the rigors of the journey before heading home to distant Hooge.

Das Mädchen von Fanö

1941

Die Frau am Weg poster
9.0

The story takes place in a village high up in the mountains of Austria and close to the border, crossing which was the last hope for many for seven years.

Die Frau am Weg

1948

Am Ende der Welt poster
8.0

Old Bell, owner of the sawmill and the surrounding forests in a remote place “at the end of the world,” died twenty years ago. Since then, the down-to-earth and nature-loving Michael March has been the sawmill’s manager. Then Bell’s daughter Roberta comes to him and demands a large sum from the estate, which she plans to use to open a cabaret in the city and perform as a singer herself.

Am Ende der Welt

1947

Enemies poster
7.5

The focus of this wartime propaganda film from 1940 is the foreman Keith, who works at a Polish sawmill, not far from the German border. It is 1939 and the War is fast approaching. The Polish workers at the sawmill revolt and kill the mill's German owner, as well as threaten their German colleagues. Keith flees with the children of his dead boss and joins other German refugees on their way to safety across the borders of the Reich.

Enemies

1940

Illusion poster
7.0

Melodrama about an actress falling in love with a man who wants her to give up her job.

Illusion

1941

1930s · 20 titles

Love, Death and the Devil poster
10.0

In a harbor bazaar of the Pacific town of Kona, the young sailor Kiwe is offered a mysterious bottle, which supposedly gives her owner power and wealth and should fulfill all his wishes. The required return is however high. From now on, the soul of the new owner belongs to the devil.

Love, Death and the Devil

1934

No artwork available
6.0

An enhanced and sentimentalized story of love, honor, rivalry, and retreat. The traditional laws of the patriarchal environment and severe conflicts of the heart. The action takes place in Herzegovina and Stolac, Bosnia. The film depicts the Bosnjak from a German point of view.

Blood Brothers

1935

No artwork available
9.0

A son, in defending Prussia circa 1814 under the thumb of Napoleon, washes away the disgrace of his aristocrat father who had collaborated with the French and caused the deaths of countrymen.

Cat Walk

1937

Savoy-Hotel 217 poster
4.6

A Moscow hotel waiter, found at the scene of a murder, tries to locate the real killer among a series of suspects.

Savoy-Hotel 217

1936

Anna Favetti poster
10.0

The daughter of a reclusive couple in the St. Moritz mountains tends to her brother, disabled from the Great War, though a handsome young architect who has just arrived waits for her attentions.

Anna Favetti

1938

Fra Diavolo poster
10.0

A sympathetic bandit chief supports the cause of freedom in Naples against the Bourbon King Ferdinand.

Fra Diavolo

1931

Ziel in den Wolken poster
5.8

No synopsis available yet.

Ziel in den Wolken

1938

Farewell poster
7.0

Hella lives in a boarding house and has various romantic adventures before settling down with vacuum cleaner salesman Winkler.

Farewell

1930

The House of the Spaniard poster
6.5

A man ignores a warning to stay away from a sinister house on marshland near Liverpool; when someone drowns close by, he finds the evidence doesn’t add up…

The House of the Spaniard

1936

Rasputin, Demon of the Women poster
8.3

The demonic Rasputin is poisoned but survives to continue seducing in evil ways, in this historical thriller.

Rasputin, Demon of the Women

1932

The Eternal Dream poster
7.8

At the end of the 18th century, the wealthy French scholar Saussure comes to a small Alpine village and offers 1,000 pieces of gold to anyone who can lead him to the summit of Mont Blanc. The young farmer's son Jacques Balmat wants to take on the dangerous task, even though his father has told him from an early age about the mighty mountain spirits who guard a legendary treasure of gold on the mountain peak.

The Eternal Dream

1934

A Woman Like You poster
5.6

Maria Pretorius is the leader of a counseling office in a large factory. She is completely engrossed by her career and so gives the cold shoulder to her colleague Wallrodt, who wants to marry her. Only the young Manfred Thiele is successful in winning her sympathy through his perseverence. That, however, pisses off Lyda Lehmann, who has long had the hots for him.

A Woman Like You

1939

Secret Lives poster
6.7

A German-born woman works as a spy for the French in Switzerland during the First World War, and has to marry an interned French lieutenant in order to be able to stay in the country.

Secret Lives

1937

No artwork available
7.0

No synopsis available yet.

Heideschulmeister Uwe Karsten

1933

A Man Wants to Get to Germany poster
5.8

On the eve of the Great War, an expatriate German working in Latin America learns that the Fatherland is in peril, and risks various obstacles to get back to Europe to join the ranks of fighting men.

A Man Wants to Get to Germany

1934

You and I poster
10.0

Melodrama about an entrepreneur and his family.

You and I

1938

Stadt Anatol poster
5.5

Based on a 1932 novel City of Anatol by Bernhard Kellermann. The film is set in a small city in the Balkans, where the discovery of oil leads to a major boom.

Stadt Anatol

1936

No artwork available
7.0

The film The Green Domino is adapted from the 1933 stage play Der Fall Claasen by German dramatist Erich Ebermayer, whose works often examined criminal cases and moral dilemmas. Ebermayer's play, premiered at Vienna's Akademietheater, centers on a mysterious figure linked to a green domino mask during a pivotal event, blending elements of intrigue and personal reckoning.

Der grüne Domino

1935

No artwork available
5.4

No synopsis available yet.

Revolutionshochzeit

1938

Aufruhr in Damaskus poster
5.6

No synopsis available yet.

Aufruhr in Damaskus

1939

Series credits

The Old Fox poster
6.3

A police department, lead by an older, experienced detective solve crimes together.

The Old Fox

1977

The Old Fox poster
6.3

A police department, lead by an older, experienced detective solve crimes together.

The Old Fox

1977

Derrick poster
6.0

Derrick was a German TV series produced by Telenova Film und Fernsehproduktion in association with ZDF, ORF and SRG between 1974 and 1998 about Detective Chief Inspector Stephan Derrick and his loyal assistant Inspector Harry Klein, who solve murder cases in Munich and surroundings.

Derrick

1974

Derrick poster
6.0

Derrick was a German TV series produced by Telenova Film und Fernsehproduktion in association with ZDF, ORF and SRG between 1974 and 1998 about Detective Chief Inspector Stephan Derrick and his loyal assistant Inspector Harry Klein, who solve murder cases in Munich and surroundings.

Derrick

1974

Das Traumschiff poster
5.0

The series is about a cruise ship that travels to places around the world.

Das Traumschiff

1981

Bambi poster
9.0

The Bambi, often called the Bambi Award and stylised as BAMBI, is a German award presented annually by Hubert Burda Media to recognize excellence in international media and television to personalities in the media, arts, culture, sports, and other fields "with vision and creativity who affected and inspired the German public that year", both domestic and foreign. First held in 1948, it is the oldest media award in Germany. The trophy is named after Felix Salten's book Bambi, A Life in the Woods and its statuettes are in the shape of the novel's titular fawn character. They were originally made of porcelain until 1958, when the organizers switched to using gold, with the casting done by the art casting workshop of Ernst Strassacker in Süßen.

Bambi

1948

No artwork available
6.0

No synopsis available yet.

German Film Award

1951

The Commissioner poster
8.0

Der Kommissar is a German television series about a group of detectives of the Munich homicide squad. All 97 episodes, which were shot in black-and-white and first broadcast between 1969 and 1976, were written by Herbert Reinecker and starred Erik Ode as Kommissar Herbert Keller. Keller's assistants were Walter Grabert, Robert Heines, and Harry Klein who, in 1974, was replaced by his younger brother Erwin Klein.

The Commissioner

1969

The Commissioner poster
8.0

Der Kommissar is a German television series about a group of detectives of the Munich homicide squad. All 97 episodes, which were shot in black-and-white and first broadcast between 1969 and 1976, were written by Herbert Reinecker and starred Erik Ode as Kommissar Herbert Keller. Keller's assistants were Walter Grabert, Robert Heines, and Harry Klein who, in 1974, was replaced by his younger brother Erwin Klein.

The Commissioner

1969

No artwork available
7.3

No synopsis available yet.

Der große Preis

1974

Barriers poster
6.5

Teenage Billy Stanyon faces the loss of his parents in a sailing accident, only to discover that he was adopted. Billy then sets off on a journey to find his biological parents that takes him across Europe.

Barriers

1981

The Legacy of Guldenburgs poster
4.9

The life of the German noble family von Guldenburg.

The Legacy of Guldenburgs

1987

Heidi poster
7.4

Young Heidi is sent to live with her grandfather in the mountains where she discovers the liberty and the beauty of Swiss landscapes. Later when Heidi is forced to become a companion to a young invalid girl in a big town, she discovers just how much she misses the mountains, her grandfather, and her friend Peter.

Heidi

1978

Huckleberry Finn and His Friends poster
8.2

Huckleberry Finn and His Friends was a 1979 television series documenting the exploits of Huckleberry Finn and Tom Sawyer, based on the novels The Adventures of Tom Sawyer and Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by American writer Mark Twain. The series was made up of 26 episodes and was a Canadian/German coproduction. Huckleberry Finn is played by Ian Tracey who is also the narrator. Tom Sawyer is played by Sammy Snyders. Directed by Jack B. Hively and Ken Jubenvill, this mini-series was broadcast in many countries such as Germany, UK, Australia, Canada, South Africa, Venezuela and many other Latin American nations. The series was re-shown many times during the 1980s to early 1990s and has grown somewhat of a cult following. Even though Mark Twain originally wrote the books The Adventures of Tom Sawyer and The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn as separate units, this mini-series conjures up both literary works as only one story. Therefore, it places greater importance on Huckleberry's character without putting aside Tom Sawyer's. In 2007, the complete series was released as a 4 DVD box set by Fabulous Films in the UK. It contains many extras including a 12 page color booklet and a 30 minute 'making of' documentary featuring interviews with many stars of the series including Sammy Snyders, Ian Tracey, and Blu Mankuma.

Huckleberry Finn and His Friends

1980

Eichholz & Söhne poster
9.0

No synopsis available yet.

Eichholz & Söhne

1977

No artwork available
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Blick zurück im Film

1963

No artwork available
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Telestar

1983

No artwork available
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Sonne, Wein und harte Nüsse

1979

Otto – The Series poster
8.0

“Otto – The Series” is an unusual comedy format from the early 1990s centred on Otto Waalkes, blending classic crime entertainment with Otto’s distinctive brand of humour. Rather than telling a continuous story, the series combines newly shot sketches featuring Otto with scenes from old Edgar Wallace films. These original sequences were re-dubbed, completely transforming their content. Dialogue that was once serious turns into absurd wordplay, and the originally suspenseful plots are deliberately played for laughs. In this way, Otto effectively “smuggles” himself into the dark world of the Wallace films, turning it into a parody driven by nonsense, running gags, and his characteristic humour. The result is an idiosyncratic mix of crime and comedy, whose particular charm lies above all in its playful use of the original material.

Otto – The Series

1995

No artwork available
7.0

No synopsis available yet.

Alte Gauner

1985

Jakob und Adele poster
6.3

Jakob und Adele is a German television series.

Jakob und Adele

1982

No artwork available
10.0

Teufels Großmutter is a German television series.

Teufels Großmutter

1986