Gretl Theimer

Acting

Gretl Theimer

Born — Died

1910-11-26 — 1972-05-14

Place of birth

Vienna, Austria-Hungary [now Austria]

Known for

Acting

Credits

44 titles

Gretl Theimer (1910–1972) was an Austrian actress and singer. After completing ballet training, Theimer performed in the children's ballet at the Vienna State Opera. She first made a name for herself as an operetta singer on Austrian and German stages. Her screen debut in musical film 'Zwei Herzen im Dreivierteltakt', one of the first sound films, made Gretl Theimer a popular film star overnight. The waltz of the same name, which she sang together with co-star Walter Janssen, became one of the most successful hits of 1930. After that, Theimer would go on to frequently play the part of a dashing, sought-after girl in Wiener Film and other entertainment films of the 1930s. After about a deca…

Known for

Film credits

1950s · 4 titles

1930s · 35 titles

Once I Loved a Girl in Vienna poster
8.0

A musical about love that spans the period before and after the Great War in the Austro-Hungarian empire.

Once I Loved a Girl in Vienna

1931

Immortal Waltz poster
8.0

Johann Strauss firmly established himself as the leader of a dance orchestra in Vienna in the 1840s. His sons Johann junior and Josef have clearly inherited their father's talent. Nevertheless, father Johann is strictly opposed to both of them training as composers.

Immortal Waltz

1939

Holzapfel Knows Everything poster
9.0

An unemployed man who plays a concertina gets involved with a band of crooks and tries to frustrate a kidnapping, in this farcical caper.

Holzapfel Knows Everything

1932

Roses from the South poster
10.0

Johann Strauss helps the business of a Viennese wine merchant and his daughter by showing up to conduct the orchestra at a party.

Roses from the South

1934

Three Girls Around Schubert poster
8.0

Composer Franz Schubert becomes involved with a family with three daughters, falling in love with the two blonds, first one, then the other; but will he notice the quiet brunet third daughter, who has fallen madly in love with him?

Three Girls Around Schubert

1936

Love Comes But Once poster
10.0

No synopsis available yet.

Love Comes But Once

1930

The Dancing Hussar poster
7.0

In this comedy, a civilian singer of opera is obliged to fulfill his duty and perform six weeks of military service.

The Dancing Hussar

1931

Such Great Foolishness poster
6.3

The young Styrian woman Therese Brandl desperately wants to work in the theater and therefore travels by train to Vienna to pursue artistic training. The scholarship granted by the elderly Countess Hoyer is intended to guarantee her financial independence. Unaware that she is to be picked up from the Vienna train station, the student immediately takes a taxi upon arrival and asks for recommendations for both an affordable hotel and a charming little pub. Therese gets approached by an older gentleman, a gray-haired bon vivant with considerable life experience. After several glasses of wine, they leave the establishment together and go to Therese's room. Apparently, things escalate there, and they spend the night together without having been introduced. The surprise is all the greater for Therese when she goes to the drama academy the following day to begin her training: her future teacher is none other than the gallant and lover from the previous night, Dr. Alexander Dahlen.

Such Great Foolishness

1937

When the Soldiers poster
9.0

When the Soldiers is a 1931 German comedy film directed by Jacob Fleck and Luise Fleck and starring Otto Wallburg, Gretl Theimer and Ida Wüst.

When the Soldiers

1931

Two Hearts in Waltz Time poster
7.2

Nicky and Vicky, two librettists who also happen to be brothers, are presently in collaboration with composer Toni. All too aware of Toni's amorous escapades, Nicky and Vicky try to keep the existence of their pretty sister Hedi a secret. Suffering from an acute case of writers' block (he has yet to find an inspiration for his next production), Toni throws a huge party, which is boycotted by his friends and associates so that he'll keep his mind on his work.

Two Hearts in Waltz Time

1930

Tanz auf dem Vulkan poster
6.3

Paris, 1830: Jean-Gaspard Debureau performs on the stage and delights his audience with song, wit and charm. He is, however, very unpopular with King Charles X, who is the target of much of Debureau's scornful jests. That would be a somewhat tolerable situation if it weren't for the fact that Debureau has fallen for a countess, who happens to be the King's mistress.

Tanz auf dem Vulkan

1938

The Champion Shot poster
10.0

A comedy about the rivalry between two men from rather different parts of Germany, Bavaria and Prussia, a rivalry which extends from business to a rifle range when they compete in shooting.

The Champion Shot

1932

Once a Great Lady poster
9.0

A young woman working as a secretary for a Berlin car business tries to impress a rich Australian visitor by pretending she is a foreign countess.

Once a Great Lady

1934

Schubert's Dream of Spring poster
7.5

An episode in the life of the Austrian composer Franz Schubert, who wrote the most beautiful love songs, but whose love life was very unhappy: The timid, myopic and rather portly Schubert falls for the beautiful, blond Countess Maria Esterhazy and has impossibly unrealistic fantasies about the two of them as she only admires him for his music. When he’s fired from his position as a teacher in the parish school, the village innkeeper Therese, who secretly has the hots for Schubert, gets him an engagement at a concert in Palace Esterhazy.

Schubert's Dream of Spring

1931

No artwork available
7.0

Two members of a traveling troupe are reduced to the status of hoboes. They pretend to be a famous composer and his colleague, to improve their prospects.

The Tramps

1937

Donaumelodien poster
9.0

Stefan is the son of the owner of a Bavarian steamship concern, which plies the Danube. During a trip to Budapest, he falls in love with the beautiful Etelka, who, unbeknownst to Stefan, is the daughter of his father's Hungarian competitor. By chance, they lose sight of each other; but as Stefan's father enters into negotiations with Etelka's father about a merger of the two companies, the children find each other once again.

Donaumelodien

1936

A Song, A Kiss, A Girl poster
5.4

Peter Franke owns Supraphon record company, which has one main competitor in Lyraphon. As a commercial strategy Peter gets engaged to her counter partner Asta, to his assistant Münzer's approval. Then he meets Wally Sommer, singing saleswoman at one of his shops, and all his plans are turned upside down while they both fall in love in this light musical comedy filled with Robert Stolz music.

A Song, A Kiss, A Girl

1932

Mein Liebster ist ein Jägersmann poster
8.0

No synopsis available yet.

Mein Liebster ist ein Jägersmann

1933

No artwork available
7.0

No synopsis available yet.

Das Ehesanatorium

1938

Waltz Paradise poster
8.0

Musical comedy about a famous opera star in Vienna.

Waltz Paradise

1931

Viennese Waltz poster
8.7

Viennese Waltz or Johann Strauss, Royal and Imperial Court Musician is a 1932 German historical musical film directed by Conrad Wiene and starring Michael Bohnen, Lee Parry and Paul Hörbiger.

Viennese Waltz

1932

Manoeuver Time Is Fine poster
10.0

No synopsis available yet.

Manoeuver Time Is Fine

1931

Her Majesty Love poster
10.0

Fred von Wellingen is a wealthy industrialist, part of a large family-owned corporation. Fred has fallen for Lia, a comely bartender in the Berlin Cabaret. He proposes to her, much to the horror of his family, which considers Lia and her unsophisticated father far below their caste. The family convinces Fred to give up the girl in exchange for increased position and income in the company. But Fred's lapse is momentary, and he again pursues Lia. But she, by this time, has learned of his erstwhile agreement and has agreed to marry someone else.

Her Majesty Love

1933

No artwork available
7.0

No synopsis available yet.

Ein Lied verklingt

1939

The Fight with the Dragon poster
7.2

Countess von Drachenstein, owner of the traditional Drachenstein Castle Brewery, where the famous Drachenbräu beer has been brewed for 300 years, stubbornly refuses to agree to a merger between the Drachen and Sonnen breweries. Trude, the niece, and Fritz, the son of the manager of the Sonnenbrauerei, try in vain to poach Bachmeier, the master brewer at the Drachenbrauerei. But then Trude falls in love with Bachmeier, and Fritz with Countess Helene, the niece of the Countess von Drachenstein. And so the family businesses end up merging after all.

The Fight with the Dragon

1935

No artwork available
7.0

A Hapsburg archduke in the 1880s gives up his title, changes his name, marries a Viennese actress, and then disappears with her on a South American ocean voyage.

The Mystery of Johann Orth

1932

In a Cool Ground poster
7.5

No synopsis available yet.

In a Cool Ground

1935

All for Veronica poster
6.0

Veronika, a saleswoman at the Tutzinger department store, is in love with Paul, who also works there as a salesman. During a weekend trip in the car, the colleagues grow closer, but Veronika also gets into serious trouble. To cover up a tear in her dress, she borrowed a valuable fur coat from the department store, which she intended to return on Monday. However, the theft is noticed, and Veronika has to justify herself to her boss, Tutzinger. When Paul arrives to defend Veronika, Tutzinger realizes that the two are in love—and makes sure that they can be happy together.

All for Veronica

1936

Victoria and Her Hussar poster
6.7

Viktoria is a Hungarian countess who believes her Hussar captain husband was killed in World War I. She marries an American and resettles at the American consulate in Tokyo. Her first husband reappears, alive; and the American generously releases Viktoria from their union.

Victoria and Her Hussar

1931

The four from Bob 13 poster
9.0

No synopsis available yet.

The four from Bob 13

1932

The Csikos Baroness poster
9.0

No synopsis available yet.

The Csikos Baroness

1930

No artwork available
8.0

Short film about an arrogant waiter.

Die Goldgrube

1933

Der nackte Spatz poster
9.0

Albert and his sister Lene live with their aunt. One day, they discover that the street car line will open a new track, which will go through the land, on which their aunt has a house. In expectation of a high buying price for her property, the aunt goes on a spending spree, only to find out that the new line will not be laid on her property after all.

Der nackte Spatz

1938

Three Days in the Guardhouse poster
6.0

When an attractive maid in a garrison town becomes pregnant, she reveals that one of three soldiers stationed there who had been chasing after her, is responsible.

Three Days in the Guardhouse

1930

Tired Theodore poster
7.0

A fast-paced comedy revolving around secrets and mix-ups. Theodor is a husband who helps his expulsed niece with her careers as a singer. His wife mustn't know this so he secretly takes a job as maître d' at a big hotel. This doesn't just lead to him always being tired but to all kinds of other troubles.

Tired Theodore

1936

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