
Directing
Paul Verhoeven
Born — Died
1901-06-23 — 1975-03-22
Place of birth
Unna, Germany
Known for
Directing
Credits
82 titles
Paul Verhoeven was a German actor, writer, and film and theatre director.
Known for
6.2Tatort is a long-running German/Austrian/Swiss crime television series set in various parts of these countries. The show is broadcast on the channels of ARD in Germany, ORF in Austria and SF1 in Switzerland.
Scene of the Crime
1970
With the defeat of the revolution of 1848, the attempt to unite the German states had also failed. An agreement in the spirit of a Greater Germany, as demanded by Emperor Franz Joseph, was out of the question for Bismarck, who had been Prussian Prime Minister since 1862. For him, unity was only conceivable under Prussian leadership and without Austria. The two great powers still fought together in the war against Denmark (1864). Two years later, the separation from Austria was completed in the German War.
Preußen über alles
1971
6.2Lavish adaptation of Wilhelm Hauff′s fairy tale: Young charburner Peter Munk dreams of joining the upper class. He makes a deal with the sinister Holländer-Michel, who offers to trade Peter′s human heart for one made of stone. Once he has the "cold heart" in his body, Peter eventually strikes a fortune and enjoys great wealth, but at the same time, he becomes a bitter and emotionless man – and, having lost all traces of humanity, even murders his wife Lisbeth. Only then does Peter Munk finally realize what has become of him, and he decides to regain his real heart from Holländer-Michel.
Heart of Stone
1950
9.5No synopsis available yet.
Babeck
1968
7.0An adaptation of the play by August Strindberg. An egocentric artillery Captain and his venomous wife battle on their isolated island fortress. Alice, a former actress, reveals their marriage’s hell on their 25th anniversary. Edgar, an aging schizophrenic, struggles with his illness and arrogance. Fearing Alice and her cousin Kurt may ally against him, he retaliates. Alice lures Kurt into a plot to destroy Edgar.
The Dance of Death
1969
4.2The delightful Johann Strauss comic opera Die Fledermaus was mercilessly lampooned in this truly bizarre production. For starters, a framing device has been added: After appearing in 300 consecutive appearances of Fledermaus (which translates as The Bat) the lead tenor (Georg Alexander) imagines that he's seeing bats everywhere. Driven a bit over the edge by all this, he falls asleep and has a nightmare about the opera, with a group of non-singers cast in the leading roles. The original libretto about romantic assignations, political imprisonments and mistaken identity is burlesqued to the hilt: at one point, the hero finds out that his prison cell is surrounded by rubber tubes!
The Bat
1937
Film credits
1970s · 4 titles
1960s · 13 titles
7.0An adaptation of the play by August Strindberg. An egocentric artillery Captain and his venomous wife battle on their isolated island fortress. Alice, a former actress, reveals their marriage’s hell on their 25th anniversary. Edgar, an aging schizophrenic, struggles with his illness and arrogance. Fearing Alice and her cousin Kurt may ally against him, he retaliates. Alice lures Kurt into a plot to destroy Edgar.
The Dance of Death
1969
No synopsis available yet.
Der Alte
1967
2.8Hamlet, Prince of Denmark, returns home to find his father murdered and his mother remarrying the murderer, his uncle.
Hamlet, Prince of Denmark
1961
No synopsis available yet.
Duett im Zwielicht
1969
9.0No synopsis available yet.
Die Ratten
1969
No synopsis available yet.
Der Panamaskandal
1967
No synopsis available yet.
Was Ihr wollt
1963
No synopsis available yet.
Der Kardinal von Spanien
1965
Julius Caesar may have met his match in Cleopatra, the young queen of Egypt.
Caesar and Cleopatra
1964
No synopsis available yet.
Gottes zweite Garnitur
1967
No synopsis available yet.
Bernhard Lichtenberg
1965
No synopsis available yet.
König Richard II
1968
No synopsis available yet.
Egmont
1962
1950s · 10 titles
No synopsis available yet.
Das Nachtgespenst
1953
6.2The rich and jung American Susanne falls in love with the Student Hans-Joachim. Set in the romantic Heidelberg.
Heidelberger Romanze
1951
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Augsburger Puppenkiste - Cenodoxus – Der Doktor von Paris
1958
8.0Espionage thriller about a married couple caught in the middle of dueling spy organisations.
People in the Net
1959
No synopsis available yet.
Blooming Dreams
1959
7.0No synopsis available yet.
Praterherzen
1953
No synopsis available yet.
Oberst Chabert
1956
No synopsis available yet.
Die Schwestern
1957
No synopsis available yet.
Don Carlos
1957
No synopsis available yet.
Raskolnikoff
1959
1940s · 6 titles
7.5The marriage of the celebrated operetta diva Vilma and the chamber singer Peter has come to an end. Peter, however, is intent on winning back his now ex-wife. So he’s come up with the idea of a guest performance in Venice, where the two will both appear. Vilma, however, has already found a new man – Niki. He’s a salesman and she wants to marry him. With the help of Annemarie, a friend, who has won a trip to Venice, Peter succeeds in diverting Niki, for he falls in love with Annemarie. Now the way is free for Peter to win back the ex-wife, who couldn’t care if he lived in a hole six feet underground.
The Night in Venice
1942
9.0No synopsis available yet.
Was wird hier gespielt?
1940
10.0Until now, the detective stories by author Paul Sanders had always sold splendidly – likely due in no small part to the fact that he always tested all his murderous tricks on his long-suffering secretary, and that all the cases came from the archive of his friend Caspar Natter, a retired police detective. Sanders was all the more shocked, therefore, when his publisher informed him that readers were no longer interested in his books, a fact confirmed by the weak sales figures.
Herr Sanders lebt gefährlich
1944
7.0Biography of the life of the circus performer Alfredo Codona.
The Three Codonas
1940
Professor Lorenz is nominated for the highest accolade of his profession, and he smiles about his sons' juvenile mismanagement of private funds. Then he learns that one of them has forged the professor's signature on several IOUs.
Ein glücklicher Mensch
1943
Alexander Schonath is an exceptionally gifted musician who plays first violin in a philharmonic orchestra. But when the orchestra runs into financial difficulties, Alexander is the first to leave and join a dance band – the other musicians, especially his father, see him as a "deserter." In Alexander's absence, his younger, perpetually sickly brother Hans makes a career in the philharmonic and becomes engaged to Maria, the daughter of the orchestra's chairman, Herbert Hartwig.
Philharmonic
1944
1930s · 6 titles
7.0In a transport museum, the items on display begin to tell their stories. Most interesting is the history of the Pullman car. In the beginning, it served as transport for a princely family; then became the headquarters car for the military high command; and then, most adventurous of all, it ended up with a circus. Converted to a bar, it finally had its day and was supposed to serve as a placard carrier. Luckily, the museum saved it from this sad fate.
Salonwagen E 417
1939
5.8The film follows the life story of Johann Augustus Suter, the owner of Sutter's Mill, famous as the birthplace of the great California Gold Rush of 1848.
The Kaiser of California
1936
Short film about a fortune teller.
Gutgehendes Geschäft zu verkaufen…
1933
10.0When a young woman becomes aware of her husband's wandering attentions, she plots his comeuppance.
Our Little Wife
1938
6.6German all-star musical from 1938 that was a big commercial success.
The Stars Shine
1938
10.0A man, feeling unappreciated, leaves his wife for a cabaret singer, while the wife meets a young pilot and decides to join him abroad.
The Day After the Divorce
1938
Series credits
6.2Tatort is a long-running German/Austrian/Swiss crime television series set in various parts of these countries. The show is broadcast on the channels of ARD in Germany, ORF in Austria and SF1 in Switzerland.
Scene of the Crime
1970
With the defeat of the revolution of 1848, the attempt to unite the German states had also failed. An agreement in the spirit of a Greater Germany, as demanded by Emperor Franz Joseph, was out of the question for Bismarck, who had been Prussian Prime Minister since 1862. For him, unity was only conceivable under Prussian leadership and without Austria. The two great powers still fought together in the war against Denmark (1864). Two years later, the separation from Austria was completed in the German War.
Preußen über alles
1971
9.5No synopsis available yet.
Babeck
1968
Behind the camera
6.2Lavish adaptation of Wilhelm Hauff′s fairy tale: Young charburner Peter Munk dreams of joining the upper class. He makes a deal with the sinister Holländer-Michel, who offers to trade Peter′s human heart for one made of stone. Once he has the "cold heart" in his body, Peter eventually strikes a fortune and enjoys great wealth, but at the same time, he becomes a bitter and emotionless man – and, having lost all traces of humanity, even murders his wife Lisbeth. Only then does Peter Munk finally realize what has become of him, and he decides to regain his real heart from Holländer-Michel.
Heart of Stone
1950
6.2Lavish adaptation of Wilhelm Hauff′s fairy tale: Young charburner Peter Munk dreams of joining the upper class. He makes a deal with the sinister Holländer-Michel, who offers to trade Peter′s human heart for one made of stone. Once he has the "cold heart" in his body, Peter eventually strikes a fortune and enjoys great wealth, but at the same time, he becomes a bitter and emotionless man – and, having lost all traces of humanity, even murders his wife Lisbeth. Only then does Peter Munk finally realize what has become of him, and he decides to regain his real heart from Holländer-Michel.
Heart of Stone
1950
4.2The delightful Johann Strauss comic opera Die Fledermaus was mercilessly lampooned in this truly bizarre production. For starters, a framing device has been added: After appearing in 300 consecutive appearances of Fledermaus (which translates as The Bat) the lead tenor (Georg Alexander) imagines that he's seeing bats everywhere. Driven a bit over the edge by all this, he falls asleep and has a nightmare about the opera, with a group of non-singers cast in the leading roles. The original libretto about romantic assignations, political imprisonments and mistaken identity is burlesqued to the hilt: at one point, the hero finds out that his prison cell is surrounded by rubber tubes!
The Bat
1937
No synopsis available yet.
Der Hitler/Ludendorff-Prozeß
1971
7.0In a transport museum, the items on display begin to tell their stories. Most interesting is the history of the Pullman car. In the beginning, it served as transport for a princely family; then became the headquarters car for the military high command; and then, most adventurous of all, it ended up with a circus. Converted to a bar, it finally had its day and was supposed to serve as a placard carrier. Luckily, the museum saved it from this sad fate.
Salonwagen E 417
1939
7.5The marriage of the celebrated operetta diva Vilma and the chamber singer Peter has come to an end. Peter, however, is intent on winning back his now ex-wife. So he’s come up with the idea of a guest performance in Venice, where the two will both appear. Vilma, however, has already found a new man – Niki. He’s a salesman and she wants to marry him. With the help of Annemarie, a friend, who has won a trip to Venice, Peter succeeds in diverting Niki, for he falls in love with Annemarie. Now the way is free for Peter to win back the ex-wife, who couldn’t care if he lived in a hole six feet underground.
The Night in Venice
1942
6.7No synopsis available yet.
Like Once Lili Marleen
1956
6.7No synopsis available yet.
Like Once Lili Marleen
1956
Aging actor Hieronymus agrees to coach amateur Hans in his craft, but Hans doesn't live up to the demands of theater pros although he is supported by actress Ina who then helps him to break into the movies - but not as he expected.
Ein ganz grosses Kind
1952
No synopsis available yet.
Nachtasyl
1959
No synopsis available yet.
Ich weiß, wofür ich lebe
1955
7.0Hugo Brinkmeyer, a tax consultant, takes his wife Gerda out to the cabaret one evening. There he encounters a potential client, the wealthy businessman Schwidders. A series of mix-ups lead to Hugo being suspected of both incompetence at his job and being unfaithful to his wife.
That Can Happen to Anyone
1952
When a young woman becomes aware of her husband's wandering attentions, she plots his retribution.
Mia moglie si diverte
1938
5.9A drama directed by Paul Verhoeven.
The Judge and the Sinner
1960
5.6A concert pianist, the romantic idol of many women, is seduced away from his wife. The seductress's husband takes in the pianist's wife, and all four pretend to be happy with the new arrangement.
Das Konzert
1944
7.0Peter Pan is an adolescent boy who has escaped from his parents to the dreamland of Nowhere. Peter is determined to remain a little boy forever; because the adult world does not please him at all. Together with the fairy Tinkerbell, Peter Pan lures the girl Wendy and her two brothers John and Michael to Nowhere, where Peter teaches them to fly. They join forces with the Indians, led by the beautiful Tigerlilly, to fight together against the evil Captain Jack Haken and his wild pirates.
Peter Pan
1962
7.0Peter Pan is an adolescent boy who has escaped from his parents to the dreamland of Nowhere. Peter is determined to remain a little boy forever; because the adult world does not please him at all. Together with the fairy Tinkerbell, Peter Pan lures the girl Wendy and her two brothers John and Michael to Nowhere, where Peter teaches them to fly. They join forces with the Indians, led by the beautiful Tigerlilly, to fight together against the evil Captain Jack Haken and his wild pirates.
Peter Pan
1962
No synopsis available yet.
Vor Nachbarn wird gewarnt
1965
6.2The rich and jung American Susanne falls in love with the Student Hans-Joachim. Set in the romantic Heidelberg.
Heidelberger Romanze
1951
10.0When a young woman becomes aware of her husband's wandering attentions, she plots his comeuppance.
Our Little Wife
1938
8.0No synopsis available yet.
Jede Nacht in einem anderen Bett
1957
No synopsis available yet.
Der Fall Jeanne d'Arc
1966
No synopsis available yet.
Der Fehltritt
1960
9.0A tenor sparks new hope into the life of a wife,a former piano player whose husband has not been paying enough attention to her.
Vergiß die Liebe nicht
1953
9.0A tenor sparks new hope into the life of a wife,a former piano player whose husband has not been paying enough attention to her.
Vergiß die Liebe nicht
1953
No synopsis available yet.
Liebe für Liebe
1967
7.0A hardworking career woman neglects her personal life and her husband, who has returned from captivity as a prisoner of war. After a brief separation, the couple finds their way back to each other with new insights and the best of intentions.
Eine Frau von heute
1954
7.0A hardworking career woman neglects her personal life and her husband, who has returned from captivity as a prisoner of war. After a brief separation, the couple finds their way back to each other with new insights and the best of intentions.
Eine Frau von heute
1954
No synopsis available yet.
Dr. med. Hiob Praetorius
1958
In the small town of New Frisco in Alberta, Canada, a stranger named Norton arrives, checks into the most expensive hotel room, and begins courting a saleswoman named Doris. Without revealing anything further to the residents, he starts tinkering with a piece of land outside of town, which arouses considerable interest in him. Inspector de Lacy also becomes very concerned about Norton, even though there is no evidence of any wrongdoing.
Gold in New Frisco
1939
No synopsis available yet.
Die Schuld des Dr. Homma
1951
Professor Lorenz is nominated for the highest accolade of his profession, and he smiles about his sons' juvenile mismanagement of private funds. Then he learns that one of them has forged the professor's signature on several IOUs.
Ein glücklicher Mensch
1943
No synopsis available yet.
Die große Wut des Philipp Hotz
1960
7.0Country doctor Wilhelm Löhnefink has had enough of being a bachelor and goes looking for a wife.
This Man Belongs to Me
1950
No synopsis available yet.
Verdacht gegen Barry Croft
1972
8.0No synopsis available yet.
Von allen geliebt
1957
During a performance of Calderón's "The Judge of Zalamea," a young actor encounters his famous older colleague, whose daughter committed suicide years ago after he seduced and abandoned her. The older man finds the strength to reconcile when he is convinced of his adversary's remorse and inner transformation.
Der große Schatten
1942
No synopsis available yet.
Die Sache mit dem Ring
1961
6.2When a female violinist joins an otherwise all-male musical quartet, the other members struggle to cope.
Renata in the Quartet
1939
7.0During the Biedermeier era, a young singer searches for her missing father. Remake of "Das Hofkonzert", 1936.
Palace Scandal
1949

