May Spils

Directing

May Spils

Born 1941-07-29 · Twistringen, Germany

Acting credits

Genghis Khan poster
5.7

This is the story of the shy Mongol boy Temujin who,during the 13th century, becomes the fearless Mongol leader Genghis Khan that unites all Mongol tribes and conquers India,China,Persia,Korea and parts of Rusia,Europe and Middle-East.

Genghis Khan

1965

No artwork available
9.0

A woman's elaborate manoeuvre to get her husband out of bed.

Manöver

1967

Show What You Love poster
4.5

In the 1970s, the Munich Group set about revolutionizing German film with low budgets and an excess of creativity. The Bungalow bar next to the Türkendolch theater was their meeting place, who were inspired by the French New Wave and New Hollywood. Munich Group star Iris Berben takes us on a journey back through time, a wild trip full of film clips and interviews with major figures of an unforgettable era.

Show What You Love

2016

Holiday in St. Tropez poster
6.5

Prospective hotel owner Carlos is having problems with the completion of his hotel on the Adriatic. He quickly asks his niece Vivi in Germany to cancel the bookings he has made so far. Unfortunately, his telegram reaches her too late and a motley group of guests arrives. They promptly pitch tents in the garden of the half-finished building.

Holiday in St. Tropez

1964

Kleine Front poster
8.0

Short film about three young men who have seen Howard Hawks' African adventure “Hatari” in a Munich movie theater and decide to go on safari themselves. As Africa is a little too far, they drive to a nearby trout pond in their rickety Volkswagen. But their excursion turns out to be a failure, so they return to the city to watch Hawks' masterpiece once again.

Kleine Front

1965

The Portrait poster
8.0

From Mona Lisa to Brigitte Bardot, artistic representation and perception of women is often shaped by traditional role models. In tongue-in-cheek fashion, director May Spils unmasks these dyed-in-the-wool structures and plays a young woman who can only fail in her attempt to paint a self-portrait.

The Portrait

1966

Behind the camera

No artwork available
9.0

A woman's elaborate manoeuvre to get her husband out of bed.

Manöver

1967

No artwork available
9.0

A woman's elaborate manoeuvre to get her husband out of bed.

Manöver

1967

No artwork available
9.0

A woman's elaborate manoeuvre to get her husband out of bed.

Manöver

1967

Hau drauf, Kleiner poster
8.0

No synopsis available yet.

Hau drauf, Kleiner

1974

No Pawing, Darling poster
7.7

A man is thrown out by his girlfriend and moves in with a friend who is part of a group of terrorists plotting an assault on a department store.

No Pawing, Darling

1970

Wehe, wenn Schwarzenbeck kommt poster
9.0

No synopsis available yet.

Wehe, wenn Schwarzenbeck kommt

1979

Wehe, wenn Schwarzenbeck kommt poster
9.0

No synopsis available yet.

Wehe, wenn Schwarzenbeck kommt

1979

Go for It, Baby poster
7.5

Martin is 25 years old and very reserved about work. Together with his buddy Henry, he lives in their Schwabing apartment in the day. But everything changes when he falls in love with the attractive Barbara and observed a slump: For when he gives up the police report, the officials themselves suspect him of the crime. In addition, he still owes a text to the hit producer Viktor Block. Suddenly Martin is up to his ears in chaos.

Go for It, Baby

1968

Mit mir nicht, du Knallkopp poster
9.0

No synopsis available yet.

Mit mir nicht, du Knallkopp

1983

The Portrait poster
8.0

From Mona Lisa to Brigitte Bardot, artistic representation and perception of women is often shaped by traditional role models. In tongue-in-cheek fashion, director May Spils unmasks these dyed-in-the-wool structures and plays a young woman who can only fail in her attempt to paint a self-portrait.

The Portrait

1966

The Portrait poster
8.0

From Mona Lisa to Brigitte Bardot, artistic representation and perception of women is often shaped by traditional role models. In tongue-in-cheek fashion, director May Spils unmasks these dyed-in-the-wool structures and plays a young woman who can only fail in her attempt to paint a self-portrait.

The Portrait

1966

The Portrait poster
8.0

From Mona Lisa to Brigitte Bardot, artistic representation and perception of women is often shaped by traditional role models. In tongue-in-cheek fashion, director May Spils unmasks these dyed-in-the-wool structures and plays a young woman who can only fail in her attempt to paint a self-portrait.

The Portrait

1966