Emmy Burg

Die preußische Heirat (1974)

At the court of Frederick William I of Prussia, highly political marriage plans are being forged. Princess Wilhelmine's parents want her to marry into the English or Austrian royal family so that she can become queen or even empress. But she is in love wit ...

Federlesen - Bilder aus dem Leben eines Einfallsreichen (1972)

Endspurt (1970)

The author Peter Ustinov has called his work "Endspurt" a "biographical adventure". Biographical because the somewhat ambitious but later successful writer Sam Kinsale meets here as a twenty-, forty- and sixty-year-old. The interesting thing about this fil ...

Schrott (1969)

Berliner Antigone (1968)

The historical background to the story is the transfer of 269 executed women to the Berlin Anatomy Department in the years 1939-1945. The corpses were misused for experimental purposes. ...

Der Revisor (1967)

An einem ganz gewöhnlichen Tag (1966)

So war Mama (1962)

The Miracle of Father Malachia (1961)

The ardent prayer of a monk brings about a true miracle in a West German industrial town, which, however, is not understood by the people but only exploited as a lucrative sensation. ...

Hinter der Tür (1960)

Confess, Dr. Corda (1958)

A doctor goes to meet a beautiful girl at a park bench near a wooded area. When he arrives, he finds her battered body lying next to a stream! He then finds himself to be the prime suspect. Who's the killer? ...

It Only Happened Once (1958)

Sabine Schröder, who works as a hairdresser's assistant in a small town, feels called to higher things: to acting. She gets on everyone's nerves with her madness: her boss, her parents and above all her fiancé, the car mechanic Jürgen. One day, when Sch ...

Mylord weiß sich zu helfen (1958)

The Song of the Don Cossacks (1956)

After the death of his Russian mother, nine-year-old orphan Peter lives with Professor Hartmann and his daughter Helga, who cares for him like a mother. Peter is very musical. He especially loves the melancholy songs of the Don Cossack Choir, which remind ...

Anastasia: the Czar's Last Daughter (1956)

In 1920, an unknown 24-year-old woman was fished out of Berlin's Landwehr kanal after a suicide attempt. Since she has no papers and no answers to any questions, they soon assign them to the insane asylum Dallendorf. A co-patient believes she recognizes th ...

Das Sonntagskind (1956)

Vor Gott und den Menschen (1955)

Glückliche Reise (1954)

Mädchen mit Zukunft (1954)

Der Mann meines Lebens (1954)

The Kaiser's Lackey (1951)

Diederich Heßling is scared of everything and everyone. But as he grows up, he comes to realize that he has to offer his services to the powers-that-be if he wants to wield power himself. His life motto now runs: bow to those at the top and tread on those ...

The Beaver Coat (1949)

Mother Wolffen, a washerwoman, is a woman of principle: A poor man must do what he must to get through life, only he mustn't get caught doing it. All sorts of crooked deals contribute to the improvement of the daily menu and the increase of household funds ...

The Blum Affair (1948)

Dr. Blum, a Jewish manufacturer, is falsely accused of a murder. Even when the real killer's identity becomes evident, the state prosecutor refuses to accept Blum's innocence. ...