Ewald Balser

Much Ado About Nothing (1975)

Burgtheater recording, based on Shakespeare's play. ...

Triumph des Todes oder Das große Massakerspiel (1970)

This time it is not the king who dies, but the people. Individuals, couples and entire crowds die. All twenty or so scenes are fatal. Doctors accuse politicians of guilt and vice versa. The cause of the great dying is unknown. It is generally assumed to be ...

Jedermann (1970)

Des Meeres und der Liebe Wellen (1968)

König Lear (1967)

Prinz Friedrich von Homburg (1966)

Heinrich VI (1964)

Leutnant Gustl (1963)

In the foyer of a Viennese concert hall, Lieutenant Gustav Wilfert is called a "stupid boy" by master baker Habetswallner because of his clumsy arrogance and is grabbed by the pommel of his sabre without putting up a fight. A major witnessed the incident a ...

Don Juan in der Hölle (1963)

Donadieu (1962)

Everyman (1961)

Everyman (German: Jedermann) is a 1961 Austrian drama film directed by Gottfried Reinhardt, based on the play written by Hugo von Hofmannsthal. The film was selected as the Austrian entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 34th Academy Awards, but w ...

The Cry of the Wild Geese (1961)

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. S ...

Don Carlos (1961)

Crown Prince Don Carlos reunites with reformer Marquis Posa, who urges him to govern Flanders and broker peace. Carlos confesses forbidden love for his stepmother, Queen Elisabeth, who bids him serve Spain instead. Intrigue by the jealous Princess Eboli an ...

Prinz Friedrich von Homburg (1961)

Glocken läuten überall (1960)

Doctor Without Scruples (1959)

A renowned physician falls under scrutiny when it's discovered his assistant is a former Nazi. ...

The Priest and the Girl (1958)

A priest falls in love with a rich man's daughter. ...

The House of the Three Girls (1958)

Vienna, 1826. The penniless composer Franz Schubert lives with friends in the house of court glazier Tschöll and his wife. Because of their three beautiful daughters, Hederl, Haiderl, and Hannerl, the property is called the "Three Girls' House." Hederl an ...

Ohne Mutter geht es nicht (1958)

Man müßte nochmal zwanzig sein (1958)

Petersburg Nights (1958)

It Happened in Broad Daylight (1958)

The search for a child murderer drags a once-respected detective into an all-consuming obsession. ...

The Green Devils of Monte Cassino (1958)

German Paratroopers are ordered to hold the line at Monte Cassino in Italy, and halt the allied advance on Rome. ...

Nachtschwester Ingeborg (1958)

Ingeborg starts her new job at the hospital. Her boss is the venerable Professor Burger, a famous heart surgeon who devotes himself entirely to his work. His son, womanizer Manfred, is an assistant doctor on the same ward. After an affair between Ingeborg ...

Vater, unser bestes Stück (1957)

Wilhelm Tell (1956)

Versuchung (1955)

Götz von Berlichingen (1955)

Sarajevo (1955)

The film portrays the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria in 1914. ...

Geheimnis einer Ärztin (1955)

Espionage (1955)

Oberst Alfred Redl heads the military intelligence department of the Austro-Hungarian monarchy. Frequent letters from the Russian Empire, however, make him suspect of sharing his knowledge with unauthorized authorities. ...

Children, Mother, and the General (1955)

As Germany's fortunes in the latter part of World War II wane, several young boys, in their enthusiasm to do something "for the fatherland", volunteer to fight with the German army in the East. Horrified at the news that their children left for the Russian ...

Nora (1955)

The Life of Surgeon Sauerbruch (1954)

Young Olga Ahrendt almost succeeded in attempting suicide. She had thrown herself in front of a tram out of desperation about her miserable life, a desperation she shared with many in the post-war period. Fortunately, Privy Councillor Sauerbruch is at the ...

Don't Ask My Heart (1952)

Sensation in San Remo (1951)

Das gestohlene Jahr (1951)

A humble girl who works in an Austrian village post office discovers a dream world,including an aspiring violinist she is attracted to, on a trip to Vienna.Should the young lovers,to get money for a new existence, steal from her workplace? ...

Der Wallnerbub (1950)

Furioso (1950)

About the power of love and that love is such a strong force that humans are willing to commit the most ruthless acts to achieve it. And the one who loses in the game of love, can die as a result of it. This is how love is, according to "Furioso". ...

Die Lüge (1950)

Three men are planning a balloon ascent into the stratosphere. During the balloon flight, complications arise, the balloon is driven out to sea and the men face death. ...

Eroica (1949)

Biopic about Ludwig van Beethoven. ...

The Trial (1948)

In 1882 a country girl disappears from a small Hungarian village. The inhabitants suggest that she was murdered by the Jews. Everything is done to accuse them before the trial. A study in stubbornness, racism and intolerance and how to fight against it. ...

Glaube an mich (1947)

Der Scheiterhaufen (1945)

Gabriele Dambrone (1943)

The Viennese seamstress Gabi Berghofer wants to marry an innkeeper. But he marries someone else. Gabi then becomes a model for a painter, who falls in love with her. She spends some wonderful time with him, but he, too, leaves Gabi to return to his fami ...

Ein glücklicher Mensch (1943)

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. ...

Der dunkle Tag (1943)

Wolf Burkhardt, who has acquired mining rights in Africa, returns home to get financing for his project. At the same time, he'd like to renew his youthful love for Georgia, but is eventually, and falsely, suspected of fraudulent activities and returns bac ...

Rembrandt (1942)

Already a famous painter, Rembrandt van Rijn is commissioned to paint the Amsterdam Archers' Guild. But upon completion of the picture, the men of the guild feel duped, because they don't consider themselves flatteringly depicted in the painting. They th ...

Before Becoming a Husband (1941)

Professor Hellwig is a confirmed bachelor. He is a music historian and lives only for his passion. He has no patience for the ladies and does everything he can do drive them out of his classes by being super unfriendly. Even at home, he will only let himse ...

The Young Lady of Barnhelm (1940)

During the Seven Years' War, Prussian Major von Tellheim sacrifices his own fortune to save a Saxon estate from being plundered. After the war ends he is discharged and left penniless when the government suspects his noble deed was actually due to a bribe. ...

Der Weg zu Isabel (1940)

The German estate owner Corner travels to Marseilles, looking for his daughter. He had a relationship with a French aristocrat before the World War and knows she was pregnant, when he had to return to Germany. The War separated them however and the mothe ...

Freed Hands (1939)

A German peasant woman is determined to succeed as a sculptor and ,though she has a child out of wedlock, spurns chances to set up a marriage and continues to pursue her art instead, in the stimulating new climate of Italy. ...

The Sinister Wish (1939)

After losing almost all of his money, a young marquis discovers that among his few remaining possessions is a magical piece of leather which is capable of fulfilling any wish. However, every use of it will make it less effective and furthermore will shorte ...

Detours to Happiness (1939)

Hanna is deeply worried about her husband Thomas Bracht's fidelity because he had a rendezvous with the singer Jeannette Danieli. She leaves him and meets with the singer for a heart-to-heart. Very soon, she realizes that her jealousy was completely unfoun ...

Die Frau am Scheidewege (1938)

Following the breakdown of her marriage to an artist, a female doctor goes back to her position at a hospital. ...

Jana, the Girl from the Bohemian Forest (1935)

This semi-musical stars Lenv Marenbach as Jana, a naïve farm girl who falls in love with a neighbor boy. It isn't long before she realizes that the romance is a mistake, but by now the couple is engaged. At the very last moment, Jana balks at the altar an ...