Fita Benkhoff

Frühling in Baden-Baden (1967)

Although Baron Arvid von Frühling travels to the fashionable spa town with his fiancée Stephanie, he soon neglects her because of the Baden-Baden Grand Prix, which he is determined to win with his racehorse Eintagsfliege. The writer Victor Duplessis, kno ...

Der Raub der Sabinerinnen (1966)

Geisterkomödie (1965)

Writer Charles Condomine invites a fortune teller to his home to study for a planned book and learn her particular jargon. A married couple, Mr. and Mrs. Bradman, are also invited to the planned séance. The result of the necromancy is unexpected: Condomin ...

Ein Engel namens Schmitt (1964)

In 1950s Germany, tyrannical boss Gerlach spares affection for his secretary Tommy, until Tommy is misdiagnosed with a fatal illness. Believing he'll die, Tommy blossoms, wins the boss's daughter Gaby's love, and is named junior partner. When the truth sur ...

Liebe will gelernt sein (1963)

Erinnerst Du Dich? (1961)

Bei Pichler stimmt die Kasse nicht (1961)

Ingeborg (1960)

Ein Sommer, den man nie vergißt (1959)

The young Ernst Leuchtenthal is planning to travel to the USA for a year to study. Before he leaves, his father asks him for a meeting. Consul Leuchtenthal wants to get his son a "good" marriage before he disappears overseas. The old man has the very young ...

Liebe, Luft und lauter Lügen (1959)

Immer die Mädchen (1959)

Majesty on a Detour (1958)

The new-rich mother of a film child who became famous overnight is trying to bring her little son together with the twelve-year-old king of a Balkan country, who is currently in Brussels, for validity and advertising reasons. The children actually get to k ...

Ist Mama nicht fabelhaft? (1958)

Der Bettelstudent (1958)

Wenn Frauen schwindeln (1957)

Daisy, the daughter of Hellmann, a millionaire toy inventor, is a reporter for Damenwelt, a women's magazine. In a series of reports, she sets out to prove what men are really like. Above all, Daisy's aunt is thrilled by her niece's journalistic zeal, whil ...

Familie Schimek (1957)

..und die Liebe lacht dazu (1957)

Wenn wir alle Engel wären (1956)

German Comedy film from 1956, with Marianne Koch and Dieter Borsche after the novel by Heinrich Spoerl. After a alcohol-fated night, wakes up librarian Christian next to a strange woman. So his wife Elizabeth must during his absence, advances to resist. In ...

Opernball (1956)

Der erste Frühlingstag (1956)

Dany, bitte schreiben Sie (1956)

Three Girls from the Rhine (1955)

Therese Hübner, owner of the "Linde", is desperately trying to protect her long-established business from being taken over by the "Palasthotel". But the bank manager doesn't want to grant her the loan she urgently needs, as he is betting on the newly open ...

Ein Herz voll Musik (1955)

Ellinor Patton is so wealthy that her six unsuccessful marriages are considered befitting of her status. She is currently unhappily single again and hoping for her lucky number seven. Vico, the hotel owner's son, dreams of a career as a singer and is in lo ...

If the Father and the Son (1955)

After Clown Teddy lost his son, he lost his gift for laughter. He opened a joke shop and lives above the shop. His landlady has had a foster son since birth, and Teddy decides to raise the child, who always believed that Teddy was his father. When the moth ...

Der Himmel ist nie ausverkauft (1955)

Der Hauptmann und sein Held (1955)

Auf der Reeperbahn nachts um halb eins (1954)

After many years on the oceans, sailor Hannes Wedderkamp has finally returned to Hamburg. On St. Pauli, Hannes sings songs from the sea in the hippodrome of his best friend Pitter Breuer on the Reeperbahn with the "Quetschkommode" songs and cares for the a ...

Maxie (1954)

Theft of the Sabines (1954)

Fräulein vom Amt (1954)

Muss man sich gleich scheiden lassen? (1953)

Everything seems perfect in the lives of Andreas and Garda. They have a happy marriage and up-and-coming talent Andreas is constantly striving to reach the top of his sport. But their happiness is suddenly clouded when the racing driver suffers a serious a ...

Das singende Hotel (1953)

Von Liebe reden wir später (1953)

The beautician Angela Bell, a well-off middle-aged lady, and the respected fashion doctor Prof. Christian Hollmann would like to get married, but there is a catch: Hollmann is still married to his somewhat annoying wife Margot. Angela, however, has to get ...

Fanfaren der Ehe (1953)

When the Heath Dreams at Night (1952)

A film about men's friendship and the complications of love: Karl and Peter are close buddies since they were pilots in defense of German cities during ww-ii. Now they are working together in a bomb disarm unit. During a vacation they visit Karl's mother a ...

Tanzende Sterne (1952)

Pension Schöller (1952)

The Thief of Bagdad (1952)

Fatme has quite the talent for getting herself into trouble and escaping with her head intact. But when she's caught rifling through Caliph Omar's possessions, she finds herself in serious trouble. News of a theft makes the rounds and now the caliph's men ...

In Munich stands a Hofbäuhaus (1952)

Berlin tongue encounters Munich lifestyle. A comedy around Oktoberfest. Movies, FRG, 1951 Fita Benkhoff, Paul Kemp, Liesl Karlstadt, etc. A Berlin producer of nerve healing, vitamin-enriched and expanding its life-prolonging lemonade stand in front of all ...

The Women of Mr. S. (1951)

The action is relocated to occupied Athens after the Peloponnesian War (404 BC), where Mr. S. (= Socrates, played by Paul Hörbiger) proposes double marriage for men to the Athenian parliament and the four occupying powers for hidden personal reasons. Outw ...

Hilfe, ich bin unsichtbar (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? ...

The Midnight Venus (1951)

An inventive small-town tailor rises to international success with his daring and unusual designs. ...

Through Thick and Thin (1951)

Theo Müller and his family inherit a vintage car that turns out to have a wayward mind of its own, fixing the family troubles and some romances with a series of guardian angel and/or matchmaking shenanigans. ...

Taxi-Kitty (1950)

An unemployed musician proves her worth by working as a temporary employee in a canteen for taxi drivers, and thanks to the helpful drivers, she gets the chance to successfully showcase her artistic talent. ...

Melodie des Schicksals (1950)

A mediocre conductor unscrupulously steals his friend's—a piano teacher's—wife. At first, the piano teacher wants to shoot his rival, but then, surprisingly, he abandons his thoughts of revenge—a piano concerto he composed in prison ultimately brings ...

Kein Engel ist so rein (1950)

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 ...

Krach im Hinterhaus (1949)

Die Zeit mit dir (1948)

Morgen ist alles besser (1948)

Freitag, der 13. (1945)

Mr. Rapp was close to selling Rauhenegg Castle when suddenly some young men turn up claiming that the place is haunted. The seller wants to prove the opposite and invites the men to spend a night in the building themselves. ...

Der Scheiterhaufen (1945)

I Have Dreamed of You (1944)

After a successful concert, the singer Maria dreams about a man with a boquet of lilies, who follows her and kisses her. A short time later, she actually meets such a man: his name is Peter and he's on his way to his bride, Helene. In the afternoon, Mar ...

I Need You (1944)

The actress Julia Bach is married to the famous director, Professor Paulus Allmann; however, no one is to know about the marriage. Julia doesn't want a career simply because she has a famous spouse. For that reason, Paulus always has to go on his concert ...

Johann (1943)

Johann, the trusted valet of Count Zirndorf, has an affair with chambermaid Marie, but this liaison ends, as does the count's marriage. Years later trouble ensues when the count's daughter falls for young Hans who might be her brother. ...

Meine Freundin Josefine (1942)

So ein Früchtchen (1942)

You Only You (1941)

The two stars of an upcoming operetta performance quarrel constantly. but they also fall in love with each other. ...

Mistress Moon (1941)

Berlin's theatre crowd is excited about the new operetta "Frau Luna". But for the head of the city's vice police, who was invited to the dress rehearsal, the costumes for the ladies onstage are a bit too revealing. He demands the show be cancelled as offen ...

Was will Brigitte? (1941)

The young fashion designer Brigitte Arend is not having any success with her work, and since she has also been given notice to leave her room, she is facing ruin. Even the man she loves, the composer Stefan Roland, makes her doubt herself, because he likes ...

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. ...

Was wird hier gespielt? (1940)

Casanova heiratet (1940)

The actor Ralph Gregor plays "Casanova" on the stage and everyone expects, that he also lives out the role in real life. Johanna Brinkmann, known as "Joe", tries everything to make her husband jealous of Ralph. Ralph, however, is actually dating his collea ...

Her Private Secretary (1940)

When a charming young man arrives to serve as a private secretary for the eccentric Helene Kiepergass a, he quickly becomes entangled in a series of mysterious events in her house. Amidst the arrival of a suspicious "nephew" from Mexico and a house full of ...

Opera Ball (1939)

After the operetta of the same name of Richard Heuberger in 1890-1914 all kinds of situation comic from happy-go-lucky Vienna of the turn of the century, the time of the first cars and the absurd bath costumes: Husbands in the Chambre Separee, her little d ...

The Golden Mask (1939)

The gifted painter Alexander Poschinger receives a financial windfall. His friends Paul and Sepp, both painters, too, aren't in the slightest bit surprise by his success, since he only paints rich women. These women come to Alexander, because whomever he p ...

Wibbel the Tailor (1939)

During the Napoleonic occupation of the German states in 1812, a tailor by the name of Anton Wibbel is sentenced to sit in jail for insulting the Emperor. The tailor manages to get out of this by paying off a friend to go to prison in his place. But then, ...

Drunter und drüber (1939)

Spaßvögel (1939)

Mayor Eberhorn is known as a womanizer to everyone in the village. Katchen, his wife, is constantly trying to convert him to a proper way of life … but in vain. When one morning, Casanova finds a stroller with a clever slogan referencing his affairs at ...

Many Lies (1938)

The stories' setup: a bunch of passive weaklings being dominated by two strong and ambitious women who fight for the same man. ...

Discretion with Honor (1938)

Nazi era depiction of decadent British aristocracy: A madcap country heiress was betrothed to a Lord but runs off with a young inventor after she is found in a compromising position, to avoid a scandal. ...

Schüsse in Kabine 7 (1938)

The Minerva Mines Company is interested in transporting two particularly valuable diamonds from Cape Town to Amsterdam. To confuse potential thieves, two detectives are sent on two different ships with steel suitcases and they have no clue whether they're ...

The Marriage Swindler (1938)

A confidence trickster is released from prison and travels to a village where he blackmails and tricks women out of their savings. ...

Petermann ist dagegen (1938)

Experiences during a voyage with a KDF-steamer (Kraft Durch Freude = Power Through Joy, a nazi campaign that allowed working class people to make affordable holidays often on steamers).Grumpy old Petermann is a moaner, but during a KDF-tour on the "Der Deu ...

Stimme des Blutes (1938)

Two brothers (Albert Matterstock and Attila Hoerbiger), who are trapeze artists, are getting along just fine until Hoerbiger runs off with his brother's wife. Matterstock isn't very pleased when his wife is killed. ...

Manege (1937)

When Women Keep Silent (1937)

Curt serenades his wife Charlott from the garden without her recognizing him. When she later doesn't refer to the incident he assumes that she is falling for the 'unknown' suitor and deliberately puts a notorious womanizer on her trail. ...

Love in Stunt Flying (1937)

Mabel is a successful pilot who hates sensational media, but falls in love with Jack, a womanizer journalist with conservative views on gender. When the two of them get married, they make a deal: Mabel will cease to fly as long as Jack doesn't interview an ...

Dissatisfied Woman (1936)

Lisa's marriage is all in all quite happy; unfortunately, her husband never listens to her when it comes to buying new things. To change this situation, she fakes a loss of memory and pretends not to know who her husband is. When he calls the young psychia ...

Diener lassen bitten (1936)

Moral (1936)

The double standards of a social class, which pontificates with big words what is proper and improper in the world of morality, while in its heart thinks very differently and acts accordingly. ...

Boccaccio (1936)

The film is set during the Italian Renaissance in the 14th century. Petruccio lives in Ferrara with his wife, Fiametta. Initially, he works as a scribe at the city court. Under the pseudonym Giovanni Boccaccio, he writes amorous tales that divide opinion w ...

Street Music (1936)

The three musicians Hans, Otto and Paul have no work and propose becoming street musicians with the support of Grete, who lives in the same apartment building. One day, Otto finds a valuable object. Rather than turn it in to the police, he sells it for m ...

Der schüchterne Casanova (1936)

Hangmen, Women, and Soldiers (1935)

Nazi propaganda film with Hans Albers starring in a dual role as a daring German airman and a Russian general, two cousins who find themselves facing each other in bitter enmity after the end of World War I. ...

Queen of Love (1935)

An opera tenor replaces a humble performer in a honky tonk show and wins the heart of the soprano. ...

The Valley of Love (1935)

Rather coarse, pre-War comedy about a Markgraf -- Heinrich XXVI -- who bathes in the springs of the Ammendorf to strengthen his potency. The town and its springs are especially well known for the many couples with lots of children, who, for tax reasons, l ...

The Grey Pikes Wharf (1935)

Otto is pressured by his former girlfriend Mila to marry her. His friend and colleague Franz gets him a new job at Bernhard Münchow's remote auto repair shop, where Otto is safe from Mila for the time being. But then he falls in love with Käthe, the daug ...

Amphitryon: Happiness from the Clouds (1935)

Lamenting Thebian women are waiting for the men to come back from war. God Jupiter is attracted to one of them: Alkmene. He goes to earth and tries to seduce her as himself: an old man. Failing in this, he disguises himself as Amphitryon (Alkemene's husban ...

The Two Seals (1934)

The mustached ruler of a mythical principality, learning that his people dislike his spending so much time going hunting, allows his twin brother to take his place. ...

Ein Kind, ein Hund, ein Vagabund (1934)

Inheritance in Pretoria (1934)

The businessman Bernhard Fredersen, who has been blinded by an eye disease, shuts down his long-established company in Hamburg and moves to Pretoria to spend his retirement years with his wife Agnes. While on the journey, Agnes is seen by the treacherous E ...

Alte Kameraden (1934)

Black Fighter Johanna (1934)

Germany under Napoleon. Johanna is travelling by stagecoach when one of its occupants, Major Korfes, is arrested by the French militia. Before capture, he gives Johanna a mysterious letter. To solve the mystery, she joins the German corps as the "Black Hun ...

Heinz in the Moon (1934)

A young man of property is engaged to two women at once. ...

What Am I Without You (1934)

A struggling composer gets one of his pieces into a film program and his wife captures the lead part in the production as well. ...

Trouble with Jolanthe (1934)

Comedy about a prize pig, who's more than a tad responsible for the turbulent adventures in his small town. ...

Charley's Aunt (1934)

Charley Wyckham and Jack Chesney pressure fellow student Fancourt Babberly to pose as Charley's Brazilian Aunt Donna Lucia. Their purpose is to have a chaperone for their amorous visits with Amy and Kitty, niece and ward of crusty Stephen Spettigue. Compl ...

Der Meisterboxer (1934)

Film by Fred Sauer. ...

Gold (1934)

Using an atomic reactor, two scientists try to create gold. ...

A Girl Whirls by the World (1934)

A woman is torn between two different composers, within the larger conflict between traditional classical and the newer contemporary popular music. ...

Der Störenfried (1934)

Film by Jacoby. ...

Mother and Child (1934)

Consul Petersen and his wife are desperate, because they lost their only child and can't have another. At the same time, the maid Anna is expecting a child, whose father, Jurgen, works in a sawmill. When both of them lose their jobs, they fear they won't ...

Der streitbare Herr Kickel (1933)

Mr. Kickel makes a bet with Mr. Müller as to whether Kickel will be arrested that very day. ...