Franz Arzdorf

The Casino Affair (1957)

In a casino in a We'5t German health resort, one often sees Sybille - an attractive young student actress. With her winnings from the roulette table, she attempts to finance her studies. Despite a rather lucky streak, her winnings are a little on the lean ...

Two Mothers (1957)

The story of two women, one French and the other German, who fight for a child who has been mistakenly taken by the Germans after a bomb raid. ...

Thomas Müntzer (1956)

In 1523, young Thomas Müntzer arrives with his wife Ottilie in the Thuringian village Allstedt to assume the rectorate. As a follower of Luther′s teachings, he finds in the Bible not only reasons for clerical, but also for secular reforms. But when Luth ...

Der Ochse von Kulm (1955)

On a pasture in Bavaria, an ox frightens members of the American occupying forces. Farmer Alois, the owner of the animal, is sentenced to thirty days in prison for this "political" offense. While Alois begins his sentence, the ox runs riot in the prison ya ...

Life Lies Ahead of Us (1948)

Captain Harms still suffers from the bomb attack on his ship. He can not put up with sitting on land, but is afraid of take to the sea. Slowly he is becoming more and more frustrated and gradually falls into alcohol addiction. ...

Die goldene Spinne (1943)

Diesel (1943)

A German wartime biography of Rudolf Diesel, inventor of the Diesel engine. The movie links the importance of the engine to the war by starting the movie with newsreel clips of German Navy U-boats in action. ...

Women Are Better Diplomats (1941)

A seductive dancer (Marika Rökk) helps her uncle to fight against the closing of his casino. Through her feminine charm she achieves diplomatic success. ...

Friedemann Bach (1941)

During a house concert, the Bach family gets a visit by their son Wilhelm Friedemann, who has just given up his position in Dresden because he no longer could endure the reprisals of his superiors. ...

The Sky-blue Evening Dress (1941)

As the son of a fashion house owner in Zurich, Hans Haberland apparently can offer his lovers any article of clothing, for which they're willing to sell themselves. His current girl-toy Lizzie wants this fantastic, sky blue dress -- but it's that dress exa ...

Der dunkle Punkt (1940)

Eduard Winkelmann, the owner of an apartment building in Munich, never tires of making life difficult for his renters. One day, a young woman, Erika, shows up at his door. She is the illegitimate daughter of a long-past love affair. ...

Süss, the Jew (1940)

Nazi historical drama about Duke Karl Alexander of Württemberg and his treasurer Süß Oppenheimer. ...

The Lucky Seven (1940)

Bernd Flor, an aging, but still very attractive, actor feels most at home playing the role of the tireless Don Juan in his private life. He's already been married six times and had left all six women, although the marriages were in no way unhappy. On the ...

Liebesschule (1940)

A young woman works for two different men, both of whom fall in love with her. In the mornings she is secretary for a popular author and in the afternoons for a singer. Which of them will she settle for? ...

Kitty and the World Conference (1939)

The setting is Lugano (Switzerland), where an apparently very important world conference takes place. The film tells the story of the young Kitty (Hannelore Schroth), who works as a manicurist at the Eden Hotel, and who in the course of events gets to kno ...

Barbara, wo bist Du? (1939)

Flucht ins Dunkel (1939)

Die Frau ohne Vergangenheit (1939)

The Governor (1939)

In an imaginary Scandinavian country, an ambitious radical buys an indebted estate in order to become a member of parliament as a local resident, which he ultimately succeeds in doing. Salvation in the party turmoil comes in the form of a military dictator ...

The Fourth Did Not Show Up (1939)

Four school chums who meet yearly are missing their friend, who was working in a Stockholm bank and supposedly killed himself. But was it murder, instead? ...

Humans, Animals, Sensations (1938)

The artist Hansen and his wife have separated due to professional stubbornness, even though they love each other. The animals behave more sensibly: Hansen's trained monkeys bring the couple back together. People and animals work together to create a sensat ...

Secret Mission (1938)

The good-natured helmsman Jan Jenssen somehow ends up being a part of some international intrigue, when he agrees to take a briefcase to Genoa on behalf of a certain Mr. Branting. It is there, that he gets to know the attractive Ruth Martens, who asserts, ...

Fahrendes Volk (1938)

Fernand has escaped from prison and finds shelter in the traveling circus Barlay, where his former wife Flora works as a predator trainer. Their son, now grown up, Marcel is an art rider and does not know that Fernand is his father. Marcel loves Yvonne, th ...

Liebelei und Liebe (1938)

Gunther and Elizabeth have felt bonded to each other since their childhood. When Gunther finishes up his engineer studies, he finds a position at a large concern, which is, however, located in another city. Elizabeth lets him withdraw, although she is pr ...

A Girl Goes Ashore (1938)

Erna, the daughter of a Hamburg coastal skipper, loses her fiancé to the sea. In her grief, she first flees to relatives, then takes her fate into her own hands and starts working for a shipowner in Blankenese. When she slowly begins to develop feelings f ...

A Night in May (1938)

A reckless young woman has her driving license withdrawn, drives home anyway and gets involved in a traffic accident. Realizing this was a little over the top she decides that she has to flee the country. As fate has it, she misses her train and instead me ...

La Habanera (1937)

While vacationing in Puerto Rico, a young Swedish woman falls in love with and marries a powerful local landowner. Ten years later, their marriage has turned sour; meanwhile, two Swedish doctors have arrived on the island to investigate a mysterious fever. ...

Crooks in Tails (1937)

Womanizer Conny and his less successful brother Fred make a lucrative real estate deal on the Côte d′Azur and receive a cheque for 100,000 francs as a down payment. On the train back to Paris, Conny meets the attractive Vera and stays in Monte Carlo for ...

Love Can Lie (1937)

Dr. Ivar Andersson, introduced by his colleague, Sigrid Mall, is the new German teacher for the underclassmen in a girl's high school. As is to be expected, there's soon a whole swarm of girls vying for his attention, but none as much as Kerstin Dahlberg, ...

A Dangerous Game (1937)

The formerly wealthy Baron Carl Erich von Wenden is desperate. His debts are out of control and he is forced to give up everything he owns. Since he doesn't want to burden his daughter Rosy with all of this, he tells her he'll take a pleasure trip with h ...