Franz Josef Gottlieb

Die Liebe eines Priesters (2005)

Michael, a hardened petty criminal, has made a hot score with two accomplices. On a hectic escape through the streets of Prague, he notices a young woman who is about to throw herself off a bridge into the Vltava. Quick-witted, he jumps in after her and sa ...

Kein perfekter Mann (1993)

A comedy directed by Franz Josef Gottlieb. ...

Mit dem Herzen einer Mutter (1992)

A woman loses her husband in a car accident and plunges into a severe emotional crisis, which is why she leaves her son in the care of her mother-in-law. When she goes to pick him up weeks later, a fierce battle breaks out between the women over the child. ...

Kleiner Mann im großen Glück (1992)

Willi, a dropout from Berlin, hitchhikes to the south of France with his buddy Paul Gottlieb. There he sets out to find a certain Pierre, whom he knows from the war and post-war period. Pierre offers him the villa of a pretty model who wants to travel to P ...

Mrs. Harris und der Heiratsschwindler (1991)

Drunter und drüber (1990)

Ruth lies to her husband Karl about visiting her sister to sneak away with her lover Andreas. Meanwhile, Karl invites colleague Daniela over. Their plans collapse when robbers Schelling and Kramberg pose as TV technicians, tying up Andreas and hiding Danie ...

Geld macht nicht glücklich (1989)

A comedy directed by Franz Josef Gottlieb. ...

Jede Menge Schmidt (1989)

Chaos in a luxurious castle hotel: a bride doesn't want to get married, a member of the Bundestag seeks relaxation with a fling, a Texan fears the escapades of his wife, who is uninhibited by alcohol. The entanglements pile up because several people are ca ...

Killer kennen keine Furcht (1989)

Three guests in a luxury hotel. The highly respected managing director of a computer company, an actor and womanizer and finally a bespectacled murderer who has calculated that a hotel room is the perfect setting for the murder of his victim, a Chinese pol ...

Mrs. Harris fährt nach Monte Carlo (1989)

Because her mother has to go to New York on business, little Helen is once again left in the care of Ada Harris. Helen's father, the industrialist Costa, takes the opportunity to take his daughter to Monte Carlo, where he lives with his mistress, without b ...

Keine Gondel für die Leiche (1989)

A crime comedy directed by Franz Josef Gottlieb. ...

Trouble im Penthouse (1988)

Professor Lichtwitz, a successful architect and notorious womanizer, secretly accesses his penthouse via his office. Employee Bodo, assuming Lichtwitz is away, invites dentist's assistant Stella to the "vacant" penthouse for dinner. Unaware of his boss's r ...

Tagebuch für einen Mörder (1988)

Only a short time left until Max Telligan's diary is finished. Hollywood is already interested in the book's film rights. US producer Terry Wilde makes the successful British author a lucrative offer. But shortly after the negotiations, the American is fou ...

Spätes Glück nicht ausgeschlossen (1988)

Mrs. Harris fährt nach Moskau (1987)

Three Crazy Jerks (1987)

Ricky, Walter and Edmund, 3 not very successful and chaotic Daydreamer, meet after all of them get fired from the set of the new Winnetou production. On their way to the next town they meet Rosi and all 3 of them fall immediately in love with her. After an ...

Death Stone (1987)

Kumar Cunningham loses his fiancee in Sri Lanka during a festival, only to discover her dead from a drugs overdose. Mad with grief, he kills the two dealers and is arrested for murder. He manages to escape and is bent on revenge. ...

Hexenschuß (1987)

A comedy directed by Franz Josef Gottlieb. ...

Vicky und Nicky (1987)

A movie directed by Franz Josef Gottlieb. ...

Mrs. Harris - Der geschmuggelte Henry (1987)

Das Geheimnis von Lismore Castle (1986)

Tender But Cheeky Like Oskar (1980)

The two buddies Peter and Freddie are on their way to Italy on vacation in their pink VW Beetle to pick up a few "bees and bunnies". At a petrol station on Lake Wörthersee, Peter meets his summer love from last year, the enchanting Billy, again and there ...

She's 19 and Ready (1979)

A young woman, just turning 19, is ready for anything, including fullfilling her dreams and fantasies. But two young men, Klaus and Stephen, are after her with their raging hormones to lead the way. The young lady learns to grow up fast, though, when stran ...

Hurra, die Schwedinnen sind da (1978)

Nikki Moser, a blond womanizer, made a deal with the burgomaster. He gave him money to buy a hotel, and for this Nikki should marry his daughter Marianne. And the catch is not even that the daughter of the Bavarian city head is a mulatto, but the fact that ...

Popcorn and Ice Cream (1978)

Gesa loses her vacation money in a warehouse bed while having sex with her boyfriend. When she realizes the money is gone, they return to the warehouse, but the beds have all been picked up for delivery. They immediately set off by train to follow the mone ...

Joy of Flying (1977)

The young wife Silvia is neglected by her husband Kurt. She dreams during the flight to a psychoanalyst Congress similarly Jong's heroine Isadora while reading a novel called emancipatory joy of flying in a world of its own. Then she has an affair with the ...

Lady Dracula (1977)

A beautiful blonde bitten by Count Dracula 100 years previously is unearthed in Vienna, and soon she goes on a killing spree. ...

The Secret Carrier (1975)

Die gelbe Nachtigall (1975)

Fanny Hobichler, a young promising actress, moves to Vienna in the 1920s in order to pursue her big break. She draws inspiration and seeks help from the popular stage actor Albert Kortz who once started out from the same provincial town as she did and was ...

Bottoms Up (1974)

A scientist discovers a way to turn cow manure into energy. Two secret agents are dispatched to find out the formula but they devote more time to having sex with each other than they do going after the scientist. Pretty soon everyone in the area is after t ...

Crazy - Total verrückt (1973)

A comedy directed by Franz Josef Gottlieb ...

Trubel um Trixie (1972)

Mr. Brow, the boss of an American toy company, sends his employee Trixie to Vienna. She is to investigate the company Wiesinger & Sohn, with whom the American wants to do business. Trixie soon realizes that the Wiesingers are shady con artists. Unfortunate ...

Betragen ungenügend! (1972)

Due to a plot by the teaching staff, headmaster Taft is forced into early retirement and Knörz is appointed headmaster. However, they didn't count on class 13a, and especially not on their spokesperson Pepe Nietnagel. They are anything but happy about los ...

Girls and the Love Games (1972)

Five vignettes around the theme of what can happen when teenagers' parents are away from home ... and then return unexpectedly. ...

Rudi benimm dich! (1971)

Rudi Carnel is a passionate inventor. He has developed a universal robot that he wants to present to a large company. ...

Die tollen Tanten schlagen zu (1971)

Andy is mistaken for Eva at the girls' boarding school and treated sternly by principal Schatz but loved by his co-eds. To get Andy out of 'her' skirt Andy's pal Rudi has to dress up as Eva's mom to convince Schatz to release 'her'. ...

Hilfe, die Verwandten kommen (1971)

Wir hau’n den Hauswirt in die Pfanne (1971)

Tante Trude aus Buxtehude (1971)

The down-and-out private detectives Rudi and Moritz join Karin and Gerda on the hunt for an inheritance million. According to the testator's will - Aunt Trude from Buxtehude - the money must be received by Gerda within a week. ...

Das haut den stärksten Zwilling um (1971)

Civil servant Peter Werner lives separated from his wife, fashion photographer Grit. Their twins also live separated from each other; Gaby grows up with their father in Munich; Ulli lives with their mother in London. ...

Wenn du bei mir bist (1970)

Pilot Chris Bergen falls in love with Tamani, a Thai woman, on a flight to Bangkok. It is only later that he learns she is a princess and is supposed to marry a prince at her father's behest. ...

When the Mad Aunts Arrive (1970)

The Naked Wytche (1970)

The Grimm Bros. tale of the brother and sister who wander into a witches' house, but told with a more adult slant (in other words, lots of nudity). ...

Swedish Wife Exchange Club (1969)

The young, married Marianne falls into the circles of partner swapping. Georg, her husband, accuses her of frigidity and uptightness. After an argument in the marital bedroom, they separate and divorce. Marianne soon meets Franz and his wife Judith, who ne ...

Every Night of the Week (1969)

A romance directed by Franz Josef Gottlieb. It follows "The Perfect Marriage". ...

Spanking at School (1969)

Katja, a young journalist, tries to do her A-levels instead of her friend. But the class teacher falls in love with the supposed student. But before the happy ending, the class goes on strike and the chemistry lab is almost blown up. ...

Van de Velde: The Perfect Marriage (1968)

The first of two erotic dramas based on a 1926 book of the same name. It was followed by "Every Night of the Week". ...

Luana (1968)

A girl searching a forbidding jungle for her missing father stumbles upon a savage jungle girl. ...

The Miracle of Love (1968)

The Film begins with an emphatically serious discussion between Kolle, the sex researcher Professor Hans Giese, and the psychologist Wolfgang Hochheimer. After that follow the first play scenes. In a buoyant conversation, two model cases of sexual difficul ...

Spy Today, Die Tomorrow (1967)

Millionaire Baretti pays a gang to rob an atomic bomb from an American silo, and then blackmails the American Government for a huge amount of money. German secret service (BND) agent 'Dynamite' will use his fists, guns and more to try to stop them. ...

Kingdom of the Silver Lion (1965)

Kara Ben-Nemsi, friends and rescuers set out to free a young relative of the guardian of the treasure of the Chaldaeans (Christian sect), who is captured for that fabulous ransom. ...

Ferien mit Piroschka (1965)

The young heartbreaker Thomas Laurends, son of a wealthy Hamburg family, is sent to Hungary to buy horses for his father's stud farm. This comes in very handy for Thomas. It allows him to escape his clingy girlfriend Karin for a while. However, his stay is ...

The Wild Men of Kurdistan (1965)

After dealing with the Shut in the Balkans, Kara Ben-Nemsi ('Karl the German') receives a firman (precious passport) from the padishah (Ottoman sultan) before he continues his travels through Kurdistan. Achmed El Corda, the son of Halef's Hadedhin Beduin t ...

The Racetrack Murders (1964)

The son of a British racehorse owner conspires with a bookie to ruin the odds of his father's thoroughbred winning an important event. ...

The Curse of the Hidden Vault (1964)

Mobsters conspire to loot another criminal's treasure secured in an enormous booby-trapped vault. ...

The Phantom of Soho (1964)

A masked killer is stalking and killing Londoners outside a nightclub. ...

The Secret of the Black Widow (1963)

Someone is killing people related to a South American expedition. The means of murder are poison darts with rubber spiders attached to them. A writer and some police detectives investigate. ...

The Black Abbot (1963)

Several employees on a nobleman's estate show up at a former abbey, reputed to be haunted, to search for a hidden treasure. Howver, a mysterious hooded figure begins killing off those who may have figured out where the treasure is hidden. ...

The Curse of the Yellow Snake (1963)

A Chinese cult bent on taking over the world uses an idol called The Golden Reptile that they believe can give them the power to achieve their goal. ...

Die Försterchristel (1962)

Musik ist Trumpf (1961)

The young musician Ralph Osterwalder, born in Bern in 1922, is tired of working in a big band. He dreams of a small, flexible ensemble. In 1944, he founded his own combo in a hotel room. In 1949, fierce disputes arose. The newly founded Hazy Osterwald Sext ...

Season in Salzburg (1961)

The actors Heinz Doll, Hans Stiegler and Werner Mack have failed to look after the end of the last season in time for a new commitment and are now unemployed. Since they are just right that the Salzburg mountain hotel "Zum Blaue Enzian" staff looking for. ...

The Magnificent Rogue (1960)

A slightly ironic comedy about the rise of a celebrated factory owner who began his swindles while a prisoner of war and ends up as a cheated fraudster. ...

Meine Nichte tut das nicht (1960)

Gitarren klingen leise durch die Nacht (1960)

Because pop singer Fred is constantly flirting, his fiancée leaves him. Fred travels to Sicily and finds solace with the fisherman's daughter Maria. Upon returning to Vienna, he reconciles with his fiancée. Then, suddenly, Maria appears at the door. ...

Zwölf Mädchen und ein Mann (1959)

Before the police station in Ober-Himmelbrunn is dissolved, the local landlord reports a burglary. The young gendarme Thaler is assigned to solve the case. Disguised as a holidaymaker, he goes to work. In the process, he conquers the hearts of twelve attra ...

Mikosch of the Secret Service (1959)

Bad Ischl is in a state of great excitement: the Emperor of Austria-Hungary, the Prussian Emperor, and the Russian Tsar are expected. But then plans to assassinate the heads of state become known. The Austro-Hungarian secret service deploys its "special un ...

Unter Achtzehn (1957)

The social worker Luise Gottschalk dedicates all her passion to the Viennese caretakers and derailed young people. Tirelessly, she advertises to adults for understanding the needs of adolescents. She is particularly committed to a girl named Elfie Breitner ...

Wo die Lerche singt (1956)

The renowned Viennese artist Stefan Helmers spends the summer in a mountain village where he has been commissioned to paint a church window. There, he falls in love with a peasant girl who accompanies him to Vienna after completing his work. But in the met ...

Interview mit Regisseur Franz Josef Gottlieb (2006)

Franz Josef Gottlieb talks about his Edgar Wallace films and the collaboration with producer Artur Brauner. ...

Das haut den stärksten Zwilling um (1971)

Civil servant Peter Werner lives separated from his wife, fashion photographer Grit. Their twins also live separated from each other; Gaby grows up with their father in Munich; Ulli lives with their mother in London. ...

Auf Scheisser schiesst man nicht (1969)

A group of outlaw-style thugs lives on a house boat. They recruit a new member, a girl. Because she steals money from their boss they decide to flee, but they need to make money first. ...