Franz Seitz

Sukkubus (1989)

Sometime during the 19th century in Switzerland: After a delirious night of drinking, three herdsmen who are all alone in the alps with their kettle, create a female doll from cloth and a strangely formed wooden root. When their creation comes to life in f ...

Flammenzeichen (1985)

München (1983)

Chronicle of Anna Magdalena Bach (1968)

The life and music of Johann Sebastian Bach as presented by his wife, Anna. ...

Der Paukenspieler (1967)

Five film directors were given the task of making short films based on titles of drawings by Paul Klee. ...

Liebesnächte in der Taiga (1967)

A US agent is supposed to find out details about a missile base in Siberia. The mission fails, although the American remains alive thanks to the help of a Russian woman. ...

Kleine Front (1965)

Short film about three young men who have seen Howard Hawks' African adventure "Hatari" in a Munich movie theater and decide to go on safari themselves. As Africa is a little too far, they drive to a nearby trout pond in their rickety Volkswagen. But their ...

Ferien vom Ich (1963)

Ship's doctor Dr. Schumacher dreams of a sanatorium where one can truly escape from all one's obligations. ...

Black-White-Red Four Poster (1962)

Germany during World War I. Young Jean falls in love with Germaine. To put an end to the affair, Father de Wehrt sends his son to the countryside. When the high school senior starts flirting with Gertrud there, he is sent to the army. ...

Isola Bella (1961)

Consul daughter Anne Stülcken wants to take her fiancee undetected under the magnifying glass and therefore slips in her father's villa in the role of a maid. ...

Cariño mío (1961)

Miguel and Verónica meet in a plane and lie to each other about their true self: she tells him she's a secretary while she actually is the billionaire niece of a duchess, and he tells her he's a trumpet player while he is a Teutonic king. Eventually they ...

Was macht Papa denn in Italien? (1961)

Schön ist die Liebe am Königssee (1961)

Do Not Send Your Wife to Italy (1960)

Manuela, Lizzie and Sabine are annoyed by their husbands. So they decide to go to Italy where they hope to meet some nice men. ...

Mein Schatz, komm mit ans blaue Meer (1959)

Ja, so ein Mädchen mit sechzehn (1959)

The Perjured Farmer (1956)

Mathias Ferner commits perjury and is thus able to secure the farm of his stepbrother Jakob as soon as he dies. In doing so, he deprives Paula Roth and the children of their inheritance. However, there is a letter incriminating Mathias Ferner. Years later, ...

Der letzte Schuß (1951)

Die Erbin vom Rosenhof (1942)

A love story, which takes place in an Upper Bavarian mountain village: the young teacher Mathias is very popular among his students for his progressive methods of teaching, but his methods have aroused the displeasure of the head teacher. Stasi, the future ...

Judgement Day (1940)

The greengrocer Ferdinand Strubel wants his daughter Marianne to marry the son of the brewery owner Baron von Schnackenberg. Since Strubel is an impossibly cheap bastard, the marriage is to take place on 20 May, which, coincidentally, is the same day the ...

Hochzeit mit Hindernissen (1939)

Die Pfingstorgel (1939)

The residents of the villages Strasslach and Rott are anything but friends. The residents of the "enemy" town are ridiculed at every chance the residents of the other village can get to do so. And it's no different, when Rott is getting ready to celebrat ...

Skandal um den Hahn (1938)

An entire neighborhood is in an uproar because the Maier family is keeping their prize-winning rooster, Otto, on the balcony of their apartment. And now, every morning, the rooster is waking up the entire street with its dawn greeting. Thus, the neighbor ...

So weit geht die Liebe nicht (1937)

1A in Upper Bavaria (1937)

The contrast between city and country living. ...

Die Jugendsünde (1936)

Es waren zwei Junggesellen (1936)

Film by Seitz. ...

Du kannst nicht treu sein (1936)

Film by Seitz. ...

The Unsuspecting Angel (1936)

Jozi's aunt runs an inn near the border and has a little side-job: she smuggles. Poor, naive Jozi doesn't know anything about it. Jozi falls in love with the young border patrol officer Hans and her feelings are amply returned. But Hans' supervisor sus ...

The Fight with the Dragon (1935)

Countess von Drachenstein, owner of the traditional Drachenstein Castle Brewery, where the famous Drachenbräu beer has been brewed for 300 years, stubbornly refuses to agree to a merger between the Drachen and Sonnen breweries. Trude, the niece, and Fritz ...

The Tannhof Women (1934)

The latest woman marrying into the Tanhoff family has to overcome the ancient curse, that she will die giving birth. ...

Zwischen Himmel und Erde (1934)

Film by Seitz. ...

At the Blond Katherine's (1934)

The student Leopold wants to marry blonde Kathrein, the landlady of the "Golden Goose" in Wurzburg. To discourage Leopold, Kathrein's aunt Minna writes to Leopold's father Valentin, whose been known as "Krambambuli" since his student days. When Leopold's ...

Achtung! Wer kennt diese Frau? (1934)

Film by Seitz. ...

Der Zithervirtuose (1934)

A film starring Karl Valentin ...

Mit dir durch dick und dünn (1934)

Ein Kuß in der Sommernacht (1933)

Film by Franz Seitz. ...

S.A. Mann Brand (1933)

This Nazi propaganda film tells the story of a young truck driver who is having trouble making ends meet until he is exposed to the teachings of Adolf Hitler, and he joins the S.A., aka Storm Troopers, and manages to convert his father--a former soldier wi ...

The Master Detective (1933)

The niece of a prying clerk, who fancies himself a great investigator, plots with her boyfriend to trick the uncle into locating a supposed kidnapped heiress, this premise set against Bavaria locales, with music, dancing, and slapstick. ...

Die blonde Christl (1933)

Hans, a young journeyman violin maker, meets and falls in love with Christel. But he has to go to Milan for a year. Before he leaves, the two get engaged. Christel's mother, who is against the union, intercepts Hans' letters from Italy. ...

The Champion Shot (1932)

A comedy about the rivalry between two men from rather different parts of Germany, Bavaria and Prussia, a rivalry which extends from business to a rifle range when they compete in shooting. ...

Wenn dem Esel zu wohl ist (1932)

The Company's Mother (1931)

Filmlegenden. Deutsch (2005)

A parade of well-known actors and directors from Germany ...

Harald Reinl - Kino ohne Probleme (1985)

Documentary about German director Harald Reinl ...