Fritz Imhoff

Schau'n Sie sich das an! 1965-1971 (2008)

Vienna no longer has anyone like him: Karl Farkas. "Look at that!" was the leitmotif of his life. He was the only one of the postwar generation who could demonstrate how cabaret had been performed during the interwar period: primarily with Jewish wit, humo ...

Der brave Soldat Schwejk (1960)

When the First World War breaks out in 1914, Josef Schwejk, a naive dog dealer in Prague, joins the Imperial Army. ...

Auf allen Straßen (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. ...

Liebe, Mädchen und Soldaten (1958)

Jedermann (1958)

Wenn die Bombe platzt (1958)

Vienna, City of My Dreams (1957)

In the made-up country of Alanien, King Alexander I has been overthrown while abroad. Now, he's in Vienna with his daughter, the city of his fondest memories since studying there as a boy. It doesn't take long for the charm of Vienna to work its magic on t ...

Castle in Tyrol (1957)

A comedy directed by Géza von Radványi. ...

Meine Tante, deine Tante (1956)

Lumpazivagabundus (1956)

The fairy Fortuna and the ghost Lumpazivagabundus argue about whether money determines whether people act for good or for evil. So they make a bet – and shortly thereafter, the three less-than-virtuous journeymen Knieriem, Zwirn, and Leim are able to cel ...

Das Liebesleben des schönen Franz (1956)

The Three from the Filling Station (1956)

Three young men working at a filling station fall in love with the same woman. ...

.. und wer küsst mich? (1956)

Three from the Gasoline Station (1955)

Robert, Peter and Fritz are the best of friends ... and hopelessly broke. But they don't let that stop them and in short order, they end up renting a deserted gas station. With just a little bit of wit and some elan, they'll bring the old girl back to life ...

Zwei Herzen und ein Thron (1955)

Die Deutschmeister (1955)

Young Stanzi who is visiting Vienna helps a young corporal and musician to become famous for his marching song "Die Deutschmeister". ...

Three Men in the Snow (1955)

The multi-millionaire Eduard Schlüter takes part under the name Schulze in a raffle of his own Schlüter works and wins a stay at the Grand Hotel. Disguised as a poor swallower, he would like to study the reactions of the hotel staff and guests. As an ass ...

König der Manege (1954)

Große Starparade (1954)

Die fünf Karnickel (1954)

Franz Schubert – Ein Leben in zwei Sätzen (1953)

Franz Schubert toils by day as his father's clerk while secretly composing in Beethoven's shadow, gaining little recognition until friends persuade publisher Diabelli to host a public performance where he meets and falls for soprano Therese Grob. Abandonin ...

Die Todesarena (1953)

Du bist die Welt für mich (1953)

Einmal keine Sorgen haben (1953)

Heute nacht passiert’s (1953)

A professor inherits a fashion salon from a former lover. Since he doesn't want his wife to find out about his previous love life, he asks his son-in-law to take over the running of the place. Needless to say, that leads to a lot of misunderstandings. ...

Lavendel (1953)

Der Verschwender (1953)

Hannerl: Ich tanze mit Dir in den Himmel hinein (1953)

Die Fiakermilli (1953)

An incredibly popular stage performer unknowingly falls madly in love with the lone critic that savaged her performance in the press. ...

April 1, 2000 (1952)

It is the year 2000 and the World Global Union is in charge, although other countries are allowed to elect their own government leaders, as long as they support the Union. When Austria's newly-elected president, played by Josef Meinrad, makes his inaugurat ...

Knall und Fall als Hochstapler (1952)

Two drifters land a part in a movie, and are later mistaken for millionaires. ...

Saison in Salzburg (1952)

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. ...

That Can Happen to Anyone (1952)

Hugo Brinkmeyer, a tax consultant, takes his wife Gerda out to the cabaret one evening. There he encounters a potential client, the wealthy businessman Schwidders. A series of mix-ups lead to Hugo being suspected of both incompetence at his job and being u ...

Stadtpark (1951)

Tanz ins Glück (1951)

Wenn eine Wienerin Walzer tanzt (1951)

Verklungenes Wien (1951)

Vienna Waltzes (1951)

A biography of the composer Johann Strauss. ...

Der alte Sünder (1951)

Gruß und Kuss aus der Wachau (1951)

Call Over the Air (1951)

A smugglers gang is active on the Austrian-Swiss border. Until now, no one has come to their attention. But one day a little girl gets seriously ill and needs medical attention; the young operator will forget that he has to be careful and calls for help th ...

Cordula (1950)

Jetzt schlägt's 13 (1950)

A powerful storm is brewing at Villa Sonnenschein. Mr. and Mrs. Jaconis have declared total marital war on each other. Jealous Hedy insists on the dismissal of her longtime servant Max, who is too adept at covering up her husband's amorous past, the succes ...

Höllische Liebe (1949)

In hell, equipped with the latest technological advances, the devils watch the happiness of a Viennese revue singer and her sculptor fiancé on a television screen. Some representatives are sent to Earth to seduce the singer and thus undermine the couple's ...

Viennese Girls (1949)

Begun in Austria in 1944/45, finished and released in 1949, this is a biography of the minor Austrian composer Carl Michael Ziehrer, who overcomes hypersensitivity in competitive situations which leads initially to failures in both career and romance. ...

Praterbuben (1948)

Der himmlische Walzer (1948)

Wiener Melodien (1948)

Little Melody from Vienna (1948)

Vienna shortly after World War II. A music professor, in whose house a young widow with three children is quartered by the housing office, changes under the influence of the charming lady. ...

Der Leberfleck (1948)

Der Herr Kanzleirat (1948)

Leopold Bachmayer, a court judge in Vienna, is a grumpy bachelor. Doing foolish things for the sake of a woman could never happen to him. He is firmly convinced of this. This changes abruptly when, shortly before his vacation, he has to interrogate the sed ...

Ein Mann gehört ins Haus (1948)

Singende Engel (1947)

Am Ende der Welt (1947)

Old Bell, owner of the sawmill and the surrounding forests in a remote place "at the end of the world," died twenty years ago. Since then, the down-to-earth and nature-loving Michael March has been the sawmill's manager. Then Bell's daughter Roberta comes ...

Wie ein Dieb in der Nacht (1945)

A young man, the junior manager of a Viennese fashion company, pretends to be a gentleman thief to win over a woman he loves. A typical comedy of errors, mostly thin and silly. ...

Heart of Vienna (1944)

Without his brother's knowledge, Joseph Schrammel popularizes his songs in Vienna. When Johann learns of this, a dispute breaks out between the siblings and their two fellow musicians, which can only be resolved with the help of the singer Fiakermilli. The ...

Schwarz auf weiß (1943)

Vienna, around 1900. The master baker Streussler's most ardent wish is to see his daughter Nelly as a student at the university. With the help of his famous "streusel cake" he succeeds in luring all kinds of helpers for this endeavor into his house. But ...

Der weiße Traum (1943)

The young ice skating talent, Liesl, lands a part in a new Revue at the Palast Theatre simply because she is confused with someone else. In reality, the roll was to be awarded to Lu Panther, the untalented girlfriend of the theatre's owner, Wildner. Afte ...

Trip Acquaintance (1943)

A nervous private investigator, his bumbling boss, a woman in love, 10,000 Reichsmark and two reversed cases. A crime comedy directed by E. W. Emo. ...

Whom the Gods Love (1942)

In the first of Hartl's two Mozart biographies, Hans Holt plays the robust and dashing composer who, in keeping with the spirit of the film's time of origin, sets out into the world like a soldier of art after his falling out with the Salzburg authorities. ...

Die heimliche Gräfin (1942)

A comedy of confusion in aristocratic Vienna at the turn of the 19th into the 20th Century: The young Bohemian Countess Antschi Dorival trades places with her friend Martina, because she wants to become an actress and applies as such at the city theatre un ...

Vienna Blood (1942)

Young Count Georg Wolkersheim is sent to the Congress of Vienna to represent the interests of his country, Reuss-Schleiz-Greiz. Tensions arise between the count, his wife Melanie, and their two chamberlains, and when the four attend a court ball, Melanie ...

Dreimal Hochzeit (1941)

Prince Alexander loves the commoner Vera and defies his uncle the Tzar as well as his peers by arranging his wedding. But Vera leaves him because she does not want to be the cause of him spending the rest of his life as a social outcast. ...

Liebe ist zollfrei (1941)

Vienna Tales (1940)

A nostalgic story about life in and around a classic Vienna coffee house. The film is set in Imperial Vienna at the beginning of the twentieth century. ...

Mother Love (1939)

A melodrama about a self-sacrificing mother who, after her husband is struck by lightning, has to raise her three sons and one daughter alone. She buys a small laundry in Vienna and does everything she can to give her children a good life. When one of her ...

Leinen aus Irland (1939)

Immortal Waltz (1939)

Johann Strauss firmly established himself as the leader of a dance orchestra in Vienna in the 1840s. His sons Johann junior and Josef have clearly inherited their father's talent. Nevertheless, father Johann is strictly opposed to both of them training as ...

Liebe streng verboten (1939)

In the eve of the war between Vienna and Berlin playing dear comedy with then popular occupation: The mother wants to marry her daughter to the lord of the manor, but the daughter prefers the elegant hoteliers. ...

Hotel Sacher (1939)

Vienna is celebrating New Year's Eve 1913/14. It is the year, which will see the outbreak of the First World War. In Hotel Sacher, the mood is excellent; and although the political atmosphere is charged, there's an undercurrent of hate and intolerance in ...

Little Country Court (1938)

An overzealous usher caught between the fronts of two other litigants against ever-girlfriends. - Humor comedy Viennese provenance with a starring role for Hans Moser. ...

Rote Rosen - Blaue Adria (1938)

Roxy und ihr Wunderteam (1938)

In 1936, Hungary's championship team, escorted by their captain, Count Szirmay, retreats to a lakeside villa after a triumphant win in London, only to discover that a runaway English bride, Gingi Cheswick, has stowed away among them. Tasked with returning ...

Musik für dich (1937)

A film for scatterbrains. Everyone's constantly forgetting something – the daughter the little dog, the father the files, the chauffeur forgetting to close the roof of his taxi when it's pouring rain and his passenger gets soaked. Everyone rushes through ...

Millionäre (1937)

"Millionaires" is an Austrian feature film from 1937, a comedy directed by Karlheinz Martin. The film premiered on July 31, 1937, in Vienna and is based on a story that illuminates life and love in the social milieu of the time. ...

Millionenerbschaft (1937)

The daughter of a rich American entices a young German but he does the right thing and gives her up for a German girl. In a separate story thread, a sports instructor inherits a fortune after the death of his uncle. ...

The Charm of La Bohème (1937)

René and his two artist friends lead a meager but careless life in a Parisian small apartment, their main worry being to avoid the housekeeper. Whenever they get some money they call more friends in and celebrate. This is how he meets beautiful but fragil ...

Lumpacivagabundus (1936)

The fairies Fortuna and Amorosa make a bet with the devil, in the form of the evil spirit Lumpacivagabundus. They don't believe he will succeed in winning humanity over. To prove his skills, they choose three journeymen: the shoemaker Knierim, the tailor Z ...

Romance (1936)

Weaves together the story of a wife who remains faithful despite being unhappy, with attempts at spying on German industrial facilities in Africa. ...

Where the Lark Sings (1936)

Country girl Margit sits for the artist Sándor, from Budapest. She is fascinated and charmed by him, and agrees to accompany him to the capital, so he can complete the painting there. Disillusionment sets in, however, when Sándor wins a prize with the fi ...

The Fairy Dolly (1936)

A girl from a noble family falls in love with a boy in financial difficulties. ...

Thank You, Madame (1936)

An ordinary Viennese taxi driver, Toni Kowalski, wanders into a diner, where a singing competition is taking place, and decides to take part in it. He is recognized as a maverick, the owner of an amazing voice, and is awarded the victory in the competition ...

The Cossack and the Nightingale (1936)

The story revolves around Vera, a renowned singer constantly evading her possessive Russian husband, Count Ogolenski, who uses cunning tactics to eliminate her potential suitors and refuses to grant her freedom. Seeking refuge and romance, she becomes invo ...

Rendezvous in Wien (1936)

Gusti Aigner and Franz Lenhardt are in love, but composer Lenhardt is too shy and bashful to go out and sell his compositions to music publishers. Gusti takes the burden on herself; and while there are complications and humorous situations she runs into. ...

Catherine the Last (1936)

Story of a naive kitchen maid who falls in love with a wealthy womanizer. ...

Silhouettes (1936)

The confrontation between two women - a choreographer of a successful troupe and a prima ballerina. Stung by the news of her upcoming dismissal, the prima begins to scheme.. ...

Love Whispers (1935)

To escape dreary country life, a count travels to Italy with a friend every year. Instead of the alleged purchase of horses, the reason he gives to his mother as to why he needs to travel to Italy, he spends his time chasing after the ladies. ...

The White Horse Inn (1935)

Im weißen Rößl (English title: White Horse Inn or The White Horse Inn) is an operetta or musical comedy by Ralph Benatzky and Robert Stolz in collaboration with a number of other composers and writers, set in the picturesque Salzkammergut region of Uppe ...

Episode (1935)

Vienna, 1922. Due to a sudden financial tragedy, a young woman begins accepting checks from an older, rich gentleman for companionship in order for her to keep attending college. Their relationship is purely platonic, but eventually she begins a romance wi ...

Ich liebe alle Frauen (1935)

Famous 1930's tenor Jan Kiepura doubles as a singing shop-assistant who stands in for a famous but lazy singer, mixing up each others love-lives in the process. ...

Eva, the Factory Girl (1935)

A famous racing driver must give up his sport and take over the management of the porcelain factory on incentive of the vigorous grandmother as the last shoot of an old businessman's family. Unrecognized he is regulated as a worker what a love story with a ...

Everything for the Company (1935)

Familial disputes surrounding a traditional business. Grandfather Sonndorfer allies himself with his grandson Otto, in order to bring his arrogant son Max on the right path. Between the fronts is Emmerich Liebling, the intriguing messenger. ...

Last Love (1935)

A middle aged composer returns to Vienna after ten years in America, falls in love with a Japanese student and writes his last opera for her. ...

Suburban Cabaret (1935)

In Vienna of 1913 a young woman coming from vaudeville theatre circles stands before the wedding with a construction draftsman; this must move to the military and sends his bride on the country, so that she cannot be enticed to the stage. However, she does ...

Die Fahrt in die Jugend (1935)

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Die beiden Stoffl (1935)

Salto in die Seligkeit (1934)

An unemployed artist must choose between a flower seller and a Hungarian dancer and defend himself against suspicion of shoplifting. ...

Masquerade in Vienna (1934)

After a masked carnival ball, Gerda Harrandt, wife of the surgeon Carl Ludwig Harrandt, allows the fashionable artist Ferdinand von Heidenick to paint a portrait of her wearing only a mask and a muff. This muff however belongs to Anita Keller, in secret th ...

Frühjahrsparade (1934)

This Hungarian musical comedy (English title: Spring Parade) was produced by Joseph Pasternak, who later remade the picture in Hollywood as a Deanna Durbin vehicle. The original 1934 version stars Franciska Gaal as a Hungarian serving girl who heads to Vie ...

Die Töchter ihrer Exzellenz (1934)

A young woman tries to hinder her sister from committing adultery - by wooing the man she thinks is the suitor herself. ...