Hans Hessling

Ein Zug nach Manhattan (1981)

1952 in a suburb of New York: the pious Leon Sternberger is a cantor in a small Jewish community. One morning, he realizes that he has lost his faith in God. There is simply too much misery and injustice in this world. His friend Schames Rosen advises him ...

Happy End oder Wie ein kleines Heilsarmeemädchen Chicagos größte Verbrecher in die Arme der Gesellschaft zurückführte (1972)

Nurses for Sale (1971)

Hamburg ship captain Markus Jolly is hired to transport a vaccine to a Latin American port, but when the precious cargo is stolen by mobsters, he is falsely accused of engineering the theft. ...

Das Freudenhaus (1971)

A former prostitute and a failed circus clown set up a brothel, but he becomes a scoundrel and ends up disappearing with 70000 DM. ...

Die chinesische Mauer (1965)

A gigantic masked ball is held at the court of the Chinese emperor Hwang Ti. The builder of the wall surrounding the vast land The builder of the enormous wall surrounding the vast country celebrates his victory over his last enemies and does not shy away ...

Ninotschka (1965)

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Die Soldaten (1962)

The 42nd Heaven (1962)

Musical comedy about a marriage registrar. ...

Max der Taschendieb (1962)

Max, a small time pick-pocket, has nothing to do with the 'big' crimes. But then he must find the murderer of Fred, his wife's brother. ...

The Last Witness (1960)

Director Wolfgang Staudte who left East Germany in 1953 to make movies in West Germany, takes a few swipes at the West German judicial system in this fairly effective courtroom drama about the murder of a four-month-old baby. Police almost immediately arre ...

Sacred Waters (1960)

Water is a scarce and sometimes dangerous resource in the Swiss Mountain Village. Anytime the wooden pipe is damaged and the supply breaks, one man from the village is determined by "unlucky" draw to take on the life-threatening repairs. ...

The Last Pedestrian (1960)

Heinz Erhardt wanders through the Black Forest as a photographer for a magazine. On the train he meets a young girl who from now on does not leave his side. ...

Buddenbrooks - 2. Teil (1959)

Second part of two of the saga of the troubled Buddenbrook family and their business in 19th century Germany. ...

Die Bürger von Calais (1958)

Port of Desire (1958)

Pierre is in Hamburg on a merchant ship with his friends Georges and Jean-Marie. While they are just looking for a good time in the twenty-four hours they have to waste in the city, Pierre is seized by the memory of a young German girl, Maria, whom he had ...

Alibi (1955)

An industrialist's wife was killed and now her lover is accused of murder. ...

Have Sunshine in Your Heart (1953)

On a mountain lake, in the picturesque Alps in the Salzburg region, the old, rich grumble has retired to his country house and actually only wants to live in peace and seclusion. Soon the longed-for peace will be over, because in the immediate vicinity a h ...

Corinna Schmidt (1951)

Berlin in 1878: Corinna Schmidt, who was brought up in a petit-bourgeois, academic family, is romantically interested in Leopold Treibel, the son of the lordly councillor of commerce Jenny Treibel – although Corinna is also deeply in love with her cousin ...

Der Verteidiger hat das Wort (1944)

Jordan, a famous criminal lawyer, will only represent clients, of whose innocence he is convinced (must be financially not-too-well-off). One day, his future son-in-law, the jeweler Fabian, is arrested on suspicion of murder on the day before his wedding. ...

The Brave Little Tailor (1941)

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The Heart of a Queen (1940)

As the title "The Queen's Heart" suggests, this early German black and white version of Mary Queen of Scott's eventful reign and death focuses on her emotional perception rather lyrically, with some songs, mainly by her. ...

Nights in Andalusia (1938)

When the dancer Carmen visits the bullfighter Antonio, who has stabbed a gypsy, in prison, she meets the dragoon brigadier José. The two immediately take a liking to each other, and from that day on, José often visits the café where Carmen dances. When ...

Joan of Arc (1935)

France in the 15th Century: The country is marked by the wars with England and internal power struggles. King Charles sees himself powerless against the state. As emerges from the people suddenly a young woman named Johanna, who claimed that the Archangel ...