Heinrich Gretler

Immer die verflixten Weiber (1970)

The women of a Swiss community finally want to achieve equal rights. At the top of the uproar is the midwife Spyri, who does not want to be married by the head of the district, Stirnimann. They succeed in abducting the head of the community and using his f ...

Keine Angst Liebling, ich pass schon auf (1970)

Dr. Felsner goes on a business trip to Switzerland to flirt with the dashing Gerti. But his clever wife Edith is on guard. ...

Der Talisman (1969)

Kraft des Gesetzes (1968)

König Ödipus (1967)

Die Mohrin (1967)

A Winter's Tale (1965)

Das Leben des Horace A.W. Tabor - Ein Stück aus den Tagen der letzten Könige (1965)

Haben (1964)

Freddy und das Lied der Südsee (1963)

Stadtpark (1963)

The Invisible Terror (1963)

A scientist creates an invisibility formula, but it is stolen by a master criminal who uses it to commit even bigger crimes. ...

Kohlhiesel's Daughters (1962)

Landlord Kohlhiesl has two twin daughters that nevertheless couldn't be more different: Liesel is beautiful, feminine, sophisticated, educated and in love with a fellow, Toni, from back home. The other daughter, Susi, is clumsy, masculine, never left home ...

Und ewig knallen die Räuber (1962)

A meek tailor named Nickolaus decides to form a band of robbers to proof his manliness. Unfortunately he soon draws the attention of an actual gang-leader, Der Rote Rollo. ...

Wild Waters (1962)

Thomas, son of sawmill owner Mautner, is more interested in music and women than in his father's business. His latest acquaintance is the young Andrea Sternberg, whom he rescues from a torrent and whose father wants to build a hotel on the Mautners' proper ...

Liebling, ich muß dich erschießen (1962)

The 42nd Heaven (1962)

Musical comedy about a marriage registrar. ...

A Roof Over Your Head (1962)

A poor family with 6 kids that live in a ramshackle hut are suddenly offered a nice flat for cheap - with the landlord hoping they'll drive away their new neighbors whom he wants out of his building. ...

The Counterfeiters of Paris (1961)

"Le Dabe" retired many years ago and now he lives in the Tropics where he owns stables and horses. He is a very rich man. He was the king of all money counterfeiters. He is contacted from Paris to organize a new job. He says no. But when he finds out the t ...

Via Mala (1961)

A godless sawmill owner makes his family's life so hellish that he has to be killed. ...

Die Gejagten (1961)

In the forest of Hablikon, the administrator Reichle is found shot dead. He had gone hunting with three other respected citizens of the community. Detective Sergeant Müller takes charge of the investigation. The first suspect is the nephew of one of the h ...

Anne Bäbi Jowager, Part 2 - Jakobli and Meyeli (1961)

The further trials of the wealthy Emmentaler farming family Jowäger and their neighbors, adapted from the second volume of the 19th century novel by Jeremias Gotthelf (pen-name of Albert Bitzius). ...

Sabine und die hundert Männer (1960)

Immer will ich dir gehören (1960)

Waldhausstraße 20 (1960)

Anne Bäbi Jowäger I. Part - How Jakobli comes to a woman (1960)

The trials of the wealthy Emmentaler farming family Jowäger, adapted from the 19th century novel of the same name by Jeremias Gotthelf (pen-name of Albert Bitzius), which was also published in two parts. ...

Scheidungsgrund: Liebe (1960)

Himmel, Amor und Zwirn (1960)

A young father has been left by his wife, and has to go on military service with his baby. ...

Old Heidelberg (1959)

At his uncle's behest, the young Karl-Heinrich, Hereditary Prince of Saxe-Karlsburg, is sent to Heidelberg to study for a year. After a joyless youth in the gloomy, stately Karlsburg Castle, the prince embarks on the most carefree period of his life. He fa ...

The Cow and I (1959)

In 1942, a French prisonner of war in Germany decide to escape to France using a cow hold by a lunge as a decoy. He cross all Germany in this way. ...

The Ideal Woman (1959)

A woman as mayor is quite unusual in Germany in the 1950s, but Dr. Fanny Becker is a lawyer with experience in local politics, which is why she gets elected mayor of Rosenburg. ...

The Cheese Factory in the Hamlet (1958)

The farmers of a village decide to postpone the construction of a new school in profit of a concentration to cheese production. From a novel by Jeremias Gotthelf. ...

Children of the Mountains (1958)

Josef Rainer is a road worker in a mountain village in Liechtenstein. His wife Marianne works as a waitress in a restaurant to improve the meager housekeeping money. Some people ask themselves why she has married that poor devil since she could have marrie ...

Der schwarze Blitz (1958)

Michael Kirchner, nicknamed "The Black Lightning", is a passionate alpine skier. Now he must eliminate the tough opponent Herbert Tanner to be the representative of the national team. ...

...und nichts als die Wahrheit (1958)

Dr. Stefan Donat, a doctor from Frankfurt, unexpectedly becomes the sole heir to his wife Agnes' estate after she dies of a terminal illness, even though they had been divorced for years. The change in the will in Stefan's favor was made on the day Agnes d ...

It Happened in Broad Daylight (1958)

The search for a child murderer drags a once-respected detective into an all-consuming obsession. ...

Der Pfarrer von St. Michael (1957)

When the cosmopolitan pastor Linhart takes care of the pregnant, unmarried maid Angela, the entire village believes that he must be the father of the child—especially when he takes in the baby Andreas after the mother's death. Twenty years pass. Andreas ...

Die Heilige und ihr Narr (1957)

Der 10. Mai (1957)

Der 10. Mai (The Tenth of May) was the date in 1940 that Hitler invaded the Low Countries: Belgium, Holland and Luxembourg. Neutral Switzerland, which hadn't experienced a war since the 14th century, hurriedly fortified its borders with battalions of inexp ...

Der König der Bernina (1957)

Markus Paltram returns to his home village after ten years. There, he is shunned because his father is believed to be a murderer. Markus falls in love with Cilgia, the pastor's daughter. However, Pia, a Roma girl, wants to win Markus for herself at any cos ...

Der Jungfrauenkrieg (1957)

The Girl and the Legend (1957)

London, in 1730. Charly, Jim and Ben work hard, with the brave Maud, in a cotton mill to earn a few shillings. They all dream of the wonderful island told by Daniel Defoe. The latter lives in a miserable room. He is disgraced and rejected by his son Tom, a ...

The Mountains Between Us (1956)

After the death of his parents, Beat Matter grows up with the Escher family. Their son Dominik is his best friend. As a young man, Beat enlists for two years of service with the Papal Swiss Guard in Rome. Shortly before starting his service, he meets Domin ...

Der Schandfleck (1956)

Leni charms everyone with her friendly nature. Nevertheless, her father rejects her. When Leni wants to get engaged to Florian, she learns the reason: Florian is her half-brother, and she herself is merely the product of her mother's affair. Devastated, Le ...

Kleines Zelt und große Liebe (1956)

Der Glockengießer von Tirol (1956)

Das Erbe vom Pruggerhof (1956)

Die Försterbuben (1955)

When seminarian Martin Rufmann arrives in St. Eustachen, idyllically located in the Carinthian mountains, the local choral society is celebrating a joyous festival. Martin is the youngest son of the widowed head forester Thomas Rufmann. Martin's older brot ...

Sohn ohne Heimat (1955)

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Rosenmontag (1955)

The young lieutenant Hans Rudloff is engaged to the daughter of a councilor of commerce. However, he is in love with the flower arranger Anna. In order to marry her, he is even prepared to resign from his post. But gossip and intrigue don't exactly make th ...

Der Fischer vom Heiligensee (1955)

Der Pfarrer von Kirchfeld (1955)

Ein Mann vergißt die Liebe (1955)

Heidi und Peter (1955)

Heidi lives with Alp-Öhi n the Swiss Alps in the summer, where she helps Peter tend the goats. In winter, she stays in the village and attends school. One day, a letter arrives from Heidi's German friend, Klara Sesemann, announcing her visit. Klara indeed ...

Little Friends (1954)

At the age of three, little Wolfgang has lost his parents. Since then his uncle Eduard raises the boy. As a former concertmaster Eduard has recognized how gifted his nephew is and the boy learns the hard way. The 6-year-old must practice daily 6 hours at t ...

Uli der Knecht (1954)

The film traces Uli's progress from his humble peasant surroundings to the homes of the wealthy and prominent. The characterizations are convincing, and the comic interludes surprisingly subtle and believable for a Swiss film. The no-star cast doomed Uli D ...

Die Sonne von St. Moritz (1954)

Dein Herz ist meine Heimat (1953)

Mit siebzehn beginnt das Leben (1953)

Junges Herz voll Liebe (1953)

The Venus of Tivoli (1953)

Unemployed and homeless actors following the dream of finding the future in South America. The manager Osvaldo Curtis tricks the group of colorful and failed artists to apply for a special visa overseas. ...

Das Dorf unterm Himmel (1953)

Die große Versuchung (1952)

A young man practices medicine without a licence. ...

Der Weibertausch (1952)

Lorenz has his eye on Simon Gigl's prize-winning breeding bull and would love to have it. But is he willing to make a deal to give up his wife Uschi to Gigl for a week in exchange for the bull? ...

Heidi (1952)

Heidi, a young orphan girl living with her aunt in Frankfurt, is forced to move to the Swiss Alps to live with her ornery grandfather. At first, he resents her presence, but, after a short while, Heidi manages to pierce his gruff exterior, and the two beco ...

The Devil Makes Three (1952)

Jeff Elliot is an American GI investigating a black market gang in Munich. ...

No Greater Love (1952)

Directed by Harald Braun and told from the perspective of Bertha von Suttner, the first female to receive the Nobel Peace Prize, The Alfred Nobel Story - No Greater Love chronicles the life of scientist, inventor, and businessman Alfred Nobel. Nobel built ...

Nights on the Road (1952)

An aging truck driver finds smuggled money and becomes involved with a hijacking crowd. ...

Gefangene Seele (1952)

Der Stein des Anstoßes (1951)

Re-education film by Wolfgang Becker. ...

Der letzte Schuß (1951)

The Merry Farmer (1951)

Matthias Scheichelroither is a poor but always cheerful, or rather, jolly farmer. He has grand plans for his son Heini, nicknamed "Heinerle": He intends for him to one day become a trained academic, a doctor. To achieve this, the old man scrims and saves t ...

Chased by the Devil (1950)

A doctor discovers a new medical cure with dangerous side effects, and takes the drug himself to test its limitations. ...

Föhn (1950)

The aging Dr. Johannes Jensen still cannot come to terms with the fact that his wife died in an avalanche during a mountain hike they took together twenty years ago. When a young couple plans to climb the same mountain, Jensen fears that the incident might ...

Weißes Gold (1950)

Der Seelenbräu (1950)

In Alt-Köstendorf in the Salzburg region, the dean, known as Seelenbräu, and the brewer Hochleithner, known in the village as Leibesbräu, are fighting for supremacy. As their nicknames suggest, Leibesbräu is primarily concerned with the physical well-b ...

Swiss Tour (1949)

A sailor on leave meets a beautiful girl on the ski slopes of Switzerland. ...

Madness Rules (1947)

If any one man is responsible for the rejuvenation of the postwar Swiss film industry, that man was director Leopold Lindtberg. Matto Regiert (Madness Rules) was co-adapted for the screen by Lindtberg from a novel by Friedrich Glauser. Heinrich Gretler sta ...

Marie-Louise (1944)

The titular Marie-Louise is a young French lass who is evacuated to Switzerland when her country is overrun by the Nazis. Suffering a nervous breakdown, she is given comfort and shelter by a wealthy family. Unfortunately, living in the lap of luxury makes ...

Steibruch (1942)

A man in his fifties returns from America to his native village. Everyone knows that in the New World he served a lengthy prison sentence for manslaughter. He retreats to an isolated quarry in the woods he inherited. There he lives like a hermit, gruffly d ...

Landammann Stauffacher (1941)

Switzerland in the 13th century: Shot in the middle of World War II, this classic film returns to the origins of Switzerland and turns about the problem of the small country against a big power: Resist or obey? ...

Gilberte de Courgenay (1941)

Gilberte Montavon was a legend in her own lifetime. As a young woman, she was confidante to hundreds of thousands of Swiss-German speaking soldiers during the First World War, and remembered most of their names. She was still a teenager when the war began, ...

The Abused Love Letters (1940)

While on a longer business trip, a wannabe poet urges his beautiful but more simple wife to answer his overly swollen love letters. With no idea how to respond she forwards the letters to a new young school teacher to use his answers instead... ...

Sergeant Studer (1939)

A policeman is not convinced that the prime suspect in a murder case is realty guilty and so decides to reinvestigate the case, despite the lack of co-operation from locals. ...

Füsilier Wipf (1938)

A hairdresser is being recruited during World War I by the Swiss military where they turn this soft civilian into a 'real man'. ...

Jä-soo! (1935)

Provincial shop owner Jakob Stäubli and his wife Frieda are looking forward to celebrating Christmas together with their daughter Nelly. But Nelly doesn't come. She prefers to celebrate in the city in the company of her new boyfriend André, a "better gen ...

Wie d'Warret würkt (1933)

The story revolves around the confusion that arises when a supposed gold discovery in Valais divides the village community. The plot combines elements of a cultural film about old customs in the Lötschental valley with a naive storyline that achieves a st ...

The Testament of Dr. Mabuse (1933)

After a detective is assaulted by thugs and placed in an asylum run by Professor Baum, he observes the professor's preoccupation with another patient, the criminal genius Dr. Mabuse the hypnotist. When Mabuse's notes are found to be connected with a rash o ...

The Only Girl (1933)

A dashing marquis bends from his horse when he discovers a lost garter in the woods and falls. During his delirium he is serenaded by a little hairdresser. She is the person who lost the garter to begin with and has only come to get it back having borrowed ...

Five from the Jazzband (1932)

By pure chance, Jessie and his four jazz musicians are hired to play at the cabaret theatre "Trocadero". Unfortunately, she knows nothing about music and it doesn't help that all four musicians are in love with her. Jessie doesn't reciprocate their feeli ...

Berlin-Alexanderplatz: The Story of Franz Biberkopf (1931)

Franz Biberkopf has served four years in prison. His return to normal life is not successful. ...

Inquest (1931)

When a prostitute is murdered in a cheap Berlin boarding house, an investigating judge suspects that the killer is her boyfriend, unaware that his own son and daughter are also mixed up in the case. ...