Heinrich Schroth

Melody of a Great City (1943)

A young woman moves to Berlin to work as a press photographer. ...

The Dismissal (1942)

German chancellor Otto von Bismarck promises the dying emperor Wilhelm I. to be loyal to his grandson. But the gap between young Kaiser Wilhelm II. and old Bismarck is rapidly widening. It soon appears that an era is coming to an end. ...

Rembrandt (1942)

Already a famous painter, Rembrandt van Rijn is commissioned to paint the Amsterdam Archers' Guild. But upon completion of the picture, the men of the guild feel duped, because they don't consider themselves flatteringly depicted in the painting. They th ...

Heimaterde (1941)

A widowed landlady in East Prussia, who, despite his acquittal by the court, believes the forester to have murdered her husband, opposes her son's marriage to the forester's daughter and even wants to sell the farm because of it. The exposure of a border s ...

Kora Terry (1940)

When Bartos, the director of the Odeon variety theater, cancels an artist at short notice, he hires the Terrys out of necessity, whose parents were successful variety artists, but who had not yet received an engagement themselves. Both are supported by Tob ...

Die unvollkommene Liebe (1940)

In Bremen, a ship is launched, which was built by Thomas Holk. That evening, he gets to know the middle-aged widow Ada Rasmus, who flirts heavily with him. The next day, Thomas travels to Hallbad on vacation and the two lose sign of each other. In this ...

Süss, the Jew (1940)

Nazi historical drama about Duke Karl Alexander of Württemberg and his treasurer Süß Oppenheimer. ...

Das Recht auf Liebe (1939)

Dein Leben gehört mir (1939)

Die barmherzige Lüge (1939)

Die Stimme aus dem Äther (1939)

Brigitte von Gersdorf became an actress against her parents' wishes. At drama school, she and her friend Erika are now waiting for their big break. ...

Water for Canitoga (1939)

In the spring of 1905, the water conduit project in the Canadian city of Canitoga is set to be completed. For years, the completion had been marred by sabotage. Engineer Oliver Montstuart commands the last blasting operation. But again, the explosive charg ...

Ursula Under Suspicion (1939)

The sawmill owner Ramin disappears from one day to the next. Concerned, his family learns from the bank that he wrote a check to an agent named Frisch. He supposedly wanted to use it to buy a good. However, that did not happen. When Ramin's body is found, ...

Pour le Mérite (1938)

This Nazi propaganda film chronicles the rise of the German Air Force ("Luftwaffe") from World War I until Adolf Hitler took power in 1933. ...

Scheidungsreise (1938)

On their wedding night, the very night Dr. Delius and his wife Marianne had been so eagerly anticipating, a heated argument erupted between the newlyweds. Marianne's loyal dachshund took its protective instincts a little too seriously, constantly thwarting ...

Covered Tracks (1938)

Séraphine and her mother arrive in Paris to visit the 1867 World Exhibition. In an overcrowded city they must be accommodated in separate hotels. During the night the mother, who wasn't feeling very well, gets suddenly worse. When next morning Séraphine ...

Eine Frau kommt in die Tropen (1938)

Fritz Holl owns a plantation in Cameroon. He works hard and, with the help of his wife, Helene, also cares for his sister Anna, who became blind after an accident. Fritz is very concerned about Helene, for his once vivacious wife has become depressed. For ...

The Secret Lie (1938)

The stand-alone opera singer Carmen Casini dare not admit to her adult son, the spoiled race car driver Cecil, that she ruined her voice on a stormy day at the racetrack and that her career is thus at an end. Meanwhile, Cecil has fallen in love with the p ...

Comrades at Sea (1938)

1936: Fahnrich Peter serves on a torpedo boat. Peter loves Carmita, the pretty sister of a fellow seaman. But then his superior officer falls in love with her, too, who offers to marry Carmita and who accepts. Disappointed, Peter's relationship to his ...

Furlough on Parole (1938)

In 1918, a German regiment is granted five-hours leave in Berlin. ...

A Prussian Love Story (1938)

The film depicts the love affair between William I and Elisa Radziwill. ...

The Coral Princess (1937)

Zlarin is a small fishing village on the Dalmatian coast. Every inhabitant has to work hard, as the once-high coral prices have plummeted. Vukovich, who has led the fishing cooperative for many years, decides one day to pass this important position on to h ...

Pan (1937)

Lieutentant Thomas Glahn lives with his dog Aesop in a small cabin, withdrawn from the rest of the world. In the store of the merchant Mack, he gets to know Edwarda, Mack's daughter. Edwarda takes the initiative to try and see Glahn again. A tender love ...

Das schöne Fräulein Schragg (1937)

The Sovereign (1937)

Der Herrscher (The Sovereign) was based on Before Sunset, a play by Gerhart Hauptmann. The great Emil Jannings stars as Mathias Clausen, a self-made businessman who is forced to do a great deal of soul-searching when his wife unexpectedly dies. Determining ...

Woman's Love – Woman's Suffering (1937)

The famous American pianist, Hans Martenrood, is playing for the first time in Europe. A young boy is waiting for him in his hotel room after the concert with a letter from his mother, Marie, which explains, that Hans is the father of the boy and that she ...

Fridericus (1937)

In 18th century Europe, King Friedrich II of Prussia leads his army through the seven-years-war with neighboring states, and after numerous near defeats, eventually brings a victorious army back to Berlin. ...

Onkel Bräsig (1936)

The clever Zacharias Bräsig is a good friend to all and tries to help out, where he can. Bräsig also meddles in the relationships of young people, so that by the end of the film, there's a double marriage. ...

The Traitor (1936)

This 1936 film tells the story of the doings of foreign agents in Germany and their allies among the German population. Having placed an ad in a local paper looking for "contact with bigwigs in German industry", enemy agents Morris and Geyer end up making ...

Die Leuchter des Kaisers (1936)

Familie Schimek (1935)

For three difficult orphans living by her aunt the former employee of the family searches a new premouth; he releases with it a result of tumultuous involvements. - Humble-entertaining mistake farce, completely fitted on Hans Moser. ...

Liebesleute (1935)

Baron von Goret is an impoverished landowner, whose estate is about to go into receivership. And so, for that reason, he wishes to marry off his son Hermann with his well-off girlfriend Helga. But Hermann is in love with the farmer's daughter Dorothea. ...

Stradivari (1935)

In 1914 a Hungarian officer inherits a Stradivarius which is believed to bring back luck to its owner. He and his Italian fiancée are separated by the First World War, and he is badly wounded. ...

Die törichte Jungfrau (1935)

The Assumption of Hannele (1934)

The story of Hannele, an unhappy girl who is beaten by her stepfather and tries to commit suicide. ...

At the Strassburg (1934)

Brothers in the Swiss confederation are in love with the same woman, and strive for liberty against the domination at the time of the French. ...

Konjunkturritter (1934)

Wilhelm Tell (1934)

The Town Stands on Its Head (1933)

In the style of Gogol's Inspector General: When a traveling salesman arrives in the car of a government official, the powers that be of a small town think he's the auditor and try to throw him off the track about their disorderly finances. ...

The child's first right (1932)

The Man Without a Name (1932)

We Need No Money (1931)

In this German comedy, an enterprising American uncle comes from Chicago goes to the tiny town of Groditzkirchen to make a fortune on credit even though he only has $10 to his name. To do so, he enlists the aide of a bank clerk and begins posing as a milli ...

The Captain from Köpenick (1931)

Based on the true story of a cobbler who bought a second-hand captain's uniform, assumed command of a troop of guardsmen, declared the town of Köpenick under military law, arrested the mayor and confiscated the town treasury. ...

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

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

The Fate of Renate Langen (1931)

1914: The Last Days Before the War (1931)

The film focuses on the leadership of the Great Powers of Europe in the days leading up to the outbreak of the First World War. ...