Helmut Förnbacher

Youth (2015)

Two lifelong friends bond whilst vacationing in a luxury Swiss Alps lodge as they ponder retirement. While Fred has no plans to resume his musical career despite the urging of his loving daughter Lena, Mick is intent on finishing the screenplay for what ma ...

The Grüninger File (2014)

1938. Austria has been annexed by Nazi Germany, and Switzerland has closed its borders for Jewish refugees - a death sentence for thousands. But not all Swiss officials observe this inhuman order. ...

Manipulation (2011)

Set in Zurich in the 1950s, a special agent who is near retirement receives a major assignment: Bring down Harry Wind, a top PR manager who has been accused of spying. ...

Liebe und Wahn (2007)

Archaeologist Iris Lanz is preparing an important exhibition. Sebastian, a particularly dedicated student, is allowed to assist her. ...

Im Himmel schreibt man Liebe anders (2006)

König der Herzen (2006)

Florian König is in his early 20s and lives with his mother. He assists her whenever he can. In the weekly newspaper "Alt Ausseer Bote" he reports on a foundling that has been handed in at the baby hatch of Bad Aussee hospital, and is subsequently dismiss ...

Grounding: The Last Days of Swissair (2006)

The demise of airline Swissair in 2001 was a huge blow to Switzerland's economy and to the country's morale. It was a sad day for Swiss history when the airline's fleet was grounded on 2 October 2001. "Grounding" is set during the last days of the doomed a ...

Tausendmal berührt (2004)

Mein Mann, mein Leben und du (2003)

Alles wegen Robert De Niro (1996)

A comedy directed by Helmut Förnbacher. ...

Rosamunde Pilcher: Stürmische Begegnung (1993)

The young bookseller Rebecca Bayliss was setting up her new apartment in London when she received news of her mother Lisa's serious illness. Rebecca rushed off to her mother in Ibiza and heard the terrible news: leukemia. During the last hours together, Li ...

Das andere Leben (1987)

Gauner im Paradies (1985)

Alberta und Alice oder Die Unterwerfung (1981)

Drei Schlafzimmer (1980)

Die plötzliche Einsamkeit des Konrad Steiner (1976)

The Zurich social welfare office sends a young worker to look after a 75 year old man thinking about suicide: His wife is suddenly paralyzed and his dwelling and work place change hands, forcing him to deal with relocating as well. ...

Parapsycho: Spectrum of Fear (1975)

Split into three episodes, this film examines extrasensory perception, reincarnation and telepathy. ...

Strategen der Liebe (1975)

Steppenwolf (1974)

In the bourgeois circles of Europe after the Great War, can anything save the modern man? Harry Haller, a solitary intellectual, has all his life feared his dual nature of being human and being a beast. He's decided to die on his 50th birthday, which is so ...

Eine ungeliebte Frau (1974)

After the death of her parents, Ria Rottmann is taken in by her friends, the Matern family. Patriarch Rolf Matern had once taken advantage of Ria's father in business. But as the shy love between Ria and Matern's son Heinz grows, the shadows of the past re ...

She Devils of the SS (1973)

In the last days of WW2, women are volunteering from all over Germany to serve in the front lines by having sex with the brave Nazi soldiers. But when they start having sex with each other, things get complicated. Especially with the increasing danger from ...

Vier gegen das britische Pfund (1972)

St. Pauli Nachrichten: Thema Nr. 1 (1972)

A television reporter reports in an episode film about the magazine "St. Pauli News". ...

Annemarie Lesser (1971)

Die Kuba-Krise 1962 (1971)

Heintje - Einmal wird die Sonne wieder scheinen (1970)

When the bank clerk Klaus Helwig is arrested on suspicion of embezzlement, his son Heintje, whose mother died at birth, comes to his grumpy grandfather's house. Heintje manages to win his heart and prove his father's innocence.. ...

Köpfchen in das Wasser, Schwänzchen in die Höh (1969)

Kirschen für Rom (1968)

Beyond Control (1968)

Germany 1934. In the middle of a southern German forest, a number of mannequins are placed on the two men, Waldemar Velte and Kurt Sandweg from Wuppertal, with their repeating rifles organize shooting practice. ...

Feldwebel Schmid (1968)

Das Attentat - Schleicher: General der letzten Stunde (1967)

Fliegender Sand (1967)

Prager Legende (1967)

St. Pauli Between Night and Morning (1967)

Helmut Schmidt is an ambitious Interpol inspector. He follows a trail of dangerous drug dealers that leads to Hamburg. With the colleagues there, he decides to infiltrate the gang. The beautiful dancer Arlette helps him. ...

Murderers Club of Brooklyn (1967)

Fifth Jerry Cotton Movie. A rich capitalist is blackmailed and threatened with the murder of his daughter. ...

Bratkartoffeln inbegriffen (1967)

Hassan Ibn Sabbah (1967)

Königliches Abenteuer (1966)

No Shooting Time for Foxes (1966)

Two old school friends, both in their late twenties. One lives on his parent's rural estate and does nothing; the other half-heartedly pursues work as a journalist in Düsseldorf. ...

Das Leben meines Bruders (1966)

Nun singen sie wieder (1965)

Wer weint um Juckenack? (1965)

The Violin Case Murders (1965)

The first film adaptation of Jerry Cotton. FBI agents Jerry Cotton and Phil Decker are tracing a group of six murderers. Disguised as a vagabond Jerry Cotton infiltrates the gang. Kitty, the leader's girlfriend, soon becomes Jerry's most important helper. ...

Asmodée (1964)

Sechs Personen suchen einen Autor (1964)

Romeo und Julia (1964)

Der Traum des Eroberers (1964)

Der Fluggast (1964)

Das Glück läuft hinterher (1963)

Follows the life of several different people in 1960s in Germany for a few days. The story begins, when a juvenile criminal steals an old woman's handbag in a post office and throws it into a parking car, when he feels observed. But there was a lot of mone ...

Das Ende vom Lied (1963)

Das lange Weihnachtsmahl (1962)

Süden (1962)

Der Schlagbaum (1960)

Lampenfieber (1960)

The early stage experiences of a group of young, more or less talented aspiring actors, whose first steps on the stage are described. Among them are schoolgirls such as the coquettish Evelyne, who believes she can do anything, and the modest Gitta, who dem ...

Der Winterschläfer (1959)

SOS - Gletscherpilot (1959)

Glacier pilot Hermann Geiger flies over a four-thousand-meter peak in the Valais Alps and observes a glacier collapse. The next day, three rope teams climb through this glacier to Dent Blanche. However, Dr. Gruber, accompanied by his wife, a young engineer ...

Die Räuber (1959)

Hinter den sieben Gleisen (1959)

They live behind the rails of the classification yard in a small and shabby hut. They take the days as they come, refuse to work on principle and pinch together their livelihood. The three tramps Dürst, Barbarossa and Clown are content with what they have ...

Im Himmel schreibt man Liebe anders (2006)

König der Herzen (2006)

Florian König is in his early 20s and lives with his mother. He assists her whenever he can. In the weekly newspaper "Alt Ausseer Bote" he reports on a foundling that has been handed in at the baby hatch of Bad Aussee hospital, and is subsequently dismiss ...

Tausendmal berührt (2004)

Mein Mann, mein Leben und du (2003)

Du bist mein Kind (2002)

Alles wegen Robert De Niro (1996)

A comedy directed by Helmut Förnbacher. ...

Rosamunde Pilcher: Stürmische Begegnung (1993)

The young bookseller Rebecca Bayliss was setting up her new apartment in London when she received news of her mother Lisa's serious illness. Rebecca rushed off to her mother in Ibiza and heard the terrible news: leukemia. During the last hours together, Li ...

Bite Me, Darling (1970)

A descendant of Count Dracula returns to his ancestral village to take revenge on the people who destroyed his ancestor. ...

Köpfchen in das Wasser, Schwänzchen in die Höh (1969)

Beyond Control (1968)

Germany 1934. In the middle of a southern German forest, a number of mannequins are placed on the two men, Waldemar Velte and Kurt Sandweg from Wuppertal, with their repeating rifles organize shooting practice. ...