Hilde Sessak

Frau Jenny Treibel (1982)

Jenny Bürstenbinder has climbed the social ladder by marrying Kommerzienrat Treibel. The professor's daughter Corinna Schmidt plans to do the same and woos Treibel's son Leopold with charm and wit. But Jenny Treibel lacks an adequate dowry. ...

Heinrich (1977)

The life and struggles of the German writer Heinrich von Kleist. ...

Grete Minde (1977)

Grete Minde, based on the novel by Theodor Fontane, tells the story of a girl trapped in the turbulent religious and social prejudices of 17th-century Sweden. ...

Aus der Chronik der Familie Sawatzki (1974)

Das Geheimnis der alten Mamsell (1972)

Freedom For Love (1971)

The starting point of the plot is a Men's club, which serves both as a meeting place as well as an alibi by unfaithful husbands. Interspersed between the sex scenes are reporters' questions on alleged passersby about marital fidelity and infidelity. ...

Drei Tage bis Allerseelen (1970)

Interview mit Herbert K. (1970)

Gorilla Gang (1968)

When another dead elderly gentleman is fished out of the Thames, Inspector David Perkins is convinced that the gorilla gang is active again. On a doll found with the body, characters of an African language are discovered. Together with Sergeant Pepper and ...

Das Geständnis eines Mädchens (1967)

A drama directed by Juergen Buechmann. ...

The Hunchback of Soho (1966)

A woman is kidnapped and her identity is stolen by criminals attempting to collect her inheritance. ...

Long Legs, Long Fingers (1966)

Baron Holberg, who looks back with pride on a long family tradition as hotel thieves, is horrified when his daughter Doris falls in love with the lawyer Robert Hammond, of all people, rather than choosing the art thief Sammy, as he would wish. Under the pr ...

Großer Ring mit Außenschleife (1966)

A German Television Comedy ...

Fanny Hill (1964)

Young, pretty and innocent, Fanny Hill has lost her parents and must find her way in life amidst the perils of turbulent 18th-century London. She's fortunate enough to rapidly find a place as chambermaid of the effusive Mrs. Brown, who lives in a large hou ...

The Mysterious Magician (1964)

The sister of a famous, but as yet uncaught, criminal named "The Hexer" is murdered. Inspector Higgins of Scotland Yard believes that "The Hexer" will surface to take his revenge on his sister's killers, and plans to set a trap to finally capture him. Howe ...

The Foggy Night Murderer (1964)

A killer terrorizes the small German town of Hainsburg. The police moves in to investigate the crimes and finds a suspect among a small group of teenagers. ...

Stadtpark (1963)

Feuerwerk (1963)

Everyone Dies Alone (1962)

In wartime Berlin, a factory foreman, Otto Quangel and his wife, Anna learn that their only son, Paul, has been killed in action in France. In their grief, the couple decide to take action against the Nazi regime. They create their own form of resistance, ...

Der Biberpelz (1962)

Adieu, Prinzessin (1961)

Parkstraße 13 (1960)

Wir Kellerkinder (1960)

During the Third Reich, Macke played the drums for the Hitler Youth, but also had a "dangerous" penchant for jazz. After the war, he came under ideological fire in the Soviet zone. Finally in West Germany, he ends up in an institution. ...

For Love and Others (1959)

Three 1950s city stories: In Hamburg, Sergeant Siegel tackles St. Pauli's crime, from prostitution to deadly domestic fights. In Munich, teenager Helga Barufka teeters on the edge of nightlife's dangers. In Düsseldorf, escort "Fräulein Doktor" outsmarts ...

Der eiserne Gustav (1958)

Gustav Hartmann is in trouble. Because of the new taxis he doesn't get many passengers in his horse-drawn carriage. To prove what he and his horse are capable of, he starts a trip from Berlin to Paris. ...

Die große Woge (1958)

Thérèse Raquin (1956)

Vor Gott und den Menschen (1955)

Eine Handvoll Shilling (1955)

Oberwachtmeister Borck (1955)

What Price Freedom (1955)

A young American businessman visits Communist Berlin and meets a young German woman. When the Communist government attempts to pass a resolution condemning the motives of the democracies, the girl defies them. Although even the Communist leadership express ...

The Confession of Ina Kahr (1954)

Told in flashback, the film recounts the events leading up to the killing of good-for-nothing Curt Jurgens. Warned by her friends and relatives that Jurgens is a bad job, impulsive Ina Kahr marries him anyway. His ceaseless philandering and abuse wears awa ...

Der Engel mit dem Flammenschwert (1954)

The Man Between (1953)

A British woman on a visit to post-war Berlin is caught up in an espionage ring smuggling secrets into and out of the Eastern Bloc. ...

Story of a Young Couple (1952)

A young married couple - both of them actors - work in the divided city of Berlin. Agnes, the young woman, is on location in East Berlin, and Jochen, her husband, works at the Westend Theater in West Berlin. This young marriage is in danger of breaking up ...

When the Evening Bells Ring (1951)

A woman marries a rich landowner, by request of her parents, instead of her lover who's child she's expecting. After a couple of years, the father of the child returns. ...

Es geht nicht ohne Gisela (1951)

The Axe of Wandsbek (1951)

Hamburg, Germany 1934: An executioner is needed. Teetjen makes the biggest mistake of his life. Because his butcher shop is facing bankruptcy, he agrees to execute a group of political prisoners for the Nazis. Once this becomes known, Teetjen's life falls ...

Who Drove the Grey Ford? (1950)

"Who Drove the Grey Ford?" ("Wer fuhr den grauen Ford?") is a 1950 West German crime film directed by Otto Wernicke, marking his only directorial effort, and starring Wernicke as Kriminalkommissar Thieme alongside Ursula Herking, Hilde Sessak, and Wolfgang ...

Die Treppe (1950)

A movie by Wolfgang Staudte ...

Die Frau von gestern Nacht (1950)

Der große Fall (1949)

When a significant quantity of valuable gemstones is to be transported to South America by plane, those responsible are naturally extremely nervous. Everything must be perfectly planned, every possible risk averted. ...

Philine (1949)

Just as the equally renowned lawyer Dr. Bratt is about to close his practice to go on a well-deserved summer vacation, a man suddenly appears before him and claims that he cannot wait under any circumstances. Benno Paradis wants a divorce, and he wants it ...

The Old Song (1945)

Orient Express (1944)

The emergency braking of the Orient Express causes chaos. When the lights are switched back on, lawyer Branko is found murdered in his compartment. The Rarna Criminal Investigation Department starts investigating immediately. There are several suspects: Ba ...

The Punch Bowl (1944)

Writer Johannes Pfeiffer who goes undercover as a student in a high school after his friends told him that he missed out on a great life experience since he was home schooled. ...

Don't Talk to Me About Love (1943)

Painter rookie Pamela plans to work in advertising but established artist Alwin falls for her and urges her to hone her craft. He guides her to fragile success, she detests being dependent on him and tries to succeed on her own. ...

Der kleine Grenzverkehr (1943)

Fahrt ins Abenteuer (1943)

Liebe, Leidenschaft und Leid (1943)

Paracelsus (1943)

The story of the Renaissance-era Swiss physician, alchemist and astrologer Philippus Aureolus Theophrastus Bombastus von Hohenheim, better known to the world as Paracelsus. ...

Fünftausend Mark Belohnung (1942)

A big explosion in a pulp mill causes a lot of damage. The police suspect a crime and put up a 5,000 Mark reward for information leading to the arrest of the perpetrator. Egged on by his wife Ursula, the insurance agent Rolf Kettner sees his chance to pr ...

Quax, der Bruchpilot (1941)

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Sechs Tage Heimaturlaub (1941)

Jungens (1941)

The keywords for this film are comradeship and trust among the youth of a small village on the Baltic which is firmly under the control of an innkeeper, Ottokar Waschke. Waschke owns the only tugboat in town, which the town's fishermen, who make up the ma ...

Hauptsache glücklich! (1941)

Axel Roth is happy in his marriage and with his job. But his mother-in-law wants more for her daughter and manages to sow discord. When the two of them use cunning to secure an invitation to a high-society gathering at the general director's house, Axel's ...

Alarm (1941)

Clothes Make the Man (1940)

The daydreaming tailor Wenzel is fired from his job, because the fancy frock he was supposed to cut for the mayor, he instead made for himself. He is allowed, however, to take the frock, which he appropriated for himself and he puts it on as he leaves the ...

Links der Isar – rechts der Spree (1940)

The Rothschilds (1940)

Biopic about the Rothschilds, a Jewish family whose members rose to the top of the European banking community during the Napoleonic era. ...

Ein Mann auf Abwegen (1940)

Swedish industrial magnate Percival, known as Percy Patterson, has suddenly disappeared after a business meeting with his partner Sully. ...

The Curtain Falls (1939)

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Die Pfingstorgel (1939)

The residents of the villages Strasslach and Rott are anything but friends. The residents of the "enemy" town are ridiculed at every chance the residents of the other village can get to do so. And it's no different, when Rott is getting ready to celebrat ...

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 ...

Nordlicht (1938)

Das Ehesanatorium (1938)

Wie einst im Mai (1938)

1900: Much to the chagrin of Baron Uhlendorff in Schoneberg, the city of Berlin is expanding. But what is much worse is that his son George is in love with Traute, the daughter of the master carpenter Schradecke. So the son must leave for South America ...

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 ...

When Women Keep Silent (1937)

Curt serenades his wife Charlott from the garden without her recognizing him. When she later doesn't refer to the incident he assumes that she is falling for the 'unknown' suitor and deliberately puts a notorious womanizer on her trail. ...

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 ...

Liebe geht seltsame Wege (1937)

Gleisdreieck (1937)

Dark love story. ...

Befehl ist Befehl (1936)

Stadt Anatol (1936)

Based on a 1932 novel City of Anatol by Bernhard Kellermann. The film is set in a small city in the Balkans, where the discovery of oil leads to a major boom. ...

Dissatisfied Woman (1936)

Lisa's marriage is all in all quite happy; unfortunately, her husband never listens to her when it comes to buying new things. To change this situation, she fakes a loss of memory and pretends not to know who her husband is. When he calls the young psychia ...

The Unrecognized Man of the World (1936)

The author of a series of love stories based on his own experiences meets a country girl who can't stand his writing, in this Bavarian comedy which culminates in a grand masquerade ball. ...

Schloß Vogelöd (1936)

Remake of the silent film of 1921: The lord of a castle disappears after the return of two feuding brothers from a noble family. Suspicion falls on the recently returned brothers. ...

Der Raub der Sabinerinnen (1936)

Trouble Backstairs (1935)

Queen of Love (1935)

An opera tenor replaces a humble performer in a honky tonk show and wins the heart of the soprano. ...

The Girl from the Marsh Croft (1935)

A farm boy betrothed to a socialite falls in love with his maid - an impoverished girl from the marsh. ...

Light Cavalry (1935)

Rosika, a girl from Genoa, fled her innkeeper stepfather after he tried to abuse her. She finds refuge - and a job as well - in a traveling circus. Cherubini, the owner of the big top, falls in love with the lovely young woman and makes her the star of the ...

Herr Kobin geht auf Abenteuer (1934)