Katharina Mayberg

Der kleine Riese (1985)

Hans Engler is a reserved man from Hamburg with no family or partner. When his acquaintance Agnes asks him to assume paternity for her daughter Martina, he cannot refuse her the favor. When Agnes dies a short time later, Hans Engler is drawn into a violent ...

Der Schimmelreiter (1978)

After the death of his father, the ambitious farmhand Hauke Haien works his way up to become the successor to the old dyke count, whose daughter Elke he marries. He develops plans for the construction of a new dyke to provide better protection against stor ...

Lehmanns Erzählungen (1975)

Love Times Three (1973)

Nadine finally wants to be deflowered, but she has no success in Germany. Consequently, she visits her mother in Tunisia. ...

Iwanow (1971)

Der Portland-Ring (1970)

Der Versager (1969)

A 45-year-old employee's future begins to falter. He rightly fears that he will fall victim to his new manager's rationalization measures. But he doesn't want to bow to his "fate" so easily: in the fight for his livelihood, he resorts to dirty means himsel ...

Eine Gefangene bei Stalin und Hitler (1968)

Spiel mit dem Tode (1967)

Jan Himp und die kleine Brise (1966)

The Breakthrough (1963)

An East German machinist, disenchanted by the building of the Wall, plans to use a train to cross the border with family members and other disaffected citizens. ...

Auf Wiedersehn am blauen Meer (1962)

Cupid's arrow strikes Andreas, a hunter by profession, quite unexpectedly when he meets the sophisticated Italian Manuela, who has inherited a castle in his hometown. It is love at first sight for both of them. Manuela invites her admirer to come with her ...

Mann im Schatten (1961)

Crime Thriller with Helmut Qualtinger as Chief Inspector who investigates a Murder in 1961 Vienna. The murder is based on a real murder, the "bathub murder", which gained quite some media attraction in austria in the 1940's. ...

Junge Leute brauchen Liebe (1961)

The pretty young seamstress Annie works in the home of the famous Viennese fashion czar Charles Fürst. Hoping to one day win Her Majesty, as Fürst is known, Annie rejects all advances from jazz trumpeter Axel. Her efforts are vindicated when she mistaken ...

Kauf Dir einen bunten Luftballon (1961)

Hermann König, owner of an ice palace, wants to make his niece Inge a star. Inge, on the other hand, has a completely different dream - the theater stage. The talented girl then falls head over heels in love with ice hockey player Hans Haller, who also ha ...

Madame Sans-Gêne (1960)

Ich heirate Herrn Direktor (1960)

The Dragon's Blood (1958)

Legendary hero Siegfried uses a magic sword to fight a huge, fire-breathing dragon. ...

Immer die Radfahrer (1958)

Three childhood friends go on another bike tour after 20 years of no contact. ...

Doctor Crippen Lives (1958)

Double murderer Dr. Crippen is using every means possible to search for a manuscript that he suspects is in the possession of the daughter of the man who was executed in his place. ...

The Love Mazurka (1957)

Early 18th-century Krakow: The poor student Simon works as a travelling musician in order to finance his studies, and the Polish freedom fighter Jan is on the run from Saxon troops. They meet in the carriage of Count Kovalska, where they fall in love with ...

The Shadow Battalion (1957)

Dreams, hopes and passions of the inhabitants of a populous and humble tenement in Madrid. Among them, an inventor who invents always what is already invented, a composer, a hostess, a locksmith, a delivery of a pastry ... ...

Canyon (1956)

A love triangle drama set in the Balkan mountains where local man and foreigner fight for woman's love. ...

Die Wirtin an der Lahn (1955)

They Were So Young (1954)

A model agency in Rio de Janeiro is actually a front for a white-slavery ring that kidnaps European women and sells them on the South American sex market. ...

Die schöne Müllerin (1954)

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Rosen-Resli (1954)

The nine-year-old orphan Therese has recently moved in with a family of gardeners. She continues to take loving care of her former foster mother, from whom she had to leave when she fell ill with a heart condition. With the help of old Jacob, the girl mana ...

The Sweetest Fruits (1954)

In two fictional states bureaucracy and political intrigue provoke social unrest. Beppo learns that his nation's president is his twin. Mistaken identities lead to comical chaos as the twins propose a treaty that will benefit both nations. ...

Eternal Love (1954)

A romantic drama directed by Hans Deppe. ...

Die Todesarena (1953)

Ehe für eine Nacht (1953)

Behind Monastery Walls (1952)

Thomas Holinka has returned home from war and captivity. In the absence of a suitable home, he finds himself in what seems to be an abandoned monastery. When the nuns return, a conflict is inevitable because Holinka is addicted to alcohol and gambling . ...

Der blaue Stern des Südens (1952)

Unvergängliches Licht (1951)

Der Theodor im Fußballtor (1950)

Theo Lubitz, owner of a travel agency, is in love with his pretty secretary Carola. In his spare time, he plays center forward for a soccer club. ...

Marriage of Figaro (1949)

Shortly after WWII, the DEFA Studios produced a series of operas and operettas which belonged to the classical German musical heritage. This enchanting film, the very first opera production of DEFA, stands out because of its lavish decor and costumes, its ...

Mordprozeß Dr. Jordan (1949)

Dr. Alexander Jordan murders his mother-in-law. ...

Die Söhne des Herrn Gaspary (1948)

In 1933, a family is divided when the father and one son emigrate to democratic Switzerland while the mother and other son remain in Nazi Germany. The two branches of the family develop along very different paths. ...