Kurt Hoffmann

Face to Face: The Schappell Twins (1999)

Two bodies and one mind, this is the extraordinary story of one pair of conjoined twins in today's world. ...

Sonntagsgeschichten (1976)

The film explores intimate, often quiet stories, focusing on the interactions and relationships of its characters in a typical Sunday afternoon style. ...

Bali Agung oder die andere Zeit (1976)

German musicians Eberhard Schoner and Pete York explore the traditional music of Bali ...

Der Kapitän (1971)

Captain Ebbs is an older, experienced seaman who has, however, only sailed on freighters. While his current old barge, the Martin Luther, has to go into the shipyard for an overhaul, the shipping company gives him command of the elegant cruise ship Julia t ...

Ein Tag ist schöner als der andere (1969)

In the Morning at Seven the World Is Still in Order (1968)

A quirky family lives their simple but joyful life which centers around the youngest family member, a little boy. ...

Rheinsberg (1967)

Kurt Hoffmann's film adaptation of Tucholsky's eponymous novella is situated in 1910s Berlin: The aspiring editor Wolf runs into Claire by chance. Both are attracted to one another, yet they are not entirely certain about their feelings. They embark on a t ...

Glorious Times in the Spessart (1967)

The countess is married, and the ghosts are still in the Spessart. Her husband becomes an astronaut and the story involved time travelling and space travelling starts. ...

Liselotte von der Pfalz (1966)

In a desperate bid to regain his fortune, the impoverished Elector of the Palatinate does everything in his power to arrange a marriage between his eldest daughter, Liselotte, and a wealthy nobleman—but to no avail, for with her tomboyish manner, the you ...

Hocuspocus (1966)

Kurt Hoffmann's remake of his own 1953 movie based on the play by Curt Goetz. ...

The House in Karp Lane (1965)

The film depicts the fate of the residents of an apartment block in Prague's Jewish quarter following the invasion by German troops in 1939. Among them is an elderly widow who had once disowned her son and now wishes to bring him to Brazil; there are also ...

Dr. med. Hiob Prätorius (1965)

Dr. med. Job Prätorius enjoys great popularity among patients, doctors and students alike thanks to his kindness and philanthropy. Only his colleague Prof. Speiter begrudges him his success. When his patient Maria Violetta wants to commit suicide because ...

Gripsholm Castle (1963)

Young lovers Kurt and Lydia spend their first vacation together in Sweden at the picturesque Gripsholm Castle. They enjoy their happy days outdoors and in the nature far away from all everyday troubles and have fun with Kurt′s old friend Karl who comes t ...

Liebe will gelernt sein (1963)

Snow White and the Seven Jugglers (1962)

Norbert Lang inherits a hotel and has to deal with a multitude of problems at the end of the year. There's the pushy singer who wants to get closer to him than he'd like. The staff quickly takes off after arguments. When the heating starts acting up, he ha ...

The Marriage of Mr. Mississippi (1961)

Florestan Mississippi, a public prosecutor by profession, visits a lady named Anastasia and, while drinking coffee with her, convicts her of poisoning her husband. At the same time, he asks for her hand in marriage, as he too has killed his wife with poiso ...

The Haunted Castle (1960)

The ghosts of thieves help a beautiful young countess save her inherited castle from modern developers in this comic horror/musical. ...

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 ...

Beautiful Adventure (1959)

The teacher Dorothee Durand, young and single, travels from England to the picturesque south of France to find the remaining remnants of her family. Her search takes her to Nimes, where she meets the likewise single Marius, a hotelier, who immediately fall ...

Der Engel, der seine Harfe versetzte (1959)

One day, an exceptionally beautiful girl shows up at Josua Webmann's pawnshop to pawn a golden harp. Josua's apprentice, Klaas, immediately sees her as an angel. That evening, she meets him again and dances with him, causing even the previously indifferent ...

Aren't We Wonderful (1958)

Kurt Hoffmann′s satire concerning Germany′s development during the first half of the 20th century tells the story of two schoolmates - Hans and Bruno. They could not be more different. While Hans is ambitious and must always work hard for his career, i ...

The Spessart Inn (1958)

Countess Franziska "is kidnapped" by a band of robbers. However, her father is not willing to pay the ransom so Franziska changes sides. ...

Confessions of Felix Krull (1957)

Thomas Mann's witty and intimate story of a irresistible scoundrel. ...

Salzburg Stories (1957)

A wealthy citizen of Salzburg wants to write a play about ordinary people. ...

Heute heiratet mein Mann (1956)

The talkative dentist Dr. Agartz lets the drill whir and tries to entertain his patient Thesi Petersen with the latest society gossip: the famous Hamburg architect Robert Petersen is about to remarry. The new girl's name is Karin Nielsen and she comes "fro ...

I Often Think of Piroschka (1955)

Andreas, a young German student comes to Hungary on an exchange programme. In the Hungarian village he falls in love with the stationmaster's daughter Piroschka and spends much of his time with her. They have an enchanting summer until Andreas gets an invi ...

Three Men in the Snow (1955)

The multi-millionaire Eduard Schlüter takes part under the name Schulze in a raffle of his own Schlüter works and wins a stay at the Grand Hotel. Disguised as a poor swallower, he would like to study the reactions of the hotel staff and guests. As an ass ...

Fireworks (1954)

The quiet life of an extended family is shaken up when a circus comes into town. ...

The Flying Classroom (1954)

The third form of a boarding school and the students of a neighboring school do not get along. Each side dreams up the craziest pranks to defeat the other. And when one day the high school students go as far as stealing the Gymnasium students' essays and e ...

Theft of the Sabines (1954)

Moselfahrt aus Liebeskummer (1953)

Thomas offers Dorette a trip to Moselle that she rejects saying it's short notice, but when Thomas shows at her apartment the next day he finds she's not slept on her bed. He leaves for Dorette alone, and there he meets Angela. ...

Hokuspokus (1953)

A murder trial becomes a farce when a widow tries to convince the district attorney that she didn't drown her husband, with the help of an eccentric lawyer. ...

Musik bei Nacht (1953)

During his divorce proceedings famous composer/bandleader Robert needs to live off the grid and switches identities with his friend George, a barkeeper. But his new flame, Maria, learns that George has a wife and two kids. ...

Liebe im Finanzamt (1952)

Klettermaxe (1952)

A masked hero scales the walls of buildings and relieves burglars of the money or valuables they've stolen. He donates the stolen goods to charity and turns the criminals over to the authorities. An exotic dancer falls madly in love with this hero whose fa ...

Königin einer Nacht (1951)

Duke Ferdinand of Novara-Liechtenstein flees the duchy to avoid an arranged marriage with princess Anna Silvana of Este-Parma. He loses his papers on the flight and is treated as an imposter at the inn where he stays. The princess is hot on his heels, and ...

Fanfares of Love (1951)

Two out of work musicians put on drag to get work in an all girl band. Inevitable comical romantic complications ensue. ...

Taxi-Kitty (1950)

An unemployed musician proves her worth by working as a temporary employee in a canteen for taxi drivers, and thanks to the helpful drivers, she gets the chance to successfully showcase her artistic talent. ...

The Rabanser Case (1950)

Editor Peter Rabanser is planning a series on the perfect cash heist, which he plans down to the last detail and actually begins to prepare: He befriends two cash couriers and lays the groundwork to lure them into an apartment he has rented. ...

City in the Fog (1950)

In the Danish port city of Belgesund, the caretaker of a private high school has fallen victim to murder. Detective Thomsen takes on the case and finds that behind the clean facade there are abysses. He has five suspects in mind: the teacher Berling, who i ...

Heimliches Rendezvous (1949)

A young teacher has to declare that she is unmarried in order to obtain a teaching license in the small town where her husband works as a teacher at the local grammar school. ...

The Lost Face (1948)

A clearly confused girl is found wandering around Stuttgart and can't be understood, because she's speaking in a foreign language. The police take her to some doctors, who eventually believe they're dealing with a Tibetan. Doctor von Aldenhoff takes the st ...

I'll Carry You in My Arms (1943)

After five years, the marriage of chemist Dr. Herbert has become so routine, that his wife Karin sees no other choice but to leave her husband, even if she still loves him. She retreats to her parents' place and takes a job in her father's factory, while ...

Ich vertraue Dir meine Frau an (1943)

Peter, a bachelor, must Ellinor, the wife of his friend Robert, to watch, thus with his Secretary, travelling can. Because Ellinor has sworn her husband to cheat, he should go. From the take Care of is now a grotesque guarding, confusion and piquant situat ...

Kohlhiesel's Daughters (1943)

Remake of an Ernst Lubitsch silent comedy, about a farm boy who is fond of two sisters, one of them beautiful, and the other, not so much. ...

Quax, der Bruchpilot (1941)

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Hurra, ich bin Papa (1939)

Peter Ohlsen, a perpetual student, leads a dissolute life and has been living off his filthy-rich father for years. When Peter comes home drunk from a party with his friends yet again, he finds a three-year-old boy in his bed who had been left with his hou ...

Paradies der Junggesellen (1939)

Yvette (1938)

Yvette is the daughter of a courtesan who serves men of wealth and status. She is unaware of how her mother makes money and why they are always in the presence of princes, dukes and barons. Only when Yvette goes away on a holiday she realizes that the Bank ...

Versprich mir nichts! (1937)

Maler Pratt, an artist, refuses to sell his paintings as he thinks that they still need improvement before being publicly exhibited, but his wife Monika thinks differently and sells them because she thinks they are good...and they need the money. As he onl ...

Land of Love (1937)

The story is one of the classic operetta stories with a young princess destined to marry a king whom her mother tries to enforce while the young woman tries to escape her fate. ...

Donogoo Tonka (1936)

Parisians Josette and Pierre are a happy couple, but also a completely broke one. An absurd chain of events leads them to Professor Trouhadec, who is in a predicament. ...

The Girl Irene (1936)

A woman (Lil Dagover) who has lost her husband falls in love again, but is bitterly opposed by her daughters especially the title figure who can't stand the thought of seeing her mother going into a relationship with another man. Those who want to see if S ...

Amphitryon: Happiness from the Clouds (1935)

Lamenting Thebian women are waiting for the men to come back from war. God Jupiter is attracted to one of them: Alkmene. He goes to earth and tries to seduce her as himself: an old man. Failing in this, he disguises himself as Amphitryon (Alkemene's husban ...

The English Marriage (1934)

Georg Alexander plays Douglas Mavis, the son of a rich English family who falls in love with a Berlin girl (Renate Müller) and marries her. However, he doesn't tell his family, and for a reason: the resolute head of the family (played by the inimitable Ad ...

Die Töchter ihrer Exzellenz (1934)

A young woman tries to hinder her sister from committing adultery - by wooing the man she thinks is the suitor herself. ...

Victor and Victoria (1933)

Aspiring singer Susanne takes over one night for her sick friend, a small-time female impersonator, and finds unexpected fame when everyone believes that she is actually a man. While touring London, complications arise as a local womanizer catches on to he ...

Child, I'm Happy on Your Coming (1933)

Portrait photographer Lu Tiemann owns a white wire-haired terrier named "Stork." For Lu, the charming dog has a very specific purpose: to either jump into parked cars with men at the wheel, thereby attracting their attention, or to hide inside the car and ...

The Beautiful Adventure (1932)

Helene has agreed to marry a man that she isn't in love with. On the day of her wedding her cousin arrives just in time to rescue her and they run away together. They stay with her aged grandmother who assumes the young man (whom she doesn't know) to be th ...

Congress Dances (1931)

An Austrian prince hatches a plan to keep his rival, the Russian czar, busy by keeping him surrounded by beautiful women and away from the negotiating table. The Czar, however, has his own plan—he hires a man who is his exact double to impersonate him an ...

Humor ist eine ernste Sache - Der Filmregisseur Kurt Hoffmann (1985)

Stars Meet in Moscow (1959)

Documentary essay about the First Moscow International Film Festival, held in August 1959, about its participants and guests - Soviet and foreign actors, directors who came to the film forum. ...

Romeo und Jeanette (1958)