René Deltgen

Le retour de heidi (2011)

Wo die Liebe hinfällt (1979)

Black and White Like Day and Night (1978)

A scientist who swore off playing chess after a nervous breakdown as a boy wunderkind, creates an undefeated chess program. But the Russian world champ beats Tommy Rosemund's masterwork in a televised match. So the West German mathematician becomes a top c ...

Ein Tisch zu viert (1977)

Scrounged Meals (1977)

Homeless Alfred would like to spend his life on Mallorca. A destination far away. But one day he meets the policeman Erwin. ...

Die Affäre Lerouge (1976)

Die Herausforderung (1975)

Trotski in Coyoacan (1975)

Mein Onkel Benjamin (1973)

Die Auferstehung des Stefan Stefanow (1971)

Klassenkampf (1971)

Nicht nur zur Weihnachtszeit (1970)

An elderly lady has a trauma and simply must celebrate Christmas every day of the year, to the dismay of her family and relatives. ...

Dem Himmel näher (1970)

Slap in the Face (1970)

Dressed only with a muff, Eva - naked as God created her - reaches the conference room of the big bank to expose Terbanks' capitalists and bankers and to protest against capitalism and exploitation. But the naked woman from the "Red October" community slap ...

The Doctor Speaks Out (1966)

A serious Swiss melodrama/documentary about abortion, marketed as a sexy exploitation movie in the US. The film contains real medical footage. ...

Die eigenen vier Wände (1965)

Alle meine Söhne (1965)

A German film adaptation of the 1946 American play All My Sons by Arthur Miller. ...

Again the Ringer (1965)

Arthur Milton aka Der Hexer (The Magician/Ringer) must return to London after his calling card was left at the scene of a murder he did not commit. ...

Der Sündenbock (1965)

Golden Goddess of Rio Beni (1964)

An aviator of a commercial line disappears in the Brazilian jungle. Two friends organize an expedition to find him. As if there were not enough dangers in the Amazon, three members of the expedition have another goal: to steal a golden goddess. ...

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 ...

Umbruch (1964)

Die blonde Frau des Maharadscha (1962)

Maharaj Gowan is in love with the blonde circus rider Yrida. However, the son of the Maharaj also have strong feelings for her. ...

Golden Boy (1962)

The Elder Statesman (1962)

Lord Claverton, an eminent former cabinet minister and banker, is helped to confront his past by the love of his daughter, his Antigone. ...

Schau heimwärts, Engel (1961)

Die Friedhöfe (1960)

Journey to the Lost City (1960)

An exotic dancing girl of India inflames the passions of a traveling draftsman. ...

The Indian Tomb (1959)

Seetha and Harold Berger are rescued from the desert by a caravan and brought to a small village. However, the greedy owner of the house where they are lodged betrays the law of hospitality and reveals their location to Prince Ramigani. The couple tries to ...

The Tiger of Eschnapur (1959)

In Eschnapur, a German architect saves the life of the Maharajah's favorite temple dancer and becomes Maharajah's friend but their friendship is tested when the architect and the dancer fall in-love, triggering the Maharajah's vengeful ire. ...

Königin Luise (1957)

The House of Intrigue (1956)

A radio operator for the British Army is captured in a Nazi-occupied Dutch city. ...

Ohne Dich wird es Nacht (1956)

Dr. Kessler, a lawyer in poor health, actually just wanted to take a dose of morphine to get fit for his court appearance. But the necessity turns into an addiction. It is only when Kessler falls in love that he goes into rehab. However, it is not long bef ...

Hotel Adlon (1955)

Special Delivery (1955)

Complications ensue when a U.S. diplomat discovers that he has a baby on his hands and an undercover gal in his arms. ...

Phantom of the Big Tent (1954)

Mr. Rossi and Mr. Capelli, co-owners of a successful traveling circus, have a rivalry over the affections of the lovely Dolores. That's all settled after Rossi is mauled to death by a lion. Years later a series of accidents, attacks and mysterious deaths p ...

Little Friends (1954)

At the age of three, little Wolfgang has lost his parents. Since then his uncle Eduard raises the boy. As a former concertmaster Eduard has recognized how gifted his nephew is and the boy learns the hard way. The 6-year-old must practice daily 6 hours at t ...

Der letzte Sommer (1954)

A Nordic revolutionary's plans to murder the president go awry when he falls in love with the man's daughter. ...

The House on the Coast (1954)

The story takes place in a town on Adriatic coast. Mother wants to marry her daughter to a wealthy doctor, but her plan proves to be challenging as they're both seduced by a handsome smuggler. ...

No Way Back (1954)

A Russian army officer is haunted by the memory of a girl he met during the war. ...

Der Mann meines Lebens (1954)

Circus Girl (1954)

Sequel to "Stars above Columbo": Yrida, a circus rider who has been abducted to India, wakes up in the maharajah's palace, where the court physician convinces her that she has only dreamed all the terrible events. The maharaja tries to win her love. At the ...

Stars Over Colombo (1953)

Adventure film in an exotic setting based on the "Indian Tomb": While visiting a circus in Germany, the Indian maharajah Gowan sees the rider Yrida, who comes from Swedish nobility. The maharajah falls in love with the circus rider and quickly sends the en ...

Tobias Knopp, Adventure of a Bachelor (1953)

The wealthy man Tobias Knopp becomes ever more lonely and quirky over the years. He had let himself go, his girth increased significantly, and his hair fell out. Over that, he waited too long for the right woman and stayed a bachelor involuntarily. But now ...

Under the Thousand Lanterns (1952)

This German drama tells the story of a musician who is killed and leaves his work unfinished. His apprentice is cleared of the murder and turns out to be the real composer. ...

Desires (1952)

A drug-addicted ballerina seeks morphine during the Salzburg Festival, nearly ruining pharmacist Hans Falkner's marriage to Anna. A doctor prescribes a lethal dose of morphine to the ballerina, but Anna, tempted to eliminate her rival, ultimately chooses m ...

Torreani (1951)

Acrobat assumes identity of jailed fellow-artist to take over a theatre which had been bequeathed to him. He is suspected of murdering the acrobat but is cleared in the end. ...

Eyes of Love (1951)

A terrible accident robs the successful artist Imhoff of his sight—a jet of flame shoots out of the kiln where he hardens his sculptures, and his career seems over. An attempt to surgically restore his sight fails. While he lies in his sickbed, the sensi ...

Export in Blond (1950)

The good-looking blond Iris is kidnapped by a gang of traffickers and shipped to Rio De Janeiro. There she is expected to fetch top prize from potential buyers of young women. ...

Nachtwache (1949)

In a hospital, the Protestant pastor Heger and the Catholic chaplain von Imhoff are responsible for pastoral care. Cornelie, a senior doctor, has lost her faith in God after the death of her daughter in the war. One day, Cornelie's former lover and father ...

Tromba (1949)

Amazon Quest (1949)

Thomas Dekker is a diamond cutter attempting to reclaim his right to a portion of a rubber empire in the early part of the twentieth century. Tom travels to Brazil to uncover the fate of his father and along the way meets Teresa, a local girl who offers to ...

The Mozart Story (1948)

The Silent Guest (1945)

Whodunit centered around a hostel. ...

Wir beide liebten Katharina (1945)

The Wedding Hotel (1944)

A group of artists and journalists enjoy a series of romantic entanglements in a country hotel. An author, Vera von Eichberg "of whom no photo exists," has mentioned the hotel in her work, boosting its notoriety. When another female guest arrives, everyone ...

Sommernächte (1944)

When the Young Wine Blossoms (1943)

An interfering mother plans husbands for her three daughters as they come of marriageable age. However she pays no attention to her daughters own feeling until the eventual intervention of her husband manages to bring things to a happy conclusion. ...

Circus Renz (1943)

A circus film made as a deliberately escapist release at a time when the Second World War was starting to turn against Germany and its allies. ...

12 Minuten UFA (1943)

An insight into the work at the UFA-Studios. ...

Whom the Gods Love (1942)

In the first of Hartl's two Mozart biographies, Hans Holt plays the robust and dashing composer who, in keeping with the spirit of the film's time of origin, sets out into the world like a soldier of art after his falling out with the Salzburg authorities. ...

Doctor Crippen (1942)

The popular trapeze artist Cora is married to the respected doctor Frank Crippen. After a party at the Crippens' house, Cora suddenly disappears. Apparently, she traveled to Brazil alone overnight. However, a friend of the couple is skeptical and calls the ...

Fronttheater (1942)

The very successful actress Lena Andres marries Dr. Paul Meinhardt. For his sake she gives up her acting career. ...

Attack on Baku (1942)

Azerbaijan, 1919. The British hope to secure control of the vast oil fields around Baku by launching a series of terrorist attacks on them. Hans Romberg, a German who is working as a security officer, battles with the British chief agent Captain Forbes and ...

The Big Game (1942)

A player on a soccer team, where everyone matches together just perfectly, has fallen out of a championship tournament due to illness; which leads to a big problem: who would be the perfect man to replace him? Werner Fehling appears to be the perfect rep ...

Spähtrupp Hallgarten (1941)

Two German soldiers in the Norwegian Campaign. ...

My Life for Ireland (1941)

A Nazi propaganda movie from 1941 directed by Max W. Kimmich, covering a story of Irish heroism and martyrdom over two generations under the occupation of the British. ...

Das leichte Mädchen (1940)

Dietz' relatives are horrified to discover that Dietz, the son of a wealthy merchant, is planning to marry an actress, who is known to appear in rather daring roles. Dietz finds a way to escape from a gathering over coffee, during which he's supposed to b ...

The Three Codonas (1940)

Biography of the life of the circus performer Alfredo Codona. ...

Achtung! Feind hört mit! (1940)

This is the war and everybody in Germany should beware : the enemy is listening. One family in particular had better be even more careful than the average citizen of the Reich : the Kettwigs. Indeed they own an armament factory and their engineers, technic ...

Fire on the Ocean (1939)

Tom Finberg and Nick Dorland, two highly competent divers working for the Caribbian Oil Company, have been the best friends in the world since the day they met. But this wonderful friendship is endangered by their falling in love with the same young woman, ...

Kongo-Express (1939)

Renate Brinkmann is a German lady on a railway journey in Africa. She is wooed by two very different men. One is a hard drinking, cocky French aviator, the other a sensitive German gentleman. ...

Twelve Minutes After Midnight (1939)

In Stockholm a young female law student investigates a series of jewel thefts that have been baffling the police. ...

Der grüne Kaiser (1939)

A pilot is suspected of murdering a fraudulent banker who vanished without a trace and is subsequently convicted. After his release, he tracks down the man he was accused of killing, who is living in Brazil under a different identity, and kills him in self ...

Kautschuk (1938)

About how the British broke the Brazilian monopoly on natural rubber. The storyline suggests a complex relation between adventure, military conquest and imperialism. ...

Nordlicht (1938)

Little Sinner (1938)

In this love triangle, two comrades working at a Berlin auto repair place fall out over a waitress they both want. The only way Rudi can think of winning away Erika from Hanni is to badmouth her to his rival. ...

Geheimzeichen LB 17 (1938)

It is purely coincidental that an assassination attempt against the Minister of Defense is thwarted. The attempt on his life was made by a group of anarchists. There's an investigation of the clues, which will doubtless lead to the perpetrators; but the ...

After Midnight (1938)

Helene performs in a Paris nightclub run by White Russian exiles. When her husband, an engineer she believed had died in the Russian Civil War, reappears she tries to assist him. However, this opens her to blackmail by her dancing partner Fedor. ...

Furlough on Parole (1938)

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

Strong Hearts in the Storm (1937)

On the eve of the Russian Revolution, a performance of "Tosca" is taking place at the opera house. The artists and staff are too engrossed in their work to notice the unrest in the streets. The leading roles are played by Marina Marta and René Areno, who ...

Under Blazing Heavens (1936)

In this exotic adventure, unscrupulous gun runners threaten a captain, and a ship is in danger of sinking. ...

Savoy-Hotel 217 (1936)

A Moscow hotel waiter, found at the scene of a murder, tries to locate the real killer among a series of suspects. ...

One Too Many on Board (1935)

During a journey of the "Ceder", the Captain, von Moltmann, disappears. It looks like an accident, but it could also have been murder. Attorney Dr. Burger and superintendent Störensen discover quickly that two of the crewmen hated the Captain: Chief offic ...

Joan of Arc (1935)

France in the 15th Century: The country is marked by the wars with England and internal power struggles. King Charles sees himself powerless against the state. As emerges from the people suddenly a young woman named Johanna, who claimed that the Archangel ...