Rolf Wanka

The Desert of the Tartars (1976)

Lieutenant Giovanni Drogo is assigned to the old Bastiani border fortress where he expects an imminent attack by nomadic fearsome Tartars. ...

The Internecine Project (1974)

Offered a job as a presidential adviser, a professor is forced to dispose of those who knew him when he was a spy. ...

Der Pedell (1971)

In Trouble (1971)

This movie chronicles several pregnant women on their quest to have an abortion. Some got pregnant by accident, others were raped. Sure to offend anti-abortionists, pro-lifers, feminists and chauvinists alike. The portions of the movie that deal with Europ ...

Josefine Mutzenbacher II - Meine 365 Liebhaber (1971)

Vienna: Wedding dreams draw Adrian, the rich son of a Hamburg merchant dynasty, to Vienna. His chosen one is a countess whose parents pretend to be rich but are in fact desperately poor. The meticulously planned wedding intrigue culminates in a duel to whi ...

Friedrich III. '...gestorben als Kaiser' (1970)

He's at It Again (1970)

A comedy directed by Rudolf Lubowski. ...

Sünde mit Rabatt (1968)

Three murdered prostitutes, a perplexed commissioner, a trap for the killer and good atmosphere in the Apollo nightclub. ...

Flucht über die Ostsee (1967)

Mein oder Dein (1964)

No Survivors, Please (1964)

Aliens attempt to take over the Earth by taking over the bodies of humans at the moment of their death, and using them as tools for their invasion plans. ...

Der Komödienstadel - Der Schusternazi (1963)

Captain Sindbad (1963)

After completing his voyages Sindbad the Sailor and his hearty crew have come home to find a palace coup d'etat has occurred and his home city is being run by a brutal dictator played by Pedro Armendariz. He's got designs on the beautiful young princess, H ...

Der Schwierige (1962)

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 ...

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. ...

Drei Mann in einem Boot (1961)

Three men want to escape their troubles with women by taking a boat tour on the Rhine river. ...

Biographie und Liebe (1961)

Aimée (1961)

Die Nashörner (1961)

Das Kamel geht durch das Nadelöhr (1960)

Bezaubernde Julia (1960)

Die schöne Lügnerin (1959)

In 1815 Vienna, a corsetmaker falls in love with a valet. ...

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 Besuch der alten Dame (1959)

An enormously wealthy woman returns to her hometown with a dreadful bargain: She wants the townspeople to kill the man who jilted her in exchange for enough money to revitalize the town. ...

Du gehörst mir (1959)

The Priest and the Girl (1958)

A priest falls in love with a rich man's daughter. ...

Der lachende Vagabund (1958)

A Gift for Heidi (1958)

This movie is about one summer holiday in the life of the famous children's book character Heidi, the orphan girl who lives with her grandfather (whom Heidi, like everybody else including the cast list, calls "Alm Uncle") on the outskirts of a small villag ...

Day of Fear (1957)

Die Abenteuer des braven Soldaten Schwejk (1957)

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 ... ...

Viaje de novios (1956)

Specialized in arranging weddings, Federico arranges marriage by proxy between Ana and Juan, two friends of his who do not know each other. Juan arrives by plane to Spain after spending ten years of safari in Africa, hoping to meet his wife, who arrives th ...

Drei Birken auf der Heide (1956)

After a long absence, forest ranger Hans Freese returns to the heathland village of Undeloh, where he spent his childhood. Here he meets his childhood sweetheart Rose again. A sophisticated publisher from Hamburg and a group of gypsies cause all sorts of c ...

La mestiza (1956)

Embajadores en el infierno (1956)

Four Spanish Blue Division soldiers captured after the German invasion of Soviet territory face a choice in forced labor camps: renounce their Spanish nationality for better conditions. While two accept, Captain Adrados leads a group resisting, labeling th ...

We Are All Necessary (1956)

After serving their sentence, three prisoners, a doctor, a civil servant and a thief, leave jail. During the train trip they do together to return home, they analyze their respective lives. The doctor has been required to perform an operation on a child ab ...

Canyon (1956)

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

In the Eddy of Sin (1954)

After years of detachment Alberto Valli returns to the home of Margherita, his widowed mother, with his mistress Germaine. ...

Der schweigende Engel (1954)

The deaf-mute little girl Angelika is a talented dancer and is trained by a ballet mistress so that she gets the leading role in an opera despite the intrigues of a rival. Angelika's brother gets out of prison and wants to build an honest life for himself, ...

Der rote Prinz (1954)

Street Serenade (1953)

While on tour somewhere in Italy, a famous German pop singer loses his voice. All tickets for the concerts have long been sold out. Someone from the "Star's" entourage finds a young local guy who used to walk around the city singing in a very similar voice ...

Franz Schubert – Ein Leben in zwei Sätzen (1953)

Franz Schubert toils by day as his father's clerk while secretly composing in Beethoven's shadow, gaining little recognition until friends persuade publisher Diabelli to host a public performance where he meets and falls for soprano Therese Grob. Abandonin ...

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 ...

Die Fiakermilli (1953)

An incredibly popular stage performer unknowingly falls madly in love with the lone critic that savaged her performance in the press. ...

The Magic Face (1951)

Actor becomes Hitler's valet, murders him, takes his place and ruins Nazi Germany's war efforts. ...

Gruß und Kuss aus der Wachau (1951)

Umwege zu Dir (1944)

Careless Fritzi, the wife of a much older professor, has secretly been meeting with the unmarried Baron von Burghammer. Fritzi's husband finds out about the affair. Leoni, Fritzi's sister, pretends to be Burghammer's lover to spare her sister. Burghamme ...

Dog Days (1944)

Peter and Paul are old friends who happen to meet again. Both are dentists and both want to get married the next day. ...

Anushka (1942)

Vienna during the fin de siecle. Farmer's daughter Anuschka has to sell the farm after her father's death to the rich but mean farmer's wife Nowarek and her friendly son Jaro. Anuschka goes to Vienna and starts to work as a housemaid until she is wrongly a ...

My Daughter Doesn't Do That (1940)

It's been said, that Dr. Kugler is always ready with some gossip about the missteps and bad habits of young girls. His daughter Lisa, however, is no saint either -- only he knows nothing about it and his wife is at wits' end about it. Finally, Aunt Edith h ...

Das Recht auf Liebe (1939)

Leinen aus Irland (1939)

S.O.S. Mediterranean (1938)

The scene of action embraces Tangier, Toulon and the Mediterranean, where Pierre Fresnay, Rolf Wanka and Kim Peacock, cast as captains of French, German and English boats, respectively, unite to rescue the passengers of a neutral boat that is about to be e ...

Rote Rosen - Blaue Adria (1938)

Hearts in Love (1938)

A doctor needs to educate and civilize a young woman before he can marry her. ...

A Step into the Darkness (1938)

A dashing but mysterious man saves a gambler from suicide, crashes the posh party of a prominent industrialist, falls in love with his daughter, and finds himself in a web of intrigue revolving around her blackmailing fiance and a gang of counterfeiters. ...

Líza Soars to the Skies (1938)

The orphan Eliška Irovská, nicknamed Líza, arrives in her native village of Ptačice. As an orphan she is housed in the local poorhouse and has to go out begging. Her guardian Petr Tumlíř, however, sees that she is competent enough to go to school. ...

Poslíček lásky (1937)

The only employee of a small press office, secretary Jiřina Zvoníčková, decides to help her good-natured and unlucky boss Brok. In order to get an interview with the unapproachable "fashion king" Pavel Toman, she disguises herself as a young man and wo ...

Not a Word About Love (1937)

A woman protects the secrets of a Vienna clothing manufacturer for new dress ideas ,from being stolen by a scheming lady thief. ...

Výdělečné ženy (1937)

Father Vojtech (1936)

Vojtěch's beloved Frantina is leaving for Prague to work. Vojtěch promises his dying mother that he will become a priest. His brother Karel is to inherit the mill. However, during the feast, he attacks the weak Josífek and then flees the village. He hid ...

Srdce v soumraku (1936)

Erste Liebe (1936)

Film by Robert Land. ...

Irčin románek (1936)

Irča Miňovská, the daughter of a car factory director, meets mechanic Lexa Hora by chance. They fall in love, but Irča's father does not want his daughter's unequal relationship and decides to send Irča to a boarding school so that she cannot see Lexa ...

Divoch (1936)

Hilde Petersen postlagernd (1936)

Sextánka (1936)

Sixth-year student Eva Martenová falls in love with the new young professor Jiří Hron. She cannot concentrate in his lessons, even though she is as well prepared as ever for teaching. On a school trip, Professor Bruncvíková tries to win Hron over, but ...

Circus Saran (1935)

Knox owns half of the Circus Saran and acts as a clown there. He hides his circus life from his daughter and is very embarrassed when his daughter finds out his true profession. Hans Moser, who plays Knox, performs poorly, because the character he plays ...

Liebe auf Bretteln (1935)

Buchhalter Schnabel (1935)

The young man from Oxford originates from Vienna, where he returned after completing his studies to take over his deceased uncle's construction company. To gain a better overview, he joined the company as a junior employee and, of course, immediately fell ...

The World's in Love (1935)

A Hungarian squire and his son compete for the favour of an operetta diva; the younger makes the running. - Unplausible mistakes, small intrigues and a lot of love in an old-fashioned musical comedy with proven comedians. ...

Polibek ve sněhu (1935)

Jägerblut (1935)

Die törichte Jungfrau (1935)

Matka Kráčmerka (1934)

The Kráčmer couple work diligently in the vegetable garden. They are saving for a dowry for their only daughter, Betynce, who is in a serious relationship with the doctor Zdeborský. Inspired by a newspaper report, they decide to buy Kráčmer a lottery ...

Výdělečné ženy (1937)