Rudi Godden

Die lustigen Vagabunden (1940)

On account of a bet, the painter Menzinger and his friend Schratt decide to travel the country as unemployed bums (no doubt, because there were so few unemployed and homeless people in Germany just a few years earlier). For two weeks, they wander around ...

Polterabend (1940)

Rudi, who's been quite the ladies' man, finally wants to settle down and marry Hilde. So as to not get into a touchy situation with all his many women, he plans to bring them all together the night before his wedding. While sitting alone in his apartment a ...

Unfaithful Eckehart (1940)

An exchanged suitcase and a burglary with an actress give occasions to whirl a family with daughters-in-law and brides hard in a mess. Old mistake comedy according to pattern. ...

Das Gewehr über (1939)

The Golden Mask (1939)

The gifted painter Alexander Poschinger receives a financial windfall. His friends Paul and Sepp, both painters, too, aren't in the slightest bit surprise by his success, since he only paints rich women. These women come to Alexander, because whomever he p ...

Robert and Bertram (1939)

After the two vagabonds Robert and Bertram flee from prison, they get to know the innkeeper's daughter Lenchen at the "Silver Swan" Inn. Because her father is in desperate need of money, Lenchen is to marry the creditor Biedermeier instead of her beloved ...

Hallo Janine (1939)

The French ballet girl Janine, a gifted tap-dancer, dreams of a musical career in Paris. But first she wants to take revenge on Count René who stood up her best friend Charlotte. Janine wants him to fall in love with her and disappoint him afterwards. At ...

Das Leben kann so schön sein (1938)

The young marriage of the insurance agent Hannes and his wife Nora is being worn down by financial difficulties and overcrowded living conditions. Hannes is unable to sell enough policies and life becomes ever worse for the two. Nora attempts to earn som ...

Die kleine und die große Liebe (1938)

Einmal werd' ich Dir gefallen (1938)

Musketier Meier III (1938)

The Stars Shine (1938)

German all-star musical from 1938 that was a big commercial success. ...

Truxa (1937)

The famous tightrope artist Truxa is drinking at the Artisan bar in New York. He meets a young man, Husen, and gives him his stage name Truxa. He is to take the real Truxa's place at a circus show in Wintergarten, Berlin. ...