Walter Janssen

Something for Everyone (1970)

In post-war Austria, an opportunistic young man begins working as a footman to a widowed countess and uses his sexual talents to better his station in life. ...

Friedrich Ebert und Gustav Stresemann, Schicksalsjahre der Republik (1969)

Abschied vier Uhr früh (1967)

Der Reichstagsbrandprozeß (1967)

Freispruch für Old Shatterhand (1965)

On April 12, 1910, before the magistrate's court in Berlin-Charlottenburg: The defamation suit brought by Karl May, creator of Winnetou and Old Shatterhand, against editor Rudolf Lebius is being heard. Lebius had called May a "born criminal" and brought hi ...

Professor Bernhardi (1964)

1964 TV broadcast of the Arthur Schnitzler play ...

Dann geh zu Thorp (1964)

Das Kartenspiel (1961)

Heute nacht in Samarkand (1961)

General Quixotte (1961)

Ein Weihnachtslied in Prosa oder Eine Geistergeschichte zum Christfest (1960)

The old and eccentric Ebenezer Scrooge is a misanthrope and miser. His only friend was his business partner Jacob Marley, who died on Christmas Eve seven years earlier. Since then, Ebenezer has been running the business alone. Christmas is just around the ...

Zwei alte Damen feuern (1960)

Old Heidelberg (1959)

At his uncle's behest, the young Karl-Heinrich, Hereditary Prince of Saxe-Karlsburg, is sent to Heidelberg to study for a year. After a joyless youth in the gloomy, stately Karlsburg Castle, the prince embarks on the most carefree period of his life. He fa ...

Paul und Julia (1958)

Immer die Radfahrer (1958)

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

Ihr 106. Geburtstag (1958)

Voyage to Italy, Complete with Love (1958)

The Devil Strikes at Night (1957)

Hamburg, Germany, 1944, during World War II. A serial killer terrorizes the city. When it seems clear that the local police are unable to catch him, forces as dark and terrible as the criminal himself become involved in the case. ...

Das Abschiedssouper (1957)

Der König der Bernina (1957)

Markus Paltram returns to his home village after ten years. There, he is shunned because his father is believed to be a murderer. Markus falls in love with Cilgia, the pastor's daughter. However, Pia, a Roma girl, wants to win Markus for herself at any cos ...

Die Prinzessin von St. Wolfgang (1957)

Young Josefa Maria, a great-great-granddaughter of Emperor Franz Josef of Austria, is engaged to a count, as befits her status, but she hardly knows him. Young Josefa Maria, a great-great-granddaughter of Emperor Franz Josef of Austria, is engaged to a cou ...

Wally of the Vultures (1956)

The father of young maiden Wally wants to force the girl into a marriage. ...

Hengst Maestoso Austria (1956)

Guitars of Love (1955)

Heimweh nach Deutschland (1954)

The Mosquito (1954)

A female spy accepts a bid by an arms dealer in order to find out if wife is unfaithful to him. ...

Hubertus Castle (1954)

The count Egge is barely a visitor in his Alpine family castle Hubertus, being preoccupied with hunting. He's furious when his young adult sons miss an annual municipal hunting concession auction, being both in love with local commoner girls, deemed undesi ...

Die Sonne von St. Moritz (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 ...

The Chaplain of San Lorenzo (1953)

Verona in the 1950s. Don Stefano, the chaplain of San Lorenzo, was once a passionate race car driver and tennis player. Deeply affected by his wartime experiences, he decided to become a priest. He has given up racing, but now and then he still plays a gam ...

Tödliche Liebe (1953)

Illusion in Moll (1952)

After the death of her wealthy but lonely husband, wealthy but lonely hotel owner Maria Alsbacher falls in love with a charming bandleader and singer without realizing that he is only after her money. When she decides to marry him, her son enlists the help ...

I Can't Marry Everyone (1952)

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 . ...

Decision Before Dawn (1951)

WWII is entering its last phase: Germany is in ruins, but does not yield. The US army lacks crucial knowledge about the German units operating on the opposite side of the Rhine, and decides to send two German prisoners to gather information. The scheme is ...

Die Martinsklause (1951)

Geheimnis einer Ehe (1951)

Tina Camphausen has three children, Christian, Schwänchen and Musi, who has grown up for 15 years without a father. The family leads a peaceful life together with Paul, the woman's partner whom the children have accepted. Cohabitation is tested when Felix ...

Desire (1951)

Skandal in der Botschaft (1950)

Wer bist Du, den ich liebe? (1950)

Die Sterne lügen nicht (1950)

Chased by the Devil (1950)

A doctor discovers a new medical cure with dangerous side effects, and takes the drug himself to test its limitations. ...

The Trombonist (1949)

The Trombonist is a 1949 comedy film directed by Carl Boese and starring Paul Dahlke, Sabine Peters and Ludwig Körner. ...

The Blue Straw Hat (1949)

Pretty hat-saleswoman Lola wants nothing more than to become an operetta singer. Unfortunately, it isn't so easy to make it in the music business. Operetta diva Isabella, on the other hand, is sick and tired of performing and leaves the stage, despite the ...

The Appeal to Conscience (1949)

Ten years ago, the "Andree case" was seemingly solved. Now criminal investigator Husfeld is to reopen it, as doubts have arisen about the guilt of Helga Andree, who was convicted at the time. She is said to have pushed her former rival, the singer Elinor G ...

Krach im Hinterhaus (1949)

Verspieltes Leben (1949)

Germany, 1914: The bourgeois austerity of the small, northern German town in which Ulyssa lives conflicts sharply with her desire to flirt with and be ensnared by charming, young men. That she's married is irrelevant; it's a marriage which exists only on ...

The Mozart Story (1948)

The Silent Guest (1945)

Whodunit centered around a hostel. ...

Ein Blick zurück (1944)

Junge Herzen (1944)

1944 German film. ...

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 ...

Der gebieterische Ruf (1944)

Die goldene Fessel (1944)

Herr von Lips is a wealthy landowner, surrounded by money and luxury. But what he lacks is a wife, who really loves him. So he comes up with the plan to mingle among the people in simple clothing to find the missing bride. Three fine friends --- "fine", ...

Die schwache Stunde (1943)

Marion Austerlitz is a stubborn person, much to the chagrin of her husband, Dr. Fritz Austerlitz. There's constantly some kind of excitement going on in their house: this time, Marion takes in a barking dog, much against the wishes of her husband; that t ...

Schwarz auf weiß (1943)

Vienna, around 1900. The master baker Streussler's most ardent wish is to see his daughter Nelly as a student at the university. With the help of his famous "streusel cake" he succeeds in luring all kinds of helpers for this endeavor into his house. But ...

Heaven, We Inherit a Castle (1943)

Max and Karla visit his deceased uncle's farming estate where it is confirmed that they will inherit it. Financial expert Max tries to manage the farm but collides with manager Georg whom Max soon suspects to have an affair with Karla. ...

Diesel (1943)

A German wartime biography of Rudolf Diesel, inventor of the Diesel engine. The movie links the importance of the engine to the war by starting the movie with newsreel clips of German Navy U-boats in action. ...

Der Ochsenkrieg (1943)

The Big Number (1943)

Against her father's wishes, the ringmaster Wallner, Helga forms a connection with the wild animal trainer Peter. After he is almost killed during an appearance, he promises his mistress, that he'll never work with wild animals again. From that point on, ...

Ein Zug fährt ab (1942)

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. ...

Geliebte Welt (1942)

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 ...

Der Fall Rainer (1942)

Germany in the fall of 1918: Accompanied by the Archduke Karl Maria, Princess Henriette von Battenstein makes an inspection tour of hospitals. During these inspections, she meets Lieutenant Rainer, the former conductor of the State Opera. When she later ...

The Waitress Anna (1941)

Against the wishes of his adoptive father, Stefan Burgstaller decides to become a musician. He goes to Salzburg, where his girlfriend Veronika is already attending the conservatory. Stefan is also accepted at the school and even receives a scholarship beca ...

The Comedians (1941)

Although she is known as a patron of the arts, a graceful duchess nevertheless refuses her nephew to marry an enterprising actress in this German melodrama starring Kathe Dorsch and silent screen legend Henny Porten. When Philine (Hilde Krahl), the troupe' ...

You Only You (1941)

The two stars of an upcoming operetta performance quarrel constantly. but they also fall in love with each other. ...

Bal paré (1940)

At the turn of the century in Munich, a ballerina accepts the sponsorship of an older industrialist but also spends time with his son. ...

Wenn Männer verreisen (1940)

Ludwig Gruber, the director of a spa café, is a good man. Now and again, he makes little adventure-trips to Berlin to find business for his company. The women he is traveling with have an accident on the highway. Gruber is traveling incognito as "Mr. R ...

Ein ganzer Kerl (1939)

Jule (Heidemarie Hatheyer), a 25 year old women is not having an easy life. Her cousin Stefan Rüdiger (Albert Matterstock) has left "manor Jobshagen" as an 18 year old and Jule has had to manage business since then. Her uncle, Stefan's father, never could ...

Irrtum des Herzens (1939)

On the afternoon of Christmas Eve, Sister Angelika bids her boss, Professor Reimers, farewell, for she has quit her post. Reimers doesn't understand the reason for this and since she won't say a word as to why she's quit, he asks her to spend the evening ...

Ich bin gleich wieder da (1939)

Undergraduate Nik just wanted to get cigarettes when he is pulled into a series of events over the course of one night. Also during this night he meets three interesting women - whom will he end up with? ...

Three Wonderful Days (1939)

This is essentially a "Kraft durch Freude" propaganda film though the organization is never mentioned. A company's three day outing might very well be the last because bankruptcy is just around the corner. The people on the trip have all their individual p ...

Geld fällt vom Himmel (1938)

Leopold Pasemann, owner of an auto parts factory, is looking for an heir. Since he has no children of his own, he makes an offer to his late brother's two sons and daughter: each will receive a check for 5,000 marks. Whoever makes the most of it in a year ...

Two Women (1938)

The famous actress Paula Corvey loves the young racer Werner Bruck. One day, Paula's 18-year old daughter returns unexpectedly to her mother. She was living with her father, Paula's ex-husband, but she's run off to Paula, because daddy wouldn't let her bec ...

Red Orchids (1938)

In a made-up country somewhere in northern Europe: In the armaments factory F.N.G., an important drawing is copied and passed on to the enemy. Suspicion falls on the chief engineer Alexander Nica and his assistant Laurenz. Both are placed before the cou ...

Kleiner Mann - ganz groß (1938)

Peter Kolle, a low-level clerk, and his wife Sabine have a happy marriage, but Peter lacks the necessary funds. Therefore, he secretly works on his invention at a friend's house at night. When his wife finds out, she angrily leaves their apartment and trav ...

Das Ehesanatorium (1938)

Serenade (1937)

The violin virtuoso Ferdinand Lohner is lonely and depressed after the death of his wife. But then he gets to know the much younger Irene and forgets all about his dead wife, marrying the young tart soon after. Irene moves into the house in the mountains ...

Fridericus (1937)

In 18th century Europe, King Friedrich II of Prussia leads his army through the seven-years-war with neighboring states, and after numerous near defeats, eventually brings a victorious army back to Berlin. ...

The Accusing Song (1936)

The story of a famous chamber singer, who finds in life every humiliation and intrigue he sings about on stage. ...

All for Veronica (1936)

Veronika, a saleswoman at the Tutzinger department store, is in love with Paul, who also works there as a salesman. During a weekend trip in the car, the colleagues grow closer, but Veronika also gets into serious trouble. To cover up a tear in her dress, ...

Familienparade (1936)

Film by Wendhausen. ...

Die Entführung (1936)

Soldier Comrades (1936)

A rich,spoiled young man learns about military discipline after bonding with a more hard working comrade,and helping to rescue a child from a fire. ...

Anschlag auf Schweda (1935)

The student Hans Kessler is suspected of having murdered the banker Hergotin, who has been found dead in his hotel in Zurich. When a search is launched for an unknown woman, who was seen in the hotel at the time of the murder, Hans suddenly confesses to t ...

Episode (1935)

Vienna, 1922. Due to a sudden financial tragedy, a young woman begins accepting checks from an older, rich gentleman for companionship in order for her to keep attending college. Their relationship is purely platonic, but eventually she begins a romance wi ...

Liebesleute (1935)

Baron von Goret is an impoverished landowner, whose estate is about to go into receivership. And so, for that reason, he wishes to marry off his son Hermann with his well-off girlfriend Helga. But Hermann is in love with the farmer's daughter Dorothea. ...

The Old and The Young King (1935)

The story of the stormy relationship between King Friedrich Wilhelm and his son, who later became known as King Frederick the Great of Prussia. ...

Masquerade in Vienna (1934)

A risque drawing is published and threatens to compromise the model, a doctor's wife. Artist Heideneck protects her and invents a name. But the name exists, and this respectable lady is drawn into the artist's shady affairs. ...

Master of the World (1934)

A German scientist designs and builds a machine that will do dangerous work instead of placing humans in jeopardy. But the machine itself turns out to have disastrous effects on the people involved. ...

Schwarzwaldmädel (1933)

Wege zur guten Ehe (1933)

Film by Trotz. ...

Laughing Heirs (1933)

After the death of his uncle, the owner of the Rhine based Bockelmann Sparkling Wine, Peter turns up for the reading of the will. Justus Bockelmann, a producer of mineral water, is confident he will inherit the business, but 'for reasons of moral rectitude ...

The Anthem of Leuthen (1933)

The story of the rise to power of King Frederick II (aka "Frederick the Great") of Prussia of his military campaigns to make Prussia a major power in Europe. ...

Um ein bisschen Glück (1933)

Yorck (1931)

The story of General Yorck von Wartenburg, a commander in the army of Prussian King Wilhelm, who defied the king's orders for the Prussian army to join Napoleon in his invason of Russia. ...

The concert (1931)

A concert pianist, the romantic idol of many women, is seduced away from his wife. The seductress's husband takes in the pianist's wife, and all four pretend to be happy with the new arrangement. ...

Everyone Asks for Erika (1931)

The Carnival Fairy (1931)

Film version of the operetta by Emmerich Kalman. Victor has won 10 000 Mark with his ceiling painting. In the local pub, he celebrates his triumph. Countess Alexandra happens to drop into the pub too, and is thought to be a model by the sponsor of the p ...

Die Königin einer Nacht (1931)

A navy lieutenant contemplates suicide in his despair but then meets a beautiful stranger, who turns out to be a princess. ...

Kaiserliebchen (1931)

Little Red Riding Hood (1954)

Ever since a little girl received a red cap from her grandmother—which she loves to wear—everyone has called her "Little Red Riding Hood." Little Red Riding Hood lives with her mother and her five brothers in a little cottage on the edge of the forest. ...

Hansel and Gretel (1954)

A Brothers Grimm fairy tale involving siblings finding a gingerbread house in the middle of the forest owned by an evil witch who captures them and by fattening them, intends to have them for her meal. ...

Die Alm an der Grenze (1951)

Marriage of Love (1944)

Young newlywed Martin Mansfeld suspects his wife Maria Mansfeld of infidelity and together with his friend sets a trap for her. ...

Leidenschaft (1940)

Wer wagt – gewinnt (1935)

Every Day Isn't Sunday (1935)

After winning the lottery young draftsman Erich decides to quit his job and enjoy his riches on a big scale, thus alienating his bride, his grandmother and his friends. Soon con men try to swindle him out of his money. ...

Roses from the South (1934)

Johann Strauss helps the business of a Viennese wine merchant and his daughter by showing up to conduct the orchestra at a party. ...

Schön ist es, verliebt zu sein (1934)