Willy Maertens

Der eiserne Henry (1969)

Feldwebel Schmid (1968)

Der Trauschein (1967)

Frank V. - Die Oper einer Privatbank (1967)

Standgericht (1966)

Onkel Phils Nachlaß (1965)

Familientreffen (1965)

Jennifer...? (1965)

Ein Volksfeind (1965)

Das Schloß (1962)

Annoncentheater (1962)

The Liar (1961)

When the wife of Sebastian Schumann left her family, he told his little daughter that her mother has died, because he thought that this was the easiest way for her to accept that her mother is now gone. But this was only the beginning of a lot of lies he t ...

Im sechsten Stock (1961)

Stories about tenants of a house. ...

Unseliger Sommer (1961)

Nach all der Zeit (1960)

Darkness Fell on Gotenhafen (1960)

The film depicts the first month of 1945 when the Russian Red Army broke into the eastern part of Germany and forced millions of civilians to flee in the coldest of winter. While the Russians invaded Ostpreussen hundred of thousands of civilians were evacu ...

Die schöne Lügnerin (1959)

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

Natürlich die Autofahrer (1959)

Eberhard Dobermann is a widower and a policeman who loves to control the roads and let people pay fines. Even with his neighbour and friend Jutta Schmalbach he has no pity. Thus he cannot understand why his daughter Karin just falls in love with a racing p ...

Der Raub der Sabinerinnen (1959)

Frau im besten Mannesalter (1959)

That Won't Keep a Sailor Down (1958)

German sailor Peter Hille arrives in Copenhagen to see his beloved Hannah. But she has died in childbirth, leaving Peter with an eight-month-old baby. The young father is left with the entire burden of caring for the child. But he would never have been abl ...

Der Mann, der nicht nein sagen konnte (1958)

A man takes in three a dog and three runaway girls. ...

Biedermann and the firestarters (1958)

At the Green Cockatoo by Night (1957)

The inhibited, uptight Irene Wagner must take over running the seedy dance club the Green Cockatoo or lose her classic dance studio to creditors. ...

Die Gangster von Valence (1957)

Wenn wir alle Engel wären (1956)

German Comedy film from 1956, with Marianne Koch and Dieter Borsche after the novel by Heinrich Spoerl. After a alcohol-fated night, wakes up librarian Christian next to a strange woman. So his wife Elizabeth must during his absence, advances to resist. In ...

Tierarzt Dr. Vlimmen (1956)

The young veterinarian Dr. Vlimmen settles in a small town on the North Sea coast. When he reports the conditions in the local slaughterhouse as cruelty to animals, he makes an enemy of the influential butcher van Heusden, who launches a smear campaign aga ...

The Captain from Kopenick (1956)

A young shoemaker is arrested for stealing a small amount of money, and is jailed for fifteen years. Upon his release, he wants to get a permit to get a job and start anew, but finds that without a job he can't get a permit, and without a permit he can't g ...

Die Tochter des Brunnenmachers (1956)

Mädchen mit schwachem Gedächtnis (1956)

Anny arrives in Munich to start a career as an actress, but soon ends up without money and job, sleeping on a park bench. When the police picks her up, she pretends to have amnesia and is taken to the police station. There she's surprised to get presented ...

Die Ehe des Dr. med. Danwitz (1956)

Dr. Danwitz is a dedicated physician. The assistant doctor works practically day and night on a research project, but without pay. His wife Edith earns the necessary extra money as a model. That's why her pregnancy is a financial disaster for the young cou ...

Prozeß in Dur (1955)

Three from Variety (1954)

Jeanine, her husband Alexis and Renato are the stars of the Varieté Royal under the name "The 3 Loopings". A blindfolded somersault performed for the first time catapulted the three even higher in the audience's favour. ...

Confession Under Four Eyes (1954)

While perusing a police photo, Hilde - an investigative reporter - recognizes a bracelet that she once owned while living in her native Romania. She seeks out the current owner of the bracelet, hoping that he can provide information concerning her long-los ...

Melody Beyond Love (1954)

Marlene Roedern is a student at the Salzburg Mozarteum, as is her boyfriend, Hans Hellmer, a promising conductor. Strothoff, a government cultural representative, engages Hans to conduct at Hamburg. While in Salzburg, Strothoff meets Marlene, who works as ...

Jeden die Seine (1954)

It Was Always So Nice with You (1954)

While working as an accountant in his uncle's factory, talented young pianist Peter dreams of becoming a famous composer. When he shows his work to a producer, he manages to convince him to give him a chance. From time to time he gets bigger contracts that ...

Die Wäscherin des Herrn Bonaparte (1953)

Not Afraid of Big Animals (1953)

Emil, a technical draftsman, is hardworking, always helpful, and somewhat shy. Because of these traits, he is often taken advantage of by those around him. Now Emil is set to inherit a supposedly large fortune. His landlady's brother wants to marry him off ...

Skandal um Peggy (1953)

I'm Waiting for You (1952)

A teenage girl is stranded by a storm on a small North Sea island, where she and a young teacher fall in love and conceive a child. Back on the mainland, with help from her aunt and a family doctor, she gives birth and returns to finish school, unaware tha ...

Oh, du lieber Fridolin (1952)

Toxi (1952)

This German slice-of-life drama is based on a very real postwar dilemma. At the time the film was made, there were over 3000 children living in Germany who'd been fathered by African American GIs. Referred to as "mischlings," these children were often trea ...

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. ...

Engel im Abendkleid (1951)

The bailiff Engel is believed to be an heir to the millions via a fictitious newspaper advertisement. It is said to have a mink farm. Your debtors mean my nun that as a millionaire you can pay the debts. Some dowry hunters have seen it on them too. Paulche ...

Schön muß man sein (1951)

Der Schatten des Herrn Monitor (1950)

After years of silence, Thomas reunites with his great love, Petra, and is devastated: She has married his best friend, Christoph. Thomas remains friendly but secretly schemes to denigrate Christoph as a criminal and thus reclaim the woman he loves. ...

Nur eine Nacht (1950)

Hamburg, shortly after the Second World War. On the Reeperbahn, a former overseas captain, who keeps his head above water as a stoker, meets a desperate and lonely woman whose marriage has been destroyed by the war. Without knowing much about each other, t ...

Unknown Sender (1950)

The Original Sin (1948)

An apple juice producer can't decide between his wife and his secretary and tries to commit suicide. Being committed to psychiatry, he falls asleep and dreams of adventures as Adam and Eve in heaven and hell. ...

Arche Nora (1948)

In the early years after the end of the Second World War. Germany lies in ruins and the young people only want to look ahead, in search of a little private happiness and a better, peaceful future. For the two young war returnees Klaus Schriewer and Peter S ...

In Those Days (1947)

A car tells its story and the story of its seven owners during the years of the Third Reich. ...

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 ...