Wolfgang Becker

Funkeln im Auge (1984)

Edith's Diary (1983)

When Edith Howland's husband abandons her for a younger woman, leaving her with their alcoholic son and his senile uncle, she begins recording details of an imaginary, much more successful life where she has friends and grandchildren. However, this diversi ...

Die Alten kommen (1980)

Es begann bei Tiffany (1979)

The Suburban Crocodiles (1977)

A gang of middle class teen kids stumbles upon a crime in their neighborhood. Remarkably one of the gang members is in a wheelchair, he is somewhat the leader of the group. ...

Kein Geldschrank geht von selber auf. Die Eddie Chapman Story (1971)

Dial Love for Murder (1970)

A man plans to kill his wealthy wife for her money and so he can be with his beautiful young mistress. However, things don't turn out exactly as he had planned. ...

Hotel Royal (1969)

Ellenbogenspiele (1969)

A student, tired of a too well-mannered fiancé, loses a virginity she considers very embarrassing in the arms of a forty-year-old man, before finding love with a repentant gigolo. ...

Kurz vor dem Sprung (1969)

Match (1968)

Mutiny in the South Seas (1965)

Three soldiers find they can no longer handle the battlefield slaughter of World War II. They desert and make their way to a serene South Seas island hopeful that they can find peace. ...

Ein Ferienbett mit 100 PS (1965)

Riviera-Story (1961)

Relations between middle-aged businessman Arthur Dahlberg and his young wife Anja are not at their best. So it occurred to them to leave their Hamburg home and go on vacation to the Côte d'Azur to revitalize their relationship. But Arthur Dahlberg, even o ...

Kein Engel ist so rein (1960)

Dr. Zilinsky and his cunning gang want to rob a bank. But they haven't reckoned with Konrad Stroloff, the bank manager's son, and the pretty singer Therese. ...

Der lustige Krieg des Hauptmann Pedro (1959)

Alle lieben Peter (1959)

Peter Voss, der Millionendieb (1958)

Writer Peter Voss is faking a bank robbery, to find the robber of a rare jewelery. ...

Ich war ihm hörig (1958)

Anette Klinger, a widowed and lonely factory owner, one day meets the gas station attendant Nikolei Stein. She falls in love with him, Nikolei knows how to cuddle up to her. But in reality the man is an unscrupulous fraudster who is after Anette's money. ...

Voyage to Italy, Complete with Love (1958)

Liebe, wie die Frau sie wünscht (1957)

Der Etappenhase (1957)

Rosmarie kommt aus Wildwest (1956)

Der Held (1956)

The two seventeen-year-old boys Gerd and Paul spend their weekend in the mountains; they want to climb the north face of the Kagerer Joch. ...

Heroism after Hours (1955)

"Heroism after Hours" (German: "Heldentum nach Ladenschluß") is a 1955 West German anthology comedy film. It is in four parts each portraying a different tale of German soldiers attempting to get home at the end of the Second World War. ...

Lachkabinett (1953)

Der Stein des Anstoßes (1951)

Re-education film by Wolfgang Becker. ...

Es hat geklingelt (1951)

Short by Wolfgang Becker. ...

Jugend von heute (1951)

A short film about the new generation. ...

Eine Kleinstadt hilft sich selbst (1950)

Short by Wolfgang Becker. ...

The Last Illusion (1949)

Professor Mauthner, after many years of exile (having emigrated in 1933 to the USA), returns to Germany in 1948. He can in fact return to his teaching post, but the rejection and petty intrigues of his reactionary colleagues and students make his work almo ...

...and the Sky Above Us (1947)

Hans Albers plays returning war veteran Hans Richter who has trouble finding work. With nowhere else to turn, Richter gets involved with black market activities. This so disgusts Richter's son, blind ex-soldier Edwin (Paul Edwin Roth), that the boy literal ...

Via Mala (1945)

In a mountain village a deranged alcoholic who routinely beats his wife and kids goes missing. Though everyone in the village is glad to see him gone, an investigation begins. ...

The Stars of Variety Show (1939)

Theatre Colosseum prepares for the closing performance of the month. The magician Keats wants to avoid having to perform with Jack Carey, the well-known marksman, as the latter has seduced his wife, the beautiful dancer, Silvia Castellani. It is only thank ...

Die Frau am Scheidewege (1938)

Following the breakdown of her marriage to an artist, a female doctor goes back to her position at a hospital. ...

90 Minutes Stop (1936)

On their way to a boxing competition in Buenos Aires, the criminal investigator Harry Winkler from Berlin and Conny Steven of Scotland Yard, meet in Lisbon. Both have a 90 minute break before their ship leaves for South America. They end up meeting Ilse Si ...

Love, Death and the Devil (1934)

In a harbor bazaar of the Pacific town of Kona, the young sailor Kiwe is offered a mysterious bottle, which supposedly gives her owner power and wealth and should fulfill all his wishes. The required return is however high. From now on, the soul of the new ...

Gold (1934)

Using an atomic reactor, two scientists try to create gold. ...