Camilla Horn

Camilla Horn

The daughter of a railroad official, Camilla Horn was educated in Germany and Switzerland. She initially trained as a dressmaker and received her first job experience in a fashion salon in Erfurt. This was merely a stepping stone for a performing career which began with dance lessons in Berlin and subsequent acting studies under Lucie Höflich. The lithe, blond and strikingly beautiful Camilla soon appeared in cabaret revues staged by Rudolf Nelson. By 1926, she was employed as an extra at Ufa, where she was spotted by the director F.W. Murnau, who found in her the ideal representation of Gretchen for his seminal production of Fausto (1926) . The role catapulted Camilla to instant stardom. Within a year, she was signed by United Artists in Hollywood, befriending Charles Chaplin and, more importantly, studio chairman Joseph M. Schenck. The friendship with Schenck may, or may not, have led to an affair -- depending on which story one is to believe -- but it did result in two high profile starring roles opposite John Barrymore in the torrid melodramas Tempestad (1928) and Amor eterno (1929), both produced by Schenck. Neither film was a commercial success. With the coming of sound, Camilla returned to Europe, briefly appearing on stage in London and Paris, before resuming her screen career in Germany. As the 1930's went on, she rarely turned down a role, playing anything from baronesses and fashion models, to vamps and 'fallen women'. The quality of her films was variable, but there were several noteworthy standouts, such as Hans in allen Gassen (1930) (opposite Hans Albers), Fiesta en palacio (1934) and Payasos (1938) (as a circus artiste, again with Albers). During this tumultuous decade, Camilla conducted a lengthy affair with the singer Louis Graveure, fifteen years her senior. This came to an end in 1938, when Graveure was suspected of espionage by the Gestapo and fled to England, via the Cote d'Azure. After her luxury villa in Berlin was ransacked in search for non-existent clues, Camilla's outspoken criticism of the Nazi regime reached a point where it got her into serious trouble. She saw out the first half of her career with a trio of long forgotten films made in Italy. Having failed in an attempt to flee to Switzerland, she kept a low profile and even tried her hand at farming. After the war, she had a stint as an interpreter for the occupying U.S. forces in Germany. Camilla made a successful return to the stage in a 1948 Frankfurt production of Jean Cocteau's "L'Aigle a Deux Tetes" (aka 'The Eagle Has Two Heads'). She spent the latter half of her acting career playing grand dames, matriarchs and worldly ladies with colourful backgrounds, in both films and on television. In 1974, she was awarded the 'Filmband in Gold' (also known as 'Lola') for lifetime achievement in the German film industry. In her 1985 autobiography, "Verliebt in die Liebe" ('In Love with Love'), she happily recounted her marriages and liaisons.

  • Title: Camilla Horn
  • Popularity: 0.2521
  • Known For: Acting
  • Birthday: 1903-04-25
  • Place of Birth: Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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  • Also Known As: Камилла Хорн, Camilla Martha Horn
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Camilla Horn Movies

  • 1926
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    Faust

    Faust

    7.892 1926 HD

    God and Satan war over earth; to settle things, they wager on the soul of Faust, a learned and prayerful alchemist.

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  • 1940
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    Polterabend

    Polterabend

    1 1940 HD

    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 and burning all his old photos and love letters, he notices a woman in the garden. She assets, that she’s hiding from a stubborn admirer and he stupidly offers her to come in … and then it all begins! First, his wife-to-be Hilde shows up, who wants to spend the night before their wedding together. While Rudi tries to hide the unknown woman in his bedroom, a hotel detective shows up and claims he’s following a thief.

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  • 1928
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    Tempest

    Tempest

    6.2 1928 HD

    In the final days of Czarist Russia, a peasant is raised from the ranks to Lieutenant. The other officers, aristocrats all, resent him, and make his life difficult. He falls in love with a princess, who spurns him. When he is caught in her room, he is stripped of his rank and thrown into prison. Then comes the Red Terror, and the tables are turned.

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  • 1929
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    Eternal Love

    Eternal Love

    5.5 1929 HD

    In the Swiss Alps of the early 19th century, a couple forced into loveless marriages struggle to find happiness with one another.

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  • 1934
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    A Waltz for You

    A Waltz for You

    5 1934 HD

    Ruritanian power struggle with opera singing.

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  • 1952
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    Königin der Arena

    Königin der Arena

    1 1952 HD

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  • 1934
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    Der Doppelgänger

    Der Doppelgänger

    6 1934 HD

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  • 1938
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    Fahrendes Volk

    Fahrendes Volk

    4 1938 HD

    Fernand has escaped from prison and finds shelter in the traveling circus Barlay, where his former wife Flora works as a predator trainer. Their son, now grown up, Marcel is an art rider and does not know that Fernand is his father. Marcel loves Yvonne, the daughter of director Barlay. He is against the connection, sends his daughter to Italy and convinces Marcel that Yvonne does not return his feelings.

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  • 1941
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    Friedemann Bach

    Friedemann Bach

    5.5 1941 HD

    During a house concert, the Bach family gets a visit by their son Wilhelm Friedemann, who has just given up his position in Dresden because he no longer could endure the reprisals of his superiors.

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  • 1988
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    Schloß Königswald

    Schloß Königswald

    1 1988 HD

    In Königswald Castle, eight noble old ladies and their maid are waiting for the end of World War II. Princess Ursela has made arrangements with her grandmother, the Countesses Hohenlohe, Dohna, Posadowsky, and Woronzoff, as well as Baroness Schweinitz and Baroness von Boehme. The Americans are advancing on the castle from one side, while the Russians are approaching from the other. Suddenly, however, Wehrmacht soldiers barricade themselves in the castle to defend it. But the old ladies do not want to be defended, lest they risk the destruction of their beloved castle. So they hatch a crazy plan to get rid of the German soldiers...

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  • 1938
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    Rote Orchideen

    Rote Orchideen

    5 1938 HD

    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 court; accused by the night watchman Bruns; and sentenced to death for industrial espionage. Before sentencing, however, Nica succeeds in getting away. Now he’s trying to find proof to convince the court of his and Laurenz’ innocence.

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  • 1968
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    Appointment in Beirut

    Appointment in Beirut

    5.5 1968 HD

    When an international casino crime ring is planning a big score at a fixed roulette game, the casino police enlists the help of Jeff Miller, an alcoholic croupier, to nab the bad guys. Jeff is attracted to Laura, a singer at the casino, but she prefers the company of the leader of the thieving casino ring.

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  • 1934
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    If I Were King

    If I Were King

    1 1934 HD

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  • 1932
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    The Cheeky Devil

    The Cheeky Devil

    1 1932 HD

    Adaptation of a French comedy, set in Paris, in which a lecherous man sets his sights on a beautiful married woman, whose husband is otherwise distracted.

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  • 1940
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    Die keusche Geliebte

    Die keusche Geliebte

    5 1940 HD

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  • 1937
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    White Slaves

    White Slaves

    1 1937 HD

    Russia, 1917. Revolution is in the air. The Sevastopol anchors In Saint Petersburg. The sailors are thirsty for women and celebration. The ship becomes a dancehall. Bloodbath, pillage and kidnapping follows. A Nazi/Germany propaganda film.

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  • 1940
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    Die letzte Runde

    Die letzte Runde

    1 1940 HD

    In New York, boxer Eddie Steele has a promising career ahead of him. But this makes him reckless, and he prefers nightclubs to training. Eventually, his reckless lifestyle becomes his downfall. After some reflection, he emigrates to Germany, opens a sports school in Berlin, and allows his favorite student to benefit from his own experience.

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  • 1992
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    Wenn ich sonntags in mein Kino geh'...

    Wenn ich sonntags in mein Kino geh'...

    1 1992 HD

    A documentary about the 75th birhday of the UFA film studios directed by Hans-Christoph Blumenberg.

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  • 1970
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    He's at It Again

    He's at It Again

    3.333 1970 HD

    A comedy directed by Rudolf Lubowski.

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  • 1970
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    Immer bei Vollmond

    Immer bei Vollmond

    1 1970 HD

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  • 1942
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    Broken Love

    Broken Love

    5 1942 HD

    The well off daughter of a tenor breaks up a romance with a helpful youth from a misunderstanding. But she continues to cover him with his gambling debts despite her delicate health.

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  • 1930
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    Mein Herz gehört Dir...

    Mein Herz gehört Dir...

    1 1930 HD

    German drama

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  • 1931
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    Frivolous youth

    Frivolous youth

    1 1931 HD

    Lydia is a spoiled young woman who thinks she can get anything for money. One day she causes an accident in which a motorcyclist is killed. At the trial she meets prosecutor Dan O'Bannon. She is sentenced to prison for manslaughter.

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  • 1944
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    Seine beste Rolle

    Seine beste Rolle

    5.2 1944 HD

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  • 1930
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    The Great Passion

    The Great Passion

    6.5 1930 HD

    This is a real curiosity; at best a reasonable film, but also a charming little gem. There is a story (in the line of "A Star is Born"), but this merely serves as an excuse, as it is more importantly a kind of moving encyclopedia of about 35 stars making their debut in a talkie (although some of them had already made one talkie), of the technical sound possibilities and of film making. Besides all that, it is entertaining and sometimes hilarious and it has fine one-liners that split my side. The film is also remarkable for making mock of typical German film genres (like the overly sweet romances involving the military), of too heavy acting and of film making in general. I have to mention this one: a short, hysterically funny parody of "Der blaue Engel". What this film in fact says is: do not take any film too seriously. (J. Steed)

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  • 1930
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    Hans in Every Street

    Hans in Every Street

    7 1930 HD

    A bold crime caper about muckraking journalist Hans Steindecker, who happens to witness a spectacular murder. Shortly afterwards, he makes the acquaintance of Nelly who desperately wants to leave the country and asks for Steindecker′s assistance. Without giving a second thought, he agrees, and only after Nelly has disappeared does he realize that the young woman duped him.

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  • 1940
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    Herz ohne Heimat

    Herz ohne Heimat

    1 1940 HD

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  • 1937
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    Sein letztes Modell

    Sein letztes Modell

    1 1937 HD

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  • 1939
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    Roman eines Arztes

    Roman eines Arztes

    1 1939 HD

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  • 1935
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    The Red Rider

    The Red Rider

    1 1935 HD

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  • 1949
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    Gesucht wird Majora

    Gesucht wird Majora

    1 1949 HD

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  • 1939
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    Zentrale Rio

    Zentrale Rio

    5 1939 HD

    Maria Halmborg is a widow. Her husband Erik - missing for years - is considered dead. Suddenly she learns that her husband allegedly lives in Rio and sets out on the journey to clarify the matter.

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  • 1953
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    Vati macht Dummheiten

    Vati macht Dummheiten

    1 1953 HD

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  • 1948
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    Intimitäten

    Intimitäten

    1 1948 HD

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  • 1937
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    Crooks in Tails

    Crooks in Tails

    1 1937 HD

    Womanizer Conny and his less successful brother Fred make a lucrative real estate deal on the Côte d′Azur and receive a cheque for 100,000 francs as a down payment. On the train back to Paris, Conny meets the attractive Vera and stays in Monte Carlo for the time being because of her. But Vera and her companion Baroff, a swindler posing as a baron, are on the prowl, and Conny loses the check to Baroff in a game against the supposed baron. When he realizes that he has been tricked, he rushes after the train on which Vera and Baroff are fleeing and has a serious accident. When Vera finds out, she reproaches herself. She meets Conny's brother Fred at the station and falls in love with him. Vera then decides to spend her future with Fred and fundamentally change her life.

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  • 1933
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    Racoczy-Marsch

    Racoczy-Marsch

    1 1933 HD

    Hungary, 1925. A young lieutenant of the Hungarian army Fröhlich falls in love with his captain's sister, Vilma Horn. While his superior agrees to the marriage, the girl's father has other plans, as the family estate is essentially bankrupt and can only be saved by Vilma's marriage to a rich American of Hungarian origin. So the father asks the young lieutenant to break off the engagement, which the young man dutifully does. But Vilma's brother has no idea about the state of affairs and challenges the young lieutenant to a duel for seemingly betraying his sister...

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  • 1987
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    The Adventures of Superhero

    The Adventures of Superhero

    3 1987 HD

    TV star Benjamin inherits from his uncle a cloak of invisibility. Invisible he must discover that his wife is cheating on him with his best friend and asks her in front of the television camera, it does not do to. A journalist on the hunt for a story, adds to the confusion.

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  • 1930
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    Fundvogel

    Fundvogel

    1 1930 HD

    Young Jan Bergwall visits his grandmother, the so-called centenary, at Woyland Castle. There he meets his cousin Andrea, who everyone calls "Fundvogel". Jan is fascinated by the young girl's beauty, and soon there is an erotic tension in the air between the two. Although they both have strong feelings for each other, they are afraid to make a commitment, even though their domineering grandmother is determined that they marry. Panicked that he might feel obliged to marry Andrea, Jan escapes from this place. Andrea is deeply disappointed and seeks revenge. Out of spite, she becomes involved with the falconer Bartel and is later raped in a wooden hut. The centigress, concerned about morals and customs, then sends Fundvogel to a convent. She escapes from there and flees into the arms of Jan. When he learns from a letter from the countess what has happened to Andrea, he leaves her a second time. In her despair, Fundvogel then throws herself off a bridge into the floods with suicidal intent.

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  • 1989
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    Spiders

    Spiders

    1 1989 HD

    Péter begins to correspond with the unknown Ági living in Munich while he is spending his military service. After the service he goes to Munich and at the address given by Ági he finds four nice old women who put him up. He cannot find Ági, however.

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  • 1933
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    The Love Nest

    The Love Nest

    1 1933 HD

    On the eve of his own marriage, a man offers shelter to a runaway wife with whom he strikes up an unexpected bond.

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  • 1926
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    Tartuffe

    Tartuffe

    7.2 1926 HD

    A young man shows his millionaire grandfather a film based on Molière's play "Tartuffe" in order to expose the old man's hypocritical governess who covets the young man's inheritance.

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  • 1927
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    The Bordellos of Algiers

    The Bordellos of Algiers

    1 1927 HD

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  • 1929
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    Three Around Edith

    Three Around Edith

    1 1929 HD

    Notorious jewel thief Roger "Tiger" Brown sneaks into the trust of diamond dealer Thomas Morland. Not only does Morland's jewels appeal to him, but also his fiancée, Lady Edith Trent. But when Morland acquires the largest diamond in the world in Amsterdam, Brown decides against Edith and for the diamond, takes it and runs away.

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  • 1933
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    Matinee Idol

    Matinee Idol

    5 1933 HD

    A well-known actor is murdered. Another performer becomes an amateur sleuth so she can prove her sister is innocent of the crime.

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  • 1982
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    Frankies Braut

    Frankies Braut

    8 1982 HD

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  • 1934
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    The Luck of a Sailor

    The Luck of a Sailor

    1 1934 HD

    In this romantic comedy, the king of Ruritania marries an impoverished commoner after he is exiled. Trouble shows up when the king must return to his country and marry an heiress. Fortunately, his first bride has fallen for an army officer and is happy to have her royal marriage annulled.

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  • 1938
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    In geheimer Mission

    In geheimer Mission

    1 1938 HD

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  • 2002
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    Los 5 Faust de F. W. Murnau

    Los 5 Faust de F. W. Murnau

    7 2002 HD

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  • 1934
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    Ich sehne mich nach dir

    Ich sehne mich nach dir

    1 1934 HD

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  • 1932
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    The Return of Raffles

    The Return of Raffles

    1 1932 HD

    A British crime film directed by Mansfield Markham

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  • 1927
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    Eva and the Grasshopper

    Eva and the Grasshopper

    8 1927 HD

    Mary and Eva are best friends, although they couldn't be more different. Armand, Mary's fiancee, falls in love with the seductive Eva, who is busy becoming a revue star. When Eva fails and loses her money, Armand tries to help her out.

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  • 1958
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    Die Erbin

    Die Erbin

    1 1958 HD

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  • 1934
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    Die große Chance

    Die große Chance

    1 1934 HD

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  • 1933
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    Moral und Liebe

    Moral und Liebe

    1 1933 HD

    Film by Georg Jacoby.

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  • 1929
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    Die Königsloge

    Die Königsloge

    1 1929 HD

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  • 1927
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    Der fröhliche Weinberg

    Der fröhliche Weinberg

    1 1927 HD

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  • 1926
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    Madame Wants No Children

    Madame Wants No Children

    1 1926 HD

    Playboy Paul Le Barroy, weds Elyane Parizot because he is ready for children, and his mistress, Louise Bonvin, is not. After the honeymoon, Elyane informs Paul that she doesn’t want children, either. When Paul leaves her, Elyane blames Louise and confronts the ex-mistress with a gun.

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  • 1931
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    Sunday of Life

    Sunday of Life

    1 1931 HD

    Ellen Hobart is a gold-digging manicurist who sights her sights on David Stone, a wealthy young man. After they marry, Hobart is persuaded to accept $50,000 to give her husband up. She willingly goes along with this arrangement, only to realize she's genuinely in love with the boy when he falls dangerously ill. German-language version of the American pre-code film The Devil's Holiday.

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  • 1925
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    Ways to Strength and Beauty

    Ways to Strength and Beauty

    7.1 1925 HD

    The perfect body as an object of cult worship. Based on the mass sports and body worship movement of the 1920s, the film propagates physical training and shows in stylized documentary scenes aspects of physical hygiene, gymnastics, sports and dancing as well as scenes in which supposed sportsmen of antiquity pose naked.

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  • 1933
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    Money Governs the World

    Money Governs the World

    1 1933 HD

    In this French set comedy, five million francs change hands one weekend between a man pretending to be a millionaire and a woman pretending to be a Russian countess.

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  • 1931
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    I Go Out and You Stay Here

    I Go Out and You Stay Here

    1 1931 HD

    Weimar era screwball comedy about a floor model who is required to go out evenings to escort VIPs while her boyfriend has to wait at home.

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  • 1934
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    Der letzte Walzer

    Der letzte Walzer

    1 1934 HD

    Film by Jacoby.

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  • 1931
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    The Song of the Nations

    The Song of the Nations

    1 1931 HD

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  • 1931
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    The Night Without Pause

    The Night Without Pause

    1 1931 HD

    When Julius Seipold's wife Regine becomes suspicious that he is having an affair after discovering incriminating evidence, Julius manages to convince her that it is his innocuous assistant Max who is having a relationship.

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  • 1932
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    The Five Accursed Gentlemen

    The Five Accursed Gentlemen

    1 1932 HD

    European tourists on holiday in Morocco are threatened by a native sorcerer who predicts five of them will die, one by one, before the full moon.

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  • 1930
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    Morals at Midnight

    Morals at Midnight

    1 1930 HD

    Berlin, the center of pleasures and kingdom of small virtues. From all over Germany, young night owls come to burn themselves cheerfully in its lights, to drown in its champagne and fill its boxes and restaurants until dawn.

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  • 1942
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    L'angelo del crepuscolo

    L'angelo del crepuscolo

    1 1942 HD

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  • 1942
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    Paura d'amare

    Paura d'amare

    1 1942 HD

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  • 1926
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    Tartuffe

    Tartuffe

    7.2 1926 HD

    A young man shows his millionaire grandfather a film based on Molière's play "Tartuffe" in order to expose the old man's hypocritical governess who covets the young man's inheritance.

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  • 1982
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    Unheimliche Geschichten

    Unheimliche Geschichten

    1 1982 HD

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  • 1969
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    Gestern gelesen

    Gestern gelesen

    1 1969 HD

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  • 1985
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    Die Schwarzwaldklinik

    Die Schwarzwaldklinik

    6.4 1985 HD

    The Black Forest Clinic is a German language medical drama television series that was produced by and filmed in West Germany. The series was produced between 1984 and 1988 with the original airing being from October 2, 1985 to March 25, 1989 on West Germany's ZDF television channel. The series' storyline follows the inner workings of a small fictional hospital in the Black Forest region of Germany as well as the lives of the Brinkmann family of doctors who work at the hospital. Shortly after broadcasting had begun in 1985, The Black Forest Clinic became a highly popular television event, reaching audiences of over 20 million viewers. 25 years since its debut, it is still highly regarded in Germany. The series had been re-broadcast several times since 1985 and has spawned two television films released 20 years after its initial airing.

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  • 1967
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    Dreizehn Briefe

    Dreizehn Briefe

    1 1967 HD

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  • 1951
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    German Film Award

    German Film Award

    6 1951 HD

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  • 1979
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    Bavarian Film Awards

    Bavarian Film Awards

    1 1979 HD

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