Harry Meyen was a German film actor. He appeared in more than 40 films and television productions between 1948 and 1975. In the 1960s he also worked as a theatre director in West Germany.
Raid is a 1947 German crime film directed by Werner Klingler and starring Paul Bildt, Agathe Poschmann, and Claus Holm. It was made as a cautionary tale about the black market in postwar Berlin.
The Merry Wives of Windsor is a 1950 East German musical comedy film directed by Georg Wildhagen. It was based on William Shakespeare's play by the same name.
The Doctor of Stalingrad is a 1958 German drama film directed by Géza von Radványi and starring O.E. Hasse, Eva Bartok and Hannes Messemer. It is an adaptation of the 1956 novel The Doctor of Stalingrad by Heinz G. Konsalik. The film addresses the issue of German Prisoners of War held by the Soviet Union in camps well into the 1950s. The principal character Doctor Fritz Böhler was loosely modelled on Ottmar Kohler, known as the "Angel of Stalingrad".
Attack on Baku is a 1942 German thriller film directed by Fritz Kirchhoff and starring Willy Fritsch, René Deltgen, and Fritz Kampers. The film was intended as anti-British propaganda during the Second World War. It is noted for its set designs by Otto Hunte, who showed a fascination for modern technology in his depiction of the oil town. The film was shot on location in German-allied Romania, and at Babelsberg Studio in Berlin.
Sweetheart of the Gods is a 1960 West German biographical film directed by Gottfried Reinhardt and starring Ruth Leuwerik, Peter van Eyck, and Harry Meyen. The film portrays the life of Renate Müller, a German film actress who died in 1937 in mysterious circumstances. A variety of rumours about Müller's death had developed, but the filmmakers chose to portray it as suicide following Nazi pressure over her relationship with a Jewish diplomat. Following legal objections from Müller's family, the ending was toned down to make her final fate more vague.
The Impossible Woman is a 1936 German romance film directed by Johannes Meyer and starring Dorothea Wieck, Gustav Fröhlich and Gina Falckenberg. It was shot at the Johannisthal Studios in Berlin and partly on location in Romania. It was based on the novel Madame will nicht heiraten by Mia Fellmann.
Doctor Crippen or Doctor Crippen on Board is a 1942 German crime film directed by Erich Engels and starring Rudolf Fernau, René Deltgen, and Anja Elkoff.
His Daughter is Called Peter is a 1936 Austrian drama film directed by Heinz Helbig and Willy Schmidt-Gentner and starring Karl Ludwig Diehl, Traudl Stark and Paul Hörbiger. Stark was a child actor, considered a German-speaking answer to Hollywood's Shirley Temple.
The Orplid Mystery or Epilogue is a 1950 West German thriller film directed by Helmut Käutner and starring Horst Caspar, Bettina Moissi, and O.E. Hasse. The film did not perform well at the box office on its release.
Of Course, the Motorists is a 1959 West German comedy film directed by Erich Engels and starring Heinz Erhardt, Maria Perschy and Erik Schumann.
Willy Maertens (1893–1967) was a German film and television actor. He was married to the actress Charlotte Kramm with whom he had a son Peter Maertens.
The Cornet is a 1955 West German historical film war film directed by Walter Reisch and starring Götz von Langheim, Anita Björk and Wolfgang Preiss.
Two Times Lotte is a 1950 West German film, directed by Josef von Báky and starring Antje Weisgerber, Peter Mosbacher, Isa, and Jutta Günther. It was made by Bavaria Film at the Emelka Studios near Munich, and its sets were designed by the art directors Robert Herlth and Willy Schatz.
When the Heath Is in Bloom is a 1960 West German drama film directed by Hans Deppe and starring Joachim Hansen, Walter Richter, and Peter Carsten.
Escape in the Dark or Flight into Darkness is a 1939 German crime film directed by Arthur Maria Rabenalt and starring Hertha Feiler, Joachim Gottschalk and Ernst von Klipstein.
Search for Majora is a 1949 West German crime film directed by Hermann Pfeiffer and starring Lotte Koch, Hermann Speelmans and Camilla Horn.
Men Are That Way is a 1939 German drama film directed by Arthur Maria Rabenalt and starring Hertha Feiler, Hans Söhnker and Hans Olden. The film's sets were designed by the art director Willi Herrmann. It was remade by Rabenalt in Austria as Arena of Fear (1959).
Consul Strotthoff is a 1954 West German romantic drama film directed by Erich Engel and starring Willy Birgel, Inge Egger, and Carl Wery. It is also known by the alternative title of Melody Beyond Love.
Escape from Sahara is a 1958 West German adventure drama film directed by Wolfgang Staudte and starring Hildegard Knef, Bernhard Wicki and Hannes Messemer. It was shot at the Tempelhof Studios in Berlin with location shooting taking place in Cuxhaven and in Tangier in North Africa. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Andrej Andrejew, Fritz Lippmann and Helmut Nentwig. It was part of an upsurge of popular interest in West Germany about France's War in Algeria, particularly Germans serving there.
