Heinrich Wilhelm "Heinz" Rühmann was a German film actor who appeared in over 100 films between 1926 and 1993. He is one of the most famous and popular German actors of the 20th century, and is considered a German film legend. Rühmann is best known for playing the part of a comic ordinary citizen in film comedies such as Three from the Filling Station and The Punch Bowl. During his later years, he was also a respected character actor in films such as The Captain from Köpenick and It Happened in Broad Daylight. His only English-speaking movie was Ship of Fools in 1964.
Olga Konstantinovna Chekhova, known in Germany as Olga Tschechowa, was a Russian-German actress. Her film roles include the female lead in Alfred Hitchcock's Mary (1931).
The Hymn of Leuthen is a 1933 German film depicting Frederick the Great, directed by Carl Froelich starring Otto Gebühr, Olga Tschechowa and Elga Brink. It was part of the cycle of nostalgic Prussian films popular during the Weimar and Nazi eras. The title refers to the 1757 Battle of Leuthen.
The Theft of the Mona Lisa is a 1931 German drama film directed by Géza von Bolváry and starring Trude von Molo, Willi Forst, and Gustaf Gründgens. It is based on a true story. It was shot at the Tempelhof Studios in Berlin. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Andrej Andrejew and Robert A. Dietrich.
Rasputin, Demon with Women is a 1932 German drama film directed by Adolf Trotz and starring Conrad Veidt, Paul Otto and Hermine Sterler.
Anton Pointner was an Austrian stage and film actor. Pointner's career began on the stages of Austria and performed in both silent and sound films in his native Austria, as well as in Germany and the United States.
His Majesty's Lieutenant is a 1929 German silent romance film directed by Jacob Fleck and Luise Fleck and starring Iván Petrovich, Agnes Esterhazy and Georg Alexander. It was shot at the Staaken Studios in Berlin.
Trenck is a 1932 German historical film directed by Ernst Neubach and Heinz Paul starring Hans Stüwe, Dorothea Wieck, and Olga Tschechowa. The film was based on a novel by Bruno Frank. It was shot at the Johannisthal Studios with sets designed by the art director Erich Czerwonski. It depicts the life of the Eighteenth century adventurer Friedrich von der Trenck.
Five Million Look for an Heir is a 1938 German comedy film directed by Carl Boese and starring Heinz Rühmann, Leny Marenbach and Oskar Sima. It was based on a novel by Harald Baumgarten. It was shot at the Halensee and Tempelhof Studios in Berlin. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Alfred Bütow and Willi Herrmann.
Ride to Freedom is a 1937 German historical war film directed by Karl Hartl and starring Willy Birgel, Viktor Staal and Hansi Knoteck. The film is set in the 1830s during Poland's November Uprising against the Russian Empire. It portrays the rehabilitation of a Polish cavalry officer whose initial reluctance to engage the enemy leads to the death of his comrades, but later dies fighting bravely.
Maria Ilona is a 1939 German historical drama film directed by Géza von Bolváry and starring Paula Wessely, Willy Birgel, and Paul Hörbiger. The film is set in Austria during the reign of Ferdinand I. It is an adaptation of Oswald Richter-Tersik's novel Ilona Beck.
Renate in the Quartet is a 1939 German musical comedy film directed by Paul Verhoeven and starring Käthe von Nagy, Hans Brausewetter and Gustav Fröhlich. It is based on a novel by Geog Albrecht von Ihering. When a female violinist joins an otherwise all-male musical quartet, the other members struggle to cope.
The Cheeky Devil is a 1932 German comedy film directed by Carl Boese and Heinz Hille and starring Willy Fritsch, Camilla Horn and Ralph Arthur Roberts. It was shot at the Babelsberg Studios in Berlin and premiered in the city's Gloria-Palast. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Willi A. Herrmann and Herbert Lippschitz. A separate French-language version You Will Be My Wife was also released.
Diane is a 1929 German silent film directed by Erich Waschneck and starring Olga Chekhova, Pierre Blanchar, and Henry Victor.
Hannerl and Her Lovers is a 1936 Austrian comedy film directed by Werner Hochbaum and starring Olly von Flint, Albrecht Schoenhals and Hans Moser. It was based on a novel that had previously been adapted as a 1921 silent film of the same title.
A Girl from the Reeperbahn is a 1930 Czech-German musical film directed by Karl Anton and starring Olga Chekhova, Trude Berliner, and Hans Adalbert Schlettow.
Twelve Minutes After Midnight is a 1939 German comedy crime film directed by Johannes Guter and starring Geraldine Katt, Ursula Herking and René Deltgen.
Dangerous Game is a 1937 German comedy film directed by Erich Engel and starring Jenny Jugo, Harry Liedtke and Karl Martell.
In the Temple of Venus is a 1948 German drama film directed by Hans H. Zerlett and starring Olga Tschechowa, Willy Birgel, and Hermann Speelmans. The film was originally produced during the final stages of the Second World War in 1945, but was not given a release until three years later.
Stjenka Rasin is a 1936 German historical drama film directed by Alexandre Volkoff and starring Wera Engels, Hans Adalbert Schlettow and Heinrich George. It was shot at the Babelsberg Studios in Berlin. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Gustav A. Knauer and Alexander Mügge. It is also known by the alternative title Wolga, Wolga.
