Bavarian porn is a campy subgenre of comic erotic cinema from Germany.
The cinema of Thailand dates back to the early days of filmmaking, when King Chulalongkorn's 1897 visit to Bern, Switzerland was recorded by François-Henri Lavancy-Clarke. The film was then brought to Bangkok, where it was exhibited. This sparked more interest in film by the Thai Royal Family and local businessmen, who brought in filmmaking equipment and started to exhibit foreign films. By the 1920s, a local film industry had started and in the 1930s, the Thai film industry had its first "golden age", with a number of studios producing films.
Die Scheinheiligen, or The Hypocrites, is a German low-budget comedy film, written and directed by Thomas Kronthaler and based on a true incident in his hometown of Irschenberg. It became popular particularly in Bavarian cinemas.
Willy Schmidt-Gentner was one of the most successful German composers of film music in the history of German-language cinema. He moved to Vienna in 1933. At his most productive, he scored up to 10 films a year, including numerous classics and masterpieces of the German and Austrian cinema.
Robert and Bertram is a 1961 West German comedy film directed by Hans Deppe and starring Willy Millowitsch, Vico Torriani and Trude Herr. It was inspired by the characters in Gustav Raeder's 1856 play Robert and Bertram, updated to the modern era. Two vagabonds, Robert and Bertram, are hired by a shoe company to walk 500 kilometres to test their new product.
Mikosch of the Secret Service is a 1959 Austrian comedy film directed by Franz Marischka and Franz Josef Gottlieb and starring Gunther Philipp, Kurt Großkurth and Walter Gross. It is the sequel to the 1958 West German film Mikosch, the Pride of the Company.
Love and Trumpets is a 1954 West German musical comedy film directed by Helmut Weiss and starring Hans Holt, Nadja Tiller and Marianne Koch. It was shot at the Bavaria Studios in Munich and on location around Sirmione on Lake Garda in Italy. The film's sets were designed by the art director Ludwig Reiber.
Three Days Confined to Barracks is a 1955 West German comedy film directed by Georg Jacoby and starring Ernst Waldow, Grethe Weiser and Eva Probst. It was shot at the Wandsbek Studios in Hamburg. The film's sets were designed by Erich Kettelhut and Johannes Ott. It is a remake of the 1930 comedy film Three Days Confined to Barracks. Like its predecessor it is a comic portrayal of life in the German Army at the beginning of the century.
The White Adventure is a 1952 West German comedy crime film directed by Arthur Maria Rabenalt and starring Joe Stöckel, Lucie Englisch and Adrian Hoven. It set at a ski resort on the Bavarian border with Austria, where smuggling is taking place.
Carnival in White is a 1952 West German comedy film directed by Hans Albin and Harry R. Sokal, starring Adrian Hoven, Hannelore Bollmann and Lucie Englisch. It was made at the Bavaria Studios in Munich and on location at the Swiss resort town St. Moritz. The film's sets were designed by Ernst H. Albrecht.
Stolen Heaven is a 1974 Italian-German drama film directed by Theo Maria Werner and starring Siegfried Rauch, Hans Holt, and Christine Böhm.
Alpine Glow in Dirndlrock is a 1974 West German sex comedy film directed by Sigi Rothemund and starring Elisabeth Volkmann, Rinaldo Talamonti, and Catharina Conti. It is also known as Stop It – I Like It.
Two Bavarians in St. Pauli is a 1956 West German comedy film directed by Hermann Kugelstadt and starring Joe Stöckel, Beppo Brem and Lucie Englisch.
Love, Girls and Soldiers is a 1958 Austrian musical comedy film directed by Franz Antel and starring Renate Holm, Willy Hagara and Carla Hagen.
Maria Theresia is a 2017 Austrian-Czech historical miniseries. It was a coproduction of the Czech Republic, Austria, Slovakia, and Hungary. For the second and third season German ZDF and Franco-German Arte joined the production, replacing the Hungarian broadcaster.
Three Swedes in Upper Bavaria is a 1977 West German sex comedy film directed by Sigi Rothemund and starring Gianni Garko, Alexander Grill and Beate Hasenau. It was shot in Munich and on location in the Austrian Tyrol.
Marie Ekorre is a former Swedish film actress and glamour model. During the 1970s, she starred in a number of German and Swedish sex comedies. She was Penthouse magazine's Penthouse Pet for its March 1974 issue.
Lisa Film is a German film production company. Founded in Munich in 1964 by Paul Löwinger, it was named after his wife Elisabeth. In 1967 Karl Spiehs joined the company and took over production, eventually taking sole control. The company concentrated on commercial cinema and produced westerns, comedies and thrillers, often for distribution by major firms Gloria Film and Constantin Film. In the 1970s it was active in the boom in sex comedy films.
Franz Xaver Lederle is a German cinematographer. He shot several entries in the Jerry Cotton series of films for Constantin Film during the 1960s.
Wedding in the Hay is a 1951 Austrian-German comedy film directed by Arthur Maria Rabenalt and starring Oskar Sima, Inge Egger and Kurt Seifert. It was shot at the Schönbrunn Studios in Vienna and the Bavaria Studios in Munich. The film's sets were designed by the art director Felix Smetana.
