Ulrich Thein
Biography: Ulrich Thein (4 July 1930 – 21 June 1995) was a German actor film director and screenwriter. He appeared in 44 films and television shows between 1953 and 1995. He won the award for Best Actor at the 11th Moscow International Film Festival in 1979 for his role in Anton the Magician. He directed the 1982 film Romance with Amelie, which was entered into the 32nd Berlin International Film Festival. -- Wikipedia
Place of Birth: Not available
Birthday: April 07, 1930
Deathday: June 21, 1995
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Star-Crossed Lovers
1962-06-08
Star-Crossed Lovers
Overview: Magdalena and Michael have loved each other since they were children. But when the Nazis come to power, Michael rebels against the regime and is sentenced to fifteen years in a concentration camp. Magdalena, meanwhile, goes underground with the help of a friend and later immigrates to the Soviet Union. Michael, who has joined the Red Army, discovers on the way to Moscow that Magdalena is staying there. But when his plane lands, she is already on her way back to Germany. Michael hopes that one day, he and Magdalena will be reunited.
Genres: Drama Romance War
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1962-06-08
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Five Cartridges
1960-11-03
Five Cartridges
Overview: It is the year 1936 and the Spanish Civil War is raging. When the German commander of an international brigade is badly wounded he gives his five comrades a message which he divides up and secretes into in five cartridges. All five shells must reach the battalion in order for the message to be relayed. But Frenchman Pierre can’t bear the heat of the Sierra. When he leaves their hide-out to drink from a well he is hit by an enemy bullet.
Genres: War Drama
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1960-11-03
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...And Your Love Too
1962-09-27
...And Your Love Too
Overview: On August 13th, 1961 - the night that the Berlin Wall goes up - three people must make a decision that will change their lives forever.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1962-09-27
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The Story of a Murder
1965-02-25
The Story of a Murder
Overview: In the mid-1950s, mayor Zwischenzahl is killed on the day of his inauguration in a West German town. The killer is Ruth Bodenheim, a Jewish woman, who wanted to avenge the death of her parents. Zwischenzahl, a former SA member, was apparently involved in the deportation of her parents to a concentration camp during the war. Ruth cannot bear the horrible events and the death of her parents and wants to open the eyes of the town′s residents.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1965-02-25
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Martin Luther
1983-10-09
Martin Luther
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1983-10-09
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Anton the Magician
1978-09-19
Anton the Magician
Overview: A flamboyant comedy about love, work and money—revealing that the "planned" economy produced some unconventional entrepreneurial methods.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1978-09-19
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Carriage to Vienna
1966-11-11
Carriage to Vienna
Overview: A WW2 story of a young Austrian soldier running from the Russian army and a woman whom he forces to come along in order to save his wounded mate.
Genres: Drama War
Original Language: cs
Release Date: 1966-11-11
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The Sailor’s Song
1958-11-09
The Sailor’s Song
Overview: A film about the historical uprising of the seamen in Kiel: During the Russian October Revolution of 1917, German and Russian soldiers start to solidarize with each other. By disarming the officers, machinist Henne Lonke and stoker Jens Kasten prevent the attack on a Russian freighter. When German admiralty gives out orders for operation "Nibelungen", which would lead the German fleet into a suicidal attack against England and quell the revolutionary spirit, seamen and soldiers from different political backgrounds unite in protest.
Genres: History Drama
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1958-11-09
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The Baldheaded Gang
1963-02-15
The Baldheaded Gang
Overview: August 1961. The former Foreign Legionnaire, King, has collected a gang of hooligans, with whom he creates mischief in the GDR. After some careless work on a construction site, an event during which two people lose their lives, they move to a campsite on the Baltic Sea. With sputtering mopeds, loud radios, and occasional outbursts, the gang makes the vacationers' lives living hell. Unfortunately for them, Lieutenant Czernik discovers the connection between them and the accident at the construction site. To stop them from fleeing to West Berlin, Lieutenant Czernik and the police need to arrest them, one at a time, with King as the last.
Genres: Drama Crime
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1963-02-15
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Alarm at the Circus
1954-08-26
Alarm at the Circus
Overview: Two boys from West Berlin, Klaus and Max, live in poverty. They dream of a career in boxing and save every penny in order to buy boxing gloves for training. Nevertheless, they cannot seem to save enough and so they let themselves be hired by the bartender Klott for a twisted scheme. However, Klaus overhears one of Klott's conversations and learns that Klott intends for the boys to steal horses from the East Berlin Barlay Circus, where Klaus recently made some good friends. Indignant, he sets out to stop the robbery—and an adventurous action story results.
Genres: Drama Crime
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1954-08-26
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September Love
1961-02-01
September Love
Overview: Leading chemist Hans Schramm is betrothed to Hanna, but falls in love with her younger sister Franka. The two attempt to repress their feelings, but eventually begin an affair. When Hans is extorted by a group of West German agents, who demand to know about his secret work, he is gripped by panic and decides the only way out is to flee to the West …
Genres: Drama
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1961-02-01
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SAS 181 antwortet nicht
1959-07-02
SAS 181 antwortet nicht
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1959-07-02
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Der Direktor
1980-12-26
Der Direktor
Overview: The school authorities want to read success stories in director Joachim Faber's reports. But they cannot simply be produced on an assembly line. Pupils, for example, use the wrong tone. The matter draws circles until the superiors finally talk about refusal to work. Director Faber is caught between the efforts to resolve the conflict with pedagogical means and the pressure from above.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1980-12-26
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Die Weihnachtsklempner
1986-12-23
Die Weihnachtsklempner
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Genres: Comedy TV Movie Drama
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1986-12-23
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The Dream of Captain Loy
1961-08-23
The Dream of Captain Loy
Overview: An American military plane takes six people, who have taken part in a NATO maneuver, from Tripoli to Oslo. Among them are the British Captain Loy and the United States Air Force Corporal Doris Graves. During the flight, the two become closer, and they regret that the trip will end that evening. But everything turns out differently. The flight captain has received orders to pick up an agent at a German NATO airport, who is to be dropped off again on a Soviet island …
Genres: Drama
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1961-08-23
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Der Aufstand der Fischer von St. Barbara
1988-11-20
Der Aufstand der Fischer von St. Barbara
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Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1988-11-20
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Geschichten jener Nacht
1967-06-07
Geschichten jener Nacht
Overview: Four directors - four styles - four episodes, all relating the events of a single night which has entered the history books: August 12-13, 1961. There are thousands of complex narratives connected with the frontier drawn through the middle of Berlin, and each episode relates the story of a difficult decision made on that night...
Genres: Drama
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1967-06-07
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A Berlin Romance
1956-05-16
A Berlin Romance
Overview: Mid-1950s Berlin, before the building of the Wall. Uschi, a salesgirl and aspiring fashion model from the East, is attracted to Hans, from the West. But she also loves the bright shop windows in his part of the city. The flashiness of this new world soon evaporates, however, when Hans loses his job.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1956-05-16
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Cattaro Mutiny
1980-01-31
Cattaro Mutiny
Overview: In February of 1918, in Boka Kotorska, the greatest uprising of Austrian sailors broke out. Forty warships, with 6.000 sailors, rebelled against the Austrian Monarchy. The uprising was bloodily crushed after two days, and it's leaders shot.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: sh
Release Date: 1980-01-31
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They All Knew Each Other
1958-04-29
They All Knew Each Other
Overview: A car factory in the GDR. During a test ride there is a major accident. One driver is dead, another is seriously injured. The investigation reveals: sabotage.
Genres: Drama Mystery
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1958-04-29
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Geheimakten Solvay
1953-01-23
Geheimakten Solvay
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1953-01-23
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The Track in the Night
1957-10-24
The Track in the Night
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Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1957-10-24
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Mit Leib und Seele
1988-03-17
Mit Leib und Seele
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1988-03-17
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Castles and Cottages
1957-02-09
Castles and Cottages
Overview: Lifelong hard work for the count makes the servant Anton a cripple. Everybody calls him Crooked Anton. When, after the end of the war, the land of the count gets divided amongst the farmers, Anton receives a piece and hopes to be able to work freely. But an old debt and intrigue keep Anton and his family from finding peace. The farmers of the village begin to discover their own power when Annegret, Anton's daughter, leaves. Is a new beginning possible for Anton? This film paints an impressive panorama of the development of a minor village in Mecklenburg from the end of the war to the uprising of 17 June 1953.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1957-02-09
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Professor Mamlock
1961-05-17
Professor Mamlock
Overview: A Jewish chief of surgery in 1933 Germany remains blind to the rising Nazi threat, dismissing political dissent from his son and a patient, until his family faces increasing anti-Semitic persecution.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1961-05-17
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The Seventh Year
1969-02-28
The Seventh Year
Overview: Dr. Barbara Heim, a heart surgeon, and Gunter Heim, a well-known actor, have been married for seven years. They have a six-year-old daughter. Both partners are totally taken up by their work which is physically and mentally demanding. So there is little time left for family life and the strained relations worsen and finally plunge Barbara into a crisis - shortly before their seventh wedding anniversary. At this very point a child dies in hospital, prompting Barbara to ask herself in desperation if - and for how long she can put up with the double burden of career and family. On top of this, she notices that Gunter is starting to compare her to other women.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1969-02-28
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Wie ein Vogel im Schwarm
1990-11-25
Wie ein Vogel im Schwarm
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1990-11-25
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Jetzt und in der Stunde meines Todes
1963-11-15
Jetzt und in der Stunde meines Todes
Overview: Ella Conradi, a dedicated journalist from Germany, is in Jerusalem to report about the trial against the Nazi criminal Eichmann. Disgusted by the monstrosities that are revealed, she eventually returns to Germany. There, she wants to cover common cases and trials again. Her first assignment is a murder trial against a man called Ralf Jordan who constantly maintains his innocence. Conradi, who believes Jordan and wants to help him, starts to investigate the case - and thus opens up a political can of worms. The backgrounds of the case reach back to the Nazi period and involve officials of the Third Reich, who in the meantime have returned to their powerful positions.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1963-11-15
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Liane
1987-09-22
Liane
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1987-09-22
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Mensch, mein Papa...!
1988-09-20
Mensch, mein Papa...!
Overview: Film by Ulrich Thein.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1988-09-20
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Ehesache Lorenz
1959-08-27
Ehesache Lorenz
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1959-08-27
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Hotelboy Ed Martin
1955-03-11
Hotelboy Ed Martin
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Genres: Drama Mystery
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1955-03-11
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The Case of Dr Wagner
1954-10-08
The Case of Dr Wagner
Overview: Dr. Wagner is a scientist currently working on an experiment for the Asta plant in East Berlin. If the experiment is successful its a brilliant new invention. But Wagner is the target of sabotage, and all the decisive experiment fails. Wagner can not explain this setback.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1954-10-08
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Das Stacheltier – Eine Liebesgeschichte
1953-12-11
Das Stacheltier – Eine Liebesgeschichte
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Genres: Comedy
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1953-12-11
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Tull
1979-04-29
Tull
Overview: TV movie from the GDR that combines a love story with a drama concerning industrial working methods.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1979-04-29
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