Sonja Ziemann
Also Known As: Sonia Ziemann, Sonja Alice Selma Toni Ziemann
Biography: * February 8, 1926, Eichwalde; † February 17, 2020, Munich
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Eichwalde bei Berlin, Germany
Birthday: February 08, 1926
Deathday: February 17, 2020
Adult: No
Gender: Female
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Sonja Ziemann erzählt...
Overview: Sonja Ziemann talks about her career.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: de
Release Date: 2017-01-01
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The Secret Ways
Overview: Vienna, 1956. After Soviet tanks crush the Hungarian uprising, soldier-of-fortune Michael Reynolds is hired to help a threatened Hungarian scientist escape from Budapest.
Genres: Adventure Mystery Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1961-04-01
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Darkness Fell on Gotenhafen
Overview: The film depicts the first month of 1945 when the Russian Red Army broke into the eastern part of Germany and forced millions of civilians to flee in the coldest of winter. While the Russians invaded Ostpreussen hundred of thousands of civilians were evacuated by ships. Gotenhafen was the last open port and ships left the town almost by the minute, overloaded by refugees. One of the last ships to leave Gotenhafen was the 'Wilhelm Gustloff', a former 'Kraft durch Freude' pleasure cruiser designed for 1000 passengers. Until today it is unknown how many people were on board but it is said to be around 10.000. The ship sunk without a trace and only a handful of people survived this hellish nightmare.
Genres: Drama War
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1960-02-25
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Stalingrad: Dogs, Do You Want to Live Forever?
Overview: In the winter of 1943, against the background of battle scenes, a young German Lieutenant who increasingly distrusts the inhuman Nazi ideology struggles with the concept of war.
Genres: Drama War
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1959-04-07
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Punishment Battalion
Overview: The film focuses on life in a World War II German penal battalion camp somewhere in Russia. The convicts include a heroic doctor unjustly convicted of avoiding military service, an officer who retreated against orders, and common criminals. It shows their life in the camp, clearing mines, living in trenches on the front line.
Genres: History War
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1960-02-11
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At the well in front of the gate
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Genres: Romance Drama
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1952-12-18
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The Heath Is Green
Overview: After the end of World War II Lüder Lüdersen, the former owner of a feudal estate in the East, and his daughter Helga arrive as refugees in the Lüneburg Heath. While living a seemingly happy life on the estate of his cousin, Lüdersen hides a dark secret: he is a poacher.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1951-11-14
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The Zurich Engagement
Overview: Juliane Thomas is an ambitious but unemployed young writer. After breaking up with her lover she works at a dentist friend to make ends meet. One day she instantly falls in love with one of the patients (Jean Berner) and promptly writes a movie script about the encounter in which she projects her own fantasies about how things will turn out eventually. By coincidence this movie script is picked up by a film director who happens to be Berner's closest friend and from then on things become very complicated...
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1957-04-16
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The Black Forest Girl
Overview: The painter Hans Hauser falls head over heels in love with the "Black Forest girl" Bärbele Riederle. He travels to her home village and soon the two realize that they are made for each other.
Genres: Romance Music Comedy
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1950-09-07
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Das Bad auf der Tenne
Overview: A comedy directed by Paul Martin.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1956-01-20
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Grand Hotel
Overview: Based on a book by Vicki Baum, all of the action takes place in one day in a luxury hotel in Berlin. Grusinkaya is a ballerina staying at the hotel, other guests include Baron von Gaigern a sophisticated thief, Otto Klingelein a dying man, Preysing a businessman, and a stenographer. Events intertwine the lives of these strangers, bringing them together for some dramatic moments.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1959-09-23
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Serenade of Texas
Overview: Music seller and singer on occasion, Jacques Gardel learns from master Jérôme Quilleboeuf that he inherits oil fields located in Big Bend in Texas.
Genres: Western Comedy Music
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1958-12-16
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A Matter of WHO
Overview: Health officials from the World Health Organization link a smallpox outbreak in Europe to oil drilling in the Middle East.
Genres: Mystery Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1961-10-03
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Um eine Nasenlänge
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Genres: No genres available
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1949-10-24
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The Thief of Bagdad
Overview: Fatma has quite the talent for getting herself into trouble and escaping with her head intact. But when she's caught rifling through Caliph Omar's possessions, she finds herself in serious trouble. News of a theft makes the rounds and now the caliph's men are after her. Fortunately, she's able to find refuge with a sheikh, who isn't quite so thorough in checking his possessions. And it's thanks to him, that Fatma is able to get away with her newly acquired goods.
Genres: Adventure Comedy
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1952-04-10
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Sag die Wahrheit
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Genres: Comedy
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1946-12-20
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Die sieben Kleider der Katrin
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Genres: Comedy
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1954-08-12
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It Was Always So Nice with You
Overview: While working as an accountant in his uncle's factory, talented young pianist Peter dreams of becoming a famous composer. When he shows his work to a producer, he manages to convince him to give him a chance. From time to time he gets bigger contracts that keep him more and more away from home and his young wife Elisa. When he "discovers" and supports a pretty ballerina in Munich, a rumor starts that he's having an affair. He fails to realize that his marriage is threatened.
Genres: Music Comedy Drama
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1954-03-16
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The Dream of Lieschen Müller
Overview: Lieschen Müller is in her mid-20s, works a dull office job and fancies the handsome waiter from the diner down the street, wishing for a more exciting life. In a vivid, lucid dream she happens upon a gigantic fortune, allowing her to live out her wildest fantasies. Quickly, however, she realizes that that's not what makes her happy.
Genres: Music Comedy
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1961-12-19
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Rebel Flight to Cuba
Overview: A group of criminals hijacks a plane, intending to fly it to Cuba.
Genres: Thriller Adventure
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1959-11-05
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Story of San Michele
Overview: A biographical drama is based on the 1929 autobiography of Swedish doctor Axel Martin Fredrik, The Story of San Michele. It follows the physician, psychiatrist, and adventurer as he travels the distances from Lapland to his Villa San Michele on Capri, with special stops in Paris and Rome. Personal physician to Queen Victoria, also physician to the Swedish royal family (he spent his last years living in the Royal Palace in Sweden), "Axel Munthe" knew everyone from the poorest clients to the most well-endowed. His love of animals, his support of bird sanctuaries, his involvement with architecture as he constructs his impressive villa throughout five summers, and his interests in archaeology and hypnotism are all explored.
Genres: History Drama
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1962-09-28
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Dany, bitte schreiben Sie
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Genres: Comedy
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1956-05-07
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Die Frauen des Herrn S.
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Genres: No genres available
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1951-08-09
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Ihr schönster Tag
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Genres: Comedy
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1962-04-02
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My Sister and I
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Genres: No genres available
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1954-06-14
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Ein Windstoß
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Genres: No genres available
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1942-04-23
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Liebe ohne Illusion
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1955-04-06
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Herzkönig
Overview: After drinking too much alcohol, King Michael XXXVII promptly forgets his own wedding date! To avoid a scandal, his police minister asks the writer Peter Petroni, who looks deceptively like the king, to stand in for the alcoholic Michael at the ceremony. The only trouble is that the game quickly turns serious - because when Peter catches sight of "his" bride at the altar, it's love at first sight...
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1947-08-25
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Opernball
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Genres: Comedy Music
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1956-08-29
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Frühstück mit dem Tod
Overview: Ted Talbot is a prosecutor in Newtonville. In the course of his work, he accuses Jim Conley of robbing a bank and killing the cashier. Ted's wife Jane takes over Conley's defense. When the court sentences the defendant to death, she files for divorce. Beth Conley, the wife, goes to see the prosecutor and asks him to postpone the execution of the sentence for thirty days. When he refuses, she threatens him with revelations. Deputy District Attorney Hal Young witnesses this confrontation...
Genres: Thriller Crime
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1964-06-05
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Nächte am Nil
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Genres: Comedy
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1949-10-20
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Nach Regen scheint Sonne
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Genres: Comedy
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1949-12-16
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Frauenarzt Dr. Bertram
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1957-11-14
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Das Biest
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1977-12-17
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Mit siebzehn beginnt das Leben
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1953-11-12
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The Bridge at Remagen
Overview: In March of 1945, as the War in Europe is coming to a close, fighting erupts between German and American troops at the last remaining bridgehead across the Rhine.
Genres: War Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1969-06-25
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Nichts als Ärger mit der Liebe
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Genres: Comedy
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1956-11-28
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Kaiserball
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Genres: Romance Comedy Music
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1956-10-19
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I Can't Marry Everyone
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Genres: Comedy
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1952-09-04
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Johannes und die 13 Schönheitsköniginnen
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Genres: Comedy
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1951-09-25
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Mädchen ohne Grenzen
Overview: Helga, a stewardess, meet a passenger, Eric, during a flight to Athens. They fall in love, but he is married. Later Helga is involved in a flight crash. One of the severely injured passengers is Eric's wife Maria.
Genres: Romance Drama
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1955-12-23
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Danke, es geht mir gut
Overview: Boys are usually busy playing "Indians", but when their uncle decides to rent part of their home to a Doctor Höflin, they took an oath to cast him out with a series of pranks.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1948-01-23
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Ich war ein häßliches Mädchen
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Genres: Romance Comedy
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1955-08-24
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Eine kleine Sommermelodie
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1944-01-01
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Die Beklagte
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1958-10-11
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Liebe nach Noten
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Genres: Comedy Drama Romance
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1950-10-12
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The Merry Wives of Windsor
Overview: For the corpulent nobleman Sir John Falstaff, the inn in the small English town of Windsor is the best of all places. Here he can indulge in excessive dining and intemperate drinking, as well as swagger and boast about his adventures, particularly those of an amorous nature. At present, he has designs on the two young women, Mistress Reich and Fluth, who, in turn, lead the paunchy protagonist mightily by the nose.
Genres: Music Comedy
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1950-12-22
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Nichts als Zufälle
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Genres: Comedy
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1949-07-01
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Frühling in Berlin
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Genres: Comedy
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1957-10-25
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Denn das Weib ist schwach
Overview: The respected lawyer Jolly Gebhardt is in debt because of his lavish lifestyle and is therefore blackmailed by dubious criminals for embezzlement.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1961-08-16
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Paths in Twilight
Overview: Three homeless youths commit petty crimes to get by in the difficult time just after the end of WW2 in Germany. When they become suspects in a murder case, a witness of the events comes forward with evidence that they are innocent of the crime. He offers them a chance to break with their ways and make a new beginning in his village, not knowing what this will ultimately cost him.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1948-04-08
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Die Privatsekretärin
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Genres: Comedy
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1953-12-17
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Spuk im Schloß
Overview: In the antique shop J.M. Mauritius, there’s astonishment when a young, beautiful woman, Gabriele Euler, inquires about an old fortress crest, which can be seen in the background on an old tapestry --- it’s, in fact, the same crest engraved on an old, silver jar belonging to Gabriele: a family heirloom. She discovers, that the crest is the landmark for Burg Uhlenfels. Determined to find out more about her allegedly noble roots, Gabriele takes off to explore Castle Uhlenfels … unaware it’s haunted.
Genres: Horror Comedy
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1947-02-20
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Halløj i himmelsengen
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Genres: Romance Comedy
Original Language: da
Release Date: 1965-01-14
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Liebe auf krummen Beinen
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Genres: Romance Comedy
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1959-05-12
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Germaine Damar – Der tanzende Stern
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Genres: Documentary
Original Language: de
Release Date: 2011-06-14
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Das Leben des Horace A.W. Tabor - Ein Stück aus den Tagen der letzten Könige
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1965-12-05
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Alle hatten sich abgewandt
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1970-01-14
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Josephine
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1967-11-15
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Kolportage
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1968-04-20
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Hollandmädel
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Genres: Comedy
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1953-07-29
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Große Starparade
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Genres: Comedy Music
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1954-10-11
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Eine Nacht im Séparée
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Genres: Comedy
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1950-02-10
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Journey Into Nowhere
Overview: Ricky and Maria, desperate for money, undertake an insurance fraud. After getting involved with a thug, it ends in tragedy.
Genres: Adventure
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1962-08-20
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The Little Czar
Overview: Sonja, a little ballerina at the Grand Theater, is secretly in love with the handsome tenor Luis Mariano. One night, she hurts her feet while dancing and under the influence of a sedative falls asleep and starts dreaming. She is Sonja Ilyanova now, a young gypsy dancer who dreams of performing before Alexei, the son of the Czar.
Genres: Music
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1954-08-11
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De Sade
Overview: The 18th-century French marquis recalls his sadomasochistic experiments and goes to jail for lewd behavior.
Genres: Drama History Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1969-08-27
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Schön muß man sein
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Genres: Comedy Music
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1951-02-01
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Maharadscha wider Willen
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Genres: Comedy
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1950-05-31
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Die Freunde meiner Frau
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Genres: Comedy
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1949-08-25
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Die Jungfern vom Bischofsberg
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Genres: Comedy
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1943-05-28
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Geliebter Schatz
Overview: 1943 German film.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1943-08-03
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Hundstage
Overview: Peter and Paul are old friends who happen to meet again. Both are dentists and both want to get married the next day.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1944-08-04
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Fröhliche Weihnachten
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1970-12-25
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Friends
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1945-08-03
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The Eighth Day of the Week
Overview: Zbigniew Cybulski and Sonja Ziemann play lovers struggling to find happiness and privacy in overcrowded Warsaw. The movie shows an honest picture of life in a war-damaged city, contrasting the characters' difficulties with their dreams of a better life. It was banned in Poland in 1958 and would not be seen anywhere until its European release one year later.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: pl
Release Date: 1958-08-26
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The Nabob Affair
Overview: Serge, alias Count Fornari, is hired by a mysterious employer to try to steal the Nabob, an exceptionally valuable diamond that Jeannette, alias Aménita (Perrette Pradier), the companion of a billionaire, wears as a locket. She covets the diamond and steals it from the safe. About to be caught in the act, she keeps it hidden in a handkerchief in her hand and manages to conceal it in Serge's pocket during the hotel ball. When she rejoins the billionaire, he asks her to open her hand, but the diamond is gone. The result is a chase full of misunderstandings and twists and turns between the three protagonists.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1960-11-16
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The Italians They Are Crazy
Overview: In a German prison camp, some Italian prisoners bet with the commander that they will be able to build a church in two hours.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1958-04-05
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Supreme Confession
Overview: The wife of a conductor with a stormy past agrees to meet a blackmailer in a small hotel.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1956-10-11
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Tabarin
Overview: Jacques Forestier, also a choreographer, an art decorator and a stage producer, is the very competent manager of "Tabarin", a renowned Parisian music-hall. A hard worker, he always wants the best for the public, at the expense of his health. He is assisted in his task by his wife Rosine and his lively secretary Mimi. Chance has it that one of the dancers he auditions for a new show is Florence, his former lover. He doesn't want her in the show but the spiteful belle has a rich influential protector who imposes her anyway. Some time later, Jacques falls victim of a heart attack.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1958-05-21
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