Ellen Widmann
Also Known As: Ellen Widman
Biography: Ellen Widmann was born in Biel, Switzerland. She was an actress, known for M (1931), Das Weyerhuus (1940) and Der letzte raum (1966). She was previously married to Adolf Manz and Herbert Kuchenbuch. She died in Zurich, Switzerland.
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Biel, Switzerland
Birthday: December 15, 1894
Deathday: October 22, 1985
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Gender: Female
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M
Overview: In this classic German thriller, Hans Beckert, a serial killer who preys on children, becomes the focus of a massive Berlin police manhunt. Beckert's heinous crimes are so repellant and disruptive to city life that he is even targeted by others in the seedy underworld network. With both cops and criminals in pursuit, the murderer soon realizes that people are on his trail, sending him into a tense, panicked attempt to escape justice.
Genres: Drama Thriller Crime
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1931-05-11
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Verena Stadler
Overview: Venice Film Festival 1940
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Original Language: de
Release Date: 1940-08-23
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Dällebach Kari
Overview: Karl Tellenbach, called "Dällebach Kari", was one of Bern’s legendary characters at the beginning of the 20th century. Born with a strong hare lip which left him disfigured and gave his voice a peculiarl nasal tone, he devoted his entire life trying to get people to laugh with him instead of at him. Ultimately, his despairing at ever becoming accepted as a fellow man coupled with unrequited love made his life tragic, culminating in his suicide at age 54. His jokes are still well known today.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1970-07-01
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Fräulein Huser
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Original Language: de
Release Date: 1940-06-01
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Anne Bäbi Jowäger I. Part - How Jakobli comes to a woman
Overview: The trials of the wealthy Emmentaler farming family Jowäger, adapted from the 19th century novel of the same name by Jeremias Gotthelf (pen-name of Albert Bitzius), which was also published in two parts.
Genres: Drama Comedy Romance
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1960-10-21
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Anne Bäbi Jowager, Part 2 - Jakobli and Meyeli
Overview: The further trials of the wealthy Emmentaler farming family Jowäger and their neighbors, adapted from the second volume of the 19th century novel by Jeremias Gotthelf (pen-name of Albert Bitzius).
Genres: Drama Comedy Romance
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1961-03-24
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The Zürrer Bakery
Overview: Widowed baker Zürrer has to raise his three children, who all turn out to be disappointments to him in various ways.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1957-09-25
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Der Fall
Overview: In this Swiss film noir a private investigator stumbles onto a case involving blackmail and an oversexed, under-aged girl. He finds the girl, and, tragically, becomes involved with her.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1972-04-14
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Sergeant Studer
Overview: A policeman is not convinced that the prime suspect in a murder case is realty guilty and so decides to reinvestigate the case, despite the lack of co-operation from locals.
Genres: Drama Crime
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1939-10-12
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The Molesters
Overview: In exploring sex offenses, particularly against children, this film reveals the inner workings of the Zurich police and INTERPOL as they pursue persons accused of voyeurism, rape, fetishism, sadism, and masochism. After the criminals are arrested and given psychological tests, they may be sentenced to an institution or undergo brain surgery (with their consent) in order to be rehabilitated.
Genres: Drama Crime
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1963-03-26
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Children of the Mountains
Overview: Josef Rainer is a road worker in a mountain village in Liechtenstein. His wife Marianne works as a waitress in a restaurant to improve the meager housekeeping money. Some people ask themselves why she has married that poor devil since she could have married into money. But she stays to the keen wood carver. He works out fantastic objects of tree roots, but villagers jeer at him. The family dreams to get a cow of their own to be more independent. One day Josef scrapes together all savings and goes to the cattle market. Due to lack of money, a clever farmer palms a skinny, sick cow off on him. The children Hansli and his friend Ludmila take the cow to their heart. Ludmila even lends her name to the animal. Some time later Josef falls from a mountain and is unable to work for a long time. So a decision is made that cow Ludmila which produces no milk has to be slaughtered.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1958-10-15
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