Gertrud Brendler
Also Known As: not available
Biography: Biography not available
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Dresden, Germany
Birthday: October 23, 1898
Deathday: August 26, 1983
Adult: No
Gender: Female
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Der Leutnant vom Schwanenkietz
Overview: The film describes the activity of an ABV of the People's Police in its section in East Berlin. A mixture of “positive” characters from the beginning, the extensively staged “owl”, who is introduced as a criminal and over the course of time, especially due to the influence of the ABV, develops into a good citizen, and incorrigible characters, with whom the ABV fails with its extensive attempts at rehabilitation and who are arrested after having committed again offenses.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1974-10-26
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Shots Under the Gallows
Overview: In Scotland in 1751, young David Balfour is shanghaied aboard a ship where he meets Jacobite rebel Alan Breck Stewart with whom he escapes to the Scottish Highlands, dodging the redcoats.
Genres: Drama Adventure
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1968-06-22
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The Punch Bowl
Overview: It is the 65th birthday of Wilhelm Lehmann, foreman of a chemical company. All members of the large family are expected. Preparations are also being made in the company: Wilhelm is to be awarded the »Labor banner« and, as every year, the sons are responsible for the may bowl. But instead of family members, telegrams with rejections flutter into the house.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1959-12-04
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Maiden, You please Me
Overview: A Saxon village in 1792: While the Prussians go against France, the haymaking takes place in the village and the resolute Marthe catches her daughter Ev with the village blacksmith Ruprecht in the hay.
Genres: Comedy History
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1969-03-20
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Die Squaw Tschapajews
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Genres: Family
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1973-06-28
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The Bicycle
Overview: Susanne is a young single mother who lives a somewhat "carefree" lifestyle. After quitting her job, she finds herself in trouble financially and attempts a minor insurance fraud to make ends meet. Despite its rare view of everyday socialism from a woman's perspective, East German officials were critical of this frank portrayal of a less-than-ideal socialist citizen and turned down all invitations for the film to be screened abroad.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1982-07-22
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Viechereien
Overview: Alma Krause is the proud owner of a thoroughbred French bully. Even otherwise, she nurses and harbors several two- and four-legged friends in her apartment - just as one would expect from a veterinarian's widow. Her nephew Heinz, on the other hand, is kind of beaten. Not as for the love of animals, that would fit badly to a nascent vet, but for a small animal practice, as the blessed uncle operated, he seems to have no ambitions. A future as a "Bazillenscheuche" in the cowshed would like to spare him again Aunt Alma. And she takes her appropriate action.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1977-05-30
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Kasper und die Heinzelmännchen
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Genres: Animation Family
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1968-03-29
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Tischlein deck dich
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Genres: Animation
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1970-11-20
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Papas neue Freundin
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Genres: Comedy
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1960-12-25
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Vielgeliebtes Sternchen
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Genres: Comedy
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1961-12-25
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Das hölzerne Kälbchen
Overview: On a pasture in a small village stand the cows and calves of the herder Bürle. Since many years, there is also a wooden calve standing among them. One day, all calves are stolen, even the wooden one. Although they are innocent, all poor villagers are brought to trial. Thereupon, the farmers join forces and discover who really is responsible for the theft.
Genres: Family
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1961-05-07
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Asya
Overview: A love story based on a famous Ivan Turgenev novel.
Genres: Romance Drama
Original Language: ru
Release Date: 1977-06-13
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Ein irrer Duft von frischem Heu
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Genres: Comedy
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1977-09-22
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Trace of Stones
Overview: Bad planning and shortages prevail on an East German construction site. Foreman Hannes Balla uses unconventional methods to overcome the problems. New Socialist Unity Party secretary Werner Horrath is charged with bringing the rough-and-ready builder crew into line. The task seems doomed to fail as the two men compete for the affections of young engineer Kati Klee. But when she gets pregnant by married man Horrath, he is in danger of being expelled from the party, and Balla takes his side...
Genres: Drama Comedy Romance
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1966-06-30
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Reserved for the Death
Overview: Former East German engineer Erich Becker had been lured to West Germany by promises of a high reward. Now residing in Stockholm, he is recalled to serve as a spy in the East. He is to convince Dr. Jadenburg to flee from the GDR with the help of his daughter Hanna, who works for the West. While travelling on the train with Hanna, he is told that he is also to murder another agent who betrayed and now works for the Stasi. The traitor is revealed to be a former friend of Becker, Harry Korb.
Genres: Drama Thriller
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1963-06-07
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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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Hostess
Overview: Jette and Johannes have been living together for two years when Johannes suggests that they "legalize" their relationship. Jette loves him, but the proposal of marriage terrifies her.
Genres: Drama Comedy Romance
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1976-02-13
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Life Begins
Overview: A new world full of excitement and temptation opens up for 18-year-old Erika when her father flees from Krüselin, a small village in Brandenburg, to West Berlin, taking his daughter with him. Her uncle's luxurious house, the turbulence of life in the big city, and her cousin's progressive thinking and quick wit all turn her head at first. But behind all this glitter and tinsel lurks the cold, hard world of money and Erika begins to feel homesick for the town where she grew up and for Rolf, her first real boyfriend.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1960-04-08
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Treasure on the Bottom of the Lake
Overview: A young boy Jampoll is spending the summer in his grandfather village where he fights criminals using his friends help.
Genres: Adventure Family
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1969-01-31
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Erich Kubak
Overview: Film by Johannes Arpe.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1959-10-03
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Drei Kapitel Glück
Overview: Ev and Peter fall in love at first sight. Peter studies dentistry in Leipzig and is eager to work in the country. There is an unfilled dentist vacancy in his home village. Ev, on the other hand, is drawn to the city. Being a commercial artist, she sees no chance to find a job in the country. This conflict becomes the first real test for their relationship.
Genres: Romance
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1961-07-13
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Der Fremde
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1961-03-03
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Distinguishing marks: none
Overview: Post-war Germany: Like so many other women, Gerda Krause has lost her husband during the war and has to fend for herself and her two children. She finds work as a seamstress but refuses the offering of her department chief Zimmermann to upgrade her qualifications. One day she meets Uschi, an old friend of hers, whom she has helped with schoolwork before the war and subsequently lost track of. The reunion reminds Gerda of her childhood dream: to become a teacher. Thus, she decides to enroll at university to make her dream come true.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1956-03-08
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Stronger Than the Night
Overview: The story of a resistance fighter in the Nazi era: Communist Hans Löning was arrested in 1933, imprisoned in a concentration camp and tortured. The Gestapo plans to smash the resistance group around Löning. Despite the imminent threat to his life, Löning, together with his wife, organized the passive resistance of the Hamburg workers against the Hitler regime. In 1944, Löning was again taken and killed.
Genres: History Drama
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1954-09-24
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Schwarzes Gold
Overview: East German television film.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1981-08-01
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Die sieben Affären der Dona Juanita
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Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1973-04-19
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Verlobung in Hullerbusch
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Genres: Comedy Drama TV Movie
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1979-10-30
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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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Carbide and Sorrel
Overview: After the second World War, Dresden has a lot of reconstructing to do. To get the cigarette factory he once worked for running again, Kalle has to travel to Wittenberg - the only place where carbide can be found. Once there, Kalle find himself in the unfortunate situation of having to hitchhike his way back to Dresden, transporting seven heavy barrels of carbide. However, his inventiveness and optimistic attitude help transform the grueling task into an adventurous, entertaining, and funny journey.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1963-12-27
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Sun Seekers
Overview: A socialist story of "atoms for peace" and compulsory labor in an East German uranium mine under Soviet control.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1972-03-26
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Dr. med. Sommer II
Overview: The story of a young, idealistic doctor and his on-the-job training as a rookie surgeon. Dr. Heiner Sommer moves to a small town in the GDR where he will complete his training under the senior physician, also named Dr. Sommer.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1970-10-01
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Tanz am Sonnabend-Mord?
Overview: A Saturday evening dance in the village pub is interrupted when the barn of local farmer Paul Gäbler catches on fire. The farmer himself is soon found – hanged. Sawmill owner Züllich claims that Gäbler committed suicide because he was forced to join an agricultural production cooperative, but others are convinced Gäbler was murdered. Officers Schneider and Anders must navigate their way through a complex maze of personal and political motivations in order to reconstruct the crime.
Genres: Crime
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1962-01-19
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Verliebt und vorbestraft
Overview: The young architect Hannelore becomes part of the all-male brigade Fröhlich whose members are supposed to build houses at the Strausberger Platz in Berlin. The brigade men drink a lot of beer and are less than thrilled about the new girl. Hanne is the only one who is absolutely delighted with Hannelore. When he starts a drunken fight on May Day, he is arrested and accused of armed robbery. Hannelore immediately convinces the other men in the brigade to help Hanne.
Genres: Drama Comedy Romance
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1963-11-08
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Mord ohne Sühne
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Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1962-06-27
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