Peter Marx
Also Known As: Питер Маркс
Biography: Biography not available
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Cologne, Germany
Birthday: November 22, 1914
Deathday: February 02, 1978
Adult: No
Gender: Male
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Liberation: The Fire Bulge
Overview: The "Fiery Arc" tells of a grandiose battle on the Kursk Bulge in the summer of 1943. Here was the largest tank battle in the history of World War II. Along with the personal fate of the heroes, the film shows battle scenes, the activities of headquarters and intelligence, those who worked at the front and in the rear.
Genres: Drama War
Original Language: ru
Release Date: 1970-05-07
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For Eyes Only
Overview: The "Concordia" trading company in Würzburg is a secret headquarters of the MID, a secret service agency of the US Army. For years, espionage, sabotage, and diversion operations originated from here in order to undermine the Socialist Republic of Germany. A favorable moment for a military attack approaches and plans are developed. These plans are placed in the hands of Major Collins, who keeps them in a safe. Hansen has worked for him for many years, but also for the Stasi as a double agent. Security Chief Colonel Rock knows there is a leak, but Hansen has passed every test thrown at him. He is trying to deal with his current assignment: acquiring the plans so they can be made public. His mission is to get them out of the safe and into the GDR without getting caught.
Genres: Drama Thriller
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1963-07-19
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What Would Happen If...?
Overview: In the late 1950s, the collectivization of agriculture is in full swing in the East German village of Willshagen on the German-German border. Those in charge have to face many obstacles, especially from a large-scale farmer who is unwilling to join the co-op. All of a sudden, mysterious men in a fancy car appear in the village and show an interest in the rundown manor house. Gossip spreads quickly, and some villagers think there will be a re-parceling of properties and a land swap with West Germany. They assume everything will go back to how it used to be and even expect the count to return to his manor. In preparation, the situation in the village escalates at a fevered pitch.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1960-09-01
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Morituri
Overview: As the end of the Second World War approaches and the Soviet Red Army is advancing, a group of concentration camp inmates is helped to escape by a Polish doctor. They hide in a wood where they meet other fugitives, who have been there for months, constantly in fear of being discovered. Out of fear of the German army patrols, they do not dare to leave the forest, even as the food supplies run low.
Genres: War Drama
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1948-09-24
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Musterknaben
Overview: Two young building workers are more interested in girls than their work; complications ensue at home.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1959-11-27
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Free Land
Overview: After World War II, scores of refugees leave in search of a new home. They now stand in the hall of a large mansion, waiting to receive their deeds of ownership for sections of land that the lord of the manor had left behind after he fled. Among them is young Jeruscheit who, during her travels, had to bury one of her own children. Her husband has been declared missing, and up until now she has had little purpose in life. But then she discovers it: to work, to build, and to help others. And maybe someday Jeruscheit will find her family.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1946-10-18
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Weil ich dich liebe …
Overview: Dr. Gerd Thiessen, an experienced veterinarian, takes up a new job at a publicly owned manor. His research colleagues are less than thrilled about his ideas and modification proposals. Thus, the pretty and confident veterinarian Sabine Ladenbach becomes his only ally and soon they fall in love with each other. When Thiessen’s wife Eva notices that her husband is growing away from her, she starts to fight for him. Eventually, Thiessen realizes that Eva is the woman of his life, both privately and professionally. At the same time, he figures out that he needs the support of his team to achieve success in his field.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1970-09-09
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Die Feststellung
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1958-09-19
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Schritt für Schritt
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1960-10-06
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Anna Susanna
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1953-02-27
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Sein großer Sieg
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1952-08-07
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Die letzte Heuer
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1951-04-12
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Rotation
Overview: The mechanic Behnke wants to join the Nazi party to secure a good living. However, after his Jewish neighbors have been taken away, he changes his views. Trying to remain "a non-political man," he withdraws from reality and becomes a Nazis laborer.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1949-09-16
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Girls in Gingham
Overview: A moving saga focusing on the women in a family that spans three generations and almost 70 years of German history, from the Wilhelmine period through the end of WWII. This film shows that it takes a combination of hard work, political consciousness and family work in tandem to face the tragedies of war, economic hardship and death.
Genres: History Drama
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1949-07-08
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Zwei Briefe an Pospischiel
Overview: East German television film.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1970-11-20
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The Captain from Cologne
Overview: Albert Hauptmann is an out of work waiter in Cologne who is often confused with a former Captain of the Nazi Army. Albert uses this to his advantage and becomes the Director of the Montan Corporation, and a member of the West German Parliament. Herr Karjanke, the real Captain, learns of Albert’s ruse, and wants to claim his "rightful" position in Parliament. But Karjanke cannot come forward until his politicking "Doppelganger" succeeds in passing an amnesty law for war criminals. When Albert is finally brought before a judge on charges of fraud, he learns that this own amnesty law does not apply to him.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1956-12-07
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The Bridge
Overview: This is the directorial debut of Artur Pohl and tells the story of war refugees as they try to settle in a small town in Germany.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1949-02-27
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The Blue Swords
Overview: The story of Johann Friedrich Böttger, an apothecary’s apprentice and alchemist’s assistant. Fleeing from the Prussian King, he goes to Saxony, where King Frederick August the Strong takes him to a fortress and demands that he create gold. Böttger is equipped with everything he would need for the task, but he has known for a while that actual gold production is a myth and instead experiments with porcelain—white porcelain, as the Chinese are said to possess. In 1709, he finally succeeds in surprising the King with the "white gold," the first white porcelain made in Europe, he hopes for freedom.
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1949-12-30
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