Josef Eichheim
Also Known As: not available
Biography: Biography not available
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: München, Germany
Birthday: February 23, 1888
Deathday: November 13, 1945
Adult: No
Gender: Male
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Der Tunnel
Overview: The engineer MacAllan designs a tunnel, which will join America and Europe together on the seabed. A group of American billionaires are financing the gigantic project, but the construction of the tunnel is proving to be as tedious as it is dangerous. MacAllan's worst enemy is the speculator Woolf, who had embezzled the money for the construction and who is attempting to cover up his crime by carrying out acts of sabotage. Also filmed in 1933 in a French-language version, LE TUNNEL, and remade in 1935 in England as TRANSATLATIC TUNNEL.
Genres: Science Fiction
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1933-10-26
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Orchesterprobe
Overview: A musician and his conductor clash in this Bavarian film classic; Mixed-up music sheets and mismanaged minutes. Miscommunication is brought to extremes by expert comedians.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1933-11-27
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Serenade
Overview: The violin virtuoso Ferdinand Lohner is lonely and depressed after the death of his wife. But then he gets to know the much younger Irene and forgets all about his dead wife, marrying the young tart soon after. Irene moves into the house in the mountains, where Ferdinand, his son Heinz and his former mother-in-law Mrs. Leuthoff live. The bitter Mrs. Leuthoff makes life difficult for Irene, since she had no way of preventing Ferdinand from re-marrying after her daughter bit the dust. When Ferdinand conveniently goes out on tour once again, Irene has to sit at home with the bitter woman. One day, Irene’s cousin Gustl comes on a visit and Mrs. Leuthoff takes the opportunity to “accidentally” let slip to Ferdinand, that his current wife is a whore. As if living with your current mother-in-law isn’t enough to deal with!
Genres: Romance
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1937-11-26
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Kiki
Overview: Kiki who has a walk-on part in a show, is in love with her director, who doesn't notice her at all. She settles into his home and causes him to break up with his lover, the star of the show; and finally manages to make him love her.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1932-09-26
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Der Schimmelkrieg in der Holledau
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Genres: Comedy
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1937-11-26
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Die gute alte Zeit
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Original Language: de
Release Date: 1939-03-24
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The Mysteries of a Hairdresser's Shop
Overview: The Mysteries of a Hairdresser’s Shop describes the absurd goings-on of a by no means ordinary hair salon, where men with great beards wait in vain for a shave while the barber takes a nap.
Genres: Mystery Comedy
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1923-12-31
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I Lost My Heart in Heidelberg
Overview: The title alludes to the popular 1925 song I Lost My Heart in Heidelberg composed by Fred Raymond with lyrics by Fritz Löhner-Beda and Ernst Neubach. The film taps into the nostalgic reputation of Old Heidelberg.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1926-07-13
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Gordian, der Tyrann
Overview: Film by Fred Sauer.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1937-06-19
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The Company's Mother
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Genres: Comedy
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1931-10-22
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The False Bride
Overview: There's only one way for the farmer Assbichler to save his farm from ruin: he has to marry off his son Toni to the pretty Rosl, the daughter of the rich farmer Pius Mang. Mang, however, wants his daughter to marry a well-off man; and so Assbichler has to borrow some cattle to give the farm the appearance of a large farming estate.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1945-03-03
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The Laugh Doctor
Overview: Because the soulful county doctor in a small spa town in the mountains has interfered with the business of selling "healing waters", he incurs the enmity of the local shopkeepers. And for that reason, his candidacy for the post of District Medical Officer is thwarted.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1937-11-10
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Venus on Trial
Overview: A sculptor, an enemy of modern art, sets an example. He sculpts a statue of Venus in the style of the Greek antiquity and buries it in a forest. When it's dug up in 1930, it's considered to be a 2 000 year old, antique statue.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1941-06-04
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Der lachende Dritte
Overview: In a remote village in Southern Bavaria, hostilities run rampant between a farmer and a luxury hotel proprietor. The former has a smelly dung heap and he hopes to force the hotelier into buying him out at a large profit.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1936-11-26
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Der Klosterjäger
Overview: Knight Dietwald von Falkenau returns from his trip to see the Pope through Berchtesgaden to his cloister. He was unsuccessful in his mission to have the papal ban against his emperor lifted. The young Walti, who works in the cloister, jokes with the cloister' cook, Severin, because Dietwald's cold stare scared him. Severin rebukes him, saying that Dietwald has been carrying a heavy burden. Once, Dietwald had his own fortress. This, however, was destroyed during an attack and his wife killed. Since then, he has not seen his daughter again.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1935-11-18
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Meiseken
Overview: Old Meiseken, a gingerbread baker, has been dead for three years, but his bosses don’t know that. They’ve been paying him his pension all this time, unaware that his former landlords have been cashing the checks. When, one day, the assistant head of the bakery, Tony, pays a visit to Meiseken’s place to get a hold of an old recipe, someone’s got to play the part of Meiseken! The fraud blows up in the landlords’ faces; but in the end, Tony gets the recipe book and even a new bride.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1937-05-26
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Die Pfingstorgel
Overview: The residents of the villages Strasslach and Rott are anything but friends. The residents of the “enemy” town are ridiculed at every chance the residents of the other village can get to do so. And it’s no different, when Rott is getting ready to celebrate the 300th anniversary of its founding. The residents of Strasslach ridicule their neighbors, because the Rotters don’t want to celebrate the anniversary, because it’ll cost money. Even the church doesn’t have an organ, because that would cost money, too.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1939-05-09
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The Night of Temptation
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1932-08-08
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Der verkaufte Großvater
Overview: The unscrupulous dealer Haslinger has paid off a debt note worth 1000 Mark from the peasant Kreithofer and now wants the man’s farm in return for the debt settlement. Then, suddenly, a rumor pops up that Grandfather Kreithofer is a rich man, who wants to leave his entire estate to his grandchild Lois. Grandpa started the rumor to help his grandson out of the mess, who, as luck would (not) have it, is also in love with Haslinger’s daughter, Ev. But no sooner does Haslinger hear of this rumor, that he wants the old man to move in with him, leave the debt to him and give permission for the kids to marry.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1942-03-26
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Die schwache Stunde
Overview: Marion Austerlitz is a stubborn person, much to the chagrin of her husband, Dr. Fritz Austerlitz. There's constantly some kind of excitement going on in their house: this time, Marion takes in a barking dog, much against the wishes of her husband; that time she's harrasses the old servant; then countless traffic tickets from the police come in the mail; or high bills for extravagant huts are delivered by the mailman. Finally, Fritz blows a fuse. In the presence of his friend, Professor Endres, and Marion's mother, a big fight breaks out between the couple.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1943-11-16
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Ich bitte um Vollmacht
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Genres: Comedy
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1944-01-01
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Die vertauschte Braut
Overview: Capricious Lady Virginia has an unexpected double in a girl who works at a fair and wishes for a beauty salon. When the first one's eccentricities lead to her arrest, the second is paid for going to prison. There she meets Charles, Virginia's suitor. When out of jail she will have to fight not only for him but for going through with the leading role in a skating show.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1934-04-16
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Die blonde Carmen
Overview: A singer tired of the stage retreats to a hotel in the country. There, she finds love and a way back into show business.
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Original Language: de
Release Date: 1935-08-06
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Gewitter im Mai
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Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1938-02-22
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Die keusche Sünderin
Overview: Xaver Bimshofer is the richest peasant in the village; and therefore, his only daughter Lenerl should marry a guy, who is diligent enough to keep the exemplary farm running. But Bimshofer doesn’t know, that Lenerl has long been a couple with the servant Sepp. So he suspects that every young man in the village wants to conquer his poor, innocent daughter. So that Lenerl really resists all these attempts, he gets a stone statue from Thomas Kammerlehner’s barn, “The Chaste Kunigunde”, which is supposed to protect the girl’s chastity and to protect her from sin by its positive energy.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1944-02-11
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Prince Seppl
Overview: In this comedy, a simple inn in the mountains is transformed into a grand hotel.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1932-10-05
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Lachkabinett
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Original Language: de
Release Date: 1953-11-17
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Kleine Residenz
Overview: It’s 1910 and we’re in the duchy of Lauffenburg. Everybody is celebrating the 600th birthday of the local hero, Otto the Ironman, who in his time saved the duchy from annexation and beat the enemy so badly, that he fled ... well, that’s what it says in the history books, at least. Local gossip asserts, however, that Otto wasn’t even part of the battle and was spending his time having fun with a pretty girl. When one day a piece is introduced at the court theatre, which tells the heroic story of Otto, the director rejects the mediocre story.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1942-05-28
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Baby
Overview: The daughter of the Parisian countess Lafitte, named "Baby", is supposed to go to an English boarding school, but she's much more interested in variety shows. Nevertheless, she travels with her friend Susette to London, who also wants to make a career for herself as a showgirl. During the journey, Baby is mistakenly considered to be a showgirl and she does nothing to dissuade two young English lords from believing so. The girls continue to live under false pretenses even when they arrive in England, with Baby being a soloist with the group "Babies" and Suzette passing herself off as the Contessa Lafitte for school exams. At the end -- a double marriage.
Genres: Music Comedy
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1932-12-19
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Palace Scandal
Overview: During the Biedermeier era, a young singer searches for her missing father. Remake of "Das Hofkonzert", 1936.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1949-04-15
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Schuß am Nebelhorn
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1934-07-30
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Inheritance in Pretoria
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1934-10-18
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The Fight with the Dragon
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Genres: Comedy
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1935-06-13
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Du bist mein Glück
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1936-10-06
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Narren im Schnee
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Genres: Comedy
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1938-08-16
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Fürst Seppl
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1915-01-01
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