Elfriede Florin
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Biography: Elfriede Florin (26 March 1912 – 7 March 2006) was a German actress who was popular in the 1950s and 1960s, and is best known for featuring in the 1958 film Les Misérables. Source: Article "Elfriede Florin" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA.
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Düsseldorf, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
Adult: No
Birthday: March 26, 1912
Age: 113 years old
Gender: Female
Deathday: March 07, 2006
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Les Misérables
Overview: In 19th century France, Jean Valjean, a man imprisoned for stealing bread, must flee a relentless policeman named Javert. The pursuit consumes both men's lives, and soon Valjean finds himself in the midst of the student revolutions in France.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1958-03-12
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Mother Holly
Overview: The widow has an ugly and lazy daughter, Pechmarie, and a beautiful and hard-working step-daughter, Goldmarie. Because Pechmarie is her real daughter, the widow clearly favors her and makes Goldmarie do all the work. Poor Goldmarie must also sit and spin all day by the well until her fingers bleed. When she tries to rinse out the spindel, it drops into the cold water. Her unsympathetic step-mother tells her to jump in after it. Goldmarie does as she is told, and then wakes up in the middle of a beautiful field of flowers. This is the land of Frau Holle, who welcomes Goldmarie and invites her to stay, as long as she will help with the housework. Marie stays and serves Frau Holle gladly, until she suffers so terribly from homesickness that she asks to go home. Before bringing her back, Frau Holle rewards Marie with a shower of gold. Upon her return, Goldmarie and her gold are welcomed by her greedy step-sister and -mother. Hoping for the same kind of reward, the step-mother sends ...
Genres: Family
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1963-10-12
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Es geht nicht ohne Liebe
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Genres: Drama Romance Comedy
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1963-10-21
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The Beacon
Overview: On a barren and stormy island, fishing families eke out a meager existence on what they can catch during summer, and what washes ashore during winter. But little has been washing ashore of late, and their situation worsens. Elders recall how twenty years ago, when the lighthouse keeper’s beacon went dark, a cargo ship broke apart on the cliffs. It proved a bountiful accident for the fishermen. Today people on the island view the conscientious lighthouse keepers with evil hungry eyes...
Genres: Drama
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1954-12-03
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Two Mothers
Overview: The story of two women, one French and the other German, who fight for a child who has been mistakenly taken by the Germans after a bomb raid.
Genres: War Drama
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1957-06-28
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The Moorhound
Overview: Two boys are helping the border guards to find a mysterious moor hound used by spies to transfer messages across the border.
Genres: Adventure Family
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1960-12-25
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Sommerwege
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1960-09-02
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Simplon-Tunnel
Overview: A sociohistorical drama about the construction of the Simplon-tunnel: A conflict develops when German workers want to strike and fight for better working conditions while Italian workers simply want to earn money and provide for their families.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1959-06-12
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The Best Years
Overview: In 1945, Ernst Machner returns home from the war in his mid-20s. Tuche would like him to weave for a living, but his comrades persuade him to become a young teacher instead.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1965-09-30
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Mich dürstet
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1956-07-19
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Sommerliebe
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1955-04-19
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Bold Adventure
Overview: In the 16th century, as Flanders is invaded by the Spanish, Till the Mischievous uses stratagems to enter the service of Ferdinand Alvare de Toledo, Duke of Alba, and from there organize resistance against the invaders.
Genres: Comedy Adventure
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1956-11-07
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Gefährliche Fracht
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1954-05-20
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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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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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Irrlicht und Feuer
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Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1966-08-21
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