Ilse Werner
Also Known As: Ильзе Вернер
Biography: Ilse Werner, born Ilse Charlotte Still, was a Dutch-German actress, singer, musical whistler and dub artist.
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Batavia, Dutch East Indies [now Jakarta, Indonesia]
Adult: No
Birthday: July 11, 1921
Age: 103 years old
Gender: Female
Deathday: September 08, 2005
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Port of Freedom
Overview: Singing sailor Hannes, who now entertains the crowd at St. Pauli's Hippodrome after years at sea, promises his dying brother that he will take care of his ex-girlfriend Gisa. Taking Gisa to Hamburg to live with him, Hannes quickly falls in love with her, but soon has to face Gisa's affection for another man, Willem.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1944-12-15
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Hitler's Hollywood
Overview: Film journalist and critic Rüdiger Suchsland examines German cinema from 1933, when the Nazis came into power, until 1945, when the Third Reich collapsed. (A sequel to From Caligari to Hitler, 2015.)
Genres: Documentary History
Original Language: de
Release Date: 2017-02-23
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The Restless Girls
Overview: Four orphaned friends move after the Abitur, supported by the janitor of her school, together in a flat and look for work to be able to finance her study. Two make the acquaintance of a frivolous young baron. One shoots in her outrage at him, nevertheless, is acquitted in court. - Stereotyped Jung's girl's cheap sensationalism, broken up by popular comic. Hans Moser stands out by his delightful character comic. The last in Austria produced film before the invasion of the armed forces ('Wehrmacht').
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 1938-02-11
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Alles wegen Robert De Niro
Overview: A comedy directed by Helmut Förnbacher.
Genres: Comedy Music
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1996-12-04
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We Make Music
Overview: Caught at the window just before an air-raid warning (WWII) composer Paul tells how he met his wive Anni, a revue star and song writer, how he handled the courtship and the early years of his marriage, inspite of some professional conflicts - his operas were flops, while his wive had one success after the other - they finally found out how they could help each other.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1942-10-08
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Königin einer Nacht
Overview: Duke Ferdinand of Novara-Liechtenstein flees the duchy to avoid an arranged marriage with princess Anna Silvana of Este-Parma. He loses his papers on the flight and is treated as an imposter at the inn where he stays. The princess is hot on his heels, and ends up staying at the same inn under an assumed name. Mayhem ensues.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1951-10-29
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Bel Ami
Overview: Shortly after being demobilized, Georges Duroy becomes aware of his power over women in the arms of Rachel, a young singer. Thanks to his good looks and his charming manners and his unabashed cynicism he will rapidly rise to the top by courtesy of women women (Mme Walter, Clotilde, Madeleine), from journalist to member of Parliament to cabinet minister. But it is also the fair sex that will cause his fall in the end.
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Original Language: de
Release Date: 1939-02-21
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Request Concert
Overview: The young, attractive Inge Wagner becomes acquainted with Herbert Koch during the Berlin Olympics, his flight officer insignia having first caught her eye. Sparks fly immediately between the two and they soon decide to marry. But Herbert is called off on a secret mission in Spain.
Genres: Drama War Romance
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1940-12-30
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Gute Nacht, Mary
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Genres: Comedy
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1950-12-28
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Hochzeit auf Bärenhof
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1942-06-08
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Münchhausen
Overview: Legendary, immortal nobleman Baron Munchausen regales a lovestruck woman with tales of his amazing adventures.
Genres: Fantasy Comedy
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1943-03-05
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Die schwedische Nachtigall
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Genres: Romance Music
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1941-04-09
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Another Opera
Overview: In this hilarious opera parody, Loriot delivers a comedic take on the pretentiousness of the operatic world. The plot revolves around a fictional opera production that spirals into absurdity as egos clash, misunderstandings abound, and everything goes hilariously wrong. Through a series of farcical and exaggerated situations, Loriot brilliantly mocks the pomp and circumstance of opera while showcasing his signature dry humor and love for absurdity. Noch 'ne Oper is a sharp and witty satire of high culture’s often ridiculous nature.
Genres: Comedy Music
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1979-02-21
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Die Herrin vom Sölderhof
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1955-12-30
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Wenn ich sonntags in mein Kino geh'...
Overview: A documentary about the 75th birhday of the UFA film studios directed by Hans-Christoph Blumenberg.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1992-12-20
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Her First Experience
Overview: A young country woman in Paris is temporarily drawn to her married, middle aged art teacher before she realizes she belongs instead with people her own age.
Genres: Romance Drama
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1939-12-22
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Mysterious Shadows
Overview: Dr. Wittich is a passionate speleologist who spends more time on his research than on his fiancée Cornelia. As a result, she turns to the rich industrialist Roy, whom she eventually marries. But her heart actually belongs to the explorer and so she is drawn back to him.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1949-08-19
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Frau Sixta
Overview: The story of the upright Mrs. Sixta, who in 1861 ran the post office in a village in the Otztaler Alps right on the Italian border. When her husband dies, she must also take care of the farm. The mayor, Forcher, hopes to make her his wife. But then a stranger arrives with the stagecoach, the mayor must contend with a rival .
Genres: Drama
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1938-09-06
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U-Boat, Course West!
Overview: This Nazi propaganda film follows the exploits of a German submarine as it prowls the North Atlantic.
Genres: War
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1941-05-09
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Ein toller Tag
Overview: Shot in 1944, finished and released in 1954.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1954-09-26
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Der Vogelhändler
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Genres: Music Comedy
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1953-09-16
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Fräulein
Overview: Miss Annemarie Tessmer is a clerk in the house of the manufacturer Herman Schilling and she is indispensable. She is exploited by all the family members and her own life is completely in the background. Herman Schilling wants his daughter Thea merry with the representative for foreign affairs Dr. Richard Rauch. However, after a number of dramatic complications, Richard chooses for the good, selfless and hardworking Annemarie.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1939-07-19
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Mutter sein dagegen sehr
Overview: Widow Florentine adopted three children. They fear for the love of their new mother when she falls in love with the architect Curt May. With united strength they want to drive him out of the house.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1951-08-14
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Drei Väter um Anna
Overview: A cabaret singer entrusts her illegitimate daughter to a country doctor but doesn't say which of three friends of his is the father. Rumors are spread and relationships are strained until one man admits the truth.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1939-09-13
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Bal paré
Overview: At the turn of the century in Munich, a ballerina accepts the sponsorship of an older industrialist but also spends time with his son.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1940-05-22
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Eine Frau mit Pfiff
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Genres: Comedy
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1998-01-01
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Reaching for the Stars
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1955-06-29
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Das seltsame Fräulein Sylvia
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Genres: Comedy
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1945-01-01
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Das Leben kann so schön sein
Overview: The young marriage of the insurance agent Hannes and his wife Nora is being worn down by financial difficulties and overcrowded living conditions. Hannes is unable to sell enough policies and life becomes ever worse for the two. Nora attempts to earn some extra money, but even that proves to be a burden on their relationship, not the least because her boss is hitting up on her. She's expecting Hannes' child, too, but he is starting to turn further and further away from her.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1938-12-23
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Glückspilze
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Genres: Comedy
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1971-09-04
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Die Hallo-Sisters
Overview: A run-down former radio producer persuades two quarrelsome 1950s stars to try their comeback on nationwide television...
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1990-11-29
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Ännchen von Tharau
Overview: After fleeing from East Prussia, waitress Ännchen has found a new home in a West German wine town. She looks after a young war orphan. One day his missing father turns up. He falls in love with Ännchen.
Genres: Romance
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1954-08-05
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Der Weg ins Freie
Overview: In Vienna, during the 1848 Revolution, opera singer Antonia Corvelli marries Detlev von Blossin, a rich landowner. But, as she refuses to give up her career, her infuriated husband returns to Pomerania without her. After falling into the clutches of the cruel and wicked count Stefan Oginski, whose lover she unfortunately becomes, Antonia has no other choice but to pass for dead in order to escape him. She then returns to Italy where she joins small theater companies under various aliases. Until one day she is overtaken by her fate...
Genres: Drama
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1941-05-06
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Leckerbissen
Overview: "Gems" - Embedded in a frame story, the film shows excerpts from 18 entertainment films of the time, among others, "The Gypsy Baron", "The Three Codonas", "La Habanera", "Viennese Blood", "Sophienlund", and "Mask in Blue".
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Original Language: de
Release Date: 1948-06-05
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Epilogue
Overview: The reporter Peter Zabel stumbles upon the sinking of the luxury yacht Orplid in Hamburg on August 14, 1949. The ship went down with a wedding party run by artists on a pleasure trip from Hamburg to Scotland . In spite of good weather and no technical problems. Out of personal curiosity, Zabel starts researching. Could the sinking of Orplid have political reasons? A German political thriller and film noir inspired by Carol Reed's "The Third Man".
Genres: Drama
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1950-09-28
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Haus Vaterland
Overview: From 1928 to 1943, Haus Vaterland was a large restaurant and entertainment palace in Berlin on Potsdamer Platz, originally run by Kempinksi, with around one million visitors per year, which can be regarded as the forerunner of today's event gastronomy. In the guest rooms there were a variety of theme restaurants, including the Palmensaal, a dance hall, where in addition to musical and artistic events, demonstrations and variety programs. The visitors of Haus Vaterland were mainly tourists from outside Berlin.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1983-12-12
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Münchhausen - Ein Mythos in Agfacolor
Overview: Documentary of 3 parts that narrates based on the film "The Adventures of Baron Munchhausen" (1943), the progression of color cinema developed in Europe.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: de
Release Date: 2005-11-24
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Wir machen Musik
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Genres: Comedy
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1966-09-10
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