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The visual challenges of Turandot are formidable, and they are met spectacularly in this production, filmed on location in the Forbidden City, where the story takes place. Turandot is a princess to die for (literally). Dozens of foreign princes have lost their heads after seeking her hand in marriage and failing to solve three riddles, leading to their immediate execution. Ideally, a Turandot should have the voice of Birgit Nilsson, she should have the looks and acting skills of Teresa Stratas in her prime, and it's nice, if she at least appears Chinese. Soprano Giovanna Casolla scores a B-plus on these requirements, and that's about the best we can expect. Among other principals, tenor Sergej Larin sings well, looks right, and doesn't really try to act (probably a wise decision). Soprano Barbara Frittoli is superb and the supporting cast is generally good. But what makes this production unique is the setting; you are there in ancient Peking, with its real buildings, flags, armor and uniforms, costumes, and statues of dragons and other legendary monsters.
Willi Forst s elaborate story about morality and love takes place in Vienna in the beginning of the twentieth Century. Anita Keller is engaged to the Court conductor Paul Harrandt. At a carnival ball which is also attended by Paul s brother, the surgeon Carl Ludwig Harrandt and his wife Gerda --- Anita runs into her former lover, the artist Heideneck. Although Anita flirts with him without inhibition, Heideneck is only interested in Gerda, who has already declined with indignation his invitation that she return with him to his atelier. Returning home, Heideneck is surprised to discover, that Gerda is there waiting for him. Dressed only in a mask and a muff, she permits herself to be painted. This controversial painting ends up being published in the newspapers accidentally and everyone thinks Anita is the model. Confronted by Paul Harrandt, Heideneck says it wasn t Anita, but rather a certain Miss Dur. Paul tracks this alleged Miss Dur down and believes her to be Leopoldine Dur, who works for Princess Metternich. When Heideneck meets his supposed model, he falls in love for the first time in his life with a decent woman. But a disappointed Anita conjures up a catastrophe for all involved with her jealousy.
Willi Forsts aufw ndige Sitten- und Liebesgeschichte spielt Anfang des 20. Jahrhunderts in Wien: Anita Keller ist mit Hofkapellmeister Paul Harrandt verlobt. Auf einem Faschingsball dem auch Pauls Bruder, der Chirurg Carl Ludwig Harrandt, und dessen Frau Gerda beiwohnen trifft Anita ihren ehemaligen Geliebten, den Kunstmaler Heideneck. Obwohl Anita ungehemmt mit ihm flirtet, interessiert sich Heideneck nur f r Gerda, die aber das Angebot, ihm in sein Atelier zu folgen, emp rt ablehnt. Zuhause angekommen, wird Heideneck jedoch bereits von Gerda erwartet: Nur mit einer Maske und einem Muff bekleidet, l sst sie sich malen. Das brisante Bild gelangt durch Zufall an die ffentlichkeit, und jeder h lt Anita f r das Modell. Von Paul Harrandt bedr ngt, sagt Heideneck in der Not, er habe nicht Anita, sondern ein gewisses Fr ulein Dur gezeichnet. Tats chlich macht Harrandt eine Leopoldine Dur ausfindig, die bei der F rstin Metternich als Vorleserin t tig ist. Als Heideneck sein vermeintliches Modell kennen lernt, verliebt er sich erstmals in seinem Leben aufrichtig in eine Frau. Doch die entt uschte Anita beschw rt mit ihrer Eifersucht eine Katastrophe herauf.
BORIS GODUNOV (1986) * with optional English subtitles * .
This 1986 film is the adaptation of Alexander Pushkin's classic historic drama "Boris Godunov", directed by Sergei Bondarchuk (who also plays the star role). Godunov murdered Ivan the Terrible's son, Dmitri, and usurped the throne of Russia for himself. But he suffers from the knowledge of his deeds and is driven nearly mad by it. Meanwhile, a young monk claims to be the murdered child, now grown (the False Dmitri), and he's raised an army in Poland to attack the Tsar. The story, which takes place in the early 17th Century, when Poland was a major player in European politics and Russia was struggling to build and hold an empire, is said to reveal clearly the antagonism between the two nations, which has never waned throughout modern history.
Hannan, a talmudic scholar, falls in love with Leah'le, the daughter of Sender, a rich merchant. Sender opposes a marriage between the two, as he prefers a rich suitor for his daughter. In desperation, Hannan decides to study the mystical arts of the Kabbalah, in the hopes of finding a way to win back Leah'le, whom he feels is his predestined bride. When Sender announces that he has found a suitable bridegroom for Leah'le, Hannan drops dead in a state of mystical ecstasy. On the day of her wedding, Leah'le goes to the graveyard, for the purpose of inviting the spirit of her dead mother to attend the wedding. She stops by the graves of a bride and groom who were murdered together before their marriage was consummated, and invites their spirits to the wedding. Finally she is drawn to the grave of Hannan, and leaves the graveyard appearing somehow "changed". Under the wedding canopy, Leah'le suddenly cries out to her intended: "You are not my bridegroom!" and rushes to the grave of the slaughtered bride and groom. A man's voice issues from her mouth, saying "I have returned to my predestined bride, and I shall not leave her". She has been possessed by the Dybbuk. Leah'le is brought to the home of a Hassidic sage who is to exorcise the dyybuk from her body. Several attempts fail, and finally the sage calls upon the chief rabbi of the town for assistance. The chief rabbi arrives and tells of a dream he had, in which Nisn, the long-dead father of Hannan demanded that Sender, father of Leah'le, be called before the rabbinical court. The room is prepared as a court, and the spirit of Hannan's father is invited to plead its case from within a chalk circle drawn upon the floor.
Phillip Browning, convinced that the mysterious deaths of ten of his colleagues is the result of a mummy's curse, hopes to avoid the fate of the others by returning King Pharatime's treasures to his tomb. Ditch digger Aloysius C. Whittaker answers a newspaper advertisement to join Browning's expedition. Whittaker presents himself (unconvincingly) as an Egyptian. Browning hires them anyway. On board the ship to Egypt the next day the boys meet Sterling, who is part of the expedition. Catfish, a stowaway, is invited to join the group after he mentions that he is from Cairo although Whittaker and Wright later discover that he is from Cairo, Illinois.
Der "K nigliche Hofballmusikdirektor" Gro britanniens ist auf dem Weg nach Wien. Er hat eine wahrlich nicht leichte Aufgabe vor sich: Er soll die "beste Walzerkapelle Wiens mit dem schlagfertigsten Walzerkomponisten und Dirigenten" an den Hof seiner Majest t nach London bringen. Damit ihm die Suche etwas leichter f llt, hat man ihm Ilonka zu Seite gestellt, ihres Zeichens ein ehemaliges ungarisches "Pusztam del", der Stern des k.u.k.-Balletts in Wien. In Wien angekommen, sieht sich Sir Philips einem zus tzlichen Problem gegen ber. In der von ihm auserkorenen Kapelle geht es n mlich drunter und dr ber: Der Pauker Gustl liebt die Tochter des Kapellmeisters Lanner, verpasst deshalb immer seine Eins tze und wird gefeuert.
The royal court musical director of Great Britain is on his way to Vienna. He has a rather difficult mission to carry out: He is to locate the best waltz band with the best waltz composer and director and bring them back with him to His Majesty in London. So that he might accomplish his mission more easily, Ilonka has been placed at his disposal, a former "puszta girl", who became a star in the imperial ballet in Vienna. Arriving in Vienna, Sir Philips is faced with yet another problem: the band he has chosen is a real mess of high drama: The timpanist Gustl is in love with the daughter of the bandmaster Lanner; always misses his entrances because of it and is eventually fired.
Werner Dux, heir of the big car company "Dux-Werke", is a gambler who has just been arrested in Chicago for shooting a cardsharper. While in jail, he learns from his friend Michael Nissen that his father has died recently. That means that the Dux-Werke are without a leader at the moment, for Werner's cousin Steffie, who is his co-heiress, is still too young to run the firm. In this situation, Werner convinces his friend Michael, who is an engineer by profession, to take over the firm as long as he is in jail and to pose as him. Michael agrees and is able to bring the firm up again. He even arranges a reliability test for motorcycles via Istanbul, Rome and Barcelona, which creates a big Turkish order for the company. When the real Werner escapes from jail and arrives in Germany, it looks as if the whole story is up to bust. But Werner needs money, so he convinces Michael to go on as before and hand over all profits of the firm to him.
Der deutsche Erbe einer M nchner Autofabrik wird wegen eines Mordverbrechens in Chicago festgehalten und kann den wahren M rder nur aufdecken, indem er vor der amerikanischen Justiz flieht und in sein Vaterland zur ckkehrt.
Kurt Gerron's comedy tells the story of two manufacturers, Seiffert and Rainer, who are about to merge their companies. Only Rainer's fun-loving son is against the merger, because he's trying to avoid Seiffert's pretty niece, Katja. Katja has decided to conquer Paul's heart; but since he is only interested in actresses and singers, Katja starts taking singing lessons ... and promptly receives a theatrical engagement.
Kurt Gerrons Kom die erz hlt die Geschichte der zwei Fabrikanten Seiffert und Rainer, die kurz davor stehen, ihre Firmen zu fusionieren. Allein Rainers lebenslustiger Sohn Paul ist gegen die Fusion, da er Seifferts h bscher Nichte Katja aus dem Weg gehen will. Katja beschlie t, Pauls Herz zu erobern. Da der sich jedoch nur f r Schauspielerinnen und S ngerinnen interessiert, beginnt Katja ein Gesangsstudium und bekommt prompt ein Theater-Engagement.
THE PASSION PLAY (1903): The story of Jesus Christ from the proclamation of his birth to his end on the cross, impressively done and presented.
A MESSAGE FROM MARS (1913): Horace Parker is an exceedingly self-centered, wealthy young man. Not only is he a miser, but he also expects everyone else to conduct their lives according to his personal convenience. Parker is engaged to Minnie Templer, but Minnie has discovered Parker's selfishness and she is on the brink of calling off the engagement. On Christmas Eve, however, a messenger from Mars comes to Earth to show Parker the error of his ways. The two of them become invisible and eavesdrop on all the terrible and true things Parker's friends and family are saying about him. So, Dickens' Christmas Carol made into an alien adventure? Uh, okay.
On New Year s Eve, 1899, baronet's son Edward Courtney becomes engaged to Kate, his mother's maid, much to the scandal of London society. The film then follows their family through four generations, with separations, joys, tragedies, and service in the Boer War, WWI, and WWII.
The stand-alone opera singer Carmen Casini dare not admit to her adult son, the spoiled race car driver Cecil, that she ruined her voice on a stormy day at the racetrack and that her career is thus at an end. Meanwhile, Cecil has fallen in love with the pretty Colette without suspecting that her father, the wealthy Bartell, was a former lover of his mother and that he s Cecil s daddy. Thus, both Carmen and Bartell try to prevent the unfolding love-relationship between brother and sister, because this ain t the Ozarks, you know! Only after the unhappy Cecil tries to commit suicide after an argument with his mother do Carmen and Bartell realize they still love one another. Suicide attempt be damned; let s go out on a date! A movie that screams Fun for the whole family.
TAG DER RACHE (Vredens Dag) (1943) * with optional English subtitles * .
In a Danish village in 1625, an old woman Herlof's Marte is accused of witchcraft, which she had confessed to, in order to save Anne, whose mother had already been a victim of the accusation. Anne is newly married to the local Pastor, Absalon Pedersson, who is involved in the trials of witches, and they live in a house shared with his strict domineering mother Meret. Meret does not approve of Anne: she is much younger than her husband, and even younger than the son from his first marriage. Eventually, the accusations of witchcraft against one spills over into fear and paranoia against others and the cycle of evil, which the townspeople are allegedly trying to destroy, is created and perpetuated by themselves.
D nemark des 17. Jahrhunderts. Ein alternder Witwer, Absolon, hat eine neue Frau, die junge, sch ne Anne. Sein Sohn Martin ist ungef hr gleich alt und schon bald verlieben sich Anne und Martin ineinander. Diese Beziehung findet vor dem Hintergrund der Gei el der Hexenjagden im Stil der spanischen Inquisition statt. F r den Angeklagten wird das Ergebnis auf dem Scheiterhaufen verbrannt.
After he kills a man in a fight, Pierre Gilieth is forced to flee Paris. He winds up in Barcelona, Spain, but his money is stolen and he ends up having to join the Spanish Foreign Legion. He's eventually stationed in North Africa and believes that he has successfully covered his tracks. But one of his new friends in the squad, Fernando, is a detective and has been following his every move. However, the two will have to join forces when they're attacked by thieves.
Pierre Gilieth, un criminel fran ais ayant tu un homme dans un bar de la rue Saint-Vincent Paris, d cide de fuir la France et s'engage dans la L gion trang re espagnole. Sans le savoir, celui-ci est suivi par Fernando Lucas, un indicateur de police tent par la prime. Mais les deux hommes vont s'unir et devenir amis.
At War as at War tells the story of the crew of a self-propelled tank destroyer, commanded by young and inexperienced Second Lieutenant Maleshkin.
After years of nerve-wracking research, Professor Baxter, together with his assistant Wilkinson, have developed a revolutionary formula which provides an alternative form of energy. It isn't long before the oil cartels get wind of this and want to obtain this formula, which is stored on a piece of microfilm. This leads to a number of gangsters using all their means to get a hold of the film, including murder. Their actions all lead back to a nightclub called "The Chinese Carnation", whose owner, a shady woman by the name of Mary Lou, is playing a deadly game.
Nach jahrelanger und nervenaufreibender Forschungsarbeit hat Professor Bexter gemeinsam mit seinem Assistenten Wilkinson eine revolution re Formel zur alternativen Energieerzeugung entwickelt. Es dauert nicht lange, bis verschiedene Interessengemeinschaften auf die Formel aufmerksam werden, die auf einem Mikrofilm zu finden ist. Mit allen Mitteln versuchen zahlreiche Gangster, den Film in ihre Gewalt zu bringen und schrecken auch vor Mord nicht zur ck. Dreh- und Angelpunkt f r Gewalt und Verbrechen ist der Nachtclub "Die chinesische Nelke", dessen halbseidene Besitzerin namens Mary Lou ein gef hrliches Spiel treibt.
Tore takes over the rundown family farm. Applying his youthful energy, he intends to make it into a big farm like Glomg rden on the other side of the river, where beautiful Berit loves. Tore falls in love with her, but her father has promised her to rich Gjermund. As her wedding to Gjermund draws near, Berit runs away and seeks refuge with Tore and his parents. She soon falls deathly ill but recovers, asking for, and getting, her father's permission to marry Tore. Jealous Gjermund is determined to prevent their wedding, however, in a dramatic climactic scene playing out around the rushing river.
IVAN (1932) * with optional English subtitles * .
The central character is an unschooled teenaged farm boy. He and his father, along with numerous others there, must leave, for the success of their farm work in retrospect, a grim inadvertent irony makes their agricultural tenure superfluous. The boy and his father and others thus leave their country village to participate in the Dnieper River dam-building project. Ivan is eager to prove himself. His first industrial labor takes strength, which he possesses in abundance; he is pounding spikes in the building of a railroad. In a marvelous subjective-expressionistic montage we see the boy, aglow, drinking in the applause that he imagines his labor entitles him to. But his work is deemed sloppy by the foreman, deflating the boy, who resorts to another adolescent fantasy but this one, instead of preening, anxious: himself, standing, explaining to a seated committee that the foreman hadn t even inspected his work. The film patiently tracks the boy s progress as he himself comes to realize his need to submit to the discipline of training and education.
A formerly talented artist, blinded by gas in the First World War, marries his caregiver. However, later, when he regains his sight thanks to an operation, he doesn't recognize her. Her ego hurt, his wife leaves him, but enters his life again as a painter's model under a different name. Only when the artist falls in loves with this stranger, does she bother to inform him who she really is.
Ein kriegsblinder Maler heiratet seine Pflegerin. Aber nachdem er sp ter durch eine Operation wieder sehen kann, erkennt er sie nicht. Da beschlie t sie, ihn zu verlassen, um unter anderem Namen wieder in seine Dienste zu treten. Erst als der Maler sich in sie als f r ihn fremde Frau verliebt, gibt sie sich zu erkennen.
Thomas Feld is released from prison, because the person who was really guilty of the crime confessed to it after many years. When Thomas' lawyer brings him to his wife, Thomas doesn't dare reveal himself to her. Since his imprisonment, his desperate wife has worked as a hostess at a waterfront tavern to support herself and their young daughter, Maria, and protect the child from harm. Now, however, the girl has fallen in love with Thomas' attorney. He feels the same way about her, but the girl won't tell him her name or where she lives. When the lawyer finally finds her, he is overjoyed. Now Thomas must make a decision.
Thomas Feld wird aus dem Zuchthaus entlassen, weil der wirklich Schuldige nach Jahren endlich die Tat gesteht. Als Rechtsanwalt Peters Thomas zu seiner Frau bringt, wagt Thomas es zun chst noch nicht, sich ihr zu offenbaren. Seine Frau Magda lebt seit seiner Verhaftung bei einem Hafenkneipenwirt als Animierdame, um die kleine Tochter Maria ohne Schaden durchzubringen. Jetzt aber hat sich das M dchen in Rechtsanwalt Peters verliebt, und weil der ihre Gef hle erwidert, traut sie sich nicht, ihren Namen und Wohnort preiszugeben. Als Peters sie endlich findet, ist er bergl cklich. Auch der unschuldige Thomas Feld muss sich nun entscheiden.
The famous pianist Orlac suffers an accident one day, in which his hands are badly injured. So as not to take away the meaning of his existence namely, playing piano the surgeon decides to give the hands of a recently executed murderer to Orlac. And while Orlac appears to have made a complete recovery physically, he simply is not able to play as he did before. In addition, Orlac starts to suffer from brutal visions associated with the acts of the hands former owner. Mysterious signs and threatening letters nourish these obsessions. Finally, when his rich father, with whom he was on very bad terms, is found murdered, suspicion naturally falls on Orlac. Is Orlac really the murderer or the victim of some evil plot?
Der ber hmte Pianist Orlac erleidet eines Tages einen Unfall, bei dem seine H nde schwer verletzt werden. Damit ihm nicht der Inhalt seines Lebens, das Klavierspiel, genommen wird, entschlie t sich der Chirurg kurzerhand, Orlac die H nde eines kurz zuvor hingerichteten Raubm rders zu geben. Doch obgleich Orlac nun k rperlich wieder vollkommen gesund ist, will seine Spielkunst einfach nicht zur ckkehren. Au erdem steigert er sich in den Wahn, durch die H nde des M rders auch dessen brutale Neigungen erhalten zu haben. Geheimnisvolle Zeichen und Drohbriefe n hren diese Zwangsvorstellung. Als sein reicher Vater ermordet wird, mit dem er verfeindet war, ger t er unter Mordverdacht. Ist Orlac der T ter oder aber das Opfer einer Intrige?
A GIRL IN BLACK (1956) * with optional English subtitles * .
Marina's sister drowned herself, her brother is both headstrong and weak, and her widowed mother has a reputation for sleeping around. Plus, Marina, whose family was rich before the war, is aloof: so she's the object of the jealousy and scorn of Hydra's young men; especially Christos, whom she s rejected. She fears harassment whenever she leaves her house. When two Athenians on vacation board at Marina's family home, things come to a head: she falls in love with Pavlos, one of the visitors, and he with her. The young men in town stalk and jeer her; then play a cruel trick on Pavlos that goes awry with tragic results.
Saba, a tram driver, begins drinking under the influence of his friends, leading to his dismissal from work. Under public pressure, his wife Maro leaves him and takes their son, Vakhtang, with her. Nursing a severe hangover, Saba steals a tram from the depot and nearly becomes an unwitting murderer of his own son. The tram depot workers hold a mock trial for Saba, but it is the emotional shock that affects him even more.
A remark on the file card for the prisoner who is a prisoner in the Soviet Special Internment camp -- nothing else points to her existence there other than that. She has had to watch, herself starving, as her children collapse and perish from starvation. When the camps were finally closed down in 1950, there were many children in these camps who for the first time got to know what life was like outside of the barbed wire. Many of them ended up in orphanages, their parents having perished in the camps. Some of them were simply taken to orphanages by the security police, even if their parents were still alive. Those who had been schlepped off to the orphanages before the camps were closed down now were being searched for by the parents who survived.
The story of how the noted gentleman of fortune Francis Drake came to the attention and won the esteem of Queen Elizabeth I, raided the Spanish treasures at Nombre de Dios and fought off the Spanish Armada.
Der Propagandafilm spielt in China im Jahr 1900: Im ganzen Land toben Aufst nde. Die Chinesen wollen wieder die Herrschaft ber ihr Land erobern. Alle Europ er sollen aus dem chinesischen Reich vertrieben werden, koste es, was es wolle. In einem Zug, der ausl ndische Fl chtlinge transportiert, schmuggelt Tu-Hang, der chinesische Angestellte eines deutschen Fabrikanten, Granaten. Die Fabrik seines ahnungslosen Chefs ist ein guter Deckmantel, Kontrollen sind daher nicht zu bef rchten. Maria, die Schwester seines Chefs, vertraut Tu-Hang blind, er kann sie sogar berreden, nach Peking zu reisen, anstatt zur ck nach Europa, wie es geplant war.
It is 1900 and most of China is occupied and/or dominated by European colonial powers (as well as Japan). Throughout the land, the Boxer Rebellion against foreign imperialism is in full swing. The Chinese want to take over control of their own nation. That, of course, means the expulsion of all the European powers. In a train, which is transporting foreign refugees to safety, Tu Hang, the Chinese representative of a German factory, is smuggling grenades. The factory, which is controlled by his clueless, foreign boss, is the perfect cover for the smuggling operation: inspections and oversight of their operations never takes place. Maria, the boss' sister, blindly trusts Tu Hang. He is even capable of convincing her to travel to Peking in the middle of a revolt, rather than returning to Europe, as she originally planned.
IMMER NUR DU (1941) * with optional English subtitles * .
For the first time in history, the stage singer Loni Carell and the film tenor Will Hollers have been brought together in a joint performance. Not only are they superb artists; they understand each other very well. Too bad there's a little too much professional jealousy going on there though: both are used to being the prima donna and want all the attention from the audience for his or herself. Thus, there is constant conflict and jealousy. Their managers, too, are deeply involved in this professional falling-out, as each especially wants what is best for their charge. And if the best means that the two of them should get married, what's the harm in that? Uh huh ...
Zum ersten Mal ist es gelungen, die B hnens ngerin Loni Carell und den Filmtenor Will Hollers zu einem gemeinsamen Auftritt zu zu bringen. Sie sind nicht nur zwei gro artige K nstler, auch menschlich verstehen sie sich hervorragend. Wenn da nur nicht der Ehrgeiz w re. Beide sind an Ruhm gew hnt, und jeder will die Gunst des Publikums ganz f r sich allein. So kommt es immer wieder zu Streit und Eifers chteleien. Auch ihre Manager, Herr Zeisig und Frau Brummel, heizen die Stimmung kr ftig an, jeder will f r seinen Star das Beste bis sie zu der Meinung kommen, dass eine Heirat die Dinge zum Positiven wenden k nnte, was Zeisig mit einer L ge noch untermauert. Er l sst Will in dem Glauben, dass Loni dann ihre Karriere f r ihn aufgeben werde. Als sich der Irrtum herausstellt, kommt es zu einem Riesenstreit zwischen den beiden K nstlern. Aber endlich findet nun doch die so h ufig verschobene Premiere statt, die zu ihrem gr ten Triumph wird. F r Loni aber ist es der letzte Auftritt, sie hat sich endg ltig f r die Liebe entschieden.
Germany at the time of the Napoleonic occupation: The somewhat boyish-looking Johanna is on a journey to Braunschweig with her mother. Sitting next to them in the carriage is a German major named Korfes and the somewhat dubious-appearing Dr. Frost. Shortly after a messenger on horseback hands the major a letter, the carriage is stopped by French militia and Korfes is arrested. He succeeds, however, in passing Johanna the mysterious letter.
Deutschland zur Zeit der Besetzung durch die Truppen Napoleons. Die etwas jungenhaft wirkende Johanna befindet sich mit ihrer Mutter auf einer Reise nach Braunschweig. Mit in ihrer Postkutsche sitzen ein deutscher Major namens Korfes und der etwas dubios erscheinende Dr. Frost. Kurz nachdem ein berittener Bote dem Major einen Brief in die Kutsche gereicht hat, wird der Wagen von einer franz sischen Miliz gestoppt und Korfes verhaftet. Es gelingt ihm jedoch, Johanna den geheimnisvollen Brief zuzustecken.
A CEO in his mid-50s, an exemplary husband and father, finds himself in a mid-life crisis, when he gets to know a young fashion designer. His wife gets wise to the whole affair, because genius sent his new beau love letters, which were direct copies of those he sent to his current wife during their days of courtship oh so long ago.
Ein Generaldirektor, Mitte 50, vorbildlicher Ehemann und Vater, erlebt seinen zweiten Fr hling, als er eine junge Modezeichnerin kennenlernt. Seine Frau kommt ihm auf die Schliche, weil er der Angebeteten Liebesbriefe schickt, die er wegen mangelnden Talents aus einer schon zu seiner Verlobungszeit hilfreichen Sammlung abschrieb.
The daughter of the fairy Lacrimosa lives with a peasant in the forest. If she marries a poor man, her mother will get back her magic powers. But "Envy" wants to prevent that and turns the peasant into a hard-hearted millionaire. Die Tochter der Fee Lacrimosa lebt bei einem Waldbauern. Wenn sie einen armen Mann heiratet, erlangt ihre Mutter die Zauberkraft wieder. Das will der Neid verhindern und macht den Waldbauern zum hartherzigen Million r.
Christine Holm has had enough of village life. She packs her suitcases and heads off to a small city to begin a career as a singer and to finally find her father, whom she has never seen before. Things are rather chaotic at the border post; but when Lieutenant von Arneck sees Christine at passport control, he takes all the time in the world to ensure that the woman doesn't disappear so quickly. Soon, the other travelers raise Holy Hell that the customs inspector is flirting instead of checking for smuggled, counterfeit DVDs, drugs and the like. Advisor Zunder has the biggest mouth among the complaining mob. But Zunder probably should have kept his mouth shut, because the idea of "the best defense is a good offense" only serves to push von Arneck to look even closer at Zunder's bags, where there are a bunch of smuggled DVDs and the like. And like all good criminals, who blame everyone else for their misdeeds, Zunder intends to get revenge for being caught with dirty fingers.
Christine Holm hat das Dorfleben satt. Sie packt ihren Koffer, um in der kleinen Residenzstadt Karriere als S ngerin zu machen und endlich ihren Vater zu finden, den sie noch nie gesehen hat. An der Grenzstation herrscht Hochbetrieb, doch als Leutnant von Arneck Christine zur Kontrolle vor sich sieht, nimmt er sich alle Zeit der Welt, um das die h bsche Frau nicht so schnell aus den Augen zu verlieren. Es dauert nicht lange, da macht sich unter den anderen Reisenden der Unmut ber den flirtenden Zollinspektor Luft. Vor allem der Kommissionsrat Zunder h lt sich nicht zur ck bei seiner lautstarken Beschwerde. Doch das bringt Arneck keineswegs aus der Ruhe, zumal er bei der Inspektion von Zunders Gep ck so manches "Schmuggelgut" zutage f rdert. Zunder sinnt auf Rache.
Toni Matthis ist Student der Zoologie. Er studiert aber nicht aus eigenem Interesse sondern auf Dr ngen seiner Tante Annemarie, die sich von ihm eine L sung f r die Reblausplage in ihrem Weingut erwartet. Toni k mmert sich aber nur wenig um sein Studium. Er feiert lieber mit seinen Freunden in der Wohnung die ihm, samt Aufpasser und Diener Hassler, von seiner Tante zur Verf gung gestellt wurde. Als Toni wegen einer wieder einmal vers umten Pr fung von der Universit t ausgeschlossen wird, platzt seiner Tante der Kragen sie verlangt dass er selbst f r seinen Lebensunterhalt sorgen muss und legt ihm die Heirat mit einer der zwar wenig attraktiven aber daf r reichen Blank-Schwestern nahe.
Toni Matthis is a zoology student. He s in school studying, but not because he wants to, but rather under pressure from his Aunt Annemarie, who needs a solution to a phylloxera epideminc in her vineyard. Toni, however, doesn t care much about his studies. He d rather party with his friends in the apartment his aunt provided for him, complete with servants and an overseer. When Toni s kicked out of school for failing yet another test, his aunt goes over the edge: she demands, that he take care of his own livelihood and tries to push him into marrying one of two sisters, neither of whom Is particularly attractive.
Wahlkampf in Eberwalde am See (1932): the struggle to win the upcoming elections is shown in this 13 minute film. Unfortunately, the quality of the film is only fair, with dark green tones and a logo in the upper left corner. lots of talking and speeches (yawn! :-); Berlin im Olypmiajahr in Farbe (1936): in my opinion, the jewel of this DVD, this (unfortunately only) 9 minute color film about Berlin in the year of the 1936 Summer Olympics not only has excellent quality, but the Agfa color is simply outstanding. Were it not for the period idiosyncrasies and the old cars, one might think the film was recently made. Echo der Heimat #4 (1936): a montage of reports about Germany: guests get to tour a new German farm (with new German cows?); Bavarian loggers at work; expanding the Reichsbahn; new construction in Berlin. including the olympic stadium; a new Zeppelin is tested; the burial of Wilhelm Gustloff; the march into the Rhineland; Ewige Wache - Feldherrnhalle (1936): soft quality film about the Feldherrnhalle in Munich. Lots of talk; blah, blah, blah; Echo der Heimat #5 and #5b (1937): the national get-together for 1937 (and in case you missed it the first time, it's shown again in the follow-up film); a celebration of the University of Heidelberg's 550th anniversary (now that's old!); the opening of the 1936 summer games in Berlin; 34 gold medals for Germany's youth in the Olympic games; a review of the events and their winners; The Rugen Dam is opened in Stralsund; the opening of the Winterhilfswerk for 1937; Echo der Heimat #6 (1937): 36 minute film of reports about Germany in 1937 with soft quality throughout: strikes and unrest plague the world; KdF brings relaxation and joy to Germany's workers; a visit with Mussolini; a return trip to Berchtesgaden for Il Duce; the trial of Wilhelm Gustloff's murderer in Switzerland; the RAD labor corps at work.
Peter Franke and Asta Walden are shareholders in a record factory. Strictly for corporate, strategic reasons, Franke is to marry his business partner, as Asta is being courted by their competitor, Fritz Sturm. Peter is very happy about this development, because he's in love with Wally, one of his saleswomen. She, for her part, has no idea who he is, as he's hiding his real identity from her, which leads to a crisis and split between the two. Wally ends up getting a career as a singer.
Peter Franke und Asta Walden sind Teilhaber einer Schallplattenfabrik. Aus firmenstrategischen Gr nden sollte Franke seine Gesch ftspartnerin heiraten, da Asta von dem Branchenkonkurrenten Fritz Sturm heftig umworben wird. Peter ist ber diese Entwicklung h chst ungl cklich, da er in Wally, eine seiner Verk uferinnen verliebt ist. Ihr gegen ber verheimlicht er seine wahre Identit t, was nach Auffliegen des Schwindels zu einer Krise und Trennung f hrt. Wally gelingt eine Karriere als S ngerin.
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