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Directing
Jürgen von Alten
Born January 12, 1903 · Hannover, Germany
Died February 28, 1994 · aged 91
No biography available.
Known For
Rote Mühle · 1940Rote Mühle
★ 10.01940
MovieComedy
A respectable woman in her 50s inherits a local night club from her husband in a divorce settlement, provided that she shows up there every night at 10:00pm for a month. In spite of eny and provocation, she manages to meet the terms.
Parkstrasse 13 · 1939Parkstrasse 13
★ 7.51939
MovieDramaCrime
The beautiful Evelyne Schratt, who has many admirerers, and whose two husbands both died under mysterious circumstances, is giving a reception. When one of her admirers is found stabbed to death in a room upstairs, the police detains everyone in the house and begins an interrogation (oh goody: does dinner come with this mystery theatre, too?). Evelyne admits, that the murdered man tried to blackmail about some information he had about the death of the two husbands.
Das Gewehr über · 1939Das Gewehr über
★ 8.01939
MovieWar
Susanne im Bade · 1936Susanne im Bade
★ 8.01936
MovieComedy
Foxi · 1982Foxi
1982
MovieComedyDrama
A lonely old man finds companionship with a toy dog.
A Love in Germany · 1983A Love in Germany
★ 5.51983
MovieDrama
In May of 1983, a man turns 49 and, with his 17-year old son, journeys to the village in Baden that he left 40 years before. He wants to discover what happened then, the truth about an affair his mother had with a young Polish prisoner of war, how the authorities came to learn of it, the lovers' arrest, and the aftermath. While his son takes Polaroid photographs, he retraces the steps of his childhood and interviews those who should remember. The story is disclosed in flashbacks that focus on the lovers (Paulina and Stanislaus), on a jealous and conniving neighbor, and on Mayer, the local SS commander who wants to find a way out of inevitable consequences.
Helsinki Napoli All Night Long · 1987Helsinki Napoli All Night Long
★ 5.91987
MovieComedyCrime
A Finnish taxi driver in Berlin gets in over his head when he accepts a fare from two men with briefcases full of money stolen from ruthless gangsters.
Story of San Michele · 1962Story of San Michele
★ 6.51962
MovieHistoryDrama
A biographical drama is based on the 1929 autobiography of Swedish doctor Axel Martin Fredrik, The Story of San Michele. It follows the physician, psychiatrist, and adventurer as he travels the distances from Lapland to his Villa San Michele on Capri, with special stops in Paris and Rome. Personal physician to Queen Victoria, also physician to the Swedish royal family (he spent his last years living in the Royal Palace in Sweden), "Axel Munthe" knew everyone from the poorest clients to the most well-endowed. His love of animals, his support of bird sanctuaries, his involvement with architecture as he constructs his impressive villa throughout five summers, and his interests in archaeology and hypnotism are all explored.
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