Franziska Kinz

Acting

Franziska Kinz

Born February 21, 1897 · Kufstein, Austria-Hungary [now Austria]

Died April 26, 1980 · aged 83

Franziska Kinz was a singer, stage and film actress. In 1924, she studied with Fritz Basil. After 4 months, he gave her a job at the Staatstheater in Munich. In 1930, she played in Darmstadt, in 1933, at the Kammerspielen, Schiller and Deutschen Theater in Berlin, and afterwards, in Vienna and Munich. In 1929, she made her first film, _Tagebuch einer Verlorenen, Das (1929)_ ("Diary of a Lost Girl…

Known For

The Cow and IThe Cow and I · 1959
The Cow and I
★ 6.71959
MovieWarComedy
In 1942, a French prisonner of war in Germany decide to escape to France using a cow hold by a lunge as a decoy. He cross all Germany in this way.
Anastasia: the Czar's Last DaughterAnastasia: the Czar's Last Daughter · 1956
Anastasia: the Czar's Last Daughter
★ 6.51956
MovieDramaHistory
In 1920, an unknown 24-year-old woman was fished out of Berlin's Landwehr kanal after a suicide attempt. Since she has no papers and no answers to any questions, they soon assign them to the insane asylum Dallendorf. A co-patient believes she recognizes the Czar's daughter Anastasia Romanowa - who apparently was the only one who survived the murder of the tsar's family in 1918.
Hitler Youth QuexHitler Youth Quex · 1933
Hitler Youth Quex
★ 6.01933
MovieDrama
Nazi propaganda film based on the life and death of Hitler Youth Herbert "Quex" Norkus – in the film, renamed Heini Völker – who was killed while distributing flyers in a Communist neighborhood.
MazurkaMazurka · 1935
Mazurka
★ 7.31935
MovieDrama
A woman is put on trial for murdering a musician who ruined her marriage.
Militiaman BrugglerMilitiaman Bruggler · 1936
Militiaman Bruggler
★ 5.31936
MovieDramaWar
Chronicles the Alpine war experiences of young Toni Bruggler (Ludwig Kerscher), a Tyrolean-German member of the Standschützen (militiamen), comprised of those who are too young or old to fight in the Austro-Hungarian Habsburg army.
Diary of a Lost GirlDiary of a Lost Girl · 1929
Diary of a Lost Girl
★ 7.31929
MovieDrama
Thymian Henning, an innocent young girl, is raped by the clerk of her father's pharmacy. She becomes pregnant, is rejected by her family, and must fend for herself in a harsh, cruel world.
In the Shadow of the MountainIn the Shadow of the Mountain · 1940
In the Shadow of the Mountain
★ 5.81940
MovieDramaAdventure
In a village near a deadly mountain ascent the people repeatedly have to help climbers in danger who didn't make it to the top, in fact nobody made it yet up there. Hansi Knoteck can't stand anymore the danger after a member of the rescue party dies and demands from Attila Hörbiger that he steps back from participating in his rescue efforts. Finally he relents but the villagers ostracize them. In the meantime Winnie Markus tries to seduce Richard Häußler who makes the life for his wife Viktoria von Ballasko a hell through his infidelities.
Moselfahrt aus LiebeskummerMoselfahrt aus Liebeskummer · 1953
Moselfahrt aus Liebeskummer
★ 10.01953
MovieComedyRomance
Thomas offers Dorette a trip to Moselle that she rejects saying it's short notice, but when Thomas shows at her apartment the next day he finds she's not slept on her bed. He leaves for Dorette alone, and there he meets Angela.

Filmography

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Die FörsterbubenDie Försterbuben · 1955
Die Försterbuben
★ 7.51955
MovieDrama
When seminarian Martin Rufmann arrives in St. Eustachen, idyllically located in the Carinthian mountains, the local choral society is celebrating a joyous festival. Martin is the youngest son of the widowed head forester Thomas Rufmann. Martin's older brother Friedolin has inherited his father's love of hunting and is one of the best hunters in the area. He is also engaged to the pretty innkeeper's daughter Helene Schwarzaug. At the feast, Friedolin and his cronies drink heavily to the black liquor of the charcoal burner Krauthaas. Friedolin and the townspeople Günther have a loud argument in front of everyone. When Günther is found murdered a short time later, suspicion immediately falls on Friedolin. To save his brother, Martin accuses himself of the crime. The two brothers are arrested. The real culprit soon turns himself in, but in the meantime Thomas Rufmann has disappeared without a trace.

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