Acting
Gisela Trowe
Born September 5, 1922 · Dortmund, Germany
Died April 5, 2010 · aged 87
No biography available.
Known For
...But Johnny! · 1973...But Johnny!
★ 5.31973
MovieComedy
The charm of the beautiful Jonny is of a frightening effectiveness on the women. He uses it to create his company which offers his talents to lonely ladies. His business is going great and he is getting rich. But will Jonny be able to provide quality services for a long time?
Not Afraid of Big Animals · 1953Not Afraid of Big Animals
★ 7.81953
MovieComedy
Emil, a technical draftsman, is hardworking, always helpful, and somewhat shy. Because of these traits, he is often taken advantage of by those around him. Now Emil is set to inherit a supposedly large fortune. His landlady's brother wants to marry him off to one of his relatives. But soon panic and confusion set in. The inheritance consists of three full-grown lions.
The Blum Affair · 1948The Blum Affair
★ 9.01948
MovieDramaHistory
Dr. Blum, a Jewish manufacturer, is falsely accused of a murder. Even when the real killer’s identity becomes evident, the state prosecutor refuses to accept Blum’s innocence.
Eika Katappa · 1969Eika Katappa
★ 6.71969
MovieDrama
Collage of dramatic scenes, some exaggerated to comic effect, with asynchronous sound from well known classic, operatic, and rock and roll music – with different approaches to love, suffering, and death.
Meine große Liebe · 2005Meine große Liebe
★ 7.02005
MovieDrama
The leather designer Vera Klunert can not believe it: her husband Andreas, with whom she is happily married, has simply kept secret her impending insolvency of the family business! Only a potential investor can help now. Ironically, in the rescue promising Viennese entrepreneur Werner Hausmann but Vera meets her great love again! It does not take long for the old, lost feelings to flare up again. Vera's marriage is put to the test by this storm of emotions.
Für immer Venedig · 2009Für immer Venedig
★ 4.82009
MovieCrimeRomance
Retired security expert Robert travels to Venice with his daughter Claudia, a successful journalist, to attend a glass art exhibition organized by his ex-wife Louise. A valuable goblet is stolen during the vernissage, whereupon Robert agrees to recover the exhibit inconspicuously. The amateur detective starts investigating together with Claudia. The investigative duo receive unexpected help from the friendly restaurant owner Mia and her son Marco. There is a spark between the two couples, but Robert and Claudia have no idea: Mia and her son are involved in the case.
Kalt ist der Abendhauch · 2000Kalt ist der Abendhauch
★ 7.02000
MovieDramaRomance
Love story spanning 60 years of the lives of Charlotte and Hugo. As a teenager before the war she is in love with him, but he marries her sister. They share some brief happy moments during the difficult post-war period, then they are separated for the longest time. They meet again as 80-year olds.
And So to Bed · 1963And So to Bed
★ 6.31963
MovieComedy
Twelve different episodes of erotic relationships are described as examples of modern love substitute.
Movies
...But Johnny! · 1973...But Johnny!
★ 5.31973
MovieComedy
The charm of the beautiful Jonny is of a frightening effectiveness on the women. He uses it to create his company which offers his talents to lonely ladies. His business is going great and he is getting rich. But will Jonny be able to provide quality services for a long time?
Not Afraid of Big Animals · 1953Not Afraid of Big Animals
★ 7.81953
MovieComedy
Emil, a technical draftsman, is hardworking, always helpful, and somewhat shy. Because of these traits, he is often taken advantage of by those around him. Now Emil is set to inherit a supposedly large fortune. His landlady's brother wants to marry him off to one of his relatives. But soon panic and confusion set in. The inheritance consists of three full-grown lions.
The Blum Affair · 1948The Blum Affair
★ 9.01948
MovieDramaHistory
Dr. Blum, a Jewish manufacturer, is falsely accused of a murder. Even when the real killer’s identity becomes evident, the state prosecutor refuses to accept Blum’s innocence.
Eika Katappa · 1969Eika Katappa
★ 6.71969
MovieDrama
Collage of dramatic scenes, some exaggerated to comic effect, with asynchronous sound from well known classic, operatic, and rock and roll music – with different approaches to love, suffering, and death.
Meine große Liebe · 2005Meine große Liebe
★ 7.02005
MovieDrama
The leather designer Vera Klunert can not believe it: her husband Andreas, with whom she is happily married, has simply kept secret her impending insolvency of the family business! Only a potential investor can help now. Ironically, in the rescue promising Viennese entrepreneur Werner Hausmann but Vera meets her great love again! It does not take long for the old, lost feelings to flare up again. Vera's marriage is put to the test by this storm of emotions.
Für immer Venedig · 2009Für immer Venedig
★ 4.82009
MovieCrimeRomance
Retired security expert Robert travels to Venice with his daughter Claudia, a successful journalist, to attend a glass art exhibition organized by his ex-wife Louise. A valuable goblet is stolen during the vernissage, whereupon Robert agrees to recover the exhibit inconspicuously. The amateur detective starts investigating together with Claudia. The investigative duo receive unexpected help from the friendly restaurant owner Mia and her son Marco. There is a spark between the two couples, but Robert and Claudia have no idea: Mia and her son are involved in the case.
Kalt ist der Abendhauch · 2000Kalt ist der Abendhauch
★ 7.02000
MovieDramaRomance
Love story spanning 60 years of the lives of Charlotte and Hugo. As a teenager before the war she is in love with him, but he marries her sister. They share some brief happy moments during the difficult post-war period, then they are separated for the longest time. They meet again as 80-year olds.
And So to Bed · 1963And So to Bed
★ 6.31963
MovieComedy
Twelve different episodes of erotic relationships are described as examples of modern love substitute.
Der Duft von Holunder · 2011Der Duft von Holunder
★ 4.22011
MovieTV MovieDrama
Once Sofie Möller left her idyllic hometown with the aim of making a career in the big city. Now she returns with her mother Agnes to attend the funeral of her grandmother and to revamp her empty house for sale. It does not take long for Sofie to be confronted with her past, which apart from the grandmotherly love consisted of many personal injuries. When she meets her former boyhood friend Tom Sommer again, Sofie has come to the time to rethink her own emotional life.
Parkstraße 13 · 1960Parkstraße 13
★ 9.01960
MovieCrime
Argila · 1969Argila
★ 8.01969
Movie
Werner Schroeter's stunning split-screen short deals with what the director called "archaic, fundamental themes" of love and mourning.
Doktor Murkes gesammelte Nachrufe · 1965Doktor Murkes gesammelte Nachrufe
★ 10.01965
MovieComedy
Under the Thousand Lanterns · 1952Under the Thousand Lanterns
★ 7.51952
MovieCrime
This German drama tells the story of a musician who is killed and leaves his work unfinished. His apprentice is cleared of the murder and turns out to be the real composer.
Die Braut meines Freundes · 2001Die Braut meines Freundes
★ 4.42001
MovieRomance
Dr. Michael Mangold is truly enviable: He works successfully as a surgeon in a Leipzig clinic, has a fancy apartment, is very good-looking and is about to be promoted to chief physician. Then his best friend Dr. Jörg Klein asks him for help. Dr. Klein runs a practice in the countryside and is looking for a replacement for two weeks so that he can attend a congress in Stockholm. Michael accepts and is looking forward to the change. But as soon as he arrives in the idyllic setting, his peace and quiet comes to an end: he falls head over heels in love with the beautiful policewoman Lena Stern - Dr. Klein's future wife!
Die Zeit mit dir · 1948Die Zeit mit dir
★ 9.01948
MovieDrama
Ehespiele · 2003Ehespiele
★ 3.02003
MovieComedy
When a doctor tells 47-year-old restorer Rike that she is in menopause, she can not believe it - she feels young and attractive. Her ex-husband Richard also sees that and therefore advises her to finally find a new partner. And at a vernissage, she meets a young and handsome Japanese man called Gen and falls head over heels in love with him. Also, Gen does not seem averse to a relationship. What Rike does not know is that Gene's heart belongs to his friend Thomas. In Rike, the homosexual young man sees the suitable marriage candidate to secure his stay in Germany. When Richard announces his wedding with his new girlfriend, Rike does not want to be inferior. Thomas, however, sees the fictitious marriage, which he himself has invented, with increasing jealousy: an angry fight over Gen's affection ensues between him and Rike, by all means and without regard for losses.
Alles im Eimer · 1981Alles im Eimer
★ 5.01981
MovieComedy
The unsuccessful inventor Leo Bergert is the awkwardness in person: Everything he tackles goes wrong. His latest project, the development of a totally new fuel goes, clearly failed. Now he is deeply in debt, and the bank will immediately return their money. As also leaves him his Dauerverlobte and also the rich Erbtante nothing rausrückt, he sees only one way out: Suicide. But even while he proves to be a failure: All attempts to convey himself to death, miscarry. He hires a hitman to kill him. But then his situation improves suddenly, he wants to live and make the job undone. But that turns out to be not so easy.
Wo Du hin gehst... · 1957Wo Du hin gehst...
★ 7.01957
MovieDramaWar
Berlin, 1936. Athletes and visitors from all over the world have come to the city to take part in the Olympic Games. Anti-Fascists use the opportunity to tell the foreign guests about the situation in Germany by distributing leaflets. Being cornered by the Gestapo, the wounded resistance fighter Jakob manages to go into hiding with the help of the Swiss doctor Thea. They fall in love with each other and when Jakob joins the International Brigades in Spain to fight against Franco, Thea follows him and becomes a dedicated fighter against Fascism. The enduring battle, however, keeps preventing them from becoming a real couple.
The Lost One · 1951The Lost One
★ 6.81951
MovieDramaThriller
A German scientist murders his fiancée during World War II when he learns that she has been selling the results of his secret research to the enemy.
Eine geschlossene Gesellschaft · 1987Eine geschlossene Gesellschaft
★ 7.01987
MovieDocumentary
Follows the lives of students and their teachers based on the director's childhood memories. The events of the film take places in the actual boarding school called "Gymnasium Canisianum", founded in 1946 by a German catholic priest.
Furlough on Word of Honor · 1955Furlough on Word of Honor
★ 7.51955
MovieWarDrama
Hard Days, Hard Nights · 1990Hard Days, Hard Nights
★ 5.51990
MovieDrama
Hamburg 1960: The Liverpool band "Rick and the Rich Kids" and their manager, the young American Chris, arrive in the land of the economic miracle with high hopes.
Das tödliche Patent · 1963Das tödliche Patent
★ 5.51963
MovieCrimeTV Movie
Charles, a talented but poor chemist, has become a wealthy man overnight. The industry is all about his new invention. But the next day, his wife suddenly dies. Nobody suspects anything bad at first, but then Detective Inspector Morland shows up and begins an insidious game of questions and answers. Poison has been found in the contents of the dead woman's stomach.
Die drei Mädels von der Tankstelle · 1997Die drei Mädels von der Tankstelle
★ 4.11997
MovieComedy
Wigald, a spoiled offspring, is no good with women. He finds solace with a psychiatrist and love with his poodle. When his mother dies, he is only allowed to claim his inheritance if he manages to get a run-down petrol station back on its feet. However, he has leased it to three girls of all people.
TV Shows
Scene of the Crime · 1970Scene of the Crime
★ 6.21970
SeriesDramaCrime
Tatort is a long-running German/Austrian/Swiss crime television series set in various parts of these countries. The show is broadcast on the channels of ARD in Germany, ORF in Austria and SF1 in Switzerland.
SOKO Leipzig · 2001SOKO Leipzig
★ 6.22001
SeriesCrimeDrama
SOKO Leipzig is a German police procedural television programme, a spin-off of the earlier German police programme SOKO 5113. It was first broadcast on 31 January 2001, on German television channel ZDF. On 12 November 2008, the first part of a two-part crossover between SOKO Leipzig and British police procedural The Bill was aired, with the same version being shown on both ZDF and British television channel ITV1.
Derrick · 1974Derrick
★ 6.11974
SeriesDramaCrime
Derrick was a German TV series produced by Telenova Film und Fernsehproduktion in association with ZDF, ORF and SRG between 1974 and 1998 about Detective Chief Inspector Stephan Derrick and his loyal assistant Inspector Harry Klein, who solve murder cases in Munich and surroundings.
DAS! · 1991DAS!
★ 4.71991
Series
Every evening at 6:45 p.m. sharp, a prominent guest takes a seat on the red sofa—and DAS! provides daily updates on what's hot in the north.
SOKO Köln · 2003SOKO Köln
★ 7.12003
SeriesCrime
The SOKO Köln investigates the cathedral city with humor and often with hard work. Their cases take them into a variety of environments, from the Cologne clique to the terraced housing estates on the outskirts of the city.
Kölner Treff · 1976Kölner Treff
★ 6.81976
Series
Schlosshotel Orth · 1996Schlosshotel Orth
★ 3.71996
SeriesFamily
Schlosshotel Orth is an Austrian television series.
Großstadtrevier · 1986Großstadtrevier
★ 6.01986
SeriesDramaCrime
Follow the everyday work of a fictional police station on the Kiez of Hamburg.
Hamburg Dockland · 2007Hamburg Dockland
★ 6.02007
SeriesCrimeDrama
Shows the interaction between Hamburg police officers and paramedics.
Das Traumschiff · 1981Das Traumschiff
★ 5.01981
SeriesComedyFamily
The series is about a cruise ship that travels to places around the world.
Donna Leon · 2000Donna Leon
★ 7.32000
SeriesCrimeDrama
Murder, Venice, relationships...it's a delicious concoction in the hands of crime novelist Donna Leon. Venice provides the backdrop for the lush film versions of the bestselling novels, which features the indelible Commissario Guido Brunetti, canal boat rides instead of car chases, fine cuisine and crime investigations in one of Europe’s most beautiful locations.
Unser Charly · 1995Unser Charly
★ 5.71995
SeriesComedyFamily
The exciting stories about the cheeky chimpanzee Charly, who finds a new home with a Berlin vet family.
Für alle Fälle Stefanie · 1995Für alle Fälle Stefanie
★ 2.51995
SeriesDrama
Für alle Fälle Stefanie is an German medical drama television series created by Werner Krämer that aired on Sat.1 from May 15, 2005 to August 29, 2005. It was produced by Novafilm Fernsehproduktion. Für alle Fälle Stefanie follows the professional and personal life of nurse Stefanie Engel, then Stephanie Wilde and for a short time Fanny 'Stephanie' Stephan. The show was a giant success for the network and had around seven, in later years, five million viewers on a weekly basis. It won the Goldene Kamera award in 1997 and the Bavarian TV Award in 1996.
Alphateam – Die Lebensretter im OP · 1997Alphateam – Die Lebensretter im OP
★ 6.01997
SeriesDrama
Alphateam – Die Lebensretter im OP was a German hospital drama television series which aired on Sat.1 between 1996 and 2005. The series covered the work of a team of doctors, nurses and caregivers in the fictional Hamburg Hansa Clinic, located in the Altona district.
Der Bergdoktor · 1992Der Bergdoktor
★ 5.31992
SeriesFamilyDrama
Der Bergdoktor is a German-Austrian medical drama television series, broadcast in 96 episodes between 1992 and 1997.
The Country Doctor · 1987The Country Doctor
★ 6.21987
SeriesDrama
Heimatgeschichten · 1992Heimatgeschichten
★ 5.51992
SeriesDrama
Die Montagsmaler · 1974Die Montagsmaler
★ 8.01974
Series
Boulevard Bio · 1991Boulevard Bio
★ 7.01991
Series
Nikola · 1997Nikola
★ 7.01997
SeriesComedy
Nikola is a German television sitcom that premiered on September 12, 1997 on RTL Television.
Adelheid und ihre Mörder · 1993Adelheid und ihre Mörder
★ 7.01993
SeriesComedyDrama
Adelheid und ihre Mörder was a German comedy-drama television series broadcast between 1992 and 2006 by Norddeutscher Rundfunk. 65, 50 minute episodes in five series were produced. Directors included Ulrich Stark, Arend Agthe, Claus-Michael Rhone, Stephan Meyer and Stefan Bart Mann.
Graf Yoster gibt sich die Ehre · 1967Graf Yoster gibt sich die Ehre
★ 6.91967
SeriesCrimeMystery
Graf Yoster gibt sich die Ehre [French title: Le comte Yoster a bien l'honneur] is a TV series which followed the adventures of the title’s amateur gentleman detective. It was a success in particular in Germany and in France. Originally the show was a German production in black-and-white but it evolved into a European co-production in colour.
Ein Bayer auf Rügen · 1993Ein Bayer auf Rügen
★ 8.31993
SeriesCrimeDrama
Ein Bayer auf Rügen is a German comedy/crime television series, broadcast in 81 episodes between 1993 and 1997.
St. Pauli-Landungsbrücken · 1979St. Pauli-Landungsbrücken
★ 4.51979
SeriesDrama