Käthe Haack

Acting

Käthe Haack

Born August 11, 1897 · Berlin, Germany

Died May 5, 1986 · aged 88

Käthe Haack, also known as Käte Haack, was a German actress with a film career spanning 70 years. During this time, she appeared in around 230 film and television productions.

Known For

Everything for DadEverything for Dad · 1953
Everything for Dad
8.01953
MovieComedy
Family-friendly comedy about a daughter seeking a new wife for her recently widowed father. Charlotte Haberland leaves her boarding school and returns home to her father. Contrary to what most people would expect, since the death of his wife, the widower's been living a life full of joy and adventure. However, his daughter's been looking for a quiet housewife for dad; so, she's determined to "bring him back down to Earth". It soon becomes obvious, however, that it is she who wants a new mom that fits the housewife-mold. He's quite content to be the happy bachelor he once was.
Steputat & Co.Steputat & Co. · 1938
Steputat & Co.
5.81938
MovieComedy
A rich East Prussian shopkeeper,jealous that one of his male employees is in love with a female employee he himself covets, frames the couple for stealing lottery tickets.
People Among UsPeople Among Us · 1926
People Among Us
7.31926
MovieDrama
Gerhard Lamprecht sketches a cross-section of Germany's new post-war society, with its winners, social climbers, and losers, represented by the social microcosm of an apartment building. The gossip-mad Frau Mierig from the rear building gives the newly-arrived Frau Kaminski, the janitor's wife, a lively initiation into the tenants and their peculiarities.
Krach und Glück um KünnemannKrach und Glück um Künnemann · 1937
Krach und Glück um Künnemann
7.01937
MovieComedy
PygmalionPygmalion · 1935
Pygmalion
6.71935
MovieComedyRomance
When linguistics professor Henry Higgins boasts that he can pass off Cockney flower girl Eliza Doolittle as a princess with only six months' training, Colonel George Pickering takes him up on the bet. Eliza moves into Higgins's home and begins her rigorous training after the professor comes to a financial agreement with her dustman father, Alfred. But the plucky young woman is not the only one undergoing a transformation.
FuriosoFurioso · 1950
Furioso
10.01950
MovieDrama
About the power of love and that love is such a strong force that humans are willing to commit the most ruthless acts to achieve it. And the one who loses in the game of love, can die as a result of it. This is how love is, according to "Furioso".
Familie SchimekFamilie Schimek · 1935
Familie Schimek
6.81935
MovieComedy
For three difficult orphans living by her aunt the former employee of the family searches a new premouth; he releases with it a result of tumultuous involvements. - Humble-entertaining mistake farce, completely fitted on Hans Moser.
Eine Frau genügt nicht?Eine Frau genügt nicht? · 1955
Eine Frau genügt nicht?
7.01955
MovieDrama

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Wild-BirdWild-Bird · 1943
Wild-Bird
5.41943
MovieDrama
The engineer Wolff Benningsen (Volker von Collande), a self-assured and über-obnoxious jingo jerk meets the young art student Vika von Demnitz (Leny Marenbach) while climbing in the Alps. One get's the idea that he would like to knock her over the head with a club and drag her to his cave but since this is out of fashion he decides to stalk her and annoy her heavy-handedly into a full submission. Understandingly, she instantly dislikes the lad and tries to shake him off. She succeeds a few times but then starts to suffer from some kind of Stockholm syndrome and falls for him. But that's not enough for him, being an infantile egoist he wants to tame the "wild bird" fully and break every last bit of her own will. It's all hard to believe if you haven't seen it yourself.

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