Acting
Karl John
Born March 24, 1905 · Cologne, Germany
Died December 22, 1977 · aged 72
Karl John (24 March 1905 – 22 December 1977) was a German film actor who appeared in more than 50 films between 1933 and 1977.
Known For
The Longest Day · 1962The Longest Day
★ 7.61962
MovieWarDrama
The retelling of June 6, 1944, from the perspectives of the Germans, US, British, Canadians, and the Free French. Marshall Erwin Rommel, touring the defenses being established as part of the Reich's Atlantic Wall, notes to his officers that when the Allied invasion comes they must be stopped on the beach. "For the Allies as well as the Germans, it will be the longest day"
Sorcerer · 1977Sorcerer
★ 7.51977
MovieThrillerAdventure
Four men from different parts of the globe, all hiding from their pasts in the same remote South American town, agree to risk their lives transporting several cases of dynamite (which is so old that it is dripping unstable nitroglycerin) across dangerous jungle terrain.
The Man Between · 1953The Man Between
★ 7.21953
MovieThriller
A British woman on a visit to post-war Berlin is caught up in an espionage ring smuggling secrets into and out of the Eastern Bloc.
The Devil's General · 1955The Devil's General
★ 6.91955
MovieDramaWar
The adaptation of the eponymous play by Carl Zuckmayer tells the story of renegade general Harras of the German Luftwaffe, who during WWII openly criticizes the Nazi regime. As a consequence, he is put under surveillance, and even imprisoned for a brief period of time. Still remaining outspoken, Harras realizes the horrific dimensions of this hopeless and injust war waged by Germany.
In Those Days · 1947In Those Days
★ 6.91947
MovieDrama
A car tells its story and the story of its seven owners during the years of the Third Reich.
Stalingrad: Dogs, Do You Want to Live Forever? · 1959Stalingrad: Dogs, Do You Want to Live Forever?
★ 7.31959
MovieDramaWar
In the winter of 1943, against the background of battle scenes, a young German Lieutenant who increasingly distrusts the inhuman Nazi ideology struggles with the concept of war.
Fabrik der Offiziere · 1960Fabrik der Offiziere
★ 9.01960
MovieWar
An army war school during the WWII: first Lieutenant Krafft has a strong sense of justice. This has often brought him into disrepute with his previous superiors and he has been transferred several times as a result. With his new position in an officer's school, he hopes to survive the war and tries to avoid further conflicts. However, Krafft is entrusted with an investigation by his general - a supervising officer has been blown to pieces by an explosive charge during an engineer exercise. Although the chief field judge rules the man's death an accident, Krafft reconstructs the events and proves that it was a case of murder. Ensign Hochbauer, who was in the party's favor, is said to have deliberately shortened the fuse during the explosive exercise, as a result of which the supervising officer was unable to get to safety in time.
Stukas · 1941Stukas
★ 5.61941
MovieDramaWar
This Nazi propaganda film details the exploits of a group of German Luftwaffe pilots flying Stukas--fighter-bombers--in the Battle of France in the early days of World War II.
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Stukas · 1941Stukas
★ 5.61941
MovieDramaWar
This Nazi propaganda film details the exploits of a group of German Luftwaffe pilots flying Stukas--fighter-bombers--in the Battle of France in the early days of World War II.
Oberleutnant Lothar Loos
Andreas Schlüter · 1942Andreas Schlüter
★ 5.81942
MovieDrama
Historical drama portraying the life of German baroque architect Andreas Schlüter.
Bildhauer Martin Böhme, ihr Bräutigam
No Way Back · 1954No Way Back
★ 7.41954
MovieDrama
A Russian army officer is haunted by the memory of a girl he met during the war.
Friedrich Schultz




















