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Rolf Thiele

Born March 7, 1918 · Prödlitz, Bohemia, Austria-Hungary [ora in Ústí nad Labem, Czech Republic]

Died October 9, 1994 · aged 76

Rolf Thiele was a German filmmaker who worked as a director, writer, and producer. After studying philosophy and sociology, he entered the film industry following World War II and helped establish the production company Filmaufbau Göttingen. From the 1950s through the 1970s, he created a wide range of films, often combining sharp social observation with irony and wit, and he frequently collaborate…

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Morale 63

Morale 63 · 1963

MovieComedyDrama

The young Marion is arrested by the police for pimping, prostitution and indecent exposure. Reporter Axel Rottmann sense a lucrative story for his newspaper. He makes a deal with Marion, to tell her story.

Auf Engel schießt man nicht

Auf Engel schießt man nicht · 1960

Auf Engel schießt man nicht

Rosemary

Rosemary · 1958

MovieDramaComedy

West Germany in '50s is becoming an economic superpower. In such climate, Rosemarie is just one of many enterpreneurs who wants her piece of new fortune. She uses her charms to bring members of West German industrial elite to her bed. There she finds business secrets and later sells them to French competition. However, when scandal errupts, Rosemarie would find that she can't beat the system.

Geliebtes Leben

Geliebtes Leben · 1953

Geliebtes Leben

Tempest in a Water Glass

Tempest in a Water Glass · 1960

Tempest in a Water Glass

They're Too Much

They're Too Much · 1965

They're Too Much

Three crooks come out of jail on probation and, taking advantage of the economic boom in Germany, they continue their shady business quite legally this time.

Witwer mit 5 Töchtern

Witwer mit 5 Töchtern · 1957

Witwer mit 5 Töchtern

Father Scherzer generally buries himself in the books of the castle library, which he is responsible for managing. He is a warm-hearted but somewhat overwhelmed father to his five daughters, ranging from a preschooler to two teenage girls to a successful press photographer who flirts with a dashing dentist. While he is trying to sell the castle to an overbearing American millionaire, the housekeeper quits, and the youth welfare office insists on discipline and order in the five-girl household.

Mamitschka

Mamitschka · 1955

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Morale 63

Morale 63 · 1963

MovieComedyDrama

The young Marion is arrested by the police for pimping, prostitution and indecent exposure. Reporter Axel Rottmann sense a lucrative story for his newspaper. He makes a deal with Marion, to tell her story.

Auf Engel schießt man nicht

Auf Engel schießt man nicht · 1960

Auf Engel schießt man nicht

Rosemary

Rosemary · 1958

MovieDramaComedy

West Germany in '50s is becoming an economic superpower. In such climate, Rosemarie is just one of many enterpreneurs who wants her piece of new fortune. She uses her charms to bring members of West German industrial elite to her bed. There she finds business secrets and later sells them to French competition. However, when scandal errupts, Rosemarie would find that she can't beat the system.

Geliebtes Leben

Geliebtes Leben · 1953

Geliebtes Leben

Tempest in a Water Glass

Tempest in a Water Glass · 1960

Tempest in a Water Glass

They're Too Much

They're Too Much · 1965

They're Too Much

Three crooks come out of jail on probation and, taking advantage of the economic boom in Germany, they continue their shady business quite legally this time.

Witwer mit 5 Töchtern

Witwer mit 5 Töchtern · 1957

Witwer mit 5 Töchtern

Father Scherzer generally buries himself in the books of the castle library, which he is responsible for managing. He is a warm-hearted but somewhat overwhelmed father to his five daughters, ranging from a preschooler to two teenage girls to a successful press photographer who flirts with a dashing dentist. While he is trying to sell the castle to an overbearing American millionaire, the housekeeper quits, and the youth welfare office insists on discipline and order in the five-girl household.

Mamitschka

Mamitschka · 1955

Primanerinnen

Primanerinnen · 1951

Sie

A young Hungarian press illustrator and an even younger French publisher's daughter live together in Paris for four years, in a loving but crisis-ridden relationship without a marriage certificate. Only after bitter experiences does true love set in, leading the couple to the registry office after all.

Frisch, fromm, fröhlich, frei

Frisch, fromm, fröhlich, frei · 1970

Frisch, fromm, fröhlich, frei

Grimm's Fairy Tales for Adults

Grimm's Fairy Tales for Adults · 1969

Grimm's Fairy Tales for Adults

In an erotic version of famous fairy tales, Snow White (Marie Liljedahl), Sleeping Beauty (Gaby Fuchs) and Cinderella (Eva Reuber-Staier) have sexy fun.

Just a Gigolo

Just a Gigolo · 1978

After World War I, a war hero returns to Berlin to find that there's no place for him--he has no skills other than what he learned in the army, and can only find menial, low-paying jobs. He decides to become a gigolo to lonely rich women.

It's Called Love

It's Called Love · 1961

It's Called Love

Story of heavy drinking poet Dichter Albert, who being worn out by much younger Fanny. At the same time Elise, the writer's wife, tries to capture the young Beau Fabrizio, who shows no interest in her.

The Death of a Double

The Death of a Double · 1967

The Death of a Double

The submissive assistant of an abnormal jeweler becomes the victim of a doppelganger who plans the perfect crime.

Women in Hospital

Women in Hospital · 1977

Women in Hospital

MovieDramaCrime

Schuman and Oberhoff are successful hospital doctors who treat pregnant women. However, their personal lives are a mess. Schuman has to deal with his drug-addicted wife Claudia, while Oberhoff deals with his teenage daughter's pregnancy.

The Love Keys

The Love Keys · 1971

The 17-year-old student Rosy (Heidi Hansen) wants to improve her pocket money: For a pledge of at least a hundred marks, she hands over a key to older men and allegedly her address. Lots of love-goers fall in on the trick. - Fluent comedy.

Friederike von Barring

Friederike von Barring · 1956

Friederike von Barring

Das Liebeskarussell

Das Liebeskarussell · 1965

Das Liebeskarussell

An episodic film, telling four erotic tales: Angela isn't sexually satisfied by her husband, so she simulates sleep-walking to visit her neighbor across the street every night; when his bathtub runs over, shy Peter gets to meet his sensuous neighbor Lolita; at a high-school reunion his former students pull a prank on Prof. Hellberg and make him believe he cheated on his wife while being drunk; Sybill has a good time during a break at the opera with the famous conductor Cramer.

Komm nach Wien, ich zeig dir was!

Komm nach Wien, ich zeig dir was! · 1970

Komm nach Wien, ich zeig dir was!

Tonio Kröger

Tonio Kröger · 1964

This drama is taken from Thomas Mann's 1903 semi-autobiographical novel. Tonio (Jean Claude Brialy) is an aspiring writer and the son of a rigid aristocratic father and a music-loving mother. Wandering throughout Germany and Italy to "find himself," Tonio frequently remembers his childhood experiences in a series of flashbacks. The highlight of the film is the expert lensing by cinematographer Wolf Wirth. Erika Mann, the daughter of the late poet and author, collaborated with Ennio Flaiano on the screenplay.

The Sex Olimpics

The Sex Olimpics · 1972

The Sex Olimpics

In Greece at the time of antiquity. In the year 600 before Christ, the 45th Olympic Games are held, which are all in the sign of the old city-renown Sparta-Athens.

Once a Greek

Once a Greek · 1966

An extravagant comedy with Heinz Rühmann.

Die Halbzarte

Die Halbzarte · 1959

Nicole is a young librarian who writes romantic poetry. A successful new erotic novel, gives her the idea to secretly write a daring play, only about sex.