Harry R. Sokal

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Harry R. Sokal

Born February 20, 1898 · Craiova, Dolj, Romania

Died March 7, 1979 · aged 81

Harry R. Sokal (also Henry R. Sokal), born February 20, 1898 in Craiova and died March 7, 1979 in Munich, was a German film producer of Romanian origin and of the Jewish faith. Harry Sokal produced 22 films between 1926 and 1977. He specialized in the production of films related to the mountain, mainly those of Arnold Fanck and Leni Riefenstahl. After the National Socialists seized power in 1933,…

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Holidays in TyrolHolidays in Tyrol · 1956
Holidays in Tyrol
9.01956
MovieDramaFamily
10-year-old Rosmarin von Stetten lives with his widowed father Robert in the big city. During the holidays one day in the morning Rosmarin goes to the lake near the castle and meets Thymian, the poorest boy of the village, whose mother did not come back from the war and who has to do several jobs in the village for his living. The boys enter a boat, but both fall into the lake. Thymian crawls out of the water first and is found by a servant from the castle, who thinks he is Rosmarin and bring him to the castle and to bed. The boy doesn't know what happens and thinks he's spellbound...
Twilight's Last GleamingTwilight's Last Gleaming · 1977
Twilight's Last Gleaming
6.51977
MovieThriller
A renegade USAF general, Lawrence Dell, escapes from a military prison and takes over an ICBM silo near Montana and threatens to provoke World War 3 unless the President reveals details of a secret meeting held just after the start of the Vietnam War between Dell and the then President's most trusted advisors.
Who Is Killing the Great Chefs of Europe?Who Is Killing the Great Chefs of Europe? · 1978
Who Is Killing the Great Chefs of Europe?
6.11978
MovieComedyCrime
Mystery abounds when it is discovered that, one by one, the greatest chefs in Europe are being killed. The intriguing part of the murders is that each chef is killed in the same manner that their own special dish is prepared in. Food critics and the (many) self-proclaimed greatest chefs in Europe demand the mystery be solved.
HeldinnenHeldinnen · 1960
Heldinnen
8.81960
MovieComedyMusic
A music comedy directed by Dietrich Haugk based on the play by Gotthold Ephraim Lessing.
Arms and the ManArms and the Man · 1958
Arms and the Man
6.61958
MovieComedyRomance
1865: Swiss captain Bluntschli fights as mercenary in the war between Bulgaria and Serbia. When his group's attacked by a few Bulgarian troopers, he learns that he's got the wrong ammunition for his cannon and has to flee. His flight leads him right into the bedroom of his enemy's fiancée.
They Met on SkisThey Met on Skis · 1940
They Met on Skis
8.51940
MovieComedyDrama
The owner of the place of Chamonix covets the inn, run by the Michel's uncle, whose business goes bad. Michel decides to participate in a ski competition to help uncle.
The DelegationThe Delegation · 1970
The Delegation
6.11970
MovieDramaScience Fiction
Journalist Will Roczinsky is dead. He was investigating UFO sightings. A TV broadcast summarizes the events up to his death. When broadcast at the time, viewers believed to be watching a documentary instead of a teleplay.
The Blue LightThe Blue Light · 1932
The Blue Light
6.91932
MovieDramaAdventure
As sole female Junta is the only one who can climb a dangerous mountain, villagers deem her as a witch.

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The Red ChapelThe Red Chapel · 1972
The Red Chapel
8.01972
SeriesWar & PoliticsDrama
Shortly before the outbreak of World War II: Leopold Trepper, a colonel in the Red Army, travels to Belgium under a false name and sets up a spy ring there. Together with his employees Viktor Sukulow-Gurewitsch, Johann Wenzel, Hillel Katz and Michail Makarow, he succeeds in establishing a spy network throughout Belgium and France in a very short time. With the help of his cover companies - a chain of raincoat shops and later the import-export company Simexco ”- Trepper can collect information from the economy and the Wehrmacht, about Atlantic Wall construction sites and railway lines, and send it to Moscow. The agents also get help from patriots who want to free their countries from the occupation by the Germans.

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