Directing

Max Nosseck

Born September 19, 1902 · Nakel, Germany [now Naklo nad Notecia, Kujawsko-Pomorskie, Poland]

Died September 29, 1972 · aged 70

Max Nosseck (September 19, 1902, Nakel – September 29, 1972, Bad Wiessee) was a German actor, film director, and screenwriter. After studying art in Vienna, he began his career in Berlin as a performer and filmmaker, directing his first feature in 1930. Following the rise of the Nazi regime, Nosseck emigrated in 1933 and worked across France, Spain, Portugal, and the Netherlands before settling i…

Known For

Münchhausen in Afrika

Münchhausen in Afrika · 1958

Münchhausen in Afrika

MovieMusicComedy

The adventures of Baron Münchhausen jr. in Africa.

Das Liebesleben des schönen Franz

Das Liebesleben des schönen Franz · 1956

Das Liebesleben des schönen Franz

The Schlemihl

The Schlemihl · 1931

Hartwig gets by a strange coincidence confused by a prince with a certain Josef Döllinger in a luxurious restaurant. Hartwig is overjoyed, as he gets to know the dancer Garda Maro.

The Brighton Strangler

The Brighton Strangler · 1945

The Brighton Strangler

MovieCrimeDrama

After suffering a head injury during the London Blitz, theatre actor John Loder comes to believe himself to be the Brighton Strangler, the murderer he was playing onstage.

Dillinger

Dillinger · 1945

MovieDramaAction

The life of American public enemy number one who was shot by the police in 1934.

The Hoodlum

The Hoodlum · 1951

MovieDramaThriller

Vincent Lubeck is a vicious ex-convict. His criminal activities are despised by his family, but he uses and abuses them in the course of his crimes. Eventually his own brother must stand up to him.

One Dangerous Night

One Dangerous Night · 1943

One Dangerous Night

MovieCrimeMystery

Reformed jewel thief the Lone Wolf investigates the murder of a playboy who was blackmailing three socialites.

Robinson and His Tempestuous Slaves

Robinson and His Tempestuous Slaves · 1972

Robinson and His Tempestuous Slaves

Robinson, a down-on-his-luck pharmacist who’s pestered by his nagging wife and overbearing mother-in-law, dreams of seclusion on a remote island with the girl of his fantasies. Finally fed up, he decides to leave and make his dream a reality. But beware! there are cannibals.

Filmography

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Münchhausen in Afrika

Münchhausen in Afrika · 1958

Münchhausen in Afrika

MovieMusicComedy

The adventures of Baron Münchhausen jr. in Africa.

Writer

Das Liebesleben des schönen Franz

Das Liebesleben des schönen Franz · 1956

Das Liebesleben des schönen Franz

Director

The Schlemihl

The Schlemihl · 1931

Hartwig gets by a strange coincidence confused by a prince with a certain Josef Döllinger in a luxurious restaurant. Hartwig is overjoyed, as he gets to know the dancer Garda Maro.

Director

The Brighton Strangler

The Brighton Strangler · 1945

The Brighton Strangler

MovieCrimeDrama

After suffering a head injury during the London Blitz, theatre actor John Loder comes to believe himself to be the Brighton Strangler, the murderer he was playing onstage.

Screenplay

Dillinger

Dillinger · 1945

MovieDramaAction

The life of American public enemy number one who was shot by the police in 1934.

Director

The Hoodlum

The Hoodlum · 1951

MovieDramaThriller

Vincent Lubeck is a vicious ex-convict. His criminal activities are despised by his family, but he uses and abuses them in the course of his crimes. Eventually his own brother must stand up to him.

Director

One Dangerous Night

One Dangerous Night · 1943

One Dangerous Night

MovieCrimeMystery

Reformed jewel thief the Lone Wolf investigates the murder of a playboy who was blackmailing three socialites.

Story

Robinson and His Tempestuous Slaves

Robinson and His Tempestuous Slaves · 1972

Robinson and His Tempestuous Slaves

Robinson, a down-on-his-luck pharmacist who’s pestered by his nagging wife and overbearing mother-in-law, dreams of seclusion on a remote island with the girl of his fantasies. Finally fed up, he decides to leave and make his dream a reality. But beware! there are cannibals.

Pharmacy Customer

For Once I'd Like to Have No Troubles

For Once I'd Like to Have No Troubles · 1932

For Once I'd Like to Have No Troubles

Depression musical comedy about an unemployed barber who pretends to be a wealthy automobile magnate.

Director

Polikuschka

Polikuschka · 1958

Writer

Der Hauptmann und sein Held

Der Hauptmann und sein Held · 1955

Der Hauptmann und sein Held

Director

Garden of Eden

Garden of Eden · 1954

War widow and pre-teen daughter leave home of tyrannical father-in-law in Florida, get lost on a detour, and find shelter at a nudist colony.

Director

Gentlemen in White Vests

Gentlemen in White Vests · 1970

Gentlemen in White Vests

MovieComedyCrime

Bruno Stiegler, a boxing promoter with a disreputable past, returns from America to Berlin to make some big things again with his friends. Fatally, he is always preceded by some gentlemen from better circles who are developing amazing criminal activity in their old days. They are led by Oberlandesgerichtsrat a. D. Herbert Zänker, whom it still hisses, that he could bring in his term Bruno never behind bars.

Forbidden Paradise

Forbidden Paradise · 1958

Forbidden Paradise

MovieDramaRomance

Combining documentary elements with a playful narrative, the film explores the evolution of bathing culture and social morals in Germany. Set in a summer resort where traditional values clash with more liberal attitudes, it humorously reflects on changing views of decency, freedom, and modern life.

Director

Singing in the Dark

Singing in the Dark · 1956

Singing in the Dark

MovieMusicDrama

Leo, a holocaust survivor who suffers from total amnesia, comes to the U.S. and works as a hotel desk clerk. One night while a comedian who owns a bar in the hotel gives him a drink, he breaks out in song and discovers a great voice. Under a psychiatrist's treatment, and because of a blow to the head by some hoodlums, he realizes his name is David and that he was the son of a great Jewish Cantor, and gradually recovers his memory of losing his parents. He gives up a promising career singing in nightclubs to return to the synagogue.

Director

Girls Under 21

Girls Under 21 · 1940

MovieDramaAdventure

Francis Ryan, living high-and-free-wheeling life as the wife of gangster "Smiley" Ryan, spends some time behind bars as a result of her husband's activities, and, when she gets out, realizes she has been a bad example for her kid-sister, Jennie White, and five of her friends. With the aid of her old boyfriend, she manages to divert them from their juvenile-delinquent path leading to disaster for each.

Director

The King of the Champs-Élysées

The King of the Champs-Élysées · 1934

The King of the Champs-Élysées

In Paris, a stage-struck would-be actor is mistaken for an escaped convict.

Director

Sperrbezirk

Sperrbezirk · 1966

The story of a pimp who falls in love with one of his victims, is "purified" by it, but also perishes. A colportage that vacillates between sentimentality, brutality and speculation.

Nossy

Black Beauty

Black Beauty · 1946

MovieDramaFamily

Based on Anna Sewell's novel. In rural England of the 1880's, widower Squire Wendon is rearing his young daughter Anne. Her father has forbidden her to be present when their mare, "Duchess," gives birth. Anne sneaks out to the stable, however, and is discovered by her father who forbids her ever to ride Duchess again. Despite this punishment, he gives Anne Duchess's colt because it is her birthday, and she names him "Black Beauty."

Director

Kill or Be Killed

Kill or Be Killed · 1950

Kill or Be Killed

MovieActionCrime

An innocent man accused of a murder hides out aboard a steam ship in South American.

Writer

Was ist denn bloß mit Willi los?

Was ist denn bloß mit Willi los? · 1970

Was ist denn bloß mit Willi los?

Willi Winzig is a small tax officer with a big heart. He sometimes lets the tax files of his insolvent fellow citizens disappear into the air shaft. But shortly before his retirement, the shaft is so full that Willi has to dispose of the file of a penniless taxpayer in the wastepaper basket. The scam is promptly discovered and Willi is threatened with a hefty fine - even dishonorable dismissal from the civil service. Fortunately, friend and colleague Felix Klein knows what to do.

Aga Ben Nemzich

Korea Patrol

Korea Patrol · 1951

When notified of the North Korean invasion of South Korea, an American officer assigned to the Republic of Korea Army leads a mixed American and South Korean six man patrol to blow up a strategic bridge to delay the enemy's advance.

Director

The Return of Rin Tin Tin

The Return of Rin Tin Tin · 1947

The Return of Rin Tin Tin

MovieDramaFamily

A World War II European orphan, Paul, has lost all faith in humanity. Brought to the United States by Father Mathew, Paul's confidence and faith are gradually restored through his close association with a dog, Rin-Tin-Tin.

Director

Gado Bravo

Gado Bravo · 1934

A love triangle set in Lisbon between German singer Nina, bullfighter Garrido and local girl Branca.

Director