Werner Finck

Werner Finck (2 May 1902 – 31 July 1978) was a German Kabarett comedian, actor and author.

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And That on Monday Morning (1959)

Intended as a light farce this comedy by Luigi Commencini is a little plodding in its story about a bank manager who has had it with his buttoned-down, boring job. One Monday he can no longer face the tedium of both his work and his life and so he stays home and ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Luigi Comencini
CAST:  O.W. Fischer  •  Ulla Jacobsson  •  Vera Tschechowa  •  Werner Finck

Intended as a light farce this comedy by Luigi Commencini is a little plodding in its story about a bank manager who has had it with his buttoned-down, boring job. One Monday he can no longer face the tedium of both his work and his life and so he stays home and ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Luigi Comencini
CAST:  O.W. Fischer  •  Ulla Jacobsson  •  Vera Tschechowa  •  Werner Finck

Love at Twenty (1962)

Love at Twenty unites five directors from five different countries to present their different perspectives on what love really is at the age of 20. The episodes are united with the score of Georges Delerue and still photos of Henri Cartier-Bresson.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Andrzej Wajda  •  Marcel Ophüls  •  François Truffaut  •  Shintarō Ishihara  •  Renzo Rossellini
CAST:  Jean-Pierre Léaud  •  Marie-France Pisier  •  Patrick Auffay  •  Rosy Varte

Love at Twenty unites five directors from five different countries to present their different perspectives on what love really is at the age of 20. The episodes are united with the score of Georges Delerue and still photos of Henri Cartier-Bresson.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Andrzej Wajda  •  Marcel Ophüls  •  François Truffaut  •  Shintarō Ishihara  •  Renzo Rossellini
CAST:  Jean-Pierre Léaud  •  Marie-France Pisier  •  Patrick Auffay  •  Rosy Varte

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DIRECTION:  Franz Josef Gottlieb
CAST:  Uschi Glas  •  Walter Giller  •  Anita Kupsch  •  Willy Millowitsch

Once a Great Lady (1934)

A young woman working as a secretary for a Berlin car business tries to impress a rich Australian visitor by pretending she is a foreign countess.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Gerhard Lamprecht
CAST:  Käthe von Nagy  •  Wolf Albach-Retty  •  Gretl Theimer  •  Werner Fuetterer

A young woman working as a secretary for a Berlin car business tries to impress a rich Australian visitor by pretending she is a foreign countess.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Gerhard Lamprecht
CAST:  Käthe von Nagy  •  Wolf Albach-Retty  •  Gretl Theimer  •  Werner Fuetterer

Labyrinth (1959)

Georgia Gale was a great poet, but then she stopped writing and started drinking heavily. Now, as a desperate last resort, she has traveled to Switzerland, where she hopes to find a cure.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Rolf Thiele
CAST:  Nadja Tiller  •  Peter van Eyck  •  Amedeo Nazzari  •  Nicole Badal

Georgia Gale was a great poet, but then she stopped writing and started drinking heavily. Now, as a desperate last resort, she has traveled to Switzerland, where she hopes to find a cure.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Rolf Thiele
CAST:  Nadja Tiller  •  Peter van Eyck  •  Amedeo Nazzari  •  Nicole Badal

Roses for the Prosecutor (1959)

April 1945. Because he stole two bars of chocolate, the soldier Rudi is sentenced to death by the court-martial judge Dr. Schramm. Rudi manages to escape from the firing squad at the last minute, and since the end of the war has been making a meager living as a ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Wolfgang Staudte
CAST:  Martin Held  •  Werner Peters  •  Walter Giller  •  Camilla Spira

April 1945. Because he stole two bars of chocolate, the soldier Rudi is sentenced to death by the court-martial judge Dr. Schramm. Rudi manages to escape from the firing squad at the last minute, and since the end of the war has been making a meager living as a ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Wolfgang Staudte
CAST:  Martin Held  •  Werner Peters  •  Walter Giller  •  Camilla Spira

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DIRECTION:  Wilhelm Thiele
CAST:  Heinz Erhardt  •  Christine Kaufmann  •  Käthe Haack  •  Ernst Waldow

Film Without Title (1948)

A screenwriter comes up with a story about an affair between a maid and her employer.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Rudolf Jugert
CAST:  Hans Söhnker  •  Hildegard Knef  •  Irene von Meyendorff  •  Erich Ponto

A screenwriter comes up with a story about an affair between a maid and her employer.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Rudolf Jugert
CAST:  Hans Söhnker  •  Hildegard Knef  •  Irene von Meyendorff  •  Erich Ponto

Unentschuldigte Stunde (1937)

When the schoolgirl Kate defends her friend, she is expelled from school. To conceal the incident from her parents, she positions herself ill. Promptly she falls in love with the treating doctor who cures her sudden illness not only, but marries his patient also ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  E.W. Emo
CAST:  Anton Edthofer  •  Hans Moser  •  Dagny Servaes  •  Gusti Huber

When the schoolgirl Kate defends her friend, she is expelled from school. To conceal the incident from her parents, she positions herself ill. Promptly she falls in love with the treating doctor who cures her sudden illness not only, but marries his patient also ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  E.W. Emo
CAST:  Anton Edthofer  •  Hans Moser  •  Dagny Servaes  •  Gusti Huber

Hurrah, the School Is Burning (1969)

A new teacher, Dr. Dr. Bach, is transferred from his quiet village elementary school to the Mommsen Gymnasium, bringing along his nephew Jan. Bach's lackadaisical methods raise the suspicions of the other teachers.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Werner Jacobs
CAST:  Hansi Kraus  •  Peter Alexander  •  Heintje Simons  •  Theo Lingen

A new teacher, Dr. Dr. Bach, is transferred from his quiet village elementary school to the Mommsen Gymnasium, bringing along his nephew Jan. Bach's lackadaisical methods raise the suspicions of the other teachers.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Werner Jacobs
CAST:  Hansi Kraus  •  Peter Alexander  •  Heintje Simons  •  Theo Lingen

The White Horse Inn (1960)

Leopold, head waiter at the "Weißen Rössl" (White Horse Inn), is secretly in love with the beautiful waitress Josepha. But she's only interested in the lawyer Dr. Siedler. Jealous, Leopold comes up with a plan to gain Josepha's attention.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Werner Jacobs
CAST:  Peter Alexander  •  Waltraut Haas  •  Adrian Hoven  •  Karin Dor

Leopold, head waiter at the "Weißen Rössl" (White Horse Inn), is secretly in love with the beautiful waitress Josepha. But she's only interested in the lawyer Dr. Siedler. Jealous, Leopold comes up with a plan to gain Josepha's attention.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Werner Jacobs
CAST:  Peter Alexander  •  Waltraut Haas  •  Adrian Hoven  •  Karin Dor

Der müde Theodor (1957)

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DIRECTION:  Géza von Cziffra
CAST:  Heinz Erhardt  •  Loni Heuser  •  Renate Ewert  •  Peter Weck

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DIRECTION:  Géza von Cziffra
CAST:  Heinz Erhardt  •  Loni Heuser  •  Renate Ewert  •  Peter Weck

Die Frauen des Herrn S. (1951)

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DIRECTION:  Paul Martin
CAST:  Sonja Ziemann  •  Paul Hörbiger  •  Loni Heuser  •  Walter Giller

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DIRECTION:  Paul Martin
CAST:  Sonja Ziemann  •  Paul Hörbiger  •  Loni Heuser  •  Walter Giller

Hanussen (1955)

In Germany during World War II, a well-known psychic decides to collaborate with the Nazis.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Georg Marischka  •  O.W. Fischer
CAST:  O.W. Fischer  •  Liselotte Pulver  •  Erni Mangold  •  Maria Dominique

In Germany during World War II, a well-known psychic decides to collaborate with the Nazis.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Georg Marischka  •  O.W. Fischer
CAST:  O.W. Fischer  •  Liselotte Pulver  •  Erni Mangold  •  Maria Dominique

La Habanera (1937)

While vacationing in Puerto Rico, a young Swedish woman falls in love with and marries a powerful local landowner. Ten years later, their marriage has turned sour; meanwhile, two Swedish doctors have arrived on the island to investigate a mysterious fever.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Douglas Sirk
CAST:  Zarah Leander  •  Karl Martell  •  Ferdinand Marian  •  Paul Bildt

While vacationing in Puerto Rico, a young Swedish woman falls in love with and marries a powerful local landowner. Ten years later, their marriage has turned sour; meanwhile, two Swedish doctors have arrived on the island to investigate a mysterious fever.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Douglas Sirk
CAST:  Zarah Leander  •  Karl Martell  •  Ferdinand Marian  •  Paul Bildt

Liebelei (1933)

Vienna in the beginning of the twentieth century. Cavalry Lieutenant Fritz Lobheimer is about to end his affair with Baroness Eggerdorff when he meets the young Christine, the daughter of an opera violinist. Baron Eggerdorff however soon hears of his past misfortune...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Max Ophüls
CAST:  Paul Hörbiger  •  Magda Schneider  •  Luise Ullrich  •  Gustaf Gründgens

Vienna in the beginning of the twentieth century. Cavalry Lieutenant Fritz Lobheimer is about to end his affair with Baroness Eggerdorff when he meets the young Christine, the daughter of an opera violinist. Baron Eggerdorff however soon hears of his past misfortune...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Max Ophüls
CAST:  Paul Hörbiger  •  Magda Schneider  •  Luise Ullrich  •  Gustaf Gründgens

Lola Montès (1955)

Lola Montes, previously a great adventuress, is reduced to being the attraction of a circus after having been the lover of various important men.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Max Ophüls
CAST:  Martine Carol  •  Peter Ustinov  •  Henri Guisol  •  Lise Delamare

Lola Montes, previously a great adventuress, is reduced to being the attraction of a circus after having been the lover of various important men.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Max Ophüls
CAST:  Martine Carol  •  Peter Ustinov  •  Henri Guisol  •  Lise Delamare

The Anthem of Leuthen (1933)

The story of the rise to power of King Frederick II (aka "Frederick the Great") of Prussia of his military campaigns to make Prussia a major power in Europe.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Carl Froelich  •  Arzén von Cserépy
CAST:  Otto Gebühr  •  Olga Tschechowa  •  Veit Harlan  •  Harry Frank

The story of the rise to power of King Frederick II (aka "Frederick the Great") of Prussia of his military campaigns to make Prussia a major power in Europe.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Carl Froelich  •  Arzén von Cserépy
CAST:  Otto Gebühr  •  Olga Tschechowa  •  Veit Harlan  •  Harry Frank

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DIRECTION:  Carl Froelich
CAST:  Heinz Rühmann  •  Karin Hardt  •  Sybille Schmitz  •  Ernst Legal

Don't Be Afraid of Love (1933)

The unemployed secretary Käte applies a job by mistake in the piano factory of the entrepreneur Helmut Hofert. He does not really have any need for an additional secretary at the moment, but Käte is very attractive.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hans Steinhoff
CAST:  Liane Haid  •  Theo Lingen  •  Adolf Wohlbrück  •  Ralph Arthur Roberts

The unemployed secretary Käte applies a job by mistake in the piano factory of the entrepreneur Helmut Hofert. He does not really have any need for an additional secretary at the moment, but Käte is very attractive.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hans Steinhoff
CAST:  Liane Haid  •  Theo Lingen  •  Adolf Wohlbrück  •  Ralph Arthur Roberts
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