Werner Klingler

Werner Klingler (23 October 1903 – 23 June 1972) was a German film director and actor. He directed 29 films between 1936 and 1968. He was born in Stuttgart, Germany and died in Berlin, Germany. Description above from the Wikipedia article Werner Klingler, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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Titanic (1943)

This little-known German film retells the true story of the British ocean liner that met a tragic fate. Ernst Fritz Fürbringer plays the president of the White Star Line, who unwisely pressed the Titanic's captain (Otto Wernicke) to make the swiftest possible ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Werner Klingler  •  Herbert Selpin
CAST:  Sybille Schmitz  •  Hans Nielsen  •  Kirsten Heiberg  •  Karl Schönböck

This little-known German film retells the true story of the British ocean liner that met a tragic fate. Ernst Fritz Fürbringer plays the president of the White Star Line, who unwisely pressed the Titanic's captain (Otto Wernicke) to make the swiftest possible ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Werner Klingler  •  Herbert Selpin
CAST:  Sybille Schmitz  •  Hans Nielsen  •  Kirsten Heiberg  •  Karl Schönböck

Assignment: Paris (1952)

Paris-based New York Herald Tribune reporter Jimmy Race (Andrews) is sent by his boss (Sanders) behind the Iron Curtain in Budapest to investigate a meeting involving the Hungarian ambassador.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Robert Parrish
CAST:  Dana Andrews  •  George Sanders  •  Audrey Totter  •  Märta Torén

Paris-based New York Herald Tribune reporter Jimmy Race (Andrews) is sent by his boss (Sanders) behind the Iron Curtain in Budapest to investigate a meeting involving the Hungarian ambassador.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Robert Parrish
CAST:  Dana Andrews  •  George Sanders  •  Audrey Totter  •  Märta Torén

Raid (1947)

Shortages in postwar Berlin have created a blooming black market, and the goods rounded up during a major police raid all seem to come from the same source. The trail leads Commissioner Naumann to the Alibaba Cabarett, but he is unable to find conclusive evidence ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Werner Klingler
CAST:  Paul Bildt  •  Elly Burgmer  •  Agathe Poschmann  •  Claus Holm

Shortages in postwar Berlin have created a blooming black market, and the goods rounded up during a major police raid all seem to come from the same source. The trail leads Commissioner Naumann to the Alibaba Cabarett, but he is unable to find conclusive evidence ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Werner Klingler
CAST:  Paul Bildt  •  Elly Burgmer  •  Agathe Poschmann  •  Claus Holm

Screaming Eagles (1956)

A group of young soldiers parachute into France in preparation for D-Day.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Charles F. Haas
CAST:  Tom Tryon  •  Jan Merlin  •  Alvy Moore  •  Martin Milner

A group of young soldiers parachute into France in preparation for D-Day.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Charles F. Haas
CAST:  Tom Tryon  •  Jan Merlin  •  Alvy Moore  •  Martin Milner

Der Verteidiger hat das Wort (1944)

Jordan, a famous criminal lawyer, will only represent clients, of whose innocence he is convinced (must be financially not-too-well-off). One day, his future son-in-law, the jeweler Fabian, is arrested on suspicion of murder on the day before his wedding. He is ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Werner Klingler
CAST:  Heinrich George  •  Carla Rust  •  Rudolf Fernau  •  Karl Schönböck

Jordan, a famous criminal lawyer, will only represent clients, of whose innocence he is convinced (must be financially not-too-well-off). One day, his future son-in-law, the jeweler Fabian, is arrested on suspicion of murder on the day before his wedding. He is ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Werner Klingler
CAST:  Heinrich George  •  Carla Rust  •  Rudolf Fernau  •  Karl Schönböck

Die Degenhardts (1944)

A stuffy old civil servant is forced to retire during World War II, but when his son, a Navy submariner, is lost at sea and his city is heavily bombed by English bombers, his old patriotism is re-awakened and he determines to be of use to his country once again  (more)

DIRECTION:  Werner Klingler
CAST:  Heinrich George  •  Hilde Jansen  •  Wolfgang Lukschy  •  Alfred Maack

A stuffy old civil servant is forced to retire during World War II, but when his son, a Navy submariner, is lost at sea and his city is heavily bombed by English bombers, his old patriotism is re-awakened and he determines to be of use to his country once again  (more)

DIRECTION:  Werner Klingler
CAST:  Heinrich George  •  Hilde Jansen  •  Wolfgang Lukschy  •  Alfred Maack

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DIRECTION:  Werner Klingler
CAST:  Anneliese Uhlig  •  Will Quadflieg  •  Georg Thomalla  •  Ursula Grabley

Spy for Germany (1956)

The true story of a German agent sent to the USA in 1944 in order to stop the development of the atomic bomb.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Werner Klingler
CAST:  Martin Held  •  Nadja Tiller  •  Walter Giller  •  Gustav Knuth

The true story of a German agent sent to the USA in 1944 in order to stop the development of the atomic bomb.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Werner Klingler
CAST:  Martin Held  •  Nadja Tiller  •  Walter Giller  •  Gustav Knuth

Notes from a Gynecologist's Diary (1959)

After a carnival celebration, young Erika Hansen is offered a lift by two young men in a car. The men become abusive. Erika rushes out of the car and is seriously injured. She is brought to a gynecoligal clinic for an acute operation.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Werner Klingler
CAST:  Rudolf Prack  •  Marianne Hold  •  Ellen Schwiers  •  Richard Häussler

After a carnival celebration, young Erika Hansen is offered a lift by two young men in a car. The men become abusive. Erika rushes out of the car and is seriously injured. She is brought to a gynecoligal clinic for an acute operation.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Werner Klingler
CAST:  Rudolf Prack  •  Marianne Hold  •  Ellen Schwiers  •  Richard Häussler

Ordered to Love (1961)

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DIRECTION:  Werner Klingler
CAST:  Maria Perschy  •  Joachim Hansen  •  Harry Meyen  •  Marisa Mell

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DIRECTION:  Werner Klingler
CAST:  Maria Perschy  •  Joachim Hansen  •  Harry Meyen  •  Marisa Mell

The Secret of the Black Trunk (1962)

A series of knife murders have an odd feature about them; the victims find that their luggage has been packed for them just before their deaths. Scotland Yard investigates, and discover that the murders are linked to an addictive drug called Mescadrine.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Werner Klingler
CAST:  Joachim Hansen  •  Senta Berger  •  Hans Reiser  •  Peter Carsten

A series of knife murders have an odd feature about them; the victims find that their luggage has been packed for them just before their deaths. Scotland Yard investigates, and discover that the murders are linked to an addictive drug called Mescadrine.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Werner Klingler
CAST:  Joachim Hansen  •  Senta Berger  •  Hans Reiser  •  Peter Carsten

The Terror of Doctor Mabuse (1962)

Dr. Mabuse has been locked away for years in an insane asylum. Suddenly crimes start occurring and no one knows the culprit. A detective goes to visit the Doctor to find some sort of clues to the robberies.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Werner Klingler
CAST:  Gert Fröbe  •  Senta Berger  •  Helmut Schmid  •  Wolfgang Preiss

Dr. Mabuse has been locked away for years in an insane asylum. Suddenly crimes start occurring and no one knows the culprit. A detective goes to visit the Doctor to find some sort of clues to the robberies.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Werner Klingler
CAST:  Gert Fröbe  •  Senta Berger  •  Helmut Schmid  •  Wolfgang Preiss

The Dirty Game (1965)

A U.S. intelligence general recalls three Cold War cases of Soviet, French and Italian spies.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Terence Young  •  Christian-Jaque  •  Carlo Lizzani  •  Werner Klingler
CAST:  Henry Fonda  •  Robert Ryan  •  Vittorio Gassman  •  Annie Girardot

A U.S. intelligence general recalls three Cold War cases of Soviet, French and Italian spies.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Terence Young  •  Christian-Jaque  •  Carlo Lizzani  •  Werner Klingler
CAST:  Henry Fonda  •  Robert Ryan  •  Vittorio Gassman  •  Annie Girardot

Giovanni de Medici: The Leader (1937)

Returned from exile where he accompanied his mother Caterina Sforza, Giovanni de 'Medici (1498-1526), becomes, under the name of Giovanni delle Bande Nere, captain of fortune at the service of the idea of a united Italy.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Werner Klingler  •  Luis Trenker
CAST:  Luis Trenker  •  Carla Sveva  •  Ethel Maggi  •  Tito Gobbi

Returned from exile where he accompanied his mother Caterina Sforza, Giovanni de 'Medici (1498-1526), becomes, under the name of Giovanni delle Bande Nere, captain of fortune at the service of the idea of a united Italy.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Werner Klingler  •  Luis Trenker
CAST:  Luis Trenker  •  Carla Sveva  •  Ethel Maggi  •  Tito Gobbi

City Girl (1930)

A waitress from Chicago falls in love with a man from rural Minnesota and marries him, with the intent of living a better life - but life on the farm has its own challenges.  (more)

DIRECTION:  F. W. Murnau
CAST:  Mary Duncan  •  David Torrence  •  Edith Yorke  •  Anne Shirley

A waitress from Chicago falls in love with a man from rural Minnesota and marries him, with the intent of living a better life - but life on the farm has its own challenges.  (more)

DIRECTION:  F. W. Murnau
CAST:  Mary Duncan  •  David Torrence  •  Edith Yorke  •  Anne Shirley

Militiaman Bruggler (1936)

Chronicles the Alpine war experiences of young Toni Bruggler (Ludwig Kerscher), a Tyrolean-German member of the Standschützen (militiamen), comprised of those who are too young or old to fight in the Austro-Hungarian Habsburg army.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Werner Klingler
CAST:  Ludwig Kerscher  •  Franziska Kinz  •  Beppo Brem  •  Rolf Pinegger

Chronicles the Alpine war experiences of young Toni Bruggler (Ludwig Kerscher), a Tyrolean-German member of the Standschützen (militiamen), comprised of those who are too young or old to fight in the Austro-Hungarian Habsburg army.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Werner Klingler
CAST:  Ludwig Kerscher  •  Franziska Kinz  •  Beppo Brem  •  Rolf Pinegger

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DIRECTION:  Werner Klingler  •  Peter M. Thouet
CAST:  Christian Doermer  •  Rieke Ramoff  •  Christian Wolff  •  Hans Nielsen

Das Haus auf dem Hügel (1964)

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DIRECTION:  Werner Klingler
CAST:  Ron Randell  •  Paul Esser  •  Bum Krüger  •  Pinkas Braun

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DIRECTION:  Werner Klingler
CAST:  Ron Randell  •  Paul Esser  •  Bum Krüger  •  Pinkas Braun

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DIRECTION:  Werner Klingler
CAST:  Hermann Speelmans  •  Irene von Meyendorff  •  Max Schreck  •  Beppo Brem
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