Albert Bessler

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DIRECTION:  William Dieterle
CAST:  Hans Söhnker  •  Gitty Djamal  •  Götz George  •  Christian Wolff

The Return of Dr. Mabuse (1961)

The supposedly dead and buried Mabuse returns to his criminal activities, as his longtime foe Police Inspector Lohmann, a dauntless girl reporter, and an American - who may be an FBI agent, or maybe a Chicago mobster - investigate a series of gruesome murders ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Harald Reinl
CAST:  Gert Fröbe  •  Lex Barker  •  Daliah Lavi  •  Wolfgang Preiss

The supposedly dead and buried Mabuse returns to his criminal activities, as his longtime foe Police Inspector Lohmann, a dauntless girl reporter, and an American - who may be an FBI agent, or maybe a Chicago mobster - investigate a series of gruesome murders ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Harald Reinl
CAST:  Gert Fröbe  •  Lex Barker  •  Daliah Lavi  •  Wolfgang Preiss

The Mad Executioners (1963)

A group of hooded vigilantes hang wrong-doers with a rope stolen from Scotland Yard's Black Museum.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Edwin Zbonek
CAST:  Hansjörg Felmy  •  Maria Perschy  •  Dieter Borsche  •  Wolfgang Preiss

A group of hooded vigilantes hang wrong-doers with a rope stolen from Scotland Yard's Black Museum.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Edwin Zbonek
CAST:  Hansjörg Felmy  •  Maria Perschy  •  Dieter Borsche  •  Wolfgang Preiss

Long Legs, Long Fingers (1966)

Baron Holberg, who looks back with pride on a long family tradition as hotel thieves, is horrified when his daughter Doris falls in love with the lawyer Robert Hammond, of all people, rather than choosing the art thief Sammy, as he would wish. Under the pretext ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Alfred Vohrer
CAST:  Senta Berger  •  Joachim Fuchsberger  •  Martin Held  •  Irene von Meyendorff

Baron Holberg, who looks back with pride on a long family tradition as hotel thieves, is horrified when his daughter Doris falls in love with the lawyer Robert Hammond, of all people, rather than choosing the art thief Sammy, as he would wish. Under the pretext ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Alfred Vohrer
CAST:  Senta Berger  •  Joachim Fuchsberger  •  Martin Held  •  Irene von Meyendorff

The Blue Swords (1949)

The story of Johann Friedrich Böttger, an apothecary’s apprentice and alchemist’s assistant. Fleeing from the Prussian King, he goes to Saxony, where King Frederick August the Strong takes him to a fortress and demands that he create gold. Böttger is equipped with ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Wolfgang Schleif
CAST:  Hans Quest  •  Ilse Steppat  •  Herbert Hübner  •  Albert Bessler

The story of Johann Friedrich Böttger, an apothecary’s apprentice and alchemist’s assistant. Fleeing from the Prussian King, he goes to Saxony, where King Frederick August the Strong takes him to a fortress and demands that he create gold. Böttger is equipped with ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Wolfgang Schleif
CAST:  Hans Quest  •  Ilse Steppat  •  Herbert Hübner  •  Albert Bessler

The 1,000 Eyes of Dr. Mabuse (1960)

A reporter is murdered while driving to his job. The Police are contacted by a clairvoyant who saw the death in a vision, but some dark force is preventing him from seeing the man behind the crime...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Fritz Lang
CAST:  Peter van Eyck  •  Gert Fröbe  •  Wolfgang Preiss  •  Dawn Addams

A reporter is murdered while driving to his job. The Police are contacted by a clairvoyant who saw the death in a vision, but some dark force is preventing him from seeing the man behind the crime...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Fritz Lang
CAST:  Peter van Eyck  •  Gert Fröbe  •  Wolfgang Preiss  •  Dawn Addams

Jerry Cotton: Death and Diamonds (1968)

Sixth part of Jerry Cotton movies. Agent Jerry Cotton infiltrates a big crime syndicate that is planning a major diamond heist.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Harald Reinl
CAST:  George Nader  •  Heinz Weiss  •  Carl Möhner  •  Claus Holm

Sixth part of Jerry Cotton movies. Agent Jerry Cotton infiltrates a big crime syndicate that is planning a major diamond heist.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Harald Reinl
CAST:  George Nader  •  Heinz Weiss  •  Carl Möhner  •  Claus Holm

The Strangler of Blackmoor Castle (1963)

A strangler is loose on a British estate, and he not only strangles his victims but brands an "M" onto their foreheads before he decapitates them.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Harald Reinl
CAST:  Karin Dor  •  Harry Riebauer  •  Ingmar Zeisberg  •  Walter Giller

A strangler is loose on a British estate, and he not only strangles his victims but brands an "M" onto their foreheads before he decapitates them.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Harald Reinl
CAST:  Karin Dor  •  Harry Riebauer  •  Ingmar Zeisberg  •  Walter Giller

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

Sweetheart of the Gods (1960)

Biography of the famous German actress Renate Müller, who died in 1937 under unsettled circumstances; While doing her first movie for the UFA in Berlin, she meets the elderly secretary-general Dr. Simon and is impressed by his charm. Although her Nazi-friend Volker ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Gottfried Reinhardt
CAST:  Ruth Leuwerik  •  Peter van Eyck  •  Harry Meyen  •  Robert Graf

Biography of the famous German actress Renate Müller, who died in 1937 under unsettled circumstances; While doing her first movie for the UFA in Berlin, she meets the elderly secretary-general Dr. Simon and is impressed by his charm. Although her Nazi-friend Volker ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Gottfried Reinhardt
CAST:  Ruth Leuwerik  •  Peter van Eyck  •  Harry Meyen  •  Robert Graf

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

Ship of the Dead (1959)

After a line of mischief Philip Gale, an American sailor, is lured into hiring on the "Yorikke", a tramp cargo, by Lawski, a stoker from Poland. Still, the two become friends within the motley crew of losers from all nations. Gale and his new companion soon are ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Georg Tressler
CAST:  Horst Buchholz  •  Mario Adorf  •  Helmut Schmid  •  Alf Marholm

After a line of mischief Philip Gale, an American sailor, is lured into hiring on the "Yorikke", a tramp cargo, by Lawski, a stoker from Poland. Still, the two become friends within the motley crew of losers from all nations. Gale and his new companion soon are ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Georg Tressler
CAST:  Horst Buchholz  •  Mario Adorf  •  Helmut Schmid  •  Alf Marholm

The Last Witness (1960)

Director Wolfgang Staudte who left East Germany in 1953 to make movies in West Germany, takes a few swipes at the West German judicial system in this fairly effective courtroom drama about the murder of a four-month-old baby. Police almost immediately arrest the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Wolfgang Staudte
CAST:  Martin Held  •  Hanns Lothar  •  Ellen Schwiers  •  Jürgen Goslar

Director Wolfgang Staudte who left East Germany in 1953 to make movies in West Germany, takes a few swipes at the West German judicial system in this fairly effective courtroom drama about the murder of a four-month-old baby. Police almost immediately arrest the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Wolfgang Staudte
CAST:  Martin Held  •  Hanns Lothar  •  Ellen Schwiers  •  Jürgen Goslar

The Avenger (1960)

A maniac is loose in London, decapitating his victims and sending the heads to Scotland Yard.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Karl Anton
CAST:  Ingrid van Bergen  •  Heinz Drache  •  Benno Sterzenbach  •  Ina Duscha

A maniac is loose in London, decapitating his victims and sending the heads to Scotland Yard.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Karl Anton
CAST:  Ingrid van Bergen  •  Heinz Drache  •  Benno Sterzenbach  •  Ina Duscha

Creature with the Blue Hand (1967)

Scotland Yard is after a homicidal maniac called The Blue Hand, which is what he uses to kill his victims.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Alfred Vohrer
CAST:  Harald Leipnitz  •  Klaus Kinski  •  Carl Lange  •  Ilse Steppat

Scotland Yard is after a homicidal maniac called The Blue Hand, which is what he uses to kill his victims.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Alfred Vohrer
CAST:  Harald Leipnitz  •  Klaus Kinski  •  Carl Lange  •  Ilse Steppat

Again the Ringer (1965)

Arthur Milton aka Der Hexer (The Magician/Ringer) must return to London after his calling card was left at the scene of a murder he did not commit.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Alfred Vohrer
CAST:  Heinz Drache  •  Barbara Rütting  •  Brigitte Horney  •  Margot Trooger

Arthur Milton aka Der Hexer (The Magician/Ringer) must return to London after his calling card was left at the scene of a murder he did not commit.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Alfred Vohrer
CAST:  Heinz Drache  •  Barbara Rütting  •  Brigitte Horney  •  Margot Trooger

Dr. Mabuse vs. Scotland Yard (1963)

The spirit of the evil Dr. Mabuse takes over the body of a famous professor. The professor/Dr. Mabuse then begins a new crime wave that terrorizes the city.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Paul May
CAST:  Peter van Eyck  •  Dieter Borsche  •  Klaus Kinski  •  Sabine Bethmann

The spirit of the evil Dr. Mabuse takes over the body of a famous professor. The professor/Dr. Mabuse then begins a new crime wave that terrorizes the city.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Paul May
CAST:  Peter van Eyck  •  Dieter Borsche  •  Klaus Kinski  •  Sabine Bethmann

The Squeaker (1963)

Scotland Yard investigates a series of murders where the victims have died by snake venom poisoning.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Alfred Vohrer
CAST:  Heinz Drache  •  Barbara Rütting  •  Günter Pfitzmann  •  Agnes Windeck

Scotland Yard investigates a series of murders where the victims have died by snake venom poisoning.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Alfred Vohrer
CAST:  Heinz Drache  •  Barbara Rütting  •  Günter Pfitzmann  •  Agnes Windeck

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DIRECTION:  Rudolf Zehetgruber
CAST:  Helmut Wildt  •  Hanns Lothar  •  Ann Smyrner  •  Klaus Kinski
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