Balduin Baas

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Orchestra Rehearsal (1978)

An orchestra assembles for a rehearsal in an ancient chapel under the inquisitive eyes of a TV documentary crew, but an uprising breaks out.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Federico Fellini
CAST:  Balduin Baas  •  Clara Colosimo  •  Elizabeth Labi  •  Ronaldo Bonacchi

An orchestra assembles for a rehearsal in an ancient chapel under the inquisitive eyes of a TV documentary crew, but an uprising breaks out.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Federico Fellini
CAST:  Balduin Baas  •  Clara Colosimo  •  Elizabeth Labi  •  Ronaldo Bonacchi

The Rest Is Silence (1959)

'The Rest Is Silence, a German-made attempt to update Shakespeare, is one of the best and least self-conscious of this minor genre. As indicated by the title, the film's script is a "mufti" version of Hamlet, with young Hardy Krüger trying to prove that his uncle ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Helmut Käutner
CAST:  Hardy Krüger  •  Peter van Eyck  •  Ingrid Andree  •  Adelheid Seeck

'The Rest Is Silence, a German-made attempt to update Shakespeare, is one of the best and least self-conscious of this minor genre. As indicated by the title, the film's script is a "mufti" version of Hamlet, with young Hardy Krüger trying to prove that his uncle ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Helmut Käutner
CAST:  Hardy Krüger  •  Peter van Eyck  •  Ingrid Andree  •  Adelheid Seeck

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DIRECTION:  Rolf Thiele
CAST:  Heinz Rühmann  •  Hertha Feiler  •  Graziella Granata  •  Charles Regnier

Murder Party (1961)

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DIRECTION:  Helmut Ashley
CAST:  Magali Noël  •  Harry Meyen  •  Götz George  •  Hanne Wieder

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DIRECTION:  Helmut Ashley
CAST:  Magali Noël  •  Harry Meyen  •  Götz George  •  Hanne Wieder

Zur Hölle mit den Paukern (1968)

Pepe Nietnagel and his fellow students of the Mommsen school come up with all kinds of ideas to get out of doing any actual school work. This includes simulating suicides, setting off the air-raid sirens and abusing the school director's new broadcasting system. ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Werner Jacobs
CAST:  Hansi Kraus  •  Uschi Glas  •  Theo Lingen  •  Gila von Weitershausen

Pepe Nietnagel and his fellow students of the Mommsen school come up with all kinds of ideas to get out of doing any actual school work. This includes simulating suicides, setting off the air-raid sirens and abusing the school director's new broadcasting system. ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Werner Jacobs
CAST:  Hansi Kraus  •  Uschi Glas  •  Theo Lingen  •  Gila von Weitershausen

Betragen ungenügend! (1972)

A German comedy from 1972 directed by Franz Josef Gottlieb. Mommsen Gymnasium director Taft reminisces about his own time as a student.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Franz Josef Gottlieb
CAST:  Hansi Kraus  •  Renate Roland  •  Theo Lingen  •  Evelyn Opela

A German comedy from 1972 directed by Franz Josef Gottlieb. Mommsen Gymnasium director Taft reminisces about his own time as a student.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Franz Josef Gottlieb
CAST:  Hansi Kraus  •  Renate Roland  •  Theo Lingen  •  Evelyn Opela

Zum Teufel mit der Penne (1968)

Pepe Notnagel (who inexplicably had his name changed from the first movie's Nietnagel) and his classmates scheme to get around doing any actual school work by cheating or sending their teachers to the sanatorium. A Swiss documentary film maker disguises himself as ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Werner Jacobs
CAST:  Peter Alexander  •  Hansi Kraus  •  Hannelore Elsner  •  Theo Lingen

Pepe Notnagel (who inexplicably had his name changed from the first movie's Nietnagel) and his classmates scheme to get around doing any actual school work by cheating or sending their teachers to the sanatorium. A Swiss documentary film maker disguises himself as ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Werner Jacobs
CAST:  Peter Alexander  •  Hansi Kraus  •  Hannelore Elsner  •  Theo Lingen

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DIRECTION:  Werner Jacobs
CAST:  Mascha Gonska  •  Heidi Kabel  •  Rudolf Schündler  •  Fritz Tillmann

Morgen fällt die Schule aus (1971)

Pepe Nietnagel's father has a valuable stamp collection stolen in Amsterdam. Street musician Pit recovers it. To show his gratitude, Pit is invited to Baden Baden and enters the Mommsen Gymnasium. There, he joins Pepe in his pranks.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Werner Jacobs
CAST:  Hansi Kraus  •  Heintje Simons  •  Theo Lingen  •  Rudolf Schündler

Pepe Nietnagel's father has a valuable stamp collection stolen in Amsterdam. Street musician Pit recovers it. To show his gratitude, Pit is invited to Baden Baden and enters the Mommsen Gymnasium. There, he joins Pepe in his pranks.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Werner Jacobs
CAST:  Hansi Kraus  •  Heintje Simons  •  Theo Lingen  •  Rudolf Schündler

The Liar (1961)

When the wife of Sebastian Schumann left her family, he told his little daughter that her mother has died, because he thought that this was the easiest way for her to accept that her mother is now gone. But this was only the beginning of a lot of lies he tells her ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ladislao Vajda
CAST:  Heinz Rühmann  •  Giulia Follina  •  Annemarie Düringer  •  Blandine Ebinger

When the wife of Sebastian Schumann left her family, he told his little daughter that her mother has died, because he thought that this was the easiest way for her to accept that her mother is now gone. But this was only the beginning of a lot of lies he tells her ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ladislao Vajda
CAST:  Heinz Rühmann  •  Giulia Follina  •  Annemarie Düringer  •  Blandine Ebinger

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DIRECTION:  Wolfgang Neuss
CAST:  Wolfgang Neuss  •  Corny Collins  •  Peer Schmidt  •  Ingrid van Bergen

The Mysterious Magician (1963)

The sister of a famous, but as yet uncaught, criminal named The Hexer is murdered. Inspector Higgins of Scotland Yard believes that The Hexer will surface to take his revenge on his sister's killers, and plans to set a trap to finally capture him. However, soon ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Rainer Erler
CAST:  Peter Pasetti  •  Eva Maria Meineke  •  Sabine Eggerth  •  Sigurd Fitzek

The sister of a famous, but as yet uncaught, criminal named The Hexer is murdered. Inspector Higgins of Scotland Yard believes that The Hexer will surface to take his revenge on his sister's killers, and plans to set a trap to finally capture him. However, soon ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Rainer Erler
CAST:  Peter Pasetti  •  Eva Maria Meineke  •  Sabine Eggerth  •  Sigurd Fitzek

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

Doctor Faustus (1982)

A musician beds down a prostitute he knows is diseased in order to gain inspiration, an act he later believes to have been a tacit pact with Satan  (more)

DIRECTION:  Franz Seitz Junior
CAST:  Jon Finch  •  André Heller  •  Hanns Zischler  •  Margot Hielscher

A musician beds down a prostitute he knows is diseased in order to gain inspiration, an act he later believes to have been a tacit pact with Satan  (more)

DIRECTION:  Franz Seitz Junior
CAST:  Jon Finch  •  André Heller  •  Hanns Zischler  •  Margot Hielscher

The Captain from Kopenick (1956)

The 1956 movie based on the theater play by Carl Zuckmayer based on the true story of cobbler Wilhelm Voigt who dressed up as a German military officer and, with the help of unsuspecting soldiers, took over the city hall in Köpenick and confiscated the city's purse.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Helmut Käutner
CAST:  Heinz Rühmann  •  Martin Held  •  Hannelore Schroth  •  Willy A. Kleinau

The 1956 movie based on the theater play by Carl Zuckmayer based on the true story of cobbler Wilhelm Voigt who dressed up as a German military officer and, with the help of unsuspecting soldiers, took over the city hall in Köpenick and confiscated the city's purse.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Helmut Käutner
CAST:  Heinz Rühmann  •  Martin Held  •  Hannelore Schroth  •  Willy A. Kleinau

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DIRECTION:  Alfred Weidenmann
CAST:  Walter Giller  •  Brigitte Horney  •  Harald Leipnitz  •  Monika Dahlberg

Die Herren (1965)

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DIRECTION:  Rolf Thiele
CAST:  Susy Andersen  •  Astrid Frank  •  Mario Adorf  •  Peter van Eyck

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DIRECTION:  Rolf Thiele
CAST:  Susy Andersen  •  Astrid Frank  •  Mario Adorf  •  Peter van Eyck

Edgar Wallace - Das Schloss des Grauens (2002)

There is good reason for Sir Douglas Wonderly to summon the family and a lawyer to his stately home. He wants to announce a change in his will. At the same time, a dangerous mental patient escapes from a nearby psychiatric ward. Higgins and Lane are put on his ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Wolfgang F. Henschel
CAST:  Gunter Berger  •  Rebecca Immanuel  •  Eddi Arent  •  Rosalind Baffoe

There is good reason for Sir Douglas Wonderly to summon the family and a lawyer to his stately home. He wants to announce a change in his will. At the same time, a dangerous mental patient escapes from a nearby psychiatric ward. Higgins and Lane are put on his ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Wolfgang F. Henschel
CAST:  Gunter Berger  •  Rebecca Immanuel  •  Eddi Arent  •  Rosalind Baffoe
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