Movies: Erich Franz

  • 1955
    Ernst Thälmann – Leader of the Working Class

    Ernst Thälmann – Leader of the Working Class (1955)

    Ernst Thälmann – Leader of the Working Class

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    This film is the second of a two-part historical and biographical portrait of the communist politician and anti-fascist Ernst Thälmann. Autumn, 1918: Somewhere on Germany’s western front, Ernst Thälmann, age twenty-four, is calling on his fellow sol...

    Ernst Thälmann – Leader of the Working Class
  • 1958
    They All Knew Each Other

    They All Knew Each Other (1958)

    They All Knew Each Other

    5.51958HD

    A car factory in the GDR. During a test ride there is a major accident. One driver is dead, another is seriously injured. The investigation reveals: sabotage....

    They All Knew Each Other
  • 1972
    Sun Seekers

    Sun Seekers (1972)

    Sun Seekers

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    A socialist story of "atoms for peace" and compulsory labor in an East German uranium mine under Soviet control....

    Sun Seekers
  • 1954
    Ernst Thälmann – Son of the Working Class

    Ernst Thälmann – Son of the Working Class (1954)

    Ernst Thälmann – Son of the Working Class

    4.41954HD

    This film is the first of a two-part historical and biographical portrait of the communist politician and anti-fascist Ernst Thälmann. In early November 1918, Ernst Thälmann is an unwilling soldier serving on the western front. As the revolutionary ...

    Ernst Thälmann – Son of the Working Class
  • 1959
    The Punch Bowl

    The Punch Bowl (1959)

    The Punch Bowl

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    It is the 65th birthday of Wilhelm Lehmann, foreman of a chemical company. All members of the large family are expected. Preparations are also being made in the company: Wilhelm is to be awarded the »Labor banner« and, as every year, the sons are res...

    The Punch Bowl
  • 1961
    The Man with the Objective Lens

    The Man with the Objective Lens (1961)

    The Man with the Objective Lens

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    A humorous and satirical comedy, which places a man from the year 2222 one day in the (then) present day life in GDR, East Germany under Communist regime. Using a crystal for mind reading he uncovers some improprieties and moral weaknesses in the "Be...

    The Man with the Objective Lens
  • 1956
    A Berlin Romance

    A Berlin Romance (1956)

    A Berlin Romance

    5.91956HD

    Mid-1950s Berlin, before the building of the Wall. Uschi, a salesgirl and aspiring fashion model from the East, is attracted to Hans, from the West. But she also loves the bright shop windows in his part of the city. The flashiness of this new world ...

    A Berlin Romance
  • 1960
    New Year’s Eve Punch

    New Year’s Eve Punch (1960)

    New Year’s Eve Punch

    4.51960HD

    After their successful May party, now the Lehmann family want to throw a New Year's Eve part with punch. Wilhelm's sons Franz and Paul are brigade leaders at a chemical factory. One of their brigades consists largely of fanatics of high culture, whil...

    New Year’s Eve Punch
  • 1957
    Spielbank-Affäre

    Spielbank-Affäre (1957)

    Spielbank-Affäre

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    In a casino in a We'5t German health resort, one often sees Sybille - an attractive young student actress. With her winnings from the roulette table, she attempts to finance her studies. Despite a rather lucky streak, her winnings are a little on the...

    Spielbank-Affäre
  • 1961
    Urlaub ohne dich

    Urlaub ohne dich (1961)

    Urlaub ohne dich

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    Hannes comes forward with a suggestion on how to make his brigade more efficient. Due to his success, he and all of his colleagues are granted a special leave. They decide to spend their free time in a holiday home. Hannes, however, does not join the...

    Urlaub ohne dich
  • 1957
    Castles and Cottages

    Castles and Cottages (1957)

    Castles and Cottages

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    Lifelong hard work for the count makes the servant Anton a cripple. Everybody calls him Crooked Anton. When, after the end of the war, the land of the count gets divided amongst the farmers, Anton receives a piece and hopes to be able to work freely....

    Castles and Cottages
  • 1959
    An Old Love

    An Old Love (1959)

    An Old Love

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    An Old Love
  • 1960
    Meetings In The Dark

    Meetings In The Dark (1960)

    Meetings In The Dark

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    A pianist from Poland visits a town in West Germany and starts to remember details about her life during the war....

    Meetings In The Dark
  • 1955
    52 Weeks Make A Year

    52 Weeks Make A Year (1955)

    52 Weeks Make A Year

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    Krestan Serbin, a 64-year-old Sorbian farm-worker, considers himself non-political. He owns a few acres, a few pigs and a cow, and intends to pass all this on to his daughter Lena. Lena, however, shows only little interest. Krestan’s situation become...

    52 Weeks Make A Year
  • 1956
    Genesung

    Genesung (1956)

    Genesung

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    The authorities expect the case of Friedel Walter, alias "Dr. Mueller," to be a straightforward one: he was working as a doctor without proper credentials under a false name. But Mehlin, the man in charge of his case, knows that there is more to the ...

    Genesung
  • 1959
    They Called Him Amigo

    They Called Him Amigo (1959)

    They Called Him Amigo

    6.51959HD

    A refugee from a Nazi concentration camp is discovered by some boys in WWII Berlin. They provide him with food and help him to continue his flight. Later one of the boys, the son of a communist, is charged with theft, arrested and sent to a concentra...

    They Called Him Amigo
  • 1960
    Wo der Zug nicht lange hält

    Wo der Zug nicht lange hält (1960)

    Wo der Zug nicht lange hält

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    Film by Joachim Hasler....

    Wo der Zug nicht lange hält
  • 1958
    Tatort Berlin

    Tatort Berlin (1958)

    Tatort Berlin

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    Tatort Berlin
  • 1956
    Das Traumschiff

    Das Traumschiff (1956)

    Das Traumschiff

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    The two half-orphans Reni and Rolf are 13 and 10 years old and they live with their grandmother in Berlin. Their father has died during the war, their mother works at a Baltic Sea port. Here she meets a captain who wants to marry her. When their moth...

    Das Traumschiff
  • 1957
    Sheriff Teddy

    Sheriff Teddy (1957)

    Sheriff Teddy

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    A story about thirteen years old Kalle who is moving with the family from West Berlin to East....

    Sheriff Teddy