Wolfgang Staudte Movies

The stories' setup: a bunch of passive weaklings being dominated by two strong and ambitious women who fight for the same man.

A top-level meeting of the Eastern secret services is taking place in Prague. Martin, an agent who knows all the tricks of the trade, is tasked with...

An old man living in an oriental city tells the story of his life to a group of kids: He too was once a young boy by the name of Little Muck - much...

Detective Heinz Ebelings car breaks down with a broken windshield and a defective fuel pump on the way to Frankfurt. On the way to the next village,...

A "mufti" version of Hamlet, with young Hardy Krüger trying to prove that his uncle has killed his father. Direct references to the Shakespeare...

A soldier thinks about leaving the army for a woman. His friends try to stop him.

The Thorwald family is well-off and contented when a tragedy strikes: the father is killed in an accident. Miss Thorwald takes over the raising of...

After a burn-out Karl spends time in his home region, the Black Forest. His car gets lost and is picked up by penniless magician Amadori who enjoys...

An unemployed engineer working as a driver at an oil company hears about a lost Inca treasure and goes in search of it.

A young woman from the Berlin slums gets her chance to move into a new suburban home with her boyfriend, when she wins a lottery.

An oily careerist for whom becoming the highest earner is not enough: now he also wants a title of nobility.

The dangerous violent criminal Willy Jensen flees from a prison in Hamburg and seeks shelter at his brother Heinz' apartment. Heinz, an honest...

A man's life breaks down in pursuit of material success.

The mechanic Behnke wants to join the Nazi party to secure a good living. However, after his Jewish neighbors have been taken away, he changes his...

On a winter day in 1961, 31-year-old Anna Eichmayr crosses the Grosshesseloher bridge in Munich, she suddenly stops in the middle of the bridge,...

Charlie, a very gifted, young acrobat, cannot find employment. A dancer and colleague, whom he trained, has gotten him a job as a stagehand at a...

In the crazy twenties, safecracker Orje is released from prison and, through the mediation of his friend Nelly, finds a job at the "Sparverein...