Cast: Gert Fröbe

Top movies, series, and documentaries starring Gert Fröbe. Uncover the most acclaimed works, loved by fans and praised by critics.


It Happened in Broad Daylight

1958 · Movie · 96 min. · Switzerland

Direction Ladislao Vajda

Cast Heinz Rühmann · Sigfrit Steiner · Siegfried Lowitz · Michel Simon

Synopsis It Happened in Broad Daylight (1958) follows veteran detective Matthäi as he investigates the brutal murder of a young girl in a small Swiss village. Despite the crime occurring in broad daylight, the killer leaves no clear clues. Matthäi, nearing...

7.7

6K votes

7.7

6K votes

Ludwig II

1972 · Movie · 264 min. · Italy

Direction Luchino Visconti

Cast Helmut Berger · Romy Schneider · Trevor Howard · Silvana Mangano

Synopsis Historical evocation of Ludwig, king of Bavaria, from his crowning in 1864 until his death in 1886, as a romantic hero. Fan of Richard Wagner, betrayed by him, in love with his cousin Elisabeth of Austria, abandonned by her, tormented...

7.5

2K votes

7.5

2K votes

The Longest Day

1962 · Movie · 180 min. · United States

Direction Ken Annakin · Andrew Marton · Bernhard Wicki

Cast John Wayne · Robert Mitchum · Henry Fonda · Richard Burton

Synopsis England in June 1944. Unseasonal storms. Allied troops are massed ready for the invasion of France, some already on the boats. The Normandy beaches will be their destination while paratroopers are dropped inland to take key towns and bridges. On...

7.3

15K votes

7.3

15K votes

Direction Fritz Lang

Cast Dawn Addams · Peter van Eyck · Gert Fröbe · Wolfgang Preiss

Synopsis Lang's last film. Reporter Peter Barter gets murdered while driving to his tv station. Commisioner Kras gets a phone call from clairvoyant Cornelius who saw Barters death in a vision. But a dark force prevents Cornelius from seeing the man...

7.2

1K votes

7.2

1K votes

A High Wind in Jamaica

1965 · Movie · 103 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Alexander Mackendrick

Cast Anthony Quinn · James Coburn · Deborah Baxter · Isabel Dean

Synopsis The parents of children living in Jamaica, afraid that the kids are growing up uncivilized, decide to send them to England. But during the voyage, the childrens' ship is boarded by pirates and in the confusion the children wind up...

7.2

2K votes

7.2

2K votes

The Serpent's Egg

1977 · Movie · 120 min. · Germany - West Germany (FRG)

Direction Ingmar Bergman

Cast David Carradine · Liv Ullmann · Gert Fröbe · Heinz Bennent

Synopsis In November of 1923, in a Berlin where a pack of cigarettes costs four million marks and people has lost faith in the present and future days, the alcoholic and unemployed American acrobat Abel Rosenberg loses his brother Max, who...

7.1

2K votes

7.1

2K votes

Is Paris Burning?

1966 · Movie · 175 min. · France

Direction René Clément

Cast Jean-Paul Belmondo · Charles Boyer · Leslie Caron · Jean-Pierre Cassel

Synopsis August 1944. The French and American armies are nearing the French capital. Hitler orders one of his generals to retain control of the city or else destroy it. After the massacre of some students, Colonel Rol incites the public to...

6.9

2K votes

6.9

2K votes

Goldfinger

1964 · Movie · 108 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Guy Hamilton

Cast Sean Connery · Honor Blackman · Gert Fröbe · Shirley Eaton

Synopsis In Goldfinger (1964), James Bond, the suave British spy, is tasked with investigating the enigmatic gold magnate Auric Goldfinger. Suspecting illicit activities, Bond uncovers a audacious plot that threatens global financial stability. With the help of allies, including the alluring...

6.9

13K votes

6.9

13K votes

He Who Must Die

1957 · Movie · 122 min. · France

Direction Jules Dassin

Cast Jean Servais · Carl Möhner · Grégoire Aslan · Gert Fröbe

Synopsis Greece, in the 1920's, is occupied by the Turks. The country is in turmoil with entire villages uprooted. The site of the movie is a Greek village that conducts a passion play each year. The leading citizens of the town,...

6.8

121 votes

6.8

121 votes

Decision Before Dawn

1951 · Movie · 119 min. · United States

Direction Anatole Litvak

Cast Richard Basehart · Gary Merrill · Oskar Werner · Hildegard Knef

Synopsis WWII is entering its last phase: Germany is in ruins, but does not yield. The US army lacks crucial knowledge about the German units operating on the opposite side of the Rhine, and decides to send two German prisoners to...

6.7

190 votes

6.7

190 votes

The Ballad of Berlin

1948 · Movie · 89 min. · Germany

Direction Robert A. Stemmle

Cast Gert Fröbe · Tatjana Sais · Ute Sielisch · Aribert Wäscher

Synopsis Told in the style of the German cabaret theatre, where both Gunther Neumann and Gert Frobe were important members, this is a balladeer's version of a serious plot with musical interludes. The year is 2050 and the audience is asked...

6.7

32 votes

6.7

32 votes

Greed in the Sun

1964 · Movie · 130 min. · France

Direction Henri Verneuil

Cast Jean-Paul Belmondo · Lino Ventura · Reginald Kernan · Bernard Blier

Synopsis Southern Morocco. The owner of a truck transports company hires a new driver to transport mysterious goods in a brand new magnificent truck. While the established group of drivers of the company is welcoming the new driver, one of them...

6.7

199 votes

6.7

199 votes

Chitty Chitty Bang Bang

1968 · Movie · 142 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Ken Hughes

Cast Dick Van Dyke · Sally Ann Howes · Anna Quayle · Lionel Jeffries

Synopsis In Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (1968), eccentric inventor Caractacus Potts transforms a dilapidated race car into a magical vehicle named Chitty. Alongside his two children and the charming Truly Scrumptious, they embark on a whimsical adventure. Chitty reveals extraordinary abilities,...

6.3

5K votes

6.3

5K votes

The Falcon

1981 · Movie · 105 min. · Yugoslavia

Direction Vatroslav Mimica

Cast Franco Nero · Dragan Nikolic · Sanja Vejnovic · Rade Serbedzija

Synopsis In late 14th century medieval Serbia becomes the target of Ottoman invaders. One of their renegade gangs burns the castle and takes young wife of Banovic Strahinja, respected Serbian noble.

6.3

28 votes

6.3

28 votes

The Little Vampire (TV Series)

1986 · Series · 25 min. · United Kingdom

Direction René Bonnière

Cast Joel Dacks · Gert Fröbe · Michael Gough · Jim Gray

Synopsis 13 part television series based on the books: "The Little Vampire" and "The Little Vampire Moves In" by Angela Sommer-Bodenburg.

6.2

176 votes

6.2

176 votes

Triple Cross

1966 · Movie · 126 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Terence Young

Cast Christopher Plummer · Romy Schneider · Yul Brynner · Trevor Howard

Synopsis Plummer is a British safecracker imprisoned on the channel islands at the outbreak of WWII. When the Germans move in, he offers to work for them if they set him free. The Germans buy his story and send him to...

6.1

590 votes

6.1

590 votes

Direction Ken Annakin

Cast Stuart Whitman · Sarah Miles · James Fox · Alberto Sordi

Synopsis In the early days of the 20th century, a British Newspaper offers a prize for the winner of a cross channel air race which brings flyers from all over the world. There are many sub-plots as the flyers jockey for...

6.1

1K votes

6.1

1K votes

Umbrella Coup

1980 · Movie · 98 min. · France

Direction Gérard Oury

Cast Pierre Richard · Valérie Mairesse · Christine Murillo · Gordon Mitchell

Synopsis Grégoire Lecomte, the unlucky actor anxious to find a "real job", goes to take a screen test for a role of a killer, but gets to mafiosi by mistake. He takes their don for a producer, and they mistake him...

6.1

42 votes

6.1

42 votes

Nuits rouges

1974 · Movie · 105 min. · France

Direction Georges Franju

Cast Gayle Hunnicutt · Jacques Champreux · Josephine Chaplin · Ugo Pagliai

Synopsis The butler of the writer Maxime de Borrego goes to the store of an old lady and tells that his boss probably knows the location of the Templars treasure, expecting to receive a reward. The old lady is actually the...

5.8

97 votes

5.8

97 votes

Dollars

1971 · Movie · 119 min. · United States

Direction Richard Brooks

Cast Warren Beatty · Goldie Hawn · Gert Fröbe · Robert Webber

Synopsis Caper film about crooks robbing crooks, set in Germany where an American bank security Joe Collins (Warren Beattty) expert plots with a call-girl Dawn Divine (Goldie Hawn) to rob three safety deposit boxes from three criminals; a local drug dealer...

5.8

228 votes

5.8

228 votes