Cast: Karl John

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


Sorcerer

1977 · Movie · 121 min. · United States

Direction William Friedkin

Cast Roy Scheider · Bruno Cremer · Francisco Rabal · Amidou

Synopsis A group of outcasts from different backgrounds and nationalities are forced by misfortune to work in an oil-drilling operation in South America. When fire breaks out of control, four of the outcasts are given the opportunity to earn enough money...

6.8

1K votes

6.8

1K votes

The Man Between

1953 · Movie · 100 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Carol Reed

Cast James Mason · Claire Bloom · Hildegard Knef · Geoffrey Toone

Synopsis Young english Susanne Mallison (Claire Bloom) on visit to Berlin becomes involved with political racketeer in elaborate plot to lure espionage agent from the Western to the Eastern sector.

6.6

296 votes

6.6

296 votes

Direction Frank Wisbar

Cast Joachim Hansen · Ernst Wilhelm Borchert · Wolfgang Preiss · Carl Lange

Synopsis In the winter of 1943, against the background of battle scenes, a young German Lieutenant who increasingly distrusts the inhuman Nazi ideology struggles with the concept of war.

6.6

374 votes

6.6

374 votes

The Devil's General

1955 · Movie · 117 min. · Germany - West Germany (FRG)

Direction Helmut Käutner

Cast Curd Jürgens · Marianne Koch · Viktor de Kowa · Karl John

Synopsis Harry Harras is a renowned general in the Luftwaffe during World War II. His expertise in turning out top-notch planes has made him a legend in Germany. However, he finds himself caught between two extremes: on the one hand he...

6.5

142 votes

6.5

142 votes

Der Verlorene

1951 · Movie · 98 min. · Germany - West Germany (FRG)

Direction Peter Lorre

Cast Peter Lorre · Karl John · Helmuth Rudolph · Johanna Hofer

Synopsis German scientist murders his fiancée during World War II when he learns that she has been selling the results of his secret research to the enemy.

6.4

298 votes

6.4

298 votes

The Ringer

1964 · Movie · 82 min. · Germany - West Germany (FRG)

Direction Alfred Vohrer

Cast Joachim Fuchsberger · Heinz Drache · Sophie Hardy · Eddi Arent

Synopsis A supposedly respectable man is forced to murder his lovely secretary when she finds out too much about his real business, which is white slavery (forcing women into prostitution). The girl's brother comes from Australia to find out what happened...

5.9

63 votes

5.9

63 votes

Direction Alfred Vohrer

Cast Heinz Drache · Barbara Rutting · Brigitte Horney · Eddi Arent

Synopsis The puzzling murder of Lord Curtain, one of London's richest men, is the prelude to a series of murders, in which the heirs of his stately fortune are killed. Since the "The Ringer's" business card is left at inexplicable crime...

5.8

37 votes

5.8

37 votes

Love '47

1949 · Movie · 118 min. · Germany

Direction Wolfgang Liebeneiner

Cast Dieter Horn · Hilde Krahl · Sylvia Schwarz · Karl John

Synopsis A young man and woman meet on a bridge, both about to commit suicide by jumping into the river, and recount to each other their experiences.

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No Way Back

1953 · Movie · 95 min. · Germany - West Germany (FRG)

Direction Victor Vicas

Cast Ivan Desny · Ruth Niehaus · René Deltgen · Karl John

Synopsis In 1945, Mischa, a Red Army officer, discovers a frightened German girl, Anna, huddled in a Berlin cellar. He gives her a safe escort home and wins her gratitude. Seven years later, Mischa returns to Berlin as a civilian engineer...

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Above All in the World

1941 · Movie · 85 min. · Germany

Direction Karl Ritter

Cast Paul Hartmann · Hannes Stelzer · Fritz Kampers · Carl Raddatz

Synopsis Following the outbreak of II World War, Germans abroad face persecution from the British and French authorities.

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Melody of a Great City

1943 · Movie · 107 min. · Germany

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Hotel Adlon

1955 · Movie · 100 min. · Germany - West Germany (FRG)

Direction Josef von Báky

Cast Sebastián Fischer · Nelly Borgeaud · René Deltgen · Werner Hinz

Synopsis The story of Germany's most famous hotel, located in central Berlin. It is shown in several plots and subplots showing famous and not so famous guests of the hotel and its demise at the end of World War II.

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White Slaves

1936 · Movie · 111 min. · Germany

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Kora Terry

1940 · Movie · 110 min. · Germany

Direction Georg Jacoby

Cast Marika Rökk · Will Quadflieg · Josef Sieber · Will Dohm

Synopsis The story of two unequal performing twin sisters.

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Le banquet des fraudeurs

1952 · Movie · 90 min. · Belgium

Direction Henri Storck

Cast Françoise Rosay · Jean-Pierre Kérien · Christiane Lenier · Daniel Ivernel

Synopsis Smugglers, factory workers, and customs agents struggle in an uncertain economy following World War II.

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Urlaub auf Ehrenwort

1955 · Movie · 101 min. · Germany - West Germany (FRG)

Direction Wolfgang Liebeneiner

Cast Claus Biederstaedt · Eva Ingeborg Scholz · Reinhard Kolldehoff · Karl John

Synopsis Four soldiers awaiting transport to the front are allowed, on their word of honor, a layover of some hours in the city and resist temptations for romance and political agitation.

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Two in a Big City

1942 · Movie · 80 min. · Germany

Direction Volker von Collande

Cast Claude Farell · Karl John · Marianne Simson · Hansi Wendler

Synopsis A German soldier on leave in Berlin goes looking for his pen pal who he has never met called Gisela. He meets instead a woman with the same name and falls in love with her.

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The Private's Job

1937 · Movie · 82 min. · Germany

Direction Karl Ritter

Cast Heinrich George · Paul Otto · Mathias Wiedman · Ernst Karchow

Synopsis During the Great War, German soldiers are persuaded to die heroically in order to take a French village held by the British.

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