Cast: Karl John
Top movies, series, and documentaries starring Karl John. Uncover the most acclaimed works, loved by fans and praised by critics.
Titles found: 23
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
Stalingrad: Dogs, Do You Want to Live Forever?
1959 · Movie · 97 min. · Germany - West Germany (FRG)
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
Again the Ringer (Latest Episodes of the Ringer)
1965 · Movie · 95 min. · Germany - West Germany (FRG)
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
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
Direction Wolfgang Liebeneiner
Cast Hilde Krahl · Werner Hinz · Karl John · Paul Henckels
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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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Jedermannstrasse 11 (TV Series)
1962 · Series · 25 min. · Germany - West Germany (FRG)
Direction Ralph Lothar
Cast Berta Drews · Willi Rose · Paul Westermeier · Rolf Bogus
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White Slaves
1936 · Movie · 111 min. · Germany
Direction Karl Anton
Cast Theodor Loos · Gabriele Hoffmann · Camilla Horn · Karl John
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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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Pusteblume
1974 · Movie · 92 min. · Germany - West Germany (FRG)
Direction Adrian Hoven
Cast Rutger Hauer · Dagmar Lassander · Shirley Corrigan · Heidrun Hankammer
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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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