Cast: Joseph Offenbach

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


7.9

22 votes

Direction Helmut Käutner

Cast Heinz Rühmann · Martin Held · Hannelore Schroth · Willy A. Kleinau

Synopsis A young shoemaker is arrested for stealing a small amount of money, and is released after being jailed for 15 years. He wants to have a pass to get a job and start anew, but without a job he doesn't...

6.5

43 votes

6.5

43 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

Monpti

1957 · Movie · 96 min. · Germany - West Germany (FRG)

Direction Helmut Käutner

Cast Romy Schneider · Horst Buchholz · Mara Lane · Boy Gobert

Synopsis A romantic and funny love story with a tragic end. In Paris a young Hungarian artist (Monpti) and a girl (Anne-Claire) meet and fall in love. But just when she is prepared to give herself to him she finds a...

5.9

30 votes

5.9

30 votes

Direction Harald Reinl

Cast Siegfried Lowitz · Karin Dor · Hellmut Lange · Walter Rilla

Synopsis A ring of counterfeiters is flooding the country with phony money, and suspicion falls upon a wealthy playboy who may, or may not, have amnesia.

5.6

65 votes

5.6

65 votes

The Trapp Family

1956 · Movie · 106 min. · Germany - West Germany (FRG)

Direction Wolfgang Liebeneiner

Cast Ruth Leuwerik · Hans Holt · Maria Holst · Josef Meinrad

Synopsis A novice nun, Maria, is sent to care for the unruly children of a weathy Baron. The Baron and Maria fall in love, Maria leaves the convent and they marry. Under Maria's guidance the family becomes a nationally-acclaimed singing group,...

5.5

81 votes

5.5

81 votes

Orient-Express

1944 · Movie · 84 min. · Germany

Direction Viktor Tourjansky

Cast Siegfried Breuer · Gusti Wolf · Rudolf Prack · Lisa Siebel

Synopsis Somewhere in the middle of some Balkan country, the Orient Express comes to a screeching halt (okay: maybe it doesn't actually screech). In one of the train's compartments, the lawyer Branko lays murdered (I'd make a comment, but I'd probably...

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The Liar

1961 · Movie · 90 min. · Germany - West Germany (FRG)

Direction Ladislao Vajda

Cast Heinz Rühmann · Giulia Follina · Annemarie Düringer · Blandine Ebinger

Synopsis Mr. Schumann tells his little daughter a lot of lies about himself, so she can be proud of her father.

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Direction Alfred Vohrer

Cast Peter van Eyck · Christian Wolff · Heidi Brühl · Corny Collins

Synopsis High school student Fabian König is kicked out of school and starts a gang that specializes in theft. He falls in love with the orphan girl Ulla, but she rejects him when she finds out how he spends his time....

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Direction Ákos Ráthonyi

Cast Sonja Ziemann · Willy Fritsch · Anny Ondra · Hardy Krüger

Synopsis Impresario Zwickel (Rudolf Platte) fears for the preview of the new operetta. One day remains to complete the fragmentary opus. The complete finale is missing. While Zwickel is plodding to bring the dawdling composer duo Jupp (Willy Fritsch) and Juppi...

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Direction Gustav Ucicky

Cast Maria Emo · Claus Holm · Eva Ingeborg Scholz · Horst Frank

Synopsis Helga is a young single lady who has a baby with a much older married man.

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The Breakthrough

1963 · Movie · 85 min. · Germany - West Germany (FRG)

Direction Frank Wisbar

Cast Erik Schumann · Maria Körber · Helmut Oeser · Hans Paetsch

Synopsis Based on the real story of an East German machinist, disenchanted by the building of the Wall, who plans to use a train to cross the border with family members and other disaffected citizens.

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Direction Michael Braun

Cast Gustav Knuth · Gitty Djamal · Horst Janson · Andreas Blum

Synopsis Tells the story of a Swiss artist family, the 'Flying Dorias'. The stories mostly play in the circus Krone, which is planning a major European tour.

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