Direction: Werner Jacobs

The best movies, series, and documentaries directed by Werner Jacobs. Explore exceptional titles that showcase a unique filmmaking vision.


Homesick for St. Pauli

1963 · Movie · 102 min. · Germany - West Germany (FRG)

Direction Werner Jacobs

Cast Freddy Quinn · Josef Albrecht · Ullrich Haupt · Erna Sellmer

Plot A German singer who has enjoyed massive success in the United States, returns to his hometown, the St. Pauli district of Hamburg.

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What Is the Matter with Willi?

1970 · Movie · 85 min. · Germany - West Germany (FRG)

Direction Werner Jacobs

Cast Heinz Erhardt · Ralf Wolter · Ruth Stephan · Helen Vita

Plot Tax collectors Willi Winzig and Felix Klein are determined to stay bachelors even though their housekeeper Frau Stirnima fancies Willi and Herr Klein has fallen for their combined secretary, Frau...

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Der Mörderclub von Brooklyn

1967 · Movie · 96 min. · Germany - West Germany (FRG)

Direction Werner Jacobs

Cast George Nader · Heinz Weiss · Helmut Förnbacher · Karel Stepanek

Plot A rich capitalist is blackmailed and threatened with the murder of his daughter. There's a terrific scene where gangsters bust in and kidnap a young woman.

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Hurra, die Schule brennt - Die Lümmel von der ersten Bank IV. Teil

1969 · Movie · 97 min. · Germany - West Germany (FRG)

Direction Werner Jacobs

Cast Peter Alexander · Heintje Simons · Theo Lingen · Gerlinde Locker

Plot Pepe Nietnagel's bunch's pranks make their school a logical choice for the ministry of education to reassign an elite teacher to. The choice falls on overqualified Dr. Peter Bach, who...

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Tante Frieda - Neue Lausbubengeschichten

1965 · Movie · 87 min. · Germany - West Germany (FRG)

Direction Werner Jacobs

Cast Heidelinde Weis · Friedrich von Thun · Gustav Knuth · Käthe Braun

Plot Ludwig becomes inventive when it comes to being sent home from boarding school as quickly as possible.

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I Wasn't a Very Good Student Either

1974 · Movie · 94 min. · Germany - West Germany (FRG)

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...denn die Musik und die Liebe in Tirol

1963 · Movie · 94 min. · Germany - West Germany (FRG)

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Circus of Fear

1966 · Movie · 90 min. · United Kingdom

Direction John Llewellyn Moxey · Werner Jacobs

Cast Christopher Lee · Leo Genn · Anthony Newlands · Heinz Drache

Plot A circus becomes the location for stolen loot and murder.

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Charley's Onkel

1969 · Movie · 93 min. · Germany - West Germany (FRG)

Direction Werner Jacobs

Cast Gila von Weitershausen · Karl Michael Vogler · Heidy Bohlen · Gustav Knuth

Plot Carla "Charley" Werner, driving instructor at the driving school Most, quits when her boss wants to kick her out because of her complaints.

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Hilfe, meine Braut klaut

1964 · Movie · 83 min. · Austria

Direction Werner Jacobs

Cast Peter Alexander · Cornelia Froboess · Gunther Philipp · Elfriede Irrall

Plot Guy falls in love with cleptomanic girl, tries to keep her out of trouble.

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Der Graf von Luxemburg

1957 · Movie · 91 min. · Germany - West Germany (FRG)

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Wenn Ludwig ins Manöver zieht

1967 · Movie · 91 min. · Germany - West Germany (FRG)

Direction Werner Jacobs

Cast Hans Kraus · Heidelinde Weis · Rudolf Rhomberg · Hubert von Meyernick

Plot The Prussian Army comes to Bavaria for a military exercise. They show off and try to demonstrate superiority. Yet they don't stand a chance because they are not prepared to...

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Die Lümmel von der ersten Bank - 1. Trimester: Zur Hölle mit den Paukern

1968 · Movie · 85 min. · Germany - West Germany (FRG)

Direction Werner Jacobs

Cast Hans Kraus · Gila von Weitershausen · Günther Schramm · Hannelore Elsner

Plot Collectable stamps trader Kurt Nietnagel's son Pepe recently transferred from a private boarding school to Mommsen gymnasium (classical high school), but is also already its king of pranksters. Latin teacher...

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Onkel Filser - Allerneueste Lausbubengeschichten

1966 · Movie · 88 min. · Germany - West Germany (FRG)

Direction Werner Jacobs

Cast Michl Lang · Hans Kraus · Fritz Tillmann · Monika Dalhlberg

Plot Bavaria in 1886. The rascal Ludwig has to change again the high school. His uncle and company godfather, the member of parliament Josef Filser, is supposed to look after him...

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The Heathens of Kummerow

1967 · Movie · 94 min. · Germany - East Germany (GDR)

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Der Stern von Santa Clara

1958 · Movie · 85 min. · Germany - West Germany (FRG)

Direction Werner Jacobs

Cast Vico Torriani · Gerlinde Locker · Ruth Stephan · Hubert von Meyernick

Plot A musician from the small town of Santa Clara, Mexico makes it big and finds love along the way.

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Heidi

1965 · Movie · 110 min. · Austria

Direction Werner Jacobs

Cast Eva Maria Singhammer · Michaela May · Jan Koester · Gustav Knuth

Plot The story is about an orphan girl, who has been sent to live with a lonely, angry man at the top of a mountain in the Swiss Alps. This man...

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Morgen fällt die Schule aus - Die Lümmel von der ersten Bank, VI. Teil

1971 · Movie · 90 min. · Germany - West Germany (FRG)

Direction Werner Jacobs

Cast Heintje Simons · Hans Kraus · Rudolf Schündler · Ralf Wolter

Plot Pepe Nietnagel's father, a stamp dealer, is stealing a valuable collection from a car in Amsterdam.

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Meine Tochter - Deine Tochter

1972 · Movie · 86 min. · Germany - West Germany (FRG)

Direction Werner Jacobs

Cast Chris Roberts · Georg Thomalla · Peter Weck · Catharina Conti

Plot A college teacher anxious to become headmaster obliges his school's caretaker by officially figuring as the father of the caretaker's daughter who is on a visit from America. This impersonation...

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Schwarzwaldfahrt aus Liebeskummer

1974 · Movie · 86 min. · Germany - West Germany (FRG)

Direction Werner Jacobs

Cast Roy Black · Barbara Nielsen · Heidi Hansen · Elke Aberle

Plot Hannes has his muzzle full at the beginning and quits with his boss. He travels to his grandfather for a rest. A dramatic romance about Hannes ultimately leads to him...

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