Direction: Karl Ritter

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


The Crew of the Dora

1943 · Movie · 91 min. · Germany

Direction Karl Ritter

Cast Hannes Stelzer · Hubert Kiurina · Josef Dahmen · Georg Thomalla

Synopsis Depicts a love triangle involving two Luftwaffe pilots being overcome by their participation in battle together. While on leave one of the pilots inspires a girl with hopes of settling in the east, a dream that no longer appeared possible.

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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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Cadets

1939 · Movie · 94 min. · Germany

Direction Karl Ritter

Cast Mathias Wiedman · Carsta Löck · Andrews Engelmann · Theo Shall

Synopsis During the 18th century's Seven-Year War, a group of young Prussian army cadets are captured by Russian soldiers. After enduring brutal treatment, the cadets come up with a plan to escape their captors and make their way back to their...

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Furlough on Word of Honor

1938 · Movie · 87 min. · Germany

Direction Karl Ritter

Cast Rolf Möbius · Ingeborg Theek · Fritz Kampers · Berta Drews

Synopsis About a group of soldiers, on leave for six hours in Berlin in October 1918, shortly before the armistice.

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Capriccio

1938 · Movie · 105 min. · Germany

Direction Karl Ritter

Cast Lilian Harvey · Anton Imkamp · Paul Dahlke · Viktor Staal

Synopsis Musical comedy set in period France, in which a grandfather brings up the family heiress as a boy so she will not be bothered by suitors.

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Im Photoatelier (S)

1932 · Movie · 23 min. · Germany

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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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Pour le Mérite

1938 · Movie · 122 min. · Germany

Direction Karl Ritter

Cast Paul Hartmann · Herbert A.E. Böhme · Albert Hehn · Paul Otto

Synopsis Nazi propaganda film chronicles the rise of the German Air Force ("Luftwaffe") from World War I until Adolf Hitler took power in 1933.

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The Red Terror

1942 · Movie · 97 min. · Germany

Direction Karl Ritter

Cast Laura Solari · Will Quadflieg · Marina von Ditmar · Andrews Engelmann

Synopsis Olga, a Russian refuge from Bolshevik terror has joined the Soviet secret police, the G.P.U. to find the man who killed her parents. Meanwhile a young Baltic couple are caught up in the schemes of the evil communists.

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Stukas

1941 · Movie · 101 min. · Germany

Direction Karl Ritter

Cast Carl Raddatz · Hannes Stelzer · Albert Hehn · Ernst von Klipstein

Synopsis This Nazi propaganda film details the exploits of a group of German Luftwaffe pilots flying Stukas--fighter-bombers--in the Battle of France in the early days of World War II.

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