Screenplay: Carl Zuckmayer

Top movies, series, and documentaries with a screenplay by Carl Zuckmayer. Explore the titles that showcase an exceptional writing.


The Blue Angel

1930 · Movie · 109 min. · Germany

Direction Josef von Sternberg

Cast Marlene Dietrich · Emil Jannings · Kurt Gerron · Eduard von Winterstein

Plot Based on Heinrich Mann's novel "Professor Unrat". Immanuel Rath (Emil Jannings) is a provincial prep school teacher who becomes incensed when he learns his boys have become infatuated with Lola...

7.8

5K votes

7.8

5K votes

Rembrandt

1936 · Movie · 84 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Alexander Korda

Cast Charles Laughton · Elsa Lanchester · Gertrude Lawrence · Edward Chapman

Plot A character study focusing on the later life (particularly at the height of his fame in the mid 1600s) of Rembrandt Van Rijn is depicted through a series of vignettes....

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7.0

701 votes

7.0

701 votes

The Captain from Köpenick

1956 · Movie · 93 min. · Germany - West Germany (FRG)

Direction Helmut Käutner

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

Plot 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...

6.5

43 votes

6.5

43 votes

From Mayerling to Sarajevo

1940 · Movie · 95 min. · France

Direction Max Ophüls

Cast Edwige Feuillère · John Lodge · Aimé Clariond · Jean Worms

Plot The story of Franz Ferdinand of Austria and his wife, and the events leading up to their assassination in Sarajevo in 1914.

6.5

177 votes

6.5

177 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

Plot 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...

6.5

142 votes

6.5

142 votes

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The Captain from Köpenick

1931 · Movie · 107 min. · Germany

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The Girl from Flanders

1956 · Movie · 105 min. · Germany - West Germany (FRG)

Direction Helmut Käutner

Cast Nicole Berger · Maximilian Schell · Viktor de Kowa · Friedrich Domin

Plot A Belgian girl, accused of stealing weapons, looks for protection in a cabaret and is helped by a German soldier in this World War I drama.

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The Virgin on the Roof

1953 · Movie · 90 min. · United States

Direction Otto Preminger

Cast Johanna Matz · Johannes Heesters · Hardy Krüger · Tom Tully

Plot Actress Patty O'Neill meets playboy architect Donald Gresham on the observation deck of the Empire State Building and accepts his invitation to join him for drinks and dinner in his...

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Little Rascal

1939 · Movie · 94 min. · Netherlands

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The Blue Angel

1959 · Movie · 107 min. · United States

Direction Edward Dmytryk

Cast Curd Jürgens · May Britt · Theodore Bikel · John Banner

Plot Professor Immanuel Rath (Curt Jurgens)is a martinet botany professor at a German high school who finds post cards bearing the likeness of Lola-Lola (May Britt), "The Blue Angel", in the...

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A Love Story

1954 · Movie · 97 min. · Germany - West Germany (FRG)

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Trapeze

1931 · Movie · 95 min. · Germany

Direction Ewald André Dupont

Cast Anna Sten · Anton Walbrook · Reinhold Bernt · Otto Wallburg

Plot Robby and Jim are two friends working in a circus. When Marina, a new acrobat, enters the show, both men will compete for her love. She needs a partner for...

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Master Over Life and Death

1955 · Movie · 87 min. · Germany - West Germany (FRG)

Direction Victor Vicas

Cast Maria Schell · Ivan Desny · Ernst Wilhelm Borchert · Olga Limburg

Plot Barbara is married to Georg Bertram, a professor of medicine who once saved her father's life. Things go awry for the couple when she gives birth to a mentally defective...

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Frauensee

1958 · Movie · 93 min. · Austria

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Duel in the Forest

1958 · Movie · 116 min. · Germany - West Germany (FRG)

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The Prince of Rogues

1928 · Movie · 120 min. · Germany

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