Screenplay: Gerhard Menzel
Top movies, series, and documentaries with a screenplay by Gerhard Menzel. Explore the titles that showcase an exceptional writing.
Titles found: 12
The Great King
1942 · Movie · 118 min. · Germany
Direction Veit Harlan
Cast Otto Gebühr · Kristina Söderbaum · Gustav Fröhlich · Hans Nielsen
6.3
27 votes
6.3
27 votes
Direction Vernon Sewell · Gustav Ucicky
Cast Rudolf Forster · Fritz Genschow · Adele Sandrock · Camilla Spira
Synopsis In 1915, Captain Liers, commander of a submarine is leaving his hometown, where he, his 2nd officer and the radio-operator, who is married there, spend their shore leave. Liers two brothers were already killed in action, so his mother doesn't...
5.6
25 votes
5.6
25 votes
Cheated by the Wind
1937 · Movie · 98 min. · Germany
Direction Douglas Sirk
Cast Zarah Leander · Ferdinand Marian · Karl Martell · Julia Serda
Synopsis Don Pedro, the elegant landowner of Puerto Rico, is conquered by Astree, the rebellious travelling Swedish woman. They get married and have a child. Their relationship begins to change and Don holds Astree a prisoner. Homesicked, all Astree's pent-up hatred...
5.5
49 votes
5.5
49 votes
Flüchtlinge
1933 · Movie · 87 min. · Germany
Direction Gustav Ucicky
Cast Hans Albers · Käthe von Nagy · Eugen Klöpfer · Ida Wüst
Synopsis Propaganda film detailing the plight of ethnic Germans, known as "Volga Germans", in the Soviet province of Manchuria.
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King in Shadow
1957 · Movie · 104 min. · Germany - West Germany (FRG)
Direction Harald Braun
Cast Odile Versois · O.W. Fischer · Horst Buchholz · Fritz Tillmann
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Das Mädchen Johanna
1935 · Movie · 87 min. · Germany
Direction Gustav Ucicky
Cast Angela Salloker · Gustaf Gründgens · Heinrich George · René Deltgen
Synopsis The recount of the 17-year-old peasant girl Joan of Arc of the 15th century tinted to the presence of the National Socialist ideology.
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Her Crime Was Love
1955 · Movie · 95 min. · Austria
Direction Josef von Báky
Cast Eva Bartok · Ivan Desny · Karlheinz Böhm · Walter Richter
Synopsis Beautiful Dunja is bored to death at the post office of her father, far in the depths of Russia. When the dubious officer Minski arrives, she's fascinated by his stories about life in St. Petersburg and easily can be persuaded...
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Ich suche dich
1956 · Movie · 95 min. · Germany - West Germany (FRG)
Direction O.W. Fischer
Cast O.W. Fischer · Anouk Aimée · Nadja Tiller · Otto Brüggemann
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Homecoming
1941 · Movie · 88 min. · Germany
Direction Gustav Ucicky
Cast Paula Wessely · Peter Petersen · Attila Hörbiger · Ruth Hellberg
Synopsis This Nazi propaganda film attempts to justify the invasion of Poland--and thus the start of World War II--by "showing" how the ethnic Germans in Poland were were discriminated against and oppressed by the Poles, and how they were rescued from...
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Robert Koch, der Bekämpfer des Todes
1939 · Movie · 113 min. · Germany
Direction Hans Steinhoff
Cast Emil Jannings · Werner Krauss · Viktoria von Ballasko · Raimund Schelcher
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The Sinner
1951 · Movie · 100 min. · Germany - West Germany (FRG)
Direction Willi Forst
Cast Hildegard Knef · Gustav Fröhlich · Änne Bruck · Wera Frydtberg
Synopsis In the film, Hildegard Knef plays the prostitute Marina, who is "reformed" by her love for the incurably ill painter, Alexander (played by Gustav Fröhlich). After a brief period of happiness, Alexander is faced with impending blindness. At his request,...
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Hanussen
1955 · Movie · 95 min. · Germany - West Germany (FRG)
Direction O.W. Fischer · Georg Marischka
Cast O.W. Fischer · Liselotte Pulver · Erni Mangold · Maria Dominik
Synopsis In Germany during World War II, a well-known psychic decides to collaborate with the Nazis.
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