Screenplay: Fritz Rotter

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


September Affair

1950 · Movie · 104 min. · United States

Direction William Dieterle

Cast Joan Fontaine · Joseph Cotten · Françoise Rosay · Jessica Tandy

Plot Industrialist David Lawrence (Joseph Cotton) and pianist Marianne Stuart (Joan Fontaine) meet on a trip and fall in love. Through a quirk of fate, they are reported dead in a...

6.5

79 votes

6.5

79 votes

Strange Illusion

1945 · Movie · 87 min. · United States

Direction Edgar G. Ulmer

Cast Jimmy Lydon · Warren William · Sally Eilers · Regis Toomey

Plot Clean-cut American teen Jimmy Lydon is tormented by nightmares in which his deceased father warns him about Mom's new boyfriend, and he feigns madness to infiltrate a mental hospital where...

6.3

151 votes

6.3

151 votes

Something in the Wind

1947 · Movie · 86 min. · United States

Direction Irving Pichel

Cast Deanna Durbin · Charles Winninger · Donald O´Connor · John Dall

Plot A beautiful female disc-jockey is mistaken for the girlfriend of a geriatric millionaire by the millionaire's grandson.

5.2

37 votes

5.2

37 votes

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The Wonderful Lies of Nina Petrovna

1929 · Movie · 102 min. · Germany

Direction Hanns Schwarz

Cast Brigitte Helm · Francis Lederer · Warwick Ward · Lya Jan

Plot Helm, who was also great in Fritz Lang's Metropolis, goes from ice queen to awakened woman in love with fluidity.

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When the White Lilacs Bloom Again

1953 · Movie · 95 min. · Germany - West Germany (FRG)

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Die Halbzarte

1959 · Movie · 92 min. · Austria

Direction Rolf Thiele

Cast Romy Schneider · Carlos Thompson · Magda Schneider · Josef Meinrad

Plot A wooden, routine satire about love, sex, and a fascination with Americans, Die Halbzarte features an eccentric Austrian family who come up with a novel idea for making money. They...

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Affairs of Maupassant

1935 · Movie · 86 min. · Austria

Direction Henry Koster

Cast Lili Darvas · Hans Jaray · S.Z. Sakall · Attila Hörbiger

Plot A story of the romance of Maria Baschkirtzeff and Guy de Maupassant beginning with their first meeting leading to other meetings and the development of their ill-fated romance.

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Nights on the Road (The Mistress)

1952 · Movie · 112 min. · Germany - West Germany (FRG)

Direction Rudolf Jugert

Cast Hans Albers · Hildegard Knef · Lucie Mannheim · Marius Goring

Plot An aging truck driver finds smuggled money and becomes involved with a hijacking crowd.

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Illusion in a Minor Key

1952 · Movie · 101 min. · Germany - West Germany (FRG)

Direction Rudolf Jugert

Cast Hildegard Knef · Sybille Schmitz · Hardy Krüger · Maurice Teynac

Plot A lonely older woman falls in love and marries a lascivious young band leader; an action that ultimately destroys her family.

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