Frank Wisbar

Frank Wisbar
Country: West Germany
Total Credits at Criticker: 14 (Director), 6 (Writer)
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Devil Bat\
Wishing to dispose of his wife, psychiatrist Doctor Elliott makes his patient Nina think that she suffers from a compulsion to kill. He drugs Nina, murders his wife and leaves evidence that points to Nina. The latter, pre-conditioned by Elliott, also thinks she is guilty. (imdb)
Strangler of the Swamp
A number of swamp land men have died by strangulation and the inhabitants believe that an innocent man they hanged is seeking revenge on all of the male descendants of those responsible for his death. Maria, granddaughter of the innocent ferryman, decides to operate the ferry service. Chris Sanders, a son of one of the men who did the hanging, and Maria fall in love. The "strangler" seizes Chris and Maria offers her life if Chris is spared. (imdb)
Haie und kleine Fische
An adaptation of the besteselling naturalistic war novel Sharks and Little Fish written by Wolfgang Ott. It describes author's experience as an young German WWII submariner.
Fährmann Maria
Maria, a daughter of a ferryman takes over the job after her father's death, and one night gives a ride to a wounded man. Later, when Death comes to claim his life, she tries to save him as they cross the swamp together. (imdb)
The Prairie
Religious fanatic Ishmael Bush is determined to find a land where the rules could be of his own making. So he sets out from Kentucky with his wife and five sons to go into the un-surveyed territory of the recent Louisiana Purchase. Asa Bush, the eldest son, and his uncle, Abiram White, save Ellen Wade from the Indians, and Ishmael allows her to travel with his flock. They face incredible hardships, as the burning sun and seas of scorched grass torture them with thirst and hunger... (imdb)
Hunde, wollt ihr ewig leben
In the winter of 1943, against the background of battle scenes, a young German Lieutenant who increasingly distrusts the inhuman Nazi ideology struggles with the concept of war. (imdb)
Commando
A French Foreign Legion commander is told to assemble a unit and capture an Algerian rebel leader. He gathers in his old unit, most of whom are no longer in top form. One is having nightmares of past indiscretions, another is now drinking, another has lost his nerve. He takes them in captures the leader, but then is unable to make it to the pick up. He encounters a rebel patrol and is trapped unless they can escape before their water runs out. (imdb)
Wet Asphalt
A blind German soldier, the sole survivor of a group trapped in an underground bunker at the end of World War II, escapes after six years and becomes a national sensation. But when the reporter who broke the story (played by German star Horst Buchholz) discovers a shocking secret, he has to choose between loyalty to his mentor and the truth. This won a German Film Award for Hans-Martin Majewski's original soundtrack. (Note: the DVD currently available in North America is English-dubbed only.)
+5
Lighthouse
Connie is all smitten with lighthouse keeper Sam Wells, but he brushes her off and she ups and marries his fellow-lighthouse keeper Hank Armitage out of spite. All three live together in the close confines of the lighthouse and jealously and recrimination rise nearly as high inside as the pounding surf and howling winds outside.
+4
Anna und Elisabeth
The story is very unusual and partly awkward. The two main people in the story are Anna, a young girl (played by Hertha Thiele), who is thought of having the ability to heal people mysteriously. Elisabeth, played by Darathea Wieck, is a young - middle aged aristocratic woman, that is disabled and puts all her hopes in meeting Anna and having her disability heal by her. A strange ambivalent relationship develops between the two women, and just one of them survives. (imdb)
The Mozart Story
Story of the life and work of famed composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.
Secrets of Linda Hamilton
Gamblers try to blackmail the district attorney with pictures of his daughter.
Die Unbekannte
The body of an unknown beautiful woman is fished out of the river and leaves the policemen wondering what drove the girl to such a grisly fate. The film then flashes back to months before, showing the torrid love affair between a young cabaret singer and a rich playboy that ultimately results in tragedy for the girl.
Fireside Theatre
An anthology series which became the first successful filmed series on American television.