Hermann Speelmans

In Germany during World War II, a well-known psychic decides to collaborate with the Nazis. (imdb)

A small town engine driver is convinced by a nightclub owner to move to Hamburg and try his luck as a performer. His fiancée, however, becomes concerned by the life he is now leading.

The complicated love story between a dancer and a sophisticated man, which is severely disrupted by a calculating little girl. An unbelievable social melodrama; shallowly and superficially staged.

Anna Christiansen has not heard from her husband Klaus, a sailor, for twelve years. To provide a secure life for her three sons, Anna has taken over a sailors' home. Since then, she has led a modest but contented life. One day, Klaus suddenly appears at her door.

1940's descendant (Hans Albers) of an eccentric German Baron recounts some of his ancestor's enhanced, exaggerated, and grandly unrealistic stories as he searches the world for the secret of eternal life. This feature is in pastel colors and is a bit grainy. It is spoken German, but is available subtitled. (imdb)

The young doctor Dr. Virginia Larsen fights in vain against malaria on an island in the Antilles. She finally receives support from Dr. Dos Passos. The doctor persuades the rebellious natives to get vaccinated. They even help to dispel the suspicion of murder weighing on Dos Passos.

Old Captain Barkhahn has tried his luck in a number of different business ventures after retiring --- and he's always going out of business sooner or later.

The printing worker Lena suffers a lot from the teasing of her colleagues, because no one really knows who the child she expects is from. The alleged father, sailor Ole Thomsen, is on his way. When he comes back, doubts also prevail over him, and he sits down. When Lena wants to take her own life, the doubters come to their senses and found a fund for the boy to be expected.

Pierre Pasqual has just about everything his heart desires: in his career as a commercial pilot, he is well known and successful; he has wealth and a beautiful wife. The only thing is, that because of his career, Pierre is frequently away and the thought constantly tortures him, that his wife is up to something when he's not home. “Who's kissing Madeleine?” is the question Pierre must have answered.

The Minerva Mines Company is interested in transporting two particularly valuable diamonds from Cape Town to Amsterdam. To confuse potential thieves, two detectives are sent on two different ships with steel suitcases and they have no clue whether they're carrying pebbles or diamonds. Nevertheless, a collection of questionable characters come on board both ships. The hunt for the diamonds begins; the suitcases are stolen; everyone is suspect.

A bizarre cash-in, Die Graue Dame is a quasi-Holmes picture based on a theatrical play entirely unrelated to the works of Doyle. Here, young Jimmy Ward - played by Hermann Speelmans (1906-1960) infiltrates a criminal gang, only to reveal at the last moment that he is, in fact, none other than an undercover Sherlock Holmes. One can only presume that the 'John' - who, according to the credits list, acts as Holmes' 'servant' - was intended to be none other than the hapless Dr Watson.

A man supposed to be dead returns from the US to save his family land, resist a rival's attempt to frame him for a shooting, deal with an odious banker, and make sure the heroine finds the right husband.

An author, a businessman, a shipowner and a publisher form a business venture, which will supposedly exploit a huge find of lobsters on the island of Santa Cruz. After a report in the newspaper, the business' stocks do well. But the partners quarrel with one another and it doesn't help that there aren't any lobsters on Santa Cruz after all. Nevertheless, a team heads off to the island in a decrepit boat to open up a cannery in vain.

Bavarian comedy about an enterprising worker who convinces a wealthy sausage maker to name him head of production, after there are complaints about the quality of the meat.

Romance going on at Lake Constance.

Otto is pressured by his former girlfriend Mila to marry her. His friend and colleague Franz gets him a new job at Bernhard Münchow's remote auto repair shop, where Otto is safe from Mila for the time being. But then he falls in love with Käthe, the daughter of the owner of a shipyard and finds a bitter enemy in Ladewig, who is also in love with Käthe and who puts Mila back on Otto's trail. Mila, however, falls in love with garage owner Münchow, who is only interested in her supposed fortune…

A stressed American millionaire is advised by his doctor to take some downtime and rest in the German countryside. The tycoon is so impressed that he buys an estate and turns it into a resort where other businessmen can take holidays from their stressful lives. In the process he falls in love with the estate's former owner.

A German engineer in South America does all he can to return home and serve his country in the War.

Period romance set in Bismarck's Second Empire about a nobleman who wants to marry the daughter of a lowly pharmacist.

Against a luxurious Venice background, a daredevil German secret service captain pits his wits against an older man,a sinister antiquities dealer who is stealing drawings of weapons.

A Nazi propaganda film based upon the life and death of Hitler Youth Herbert Norkus, killed while distributing flyers in a Communist neighborhood. (imdb)

Urged by famous airman Ellissen the Lennartz Company puts into reality the project proposed by his friend Droste: F.P.1, a huge floating platform in the Atlantic that makes long-distance flights viable. Ellissen is in love with company heiress Claire, but when he returns from his adventures to save the endangered F.P.1 he finds out that he has lost her to Droste. Three versions of this movie were made simultaneously. This is the German Language version. (imdb)

This comedy pokes fun at the military exercises Germans were fond of doing in the lead up to the Great War.

This pre-WW II German costume drama chronicles the French Revolution with a particular focus upon Danton, Robespierre, and Marat. It depicts the dramatic downfall and execution of Georges Danton in 1794 at the hands of Maximilien Robespierre. The film also presents an interesting, if not historically inaccurate, portrayal of Louis XVI.

A man in bad sorts hires a burglar to later kill him, then changes his mind when his fortunes turn and must find the contracted murderer before it is too late.

An American millionaire, who had always bad luck with women, bets that he can live without them for five years. But after four and a half years travling around on his yacht, he rescues a lady from drowning in the English Channel.

When registering in a Berlin hotel, the beautiful Lilian realizes that she apparently has a doppelganger: She is arrested as a wanted jewel thief. Lilian decides to find the woman who is preparing her next coup in Nice.