Rüdiger Suchsland examines German cinema from 1933, when the Nazis came into power, until 1945 when the Third Reich collapsed. Read More »
Tag Archives: Hans Albers
Nachts auf den Straßen / The Mistress (1952) Rudolf Jugert, Hans Albers, Hildegard Knef, Lucie Mannheim, Drama
An aging truck driver finds smuggled money and becomes involved with a hijacking crowd. Read More »
Münchhausen / The Adventures of Baron Munchausen (1943) Josef von Báky, Hans Albers, Wilhelm Bendow, Brigitte Horney, Comedy, Adventure, Fantasy
This lavish, impudent, adult fairy tale takes the viewer from 18th-century Braunschweig to St. Petersburg, Constantinople, Venice Read More »
F.P.1 antwortet nicht / F.P.1 Doesn’t Answer (1932) Karl Hartl, Hans Albers, Sybille Schmitz, Paul Hartmann, Crime, Sci-Fi
Urged by famous airman Ellissen the Lennartz Company puts into reality the project proposed by his friend Droste: F.P.1 Read More »
Der Mann, der Sherlock Holmes war / The Man Who Was Sherlock Holmes (1937) Karl Hartl, Hans Albers, Heinz Rühmann, Marieluise Claudius, Comedy, Crime, Romance
Hans Albers and Heinz Rühmann play two confidence tricksters. They manage to stop a night train for nefarious purposes, and impersonate Sherlock Holmes and Dr Watson. Romantic involvement with two young British female travelers ensues, but the plot deepens into the disappearance of rare Mauritius postage stamps which they undertake to recover, in their role as Holmes and Watson.
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