A troubled father, working as a postmaster in province, worries about his daughter taken to the capital by a rich officer. Read More »
Tag Archives: Gustav Ucicky
Bis wir uns wiedersehn (1952) Gustav Ucicky, Maria Schell, O.W. Fischer, Karl Ludwig Diehl
This is the tear-jerking love story between young Pamela and casino owner Mayrhoefer. Read More »
Der gebieterische Ruf (1944) Gustav Ucicky, Rudolf Forster, Maria Holst, Paul Hubschmid
A doctor marries a colleague who once loved the patient, a paraplegic, he is operating on. Read More »
Cafe Electric (1927) Gustav Ucicky, Willi Forst, Marlene Dietrich, Fritz Alberti
Erni (Marlene Dietrich), the daughter of a wealthy industrialist Göttlinger (Fritz Alberti) falls for a pickpocket Fredl (Willi Forst) Read More »
Heimkehr (1941) Gustav Ucicky, Paula Wessely, Peter Petersen, Attila Hörbiger, Drama
This Nazi propaganda film attempts to justify the invasion of Poland–and thus the start of World War II Read More »
Das Mädchen Johanna / Joan The Maid (1935) Gustav Ucicky, Angela Salloker, Gustaf Gründgens, Heinrich George, Biography, Drama, History
The story of Joan of Arc has been filmed so often that it need not be repeated here. This 1935 version obviously can’t quite compete with the masterworks Dreyer, Bresson, or Rivette derived from the same story, but it’s nevertheless a very effective film which focuses much more on the intrigues of the men around Joan than on the girl herself, who gets surprisingly little screentime. Read More »