
Til Kiwe
Actor · 1910 – 1995 · Aachen, Germany
Movies24
Movie7.9AdventureDramaThe Nazis, exasperated at the number of escapes from their prison camps by a relatively small number of Allied prisoners, relocate them to a high-security 'escape-proof' camp to sit out the remainder of the war. Undaunted, the prisoners plan one of the most ambitious escape attempts of World War II. Based on a true story.
The Great Escape
1963 · 2.9K votes
Movie7.6WarActionThe retelling of June 6, 1944, from the perspectives of the Germans, US, British, Canadians, and the Free French. Marshall Erwin Rommel, touring the defenses being established as part of the Reich's Atlantic Wall, notes to his officers that when the Allied invasion comes they must be stopped on the beach. "For the Allies as well as the Germans, it will be the longest day"
The Longest Day
1962 · 1.1K votes
Movie6.6ThrillerFollowing the suicide of an elderly Jewish man, investigative journalist Peter Miller sets out to hunt down an SS Captain and former concentration camp commander. In doing so he discovers that, despite allegations of war crimes, the former commander has become a man of importance in industry in post-war Germany, protected from prosecution by a powerful organisation of former SS members called Odessa.
The Odessa File
1974 · 205 votes
Movie7.5ComedyIn Cold War-era West Berlin, American Coca-Cola executive C.R. 'Mac' MacNamara is tasked with playing babysitter to his boss' spoiled 17-year-old daughter Scarlett, who proves more difficult than anticipated when she reveals that she is pregnant by a Communist.
One, Two, Three
1961 · 437 votes
Movie7.6DramaHistoryA group of German boys are ordered to protect a small bridge in their home village during the waning months of the second world war. Truckloads of defeated, cynical Wehrmacht soldiers flee the approaching American troops, but the boys, full of enthusiasm for the "blood and honor" Nazi ideology, stay to defend the useless bridge. The film is based on a West German anti-war novel of the same name, written by Gregor Dorfmeister.
Movie6.7WarComedyIn 1942, a French prisonner of war in Germany decide to escape to France using a cow hold by a lunge as a decoy. He cross all Germany in this way.
Movie6.8WarActionWWII is entering its last phase: Germany is in ruins, but does not yield. The US army lacks crucial knowledge about the German units operating on the opposite side of the Rhine, and decides to send two German prisoners to gather information. The scheme is risky: the Gestapo retains a terribly efficient network to identify and capture spies and deserters. Moreover, it is not clear that "Tiger", who does not mind any dirty work as long as the price is right, and war-weary "Happy", who might be easily betrayed by his feelings, are dependable agents. After Tiger and another American agent are successfully infiltrated, Happy is parachuted in Bavaria. His duty: find out the whereabouts of a powerful German armored unit moving towards the western front.
Decision Before Dawn
1951 · 50 votes
Movie6.4ComedyWarA POW in World War II is put to work in a Munich zoo, looking after an Asian elephant. The zoo is bombed by the Americans and the director of the zoo decides it is not safe for his Asian elephant Lucy to remain there. So he sends Brooks to safety with Lucy. They escape and go on the run in order to get to Switzerland.
Hannibal Brooks
1969 · 40 votes
Movie7.5DramaWarDr. Fritz Böhler is a prisoner of war doctor in the Soviet POW camp 5110/47 near Stalingrad. Despite the harshest conditions, he tries to help his fellow prisoners with the simplest means. But when his assistant Dr. Schultheiss falls in love with the Russian doctor Alexandra Kasalinskaja, Schultheiss not only endangers his own life - because Alexandra is the lover of First Lieutenant Markow.
Movie6.8DramaThe father of young maiden Wally wants to force the girl into a marriage.
Movie7.0DramaWarA dramatic reconstruction of the July 1944 attempt by German Army Officers to assassinate Hitler with a bomb and end the war before Germany was totally destroyed.
Movie6.4WarDramaAs Germany's fortunes in the latter part of World War II wane, several young boys, in their enthusiasm to do something "for the fatherland", volunteer to fight with the German army in the East. Horrified at the news that their children left for the Russian front, the boys' mothers begin a desperate effort to get their sons back.
Movie5.0DramaAfter leaving the reformatory where they spent their childhood, three boys begin their journey in life. The protagonist ends up becoming a criminal, but is finally redeemed by another of his former classmates, who has become a priest.
Saranno uomini
1957 · 4 votes
Movie5.8ComedyThe leader of a right-wing German political party discovers that an illiterate woodcarver is actually the son of Adolf Hitler.
Son of Hitler
1979 · 6 votes
Movie6.7WarDramaBiographic movie of the German fighter ace, who was killed in a plane crash after over 150 kills in North Africa.
Movie3.0ComedyThe young, married Marianne falls into the circles of partner swapping. Georg, her husband, accuses her of frigidity and uptightness. After an argument in the marital bedroom, they separate and divorce. Marianne soon meets Franz and his wife Judith, who need a certain stimulant to achieve complete satisfaction. Marianne is the perfect object for them.
Movie8.0CrimeDramaShortly before the end of the war, SS officer Grohmann sinks several crates of counterfeit English money in Lake Toplitz with his comrade Kopetzky. The former Nazi used the money to build a career in business in post-war Germany. His buddy also benefits from this “new beginning”. That's when reporter Wolfgang Löhde gets on their trail...
Der Schatz vom Toplitzsee
1959 · 2 votes
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- Movie7.0Drama
Rette sich, wer kann oder Dummheit siegt überall
1966 · 1 votes
Movie7.3HistoryRomance1802: The adventurous life story of Hans Bückler, known as “Schinderhannes”, who fights against the French occupying forces and large landowners who exploit poor farmers in the Hunsrück region during the Napoleonic Wars.
Der Schinderhannes
1958 · 12 votes
Movie7.0DramaWilli and Maria Kluge married in the final days of World War II. Maria is deported to a camp in Siberia and does not return home until eight years later. She brings with her the child of a fellow prisoner, whom she gave birth to in the camp. This is a heavy blow for her husband Willi, who has been waiting longingly for her, but he takes her and the child in. She struggles to regain his love and trust, and eventually his masculine generosity prevails.
Movie4.5DramaWarIn 1942 the Germans devised an operation to introduce in Egypt spies to provoke a rebellion against the British.
Rommel ruft Kairo
1959 · 2 votes
Movie10.0ComedyChampagner aus dem Knobelbecher
1975 · 1 votes
Movie7.0DocumentarySeit 5.45 wird zurückgeschossen
1961 · 2 votes
Series8
TV6.9CrimeMysteryGraf Yoster gibt sich die Ehre [French title: Le comte Yoster a bien l'honneur] is a TV series which followed the adventures of the title’s amateur gentleman detective. It was a success in particular in Germany and in France. Originally the show was a German production in black-and-white but it evolved into a European co-production in colour.
Graf Yoster gibt sich die Ehre
1967 · 9 votes
TV7.3CrimeDie seltsamen Methoden des Franz Josef Wanninger is a German television series.
Die seltsamen Methoden des Franz Josef Wanninger
1965 · 3 votes
TV7.5CrimeHafenpolizei is a German television series.
Hafenpolizei
1963 · 2 votes
TV10.0DramaAm grünen Strand der Spree was a five-part German television movie which first aired in 1960. It was based on a novel by Hans Scholz and has been called a Straßenfeger in German, a television program that was watched by so many, the streets were empty. It was produced by German broadcaster Nord- und Westdeutscher Rundfunkverband in Cologne, Germany.
Am grünen Strand der Spree
1960 · 1 votes
TV7.0CrimeVon Null Uhr Eins bis Mitternacht
1967 · 1 votes
TV7.5FamilyAction & AdventureThe story of conquerors and prophets - The series takes place in Celtic Britain of the fifth century. The 13 year old Merlin grows up at the Court of his grandfather, King Ostar. His mother Alviga is the daughter of the King, his father is the son of the Devil, who appears as Rufus in human form.
Merlin
1980 · 2 votes
- TV10.0Documentary
Appointment With Destiny
1971 · 1 votes
- TVAction & Adventure