Paul Bös

Filmin konusu Fransız ordusundaki komuta kademesinin savaşmak istemeyen askerlere gözdağı verip korkutmak amacıyla suçsuz askerleri kurşuna dizmesidir. Fransız Ordusu da savaş sırasında diğer müttefik orduları gibi korkaklık suçundan dolayı infazlar gerçekleştirmiştir. Ancak filmin merkezinde duran sorun, verilen emre karşı gelerek saldırıya geçmeyen tüm cephenin yerine rastgele seçilen askerlerin kurşuna dizilmesidir. Bu tür cezalandırma tarihte Romalılar tarafından yaygın olarak uygulanmıştır. Onuncunun cezalandırılması olarak dilimize çevrilebilecek decimation cezasında suçlular arasından her on kişiden bir tanesi öldürülerek ceza uygulanır. Bu ceza Fransız Ordusunda, Flanders yakınlarında 15 Aralık 1914 tarihinde geri çekilen Cezayir Alayı 8.Tabur 10. Bölük askerleri hücum emrine uymayınca uygulanmıştır...

Batı Berlin’de cola firmasında çalışan bir adam, patronunun kızını bir komünistle evlenmekten vazgeçiremezse, işten kovulacaktır... Siyah-beyaz klasik, görüntüleriyle Oscar’a aday gösterildi * Müthiş keyifli bir film, filmin sonunun nasıl geldiğini anlayamayacağınız hızda ilerleyen harika bir senaryo ile tüm bunları birleştiren kusursuz bir kurgu ve yönetime sahip, mutlaka seyredilmesi gereken filmlerden biri. “Bu film resmen Coca Cola reklamı”, “Kapitalist düzene övgü, komünizme yergi” şeklindeki sözlere takılmadan filmi izleyin. Billy Wilder ustanın müthiş mizahlı anlatım dilinin tadına varın.

The ghosts of thieves help a beautiful young countess save her inherited castle from modern developers in this comic horror/musical.

Based on an actual murder case in Frankfurt after the war, the film tells the story of the murder of Rosemarie, a prostitute, and how she ended up strangled in her apartment.

The composer Carl Maria von Weber is on his way to Prague with his bride Caroline Brandt when their carriage is attacked by bandits. Fortunately, Count Enzio von Schwarzenbrunn rushes to their aid and puts the villains to flight. However, the noble host who invites them to his castle is nowhere near as noble as he suspects, having staged the robbery himself in order to bring the enchanting Caroline to his aristocratic residence in this clever way and get to know her better in this luxurious setting.

Cupid's arrow strikes Andreas, a hunter by profession, quite unexpectedly when he meets the sophisticated Italian Manuela, who has inherited a castle in his hometown. It is love at first sight for both of them. Manuela invites her admirer to come with her to Italy. A charming romance in which even the setting is enough to fall in love with.

Gustl Leubelfing, daughter of the mayor of Nuremberg adores the king of the Swedes. So she happily substitutes her brother as Gustav Adolf's page instead of marrying her fiancée Roland. Of course she has to hide that she's a woman, especially when they go into war against Wallenstein.

For 999 years, the mountain spirit Rübezahl has lived deep underground in the Giant Mountains. No one has seen him since. But when he learns that people no longer believe in him and that greed and injustice reign supreme, the lord of the mountains descends into the valley to teach humans a lesson with his magical powers. He harnesses a servant who is working his old horse to death to his carriage and gives him the whip. The mountain spirit turns the gold of his rich and miserly cousin Klaus into stones. Having become hungry on his journey, Rübezahl stops at an inn in the guise of a carter. When the greedy innkeeper, out of sheer greed, nibbles half of the scrambled eggs he has ordered from his plate, Rübezahl demands the eggs he has already paid for back...

Unscrupulous girl traders transport unsuspecting blonde girls from a nightclub in Amsterdam to a brothel in Havana. The young journalist Verena Linkmann wants to expose the slave trade, disguises herself as an available dancer.

When seminarian Martin Rufmann arrives in St. Eustachen, idyllically located in the Carinthian mountains, the local choral society is celebrating a joyous festival. Martin is the youngest son of the widowed head forester Thomas Rufmann. Martin's older brother Friedolin has inherited his father's love of hunting and is one of the best hunters in the area. He is also engaged to the pretty innkeeper's daughter Helene Schwarzaug. At the feast, Friedolin and his cronies drink heavily to the black liquor of the charcoal burner Krauthaas. Friedolin and the townspeople Günther have a loud argument in front of everyone. When Günther is found murdered a short time later, suspicion immediately falls on Friedolin. To save his brother, Martin accuses himself of the crime. The two brothers are arrested. The real culprit soon turns himself in, but in the meantime Thomas Rufmann has disappeared without a trace.

Das Kriminalmuseum was a German television series. It ran from 1963 to 1970 on ZDF and was one of its first programs. Each episode began with a tracking shot through an unspecified crime museum, stopping at one of the displays, whose story was then told. Each episode was between 60 and 75 minutes long and featured different actors as the criminal commissioner. The best known was Erik Ode, who in 1969 moved to Der Kommissar, appearing in 97 episodes. The theme music of the series was written by German composer Martin Böttcher, who also composed the complete scores for five episodes.

Graf 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.

Gestatten, mein Name ist Cox is a series of crime novels and audio dramas written by the German couple Rolf and Alexandra Becker, later also adapted to a television series and a movie. The series chronicle the adventures of Paul Cox, a professional gambler in London, with a tendency to get involved in intricate murder mysteries, where he often ends up as the main suspect and has to evade police and solve the crime to clear his name. He's aided in all his adventures by his friend Thomas Richardson, a private detective.