Die Geschichte vom kleinen Muck

1953

German

6.7

♡ 1

33%

Wolfgang Staudte Director

Hubert Temming as

Willi Schwabe as Jussef

Friedrich Richter as Mukrah

Gerd Frickhöffer as Unterer Ramudschin

An old man living in an oriental city tells the story of his life to a group of kids: He too was once a young boy by the name of Little Muck - much like them, but with better manners and a heap of problems. Having lost his father at early age, little Muck is expelled from home by his greedy relatives. He wanders off into the desert hoping to find the merchant who sells good fortune. Amidst the dunes of sand he comes across a small house owned by a wicked woman and her many cats. She wants to make Little Muck her servant, but he manages to escape by stealing a pair of magic shoes which enable him to run faster than any man in the country. From there he heads right into the next set of challenges...

Three Penny Opera

1963

German

5.2

♡ 3

Drama

Musical

Wolfgang Staudte Director

Sammy Davis Jr. as Ballad Singer

Curd Jürgens as Captain Macheath

Hildegard Knef as Jenny Diver

Gert Fröbe as J.J. Peachum

The Gangster Macheath secretly marries the daughter of beggar king Peachum. When Peachum finds out, he instructs the police chief Brown to arrest and hang Macheath. If not, all the beggars of Soho will disturb the upcoming coronation.

Murderers Among Us

1946

German

7.4

♡ 5

83%

destruction of a civilization

Wolfgang Staudte Director

Albert Johannes as Bartolomaeus Timm

Wolfgang Dohnberg as Fritz Knochenhauer

Christian Blackwood as Otto

Hildegard Knef as Susanne Wallner

After returning from a concentration camp, Susanne finds a traumatized ex-soldier living in her apartment in bombed out Berlin. Together the two try to move past their experiences during WWII.

Der Untertan

1951

German

7.3

♡ 2

Comedy

Drama

Wolfgang Staudte Director

Werner Peters as Diederich Heßling

Friedrich Richter as Fabrikbesitzer Lauer

Harry Riebauer as (uncredited)

Edgar Pauly as (uncredited)

Diederich Heßling is scared of everything and everyone. But as he grows up, he comes to realize that he has to offer his services to the powers-that-be if he wants to wield power himself. His life motto now runs: bow to those at the top and tread on those below. In this way, he always succeeds: as a student in a duel-fighting student fraternity and as a businessman in a paper factory. He cajoles the obese district administrative president Von Wulkow and wins his favor. He slanders his financial rivals and hatches a plot with the social democrats in the town council. On his honeymoon with his rich wife Guste, he finally finds a chance to do his beloved Kaiser a favor. And when a memorial to the Kaiser is unveiled in the town where Diederich lives and works, he delivers the address. He stands behind the lectern in the pouring rain, saluting his Kaiser. The crowd is dispersed. Everything is laid in ruins...

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Die Geschichte vom kleinen Muck

Three Penny Opera

Murderers Among Us

Der Untertan