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Hildegard Frieda Albertine Knef (December 28, 1925 - February 1, 2002) was a German actress, singer and writer.
Total trailers found: 63
12 March 1959
Meant to be a diatribe against yellow journalism and current social ills, this weakly limned drama by Josef von Baky features a reporter who works for one of the tabloid papers.
07 December 1964
An American pilot assists the Portuguese colonial police who are battling a gang of criminals involved in drug smuggling from Lisbon to Mozambique to Zanzibar.
17 December 1952
Two scriptwriters argue about the fate of Henrietta, a charming and gamine shopgirl. One favors a comical path for their heroine, who is overcome with sentimental love for a young photographer on Bastille Day.
20 December 1992
A documentary about the 75th birhday of the UFA film studios directed by Hans-Christoph Blumenberg.
12 January 1963
Caterina finds out that her husband Peter Tzar of Russia, is plotting to kill her. She sets Count Orlov free from prison, Peter's sworn enemy, becomes empress of Russia and leads the Cossacks army against him.
27 February 1964
The British Admiralty is worried: several cargo ships carrying troops have mysteriously jumped off Gibraltar.
18 April 1980
A biologist has succeeded in growing a particularly energy-rich lettuce and now the whole world wants to get hold of the product.
28 February 1963
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.
15 June 1967
12 American military prisoners in World War II are ordered to infiltrate a well-guarded enemy château and kill the Nazi officers vacationing there.
27 March 1963
Vincent Vivant agrees to Stephan the spy's proposal: he is to cross the border with a mysterious suitcase.
25 January 1963
Paris, France, during the First World War. While thousands of soldiers die every day on the battlefields, Henri Landru, a seemingly respectable furniture dealer, married and father of four children, relentlessly feeds his own sinister factory of death.
31 May 1985
Emily, a child, stays with her bourgeois grandparents during frequent periods when her mother makes films.
17 September 1952
Writer Harry Street reflects on his life as he lies dying from an infection while on safari in the shadow of Mount Kilimanjaro.
18 January 1951
Going from a dysfunctional family into a life of prostitution, Marina finally finds happiness and comfort with unsuccessful artist Alexander.
26 July 1962
The detective investigating Laura Hunt's murder finds himself becoming obsessed with the dead woman only to find out she's actually still alive.
25 September 1964
After World War II, a lot of people, who lived in the eastern parts of the Third Reich had to be relocated.
14 September 1954
While perusing a police photo, Hilde - an investigative reporter - recognizes a bracelet that she once owned while living in her native Romania.
01 September 1954
A man hypnotizes a young woman into being an opera singer.
15 October 1946
After returning from a concentration camp, Susanne finds a traumatized ex-soldier living in her apartment in bombed out Berlin.
07 June 1962
A 14-year-old girl is caught while trying to pick a doctor's pocket. The doctor ends up taking her in and turning her into a sophisticated lady, whom he marries off to a wealthy man.
26 September 1952
Upon awaking in the morning, a man finds his thoughts clouded by the possibility that he committed a murder.
11 December 1947
A group of people gathers back in the post-war ruins of a luxurious Munich hotel they inhabited at one point or another years before; each trying to cope with the tragic consequences of the war and their own actions.
01 December 1988
A student and her photographer boyfriend visit an island off of Massachusetts to research a hotel supposedly haunted by a witch.
31 August 1946
Two barge skippers fall in love with the same woman.
16 September 1996
On May 17, 1946, Deutsche-Film AG (DEFA) was founded in Potsdam-Babelsberg. Until 1990, DEFA produced nearly 700 feature films, 750 animation films, 2250 short and documentary films and synchronized about 8,000 films from abroad.
29 June 1978
Down-on-his-luck Hollywood producer Barry 'Dutch' Detweiler attempts to lure Fedora, a famous but reclusive film actress, out of retirement, only to discover the horrifying truth behind her success.
13 June 1952
During the Cold War, diplomatic courier Mike Kells must retrieve a dispatch containing top-secret intelligence.
19 June 1968
An eclectic group of characters set sail on Captain Lansen’s leaky cargo ship in an attempt to escape their various troubles.
05 November 2001
Hildegard Knef: legendary German film diva. An actress whose personality is as complex as the characters she has played.
25 February 1954
During a New Year's Eve ball, Prussian cavalry officer Jost von Fredersdorff falls in love with Lili, the lover of his superior.
14 July 1960
A TV adaptation of Jean Cocteau's play La voix humaine about a woman talking to her lover over the phone.
21 December 1951
WWII 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.
21 March 2002
The films, affairs and struggles of the iconic star of The Blue Angel as told by Rosemary Clooney, Roger Corman, Deanna Durbin and many more.
21 January 1976
When they start losing family members and neighbors due to WWII and the Nazi government's policies, a quiet married couple becomes disillusioned and begins spreading leaflets against the government - a crime punishable by death.
20 August 2020
Using unpublished and newly digitalised archive footage and film material, Bettina Böhler has brilliantly assembled this film about the life and work of the exceptional artist Christoph Schlingensief, who died in 2010.
11 March 2009
A biography of Hildegard Knef, one of Germany's biggest post-war stars.
03 April 2025
In December 2025, the extraordinary artist Hildegard Knef would have celebrated her 100th birthday. Her life was shaped by numerous talents, an unshakeable will to succeed and the ability to keep pushing herself forward.
19 October 1953
A British woman on a visit to post-war Berlin is caught up in an espionage ring smuggling secrets into and out of the Eastern Bloc.
22 October 1952
In the 1800s, a stormy love relationship develops quickly between a young medical student and a woman believing herself to be the daughter of his scientist uncle, the student having never heard of her before their chance encounter and both unaware that she is the result of the scientist's illegal experiments with artificial insemination.
01 November 1959
Berlin provides the backdrop for this crime drama that centers on a military doctor falsely accused of dealing illegal drugs.
23 January 1948
A screenwriter comes up with a story about an affair between a maid and her employer.
13 August 1958
Pierre is in Hamburg on a merchant ship with his friends Georges and Jean-Marie. While they are just looking for a good time in the twenty-four hours they have to waste in the city, Pierre is seized by the memory of a young German girl, Maria, whom he had known and probably loved when he was a prisoner of war in the bombed-out port of Hamburg.
01 January 1989
60 years ago, pianist Julie Bernstein was involved in an accident while her sister Gloria was taking a risky car ride.
14 January 1952
An aging truck driver finds smuggled money and becomes involved with a hijacking crowd.
29 September 2025
The biography of Hildegard Knef – born in Ulm in 1925, died in Berlin in 2002 – reflects post-war and divided Germany.
01 January 1945
Peter, Paul, and Heinz have been best friends since early childhood; the first two are treated almost like Heinz's own children by his parents, Mr.
06 August 1948
Celia Lövengaart was formerly involved with the theatre and was able to live a carefree life. But now she's in financial difficulties.
23 February 1945
Wolf Noltenius is a real globetrotter. Early on, this talented young man travelled far and wide, where he earned fame as a construction planner.
21 January 1958
Three Foreign Legionnaires - Luigi, Pat and Kurt - desert during the Algerian war because they have had enough of the inhumane war machine.
23 April 1964
English millionaire Sir Cyrus Bradley is being blackmailed by “The Tortoise” Crime Syndicate. He is to pay £ 100,000.
22 February 1992
Helke Sander interviews multiple German women who were raped in Berlin by Soviet soldiers in May 1945.
08 April 1960
1860, the great Duchess of Parma, Maria Luisa, wants to provide her little state with train tracks, in spite of the opposition she gets from certain noble people.
12 November 1963
Twelve different episodes of erotic relationships are described as examples of modern love substitute.
13 October 1977
Film adaptation of Werner Keller's bestselling non-fiction book, which attempts to show in a "less spectacular way than the original" that archaeological finds and findings do not contradict biblical statements.
