Acting
Barbara Valentin
Born December 15, 1940 · Vienna, Austria
Died February 22, 2002 · aged 61
Barbara Valentin (born Ursula Ledersteger; 15 December 1940 – 22 February 2002) was an Austrian actress and daughter of film architect Hans Ledersteger and actress Irmgard Alberti. Rainer Werner Fassbinder cast her prominently in his films after she had previously acted in somewhat controversial roles.
Known For
Rita Ritter · 1984Rita Ritter
★ 9.01984
MovieDrama
A writer tries unsuccessfully to sell his screenplays and plays. He marries a television editor, but she only wants to fuck him and thinks nothing of his work. He then remembers his old Parisian lover Rita, calls himself Rita from then on and becomes her wife. When a French director stages a play of his, he meets Rita again in Paris and the two women become a happy couple.
King, Queen, Knave · 1972King, Queen, Knave
★ 4.51972
MovieComedyMystery
Based on a novel by Vladimir Nabokov, this English-language satirical drama details the experiences of Frank (John Moulder Brown), a young orphan who finds himself deep in the romantic clutches of his uncle's sensual wife. After Frank's parents die, he goes to live with his aunt Martha (Gina Lollabrigida) and uncle Charles (David Niven). Sexy Martha entices Frank into her embrace then wants him to kill her husband so that they can live off of his money. Frank wouldn't mind so much, but he really likes his uncle.
Mal drunter – mal drüber · 1960Mal drunter – mal drüber
★ 10.01960
MovieComedy
Women in Hospital · 1977Women in Hospital
★ 8.01977
MovieDramaCrime
Schuman and Oberhoff are successful hospital doctors who treat pregnant women. However, their personal lives are a mess. Schuman has to deal with his drug-addicted wife Claudia, while Oberhoff deals with his teenage daughter's pregnancy.
Ali: Fear Eats the Soul · 1974Ali: Fear Eats the Soul
★ 7.71974
MovieRomanceDrama
Emmi Kurowski, a cleaning lady, is lonely in her old age. Her husband died years ago, and her grown children offer little companionship. One night she goes to a bar frequented by Arab immigrants and strikes up a friendship with middle-aged mechanic Ali. Their relationship soon develops into something more, and Emmi's family and neighbors criticize their spontaneous marriage. Soon Emmi and Ali are forced to confront their own insecurities about their future.
Lili Marleen · 1981Lili Marleen
★ 6.41981
MovieDramaWar
The story of a German singer named Willie, who while working in Switzerland, falls in love with a Jewish composer named Robert, whose family is helping people to flee from the Nazis. Robert’s family is skeptical of Willie, thinking she could be a Nazi as she becomes famous for singing the song “Lili Marleen”.
Effi Briest · 1974Effi Briest
★ 6.61974
MovieHistoryDrama
When 17-year-old Effi Briest marries the elderly Baron von Instetten, she moves to a small, isolated Baltic town and a house that she fears is haunted. Starved for companionship, Effi begins a friendship with Major Crampas, a charismatic womanizer.
Scrounged Meals · 1977Scrounged Meals
★ 7.01977
MovieComedy
Homeless Alfred would like to spend his life on Mallorca. A destination far away. But one day he meets the policeman Erwin.
Movies
Rita Ritter · 1984Rita Ritter
★ 9.01984
MovieDrama
A writer tries unsuccessfully to sell his screenplays and plays. He marries a television editor, but she only wants to fuck him and thinks nothing of his work. He then remembers his old Parisian lover Rita, calls himself Rita from then on and becomes her wife. When a French director stages a play of his, he meets Rita again in Paris and the two women become a happy couple.
King, Queen, Knave · 1972King, Queen, Knave
★ 4.51972
MovieComedyMystery
Based on a novel by Vladimir Nabokov, this English-language satirical drama details the experiences of Frank (John Moulder Brown), a young orphan who finds himself deep in the romantic clutches of his uncle's sensual wife. After Frank's parents die, he goes to live with his aunt Martha (Gina Lollabrigida) and uncle Charles (David Niven). Sexy Martha entices Frank into her embrace then wants him to kill her husband so that they can live off of his money. Frank wouldn't mind so much, but he really likes his uncle.
Mal drunter – mal drüber · 1960Mal drunter – mal drüber
★ 10.01960
MovieComedy
Women in Hospital · 1977Women in Hospital
★ 8.01977
MovieDramaCrime
Schuman and Oberhoff are successful hospital doctors who treat pregnant women. However, their personal lives are a mess. Schuman has to deal with his drug-addicted wife Claudia, while Oberhoff deals with his teenage daughter's pregnancy.
Ali: Fear Eats the Soul · 1974Ali: Fear Eats the Soul
★ 7.71974
MovieRomanceDrama
Emmi Kurowski, a cleaning lady, is lonely in her old age. Her husband died years ago, and her grown children offer little companionship. One night she goes to a bar frequented by Arab immigrants and strikes up a friendship with middle-aged mechanic Ali. Their relationship soon develops into something more, and Emmi's family and neighbors criticize their spontaneous marriage. Soon Emmi and Ali are forced to confront their own insecurities about their future.
Lili Marleen · 1981Lili Marleen
★ 6.41981
MovieDramaWar
The story of a German singer named Willie, who while working in Switzerland, falls in love with a Jewish composer named Robert, whose family is helping people to flee from the Nazis. Robert’s family is skeptical of Willie, thinking she could be a Nazi as she becomes famous for singing the song “Lili Marleen”.
Effi Briest · 1974Effi Briest
★ 6.61974
MovieHistoryDrama
When 17-year-old Effi Briest marries the elderly Baron von Instetten, she moves to a small, isolated Baltic town and a house that she fears is haunted. Starved for companionship, Effi begins a friendship with Major Crampas, a charismatic womanizer.
Scrounged Meals · 1977Scrounged Meals
★ 7.01977
MovieComedy
Homeless Alfred would like to spend his life on Mallorca. A destination far away. But one day he meets the policeman Erwin.
Fox and His Friends · 1975Fox and His Friends
★ 7.21975
MovieDrama
Fox, a former circus performer, wins the lottery of DM 500,000 and can now have the life and things that he has always wanted. He enters an abusive relationship with wealthy industrialist Eugen in an attempt to climb the social ladder. His desperation for love and affection soon spirals into tragedy.
There's Still Room in Hell · 1961There's Still Room in Hell
★ 8.01961
MovieCrimeAdventure
American Dexter travels to Turkey on behalf of a US client in order to put an end to the drug gang leader Ismail. Dexter brings the beautiful blonde Janet as an erotic bait. Ismail shows great interest in Janet, but Dexter suspects he has been double crossed by his American client.
Flaming Hearts · 1978Flaming Hearts
★ 5.81978
MovieDrama
When Peter Huber the proprietor of a Bavarian corner newsstand, wins a free trip to New York City in a magazine contest, he is overjoyed. Filled with romantic ideas from the movies, his actual encounter with the gritty realities of the Big Apple are sobering. Nonetheless, he is in for the adventure of his life. First, he meets Karola Faber, the German wife of a U.S. G.I. who has found life in the States not all it's cracked up to be: she has left her husband and makes her living through prostitution. Peter and Karola visit the local German emigré community's Oktoberfest, and win the festival's King and Queen crown. Their prize is a cow, which accompanies them on their further journeys in New York City.
Martha · 1974Martha
★ 7.01974
MovieTV MovieDrama
After the death of her abusive father, lonely librarian Martha finds herself caught up in a strange, sadomasochistic relationship with a monstrous husband whom she begins to suspect may be trying to murder her.
Horrors of Spider Island · 1960Horrors of Spider Island
★ 3.41960
MovieHorror
A bite from a giant spider turns a man into a creature that terrorizes a group of women who survived a plane crash.
Our Man in Jamaica · 1965Our Man in Jamaica
★ 4.21965
MovieAdventureAction
The FBI sends agents to Jamaica to investigate arms smuggling to revolutionaries in Santo Domingo.
Bite Me, Darling · 1970Bite Me, Darling
★ 8.01970
MovieComedyHorror
A descendant of Count Dracula returns to his ancestral village to take revenge on the people who destroyed his ancestor.
Bomber & Paganini · 1976Bomber & Paganini
★ 5.41976
MovieComedy
The story follows two simple as well as incorrigible petty crooks, who always fail spectacularly in search of the big coup.
The Second Victory · 1987The Second Victory
★ 6.51987
MovieDrama
After the end of Word War II, a lone and elusive skier from the German Mountain Troops continues to kill British Occupation Forces personnel, prompting a joint British-German manhunt operation to capture him.
The Head · 1959The Head
★ 5.11959
MovieScience FictionHorror
A scientist invents a serum that keeps a dog's head alive after its body dies. When the scientist dies of a heart attack, his crazed assistant cuts off his head and, using the serum, keeps the doctor's head alive and forces it to help him on an experiment to give his hunchbacked nurse assistant a new body.
Fassbinder's Women · 2000Fassbinder's Women
★ 5.32000
MovieDocumentary
An essay film in which filmmaker Rosa von Praunheim interviews "the willing victims of Rainer Werner Fassbinder."
The Island of the Bloody Plantation · 1983The Island of the Bloody Plantation
★ 4.31983
MovieThrillerCrime
A women's prison on a tropical island is a hellhole where the inmates are raped, tortured and otherwise abused by the evil commandant and brutal guards. However, one of the guards falls in love with a beautiful inmate, and decides to help her and all the other prisoners escape.
Drei gegen Hollywood · 1982Drei gegen Hollywood
1982
MovieTV MovieComedy
In the 1930s, three unsuccessful variety artists dream of making it big. When they hear about the rise of sound films in Hollywood, they see their chance: a language school for silent film stars will bring them fame and success. Full of hope, they travel to California, straight into the exciting world of the first sound film productions. But not everything goes as planned...
Looping · 1981Looping
★ 4.51981
MovieDrama
A small carnival is in dire financial straits. Their show is attracting fewer and fewer paying customers, as their "attractions" are ageing, out of shape and beset by internal feuds and bickering. One day a beautiful young woman shows up and suggests a way of attracting customers: put on a strip show, with her as the main attraction. Her act attracts customers in droves, but it turns out that the girl has her own agenda, and it isn't to help out the carnival.
Nora Helmer · 1974Nora Helmer
★ 7.11974
MovieDramaTV Movie
A childish wife reveals surprising strength when faced with blackmail. Based on A Doll's House by Ibsen, this is a video recording made for German television.
Geld oder Leber! · 1986Geld oder Leber!
★ 4.61986
MovieComedy
Mike and Susanne are a loving couple who keep afloat through petty crime. When they are pursued by the police following a robbery at a jewelry store, they seek refuge in a slaughterhouse.
TV Shows
Wetten, dass..? · 1981Wetten, dass..?
★ 5.41981
SeriesDrama
A long-running German-language entertainment television show based on the format of the British show You Bet! and the American show Wanna Bet?.
SOKO München · 1978SOKO München
★ 5.91978
SeriesCrime
SOKO 5113 is a long-running German police procedural television series. It was first aired in 1978 on 2 January. SOKO is an abbreviation of the term "Sonderkommission" in German.
Die Harald Schmidt Show · 1995Die Harald Schmidt Show
★ 7.21995
Series
The Harald Schmidt Show is a German late night talk show hosted on Sky Deutschland by comedian Harald Schmidt. The show first aired from 5 December 1995 to 23 December 2003 on Sat.1. Schmidt then moved his show to Das Erste as Harald Schmidt and Schmidt & Pocher, but he returned to Sat.1 on 13 September 2011. After cancellation on Sat.1, the show continued on Sky Deutschland in September 2012.
A Case For Two · 1981A Case For Two
★ 5.61981
SeriesDramaCrime
Ein Fall für zwei is a German television series, which premiered on September 11, 1981 on ZDF. The series, located in Frankfurt am Main, features two main characters who solve crimes: a defense attorney and a private investigator. Josef Matula, a former German police officer, has gone into private business. His method of investigation is very effective and direct, and he sometimes even resorts to dirty tricks. Claus Theo Gärtner has portrayed the role since the start of the series.
NDR Talk Show · 1979NDR Talk Show
★ 6.61979
Series
Der Fahnder · 1984Der Fahnder
★ 7.31984
SeriesCrime
Der Fahnder is a German television krimi series which was aired between 1984 and 2005.
In the Netherlands the series was broadcast by the VARA from 3 October 1985.
Dalli Dalli · 1971Dalli Dalli
★ 9.31971
Series
Die Montagsmaler · 1974Die Montagsmaler
★ 8.01974
Series
Boulevard Bio · 1991Boulevard Bio
★ 7.01991
Series
Polizeiinspektion 1 · 1977Polizeiinspektion 1
★ 10.01977
SeriesCrime
Polizeiinspektion 1 is a German television series.
Berlin Alexanderplatz · 1980Berlin Alexanderplatz
★ 7.41980
SeriesDramaCrime
In late 1920s Berlin, Franz Biberkopf is released from prison and vows to go straight. However, he soon finds himself embroiled in the city’s criminal underworld.
Master Eder and his Pumuckl · 1982Master Eder and his Pumuckl
★ 7.51982
SeriesFamily
Pumuckl is a Kobold from a German radio play series for children. He is a descendant of the Klabautermänner. He is invisible to people around him except for the master carpenter Eder with whom Pumuckl lives.
Pumuckl was invented by Ellis Kaut for a radio play series of the Bavarian Radio in 1961. Later on it was turned into a very successful TV series. Three movies and a musical also deal with the adventures of the little kobold.
Pumuckl is one of the most popular characters in children's entertainment in Germany and several generations have now grown up with the cheeky but funny little Kobold.
Ein Schloß am Wörthersee · 1990Ein Schloß am Wörthersee
★ 6.71990
SeriesComedy
Ein Schloß am Wörthersee is a German television series.
St. Pauli-Landungsbrücken · 1979St. Pauli-Landungsbrücken
★ 4.51979
SeriesDrama
Klimbim · 1973Klimbim
★ 6.11973
SeriesComedy
A German sketch comedy show that prioritises provocative absurdity above all else.
Am laufenden Band · 1974Am laufenden Band
★ 7.01974
SeriesFamily
Es muss nicht immer Kaviar sein · 1977Es muss nicht immer Kaviar sein
★ 7.81977
SeriesDrama
Es muss nicht immer Kaviar sein is a TV adaption of a novel of the same name by Austrian author Johannes Mario Simmel. Directed by Thomas Engel Siegfried Rauch walks in the footsteps of O. W. Fischer who played the protagonist "Thomas Lieven" already in 1961, just one year after the bestseller had been released. The series is unique for providing a little cooking show at the end of each episode. The book also includes recipes because "Thomas Lieven" is an accomplished amateur cook.
World on a Wire · 1973World on a Wire
★ 7.31973
SeriesDramaSci-Fi & Fantasy
In the future, Simulacron, a computer project simulating reality, encounters strange occurrences after its leader's death. Dr. Stiller questions the sudden disappearance of a friend and wonders if Simulacron holds the answers.
Locker vom Hocker · 1979Locker vom Hocker
★ 5.01979
SeriesComedy
Hallo, Onkel Doc! · 1994Hallo, Onkel Doc!
★ 4.01994
SeriesDrama
Die Rudi Carrell Show · 1965Die Rudi Carrell Show
★ 7.71965
Series
Alles Nichts Oder?! · 1988Alles Nichts Oder?!
★ 8.01988
SeriesComedy
A "children's birthday party" for adults. Each show featured a celebrity guest who had to take part in crazy, silly and often deliberately "moronic" games. Both presenters had to compete against the respective guest in various games.
Zwei alte Hasen · 1994Zwei alte Hasen
★ 8.01994
SeriesFamilyComedy
Der kleine Vampir – Neue Abenteuer · 1993Der kleine Vampir – Neue Abenteuer
★ 7.01993
SeriesFamily
Der kleine Vampir – Neue Abenteuer is a German children's television series made in 1993. The series counts 13 episodes and is based upon the books The little vampire travels and The little vampire at the farm which are part of Der kleine Vampir written by German author Angela Sommer-Bodenburg.
In 1986 another series was aired: Der kleine Vampir which was based upon other books. In the new series, other actors were used as the originals were now eight years older. The new series is neither a successor concerning the story. Furthermore, the new series introduce Anna and Rüdigers parents. Also, uncle Theodor is not present as he is dead whereas Theodor was a main character in the first series.