Wolfgang Staudte Movies

April 1945. Because he stole two bars of chocolate, the soldier Rudi is sentenced to death by the court-martial judge Dr. Schramm. Rudi manages to...

The passionate seducer Robert has made all the preparations perfectly to spend a fun evening with Solange, the wife of his friend Fressinet.

An unemployed engineer working as a driver at an oil company hears about a lost Inca treasure and goes in search of it.

The dangerous violent criminal Willy Jensen flees from a prison in Hamburg and seeks shelter at his brother Heinz' apartment. Heinz, an honest...

Tom Finberg and Nick Dorland, two highly competent divers working for the Caribbian Oil Company, have been the best friends in the world since the...

A player on a soccer team, where everyone matches together just perfectly, has fallen out of a championship tournament due to illness; which leads to...

The mechanic Behnke wants to join the Nazi party to secure a good living. However, after his Jewish neighbors have been taken away, he changes his...

A top-level meeting of the Eastern secret services is taking place in Prague. Martin, an agent who knows all the tricks of the trade, is tasked with...

A WWI veteran comes home and with a scientist's help opens an artificial silk factory later used for clothing. Crooked international profiteers ,a...

On a barren and stormy island, fishing families eke out a meager existence on what they can catch during summer, and what washes ashore during...

During his trip to the city, a naïve man from the countryside falls victim to a thief who steals his wallet. Since all his personal documents...

A man's life breaks down in pursuit of material success.

People from all over the world spend their summer holidays at the Black Sea. German Walter and his girlfriend Gisela check in at the hotel as...

The story is set in Berlin at the beginning of the 20th century. The members of a singing group live in poor conditions in a dilapidated building....

The Thorwald family is well-off and contented when a tragedy strikes: the father is killed in an accident. Miss Thorwald takes over the raising of...

A recent rediscovery, master cinematographer Schüfftan’s only film as a director is a free-spirited, fast-paced ode to being young, free,...