
Willi Schaeffers
Acting
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Familienparade
In a made-up country somewhere in northern Europe: In the armaments factory F.N.G., an important drawing is copied and passed on to the enemy. Suspicion falls on the chief engineer Alexander Nica and his assistant Laurenz. Both are placed before the court; accused by the night watchman Bruns; and sentenced to death for industrial espionage. Before sentencing, however, Nica succeeds in getting away. Now he’s trying to find proof to convince the court of his and Laurenz’ innocence.
Red Orchids

Two mysterious events, both surrounding valuable diamonds, occur a decade and an ocean apart. Can a jeweler's assistant uncover the truth?
Brillanten

Officers stationed in a castle in Flandes during WWI are comforted by Gloria Delamare's recorded voice. One of them even writes her a letter that will never be sent. When the war is over Miss Delamare takes a tour in Belgium and spends a night in that castle. Most unexpectedly her former admirer appears and they dine and dance together. In the morning he has disappeared and she finds the letter. She tries to find him, only to discover he is presumably dead and involved in a family secret.
A Castle in Flanders

Art dealer Thormann asks for the hand of his beautiful secretary Nora, but Nora loves Captain Hans Westhoff. But while Westhoff is hiding in Italy to avoid jail time, his heroic death is reported in his homeland.
Red Roses, Red Lips, Red Wine
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Alles weg’n dem Hund

Heidelberg teenagers make jazz music.
The Big Chance
A struggling composer gets one of his pieces into a film program and his wife captures the lead part in the production as well.
What Am I Without You

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Prinzessin Turandot
The great Franz Liszt helps a struggling, unworldly piano tutor advance to a position in Munich, and ward off a villainous foreign competitor for his lady love.
If It Were Not for Music

German all-star musical from 1938 that was a big commercial success.
The Stars Shine

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Das Glück liegt auf der Straße
A British attorney working on a small island wants to return home to London, but first has to solve a mysterious crime.
The Mystery of Betty Bonn
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Das Ehesanatorium

When the wealthy Mr. Pitt decides to withdraw a sum in the millions, the Schilling & Co. bank faces ruin. To save it, the authorized signatory Peter Voß stages a break-in in which two million marks are allegedly stolen.
Peter Voss, Thief of Millions
German romantic comedy from Carl Boese.
Men Before Marriage
A councilor is tricked by an impostor, whom he believes to be a baron. He gives him money and his marriageable daughter -- but then the real baron shows up and plays the chauffeur.
Da stimmt was nicht

Im weißen Rößl (English title: White Horse Inn or The White Horse Inn) is an operetta or musical comedy by Ralph Benatzky and Robert Stolz in collaboration with a number of other composers and writers, set in the picturesque Salzkammergut region of Upper Austria. It is about the head waiter of the White Horse Inn in St. Wolfgang who is desperately in love with the owner of the inn, a resolute young woman who at first only has eyes for one of her regular guests.
The White Horse Inn

The author of a series of love stories based on his own experiences meets a country girl who can't stand his writing, in this Bavarian comedy which culminates in a grand masquerade ball.
The Unrecognized Man of the World

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. When the manager of the property is murdered, Peter and Paul, both members of the singing group, become suspects in the murder. When they return from a performance, the police are waiting for them to take them in for questioning. Since Paul is the most likely perpetrator according to the investigation, he is arrested immediately.