Movies: Lucie Mannheim

Richard Hanney has a rude awakening when a glamorous female spy falls into his bed - with a knife in her back. Having a bit of trouble explaining it all to Scotland Yard, he heads for the hills of Scotland to try to clear his name by locating the spy...

A woman reports that her young daughter is missing, but there seems to be no evidence that she ever existed....

A meek teller thinks he's killed his boss. He flees with a box of cash hoping for a new life with his younger mistress....

Director Wolfgang Staudte who left East Germany in 1953 to make movies in West Germany, takes a few swipes at the West German judicial system in this fairly effective courtroom drama about the murder of a four-month-old baby. Police almost immediatel...

In a distant Teutonic village, people dance and drink merrily celebrating a wedding feast. However, an elderly man tells the villagers that the valley where they live wasn't always happy but sorrowful. This was due to the tyranny of the master of the...

A general must come to terms with a crime he commited years earlier....

A hunt for a spy, in a hotel in the South of France just before World War Two....

The extended Steyer family lives together in a cottage in the mountains. The younger Steyer's wife Ludmilla wants money, and doesn't care if she must ruin the lives of the Steyer family to get it. Lost film....

The story of two young lovers takes a tragic turn as the girl falls in love with the boy's father....

This pre-WW II German costume drama chronicles the French Revolution with a particular focus upon Danton, Robespierre, and Marat. It depicts the dramatic downfall and execution of Georges Danton in 1794 at the hands of Maximilien Robespierre. The fil...

A socialite poses as a Nazi spy to mask her activities as a British agent....

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On the surface a straightforward tale of the search for a buried treasure, the film is a textbook example of German expressionism, with the passions of the protagonists conveyed as much through symbolism as action....

An aging truck driver finds smuggled money and becomes involved with a hijacking crowd....

During World War II, German soldiers occupy the home of a beautiful Belgian girl and her mother....

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a silent movie by Robert Wiene...

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Jimmy Bancroft, a fighter pilot, who is recovering from injuries sustained during the Battle of Britain, and Hazel Court, a nurse, come across a pair of rare birds nestling in a field. After a run in with the army, and a couple of thieves, they, with...