Karl Hartl — Director (9)

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Everything for Dad (1953)
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other title: Alles für Papa / Everything for Father …
Family-friendly comedy about a daughter seeking a new wife for her recently widowed father. Charlotte Haberland leaves her boarding school and returns home to her father. Contrary to what most people would expect, since the death of his wife, the widower's been living a life full of joy and adventure. However, his daughter's been looking for a quiet housewife for dad; so, she's determined to "bring him back down to Earth". It soon becomes obvious, however, that it is she who wants a new mom that fits the housewife-mold. He's quite content to be the happy bachelor he once was.

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The Countess of Monte Cristo (1932)
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other title: Die Gräfin von Monte-Christo / The Countess of Monte-Christo …
The two aspiring actresses Jeanette and Mimi are waiting for their big chance. But the real breakthrough is slow in coming. Jeanette especially desperately needs a big success, since her friend, the journalist Stephan, is about to lose his job. When the two have their chance to take a ride in a posh car during a shooting, Jeanette slams on the throttle and the two friends take off. Their aimless journey takes them to a fashionable winter sports’ hotel, where Jeanette reserves a name under “The Countess of Monte Christo”. Everything’s going dandy; no one suspects a thing. That is, until two impostors, Rumowski and “The Baron” take residence in the same hotel.

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F.P.1 Doesn't Answer (1932)
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other title: F.P.1 antwortet nicht / I.F.1 ne répond plus …
F.P.1 is a huge airplane landing dock in the Atlantic where pilots making the transatlantic flight can stop. Yet a saboteur tries to sink the technical wonder in this classic German science fiction film from 1932. The film was also created with English and French speaking actors at the same time.

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F.P.1 (1933)
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other title: F. P. 1 没有应答 / F. P. 1不回答
Urged by famous airman Ellissen the Lennartz Company puts into reality the project proposed by his friend Droste: F.P.1, a huge floating platform in the Atlantic that makes long-distance flights viable. Ellissen is in love with company heiress Claire, but when he returns from his adventures to save the endangered F.P.1 he finds out that he has lost her to Droste. English version of F.P.1 antwortet nicht with Conrad Veidt replacing Hans Albers as the jaded pilot Ellissen.

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Ride to Freedom (1937)
Ritt in die Freiheit IMDb Douban
other title: Ritt in die Freiheit / 奔向自由 …
Polen im Jahre 1831: Die Unterdrückung der Bevölkerung durch die Russen ist seit einem gescheiterten Aufstand polnischer Truppen immer stärker geworden. Die Regimente der polnischen Armee sind auf russische Garnisonen verteilt und stehen unter deren Kommando. Auseinandersetzungen gehören zum normalen Tagesablauf, und es brodelt in der polnischen Armee. Der polnische Rittmeister Staniewski und sein Freund, Rittmeister Wolski, warten nur auf den Tag, an dem die Polen sich erneut zum Aufstand erheben werden. Als eines Tages Katerina, die Schwester des russischen Gouverneurs, in der Garnison auftaucht, verliebt Staniewski sich in sie. Wolski, der inzwischen das Herz der jungen Polin Janka erobert hat, ist entsetzt, denn er weiß: sollte sein bester Freund seinen Plan wahrmachen und um die Hand der Frau anhalten, ist er für die polnische Sache verloren.

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他是福尔摩斯 (1937)
Der Mann, der Sherlock Holmes war Douban
Karl Hartl actor: 汉斯·阿尔伯斯 / 海因茨·吕曼 …
other title: Der Mann, der Sherlock Holmes war / 那名男子是福尔摩斯 …
Hans Albers and Heinz Rühmann play two confidence tricksters. They manage to stop a night train for nefarious purposes, and impersonate Sherlock Holmes and Dr Watson. Romantic involvement with two young British female travelers ensues, but the plot deepens into the disappearance of rare Mauritius postage stamps which they undertake to recover, in their role as Holmes and Watson