E.W. Emo — Director (14)

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Wrong Number, Miss (1932)
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other title: Fräulein – Falsch verbunden / Fräulein – falsch verbunden
Miss Inge Becker is a telephone operator. She makes an appointment with her unknown opera singer West. Simultaneously, Rainer, the young director of the telephone distribution, makes an appointment with him unknown Miss Lotte Schröder. The location of the meeting and sign of recognition of the two pairs are the same. An exchange with consequences cannot be avoided, as the next day the director wants to speak with Inge, because she neglects her service.

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Vienna 1910 (1943)
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other title: Wien 1910
Vienna 1910 is a 1943 German biographical film directed by Emerich Walter Emo and starring Rudolf Forster, Heinrich George and Lil Dagover. It is based on the life of Mayor of Vienna Karl Lueger. Its antisemitic content led to it being banned by the Allied Occupation forces following the Second World War.

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13 Chairs (1938)
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other title: 13 Stühle / Le mystère de la treizième chaise …
A classical art junk dealer and an almost bankrupt hairdresser who unexpectedly makes an inheritance go hunting behind thirteen chairs from which of a 100,000 DM contains which the rich aunt has hidden there.

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Black on White (1943)
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other title: 黑白色 / Schwarz auf weiß
Wien, um 1900. Der sehnlichste Wunsch des Konditormeisters Streußler ist es, seine Tochter Nelly als Studentin an der Universität zu sehen. Mit Hilfe seines berühmten Streuselkuchens gelingt es ihm zwar, alle erdenklichen Helfer für dieses Unterfangen in sein Haus zu locken – doch Nelly hat ganz andere Pläne: Sie ist in den Schornsteinfeger Heinz verliebt, bei dem es sich wiederum ausgerechnet um den Sohn jenes Nachbarn handelt, mit dem Papa Streußler seit Jahren im Streit liegt. Kein Wunder also, dass der grantige Konditor nichts unversucht lässt, um die Beziehung zu verhindern.

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Heaven on Earth (1935)
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other title: 人间天堂 / Der Himmel auf Erden
Wealthy inn proprietor Adlgasser supports his daughter Hansi and her husband Paul who is a composer with a loan, so he would be able to earn his living with a "real" profession. But instead investing in a big farm, the young couple decided to spend the money for the production of a new operetta he is writing. The husband's friend Peter helps them pretending that Paul is the owner by sending farm products to the inn. But when the quality of the products are becoming low-grade, their father gets suspicious and decides to visit the estate to have a look upon of what is going on there. At the same time Peter's aunt Adele is going to visit her nephew the farm owner to look after the progress he has made to marry his sweetheart. After arrival Paul is introduced as the custodian and Hansi as just married wife of Peter to aunt Adele and vice versa Peter as custodian the the father-in-law. How will this mess end up?