Carl Froelich — Director (14)

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I for You, You for Me (1934)
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other title: Ich für dich, du für mich
Nazi propaganda film in which German girls from differing walks of life come together to serve the Fatherland in the 'Bund deutscher Maedl,' by harvesting crops, doing housework, acting as midwives, helping with handicrafts, and singing songs.

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Hans in Every Street (1930)
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other title: Hans in allen Gassen / La Folle Aventure
A bold crime caper about muckraking journalist Hans Steindecker, who happens to witness a spectacular murder. Shortly afterwards, he makes the acquaintance of Nelly who desperately wants to leave the country and asks for Steindecker′s assistance. Without giving a second thought, he agrees, and only after Nelly has disappeared does he realize that the young woman duped him.

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I Was Jack Mortimer (1935)
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other title: Jack Mortimer / Ich war Jack Mortimer
The jealous star conductor Montemayor knows that his beautiful younger wife, Winifred, is cheating on him with an American named Jack Mortimer. After the concert rehearsal, he takes a taxi to the train station, sees Mortimer and shoots him at an intersection from the backseat of his taxi. The shot is not heard during the traffic noise. The taxi driver, Sponer, sitting in his car with the now-dead Mortimer, goes into a panic.

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Fire in the Opera House (1930)
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other title: Brand in der Oper
It begins with a Tannhäuser performance and ends with the premiere of The Tales of Hoffmann. In between a young ingénue cast in her first big role, the Hoffmann rehearsals, the theatre director and his stage director exchanging cynicisms, a budding love affair. Gründgens at his most repulsive, trying to woo both lovers. And a hair-raising finale. Add to this some snappy dialogue and "pre-code" scenes that make you sit up and stare.

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Such Great Foolishness (1937)
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other title: Die ganz großen Torheiten / 人生の馬鹿
The young Styrian woman Therese Brandl desperately wants to work in the theater and therefore travels by train to Vienna to pursue artistic training. The scholarship granted by the elderly Countess Hoyer is intended to guarantee her financial independence. Unaware that she is to be picked up from the Vienna train station, the student immediately takes a taxi upon arrival and asks for recommendations for both an affordable hotel and a charming little pub. Therese gets approached by an older gentleman, a gray-haired bon vivant with considerable life experience. After several glasses of wine, they leave the establishment together and go to Therese's room. Apparently, things escalate there, and they spend the night together without having been introduced. The surprise is all the greater for Therese when she goes to the drama academy the following day to begin her training: her future teacher is none other than the gallant and lover from the previous night, Dr. Alexander Dahlen.

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If We All Were Angels (1936)
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other title: Wenn wir alle Engel wären
Christian Kempenich, a pedantic law firm manager, attends a christening in Cologne, leading to a boozy night. He wakes up in a stranger’s bed and is accused of stealing bed linen from the hotel. Meanwhile, his wife Hedwig had her own fling and wants to keep it secret. When she learns of Christian’s predicament, she reveals her affair during a heated discussion. Realising their marriage is at risk, they decide to work on their relationship.

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Wedding in Barenhof (1942)
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other title: Hochzeit auf Bärenhof
Lothar von Pütz and Roswitha von Krakow fall in love and only then discover that their fathers are bitter enemies. When Lothar's father dies, a close friend of his father's, Baron Maximilian von Hanckel, takes the boy under his wing and tries to make peace between the families. He visits Roswitha's father, who begins to hope that he can marry his daughter to the older, but wealthy, baron, who is still a bachelor. When an argument breaks out between Lothar and Roswitha, she agrees to marry Maximilian. It is only at the pre-wedding party that Roswitha and Lothar have a real conversation. Maximilian overhears everything, releases Roswitha from her vows, and brings the two young people together.

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The Heart of a Queen (1940)
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other title: Das Herz der Königin / 女王之心 …
As the title "The Queen's Heart" suggests, this early German black and white version of Mary Queen of Scott's eventful reign and death focuses on her emotional perception rather lyrically, with some songs, mainly by her.

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Heimat (1938)
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卡尔·弗洛里希 actor: 札瑞·朗德尔 / Heinrich George …
other title: 士兵的假期 / Homeland …
1885年,为了组织歌剧音乐节,依拉明格小镇邀请了一位有名的歌手,玛格达莱娜·戴尔奥托女士。她不仅会为当地歌剧节献唱,还会在教堂表演巴赫的马太受难曲中的一部分。玛格达莱娜·戴尔奥托女士受到依拉明格委员会,包括王子本人的热烈欢迎。不久后玛格达莱娜和她同行的朋友罗尔莫泽,都表示自己是土生土长的德国人。事实上,真名为玛格达·施瓦兹的玛格达莱娜,不仅是依拉明格人,而且几年前愤怒地离家出走…… (豆瓣电影字幕翻译2.0小组)