Ewald Balser

German Film Award

It Happened in Broad Daylight

The search for a child murderer drags a once-respected detective into an all-consuming obsession.

Filmgeschichte(n) aus Österreich

The House of the Three Girls

Vienna, 1826. The penniless composer Franz Schubert lives with friends in the house of court glazier Tschöll an...

Rembrandt

Already a famous painter, Rembrandt van Rijn is commissioned to paint the Amsterdam Archers' Guild. But upon co...

The Sinister Wish

After losing almost all of his money, a young marquis discovers that among his few remaining possessions is a m...

The Green Devils of Monte Cassino

German Paratroopers are ordered to hold the line at Monte Cassino in Italy, and halt the allied advance on Rome.

Everyman

Everyman (German: Jedermann) is a 1961 Austrian drama film directed by Gottfried Reinhardt, based on the play w...

The Trial

In 1882 a country girl disappears from a small Hungarian village. The inhabitants suggest that she was murdered...

Espionage

Oberst Alfred Redl heads the military intelligence department of the Austro-Hungarian monarchy. Frequent letter...

Leutnant Gustl

In the foyer of a Viennese concert hall, Lieutenant Gustav Wilfert is called a "stupid boy" by master baker Hab...

Freed Hands

A German peasant woman is determined to succeed as a sculptor and ,though she has a child out of wedlock, spurn...

Sarajevo

The film portrays the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria in 1914.

Nachtschwester Ingeborg

Ingeborg starts her new job at the hospital. Her boss is the venerable Professor Burger, a famous heart surgeon...

Vater, unser bestes Stück

Sensation in San Remo

Furioso

About the power of love and that love is such a strong force that humans are willing to commit the most ruthles...

Doctor Without Scruples

A renowned physician falls under scrutiny when it's discovered his assistant is a former Nazi.

Much Ado About Nothing

Burgtheater recording, based on Shakespeare's play.

Der Wallnerbub

Gabriele Dambrone

The Viennese seamstress Gabi Berghofer wants to marry an innkeeper. But he marries someone else. Gabi then beco...

Children, Mother, and the General

As Germany's fortunes in the latter part of World War II wane, several young boys, in their enthusiasm to do so...

Man müßte nochmal zwanzig sein

Before Becoming a Husband

Professor Hellwig is a confirmed bachelor. He is a music historian and lives only for his passion. He has no pa...

Die Lüge

Three men are planning a balloon ascent into the stratosphere. During the balloon flight, complications arise,...

The Life of Surgeon Sauerbruch

Young Olga Ahrendt almost succeeded in attempting suicide. She had thrown herself in front of a tram out of des...

Donadieu

Die Frau am Scheidewege

Following the breakdown of her marriage to an artist, a female doctor goes back to her position at a hospital.

Eroica

Biopic about Ludwig van Beethoven.

Der Weg zu Isabel

The German estate owner Corner travels to Marseilles, looking for his daughter. He had a relationship with a Fr...

Der dunkle Tag

Wolf Burkhardt, who has acquired mining rights in Africa, returns home to get financing for his project. At the...

The Young Lady of Barnhelm

During the Seven Years' War, Prussian Major von Tellheim sacrifices his own fortune to save a Saxon estate from...

Don Juan in der Hölle

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Wilhelm Tell