Der Besitzer einer Eisrevue steht vor einem Problem, als die Hauptstars seiner Revue kurzfristig kündigen. Er will der jungen Eva eine Chance als Paartänzerin in der Revue geben. Doch sie muss sich selbst um einen Partner kümmern.

1954 film directed by Anton Kutter

Austria, 1950s. Safety engineer Peter Dahle increasingly sees a personal enemy in the construction of the power station and the mountain of Kaprun. To protect his workers, he asks the experienced mountain guide Hans Tribusser for help. For the glockner king, the massive intervention in nature is tantamount to blasphemy and he refuses his support. This brings Dahle's former love onto the scene. The wealthy Barbara Fuller is able to change the nature lover's mind, but her intrusion into the men's domain causes new disasters.

Documentary examines the extraordinary success of the Edgar Wallace series in Germany: the British writer who provided the inspiration for the films was actually out of fashion worldwide in the 1950s - too old-fashioned, too dignified, too boring. Only in Germany was it different, because there was a need to catch up after the end of the Second World War. The National Socialists had banned crime thrillers in general and Edgar Wallace in particular. With a few exceptions, the Edgar Wallace films were therefore the first since the expressionist films...

Captain Jeff Barlow ist Pilot mit Leib und Seele. Für eine französische Gesellschaft wagt er ein nicht ungefährliches Experiment: über der Sahara soll Trockeneis in Wolken geschossen werden, um diese zum Abregnen zu bringen. Auf diese Art und Weise will man dem Wassermangel ein Ende setzen. Das Projekt mit dem künstlichen Regen ist jedoch alles andere als ungefährlich. Captain Barlow ist aber ein viel zu leidenschaftlicher Flieger, als dass er sich von der Gefahr abschrecken ließe. Und so kommt, was kommen muss. Ein Sandsturm wird Barlow zum Verhängnis und er stürzt mit seiner Maschine ab. Verloren in den Weiten der Sahara fehlt von ihm jede Spur. Eine eingeleitete Suchaktion verläuft erfolglos. Für Barlow beginnt ein Wettlauf mit der Zeit, denn seine Wasservorräte werden knapp ...

In Liverpool there's a gang war between the Mods (who dress in the latest fashions and styles) and the Rockers (who are more into the '50s "greaser" look). Ricky, the son of a wealthy businessman, is a Mod guitar player, and in a gang fight with some Rockers, his girlfriend is killed. He leaves Liverpool for the continent and winds up in Rome, where he becomes involved with his father's mistress.

1969 television film directed by Wolfgang Becker

1965 film by Eberhard Itzenplitz

Frankie Bargher is hired by the government to pose as his own brother who became a target for two groups of evil agents.

Shortly after his return from India, a special agent of the British secret service falls victim to an insidious poisoning in London. Scotland Yard gets involved. But too late: valuable information has fallen into the hands of an international criminal gang...

After an automobile accident, in which a man is unrecognizably burnt to a crisp, his wife's only able to confirm the corpse's identity by his talisman: a small, white spider. However, soon, there are more corpses walking around than at a comic con convention and every single one of them was a white spider sitting on or nearby the body.

Winter 1942: Like thousands of other German soldiers, Asch and Vierbein have ended up at the Eastern front. Although Vierbein finds a new friend in Kowalski, the squadron commander captain Witterer, a true army veteran, gives them a really hard time. Witterer’s pointless orders reflect the bad habits of many former superiors. And again, Vierbein has to bear the brunt.

Jimmy Bondi and his miracle beetle Dudu are on their way to Portugal by sea. In the Algarve, they are witness to a dispute in which ex-inmate Plato and the attractive Tamara have to do with Marchese de la Sotta and his henchmen.

1954 film by Paul May

The Weird Countess can easily stand in line with the best film noir masterpieces. It builds a nightmarish mood up to the point when the viewer is sickened by not knowing what exactly is going on. It's structurally very well crafted and employs some very good actors - such as the legends of German cinema Marianne Hoppe and Lil Dagover, breathtakingly beautiful at 74. There's also the very young Klaus Kinski, giving a performance you wouldn't want to miss.

A serial killer named The Shark is terrorizing London by killing his victims with a speargun and then, dressed in a scruba-diver's wetsuit, using the city's sewer tunnels to make his getaway. Inspector Wade of Scotland Yard is assigned to the case, and he begins to suspect that the Shark is tied in with a smuggling ring the authorities believe is run out of a dive on the Thames waterfront called The Mekka.

A Chinese detective breaks up a drug smuggling ring and tries to find the "Daffodil Killer". The drug smugglers had devised the ingenious method of smuggling heroin from Hong Kong in the stems of daffodils.

The "Frog with the Mask" spreads fear and anxiety within the streets of London. The creature is hidden under a wide clergyman's robe, its face covered up and only two enormously frightening, gleaming eyes can be seen. Together with members of his gang the "Frog with the Mask" hunts down innocent victims. Scotland Yard's Superintendent Elk is full of activity, as there are absolutely no traces on the crime scenes - only the wrists of the murdered bear a visible trace: the black "Frog Gang" mark. But - Then there is also Private Detective Richard Gordon together with his butler who are trailing down the "Frog with the Mask" as well...

A serial killer who calls himself "The Laughing Corpse" dresses up in a skeleton costume and kills his victims with a poison-filled scorpion-shaped ring. | add synopsis Plot Keywords:Detective