The best Eduard von Winterstein’s comedy movies

Eduard von Winterstein

Eduard von Winterstein

01/08/1871- 22/07/1961
Today we present the best Eduard von Winterstein’s movies. If you are a great movie fan, you will surely know most of them, but we hope to discover a movie that you have not yet seen … and that you love! Let’s go there with the best Eduard von Winterstein’s movies.

Münchhausen

Münchhausen
7/10
  • Genre: ComedyFantasy
  • Release: 05/03/1943
  • Character: Vater Münchhausen
Wanting a lavish production to mark the 25th anniversary of UFA, the German film studio, Joseph Goebbels, director of the Nazi propaganda machine, commissioned an adaptation of Baron von Münchhausen‘s “autobiographical” stories. Baron von Münchhausen (1720-97) was an eccentric figure in European history, whose tall tales about his adventures rival anything to be found in the legends of Paul Bunyan or classic figures like Odysseus. This film recounts some of the episodes from the Baron’s sensational stories, which are set in the world of the 18th century.

Steputat & Co.

Steputat & Co.
7.4/10
  • Genre: Comedy
  • Release: 20/10/1938
  • Character: Gerichtsvorsitzender

The Kaiser's Lackey

The Kaiser's Lackey
7.3/10
Diederich Heßling is scared of everything and everyone. But as he grows up, he comes to realize that he has to offer his services to the powers-that-be if he wants to wield power himself. His life motto now runs: bow to those at the top and tread on those below. In this way, he always succeeds: as a student in a duel-fighting student fraternity and as a businessman in a paper factory. He cajoles the obese district administrative president Von Wulkow and wins his favor. He slanders his financial rivals and hatches a plot with the social democrats in the town council. On his honeymoon with his rich wife Guste, he finally finds a chance to do his beloved Kaiser a favor. And when a memorial to the Kaiser is unveiled in the town where Diederich lives and works, he delivers the address. He stands behind the lectern in the pouring rain, saluting his Kaiser. The crowd is dispersed. Everything is laid in ruins...

Annelie

Annelie
6.7/10
On New Year′s Eve 1871 Annelie is born – 15 minutes too late, since her parents had calculated her birth to be exactly at midnight. These 15 minutes will again and again become the girl′s fate.

The Man Who Was Sherlock Holmes

The Man Who Was Sherlock Holmes
7/10
  • Genre: ComedyCrime
  • Release: 14/07/1937
  • Character: Richter
Two out-of-work private detectives disguise themselves as Holmes and Watson to gain attention and end up chasing counterfeiters and stolen stamps.

Die Erzkokette

Die Erzkokette
  • Genre: Comedy
  • Release: 19/07/1917

Familie Schimek

Familie Schimek
6.4/10
  • Genre: Comedy
  • Release: 29/11/1935
  • Character: Gerichtsvorsitzender
For three difficult orphans living by her aunt the former employee of the family searches a new premouth; he releases with it a result of tumultuous involvements. - Humble-entertaining mistake farce, completely fitted on Hans Moser.

Fräulein Josette - Meine Frau

Fräulein Josette - Meine Frau
  • Genre: Comedy
  • Release: 08/09/1926

Darling of the Gods

Darling of the Gods
6.3/10
  • Genre: Comedy
  • Release: 13/10/1930
  • Character: Dr. Marberg
Also known as Darling of the Gods, this was Emil Jannings' second talkie appearance. Jannings stars as famed operatic singer Albert Winkelmann, who is greeted with cheers, applause and romantic propositions whenever he performs in his native Vienna. But when he embarks on a tour of South America, tragedy strikes. The sweltering climate causes Winkelmann to lose his voice on stage, a disaster met with hoots and cat-calls. Dispirited he returns to Europe, where he soon learns that no one is aware of what happened in South America. Intending to retire so as not to be exposed to further humiliation, Winkelmann is goaded back on stage -- where, miraculously, his gorgeous voice returns.

Napoleon Is to Blame for Everything

Napoleon Is to Blame for Everything
7.3/10
  • Genre: Comedy
  • Release: 29/11/1938
  • Character: Mr. Harrison
English Lord Arthur avershoot is a passionate Napoleon scholar who badly neglects his wife Josephine for his obsession with the French emperor. When the cranky historian travels to a Napoleon conference in Paris, his smart spouse secretly follows him. Unnoticed by her, the city of love threatens to spark a romance between Arthur and a chorus girl.

When the Young Wine Blossoms

When the Young Wine Blossoms
8.2/10
  • Genre: Comedy
  • Release: 24/09/1943
  • Character: Petersen
An interfering mother plans husbands for her three daughters as they come of marriageable age. However she pays no attention to her daughters own feeling until the eventual intervention of her husband manages to bring things to a happy conclusion.

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