The best Hildegard Knef’s drama movies
We present our ranking of the best Hildegard Knef’s movies. Do you love cinema? Or are you looking for a movie of your favorite actor to watch tonight? Surely you have some to see or that you did not know yet about Hildegard Knef.
Sunderin
6.8/10
It is a love story between a prostitute and an artist. It was one of the first German films to break several taboos: nudity, suicide and euthanasia. In the Germany of the '50s, this caused a lot of negative reactions by the politicians and the Roman Catholic Church. The opposition reached the degree of banning the film and scandalizing it which paradoxically made it one of the landmarks in the history of film.
The Murderers Are Among Us
7.4/10
After returning from a concentration camp, Susanne finds an ex-soldier living in her apartment. Together the two try to move past their experiences during WWII.
The Snows of Kilimanjaro
6.1/10
Writer Harry Street reflects on his life as he lies dying from an infection while on safari in the shadow of Mount Kilimanjaro.
Fedora
6.8/10
An ambitious Hollywood hustler becomes involved with a reclusive female star whom he tries to lure out of retirement.
Bluebeard
6.4/10
France, WWI. Landru, the father of four Children, contacts Parisian women through newspapers, seduces and eventually kills them in order to feed his little family.
The Threepenny Opera
5.2/10
The Gangster Macheath secretly marries the daughter of beggar king Peachum. When Peachum finds out, he instructs the police chief Brown to arrest and hang Macheath. If not, all the beggars of Soho will disturb the upcoming coronation.
Alraune
6/10
A scientist creates a murderess when he artificially inseminates a prostitute with the seed of an executed killer.
Under the Bridges
7.5/10
Two barge skippers fall in love with the same woman.
Catherine of Russia
5/10
Caterina finds out that her husband Peter Tzar of Russia, is plotting to kill her. She sets Count Orlov free from prison, Peter's sworn enemy, becomes empress of Russia and leads the Cossacks army against him.
Lulu
6.8/10
A 14-year-old girl is caught while trying to pick a doctor's pocket. The doctor ends up taking her in and turning her into a sophisticated lady, whom he marries off to a wealthy man.
Night Without Sleep
6/10
Upon awaking in the morning, a man finds his thoughts clouded by the possibility that he committed a murder.
Svengali
5.5/10
A man hypnotizes a young woman into being an opera singer.
Mozambique
5.3/10
An American pilot assists the Portuguese colonial police who are battling a gang of criminals involved in drug smuggling from Lisbon to Mozambique to Zanzibar.
Everyone Dies Alone
6.9/10
When they start losing family members and neighbors due to WWII and the Nazi government's policies, a quiet married couple becomes disillusioned and begins spreading leaflets against the government - a crime punishable by death.
Nights on the Road
6.9/10
An aging truck driver finds smuggled money and becomes involved with a hijacking crowd.
The Future of Emily
6.7/10
Emily, a child, stays with her bourgeois grandparents during frequent periods when her mother makes films. Isabelle wraps a picture, flies to her childhood home to pick up Emily, and plans to leave for her place in France. Old wounds between Isabelle and her parents open around Isabelle's life style. It's also apparent that Isabelle's mother, Paula, is unhappy - with her husband and with her youthful hopes dashed when she became pregnant with Isabelle. Unbeknownst to Isabelle, the co-star of the film she's just made has followed her, checked into a nearby hotel, and wants to begin an affair, even though he's married. Can Isabelle sort it out? What's best for Emily?
Between Yesterday and Tomorrow
7.3/10
A group of people gathers back in the post-war ruins of a luxurious Munich hotel they inhabited at one point or another years before; each trying to cope with the tragic consequences of the war and their own actions.
Verdammt zur Sünde
7.2/10
After World War II, a lot of people, who lived in the eastern parts of the Third Reich had to be relocated. One of them is Hugo starosta (Martin Held) with his family. They live in a fortress. Hugo is unemployed, his children don't seem to like school, but somehow they managa to get through.
In inniger Feindschaft
Tödliches Erbe
5.2/10
A drama directed by Sigi Rothemund.
