The best Willy Fritsch’s movies

Willy Fritsch

Willy Fritsch

27/01/1901- 13/07/1973
Today we present the best Willy Fritsch’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 Willy Fritsch’s movies.
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Woman in the Moon

Woman in the Moon
7.2/10
A scientist discovers that there's gold on the moon. He builds a rocket to fly there, but there's too much rivalry among the crew to have a successful expedition.

Spies

Spies
7.5/10
The mastermind behind a ubiquitous spy operation learns of a dangerous romance between a Russian lady in his employ and a dashing agent from the government's secret service.

Lucky Kids

Lucky Kids
7/10
After completing work on the British musical Invitation to the Waltz, Lillian Harvey returned to her adopted country of Germany to star in the comedy-with-music Glueckskinder (Children of Fortune). Harvey plays Ann Garden, an unemployed actress who ends up in night court on a loitering charge. Here she meets Gil Taylor (Willy Fritsch), a struggling songwriter temporarily employed as a court reporter. Hoping to keep her out of jail, Gil impulsively tells the judge that he's engaged to Ann -- whereupon the judge, equally impulsively, marries the couple on the spot! After this inauspicious start, Ann and Gil embark upon a rocky (but tuneful) whirlwind romance.

The Three from the Filling Station

The Three from the Filling Station
6.5/10
  • Genre: ComedyDrama
  • Release: 15/09/1930
  • Character: Willy
Die Drei von der Tankstelle, meaning The Three from the Gas Station, was advertised as a German operetta when release and with it’s star studded cast would become the forerunner of Musical films. Even today the soundtrack of the comic harmonists is popular in Germany.

Die Gattin

Die Gattin
7/10
  • Genre: Comedy
  • Release: 31/08/1943
  • Character: Walter Baumann
Puck Niklas (Jenny Jugo) loves her husband Peter even though her brother thinks he's a no-good. She's very charming and a bit crazy and does everything to help him get an engagement as an architect. Opportunity comes knocking in the form of factory owner Walter Baumann (Willy Fritsch) who sees through her trickery but at the same time charmed by her, he gives her Peter the job. Soon Walter finds out

Viennese Spirit

Viennese Spirit
6.8/10
A musical comedy directed by Willi Forst.

Isola Bella

Isola Bella
5.4/10
  • Genre: ComedyMusic
  • Release: 03/11/1961
  • Character: Konsul Stülcken
Consul daughter Anne Stülcken wants to take her fiancee undetected under the magnifying glass and therefore slips in her father's villa in the role of a maid.

Die Insel

Die Insel
4.6/10
  • Genre: DramaThriller
  • Release: 29/08/1934
  • Character: Raak, Handelsattaché
A case of espionage in high society: To save the reputation of his county, a diplomat voluntarily takes his own life.

Hubertusjagd

Hubertusjagd
5/10
  • Genre: Romance
  • Release: 22/12/1959
  • Character: Otto von Lindenberg
The young Monika Dahlhoff returns from the USA after two years. As soon as she arrives, she learns that her father wants to sell his traditional stud farm, because he has quarreled with the members of the equestrian club. Accordingly annoyed is the old Dahlhoff, when his daughter just fell in love with the son of his greatest enemy. In the annual "Hubertusjagd" there is a dramatic encounter between the men.

Liebeswalzer

Liebeswalzer
6.6/10
  • Genre: ComedyMusic
  • Release: 07/02/1930
  • Character: Bobby Fould

The Heath Is Green

The Heath Is Green
5.2/10
  • Genre: Drama
  • Release: 14/11/1951
  • Character: Amtsrichter
After the end of World War II Lüder Lüdersen, the former owner of a feudal estate in the East, and his daughter Helga arrive as refugees in the Lüneburg Heath. While living a seemingly happy life on the estate of his cousin, Lüdersen hides a dark secret: he is a poacher.

In the Employ of the Secret Service

In the Employ of the Secret Service
8.3/10
  • Genre: Drama
  • Release: 13/08/1931
  • Character: Thomas Higgins
During WWI a German agent receives an order to find out when the Russian army will carry out its expected attack against the German lines.

Black Roses

Black Roses
6.8/10
  • Genre: Drama
  • Release: 23/12/1935
  • Character: Erkki Collin
Erkki Collin is a hunted man. The Czar’s soldiers have been close on the heels of the leader of the rebellious Finns, who have been fighting the Russian occupiers since the end of the 18th Century. His flight leads him to the chambers of the dancer Marina Feodorowna, in whose house a party is taking place at that very moment. Marina discovers the intruder, hides him from his pursuers and soon falls in love with him. But hiding Erkki forever is not an option; so she presents him as her music teacher. The swindle fails and Prince Governor Abarow, who’s long had a thing for Marina, discovers the real identity of the man, but doesn’t have him arrested.

The Bellboy and the Playgirls

The Bellboy and the Playgirls
2.7/10
  • Genre: Comedy
  • Release: 12/02/1962
The bellboy aspires to be a private eye and is reading a book to learn the trade. The 'suspicious' activities of women in the hotel give him a chance to practice his skills. Surprise! They are representatives of a lingerie manufacturer. To investigate further, he poses as a potential buyer, and the women take turns modeling their wares.

Der Frechdachs

Der Frechdachs
6.8/10
  • Genre: Comedy
  • Release: 28/04/1932
  • Character: Junger Mann

Dreimal Hochzeit

Dreimal Hochzeit
  • Genre: Comedy
  • Release: 24/06/1941
  • Character: Fürst Alexander Woronin

Das Donkosakenlied

Das Donkosakenlied
4.8/10
  • Genre: Drama
  • Release: 14/11/1956
  • Character: Chefarzt Dr. Burger
After the death of his mother, little Peter lives with his great sister Helga at his adoptive father Professor Hartmann. Peter is seriously ill, can not get upset and therefore also on the advice of his doctor Heinz Stark no more music. Even his revered Donkosaks , who remember him with their songs to his Russian mother, can no longer listen to him on the radio. It is all the more pleasing to him when the choir, during a tour with their conductor Serge Jaroff and their manager Rolf Bender, has an autopanne near his home. While Chauffeur Karl repairs the bus, Peter sings the choir's title The Evening Star, glowing us two - a song of his mother, which the choir has never heard before.

Three from the Gasoline Station

Three from the Gasoline Station
5.7/10
  • Genre: ComedyRomance
  • Release: 21/12/1955
  • Character: Konsul Willy Kossmann
Robert, Peter and Fritz are the best of friends ... and hopelessly broke. But they don't let that stop them and in short order, they end up renting a deserted gas station. With just a little bit of wit and some elan, they'll bring the old girl back to life and all will look rosy ... until all three of them fall in love with the same dame: Gabi, the daughter of the director of a large gasoline firm. Thanks to her, their eternal friendship is really going to be put to the test.

Sieben Ohrfeigen

Sieben Ohrfeigen
6.6/10
  • Genre: ComedyRomance
  • Release: 02/08/1937
  • Character: William Tenson MacPhab
Young William Tenson MacPhab’s stock portfolio has crashed like the housing market in 21st Century Nevada and he’s lost a whole Seven Pounds. And like many an investor, who left his investment decisions in the hands of others, Tenson holds Astor Terbanks, a steel magnate, responsible for Tenson’s stupid investment decisions. Through a trick, he manages to get an appointment with the steel magnate, but when the latter hears he’s only lost Seven Pounds, he has his stupid ass thrown out. Now Tenson is bent on revenge. Apparently having nothing to do with his life and suffering from some psychological problems as well as being stupid, he takes an ad out in the paper threatening to give the old steel king seven slaps in the coming week to teach him a lesson in respect. Terbank’s daughter Daisy is horrified by this threat from the loon and does everything to protect her father. It’s all in vain: Her father gets slapped every day, and every day, it makes headlines.

Amphitryon – Aus den Wolken kommt das Glück

Amphitryon – Aus den Wolken kommt das Glück
6.7/10
  • Genre: ComedyMusic
  • Release: 18/07/1935
  • Character: Jupiter / Amphitryon
Lamenting Thebian women are waiting for the men to come back from war. God Jupiter is attracted to one of them: Alkmene. He goes to earth and tries to seduce her as himself: an old man. Failing in this, he disguises himself as Amphitryon (Alkemene's husband) and tries again. Next morning Amphitryon and his men come back from war; he suspects adultery and wants a divorce. Jupiter's wife Juno now also comes to earth and clears things up.

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