Fritz Kortner Movies

Loosely based on the story of the singer Nellie Melba...

A man tries to find the true culprit when his friend is accused of murdering a moneylender.

A man is found dead on the small German island of Sylt. There is speculation that it may have been a murder, motivated by romantic jealousy. The man...

When Professor Horski learns that his wife has published a volume of novellas under his name entitled "Wife" he feels compromised and is angered at...

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

The fate of a French aristocrat is revealed in this historical costume drama, who, in 1792, finds herself confronted with the choice of either...

This pre-WW II German costume drama chronicles the French Revolution with a particular focus upon Danton, Robespierre, and Marat. It depicts the...

The film depicts the marriage between the mad Charles VI of France and his wife Queen Isabeau.

This documentation of a Kortner stage rehearsal shows in detail and fascinatingly how Kortner developed psychological tensions with meticulous...

In 1908, Sultan Abdul Hamid rules the Turkish Empire, but he is faced with the threat of revolt by the Young Turk party. He allows Hilmi Pasha, the...

Professor Mauthner, after many years of exile (having emigrated in 1933 to the USA), returns to Germany in 1948. He can in fact return to his...

In Hungary, a rich baron discovers that there are extensive oil deposits underneath nearby properties owned by villagers. He manages to convince all...

This is the German-language version of the British film The Love Storm (1931).

Arnold Horn, a young idealistic chemist, discovers a compound that can be used for the production of an effective deadly poisonous gas. Against his...

A professor discovers a way to separate the soul from the body.