Paul Dahlke Movies

This West German historical fantasy, based on the novel by Felix Pinner, examines what might have happened beginning in 1910 if the Ruhr valley steel mills had continued their normal civilian operations rather than being switched over to produce war materials. ~ Clarke Fountain, Rovi

Popular Dutch moppet singer Heintje appears in his fourth film in this sentimental sob story. Heintje's innocent father Klaus (Heinz Reincke) is wrongly imprisoned on a trumped-up embezzlement charge. The boy goes to live with his maternal grandfather, who is cold, distant and wealthy. He has never forgiven Klaus for eloping with his daughter who died shortly after Heintje's birth. The boy melts the stony heart of the callous grandfather and helps track down the villains who sent his father to jail. Klaus falls in love with his beautiful court-appointed attorney. Heintje sings several songs in the film and is reunited with his estranged father who looks forward to marrying his lawyerly lady-love. ~ Dan Pavlides, Rovi

In this espionage drama, two FBI agents are on the trail of smugglers who have been selling electrical equipment to the enemy. ~ Sandra Brennan, Rovi

Michael Scott (Stewart Granger) is an American Secret Service agent sent to Hong Kong to combat a gang of international smugglers who are bringing electronic devices into the country. He hooks up a female agent who has infiltrated the gang as a secretary to escape danger in this routine spy feature. ~ Dan Pavlides, Rovi

Professor Traugott Naegler (Heinz Ruehmann) is a small-town teacher with 12 children in this remake of the 1951 feature of the same name. He once had chased his sister away for living an amoral life. When the sister dies, she promises to leave her fortune to the first family member who has a child out of wedlock. Naegler writes off the money as a lost cause until he learns that his own marriage is not valid and he will soon have another child, all of whom are deemed illegitimate. ~ Dan Pavlides, Rovi

Based on an actual post-war murder in Frankfurt, this standard docudrama by Rudolf Jugert is a serious treatment of the story as compared to the earlier, satirical film The Girl Rosemarie. The history of the case of Rosemarie, a hooker, and how she came to be strangled in her apartment is not completely clear. One of the suspects in the case was first charged, later acquitted, but never really free of an aura of culpability. British actress Belinda Lee plays the title role with her voice dubbed over in German. ~ Eleanor Mannikka, Rovi

A horror film of dubious taste, a least for the early '60s when it was released, this Gothic tale about transplanted heads comes from Germany and is directed by Victor Trivas. Prof. Abel (Michel Simon) has invented the miraculous "Serum X," and with it he successfully keeps a dog's head alive after the rest of the canine is quite dead. When the able Prof. Abel dies, his assistant, the odd Dr. Ood (Horst Frank), keeps Abel's head around -- but not for old times' sake. Dr. Ood is in love with a hunchbacked nurse (Karin Kernke) and he wants Abel's head to help him out with a novel transplant operation. Dr. Ood wants to take the body of a stripper (Christiane Maybach), snip off her head, and put the nurse's head in its place. Unfortunately, nothing goes exactly as he plans. ~ Eleanor Mannikka, Rovi

Homosexuality is exploited to the tasteless hilt in the 1957 cheapie The Third Sex. The parents of Paul Dahlke can't understand why their son isn't interested in he-man activities. They soon discover that he's-argh! gasp!--gay. Even worse, he's hanging out with a KNOWN PERVERT!!!! There is nothing for it but to "straighten out" the boy, in as cold and brutal a manner as possible. This one must be seen to be believed. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi

Frucht Ohne Liebe (Fruit Without Love) is the story of a trouble marriage. Barbara and George Kling (Gertrud Kueckelmann, Claus Holm) have been husband and wife for five years, but no children have resulted from the union. Told by a doctor that George is impotent, Barbara, desperate to have a baby, agrees to artificial insemination. After the birth of her child, she goes on a lonely odyssey in search of the baby's real father. When originally released in Germany, Frucht Ohne Liebe ran into resistance from a few church groups; even so, Columbia agreed to distribute the film throughout Europe. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi