Edith Elmay Movies

Gerlinde Locker plays a singer trying to succeed in the gangster-ridden German nightclub circuit. To supplement her income, she works at a talent agency adjacent to a club run by mobster Rolf Kutschera. With the help of club musician Tommy Rupp, the girl is hired to sing for Kutschera, which drives his mistress, dancer Kai Fischer, into a jealous rage. Fischer tries to murder Locker, with surprising results. Kutschera himself comes to grief at the hands of a cop working undercover at his club. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi

My Daughter Patricia Meine Tochter Patricia is a lightweight, romantic comedy by award-winning director Wolfgang Liebeneiner, with no particular pretensions other than to entertain. Patricia (Gerlinde Locker) has just finished her stay at a Swiss boarding school, and like other young women her age, her thoughts have turned to men. In fact, they have turned to one man in particular (Gerhard Riedmann). Unfortunately for Patricia, someone else has her sights set on the same young man -- but unfortunately for him, neither woman is very constant -- their affections go back and forth like a ping-pong ball. ~ Eleanor Mannikka, Rovi

Based on the popular Franz Werfel novel, Der Vernuntreute Himmel (The Embezzled Heaven) was deftly directed with both eyes on the box office by operetta specialist Ernst Marischka. Annie Rosar heads the cast as the naively pious Aunt Teta, who is certain that she will be assured a place in heaven by performing one good deed. That deed is to bestow her life savings upon her spoiled-rotten nephew Mojmir (Kurt Meisel) so that he may be able to afford to study for the priesthood. Of course, Mojmir has no such intentions, but he's certainly not above taking Aunt Teta's money. The melodramatic machinations of the storyline are largely forgotten during the film's spectacular climax, largely shot on location inside the Vatican. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi

Based on an operetta by Franz Schubert, the film is partially biographical. Franz (Karlheinz Boehm) is in love with Hannerl (Johanna Matz) but is too shy to reveal his feelings. After composing a love song, he engages a young baron to sing to her. Hannerl instead falls in love with the baron. The girl's parents lament over the problems of Hannerl and her two sisters, who are all young women living at home and eligible for marriage. Beethoven (Ewald Balser) and legendary music publisher Diabelli (Richard Romanowsky) are Schubert's famous contemporaries, giving historical perspective to the three music legends. ~ Dan Pavlides, Rovi