Harald Philipp Movies
- 1974
The continuous power struggle between racketeers and police detectives for the urban area is featured in this film. ~ All Movie Guide
- 1971
The crime novels of Edgar Wallace have enjoyed enormous popularity in Germany, and this movie thriller marks approximately the 30th time his novels have had a German screen adaptation. Sir John (Siegfried Schuerenberg) and Inspector Craig (Hansjoerg Felmy) of Scotland Yard travel all over the city of London in their attempt to unravel the evidence needed to put a big drug-smuggling organization out of business. There are certainly enough corpses to provide clues, as the gang they are pursuing is unusually desperate and ruthless.
Thirtieth in a series of German language thrillers based on the novels of Edgar Wallace, this story concerns an international drug-smuggling cartel which carelessly murders large numbers of people. Siegfried Schuerenberg reprises his role as Sir John, and Hansjoerg Felmy takes a break from his stage work to appear as Inspector Craig, of Scotland Yard. Thanks to their efforts, the bad guys pay for their crimes. ~ Clarke Fountain, All Movie Guide
Thirtieth in a series of German language thrillers based on the novels of Edgar Wallace, this story concerns an international drug-smuggling cartel which carelessly murders large numbers of people. Siegfried Schuerenberg reprises his role as Sir John, and Hansjoerg Felmy takes a break from his stage work to appear as Inspector Craig, of Scotland Yard. Thanks to their efforts, the bad guys pay for their crimes. ~ Clarke Fountain, All Movie Guide
- 1970
Jochem Brinkman (Georg Thomalia) is a bachelor again. Now there are no barriers to he and his two friends (Peer Schmidt and Hans Juergen Diedrich) having a good time. Just as they are getting into the spirit of their bachelorhood, along come three highly marriage-minded women to complicate their lives. Among them is the woman (Terry Torday) Jochem has just divorced! This is clean family entertainment for German speakers (no dubbing or subtitles). Featured songs include In the Summertime sung by Ricky Shayne. ~ Clarke Fountain, All Movie Guide
- 1965
In this western, the sixth in the European-produced "Winnetou" series, Old Surehand and his Apache sidekick Winnetou endeavor to capture the outlaws who killed their friend the wagon master. To do so, Winnetou volunteers to guide the leaderless wagon train across the treacherous Indian land himself. Sure enough, they encounter Navajos, but fortunately Winnetou manages to get them safe passage until an avaricious oil swindler tries to cheat local settlers out of their land and ends up killing the Navajo leader's son. Naturally the Indians assume that Winnetou has betrayed them and go to war against the settlers. Fortunately, Surehand rides to the rescue. He is accompanied by the swindler whom he captured. Peace is restored. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Stewart Granger, Pierre Brice, (more)
- 1960
One of the worst of many inhuman aspects of World War II were the "penalty" battalions in the German army, dramatized in this excellent film about several men serving in these units. Director Harald Phillipp spares no ounce of realism in first relating what kinds of men are conscripted, and then how they are treated. One man's crime was not returning to his unit on time, another did not follow unscrupulous orders, yet another supposedly mutilated himself in order to escape the draft. Once in a penalty battalion, the assignments and the superior officers are brutal. The men are sent to the most dangerous battle fronts, they are asked to de-mine without equipment, and no one balks at leaving them without weapons if a hasty retreat is in order. Sobering and well-photographed, the men's stories are engrossing from beginning to end. ~ Eleanor Mannikka, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Sonja Ziemann
- 1960
This is a conventional World War II drama about one of the elite Nazi fighting units, seen from a German perspective. Director Harald Philipp paints the heroes of the Brandenberg division as misguided idealists coerced into combat by their hard-core Nazi hierarchy. In the first half of the action, the division goes into Romania to safeguard the oil that is exported to Germany, and in the second part of the film, the men go behind Russian lines. Their objective is to capture and hold a strategic bridge, not an easy task considering their isolated position. ~ Eleanor Mannikka, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Wolfgang Reichmann, Peter Neusser, (more)
- 1958
In this routine, slow-paced circus thriller, Bimbo (Claus Holm) is an elephant trainer and a high-wire artist who suffers the tragic death of his wife Marianne (Marina Orachel) in an apparent accident. As time goes by, he rightfully becomes suspicious that the "accident" was anything but, and he starts to look for her killer. Meanwhile, the circus acts continue to entertain, while Bimbo eventually gets a confession out of the guilty party, made slightly more suspenseful because a big-top fire is starting to kindle at the same time. ~ Eleanor Mannikka, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Claus Holm, Germaine Damar, (more)
