Karin Huebner Movies
- 1973
Shakespeare's Twelfth Night is adapted to modern times in this German production. The cast find themselves in a marshy region along the North Sea known as Slesvick. Duke Orsino ("If music be the food of love, play on...") is a dejected land-baron, Olivia a vacationing young widow, and so on. Despite updating the life situations of the characters, this classic tale of mistaken identity and true love is basically unchanged. ~ Clarke Fountain, All Movie Guide
- 1969
A Scotland Yard detective investigates a series of murders of gangsters and girls. Inspector Perkins (Horst Tappert) is the prim and proper but cynical sleuth who knows the killings are drug-related. The trail first leads to Yvonne (Karin Huebner), a former victim of the white slave trade who seeks revenge on those who sold her into human bondage. Perkins must convince his stuffy superior Sir Arthur (Herbert von Meyerinck) that there is more to the case than is first apparent. Perkins dodges bullets, deals with double-crossing gangsters, and jealous career-minded agents as he searches for the man with the glass eye in this suspenseful crime thriller. ~ Dan Pavlides, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Horst Tappert, Karin Huebner, (more)
- 1969
A group of students at a posh private school spend the majority of their time heckling their instructors and frequenting a local prostitute. In a shocking discovery, the father of one of the students is found brutally murdered. Shortly afterward, two more people, an instructor and the son of the murdered man, are found dead as well. As terror grips the small but affluent community, a detective investigates the crimes. The prime suspect is a medical instructor at the school who was involved in Nazi experiments. The first murdered man recognized the man and foolishly confronted him, giving him a week to turn himself in, hence the title. Not wanting to face a war-crimes tribunal, the medical maniac decides to take matters into his own hands. ~ Dan Pavlides, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Joachim Fuchsberger, Horst Tappert, (more)
- 1966
Nineteen-year-old Liselotte Von Der Pfalz (Heidelinde Weis) falls for France's King Louis XIV (Hans Caninenberg) in this biographical costume drama. She marries the King's brother the Duke Of Orleans (Harald Leipnotz), which is a loveless union of political convenience. After Liselotte catches the eye of Louis, the Duke suddenly is passionate in his desire for her. ~ Dan Pavlides, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Heidelinde Weis, Harald Leipnitz, (more)
- 1963
This interesting film is set in Berlin's Tempelhof airport during a bad storm. The airport is closed because of the weather, and many travelers are stranded there. Their unscripted, unrehearsed stories are the basis for the film. Most of the tales center around various forms of sex. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Karin Huebner, Harald Leipnitz, (more)
- 1961
"Wunderbar" takes on a new meaning in this routine satire by Bernhard Wicki about a bar that is miraculously transported by God Himself to a nearby, new location on an island. The nature of the miracle is a bit strange, but it comes in answer to Pater Malachias' prayers to get the sin-ridden place out of the center of the city. The good and naive Malachias is subtly played by Horst Bollimann. Once this miracle of relocation has occurred, the sharks and entrepreneurs, who would bilk both the faithful and the curiosity-seekers alike, crop up like an unwanted epidemic. The mercenary and the sacred clash, as many try to find deeper meaning in what has happened, and Pater Malachias starts to doubt the wisdom of his original prayer. ~ Eleanor Mannikka, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Horst Bollmann, Richard Münch, (more)
- 1958
Starring the peripatetic Eddie Constantine as Eddie Petersen ("Hoppla Eddie"), this amusing crime parody pokes at the foibles of gangster movies. Eddie is a seaman working out of Hamburg who has been given the enviable job of watching over a group of pretty South American women. While this seems like a better assignment than putting out to sea for six months, he soon finds himself in more limited, but very hot water. One of the women may hold the key to a secret uncovered by her famous scientist-father, now deceased. He apparently discovered something cheap to power the automobile and a notorious international gang is after his invention. ~ Eleanor Mannikka, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Eddie Constantine, Maria Sebaldt, (more)
