Gerlinde Locker Movies
- 1969
This film serves as a vehicle for the popular 11-year-old child singer Heintje. He plays an orphan who lives with his aunt, a woman dizzy with the prospects of a new romance. He spends his time with an older friend who has a horse, until the boy is sent to an orphanage. Heintje runs away to Switzerland, hitchhiking his way through the Alps to find his friend. He is put in danger when he accidentally discovers a ring of smugglers. When his older friend proposes marriage to his true love, the couple makes plans to adopt the young boy. ~ Dan Pavlides, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Heinz Reincke, Gerlinde Locker, (more)
- 1969
Dr. Peter Bach (Peter Alexander) is sent to a city school when his small village school burns down. The liberal and progressive instructor soon gains a large following among the student. He alternately makes enemies among his fellow teachers who resent his methods. Heintje, one of Germany's most popular child singers, plays his nephew Jan. The students play tricks on the teachers but leave Bach alone in this musical that features the singing of both Heintje and Alexander. ~ Dan Pavlides, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Peter Alexander, Hansi Kraus, (more)
- 1969
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, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Heinz Reincke, Gerlinde Locker, (more)
- 1969
This lighthearted comedy finds a grandfather (Werner Hinz) trying to cope with his family at his country home. His elderly sister is hard of hearing and his marriageable daughters wish to tie the knot before they become spinsters. Grandfather is a kind but not outwardly affectionate soul who also deals with his six-year-old nephew Gaylord Archibald Ester). The young boy gets into trouble with the neighbor boys and is accused of stealing. The family quarrels but always comes to each others' aid when the chips are down in this family-oriented feature taken from the best-selling novel by Eric Malpass. ~ Dan Pavlides, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Gerlinde Locker
- 1968
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, All Movie Guide
- 1959
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, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Martin Held, Gerlinde Locker, (more)
