Jester Naefe Movies
- 1957
French leading lady Isabelle Corey stars in the Franco-German La Ragazza delle Saline. Also known variously as Girl from Salt Fields and The Girl from the Salt Mines, the film was lensed on location in the salt-flats region of the Adriatic coast. Corey plays Marina, an innocent lass blessed with come-hither eyes and a voluptuous figure. Marina becomes the object of the affections and jealousies of several of her male co-workers (none more fervent than second-billed Marcello Mastrioanni). The film spends an inordinate amount of time showing off Isabelle Corey's ample endowments in tight, clinging outfits. If this synopsis seems preoccupied with the star's physical charms, it pales in comparison to the lurid ad campaign mounted for La Ragazza delle Saline. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Isabelle Corey, Marcello Mastroianni, (more)
- 1957
In this remake of the 1932 musical, the lead actor plays a dual role of a Czar and his look-a-like as they do business deals and make love in Vienna, circa 1814. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide
- 1954
Confession of Ina Kahr is a pay-the-bills effort from the great German director G. W. Pabst. Told in flashback, the film recounts the events leading up to the killing of good-for-nothing Curt Jurgens. Warned by her friends and relatives that Jurgens is a bad job, impulsive Ina Kahr (Elizabeth Mueller) marries him anyway. His ceaseless philandering and abuse wears away at Ina to the point that she contemplates poisoning her husband. When this transpires, Ina wonders if she meant to do the deed, or if it was purely accidental. The court can't make up its mind either, and instead of sentencing Ina to death, the court prescribes a light six-month sentence for involuntary manslaughter. Back in 1954, jaundiced American movie critics suggested that Ina Kahr could have solved all her problems early on with strategic application of a rolling pin or frying pan. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- 1954
Die Klein Stadt Will Schlafen Gehn translates literally to Little Town Will Go to Sleep. The town in question is a "respectable" German community, thrown into an uproar when a mail bag is stolen. It seems that the bag contained several compromising letters, which, if discovered, will result in a lot of trouble for a lot of local citizens. Somehow or other, the populace comes to the conclusion that the town's "black sheep," a hedonistic sculptor, is in possession of the letters, and that's where the fun begins. The fact that the film manages to squeeze in a bit of nudity enhanced its salability in America. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Gustav Froehlich, Jester Naefe, (more)
- 1950
This German melodrama is set in the Paris of some hundred years ago. It is a tale of two brothers: Robert (Paul Dahlke), a gentleman thief, and Pierre (Richard Haueseler), a less gentlemanly prefect of police. It is understood that neither brother will intrude upon the province of the other. But rules are made to be broken, especially when women are involved. Kaethe Dorsch delivers the film's best performance as Robert and Pierre's mother. There are subplots aplenty during the film's 100-minute running time, but things never get too confusing, not even in the English-dubbed version. Der Bagnostraefling was written and directed by Gustav Froelich, a well-known German actor whose previous credits included Fritz Lang's Metropolis, ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Paul Dahlke, Richard Haeussler, (more)
