Sieghardt Rupp Movies

Obsessed with and disgusted by his Jewish heritage, and equally obsessed with his homosexuality, the minor German philosopher Otto Weininger (Paulus Manker) managed to commit suicide at age 23 in the bedroom of Beethoven's last home on October 3, 1903. It seems that this twisted little man's great masterwork, which "scientifically" denigrated Jews and women, was viewed as a mere copy of their own work by the two men who had the power to recommend that it be published: Sigmund Freud and Paul Julius Moebius. At a time when many Jews were doing their best to hide their backgrounds through converting to Catholicism, Weininger, in a typically contrary fashion, attempted the same thing by converting to Protestantism. The story of this unappealing man's life is effectively told in flashbacks as he reviews the events and ideas of his life during his fateful final evening. ~ Clarke Fountain, Rovi

In this dubbed softcore porn film, set in a country chateau, the guests of a contentious couple keep themselves amused by reading excerpts from the Bible and the works of Balzac, when they are not bedding one another. In the process they seek to solve various emotional and sexual difficulties. This dubbed version is a re-release of the 1969 German language version, with a small amount of additional footage. ~ Clarke Fountain, Rovi

French beauty Edwige Fenech stars in this racy German comedy concerning a count and a colonel who live on opposite sides of the same castle, and who enter into a lecherous competition to determine the rightful owner of the sprawling estate. Count d'Alsay (Ernst Stankovski) and Colonel Delaroche (Sieghardt Rupp) both claim ownership of the castle, and neither are willing to budge. When Count d'Alsay and Colonel Delaroche each a new virgin made, they make a pack that the first man to bed his respective new employee will also become the sole owner of the property. Frustrated that her future husband is ignoring her advances, Colonel Delaroche's lusty fiancée (Fenech) instead turns her affections toward another officer. Meanwhile, a stable of local prostitutes joins in on the bawdy fun. ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi

In this comedy, set in an Austrian mountain village, the town leaders conspire to attract tourists by touting a mythical "fountain of love" that runs nearby the village. When the minister of tourism discovers this, she immediately sends her agents to check out the veracity of the potentially scandalous water. After the village mayor declares a 3-day ban on sexual activity, he then plugs up the fountain. When the agents come, they find nothing. One of the agents wants to have his boss come and check it out personally, but changes his mind after he drinks some of the water. It really is an aphrodisiac! Soon tourists are arriving by the hundreds to sample the mysterious water. Unfortunately, the minister finds out and claims the water for the state. ~ Sandra Brennan, Rovi

In this espionage drama, two FBI agents are on the trail of smugglers who have been selling electrical equipment to the enemy. ~ Sandra Brennan, Rovi

In this British war comedy, set in WW II, a bomber crew is shot down over Paris during the Nazi occupation. They are helped out of the city by several good-hearted Frenchman. They make it to the steambath where they had an important rendezvous. They then begin the final part of their escape. A cross-eyed German inadvertently helps them. ~ Sandra Brennan, Rovi

A woman (Maria Emo) cares for her older husband (Hugo Gottschlich) who makes his living smuggling things across the Tyrolian Mountains in this tragic drama. The police know the husband is up to no good but have been unable to catch him in the act. A young policeman (Sieghardt Rupp) is assigned in hopes of cracking the case, and the wife falls in love with the cop. When the husband discovers the two are in love, he picks up a knife and goes to fight the policeman for the woman he loves. ~ Dan Pavlides, Rovi

Barbara (Ghita Norby) is a pretty young secretary who at age 25 decides to find a man to marry in this light romantic comedy. She has many male admirers, but all seem to want to fool around and entertain no thoughts of marriage. Barbara brings her problem to a matrimonial agency that provides her with another slew of suitors. Little does she know that her co-worker and shy superior at work Dr. Pleskau (Walter Giller) carries a torch for her and wants her to be his flame. ~ Dan Pavlides, Rovi

In this comedy drama that contains at least a dozen or more sexual situations, Hugo Starosta (Martin Held) and his family live in an old citadel known as "The Fortress," a home for German refugees and their families. He is beaten regularly by his wife and five children. The daughter becomes a prostitute for the money, and two of her brothers decide to dedicate their lives to having sex. When his daughter becomes pregnant, she finagles an older man into believing he is the father of the unborn child. Satirical jabs are liberally taken at youth, authority, and the police. ~ Dan Pavlides, Rovi

By the time Sergio Leone made this film, Italians had already produced about 20 films ironically labelled "spaghetti westerns." Leone approached the genre with great love and humor. Although the plot was admittedly borrowed from Akira Kurosawa's Yojimbo (1961), Leone managed to create a work of his own that would serve as a model for many films to come. Clint Eastwood plays a cynical gunfighter who comes to a small border town and offers his services to two rivaling gangs. Neither gang is aware of his double play, and each thinks it is using him, but the stranger will outwit them both. The picture was the first installment in a cycle commonly known as the "Dollars" trilogy. Later, United Artists, who distributed it in the U.S., coined another term for it: the "Man With No Name" trilogy. While not as impressive as its follow-ups For a Few Dollars More (1965) and The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly (1966), A Fistful of Dollars contains all of Leone's eventual trademarks: taciturn characters, precise framing, extreme close-ups, and the haunting music of Ennio Morricone. Not released in the U.S. until 1967 due to copyright problems, the film was decisive in both Clint Eastwood's career and the recognition of the Italian western. ~ Yuri German, Rovi

Director Ladislao Vajda has another success on his hands with this crime thriller about a beleaguered lightship (a ship that functions like a lighthouse to warn vessels about unseen hazards). Capt. Freytag (James Robertson-Justice) is in charge of the lightship when three bank robbers board the vessel and take it over by force. They want to hijack the ship to Denmark, but the captain is unwilling to comply. He knows that if the lightship leaves it might mean disaster and fatalities for other vessels that depend on it so as not to go aground on the sand bars here. The thieves terrorize the crew, but Freytag is determined to hold his own against their demands. ~ Eleanor Mannikka, Rovi