Heinrich Schweiger Movies
- 1989
Martin (Marius Muller Westernhagen) is an Australian tourist forced to land in Hamburg in this routine thriller. He is mistaken for a notorious hitman and is pursued by the authorities. With help from the darling Dutch woman Juliane (Renee Soutendjik), the two are chased through the city by the thugs and the law. ~ Dan Pavlides, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Marius Müller-Westernhagen, Renée Soutendijk, (more)
- 1986
This slice-of-life drama follows the changes in a journalist as he temporarily leaves his own profession and takes up work as a farm laborer in a remote, rural community. Based on the novel by Peter Rosegger, the tale keeps its poetic aspects in this cinematic translation. Hans (Dietrich Siegl) is a Viennese reporter who walks into the farming community in the Stiria region of Austria dressed in his professional garb, looking for manual labor. Once the villagers realize that he is serious, he gets a job with a local family and digs in, for one year. What he learns in the process is a growing appreciation of village life. ~ Eleanor Mannikka, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Alexander Wagner, Barbara Petritsch, (more)
This bittersweet comedy looks at the denizens of Echo Park, a decaying section of Los Angeles popular with struggling actors and musicians, largely because of its (relatively) low rents. May Greer (Susan Dey) is a single mother and aspiring actress who makes ends meet by tending bar (the most lucrative job she's been offered in show biz is as a combination stripper and singing telegram girl). Her neighbor August (Michael Bowen) is a body-builder from Austria who dreams of becoming a movie star like Arnold Schwarzenegger, though these days he's supporting himself by doing low-budget TV commercials for deodorant. May and August have an on-again, off-again relationship, which has more to do with sex and loneliness than love. Hoping to stretch her budget a bit, May rents out a room to Jonathan, a wannabe singer/songwriter who makes his money delivering pizzas. May takes a liking to Jonathan, and her son Henry (Christopher Walker) sees Jonathan as the benevolent father figure that's been missing from his life. The supporting cast includes cult figure Timothy Carey and Cassandra Peterson, best known as princess of the dark Elvira. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide
- 1982
Based on an incident that occurred in the early 19th century, this film tells the story of how a local nobleman cut off the grazing lands of the peasants to turn his own feudal domain into a privately-held area for hunting. When Andreas (Bernd Stephan) revolts against this treatment, the nobleman has all of Andreas' cattle slaughtered. As a result, a minor civil war starts in which many peasants are tortured and killed, including Andreas' mother and his best friend. These killings make Andreas resolve to devote his life to avenging the innocent, even if he has to go it alone. ~ Eleanor Mannikka, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Bernd Stephan, Heinrich Schweiger, (more)
- 1977
Based on a novel by E.T.A. Hoffman, in this film Medardus (Dieter Laser) is a monk with more than his share of daring. When he swallows a special magical potion, he is taken on a journey into a series of alternate realities in which he meets his döppelganger (his fateful double), and in others, he meets with erotically suggestive situations. ~ Clarke Fountain, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Dieter Laser, Sylvia Manas, (more)
- 1977
In this comedy, Bomber and Paganini are two small-time hoods who have teamed up to pull off a robbery which is not sanctioned by their gang. After opening the safe, they lose their heads during an argument, and wind up in the hospital. One of them has been blinded, the other has been rendered immobile. Nothing about their new situation makes them like each other any better. Out of the hospital, their old gang refuses to re-admit them, and they are stuck with each other. They come up with a plan to steal some financial assistance from their old gang, and for a short while, they actually succeed. ~ Clarke Fountain, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Mario Adorf, Tilo Prückner, (more)
- 1974
Traumstadt concerns a tiny, remote village where people from all over can indulge in their wildest dreams. Per Oscarsson and Rosemarie Fendel play an unhappy couple who hope that a trip to this magic town will patch up their relationship. Instead, they find themselves fighting for their lives when several of the wackier fantasies get out of hand. Based on Alfred Kuhn's novel The Other Side. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- 1972
This French film is a sex comedy set in the World War I period. Franz (Leonard Whiting) is in love with the Colonel's daughter, but the Colonel will not let a mere lieutenant marry any daughter of his. In order to further his career so as to wed the woman of his dreams, Franz makes love to a succession of women. Bedroom confidences lead him to get hold of the Russian plan for an attack on his countrymen. This gets him his promotion and the hand of his girl. When he finds himself behind enemy lines, he heads off for yet another adventure involving a General (Curt Jurgens) and his mistress. ~ Clarke Fountain, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Curd Jürgens, Sylvie Fennec, (more)
Ron Ely, of Tarzan fame, stars in this German action adventure, adapted from Jack London's novel, The Son of the Wolf. This movie has lots of derring-do, fistfights and gunfights: all the traditional paraphernalia of a western. That is to be expected from the folks who brought many of the novels of Karl May to the screen. This film tells the story of Bill Robinson (Ely), who saves Jack Harper from certain death under an avalanche. Ironically, Harper is a bounty hunter, and Robinson is the man he was hunting. ~ Clarke Fountain, All Movie Guide
- 1971
The subject of this bleak German historical film is the deterioration of the life of a man who failed to adapt to the changes in Austria after the World War I. Trotta (Andras Balint) is a minor nobleman, who, along with his peers, cheers the advent of the war. The war causes many financial reverses for his family, and his marriage becomes chaotic; his wife leaves him to live with a woman, though she comes back to his bed from time to time. As conditions worsen, he is forced to rent rooms in what had been his family's mansion. His wife, who had returned to live with him during a pregnancy, leaves again, and he contemplates suicide. ~ Clarke Fountain, All Movie Guide
- 1969
Susanne (Terry Torday) is the hostess of a popular hotel on the Lahn River. When she vacations in Paris, she becomes romantically involved with the emperor Napoleon. She sets him up with a bride and manages to uncover some military secrets in the court of the amorous emperor. There is plenty of nudity and suggestive dialogue to spice up what is otherwise a routine script with little imagination. ~ Dan Pavlides, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Terry Torday, Claudio Brook, (more)
- 1968
The thin plot of this film takes place during the Napoleonic invasion of Germany and is a backdrop for displaying several nude females. Susanne (Terry Torday) is the hostess of a well-known house of ill repute on the Lahn River. Susanne travels to Italy to deliver a message to Count Enrico (Jeffrey Hunter), an amorous lover under the spell of Napoleon's sister. She sets him up with a bride and manages to uncover some military secrets in the court of the amorous emperor. Folk songs were written about this actual historical hostess who dazzled young students with her legendary beauty. ~ Dan Pavlides, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Pascale Petit, Jeffrey Hunter, (more)
- 1962
Intended as an adult parable (meaning intellectually not for small kids), this symbolic drama by director Gottfried Reinhardt has only rhymed dialogue which may be a drawback since prose dialogue is enough of a challenge for most scripters. "Everyman" is played by Walther Reyer, someone who starts to reconsider his life as he faces up to the fact that his mortality might bring him up short very soon. Along with "Everyman" are characters like God (Ewald Balser), Death (Kurt Heintel), Paramour (Ellen Schwiers), the wily Devil (Heinrich Schweiger), and Faith (Paula Wessely) that each play obvious parts in the drama to get Everyman headed on the right path. ~ Eleanor Mannikka, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Ewald Balser, Kurt Heintel, (more)
