Movies by Kurt Vespermann

Der Bettelstudent

Der Bettelstudent

Yacht of the Seven Sins

Yacht of the Seven Sins

The ship-owner Herr Reeder Roberts organizes a world trip on his luxury liner "Yoshiwara". Aboard are millionaires and famous artists, but also criminals. The manager of the ship-owner, Stefan Martini, has been murdered shortly before the departure in a mysterious way. Several persons are suspected and these are, precisely, the passengers of the "Yoshiwara".

Familie Buchholz

Familie Buchholz

Vergiß mein nicht

Vergiß mein nicht

Eine Frau die weiß, was sie will

Eine Frau die weiß, was sie will

Woman concert singer seeks to connect with her adult daughter, by her former marriage to a staid industrialist who has kept the two apart since the daughter was a small child, and gets inadvertent help from the industrialist's fired employee who has fallen in love with the girl.

King Thrushbeard

King Thrushbeard

Ruhiges Heim mit Küchenbenutzung

Ruhiges Heim mit Küchenbenutzung

The Little Napoleon

The Little Napoleon

Die schwarze Schmach

Die schwarze Schmach

German propaganda film by Carl Boese.

Der Todfeind

Der Todfeind

A wealthy man is found bludgeoned to death near a railway. The question is, who killed him and why?

Polterabend

Polterabend

Rudi, who’s been quite the ladies’ man, finally wants to settle down and marry Hilde. So as to not get into a touchy situation with all his many women, he plans to bring them all together the night before his wedding. While sitting alone in his apartment and burning all his old photos and love letters, he notices a woman in the garden. She assets, that she’s hiding from a stubborn admirer and he stupidly offers her to come in … and then it all begins! First, his wife-to-be Hilde shows up, who wants to spend the night before their wedding tog...

Durchlaucht Hypochonder

Durchlaucht Hypochonder

A bored princess' flights of fancy cause troubles for the entire household, especially her husband.

The Great Light

The Great Light

Lorenz Ferleitner has worked his way up from a poor but gifted farm boy to a recognized master builder. When a new cathedral is to be built, he is given the honor of carrying out the task. He would like to commission the unknown young painter Fritz Rasmussen to decorate the dome. The director of the art academy, Professor Marquardt, however, wants to employ his untalented nephew for the painting work. A bitter conflict unfolds.

Die Siebzehnjährigen

Die Siebzehnjährigen

Die Geliebte seiner Hoheit

Die Geliebte seiner Hoheit

Der streitbare Herr Kickel

Der streitbare Herr Kickel

Mr. Kickel makes a bet with Mr. Müller as to whether Kickel will be arrested that very day.

It Was a Gay Ballnight

It Was a Gay Ballnight

1865. Katharina goes to a ball in Moscow. There she meets again Tchaikowsky, her first and only love. The young, who is now married to wealthy Michael Iwanowitsch Murakin, a man she does not love, has not forgotten Piotr Illich, the (not yet) famous composer. Both are still in love with each other but Piotr is engaged to Nastassia, a dancer, while for her part Katharina cannot leave her husband. Tchaikowky's first love then decides to sacrifice her happiness to the success of the composer, sponsoring him in secret. Something Piotr will learn...