Movies by Eduard von Winterstein

Der Meineidbauer

Der Meineidbauer

The Blue Angel

The Blue Angel

Prim professor Immanuel Rath finds some of his students ogling racy photos of cabaret performer Lola Lola and visits a local club, The Blue Angel, in an attempt to catch them there. Seeing Lola perform, the teacher is filled with lust, eventually resigning his position at the school to marry the young woman. However, his marriage to a coquette -- whose job is to entice men -- proves to be more difficult than Rath imagined.

Freies Volk

Freies Volk

Directed by Martin Berger.

Der ewige Traum

Der ewige Traum

At the end of the 18th century, the wealthy French scholar Saussure comes to a small Alpine village and offers 1,000 pieces of gold to anyone who can lead him to the summit of Mont Blanc. The young farmer's son Jacques Balmat wants to take on the dangerous task, even though his father has told him from an early age about the mighty mountain spirits who guard a legendary treasure of gold on the mountain peak.

Vater ist im Kriege

Vater ist im Kriege

The Giant's Fist

The Giant's Fist

A farmer's wife decides to take her children and leave her gambling addict husband.

The Other

The Other

A psychological drama based on the popular Jekyll and Hyde theme involving a strict legal official. The simultaneously filmed French language version of the film is titled The Prosecutor Hallers.

The Girl from the Marsh Croft

The Girl from the Marsh Croft

A farm boy betrothed to a socialite falls in love with his maid - an impoverished girl from the marsh.

Danton

Danton

At the height of Reign of Terror Maximilien Robespierre orchestrates the trial and execution of several of his fellow leading French revolutionaries including Georges Danton.

Nerves

Nerves

The film tries to capture the "nervous epidemic" caused by war and misery which "drives people mad". This unique portrait of the life in 1919 Germany, filmed on location in Munich, describes the cases of different people from all levels of society: Factory owner Roloff, who loses his mind in view of catastrophies and social disturbances; teacher John, who is the hero of the masses; and Marja who turns into a radical revolutionary.

Der Auftrag Höglers

Der Auftrag Höglers

The Luisin ridge is divided not only by the river, but also by the zone boundary. The old CEO Högler still lives in the west, the eastern part has been expropriated and is managed by the chief engineer Dr. Tellen. He is working on a new steel production process that Högler absolutely needs. Högler's means to achieve his goal are bribery, espionage and slander. Trade union member Maria Steinitz almost becomes a victim of slander. However, the intrigue is exposed and Hogler's criminal intentions are thwarted. At a large production meeting, the...

The child's first right

The child's first right

Between Night and Dawn

Between Night and Dawn

An aging prostitute develops a motherly affection for a kind young man, but her pimp does not approve.

The Sailor’s Song

The Sailor’s Song

A film about the historical uprising of the seamen in Kiel: During the Russian October Revolution of 1917, German and Russian soldiers start to solidarize with each other. By disarming the officers, machinist Henne Lonke and stoker Jens Kasten prevent the attack on a Russian freighter. When German admiralty gives out orders for operation "Nibelungen", which would lead the German fleet into a suicidal attack against England and quell the revolutionary spirit, seamen and soldiers from different political backgrounds unite in protest.

The Fallen

The Fallen

Prostitution II

Prostitution II

About a deceptive bourgeois couple that blends their acquaintances into their dubious business.

The Woman House of Brescia

The Woman House of Brescia

"The House of Pillory" - a place where the enemy women captured during wartime were imprisoned so that the people could exploit them as they wished.

Der Teufel und die Circe

Der Teufel und die Circe

Der Etappenhase

Der Etappenhase

Emilia Galotti

Emilia Galotti