Helmut Käutner Movies

A pretty, sheltered teenager falls for a boy from the wrong side of town.

The poor ghost of Sir Simon Canterville has been roaming his castle searching in vain for a brave descendant who will release him from the...

Fun on a boat.

The daydreaming tailor Wenzel is fired from his job, because the fancy frock he was supposed to cut for the mayor, he instead made for himself. He is...

A poor Hungarian artist falls in love with a wealthy mysterious Parisian girl.

A "mufti" version of Hamlet, with young Hardy Krüger trying to prove that his uncle has killed his father. Direct references to the Shakespeare...

Tensions rise when a U.S. military base is built in a small village in post-war Germany.

A grieving husband tries to uncover the truth behind his wife's suicide, leading him to discover a tragic tale of infidelity and redemption.

The reporter Peter Zabel stumbles upon the sinking of the luxury yacht Orplid in Hamburg on August 14, 1949. The ship went down with a wedding party...

A car tells its story and the story of its seven owners during the years of the Third Reich.

The adaptation of the eponymous play by Carl Zuckmayer tells the story of renegade general Harras of the German Luftwaffe, who during WWII openly...

Dutch police officer Van der Valk is pulled away for a private investigation for a friend of the chief of police to find the missing junior manager....

The setting is Lugano (Switzerland), where an apparently very important world conference takes place. The film tells the story of the young Kitty...

The story centers on the charismatic sea captain Käpt'n Bay-Bay, portrayed by Hans Albers, who on his wedding day shares tales of his seafaring...

Bored with her marriage, Franziska decides to travel to Venice.

Robin Hood, the noble robber with a gentle soul and hard fists, lives with his band of robbers in the forest of Sherwood. While he helps the poor,...