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- A Nazi hunter in Paraguay discovers a sinister and bizarre plot to rekindle the Third Reich.
- In the first of a trilogy of movies about Elisabeth "Sissi" of Austria, the vibrant young princess catches the eye of her sister's fiancé, Emperor Franz Josef.
- Four American soldiers stationed near a German village face death in the rape of a local girl, and are defended by outside counsel Major Steve Garrett.
- When French King Louis XIV (Beau Bridges) learns that his twin brother, Philippe (Beau Bridges), could usurp his crown, he sets out to imprison him in the Bastille prison but four loyal musketeers are protecting Philippe.
- An episodic film, telling four erotic tales: Angela isn't sexually satisfied by her husband, so she simulates sleep-walking to visit her neighbor across the street every night; when his bathtub runs over, shy Peter gets to meet his sensuous neighbor Lolita; at a high-school reunion his former students pull a prank on Prof. Hellberg and make him believe he cheated on his wife while being drunk; Sybill has a good time during a break at the opera with the famous conductor Cramer.
- Western intelligence agents try, by all means necessary, to prevent a Communist-bloc defector from leaving the West in his bid to return home to lead an uprising.
- Despite their social differences, daughter of wealthy parents Luise (aka Pünktchen) befriends Anton, a boy who must earn his own money in order to support his sick mother and himself. Together they undergo different adventures, even preventing a theft in Pünktchens home.
- Graf Bobby and Baron Mucki founded the detective bureau Pfiff and Greif to finally make money. Shortly before the bankruptcy of their company, they receive a lucrative order from Benevenuto Socrates Socre regarding a gang of girl traders.
- A shifty lawyer is threatened with death within two days by a criminal who supposedly died in Australia.
- Vienna, at the height of the Great Depression. Like so many others, Hans has no work, no money, nowhere to live. Having lost his livelihood as a taxi driver, he decides that the only solution is to kill himself. But just as he is about to drown himself, he sees a young woman dive into the river, obviously with the same intention. Without a thought, Hans pulls the woman out of the water and does his best to comfort her. Her name is Anna and she is only 18, but like Hans she no longer has the strength to go on living.
- Three crooks come out of jail on probation and, taking advantage of the economic boom in Germany, they continue their shady business quite legally this time.
- A successful and married, although not quite young, actress at a London theatre, falls for a young man, only a little older than her son, involved with a young actress who uses him to advance her career and upstage the leading lady.
- Franz Lehár's Die lustige Witwe (The Merry Widow) has, since its premier in Vienna in 1905, remained one of the most popular, entertaining repertoire operetta mainstays to have graced the opera stages of the world. To a wealth of fine past performances available for listening or viewing may be added this live staging recorded during the 2005 Seefestspiele Moerbisch Austria Festival with a cast headed by Harald Serafin, Mathias Hausmann, Margarita De Arellano and Elisabeth Starzinger, Rudolf Bibl conducting.
- Composer Franz Schubert--broke, struggling and unhappy--gets a break when a wealthy friend wangles him an invitation to a command performance in front of a princess of the royal family. Schubert performs a version of his new work, "Symphony in B Minor", for the princess, but a misunderstanding results in Schubert storming out of the concert in a rage. Complications ensue.
- It's grand premiere at the Revue Theater in Vienna, not only for a new spectacular revue in the large scale, but also for a new star: Carmen Daviot. In his office the theatre manager Frank listens to the former star Lydia Loo, who is complaining bitterly for being thrown out of the revue, because the financier Reinhold has rejected her in favor of his new protégée. When Reinhold arrives to the office, she pulls a pistol, but the actor Fred Nissen takes the gun away. Nissen visits Carmen in her dressing room, wanting them to be lovers again, just as in the old days in the Western-Varieté. Reinhold enters, gets furious when seeing Nissen, who responds by pointing at him with Lydia's gun. It's time for Carmen Daviot to make her spectacular entrance in the revue. This ends with her, Nissen and the ballet performing a choreographed shooting act. During the act someone shoots Reinhold in his box from the stage, without the audience noticing it. Inspector Helder, who is in the theatre, immediately starts investigating the murder. Carmen believes that Nissen committed it, and tries to protect him, now knowing for sure that she loves him.
- Somewhere in the Salzburg mountains, young poacher Hans tries to conquer the heart of pretty schoolteacher Helga but is overthrown by forest warden Thomas. Krambambuli, the dog he once saved from being drowned, indirectly causes his death.
- Fortuna and Amorosa, the protector of true love, make a bet with the devilish spirit Lumpacivagabundus that should finally bring the devil down.
- Count Bobby assumes the identity and dresses of his sick aunt because they desperately need the money for chaperoning Mary, a wealthy American heiress, on her trip through Europe. Bobby falls in love with Mary, but his dress is a handicap.
- Peter is an aviator who dreams of a life in wealth and luxury. He meets the banker's daughter Dodo.
- After the theft of a priceless Van Gogh from a Parisian museum, Maigret follows his chief suspect to Lausanne where the suspect is found murdered.
- The groom-to-be in an arranged marriage falls in love with a Gypsy singer en route to his wedding, while his best man is mistaken for him by his bride-to-be, who has never laid eyes on him.
- Eva is employed in a porcelain factory owned by Georg von Hochheim's grandmother, who asks him to take over the company and try to put it back into profitability. He takes on the project in the guise of a worker and falls in love with Eva. When his true identity becomes known, his motives and intentions are questioned.
- The aged poacher Gustl Wegrainer tells the story of the dog Bella, who is just as old as him, and lives as a puppy in a big city, being picked up by the Italian guest worker Marcello Scalzi.
- Friedrich Mitterer is the eccentric and basically socio-phobic star of the Viennese Burg Theater. His prompter takes care of his social interactions. When Mitterer meets the young Leni he relies on the prompter to establish contact.
- While visiting Vienna's famed Prater, Archduke Peter Ferdinand meets Lixie, the daughter of a government official. He falls in love with her--creating a complicated situation for Lixie, who has declared her love for her handsome young piano teacher, Toni. Toni's hopes for a position at the Court Opera--needed so that he can propose to Lixie--are dashed because he lacks a powerful patron. Lixie joins the Archduke for an evening the "Red Salon" in the Hotel Sacher, where she convinces the Archduke to extend his patronage to her "brother" Toni. This leads to embarrassing entanglements all around, but also to a romantic encounter that touches both of them. The next morning, the entire matter becomes a political scandal: Viennese society cannot let an affair between the Archduke and a commoner go unnoticed. Lixie's friend and neighbor Mizzi, a dancer at the Court Ballet, steps forward to help untangle the matter.
- A musical is being staged and a novice dancer bluffs her way into the leading role.
- On a steamer bound for Europe two competing European investors try to get hold of a contract for exploiting oil wells in Brazil. Several agents cleverly play off one investor against the other to up the ante of a bogus scheme.
- The tragic 1889 Mayerling Incident in which Rudolf, Crown Prince of Austria, and his lover, Baroness Mary Vetsera, committed suicide.
- Peter Monk, just called "Pitt" by everyone, is a spoiled young man who enjoys the joys of life at the expense of his father without worrying about possible consequences.
- A former Austrian officer, dismissed from the army for killing his friend in a duel, returns to Vienna with much mystery, sporting a black mask.The dead man's sister falls for him while her father,a general, swears vengeance.
- The actors Heinz Doll, Hans Stiegler and Werner Mack have failed to look after the end of the last season in time for a new commitment and are now unemployed. Since they are just right that the Salzburg mountain hotel "Zum Blaue Enzian" staff looking for.
- The age old conflict between classical music (Beethoven) and jazz, as played out in the marital problems of a couple.
- Since the death of her parents, 17-year-old Susanne Doren lives with her uncle Hannes. He was once a celebrated pop star, but retired from the public to take care of Susanne.
- The owner of an mighty villa ran out of money. He was a host to his friends, but they didn't pay the rent. He is instructing his housekeeper Lorenz to sell it. He meanwhile, is visiting his aunt in the countryside. Lorenz complains, cause he has taken his money and the money of his uncle before, so he is able to pay the bills! But no way! No interest. He leaves! When resting with the aunt He ready in newspapers there ist an announce fromm a girl watching out for a Job. At his adress! He immediately jumps into the car, finding out what happened this time!
- Raul Thorsten is the strictest teacher in the costume design class in Vienna. He firmly believes that women tend to belong in the kitchen and are artistically completely untalented.
- A young Jewish woman in an East European settlement tries to reconcile her family duties with her aspirations.Shocked by her daughter's immoral behavior, her mother kills herself, thus continuing a centuries old family curse.
- Christl's aunt urges her to marry Dr. Heider. Although she hardly knows him, Christl accepts - mainly to escape her overprotective aunt. But since she doesn't want to live with her new husband, she switches roles with her self-assured twin sister Annelie, who promises to get rid of him in just a week. Meanwhile Christl substitutes her in her job as secretary of a componist. Of course both get into their roles and start to like their exchanged men...