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- Two violent young men take a mother, father, and son hostage in their vacation cabin and force them to play sadistic "games" with one another for their own amusement.
- The second in a trilogy of movies about Elisabeth "Sissi" of Austria, the film chronicles the married life of the young empress as she tries to adjust to formal and strict life in the palace and an overbearing mother-in-law.
- In 1945 the fate of Vienna's famous Lipizzaner stallions hangs into balance. American general Patton could save them but first he asks to see them perform.
- The final film in a highly romanticized trilogy about Elisabeth "Sissi" of Austria finds the young empress traveling throughout Europe.
- Three old friends are going on a cycle holiday, like they did 20 years ago.
- A satirical portrait of customs and morals, telling us the tragicomic story of the residents of Bad Fucking, a typical Austrian village. We learn about wants, desires, murders and misdeeds which can lead only to the Apocalypse.
- During World War I, Schweik (played by Heinz Rühmann) is drafted into the Austro-Hungarian Army as soldier, where he is assigned to be an assistent to Lt. Lukas.
- Dr. Benn Wittich's obsession with his work pulls him apart from his girlfriend Cornelia who, resentful, marries industrialist Robert Roy. However, Benn cannot forget her.
- The opera "La Bohème" is about the tragic love story of Mimí and Rodolfo, set in Paris in the year 1830.
- A long time-span of Austrian history (from the late 19th century to the years after world war II) is reflected in the ups and downs of a family of piano-makers in Vienna.
- An Austrian version of the famous farce Charley's Aunt. A man impersonates his own aunt.
- In the 1880s, Georges Duroy, back from the Colonies, arrives in Paris with the firm intention of conquering the capital through his power of seduction, his selfishness and cynicism. Entering into journalism through the back door he will soon rise to the top with the support of several women: Madeleine Forestier, the wife of his journalist friend Charles; Clothilde de Marelle, his first mistress; Virginie Walter, the wife of a newspaper owner; Suzanne Walter, her daughter who eventually marries Duroy.
- Gustl Leubelfing, daughter of the mayor of Nuremberg adores the king of the Swedes. So she happily substitutes for her brother as Gustav Adolf's page instead of marrying her fiancé Roland. Of course she must hide that she's a woman, especially when they go to war against Wallenstein.
- Carl Michael Ziehrer is a young composer who tries to make his way in a Strauss devoted Vienna. When his first opportunity arrives he is encouraged by Mitzi and two of her sisters. He in turn presents them with a waltz, "Wiener Mädeln" (Viennese girls). Then he meets Klara, the eldest sister, and the waltz's lyrics are born. But Klara has other interests. Colourful Austrian operette with Ziehrer waltzes and marches.
- This is a story of human struggle for eternal happiness. Teta Linek, a cook at a noble Austrian family Argan, thinks primarily of ways to achieve heavens in the afterlife. In the hope of merciful acts, she helps her nephew, Mojmir, become a priest and sends him a lot of money for years. The problem is, however, that she does not meet him for a long time. But once, when he writes to her about his graduation in seminar, Teta, in her naiveness, travels to Hustopec to help him on his first parish. There, the truth is revealed - Mojmir is not a priest, lives in Prague, and spends the money on something entirely different. Teta starts to blame herself for naiveness and selfishness in heading for her personal happiness. In her despair, she pilgrims to Rome where she hopes to get a redeeming blessing from the Pope. To her relief, the whole group takes part in the audience at Pius XII. Soon after, Teta falls ill and having been rewarded by the Holy Father, she dies full of hope to get a beautiful place in heaven.
- The confrontation between two women - a choreographer of a successful troupe and a prima ballerina. Stung by the news of her upcoming dismissal, the prima begins to scheme.
- Nach zehn Jahren kehrt Markus Paltram in sein altes Heimatdorf zurück.
- An unconventional millionaire falls in love with an ordinary girl. To make sure she will love him for himself and not his money he disguises himself as a poor painter.
- 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.
- Three itinerant writers stage an open-air theatre production with Marika (Marika Rokk) as the star. A fire burns their theatre and all is seeminly lost, but one of the group writes a newspaper story and urges the public to contribute to the rebuilding.
- Baron Siebenzell employs the young forest ranger Thomas Sebald, to stop the bold poachers he's plagued with in his beautiful mountain forests. Most of the men in the village reject and ridicule Thomas because of his job. Nevertheless he falls in love with the mayor's daughter Maria - not knowing, that her father is the poachers leader.
- After all the drama in "Und Ewig Singen die Wälder", the surviving second son and heir, Dag junior, father of the next heir, lays his father in his grave. The former castle estate steward feared to be thrown out with his retarded son Lorenz, but is offered management again, and a new house for him and Adelheids's old aunt Eleonore Barre, the sister of Dag's now in-living father-in-law, Royal Guards Major Henrik a.D. Barre, who will tend to Bjorndal estate's bookkeeping. Dag is fair for his tenants, while hard for those who try to cheat him, and gives employ to hapless Gunvor, till her husband writes her sprung from jail, so she admits having been charged with the same murder as he; Dag finds and gets rid of her husband who tells him she was unfaithful with the victim, a rich apothecary in the city; paid off to leave for suggesting -perhaps truthfully- her baby is Henriks, showing the treasured ring the major once receives from a royal chamberlain, Gunvor takes revenge by breaking a window so his infant dies from the icy wind, while Adelheid worried what caused this nightly haste. After the funeral Eleonore convinces Adelheid happiness can only return after making up with Dag, and sends her brother to Dag, who warns him he can't continue taking the blame in his wife's eyes; the Major shoots himself, leaving a letter about his guilt. Years later the couple has other children; the wood business is good, exporting to Britain. Eleonore adopts orphan girl Barbara. When the flood causes logs to clog up in the river requiring an explosion, Lorenz takes Barabara for a coach drive and they jump in a boat; Dag jumps in at the last moment, but the logs catch up, only the girl gets safe ashore and becomes son Dag III's sweetheart...
- Franz Schubert works for his father as a teacher. But his true passion is writing music like his role model Beethoven.
- Several guests arrive during high season at the Weissen Rössl (White Horse) Inn, a picturesque Austrian inn by a lake. Josefa, the landlady, is particularly pleased to see one of them again, lawyer Dr. Siedler. Her chief waiter Leopold is unhappy about this because he has unrequited love for her. Dr. Siedler is more interested in businessman Giesecke's daughter Ottilie, but one of Siedler's clients has a legal fight with Giesecke. On top of all this, a telegram arrives announcing the arrival of Fürst, which is a nobility title in Germany, and the entire village prepares to give him a proper reception.
- Expressionistic devices depict the nervous breakdown of a young physician whose patient has died,on whom he had tried out a new serum contrary to his superior's orders.
- Showstar Csibi's mother Maria has a new suitor. In order to make Maria appear younger Csibi poses as a young brat which backfires when she meets the suitor's gorgeous brother and flirts with him while he treats her like a little child.
- Austrian singer-writer Fred Wiskott is a hit in Viennese showbiz, and enjoyed countless affairs. Just when he's finally ready to commit to one girl, chosen show dancer Ninon Lorraine commits a suicide attempt. Fred goes on holiday to the Sicilian fishery port of Taormina with his friend, painter Paulchen 'Paolo' Sperling. Fred immediately takes to local rascal Roberto, who cares nothing for girls, except his big sister Marina. But she considers Fred her way out into the big world. She manages to seduce him, which messes up her vocal trio with Salvatore and local admirer Jacopo, while Paul convinced Nannon to visit and get him back.
- A police ski instructor is sent undercover to a quiet alpine resort to investigate burglary. At the same resort 12 girls-skiers come on vacation.
- Maria, an astounding singer in a music school , is discovered by an impresario who engages her for a concert in Nizza. A nobleman wishing to leave his gambling debts behind accepts money to fake suicide for unrequited love, for publicity's sake. He heads for Paris, not knowing that she is also going to sing there.
- Evelyn Hoover is the daughter of an American travel agent entrepreneur and a professional dancer. She travels to Vienna to pursue a career in Europe.
- A shy, awkward Japanese girl taking singing lessons in Vienna is courted by both an elderly composer who finds her inspiring and the composer's young nephew who is the orchestra conductor.
- A young couple get into trouble when her father discovers that they spent the money he loaned them, is used to finance the production of an operetta written by the young husband instead of buying a big farm to make their living.
- La Marquise de Pompadour desires the best tenor in France for her opera company, and after an extensive search in the provinces, Chapelou is selected and forced to leave his bride-of-an-hour to go to Paris. Alfer seeing the handsome tenor, the Marquise decides not to let his bride, Madeliane, join him in Paris. Graf de Latour, banished from the court for his bawdy song about La Pompadour, goes to the town where Chapelou has left his bride and sees an opportunity to get even. He takes Madeleine in hand and after exhaustive grooming and make-over he returns to court with her as his banishment has been lifted, and Chepelou, failing to recognize hie own wife, falls in love with her. He asks her to marry him but he must first return to Lonjumeau and get a divorce from his wife. Madelein beats him back to Lonjumeau.
- A wealthy dilettante tries to prove himself to his girlfriend so he can marry her.