With a certain degree of audacity, Girardi from Graz manages to gain a foothold at the Strampfertheater, a well-attended traditional theater in Vienna. However, his engagement as a new comedian leads to fierce competition with the theater's established star, Felix Schweighofer. Girardi's plans to entertain the audience at a high level are ultimately crowned with success, even though he is long underrated. He is hired by the Theater an der Wien, where, during rehearsals for a new operetta, he even persuades the strict Johann Strauss to compose an additional waltz for him. Girardi distills his special brand of comedy from events beyond the stage, from his own experiences. Confidently, the actor rises to become a favorite with the audience, against all odds. All of Vienna is enthusiastic about Girardi, singing his songs and applauding his shows.

In 1912, the Titanic embarks on its inevitable collision course with history. In the wake of the ove...

Communist Szczęsny juggles between his revolutionary activities and love to a fellow party member Ma...

A Nazi propaganda movie from 1941 directed by Max W. Kimmich, covering a story of Irish heroism and ...

An English peace judge in an Irish district is married to an Irishwoman. She is a caring patriot. He...

A musical film based on biographical facts about Clara Wieck's love for composer Robert Schumann (18...

The famous tightrope artist Truxa is drinking at the Artisan bar in New York. He meets a young man, ...

A female worker in Socialist Hungary gains the acceptance of her male colleagues.

Shortages in postwar Berlin have created a blooming black market, and the goods rounded up during a ...

Smilja is a little girl living in Dalmatian Zagora. One day, her mother dies under a small oak tree ...

Unemployed Antonio is elated when he finally finds work hanging posters around war-torn Rome. Howeve...

Two small children and a ship's cook survive a shipwreck and find safety on an idyllic tropical isla...

The young Count Ettingen leads a dissolute life in Munich with the demanding Baroness Prankha at his...

At the end of the 18th century, the wealthy French scholar Saussure comes to a small Alpine village ...

The young Schiller, whose heart and soul are writing and poetry, is forced into the military academy...

A bumbling tramp desires to build a home with a young woman, yet is thwarted time and time again by ...

After the death of a United States Senator, idealistic Jefferson Smith is appointed as his replaceme...

Bambi's tale unfolds from season to season as the young prince of the forest learns about life, love...

A girl from a boarding school finds a baby and has to keep it because she seems to be the real mothe...

When the dancer Carmen visits the bullfighter Antonio, who has stabbed a gypsy, in prison, she meets...