12 Movies Starring Mario Adorf

The Devil Strikes at Night

The Devil Strikes at Night

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1957-09-19

Languages:

German

Countries:

West Germany

Runtime:

97 min

IMDB Ratings:

7.5 (599 Reviews)

Director:

Robert Siodmak

Cast:

Writer:

Will Berthold (article)

Werner Jèrg Lèddecke

Fullplot:

A serial killer terrorizes Hamburg, Germany, during World War II. When the local police can't seem to catch him, the SS is brought into the case.

I Knew Her Well

I Knew Her Well

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1965-12-01

Languages:

Italian

Countries:

Italy, West Germany, France

Runtime:

99 min

IMDB Ratings:

7.8 (533 Reviews)

Genres:

Drama

Cast:

Writer:

Ruggero Maccari

Antonio Pietrangeli

Ettore Scola

Fullplot:

King, Queen, Knave

King, Queen, Knave

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1977-02-01

Languages:

English

Countries:

West Germany, USA

Runtime:

94 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

6.2 (134 Reviews)

Genres:

Comedy

Cast:

Writer:

Vladimir Nabokov (novel)

David Seltzer

David Shaw

Fullplot:

On the death of his parents, Frank, a romantic teenager, moves in with his aunt and uncle He quickly falls in love with his beautiful, sophisticated aunt, Martha, and begins to fantasize about her. Frank is torn between his adolescent desires and his fondness for his Uncle Charles.

Execution Squad

Execution Squad

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1976-10-01

Languages:

Italian

Countries:

Italy, France, West Germany

Runtime:

100 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

7.3 (277 Reviews)

Director:

Steno

Genres:

CrimeDrama

Cast:

Writer:

Steno (story)

Lucio De Caro (story)

Steno (screenplay)

Lucio De Caro (screenplay)

Fullplot:

The Lost Honor of Katharina Blum

The Lost Honor of Katharina Blum

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1975-10-10

Languages:

German

Countries:

West Germany

Runtime:

106 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

7.4 (2618 Reviews)

Genres:

CrimeDrama

Cast:

Writer:

Heinrich Bèll (novel)

Volker Schlèndorff (screenplay)

Margarethe von Trotta (screenplay)

Fullplot:

Katharina Blum is a young handsome German maid. She meets Ludwig, and they fall in love at once. They spend the night together. In the morning, the police bursts in her flat, looking for Ludwig : he is a terrorist. But he was no longer here. Katharina is arrested, humiliated, suspected to be a terrorist herself, dragged in the mud by the newspapers... A plea for democracy and individual rights.

I Am Afraid

I Am Afraid

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1977-10-06

Languages:

Italian

Countries:

Italy

Runtime:

120 min

IMDB Ratings:

7.5 (265 Reviews)

Director:

Damiano Damiani

Fullplot:

The Tin Drum

The Tin Drum

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1980-04-11

Languages:

German, Italian, Hebrew, Polish, Russian

Countries:

West Germany, France, Poland, Yugoslavia

Runtime:

142 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

7.6 (16573 Reviews)

Genres:

DramaWar

Cast:

Writer:

Jean-Claude Carrière

Gènter Grass (additional dialogue)

Gènter Grass (novel)

Volker Schlèndorff

Franz Seitz

Fullplot:

Danzig in the 1920s/1930s. Oskar Matzerath, son of a local dealer, is a most unusual boy. Equipped with full intellect right from his birth he decides at his third birthday not to grow up as he sees the crazy world around him at the eve of World War II. So he refuses the society and his tin drum symbolizes his protest against the middle-class mentality of his family and neighborhood, which stand for all passive people in Nazi Germany at that time. However, (almost) nobody listens to him, so the catastrophe goes on...

Lola

Lola

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1982-08-04

Languages:

German, English

Countries:

West Germany

Runtime:

113 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

7.7 (3368 Reviews)

Genres:

ComedyDrama

Cast:

Writer:

Pea Frèhlich

Peter Mèrthesheimer

Rainer Werner Fassbinder

Fullplot:

Ten years after the war, West Germany's market economy is booming. Into an unnamed city that's rife with corruption comes a new building commissioner, Herr von Bohm, committed to progress but also upright. He's smitten by Marie-Louise, a single mother who's his landlady's daughter. Von Bohm does not realize she is also Lola, a singer at a bordello and the mistress of Schuckert, a local builder whose profits depend on von Bohm's projects. When von Bohm discovers Marie-Louise's real vocation and looks closely at Schuckert's work, will this social satire play out as a remake of "Blue Angel," a visit of Chekhov to West Germany, or an update of Jean Renoir's "Rules of the Game"?

Class Relations

Class Relations

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1984-10-03

Languages:

German, English

Countries:

West Germany, France

Runtime:

126 min

IMDB Ratings:

7.2 (327 Reviews)

Genres:

Drama

Fullplot:

The Cave of the Golden Rose

The Cave of the Golden Rose

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1991-12-22

Languages:

Italian

Countries:

Italy

Runtime:

200 min

IMDB Ratings:

7.6 (1681 Reviews)

Director:

Lamberto Bava

Cast:

Writer:

Francesca Melandri (story)

Gianni Romoli (story)

Italo Calvino (short story "Fanta-Ghirè

persona bella")

Fullplot:

During archery in a wood Princess Fantaghiro is discovered by the hostile king's son Romualdo. He is able to take a short look at her before she can escape and immediately falls in love with the unknown beauty. When Romulado challenges her father for a duel to end the bloody war between their people Fantaghiro is send out to fight him due to a prophecy. As Romualdo sees her dressed as a man he believes to recognize his beloved. So he tries everything to discover wether she is a man or a woman and prevent the duel. Fantaghiro starts to fall in love with him, too, but her sense of duty is strong. Will love bring them together or will it end as a tragedy?

The Fearless Four

The Fearless Four

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1997-12-05

Languages:

English, German

Countries:

Germany

Runtime:

89 min

IMDB Ratings:

5.6 (170 Reviews)

Cast:

Writer:

Bert Henry (screenplay)

Dagmar Kekulè (screenplay)

Georg Reichel (screenplay)

Jacob Grimm (fairy tale "The Bremen Town Musicians")

Wilhelm Grimm (fairy tale "The Bremen Town Musicians")

Fullplot:

The popular children's tale about a donkey, a dog, a cat and a rooster who are on their way to the slaughterhouse when they get a lucky break and escape.

Rossini

Rossini

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1997-01-23

Languages:

Italian, German, French, English

Countries:

Germany

Runtime:

114 min

IMDB Ratings:

6.4 (1713 Reviews)

Director:

Helmut Dietl

Genres:

Comedy

Cast:

Writer:

Helmut Dietl

Patrick Sèskind

Fullplot:

Jakob Windisch has written THE number one bestselling novel. Since he is very shy, no-one has seen him except Uhu Zigeuner who is the designated director of the film adaption. Zigeuner is on the hunt for the woman of his dreams, a woman who should also play the main role in the film. Meanwhile, ruthless producer Oskar Reiter wants to buy the film rights at all costs - and he is struggling for the love of the beautiful Valerie. These and a lot more egos meet every night in a restaurant called "Rossini" where everybody must go so that everybody else sees them.

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