Fritz Rasp
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Fritz Heinrich Rasp (13 May 1891; Bayreuth – 30 November 1976; Gräfelfing) was a German film actor who appeared in 104 films between 1916 and 1976.
His most notable film roles were J.J. Peachum in The Threepenny Opera (1931), as Meinert in Diary of a Lost Girl (1929), and as "Der Schmale" ("The Thin Man") in Fritz Lang's Metropolis (1927). Many of the scenes in which he appears in the latter film are part of the Metropolis footage long believed lost until their recovery in 2008.
Rasp's obituary in Der Spiegel described him as "the German film villain in service, for over 60 years." He played numerous scoundrels or shady characters during the Golden Age of German cinema in the 1920s. He is considered to be one of the most successful film villains in German film history.
| Known For | Acting |
|---|---|
| Most Rating | 1.438 |
| Birthday | 1891-05-13 |
| Place of Birth | Bayreuth, Germany |
| Also Known As | Fritz Heinrich Rasp, |
1927
Metropolis
8.094/3049
In a futuristic city sharply divided between the rich and the poor, the son of the city's mastermind meets a prophet who predicts the coming of a savi...
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Metropolis
1929
Woman in the Moon
7.25/112
A scientist discovers that there's gold on the moon. He builds a rocket to fly there, but there's too much rivalry among the crew to have a successful...
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Woman in the Moon
1962
Secret of the Red Orchid
5.6/20
Rival gangsters from Chicago move to London and attempt to extort money from rich Britons.
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Secret of the Red Orchid
1931
Emil and the Detectives
7.1/20
When a suspicious man bribes Emil with chocolate in return for a bundle of cash, the young lad thinks of a plan to catch him.
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Emil and the Detectives
1960
The Terrible People
7.286/21
The ghost of a hanged man returns to fulfill his promise. All of his accusers must die!
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The Terrible People
1928
Docks of Hamburg
5.2/2
When Hamburg ship's mate Klaus Brandt catches a thief one night at the port, his downfall is pre-ordained. For the thief turns out to be a young, attr...
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Docks of Hamburg
1934
Charley's Aunt
5/1
Charley Wyckham and Jack Chesney pressure fellow student Fancourt Babberly to pose as Charley's Brazilian Aunt Donna Lucia. Their purpose is to have a...
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Charley's Aunt
1959
Fellowship of the Frog
6.514/37
Both Scotland Yard and an amateur American sleuth are tracking a master criminal known as The Frog. This moniker refers to the bulging-eyed mask worn...
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Fellowship of the Frog
1929
Diary of a Lost Girl
7.338/120
Thymian Henning, an innocent young girl, is raped by the clerk of her father's pharmacy. She becomes pregnant, is rejected by her family, and must fen...
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Diary of a Lost Girl
1931
The 3 Penny Opera
7.073/62
In London at the turn of the century, underworld kingpin Mack the Knife marries Polly Peachum without the knowledge of her father, the equally enterpr...
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The 3 Penny Opera
1972
Pero and Jovo
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Pero and Jovo
1960
The Black Sheep
6.617/30
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The Black Sheep
1932
The Cruel Girlfriend
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The Cruel Girlfriend
1923
Warning Shadows
6.579/38
During a dinner given by a wealthy baron and his wife, attended by four of her suitors in a 19th century German manor, a shadow-player rescues the mar...
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Warning Shadows
1931
The Squeeker
5.2/5
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The Squeeker
1927
The Love of Jeanne Ney
7.2/22
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The Love of Jeanne Ney
1975
Lina Braake
7.286/7
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Lina Braake
1958
Augsburger Puppenkiste - Cenodoxus – Der Doktor von Paris
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1966
Hocuspocus
5.1/6
Kurt Hoffmann's remake of his own 1953 movie based on the play by Curt Goetz.
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Hocuspocus
1972
Fritz Rasp Interview
6/1
A talk with actor Fritz Rasp about his career.
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Fritz Rasp Interview
1937
The Hound of the Baskervilles
5.7/13
Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson look into reports that a huge, vicious hound has killed Lord Charles Baskerville and that Lord Henry Baskerville is the...
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The Hound of the Baskervilles
1935
Lockspitzel Asew
0/0
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Lockspitzel Asew
1938
Nanu, Sie kennen Korff noch nicht?
7/6
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Nanu, Sie kennen Korff noch nicht?
1960
The Red Circle
6/19
A strange, red circle appears on the neck of a man saved from the guillotine. What is its mysterious meaning? Tragically, it turns out to be something...
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The Red Circle
1961
The Strange Countess
6.5/21
Strange fortune hunters are behind a girl's murder in this Edgar Wallace tale.
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The Strange Countess
1965
Dr. med. Hiob Prätorius
3.9/4
Dr. med. Job Prätorius enjoys great popularity among patients, doctors and students alike thanks to his kindness and philanthropy. Only his colleague...
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Dr. med. Hiob Prätorius
1930
Dreyfus
5.6/6
In late nineteenth century Alfred Dreyfus, a French army officer of Jewish heritage, is falsely accused of espionage. Found guilty of treason he is dr...
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Dreyfus
1939
It Was a Gay Ballnight
6.4/5
1865. Katharina goes to a ball in Moscow. There she meets again Tchaikowsky, her first and only love. The young, who is now married to wealthy Michael...
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It Was a Gay Ballnight
1952
Haus des Lebens
0/0
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Haus des Lebens
1932
The Ringer
4.7/6
A shifty lawyer is threatened with death within two days by a criminal who supposedly died in Australia.
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The Ringer
1931
The Murderer Dmitri Karamazov
5.875/8
Suspicion surrounds a lieutenant for killing his father; based on Dostoevsky's novel.
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The Murderer Dmitri Karamazov
1943
Paracelsus
5.8/10
The story of the Renaissance-era Swiss physician, alchemist and astrologer Philippus Aureolus Theophrastus Bombastus von Hohenheim, better known to th...
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Paracelsus
1962
Black-White-Red Four Poster
0/0
Germany during World War I. Young Jean falls in love with Germaine. To put an end to the affair, Father de Wehrt sends his son to the countryside. Whe...
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Black-White-Red Four Poster
1933
Der Judas von Tirol
5/3
In the year 1810, the Tyrol is suffering under French occupation. A servant, who believes himself oppressed and disenfranchised by the peasants, drea...
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Der Judas von Tirol
1938
Einmal werd' ich Dir gefallen
0/0
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Einmal werd' ich Dir gefallen
1974
Tausend Francs Belohnung
0/0
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Tausend Francs Belohnung
1941
Alarm
6.3/3
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Alarm
1953
Hokuspokus
6.2/3
A murder trial becomes a farce when a widow tries to convince the district attorney that she didn't drown her husband, with the help of an eccentric l...
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Hokuspokus
1946
Somewhere in Berlin
5.8/10
After WWII, Berlin lies in ruins. For Gustav, Willi and their friends the rubble provides an adventurous, dangerous playground. Especially for Gustav,...
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Somewhere in Berlin
1959
Land, das meine Sprache spricht
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Land, das meine Sprache spricht
1976
Dorothea Merz
0/0
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Dorothea Merz
1965
Herodes und Mariamne
0/0
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Herodes und Mariamne
1937
Togger
0/0
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Togger
1960
Bezaubernde Julia
0/0
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Bezaubernde Julia
1934
Lockvogel
5/1
Viktor Schott, daredevil and womanizer, is charged by his father, a jeweler, to go to Istanbul and purchase a valuable emerald necklace from a rich Pe...
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Lockvogel
1939
Frau im Strom
6.5/2
Alois, Wendelin, Schani and Franz operate an auto repair shop in Vienna. One evening, Alois fishes the suicidal Hannerl out of the Danube and takes h...
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Frau im Strom
1960
Der Mann, der Donnerstag war
0/0
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Der Mann, der Donnerstag war
1953
Die Mühle im Schwarzwäldertal
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Die Mühle im Schwarzwäldertal
1928
Spies
7.3/89
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Spies
1936
Die Leuchter des Kaisers
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Die Leuchter des Kaisers
1934
Little Dorrit
5/3
Amy Dorrit spends her days earning money for the family and looking after her proud father who is a long term inmate of Marshalsea debtors' prison in...
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Little Dorrit
1923
Time Is Money
0/0
The neglected young wife of a workaholic businessman looks for love.
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Time Is Money
1917
Hans Trutz in the Land of Milk and Honey
0/0
A stylized fairy tale in which a farmer sells his soul to Satan in exchange for prosperity.
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Hans Trutz in the Land of Milk and Honey
1929
Spring Awakening
0/0
Moritz Stiefel faces expulsion due to poor marks. When he is caught with an essay titled “Shame and Lust”, he is indeed kicked out – instead of classm...
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Spring Awakening
1929
Three Around Edith
0/0
Notorious jewel thief Roger "Tiger" Brown sneaks into the trust of diamond dealer Thomas Morland. Not only does Morland's jewels appeal to him, but al...
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Three Around Edith
1959
Kasimir und Karoline
0/0
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Kasimir und Karoline
1930
The Great Passion
6.5/2
This is a real curiosity; at best a reasonable film, but also a charming little gem. There is a story (in the line of "A Star is Born"), but this mere...
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The Great Passion
1966
Volpone oder Der Fuchs
0/0
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Volpone oder Der Fuchs
1931
The Pranks
5/1
German-Italian crime drama with a racing milieu: The International criminal, "The Paw", who kills his victims with a prosthesis, has struck again! An...
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The Pranks
1955
Magic Fire
4.2/6
Director William Dieterle's 1956 film biography of classical composer Richard Wagner stars Carlos Thompson, Yvonne De Carlo, Rita Gam, Alan Badel and...
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Magic Fire
1955
Der Cornet
9/1
Adventure film based on a Rilke poem.
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Der Cornet
1963
Caroussel of Passion
0/0
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Caroussel of Passion
1927
Children's Souls Accuse You
0/0
Children's Souls Accuse You is a 1927 German silent drama film directed by Curtis Bernhardt and starring Albert Steinrück, Nathalie Lissenko and Walte...
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Children's Souls Accuse You
1956
Zwölftausend
0/0
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Zwölftausend
1956
Wo war David Preston?
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Wo war David Preston?
1955
Der Revisor
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Der Revisor
1960
Gericht über Las Casas
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Gericht über Las Casas
1959
Das mittlere Fenster
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Das mittlere Fenster
1957
Don Carlos
0/0
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Don Carlos
1963
Maria Stuart
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Maria Stuart
1940
Leidenschaft
0/0
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Leidenschaft
1955
Die Bauernpassion
0/0
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Die Bauernpassion
1926
Der Liebe Lust und Leid
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Der Liebe Lust und Leid
1959
Eine Dummheit macht auch der Gescheiteste
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Eine Dummheit macht auch der Gescheiteste
1933
Der sündige Hof
0/0
1933 German film.
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Der sündige Hof
1955
Squirrel
0/0
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Squirrel
1925
Götz von Berlichingen zubenannt mit der eisernen Hand
0/0
Adaptation of Goethe's historical play "Götz von Berlichingen and the Iron Hand", set in the Holy Roman Empire.
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Götz von Berlichingen zubenannt mit der eisernen Hand
1956
Das Abschiedsgeschenk
0/0
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Das Abschiedsgeschenk
1916
Pinkus's Shoe Palace
5.676/17
Sally Pinkus is an German-Jewish boy who takes a job as a shoe store clerk after being expelled from school for goofing around. Soon fired for trying...
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Pinkus's Shoe Palace
1971
Die Weber
0/0
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Die Weber
1936
Onkel Bräsig
0/0
The clever Zacharias Bräsig is a good friend to all and tries to help out, where he can. Bräsig also meddles in the relationships of young people, so...
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Onkel Bräsig
1969
Die Verspätung
0/0
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Die Verspätung
1927
The Last Waltz
0/0
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The Last Waltz
1925
Comedians
4.5/2
"Comedians" - Axel Swinborne is a celebrated stage star. Although much in demand, he now wants to recover and travel by train on vacation. He leans ou...
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Comedians
1924
Arabella
0/0
A foal runs away from its native pasture, falls into a swamp and is rescued by the circus dancer Arabella. The stud owner, a young gentleman rider, na...
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Arabella
1922
Das verschwundene Haus
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Das verschwundene Haus
1922
Jugend
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Jugend
1932
The four from Bob 13
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The four from Bob 13
1934
Schuß am Nebelhorn
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Schuß am Nebelhorn
1959
Johanna aus Lothringen
0/0
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Johanna aus Lothringen
1956
Oberst Chabert
0/0
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Oberst Chabert
1926
Superfluous People
5/1
Directed by Aleksandr Razumnyj.
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Superfluous People
1923
Man by the Roadside
0/0
A shoemaker and his wife become the parents of a little girl, but they cannot find anyone willing to be the godfather of the newborn. The oppressive l...
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Man by the Roadside
1925
Menschen am Meer
0/0
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Menschen am Meer
1955
Gottes Utopia
0/0
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Gottes Utopia
1955
Madame Aurélie
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Madame Aurélie
1925
Die Puppe vom Lunapark
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Die Puppe vom Lunapark
1955
Ein Weihnachtslied in Prosa
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Ein Weihnachtslied in Prosa
1955
Die Heiratskomödie
0/0
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Die Heiratskomödie
1928
Schinderhannes
0/0
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Schinderhannes
1926
Qualen der Nacht
0/0
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Qualen der Nacht
1931
Tropical Nights
0/0
"Tropical Nights" - The young violinist Alma comes to Simbali with an orchestra led by conductor Zangiacoma, hired for a series of performances at the...
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Tropical Nights
1934
Grenzfeuer
0/0
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Grenzfeuer
1923
Between Evening and Morning
0/0
A traumatized man returning home from war discovers that his wife has slipped into the underclass.
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Between Evening and Morning
1950
Skandal in der Botschaft
0/0
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Skandal in der Botschaft
1958
Der öffentliche Ankläger
0/0
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Der öffentliche Ankläger
1926
The House of Lies
0/0
Adaptation of Ibsen's play Vildanden.
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The House of Lies
1928
Der geheimnisvolle Spiegel
0/0
A mirror in a creepy old Bavarian castle has the magical ability to reveal the future of whoever looks into it while the full moon shines brightly. A...
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Der geheimnisvolle Spiegel
1929
The Hound of the Baskervilles
6.75/8
One of the last of the silent Sherlock films.
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The Hound of the Baskervilles
1934
Altgermanische Bauernkultur
0/0
A Nazi propaganda film meant to glorify German history and to persuade people that the Teutons weren't barbarians but had a notable culture of their o...
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Altgermanische Bauernkultur
1921
The Wildcat
7.5/47
A charismatic lieutenant newly assigned to a remote fort is captured by a group of mountain bandits, thus setting in motion a madcap farce that is Lub...
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