Billy Wilder

Billy Wilder

Billy Wilder (June 22, 1906 – March 27, 2002) was an Austrian-born director, screenwriter and producer who is regarded as one of the most excellent filmmakers of Hollywood's golden age. Today he is best known for his comedies, although he also directed dramas and film noirs. Wilder is one of only five people who have won Academy Awards as producer, director, and writer for the same film (The Apartment). Wilder's career began in Germany, where he worked as a writer for comedy films from 1930. After the Nazis seized power in 1933, he emigrated to the United States, where he continued to write screenplays, including Ernst Lubitsch's Ninotchka (1939) and Howard Hawks' Ball of Fire (1941). From the early 1940s, Wilder was allowed to film his own screenplays and thus made a name for himself as a director. Initially, his greatest successes included predominantly dramatic film noirs such as Double Indemnity (1944), The Lost Weekend (1945), Sunset Boulevard (1950) and Ace in the Hole (1951). It was only then that he increasingly turned to comedy, including Stalag 17 (1953), Sabrina (1954) and The Seven Year Itch (1955), although he made a small detour to courtroom drama with Witness for the Prosecution (1957). With Some Like It Hot (1959) and The Apartment (1960) he made his most famous and probably most successful comedy films, the latter even receiving five Oscars. In One, Two, Three (1961), Wilder dealt with the conditions of the time in his former adopted country, Germany, and made the successful romantic comedy Irma la Douce (1963). In the two decades that followed, Wilder made seven more films, which were less well received by critics and audiences, although the German-French drama Fedora (1978) is viewed somewhat more favorably today by predominantly pretentious film experts. Some time later, Wilder was under discussion as director for Schindler's List, which he had wanted as the end of his long career, but ultimately had to turn it down due to his advanced age.

  • Titel: Billy Wilder
  • Populariteit: 3.744
  • Bekend fan: Directing
  • Jierdei: 1906-06-22
  • Berteplak: Sucha, Galicia, Austria-Hungary
  • Thússide:
  • Ek bekind as: Samuel Wilder, 빌리 와일더
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Billy Wilder Films

  • 2016
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    Billy Wilder, la Perfection hollywoodienne

    Billy Wilder, la Perfection hollywoodienne

    7.5 2016 HD

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  • 1982
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    Portrait d'un homme 'à 60% parfait': Billy Wilder

    Portrait d'un homme 'à 60% parfait': Billy Wilder

    6.7 1982 HD

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  • 2006
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    The Legacy of 'Some Like It Hot'

    The Legacy of 'Some Like It Hot'

    8.5 2006 HD

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  • 2006
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    The Making of 'Some Like It Hot'

    The Making of 'Some Like It Hot'

    7 2006 HD

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  • 2019
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    Hollywoods Zweiter Weltkrieg

    Hollywoods Zweiter Weltkrieg

    8 2019 HD

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  • 1992
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    Billy, How Did You Do It?

    Billy, How Did You Do It?

    7 1992 HD

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  • 2014
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    Night Will Fall

    Night Will Fall

    7.506 2014 HD

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  • 2020
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    Audrey

    Audrey

    7.2 2020 HD

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  • 2000
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    Klaus Kinski - Ich bin kein Schauspieler

    Klaus Kinski - Ich bin kein Schauspieler

    1 2000 HD

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  • 1993
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    Audrey Hepburn: Remembered

    Audrey Hepburn: Remembered

    7 1993 HD

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  • 1996
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    Fred MacMurray: The Guy Next Door

    Fred MacMurray: The Guy Next Door

    1 1996 HD

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  • 2007
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    Helmut by June

    Helmut by June

    6.3 2007 HD

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  • 1998
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    Billy Wilder: The Human Comedy

    Billy Wilder: The Human Comedy

    6 1998 HD

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  • 2006
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    Billy Wilder Speaks

    Billy Wilder Speaks

    7 2006 HD

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  • 2009
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    Cinema's Exiles: From Hitler to Hollywood

    Cinema's Exiles: From Hitler to Hollywood

    6 2009 HD

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  • 2017
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    Du sollst nicht langweilen: Billy Wilder

    Du sollst nicht langweilen: Billy Wilder

    7.3 2017 HD

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  • 1996
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    Jack Lemmon: America's Everyman

    Jack Lemmon: America's Everyman

    7.5 1996 HD

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  • 2014
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    And the Oscar Goes To...

    And the Oscar Goes To...

    6.97 2014 HD

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  • 1989
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    The Exiles

    The Exiles

    1 1989 HD

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  • 1986
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    Directed by William Wyler

    Directed by William Wyler

    1 1986 HD

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  • 1997
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    Walter Matthau: Diamond in the Rough

    Walter Matthau: Diamond in the Rough

    6.5 1997 HD

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  • 2006
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    Shadows of Suspense

    Shadows of Suspense

    1 2006 HD

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  • 1959
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    Some Like It Hot

    Some Like It Hot

    8.1 1959 HD

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  • 1959
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    Some Like It Hot

    Some Like It Hot

    8.1 1959 HD

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  • 1960
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    The Apartment

    The Apartment

    8.2 1960 HD

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  • 1960
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    The Apartment

    The Apartment

    8.2 1960 HD

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  • 1930
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    Menschen am Sonntag

    Menschen am Sonntag

    7.2 1930 HD

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  • 1961
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    One, Two, Three

    One, Two, Three

    7.5 1961 HD

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  • 1944
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    Double Indemnity

    Double Indemnity

    8.1 1944 HD

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  • 1961
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    One, Two, Three

    One, Two, Three

    7.5 1961 HD

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  • 1974
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    The Front Page

    The Front Page

    7.3 1974 HD

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  • 1944
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    Double Indemnity

    Double Indemnity

    8.1 1944 HD

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  • 1974
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    The Front Page

    The Front Page

    7.3 1974 HD

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  • 1961
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    One, Two, Three

    One, Two, Three

    7.5 1961 HD

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  • 1950
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    Sunset Boulevard

    Sunset Boulevard

    8.3 1950 HD

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  • 1950
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    Sunset Boulevard

    Sunset Boulevard

    8.3 1950 HD

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  • 1953
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    Stalag 17

    Stalag 17

    7.7 1953 HD

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  • 1939
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    Ninotchka

    Ninotchka

    7.5 1939 HD

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  • 1966
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    The Fortune Cookie

    The Fortune Cookie

    7.2 1966 HD

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  • 1966
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    The Fortune Cookie

    The Fortune Cookie

    7.2 1966 HD

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  • 1966
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    The Fortune Cookie

    The Fortune Cookie

    7.2 1966 HD

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  • 1963
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    Irma la Douce

    Irma la Douce

    7.4 1963 HD

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  • 1963
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    Irma la Douce

    Irma la Douce

    7.4 1963 HD

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  • 1963
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    Irma la Douce

    Irma la Douce

    7.4 1963 HD

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  • 1931
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    Emil und die Detektive

    Emil und die Detektive

    6.8 1931 HD

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  • 1935
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    Emil and the Detectives

    Emil and the Detectives

    4.5 1935 HD

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  • 1954
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    Emil und die Detektive

    Emil und die Detektive

    7.65 1954 HD

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  • 1955
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    The Seven Year Itch

    The Seven Year Itch

    7 1955 HD

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  • 1955
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    The Seven Year Itch

    The Seven Year Itch

    7 1955 HD

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  • 1955
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    The Seven Year Itch

    The Seven Year Itch

    7 1955 HD

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  • 1970
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    The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes

    The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes

    6.8 1970 HD

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  • 1970
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    The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes

    The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes

    6.8 1970 HD

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  • 1970
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    The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes

    The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes

    6.8 1970 HD

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  • 1982
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    Witness for the Prosecution

    Witness for the Prosecution

    6 1982 HD

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  • 1954
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    Sabrina

    Sabrina

    7.512 1954 HD

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  • 1954
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    Sabrina

    Sabrina

    7.512 1954 HD

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  • 1954
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    Sabrina

    Sabrina

    7.512 1954 HD

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  • 1933
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    Was Frauen träumen

    Was Frauen träumen

    8.4 1933 HD

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  • 1938
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    Bluebeard's Eighth Wife

    Bluebeard's Eighth Wife

    7 1938 HD

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  • 1939
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    Midnight

    Midnight

    7.4 1939 HD

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  • 1951
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    Ace in the Hole

    Ace in the Hole

    7.8 1951 HD

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  • 1951
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    Ace in the Hole

    Ace in the Hole

    7.8 1951 HD

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  • 1951
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    Ace in the Hole

    Ace in the Hole

    7.8 1951 HD

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  • 1972
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    Avanti!

    Avanti!

    7 1972 HD

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  • 1972
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    Avanti!

    Avanti!

    7 1972 HD

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  • 1972
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    Avanti!

    Avanti!

    7 1972 HD

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  • 1945
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    The Lost Weekend

    The Lost Weekend

    7.633 1945 HD

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  • 1981
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    Buddy Buddy

    Buddy Buddy

    6.2 1981 HD

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  • 1941
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    Ball of Fire

    Ball of Fire

    7.4 1941 HD

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  • 1941
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    Ball of Fire

    Ball of Fire

    7.4 1941 HD

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  • 1957
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    Witness for the Prosecution

    Witness for the Prosecution

    8.2 1957 HD

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  • 1957
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    Witness for the Prosecution

    Witness for the Prosecution

    8.2 1957 HD

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  • 1943
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    Five Graves to Cairo

    Five Graves to Cairo

    6.9 1943 HD

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  • 1943
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    Five Graves to Cairo

    Five Graves to Cairo

    6.9 1943 HD

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  • 1948
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    The Emperor Waltz

    The Emperor Waltz

    5.9 1948 HD

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  • 1948
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    A Foreign Affair

    A Foreign Affair

    7 1948 HD

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  • 1948
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    A Foreign Affair

    A Foreign Affair

    7 1948 HD

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  • 1942
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    The Major and the Minor

    The Major and the Minor

    7 1942 HD

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  • 1942
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    The Major and the Minor

    The Major and the Minor

    7 1942 HD

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  • 1957
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    Love in the Afternoon

    Love in the Afternoon

    7 1957 HD

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  • 1957
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    Love in the Afternoon

    Love in the Afternoon

    7 1957 HD

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  • 1957
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    The Spirit of St. Louis

    The Spirit of St. Louis

    6.6 1957 HD

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  • 1957
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    The Spirit of St. Louis

    The Spirit of St. Louis

    6.6 1957 HD

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  • 1934
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    Mauvaise graine

    Mauvaise graine

    5.7 1934 HD

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  • 1964
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    Kiss Me, Stupid

    Kiss Me, Stupid

    7 1964 HD

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  • 1941
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    Hold Back the Dawn

    Hold Back the Dawn

    6.6 1941 HD

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  • 1978
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    Fedora

    Fedora

    6.73 1978 HD

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  • 1978
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    Fedora

    Fedora

    6.73 1978 HD

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  • 1978
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    Fedora

    Fedora

    6.73 1978 HD

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  • 1960
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    The Apartment

    The Apartment

    8.2 1960 HD

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  • 1973
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    Double Indemnity

    Double Indemnity

    4.9 1973 HD

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  • 1940
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    Rhythm on the River

    Rhythm on the River

    7 1940 HD

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  • 1931
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    Der Mann, der seinen Mörder sucht

    Der Mann, der seinen Mörder sucht

    6.5 1931 HD

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  • 1938
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    That Certain Age

    That Certain Age

    4.8 1938 HD

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  • 2006
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    The Legacy of 'Some Like It Hot'

    The Legacy of 'Some Like It Hot'

    8.5 2006 HD

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  • 2006
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    The Making of 'Some Like It Hot'

    The Making of 'Some Like It Hot'

    7 2006 HD

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  • 1932
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    Ein blonder Traum

    Ein blonder Traum

    5.5 1932 HD

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  • 1940
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    Arise, My Love

    Arise, My Love

    6.1 1940 HD

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  • 1948
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    The Emperor Waltz

    The Emperor Waltz

    5.9 1948 HD

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  • 1981
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    Buddy Buddy

    Buddy Buddy

    6.2 1981 HD

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  • 1933
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    Adorable

    Adorable

    3.7 1933 HD

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  • 1934
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    One Exciting Adventure

    One Exciting Adventure

    1 1934 HD

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  • 1964
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    Kiss Me, Stupid

    Kiss Me, Stupid

    7 1964 HD

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  • 1964
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    Kiss Me, Stupid

    Kiss Me, Stupid

    7 1964 HD

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  • 1953
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    Stalag 17

    Stalag 17

    7.7 1953 HD

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  • 1932
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    Scampolo, ein Kind der Straße

    Scampolo, ein Kind der Straße

    6 1932 HD

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  • 1953
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    Stalag 17

    Stalag 17

    7.7 1953 HD

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  • 1945
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    The Lost Weekend

    The Lost Weekend

    7.633 1945 HD

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  • 1959
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    Some Like It Hot

    Some Like It Hot

    8.1 1959 HD

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  • 1939
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    What a Life

    What a Life

    1 1939 HD

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  • 1937
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    Champagne Waltz

    Champagne Waltz

    1 1937 HD

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  • 1932
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    Das Blaue vom Himmel

    Das Blaue vom Himmel

    5 1932 HD

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  • 1930
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    Der Kampf mit dem Drachen oder: Die Tragödie des Untermieters

    Der Kampf mit dem Drachen oder: Die Tragödie des Untermieters

    1 1930 HD

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  • 1935
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    The Lottery Lover

    The Lottery Lover

    3 1935 HD

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  • 1931
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    Princesse, à vos ordres!

    Princesse, à vos ordres!

    1 1931 HD

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  • 1995
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    Sabrina

    Sabrina

    6.2 1995 HD

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  • 1931
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    Ihre Hoheit befiehlt

    Ihre Hoheit befiehlt

    5 1931 HD

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  • 1970
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    Sunset Boulevard

    Sunset Boulevard

    1 1970 HD

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  • 1932
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    Where Is This Lady?

    Where Is This Lady?

    1 1932 HD

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  • 1947
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    The Bishop's Wife

    The Bishop's Wife

    7.066 1947 HD

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  • 1932
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    Es war einmal ein Walzer

    Es war einmal ein Walzer

    7 1932 HD

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  • 1934
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    Mauvaise graine

    Mauvaise graine

    5.7 1934 HD

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  • 1936
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    First Offence

    First Offence

    1 1936 HD

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  • 1934
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    Music in the Air

    Music in the Air

    4.8 1934 HD

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  • 1948
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    A Song Is Born

    A Song Is Born

    6.463 1948 HD

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  • 1931
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    Seitensprünge

    Seitensprünge

    1 1931 HD

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  • 1957
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    The Spirit of St. Louis

    The Spirit of St. Louis

    6.6 1957 HD

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  • 1929
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    Der Teufelsreporter

    Der Teufelsreporter

    1 1929 HD

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  • 1931
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    Der falsche Ehemann

    Der falsche Ehemann

    1 1931 HD

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  • 1957
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    Love in the Afternoon

    Love in the Afternoon

    7 1957 HD

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  • 1933
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    Madame wünscht keine Kinder

    Madame wünscht keine Kinder

    4 1933 HD

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  • 1932
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    Der Sieger

    Der Sieger

    1 1932 HD

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  • 1945
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    Death Mills

    Death Mills

    6.5 1945 HD

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  • 1945
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    Death Mills

    Death Mills

    6.5 1945 HD

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  • 1932
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    Happy Ever After

    Happy Ever After

    1 1932 HD

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  • 2018
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    La Garçonnière

    La Garçonnière

    5.4 2018 HD

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  • 2003
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    Un film et son époque

    Un film et son époque

    10 2003 HD

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  • 1953
    imgS72 E1

    The Oscars

    The Oscars

    7 1953 HD

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  • 1978
    imgS46 E1

    The Kennedy Center Honors

    The Kennedy Center Honors

    7.2 1978 HD

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  • 1973
    imgS49 E1

    The American Film Institute Salute to ...

    The American Film Institute Salute to ...

    4.5 1973 HD

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  • 1974
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    Spécial cinéma

    Spécial cinéma

    1 1974 HD

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  • 1951
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    Deutscher Filmpreis

    Deutscher Filmpreis

    6 1951 HD

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  • 1992
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    Billy Wilder, wie haben Sie's gemacht?

    Billy Wilder, wie haben Sie's gemacht?

    1 1992 HD

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  • 1975
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    Les Rendez-vous du dimanche

    Les Rendez-vous du dimanche

    6 1975 HD

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  • 1956
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    Cinépanorama

    Cinépanorama

    8 1956 HD

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