This list includes both English-language films that were based on previously released foreign-language films and those that were not based on any previous film, but merely share a common source material.
English-language film |
French-language film |
Common source material (if any) |
13 (2010) |
13 Tzameti (2005) |
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Algiers (1938) |
Pépé le Moko (1937) |
The novel Pépé le Moko |
Alibi (1942) |
L'Alibi (1937) |
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And God Created Woman (1988) |
Et Dieu... créa la femme (1956) |
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The Big Wedding (2013) |
Mon frère se marie (fr) (2006) |
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The Birdcage (1996) |
La Cage aux Folles (1978) |
The play La Cage aux Folles |
Black Eyes (1939) |
Dark Eyes (1935) |
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Blame It on Rio (1984) |
Un moment d'égarement (1977) |
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Blood Ties (2013) |
Les Liens du sang (2008) |
The novel Deux frères: flic & truand |
The Blue Veil (1951) |
The Blue Veil (1942) |
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Break the News (1938) |
Death on the Run (1936) |
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Breathless (1983) |
À bout de souffle (1960) |
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Brick Mansions (2014) |
Banlieue 13 (2004) |
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Bring on the Girls (1945) |
The Man Who Seeks the Truth (1940) |
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Buddy Buddy (1981) |
L'Emmerdeur (1973) |
The play Le contrat |
Casbah (1948) |
Pépé le Moko (1937) |
The novel Pépé le Moko |
Chloe (2009) |
Nathalie... (2004) |
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Cousins (1989) |
Cousin, cousine (1975) |
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Crossroads (1942) |
Carrefour (1938) |
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The Cry of the Owl (2009) |
The Cry of the Owl (1987) |
The novel The Cry of the Owl |
Dead Man's Shoes (1940) |
Carrefour (1938) |
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Delivery Man (2013) |
Starbuck (2011, Canada) |
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Diabolique (1996) |
Les Diaboliques (1955) |
The novel Celle qui n'était plus |
Dinner for Schmucks (2010) |
Le Dîner de Cons (1998) |
The play Le Dîner de Cons |
Down and Out in Beverly Hills (1986) |
Boudu Saved from Drowning (1932) |
The play Boudu sauvé des eaux |
Dressed to Thrill (1935) |
The Dressmaker of Luneville (1932) |
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EdTV (1999) |
Louis 19, King of the Airwaves (Louis 19, le roi des ondes) (1994, Canada) |
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Eye of the Beholder (1999) |
Mortelle Randonnée (1983) |
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Fanny (1961) |
Marius (1929)
Fanny (1932)
César (1936) |
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Fathers' Day (1997) |
Les Compères (1983) |
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The First Offence (1936) |
Mauvaise Graine (1934) |
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Flame and the Flesh (1954) |
Naples au baiser de feu (1937) |
The novel Naples au baiser de feu |
The Good Thief (2002) |
Bob le Flambeur (1956) |
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The Grand Seduction (2013) |
Seducing Doctor Lewis (2003, Canada) |
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The Gunman (2015) |
Le choc (1982) |
The novel The Prone Gunman |
The Guv'nor (1935) |
Rothchild (1933) |
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Gypsy Melody (1936) |
Juanita (1935) |
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Happy New Year (1987) |
La bonne année (1973) |
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Heartbeat (1946) |
Battement de coeur (1940) |
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Hell's Cargo (1939) |
Alerte en Méditerranée (fr) (1938) |
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Human Desire (1954) |
La Bête Humaine (1938) |
The novel La Bête humaine |
Intersection (1994) |
Les choses de la vie (1970) |
The novel Les choses de la vie |
I Think I Love My Wife (2007) |
Love in the Afternoon (1972) |
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I Was an Adventuress (1940) |
J'étais une aventurière (fr) (1938) |
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Journal of a Crime (1934) |
Une vie perdue (1933) |
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Jungle 2 Jungle (1997) |
Un indien dans la ville (1994) |
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Just My Luck (1933) |
Azaïs (1932) |
The play Azaïs (Fifty-Fifty) |
Just Visiting (2001) |
Les Visiteurs (1993) |
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A Kind of Murder (2016) |
Enough Rope (1963) |
The novel The Blunderer |
The Lady in Question (1940) |
Gribouille (1937) |
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LOL (2012) |
LOL (Laughing Out Loud) (2008) |
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The Long Night (1947) |
Le Jour se lève (1939) |
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The Long Way Home (1998) |
Thomas Guérin... retraité (1978) |
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Lucky Partners (1940) |
Bonne Chance (fr) (1935) |
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Lured (1947) |
Personal Column (1939) |
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Lydia (1941) |
Life Dances On (1937) |
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Make-Up (1937) |
Le Clown Bux (fr) (1935) |
The novel Bux |
The Man Who Loved Women (1983) |
L'homme qui aimait les femmes (1977) |
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The Man with One Red Shoe (1985) |
Le Grand blond avec une chaussure noire (1972) |
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Martyrs (2016) |
Martyrs (2008) |
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Men Don't Leave (1990) |
La vie continue (fr) (1981) |
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Midnight Episode (1950) |
Monsieur La Souris (fr) (1942) |
The novel Monsieur La Souris |
The Mirror Has Two Faces (1996) |
Le Miroir à deux faces (1958) |
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Mixed Nuts (1994) |
Le Père Noël est une ordure (1982) |
The play Le Père Noël est une ordure |
Moscow Nights (1935) |
Les Nuits moscovites (fr) (1934) |
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My Daughter Joy (1950) |
David Golder (1931) |
The novel David Golder |
My Father The Hero (1994) |
Mon père, ce héros (1991) |
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My Life with Caroline (1941) |
The Train for Venice (1938) |
The play Le Train pour Venise |
The Next Three Days (2010) |
Anything for Her (2008) |
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Nine Months (1995) |
Neuf mois (1994) |
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One Rainy Afternoon (1936) |
Monsieur Sans-Gêne (1935) |
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Operation Splitsville (1999) |
Génial, mes parents divorcent ! (fr) (1991) |
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Original Sin (2001) |
La sirène du Mississipi (1969) |
The novel Waltz into Darkness |
Oscar (1991) |
Oscar (1967) |
The play Oscar |
Palmetto (1998) |
Dans la gueule du loup (fr) (1961) |
The novel Just Another Sucker |
Paradise (1991) |
Le Grand Chemin (1987) |
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Paradise for Three (1938) |
A Rare Bird (1935) |
The novel Drei Männer im Schnee |
Paris When It Sizzles (1964) |
La fête à Henriette (1952) |
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Passion (2012) |
Love Crime (2010) |
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Point of No Return (1993) |
Nikita (1990) |
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Port of Seven Seas (1938) |
Marius (1929)
Fanny (1932)
César (1936) |
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The Postman Always Rings Twice (1946) and (1981) |
Le Dernier Tournant (1939) |
The novel The Postman Always Rings Twice |
Pure Luck (1991) |
La Chèvre (1981) |
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Quick Change (1990) |
Hold-Up (1985) |
The novel Quick Change |
The Rebel Son (1938) |
Taras Bulba (1936) |
The novel Taras Bulba |
Reflections of Murder (1974, TV film) |
Les Diaboliques (1955) |
The novel Celle qui n'était plus |
Return to Paradise (1998) |
Force majeure (1989) |
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Rigged (1985) |
Délit de fuite (fr) (1959) |
The novel Hit And Run |
Rough Magic (1995) |
Une blonde comme ça (1962) |
The novel Miss Shumway Waves a Wand |
Scarlet Street (1945) |
La Chienne (1931) |
The novel La Chienne |
Second Bureau (1936) |
Second Bureau (1935) |
The novel Second Bureau |
The Silent Battle (1939) |
La Bataille silencieuse (fr) (1937) |
The novel Le Poisson chinois |
The Soldier and the Lady (1937) |
Michel Strogoff (1936) |
The novel Michael Strogoff |
Some Like It Hot (1959) |
Fanfare of Love (1935) |
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Sommersby (1993) |
The Return of Martin Guerre (1982) |
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Sorcerer (1977) |
Le Salaire de la Peur (1953) |
The novel Le Salaire de la peur |
Station Six-Sahara (1962) |
S.O.S. Sahara (1938, Germany) |
The play Men Without a Past |
Stranger in the House (1967) |
The Strangers in the House (1942) |
The novel The Strangers in the House |
Sweet Devil (1938) |
Quelle drôle de gosse! (1935) |
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The Talented Mr. Ripley (1999) |
Purple Noon (1960) |
The novel The Talented Mr. Ripley |
Taxi (2004) |
Taxi (1998) |
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Temptation Harbour (1950) |
L'Homme de Londres (1943) |
The novel Newhaven-Dieppe (L'Homme de Londres) |
The 13th Letter (1951) |
Le Corbeau (1943) |
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Three Fugitives (1989) |
Les Fugitifs (1986) |
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Three Maxims (1936) |
Variétés (1935) |
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Three Men and a Baby (1987) |
Trois hommes et un couffin (1985) |
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The Tourist (2010) |
Anthony Zimmer (2005) |
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Tovarich (1937) |
Tovaritch (1935) |
The play Tovaritch |
The Toy (1982) |
Le Jouet (1976) |
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Trap for Cinderella (2013) |
A Trap for Cinderella (1965) |
The novel Piège pour Cendrillon |
True Lies (1994) |
La Totale! (1991) |
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The Tunnel (1935) |
The Tunnel (1933) |
The novel Der Tunnel |
Twelve Monkeys (1995) |
La Jetée (1962) |
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Two Men in Town (2014) |
Two Men in Town (1973) |
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Two Much (1995) |
Le Jumeau (1984) |
The novel Two Much |
Under Suspicion (2000) |
Garde à vue (1981) |
The novel Brainwash |
Unfaithful (2002) |
La Femme infidèle (1968) |
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The Unfinished Dance (1947) |
Ballerina (1937) |
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Violent Road (1958) |
Le Salaire de la Peur (1953) |
The novel Le Salaire de la peur |
The White Lilac (1935) |
La cinquième empreinte (1934) |
The play Lilas Blanc |
Wicker Park (2004) |
L'Appartement (1996) |
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Wild Target (2010) |
Cible émouvante (1993) |
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Willie & Phil (1980) |
Jules et Jim (1962) |
The novel Jules et Jim |
A Window in London (1940) |
Metropolitan (1939) |
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The Woman I Love (1937) |
L'Équipage (1935) |
The novel L'Équipage |
The Woman in Red (1984) |
Un éléphant ça trompe énormément (1976) |
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English-language film |
German-language film |
Common source material (if any) |
24 Hours of a Woman's Life (1952) |
24 Hours in the Life of a Woman (1931) |
The novella Twenty-Four Hours in the Life of a Woman |
Addio Mimí! (1949) |
The Charm of La Boheme (1937) |
A modernized version of La bohème |
Adorable (1933) |
Her Grace Commands (1931) |
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Alone in Berlin (2016) |
Everyone Dies Alone (1976) |
The novel Every Man Dies Alone |
The Angel with the Trumpet (1950) |
The Angel with the Trumpet (1948, Austria) |
The novel Der Engel mit der Posaune |
Bachelor Mother (1939) |
Little Mother (1935, Austria) |
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Ball at Savoy (1936) |
Ball im Savoy (1935, Austria) |
The operetta Ball im Savoy |
Beauty and the Boss (1932) |
Poor as a Church Mouse (1931) |
The play A templom egére |
Between Us Girls (1942) |
A Precocious Girl (1934, Austria) |
The play Le Fruit Vert |
The Blue Angel (1959) |
The Blue Angel (1930) |
The novel Professor Unrat |
Bundle of Joy (1956) |
Little Mother (1935, Austria) |
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Burning Secret (1988) |
The Burning Secret (1933) |
The short story Brennendes Geheimnis |
The Captain from Köpenick (1945) |
The Captain from Köpenick (1931) |
The play Der Hauptmann von Köpenick, based on Wilhelm Voigt |
The Challenge (1938) |
Struggle for the Matterhorn (1928, Switzerland) |
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The Church Mouse (1934) |
Poor as a Church Mouse (1931) |
The play A templom egére |
City of Angels (1998) |
Der Himmel über Berlin (1987, West Germany) |
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Confession (1937) |
Mazurka (1935) |
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The Countess of Monte Cristo (1934) |
The Countess of Monte-Christo (1932) |
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The Countess of Monte Cristo (1948) |
The Countess of Monte-Christo (1932) |
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Desire (1936) |
Happy Days in Aranjuez (1933) |
The play Die schönen Tage von Aranjuez |
The Diplomatic Lover (1934) |
The Ladies Diplomat (1932) |
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Doomed Battalion (1932) |
Mountains on Fire (1931) |
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Dreaming Lips (1937) |
Dreaming Lips (1932) |
The play Mélo |
Dreams Come True (1936) |
The World's in Love (1935, Austria) |
The operetta Clo-Clo |
Eight Girls in a Boat (1934) |
Eight Girls in a Boat (1932) |
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Emil and the Detectives (1935) |
Emil and the Detectives (1931) |
The novel Emil and the Detectives |
Emil and the Detectives (1964) |
Emil and the Detectives (1931) |
The novel Emil and the Detectives |
Escapade (1935) |
Maskerade (1934, Austria) |
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The Experiment (2010) |
Das Experiment (2001) |
The novel Black Box, based on the Stanford prison experiment |
First a Girl (1935) |
Viktor und Viktoria (1933) |
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Forget Me Not (1936) |
Forget Me Not (1935) |
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Funny Games (2007) |
Funny Games (1997, Austria) |
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The Girl Downstairs (1938) |
Catherine the Last (1936, Austria) |
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Give Her a Ring (1934) |
Wrong Number, Miss (1932) |
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Happy Go Lovely (1951) |
And Who Is Kissing Me? (1933) |
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Her Majesty, Love (1931) |
Her Majesty the Barmaid (1931) |
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It's a Boy (1933) |
Hurra - ein Junge! (1931) |
The play Hurra, ein Junge |
Jakob the Liar (1999) |
Jacob the Liar (1975, East Germany) |
The novel Jacob the Liar |
The Last Waltz (1936) |
The Last Waltz (1934) |
The operetta Der letzte Walzer |
The Lightship (1986) |
Das Feuerschiff (de) (1963, West Germany) |
The novella Das Feuerschiff |
Little Man, What Now? (1934) |
Little Man, What Now? (1933) |
The novel Little Man, What Now? |
Love in the Afternoon (1957) |
Ariane (1931) |
The novel Ariane, jeune fille russe |
M (1951) |
M (1931) |
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Madame Spy (1934) |
Under False Flag (1932) |
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Mad Love (1935) |
The Hands of Orlac (1924, Austria) |
The novel Les Mains d'Orlac |
The Missing Guest (1938) |
Geheimnis des blauen Zimmers (1932) |
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Murder in the Blue Room (1944) |
Geheimnis des blauen Zimmers (1932) |
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My Love Came Back (1940) |
Episode (1935, Austria) |
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No Reservations (2007) |
Bella Martha (2001) |
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Oh, Daddy! (1935) |
Der wahre Jakob (1931) |
The play Der wahre Jakob |
On Secret Service (1933) |
Spione am Werk (1933) |
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One Exciting Adventure (1934) |
What Women Dream (1933) |
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Paradise for Two (1937) |
And Who Is Kissing Me? (1933) |
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The Parent Trap (1961) |
Two Times Lotte (1950, West Germany) |
The novel Lottie and Lisa |
People Will Talk (1951) |
Doctor Praetorius (1950, West Germany) |
The play Frauenarzt Dr. med. Hiob Prätorius |
The Pledge (2001) |
It Happened in Broad Daylight (1958, Switzerland) |
The novella The Pledge: Requiem for the Detective Novel |
Premiere (1938) |
Premiere (1937, Austria) |
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Prince of Arcadia (1933) |
The Prince of Arcadia (1932) |
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The Private Affairs of Bel Ami (1947) |
Bel Ami (1939) |
The novel Bel Ami |
Ripley's Game (2002) |
Der amerikanische Freund (1977, West Germany) |
The novel Ripley's Game |
The Road Within (2014) |
Vincent will Meer (de) (2010) |
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Secret of the Blue Room (1933) |
Geheimnis des blauen Zimmers (1932) |
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The Smiling Lieutenant (1931) |
A Waltz Dream (1925) |
The operetta Ein Walzertraum |
The Soldier and the Lady (1937) |
Der Kurier des Zaren (1936) |
The novel Michael Strogoff |
The Song You Gave Me (1933) |
Das Lied ist aus (de) (1930) |
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The Sound of Music (1965) |
Die Trapp-Familie (1956, West Germany) |
The memoir The Story of the Trapp Family Singers |
Spring Parade (1940) |
Spring Parade (1934, Austria) |
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A Star Fell from Heaven (1936) |
A Star Fell from Heaven (1934, Austria) |
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Star of the Circus (1938) |
Truxa (1937) |
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Storm in a Teacup (1937) |
Storm in a Water Glass (1931, Austria) |
The play Sturm im Wasserglas |
Storm Over Tibet (1952) |
Demon of the Himalayas (1935, Switzerland) |
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Strangler of the Swamp (1946) |
Fährmann Maria (de) (1936) |
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There Goes Susie (1934) |
Marion, That's Not Nice (1933) |
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There Goes the Bride (1932) |
Ich bleib' bei Dir (1931) |
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The Thirteenth Floor (1999) |
World on a Wire (1973, West Germany) |
The novel Simulacron-3 |
Three Maxims (1936) |
Varieté (1935) |
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Top Hat (1935) |
Scandal in Budapest (1933) |
A play by Sándor Faragó and Aladar Laszlo |
The Tunnel (1935) |
The Tunnel (1933) |
The novel Der Tunnel |
Twice Upon a Time (1953) |
Two Times Lotte (1950, West Germany) |
The novel Lottie and Lisa |
Two Hearts in Waltz Time (1934) |
Two Hearts in Waltz Time (1930) |
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Victor Victoria (1982) |
Viktor und Viktoria (1933) |
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Who's Your Lady Friend? (1937) |
The Gentleman Without a Residence (1934, Austria) |
The play Der Herr ohne Wohnung |