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Elke Sommer

Elke Sommer

German actress
November 5, 1940 (85 years old)

Life Is Too Long

V.O.: Das Leben ist zu lang
All. 2011. Dramatic comedy by Dani Levy with Markus Hering, Meret Becker, Veronica Ferres.
Runtime: 86 min.
U.S. 1986. Drama by Marvin J. Chomsky with Amy Irving, Olivia de Havilland, Rex Harrison. An amnesiac woman treated in an asylum after a suicide attempt claims to be Anastasia Romanov, daughter of the last tsar of Russia.
Runtime: 193 min.
U.S. 1985. History by Marvin J. Chomsky, Lawrence Schiller with Jan Niklas, Maximilian Schell, Vanessa Redgrave. The life of Tsar Peter I, the contested ruler of Russia in the early eighteenth century.
Runtime: 371 min.
G.-B. 1985. War drama by Steve Gethers with Dyan Cannon, Elke Sommer, Hartmut Becker. Upon learning that her airman son is missing, a woman finds a way to travel to Germany to find him.
Runtime: 198 min.

No One Cries Forever

V.O.: Niemand weint für immer
Afr.S. 1985. Drama by Jans Rautenbach with Elke Sommer, Howard Carpendale, Zoli Marks. A prostitute tries to free herself from the control of a female pimp with violent methods.
Runtime: 94 min.
Hongr. 1984. Sentimental comedy by Karoly Makk with Christopher Plummer, Maggie Smith, Elke Sommer. Not having the physique for the job, a famous actor disguises himself in order to get a role in the latest movie written by his wife.
Runtime: 90 min.
U.S. 1982. History by Marvin J. Chomsky with Rutger Hauer, Blythe Danner, Derek Jacobi. The rise of architect Albert Speer and his relationship with the Nazi leadership.
Runtime: 300 min.

Stunt Seven

V.O.: The Fantastic Seven
U.S. 1979. Adventures by John Peyser with Christopher Connelly, Elke Sommer, Patrick Macnee. Stuntmen go to the rescue of an actress kidnapped by a gang of criminals.
Runtime: 90 min.
U.S. 1979. Drama by Walter Grauman with Wayne Rogers, Elke Sommer, Sonny Bono. A businessman returns to his hometown where he accepts a job as a ski instructor.
Runtime: 240 min.
U.S. 1979. Comedy by Richard Quine with Peter Sellers, Lionel Jeffries, Lynne Frederick. A London coachman is drawn into an extraordinary adventure because of his striking resemblance to the king of a small country.
Runtime: 108 min.

The Treasure Seekers

V.O.: Jamaican Gold
U.S. 1979. Adventures by Henry Levin with Rod Taylor, Stuart Whitman, Elke Sommer. Adventurers compete to discover a treasure buried in the Caribbean Sea.
Runtime: 88 min.
Can. 1978. Crime drama by Murray Markowitz with Donald Pilon, Elke Sommer, Chuck Shamata. A Hungarian immigrant in Canada is on trial for the murder of his wife.
Runtime: 87 min.
U.S. 1978. Police comedy by Joe Camp with Greg Hodges, Dion Pride, Ernest Borgnine. After witnessing the mysterious disappearance of a corpse, a young man undertakes an investigation with some friends.
Runtime: 101 min.

Invisible Strangler

V.O.: The Astral Factor
U.S. 1978. Fantasy by John Florea with Robert Foxworth, Stefanie Powers, Elke Sommer. In Los Angeles, women are strangled by a killer capable of making himself invisible.
Runtime: 85 min.
U.S. 1976. Crime drama by Sidney Hayers with Bradford Dillman, Elke Sommer, Dean Stockwell. A young gypsy who escaped with the help of his cellmates tries to outwit the police who are on his trail.
Runtime: 96 min.
It. 1975. Fantasy by Mickey Lion with Telly Savalas, Elke Sommer, Robert Alda. After visiting an antique store, a tourist has horrifying experiences in her mind in a strange villa.
Runtime: 92 min.
U.S. 1975. Crime drama by Jack Arnold with David Janssen, Senta Berger, John Ireland. A blackmailer threatens to expose the secret dealings of five clinets of a Swiss bank.
Runtime: 89 min.
G.-B. 1975. Comedy by Gerald Thomas with Elke Sommer, Kenneth Williams, Kenneth Connor. A campground reserved for caravans is the setting for the misadventures of various people.
Runtime: 91 min.
G.-B. 1974. Comedy by Ralph Thomas with Leigh Lawson, Elke Sommer, Milo O'Shea. With all but one of the men rendered powerless, the British government holds a competition to choose the young girls who will save the human race.
Runtime: 101 min.
Fr. 1974. Crime drama by Peter Collinson with Oliver Reed, Elke Sommer, Richard Attenborough. Ten people gathered in an inaccessible place are killed one after the other by a mysterious assassin.
Runtime: 105 min.
U.S. 1972. Science-fiction by Russ Mayberry with Hugh O'Brian, Elke Sommer, John Gielgud. Armed with state-of-the-art equipment, an agent of an international research group finds diamonds stolen by the Nazis.
Runtime: 100 min.

Lisa and the Devil

V.O.: Lisa e il diavolo
It. 1972. Fantasy by Mario Bava with Elke Sommer, Telly Savalas, Sylva Koscina. A young tourist finds herself lost in a villa, where she experiences strange, terrifying things.
Runtime: 92 min.
U.S. 1971. Spy drama by Étienne Périer with Michael York, Elke Sommer, Marius Goring. During the First World War, Germans want to use an airship to seize historical documents in Scotland.
Runtime: 101 min.

Baron Blood

V.O.: Gli Orrori del castello di Norimberga
It. 1971. Horror by Mario Bava with Joseph Cotten, Elke Sommer, Massimo Girotti. A young Austrian aristocrat revives a bloodthirsty ancestor using magical incantations.
Runtime: 96 min.
G.-B. 1971. Comedy by Ralph Thomas with Hywel Bennett, Denholm Elliott, Cyd Hayman. Having successfully undergone a genital transplant, a man becomes obsessed with his desire to find the identity of the donor.
Runtime: 103 min.
U.S. 1970. Adventures by Jean Negulesco with Stuart Whitman, Elke Sommer, Curd Jürgens. In Iran, six fugitives defend a village against a bandit attack.
Runtime: 97 min.
U.S. 1968. Police comedy by Phil Karlson with Dean Martin, Nigel Green, Elke Sommer. Secret Agent Matt Helm is tasked with recovering a treasure that was stolen by the cronies of an international crook.
Runtime: 105 min.

They Came to Rob Las Vegas

V.O.: Las Vegas, 500 millones
Fr. 1968. Crime drama by Antonio Isasi-Isasmendi with Gary Lockwood, Lee J. Cobb, Elke Sommer. A young criminal sets up the robbery of an armoured truck carrying the profits of Las Vegas casinos.
Runtime: 124 min.
U.S. 1967. Comedy by George Marshall with Elke Sommer, Bob Crane, Werner Klemperer. A track and field champion jumps over the Berlin Wall to escape to the Western zone.
Runtime: 113 min.
G.-B. 1967. Crime drama by Ralph Thomas with Richard Johnson, Elke Sommer, Sylva Koscina. An insurance investigator struggles with two murderers.
Runtime: 98 min.
U.S. 1966. Crime drama by Burt Kennedy with Glenn Ford, Elke Sommer, Ricardo Montalban. A San Francisco police detective tries to get hold of a hoard hidden in the home of a member of the underworld.
Runtime: 91 min.

The Corrupt Ones

V.O.: Die Hölle von Macao
All. 1966. Adventures by James Hill with Robert Stack, Elke Sommer, Christian Marquand. A photojournalist is drawn into a treasure hunt.
Runtime: 90 min.
U.S. 1966. Comedy by George Marshall with Bob Hope, Elke Sommer, Phyllis Diller. A broker feels sorry for an actress and hides her in his cottage.
Runtime: 98 min.
U.S. 1966. Spy drama by Jerry Thorpe with Robert Vaughn, Elke Sommer, Boris Karloff. A former CIA agent, turned journalist, investigates a suicide bombing at an international conference in Venice.
Runtime: 92 min.
U.S. 1965. Drama by Russell Rouse with Stephen Boyd, Elke Sommer, Tony Bennett. A movie actor, whose popularity is waning, gambles to win an acting Oscar.
Runtime: 122 min.

The Dolls

V.O.: Le Bambole
It. 1965. Sketches by Dino Risi, Luigi Comencini, Franco Rossi, Mauro Bolognini with Virna Lisi, Elke Sommer, Gina Lollobrigida. The love affairs of some women.
Runtime: 105 min.
U.S. 1965. Comedy by Norman Jewison with James Garner, Dick Van Dyke, Elke Sommer. A writer suggests to his painter friend to fake a suicide to become famous.
Runtime: 99 min.

Frontier Hellcat

V.O.: Unter Geiern
All. 1965. Western by Alfred Vohrer with Pierre Brice, Stewart Granger, Elke Sommer. An Apache chief struggles to prove the innocence of his race brothers, wrongly accused of killing a rancher's wife and daughter.
Runtime: 98 min.
G.-B. 1964. Comedy by Blake Edwards with Peter Sellers, Elke Sommer, Herbert Lom. A bumbling detective investigates the murder of a French industrialist's driver, whose body was found in the bedroom of the latter's maid.
Runtime: 101 min.

Seduction by the Sea

V.O.: Verführung am Meer
All. 1963. Drama by Jovan Zivanovic with Peter Van Eyck, Elke Sommer, Blazenka Katalinic. To bring back her son who lives as a hermit on an island, a mother bribes a young student whose mission is to seduce him.
Runtime: 78 min.
G.-B. 1963. War drama by Carl Foreman with George Hamilton, George Peppard, Eli Wallach. Members of an American regiment have a variety of experiences, during the war in Europe.
Runtime: 148 min.
U.S. 1963. Spy drama by Mark Robson with Paul Newman, Edward G. Robinson, Elke Sommer. A Nobel Prize-winning novelist unmasks a conspiracy, based on imposture.
Runtime: 156 min.

Who Stole the Body?

V.O.: Les Bricoleurs
Fr. 1962. Comedy by Jean Girault with Francis Blanche, Darry Cowl, Clément Harari. To make a successful sale, two real estate agents must find a murderer.
Runtime: 91 min.
Fr. 1962. Comedy by Fabien Collin with Christian Marquand, Elke Sommer, Sophie Daumier. A stranger bursts into a wacky family.
Runtime: 87 min.
Fr. 1962. Drama by François Chalais with Alain Delon, Elke Sommer, Albert Dinan. In Paris, in a Pigalle cabaret, a lonely man meets a German singer with whom he starts a long discussion.
Runtime: 60 min.

La Tigresse

V.O.: Bahia de Palma
Esp. 1962. Sentimental drama by Juan Bosch with Arturo Fernandez, Elke Sommer, Teresa Del Rio. A pianist who has fallen from grace after the death of his wife regains his self-confidence through the love of a young girl.
Runtime: 100 min.

Sweet Ecstasy

V.O.: Douce Violence
Fr. 1962. Drama by Max Pecas with Elke Sommer, Pierre Brice, Christian Pezey. A boy, part of a gang of young men, desires the girlfriend of the group's leader.
Runtime: 85 min.
G.-B. 1961. Comedy by Cyril Frankel with Richard Todd, June Thorburn, Nicole Maurey. The story of a womanizer who, during a trip, gave each of his conquests a key to his apartment.
Runtime: 89 min.

Daniella by Night

V.O.: De quoi tu te mêles, Daniela!
Fr. 1961. Spy drama by Max Pecas with Elke Sommer, Ivan Desny, Helmut Schmid. The adventures of a young girl in the service of a dressmaker whose job is to conceal a spy network.
Runtime: 85 min.

Quand les parents dorment

V.O.: ...Und sowas nennt sich Leben
All. 1961. Psychological drama by Geza von Radvanyi with Karin Baal, Michael Hinz, Elke Sommer. An easygoing girl dating a young man becomes the mistress of her lover's father.
Runtime: 90 min.

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