Walter Lendrich

Magdalena and Michael have loved each other since they were children. But when the Nazis come to power, Michael rebels against the regime and is...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Armin Mueller-Stahl

In this East German film, the third one in The Third is Margit's third lover. After her mother's death, Margit has two affairs which don't work out,...

Genre: Romance

Cast: Jutta Hoffmann

Genre: Drama

Cast: Franziska Troegner

Genre: Drama

Cast: Raimund Schelcher

August 24, 1937: a day in the life of expressionist sculptor and author Ernst Barlach (Fred Düren). Barlach lives in the small town of...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Fred Düren

In an act of friendship and solidarity between two mining towns in 1929, the locals of Kriwoj Rog, Russia, give their flag as a gift to the locals of...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Erwin Geschonneck

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Cast: Jutta Hoffmann

London in 1856. Karl Marx is living in exile in the British capital. One day, "Mohr", as Marx is called by his friends, meets the 13-year old...

Genre: Family

Cast: Alfred Müller

A wild story set in eighteenth-century Prussia. Alexander can do everything that a real devil of a fellow must be able to do: ride, shoot, love and...

Genre: Adventure

Cast: Manfred Krug

This East German movie was co-produced with studios in Hungary and Yugoslavia, with many interesting location shots (border checkpoint to West...

Genre: Crime

Cast: Günther Simon

Karin, who is in her mid-thirties, works as registrar but has been divorced for several years. Together with her 16-year old daughter Nora, she leads...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Marita Böhme

Long-haul driver Hannes (Manfred Krug) picks up a young hitchhiker, Herb (Jaecki Schwarz), who had a falling-out with his parents after dropping out...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Manfred Krug

Although at first Ina barely takes any notice of Matti, the two teenagers gradually fall in love at their dance classes and begin their first real...

Genre: Romance

Cast: Simone von Zglinicki

The Rabbit Is Me was made in 1965 to encourage discussion of the democratization of East German society. In it, a young student has an affair with a...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Angelika Waller

Screen adaptation of Eichendorff's famous novella. A penniless drifter roams the land with his violin and preferably sings his songs to beautiful...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Dean Reed

The film "Die Unbesiegbaren" covers an episode in German history, in which the Bismarck government tried to mitigate the rise of the social-democrat...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Willy A. Kleinau

In the nineteenth century, seventeen year old Effi Briest is married to the older Baron von Instetten and moves into a house that she believes has a...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Angelica Domröse

Small town policeman Holms suffers from a rather unusual problem: Because of the low crime rate, there is simply not enough to do for him. Deadly...

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Rolf Herricht

Film by Ralf Kirsten.

Genre: Drama

Cast: Alfred Müller

Dr. Gerd Thiessen, an experienced veterinarian, takes up a new job at a publicly owned manor. His research colleagues are less than thrilled about...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Ursula Werner

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749-1832) was the author of Werther, the romantic novel that was transformed into a play during Goethe's lifetime and...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Lilli Palmer

Berlin at the end of the 1940s. Anneliese Weyher is working as a switchboard operator. She is living with her aunt after losing her parents in the...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Simone von Zglinicki

Bruno Kappel is an established attorney in Hamburg who, in earlier times, belonged to an anarchistic student circle. His former girlfriend Karin...

Genre: Crime

Cast: Dieter Mann

When he reaches age 18, Peter is released from the children's home where he grew up, but this does not mean he is truly ready for adult life.

Genre: Drama

Cast: Andrzej Pieczyński

Genre: Family

Cast: Fred Delmare

In 1903, Jan Anskath and his half-brother Martin are living in Rajgorod at the border between Russia and Prussia – Jan on the Russian, Martin...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Walter Plathe

Film by Thiel and Brandt.

Genre: Drama

Cast: Günther Simon

Genre: Drama

Cast: Günther Grabbert

Andreas works as an assistant in his father’s small-town bakery. However, he actually has other plans: As a passionate trumpeter, he wants to...

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Angela Brunner

Susanne is a young single mother who lives a somewhat "carefree" lifestyle. After quitting her job, she finds herself in trouble financially and...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Heidemarie Schneider

Genre: Drama

Cast: Ulrich Thein

Genre: Drama

Cast: Willy A. Kleinau

Genre: Crime

Cast: Bruno Carstens

At the end of the 1950s, the production of optics in the German Democratic Republic has reached top quality and instigates interest in the West. When...

Genre: Crime

Cast: Eva-Maria Hagen

This film is the first of a two-part historical and biographical portrait of the communist politician and anti-fascist Ernst Thälmann. In early...

Genre: History

Cast: Günther Simon

Genre: Adventure

Cast: Hans-Peter Minetti

Sister Agnes helps in all situations and does not only make friends. She has just fallen out with the new mayor. The consequences leave an entire...

Genre: TV Movie

Cast: Agnes Kraus

Genre: Drama

Cast: Jutta Hoffmann

Genre: Drama

Cast: Walter Lendrich

Genre: Drama

Cast: Hannjo Hasse

Genre: Crime

Cast: Günther Simon

Genre: Drama

Cast: Wolf Kaiser

The blonde Eva-Marie, a trained hairdresser and called Evchen, and her friend, the dark-haired nurse Yvonne, get dressed up in the evening and head...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Peter Borgelt

Genre: Drama

Cast: Hilmar Thate

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Wilhelm Koch-Hooge

It is the 65th birthday of Wilhelm Lehmann, foreman of a chemical company. All members of the large family are expected. Preparations are also being...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Erich Franz

On a forest road in the Brandenburg March, village teacher Potsch accidentally encounters the distinguished Professor Menzel, who got stuck there in...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Hermann Beyer

Genre: Drama

Cast: Monika Woytowicz

At the beginning of the 1960s, a German turns up on behalf of the NATO in the British village of Rocksmouth. NATO wants to establish a naval base in...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Johannes Arpe

The film tells the story of the smelter brigade of a steel mill whose members are connected by a strong comradeship. Among the workers are, for...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Uwe Kockisch

Genre: Drama

Cast: Klaus Brasch

The corner Schönhauser Allee in East Berlin is the main meeting-point for a group of adolescents. Dieter is a construction worker who falls in...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Ekkehard Schall

Genre: Drama

Cast: Martin Trettau

Genre: TV Movie

Cast: Kurt Böwe

Genre: Drama

Cast: Rolf Hoppe