Mit vierzig hat man noch Träume

Helene Sonntag, 40, unmarried and a teacher. She has long dreamed of happy partnership, but things t

Five Cartridges

It is the year 1936 and the Spanish Civil War is raging. When the German commander of an internation

Little Red Riding Hood

Little Red Riding-Hood lives together with her parents in a house on the edge of the forest. Her fri

Küss mich, wenn es Liebe ist

Alter schützt vor Liebe nicht

Otto is turning 65 and a big celebration with relatives and friends is coming up. What does life bri

Good Bye, Lenin!

Alex Kerner's mother was in a coma while the Berlin wall fell. When she wakes up he must try to keep

Der Leutnant vom Schwanenkietz

The film describes the activity of an ABV of the People's Police in its section in East Berlin. A mi

Im Himmel ist doch Jahrmarkt

Five young, pretty female athletes are training for an international skydiving contest. From heaven

Die Aufschneider

The Wedding Cow

Flora, a librarian, is hitchhiking to a job in a faraway town. Simple-hearted plumber Tim is headed

Böse Wetter - Das Geheimnis der Vergangenheit

As a geophysicist, Leonard Gehra is now known for his theories on silver mining. However, Leonard or

Tage des Sturms

On June 17, 1953, there was an outrageous action between the Elbe and the Oder: the people in the GD

Es ist nicht vorbei

Carola Weber is shocked when her husband Jochen introduces his new colleague from the hospital: she

Das Geheimnis in Siebenbürgen

Lukas Schauttner is a management consultant. However, as a partner in his Berlin consulting company,

Die Nachrichten

Jan Landers made it: Grown up in East Berlin, he quickly made his career after the turnaround: from

Herzen in Fesseln

Die fabelhaften Schwestern

Männersache

During the day Paul works in a Berlin pet shop and in the evening he works on his career as a comedi

Blonder als die Polizei erlaubt

Nothing bores Dana more than her job as a guard in an Egyptian museum. But when she falls into a sar

Rose unter Dornen

Alles Samba

Art expert Katharina Diezmann is out of the blue, when one day the little Brazilian Marcia is standi

The Tuesday Women - Seven Days without

The five unlikely friends Caroline, Eva, Estelle, Judith and Kiki have been meeting on the first Tue

Der Verleger

"The Publisher" is about the success story of a visionary man who begins after 1945 with a rickety c

The System

Mike is twenty, attractive, intelligent and a loner. He only shares his thoughts and an apartment in

Irren ist sexy

Anne leaves her childless countryside life when her husband refuses a family and moves in with actre

Ein Engel namens Hans-Dieter

Hans-Dieter Anhäuser, owner of a joke articles factory, is a creep. He cheats on his wife, neglects

380.000 Volt - Der große Stromausfall

Catastrophic power outage in Berlin. Poorly maintained grids, greedy power companies and corrupt pol

Wie angelt man sich seine Chefin

Changing Skins

Inspired by West German terrorists, two pupils kidnap a teacher in East Germany.

Dizzy, lieber Dizzy

The Beginner

A coming-of-age tale with a difference about the grumpy doctor Annebarbel Buschhaus donning her ice

Unser Papa, das Genie

Chaos reigns in the Stern family's new home. Dad Julius may be a brilliant physicist, but he is no g

Liebling, weck die Hühner auf

Author Steffen Teuffel moved from Berlin to sleepy, 'dying' Brandenburg (ex-GDR) small-town Krummenw

Hat er Arbeit?

The shipyard in Boizenburg is where welder Karl and his friends and relatives work. Rumours about th

Der Millionär

Imaginative King

Haushaltsauflösung

Ein Mord danach

Child's Play

When Micha's mother leaves his irascible father, he tries to prevent their divorce by any means he c

Unser Haus

Dwarf Nose

Jakob, the son of a market woman, helps an old woman carry the groceries home one day. But the old w

Jugendweihe

Every year in the spring the pupils of the 8th grade in the GDR receive the 'Jugendweihe' and are ad

Die eigene Haut

Eighteen-year-old Wolfgang has just passed his A-levels and still has a few months to go before he h

Toggenburger Bock

His passion for hunting almost spells doom for the sales manager of a GDR convenience store: his amb

Im Spannungsfeld

Electronic data processing is an absolute must in the Information Age. Karl Hoppe, the director of a

Optimistische Tragödie

During the October Revolution in 1917 the Bolshevik Party appointed a woman commissioner of the “Fre

Zement

Early 1921: a man is on his way home. Gleb Chumalov, regimental commander, worker and Hero of the Or

Schüsse unterm Galgen

In Scotland in 1751, young David Balfour is shanghaied aboard a ship where he meets Jacobite rebel A

Wedding Night In The Drizzle

This comedic musical tells the story of Gabi, a young hairdresser from the Baltic coast who desperat

Automärchen

This quirky episodic comedy weaves together three plotlines centered around the employees of a car g

An allem ist Matuschke schuld

Married couple Peter and Felicitas Kallweit are facing an extraordinary marital test: at the same ti

Der Lude

Berlin in the early 1930s. Bello is an unemployed young man who loves the underage Frieda. In order

Rabbit Heart

The thirteen year old Janni is depressed, because she's still a little behind in her physical develo

Künstler, König und Modell

Johann Gottfried Schadow is only in his early twenties when he is put in charge of the royal sculpto

Lachtauben weinen nicht

The film tells the story of the smelter brigade of a steel mill whose members are connected by a str

Berlin - Ecke Schönhauser...

The corner Schönhauser Allee in East Berlin is the main meeting-point for a group of adolescents. Di

I Sincerely Repent

Interviews with former generals of the South Vietnamese Army in the Quang Trung re-education camp, s

Burning Life

Anna and Lisa, two young women, meet by chance in the vestibule of a bank, and decide after that to

In Search of the Magical Bird

A fantasy story about the young boy Lutz who is looking, with two friends, for a missing magical bir

Der Weg ins Nichts

In 1923, Judge Böhnsdorf and Inspector Dumke convict 22-year-old Fritz Bondersen of treason, accused

Oben geblieben ist noch keiner

Willi Zubrodt is delegated by his department to a parachuting course at the GST. As he is not very d

Der Streit um den Sergeanten Grischa

Russian soldier Grisha escapes from a German prisoner-of-war camp in the spring of 1917. He is caugh

Unser schönster Urlaub

Die aus der 12b

German teacher Miss Platzke starts working in a graduating class. Since she is young and inexperienc

They Called Him Amigo

A refugee from a Nazi concentration camp is discovered by some boys in WWII Berlin. They provide him

New Year’s Eve Punch

After their successful May party, now the Lehmann family want to throw a New Year's Eve part with pu

Die Galgenbrücke

In the wintry Baltics, a century is drawing to a close and with it the era of the old Junker aristoc

Strange Gardens

Lucien, 14, can’t understand why his father, a serious and respected teacher, makes a fool of himsel

Zugvogel am Sund

Ekke and Karsten are newcomers to the shipyard. Paddy claims to have heard it on Rügen radio. But th

Der Prag-Krimi - Der kalte Tod

Tscheljuskin

In the 1930s, the Soviet ship "Chelyuskin" embarked on an expedition to the Northern Ocean. But soon

Das gläserne Haus

A dream becomes a nightmare: Shortly after the Iranian doctor Murath Tehrani and his German wife Cla

Pinselheinrich

The television play by Werner Bernhardy depicts episodes from the life of Heinrich Zille as well as

The Crown of Arkus

Arkus is reigned by Schiija. The Evil queen forces the inhabitants to give her their best work as gi

The Last Compartment

Set in 1986. After their train is hit by an avalanche in the alps, 30 year old Greta and five strang

You're Not Alone

Master painter Hans Moll and his wife, the television announcer Ms. Wellinek and her husband, and th

Der blaue Oskar

Sushi in Suhl

One evening in the mid-sixties, Rolf Anschütz, a chef who runs a small restaurant in a town called S

Alarm at the Circus

Two boys from West Berlin, Klaus and Max, live in poverty. They dream of a career in boxing and save

Ein Biest mit Silberblick

The young, good-looking Gina can't find work in her profession as an interpreter. Being idle is not

The Journey to Sundevit

Little Tim Tammer, the son of a lighthouse keeper, lives right on the Baltic Sea beach, but his remo

Banale Tage

In East Berlin in the late 70s, two boys meet one evening in a disco: Thomas, who is from a working

Einfach Blumen aufs Dach

Mechanic Hannes Blaschke and his wife Maxi, who works as a bus driver, have just become happy parent

Who's Afraid of the Devil

Based on a fairy tale by the Brothers Grimm: Jakob is a poor farmer′s boy. Because of his timidity t

Oregon Pine

Wood engineer Richard lives a life like a construction. Highly engaged in his career his private lif

Ich bin nicht meine Tante

Karla Geisler is a woman with her heart in the right place and a very quick mouth - the tenant on th

Das Kleid

Poor weavers Hans und Kumpan try to enter a town surrounded by a tall, impenetrable wall, where ever

Dream Factory

A romantic drama set in 1961 that follows a young studio extra's ambitious efforts to reunite with t

Ich war in Honolulu – wetten?

Uwe is a chemistry student and works as an excavator driver on various construction sites at weekend

Ufos über Waterlow

The Punch Bowl

It is the 65th birthday of Wilhelm Lehmann, foreman of a chemical company. All members of the large

Die Bratpfannenstory

Paula Semmelrogge's little store is under threat. But a blow with a frying pan turns the old, wither

Rapunzel, or The Magic of Tears

Adaptation of the classic fairytale. Rapunzel lives alone in the woods, in a tower with no doors. Th

Vaya con Dios

Three monks are making their way from Germany to a monastry in Italy, because they cannot afford the

Der Weihnachtsmann heißt Willi

Five-year-old Peter and his older brother Hans drop the Christmas present for their parents in the m

Hart am Wind

The electrician Peter Drews is a brigadier at a Baltic Sea dockyard. His men are among the most reli

Max und siebeneinhalb Jungen

Max Stricker, an old anti-fascist, informs a class of eighth graders before their planned visit to t

Die Stunde der Töchter

A life-threatening heart attack confines Richard Roth to the hospital bed. There, Richard, who is in

My Father Alfons

Ten years old Ernst and his father Alfons are traveling to the family event on their bikes.

White Cloud Carolin

It's no big secret that twelve-year-old Hannes is in love with his classmate Carolin, who he compare

The Little Magician and the Big Bad Mark

Oliver is in the 4th grade. He hasn't been paying attention in magic class and gets a big, fat five

Hiev up

The crew of a small Saßnitz fisherman has problems with the "making a cultural socialist life". In o

The Brigade-Leader’s Hat

Young construction worker Ralf Reider leaves his home village Katzsprung in the Rhön mountains durin

Fariaho

The puppet player Sebastian Fußberg moves through the country at the end of the fifties. Despite his

Der Haifischfütterer

The furniture mover Stefan is on the verge of serving his time in the military. He has always been a

Nebelnacht

When a motorcyclist dies in an accident, lieutenant Kreutzer and his colleague Arnold receive the or

Senta's Gone Missing

The magnificent cow Senta has escaped from an LPG. Matuschek, a single farmer, joins the search. How

SAS 181 antwortet nicht

Kurt, an apprentice in a fish combine, is an ambitious loner. He wants to show what a good sailor he

Das Rabauken-Kabarett

Wolfgang is a bully, but overall he‘s not a bad guy. However, not everyone in Thuringia, where he go

Kaule

Eleven-year-old Kaule lives with his aunt in Hinrichsfelde, a small village located in Mecklenburg.

Flucht ins Schweigen

During construction work in a small town in Thuringia, the burial of an unidentified man in an SS un

Stories of That Night

Four directors - four styles - four episodes, all relating the events of a single night which has en

Anna annA

Anna, a creative schoolgirl, accidentally clones herself by hiding inside a mysterious talking copie

A Berlin Romance

Mid-1950s Berlin, before the building of the Wall. Uschi, a salesgirl and aspiring fashion model fro

Krach im Hochhaus

A high-rise building like any other: the tenants lived a "normal life", went to work, came home and

Rotfuchs

Letter carrier Eva is in her late twenties, unmarried and the mother of a twelve-year-old son. She f

My Zero Hour

Germany in 1943. The Berlin worker Klaus Hartung is deployed as a soldier to the Eastern front durin

Two Strange Characters

The two computer specialists Frank and Kamminke are not the type of citizens the party likes. Thus t

Farewell

In August of 1914, amidst the public ecstasy surrounding the impending war, Hans Gastl, the young so

Murder on Monday

Photo model Monika Stange is found murdered in her apartment in a major West German city. Detectives

Das Puppenheim in Pinnow

On the way to the holiday camp, 16-year-old Steffi falls in love with Norbert, whom she has known fo

Altes Herz geht auf die Reise

Professor Gotthold Kittguß leads a secluded life, which is primarily determined by his books. His ho

Alchimisten

Two-part TV movie about the inadequate production methods of a chemical plant, which come to light d

The Black Mill

Driven by need and a thirst for knowledge, Krabat wanders through the impoverished country and falls

Willi, Wally, Werner und das Schweinchen Wurstel fahren zu den Weltfestspielen

Three kids from a small village in Mecklenburg decide to sneak away to East-Berlin in order to gift

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