The Architects

The architect Daniel Brenner is in his late thirties when he receives his first challenging and lucr

Fire Below Deck

Otto Scheidel (Manfred Krug) has been captain of the Elbe steamer Jenissei for over twenty years, bu

Verwandte und Bekannte

Using the example of three generations of a Hamburg working class family, the rise of the working cl

Denn ich sah eine neue Erde

Four-part television film about the theologian Thomas Müntzer, who became a revolutionary and oppone

Toggenburger Bock

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

Späte Ankunft

In 1896 the Berlin noble doctor Dr. Wilhelm Holtfreter takes over his well-to-do wife Mathilde and t

Kunstraub

The director of an art museum in Thuringia and an art dealer from Constance entered into an extremel

The Brave Truant

On one very fine sunny day, a fourth-grader Thomas, as always, is out of the house in the morning to

Die Emser Depesche

Theme of this scenic documentation is the consistent preparation of the Franco-German War by Bismarc

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

Love at 16

Although at first Ina barely takes any notice of Matti, the two teenagers gradually fall in love at

Black Velvet

Stasi agent Alexander Berg has to uncover a plot of sabotage.

Once is Never

A musician seeks a peaceful vacation in a Vogtland village but is soon overwhelmed by requests for a

Der Nachfolger

The Federal Republic of Germany. Journalist Rohmann, seriously injured in a car accident, is dying i

Verlorene Landschaft

Elias, born at the end of the war, receives an anonymous phone call on his 47th birthday: his parent

Die Beteiligten

The body of young Christa Gellert is fished out of the water in a small town on the Elbe in the spri

Junges Gemüse

At a GDR farm, VEAB chief Amann bans cabbage in favor of cauliflower, enraging LPG accountant Gritt.

The Shadow

Farewell, Joseph

A young man who disappears from home for a while returns as his own (deceased) brother and encounter

Divided Heaven

After a breakdown, Rita returns to her childhood village in 1961. As she recovers, she remembers the

The Rabbit Is Me

Maria, a young student sees her brother Dieter going to prison for sedition against the state. She s

Mohr und die Raben von London

London in 1856. Karl Marx is living in exile in the British capital. One day, "Mohr", as Marx is cal

When Unku was Ede's Girlfriend

Ede falls in love with Unku, a girl from a travelling circus. Love cannot run smoothly however becau

Frozen Flashes

In November of 1939, the British consulate in Norway receives documents saying that the Nazis are co

Der Reserveheld

The famous actor Ralf Horricht is a pain in his current director's butt while shooting a comedy abou

Naked Among Wolves

Based on a true story of inmates at KZ Buchenwald that risked their lives to hide a small Jewish boy

Apprehension

Inge Herold is in her mid-thirties. She is divorced and lives with her 15-year-old son. She works as

Paths in the Night

Set against the backdrop of post-unification Germany, the film explores the breakdown of relations i

Wäre die Erde nicht rund...

While studying in Moscow, the GDR resident Christiane falls in love with Hatem, a fellow student fro

A Strange Love

After a hot and steamy company party, Sibylle and Harald, both in their late thirties, spend the nig

Blond Tango

For five years Rogelio, a Chilean exile, has been in the GDR, where he works as a lighting technicia

Addio, piccola mia

Last years in the Life of german Dramatican Georg Büchner. Around the year 1830 he and his fellow st

Woman Doctors

Lydia Kowalenko is fired from the pharmaceutical company where she has worked for many years because

Eine Handvoll Hoffnung

Berlin at the end of the 1940s. Anneliese Weyher is working as a switchboard operator. She is living

Brandstellen

Bruno Kappel is an established attorney in Hamburg who, in earlier times, belonged to an anarchistic

Coded Message for the Boss

Wolf Brandin is in his mid-twenties and lives with his wife and child in East Berlin at the end of t

The Sinking of Emma

A funny adventures of a two young boys who are trying to rebuild the ship called "Emma" for their fr

Jan on the Barge

1934, Germany. Jan is a 13 year old boy, who is raised without a mother. His father, a communist, is

Wengler & Sons

A story spanning three generations, from 1871 to 1945. When Gustav Wengler, a farmer’s son, returns

Stories of That Night

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

Distinguishing marks: none

Post-war Germany: Like so many other women, Gerda Krause has lost her husband during the war and has

Visa für Ocantros

In the troubled state of Ocantros, the prime minister is assassinated. Martin Katrup, who is respons

Die sieben Affären der Dona Juanita

She is called Dona Juanita: the attractive young architect Anita Nachtigall, who manages a departmen

Die lange Ankunft des Alois Fingerlein

Für Mord kein Beweis

After a fierce argument Steffi Zinn′s husband leaves the joint flat and stays away from home over ni

Holiday Storm

Summer holidays are beginning for 13 years old Daniel, a boy from East Berlin. He does not know yet

Tod im Preis inbegriffen

Tote reden nicht

After Elmers, the head of the publishing house, is reported missing, his son-in-law Jürgen Brandt is

Die Ritter der Tafelrunde

Aging Knights of the Round Table confront a fading realm as moral decay and disillusionment spread.

Der Menschenfresser

A crime writer on a train to Berlin shares her compartment with a mysterious man who claims to be a