1991

Eastern Cross

6.7/10

15-year-old Elfie literally and metaphorically inhabits a no-man’s-land between the two Germanies shortly after the fall of the Berlin Wall. The film...

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Eastern Cross

1982

Bahnwärter Thiel

3.5/4

The film tells the tragic fate of railroad guard Thiel at the end of the 19th century. Thiel, who spends his days in the dull, monotonous fulfillment...

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Bahnwärter Thiel

1990

Imaginative King

7/1

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Imaginative King

1970

Im Spannungsfeld

10/1

Electronic data processing is an absolute must in the Information Age. Karl Hoppe, the director of a large plant, is aware of this need for modernizat...

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Im Spannungsfeld

1982

Sabine Kleist, Aged Seven

4.917/6

Little Sabine has spent her childhood in an orphanage after her parents died in a car accident. When one of the women in charge at the orphanage, Edit...

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Sabine Kleist, Aged Seven

1975

Mein lieber Mann und ich

7/1

For her husband, who has become famous as an actor, Angelika is the go-to girl. For years, she stands in his shadow. The only things they do together...

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Mein lieber Mann und ich

1974

Love at 16

5.625/4

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 rel...

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Love at 16

1987

Zwei leere Stühle

7/1

Twelve years after graduating from high school, Helmut Hausknecht's former class is planning a class reunion. Hausknecht, still a teacher, has heart p...

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Zwei leere Stühle

1979

Einfach Blumen aufs Dach

5.375/8

Mechanic Hannes Blaschke and his wife Maxi, who works as a bus driver, have just become happy parents of twins. Now they have a serious transportation...

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Einfach Blumen aufs Dach

1980

Meines Vaters Straßenbahn

3/3

Ralph grows up in pre-war Dresden as the eldest son of a principled and orderly streetcar conductor. With the rise to power of the Nazis, the war, the...

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Meines Vaters Straßenbahn

1974

The Naked Man on the Sports Field

6.4/5

Kemmel, a sculptor with a troubled nature, wonders, as he approaches his fortieth birthday, whether he has created any truly significant work.

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The Naked Man on the Sports Field

1989

Die ehrbaren Fünf

7/1

In a small Saxon town after the Second World War, the former chimney sweep Toni tries to survive on the black market and meets the pusher Ginfizz. Tog...

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Die ehrbaren Fünf

1988

Everyone Dreams of a Horse

7/2

Everyone dreams of a horse - and especially four Kulman family children...

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Everyone Dreams of a Horse

1974

Alwin auf der Landstraße

10/1

Ironically, at the beginning of the summer holidays, Alwins strict father has grounded him to get him to improve his spelling. Alwin feels like a pris...

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Alwin auf der Landstraße

1975

Mein blauer Vogel fliegt

9/1

Based upon a true story, the movie centers on the German communist Robert, a "Kapo" in a concentration camp. When some Polish children are brought to...

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Mein blauer Vogel fliegt

1986

Pelle the Conqueror

4.75/4

From Martin Anderson Nexo's novel comes this loved story of a Swedish boy and his elderly father trying to make a better life for themselves in Denmar...

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Pelle the Conqueror

1978

Das Versteck

7/2

One year has passed since Max and Wanda got their divorce. Max has come to the realization that he wants his ex-wife back - no matter what the cost! S...

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Das Versteck

1981

When Unku was Ede's Girlfriend

8.1/5

Ede falls in love with Unku, a girl from a travelling circus. Love cannot run smoothly however because Unku is a Gypsy. Various adventures take place...

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When Unku was Ede's Girlfriend

1978

Jugendweihe

7/1

Every year in the spring the pupils of the 8th grade in the GDR receive the 'Jugendweihe' and are admitted to the circle of adults. This year, Tim is...

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Jugendweihe

1982

Der entführte Prinz

9/1

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Der entführte Prinz

1987

The Solo Sailor

6/5

Christine inherits a sailboat from her father, whom she barely knew. Christine is a divorced single mother and her job at a research insitute leaves h...

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The Solo Sailor

1978

Jörg Ratgeb, Painter

10/1

On the eve of the German Peasants' Revolt, painter Joerg Ratgeb is occupied by a crisis of his own: finding a model for a Christ figure. He sets off o...

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Jörg Ratgeb, Painter

1990

Longing

5.5/2

Ena lives on a remote farmstead. One stormy night, hydraulic engineer Sieghart appears at her door after his car gets stuck in the mud. Although Ena f...

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Longing

1985

Visiting Van Gogh

3/3

In the 22nd Century, antiquities command huge prices. A woman uses a time machine to travel back the the 19th Century in order to buy paintings from V...

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Visiting Van Gogh

1973

Ripe Cherries

8/2

Helmut Kamp, the construction brigade leader, a man no longer young, life immediately confronted several difficult and woeful problems. The birth of a...

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Ripe Cherries

1972

Despite It All!

7.167/6

October 1918: Karl Liebknecht is released from prison and Berlin workers celebrate his release. Although WWI is almost over, the German Kaiserreich in...

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Despite It All!

1971

Verspielte Heimat

8/1

The deputy editor-in-chief of an SPD newspaper in West Germany, Karl Waldner, recognizes the former Henlein leader Meißner, who is guilty of the murde...

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Verspielte Heimat

1979

P.S.

4.875/4

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.

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P.S.

1982

The Just People of Kummerow

6.667/3

In a remote Prussian village, the shepherd Krischan with his fantastic stories is the attraction point for the children. One day they experience toget...

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The Just People of Kummerow

1974

Johannes Kepler

9/1

Europe, 1620: The well-known astronomer and mathematician Johannes Kepler, who teaches as a professor in Linz, receives the message that his mother is...

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Johannes Kepler

1974

The Sinking of Emma

6.4/5

A funny adventures of a two young boys who are trying to rebuild the ship called "Emma" for their friend - the old captain.

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The Sinking of Emma

1991

Farssmann oder Zu Fuß in die Sackgasse

9/1

He could have had women, he could have climbed the ladder of his accountancy career, and he could have stood on the podium next to the highest in the...

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Farssmann oder Zu Fuß in die Sackgasse

1984

Weiberwirtschaft

0/0

Shortly after the end of World War II, young carpenter Achim is sent to a remote farm to do some repair work. Three women from different generations a...

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Weiberwirtschaft

1984

Der Lude

9/1

Berlin in the early 1930s. Bello is an unemployed young man who loves the underage Frieda. In order to earn a living for both of them, Frieda goes on...

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Der Lude

1985

Die Gänse von Bützow

10/1

In 1794 Bützow, widow Hornborstel, a top goose breeder, presses Mayor Hane to marry her. Rebuffed, he bans free‐range geese under a “goose edict.” Enr...

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Die Gänse von Bützow

1968

I Was Nineteen

7.5/23

A young soldier enters Germany with Soviet troops at the end of WWII, feeling like a stranger in his homeland. As he meets Germans, he grapples with h...

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I Was Nineteen

1975

Die eigene Haut

9/1

Eighteen-year-old Wolfgang has just passed his A-levels and still has a few months to go before he has to start his military service. Instead of sitti...

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Die eigene Haut

1987

Jan Oppen

8/1

The Oppen family has lived in Berlin, Griesener Straße, for generations. The first names of the family members are also repeated, so the grandson Jan...

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Jan Oppen

2026

Pianke

0/0

The story of a young German boy and his father who befriend a Jewish family during WWII.

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Pianke

1977

Mama, I’m Alive

4/9

In a Russian POW camp, four Germans determined to end WWII agree to pose as Red Army soldiers. Are they patriots or traitors, heroes or opportunists?...

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Mama, I’m Alive