1971

Verwandte und Bekannte

10/1

Using the example of three generations of a Hamburg working class family, the rise of the working class from the founding of the Wilhelmin Empire to t...

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Verwandte und Bekannte

1973

Zement

9/1

Early 1921: a man is on his way home. Gleb Chumalov, regimental commander, worker and Hero of the Order of the Red Banner, returns to his home town fr...

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Zement

1990

Imaginative King

7/1

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Imaginative King

1971

Optimistische Tragödie

0/0

During the October Revolution in 1917 the Bolshevik Party appointed a woman commissioner of the “Free Anarchist-Revolutionary Section”. This regiment...

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Optimistische Tragödie

1987

Künstler, König und Modell

0/0

Johann Gottfried Schadow is only in his early twenties when he is put in charge of the royal sculptor's workshop in Prussia's capital Berlin. He is su...

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Künstler, König und Modell

1986

Die Weihnachtsklempner

7/3

Plumber Martin and his younger colleague Frank are on call on Christmas Eve of all days. Frank's girlfriend Regina, who is expecting her first baby at...

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Die Weihnachtsklempner

1982

Familie Rechlin

10/1

Berlin in the 60s. The construction of the Berlin Wall not only divides the city, but also separates the Rechlin family. While mother Ingelore lives w...

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Familie Rechlin

1989

Späte Ankunft

10/1

In 1896 the Berlin noble doctor Dr. Wilhelm Holtfreter takes over his well-to-do wife Mathilde and takes over the country doctor's office in the Pruss...

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Späte Ankunft

1975

The Black Mill

6/3

Driven by need and a thirst for knowledge, Krabat wanders through the impoverished country and falls under the control of the "black miller". Krabat d...

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The Black Mill

1973

Der wunderbare Schatz

0/0

The Kazakh shepherd Bair finds a fabulous treasure in the steppe: a stone pot that doubles everything you put in it. Bair is a poor man without rights...

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Der wunderbare Schatz

1986

Das Buschgespenst

9/1

In the forests of the Ore Mountains, on the border with Bohemia, a gang of smugglers is up to mischief. Anyone who dares to oppose them is murdered in...

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Das Buschgespenst

1989

Two Strange Characters

5.833/6

The two computer specialists Frank and Kamminke are not the type of citizens the party likes. Thus they are sent to the landscape where they still fin...

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Two Strange Characters

1985

Unternehmen Geigenkasten

9/1

Ten-year-old Ole is full of mischief. He attempts to fly and is hospitalized with a broken leg. When he sees a Sherlock Holmes movie on TV, however, h...

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Unternehmen Geigenkasten

1978

Dwarf Nose

4/3

Jakob, the son of a market woman, helps an old woman carry the groceries home one day. But the old woman turns out to be a herb witch. She enchants Ja...

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Dwarf Nose

1980

Backhouse Bliss

7/2

Karl Erp is a middle-aged man with two children and a boring marriage. After starting an exciting affair with his intern, Miss Broder, he leaves his l...

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Backhouse Bliss

1979

Für Mord kein Beweis

5/4

After a fierce argument Steffi Zinn′s husband leaves the joint flat and stays away from home over night. The next morning, his wife Steffi has disappe...

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Für Mord kein Beweis

1966

Reise ins Ehebett

5/5

The captain of a ship of the merchant navy is always on the move because of his job – and has a different girlfriend in every harbour. But his friends...

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Reise ins Ehebett

1980

Next Year at Lake Balaton

4.962/13

Jonas and Ines are in love and want to spend their vacation together camping on the Baltic coast. But Ines’s narrow-minded parents intervene and insis...

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Next Year at Lake Balaton

1973

No Cheating, Darling

5.5/2

For some time now, the residents of the placid little village of Sonnenthal talk only about one topic: Football! The ambitious mayor wants to promote...

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No Cheating, Darling

1968

The Russians Are Coming

5.722/9

It’s the spring of 1945 in a small resort town on the Baltic. Günter is 16 and firmly believes that the Germans will win the war. During the hunt for...

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The Russians Are Coming

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

1988

Die Weihnachtsgans Auguste

6.3/5

The opera singer Ludwig Löwenhaupt wants a proper festive roast for Christmas, so he buys a goose in advance to feed the whole family. What he doesn't...

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Die Weihnachtsgans Auguste

1985

Hälfte des Lebens

4.417/6

This tragic love story relates ten decisive years in the life of the great Romantic poet Friedrich Hölderlin, played by a young Ulrich Mühe.

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Hälfte des Lebens

2002

Ein Sack voll Geld

7.5/2

Nice gift: Shortly before Christmas loses parcel delivery Wolfgang Paschke the debit card, the driver's license and his job. Famously, he also stumble...

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Ein Sack voll Geld

1981

Die Gäste der Mathilde Lautenschläger

7/2

Katrin and Dieter really want a new car, but don't have enough money. They therefore decide to host Aunt Mathilde's 60th birthday party and invite all...

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Die Gäste der Mathilde Lautenschläger

1989

Großer Frieden

0/0

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Großer Frieden

1991

The Light of Love

7/3

804, Thuringia. An orphan boy, called Bengel, lives in a monastery and is teased by the nuns because of his ugliness. He nurses a black rider, who is...

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The Light of Love

1983

Island of Swans

7.071/7

Fourteen-year-old Stefan Kolbe, along with his mother and sister, moves from an idyllic small town to the developing area of Berlin-Marzahn, where his...

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Island of Swans

1976

Wer das Unglück meistert, findet das Glück

0/0

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Wer das Unglück meistert, findet das Glück

1985

Die dritte Frau

0/0

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Die dritte Frau

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

1981

On Probation

6.4/5

Nina Kern, a divorced woman in her late twenties, will soon be fully deprived of her custody rights for her three children, who already reside in a ho...

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On Probation

1984

Der Mann mit dem Ring im Ohr

7/1

For years, the carpenter Tillmann Rutenschneider has moved around. In 1932, at the age of thirty, he returns to his village in the Mark Brandenburg wi...

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Der Mann mit dem Ring im Ohr

1971

Do You Know Urban?

10/1

Hoffi is starting fresh after his release from prison. He travels with his brother to different construction sites in search of Urban, an acquaintance...

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Do You Know Urban?

1981

Asta, mein Engelchen

10/1

Old Otto Gratzick is a porter at DEFA and a great admirer of Asta Nielsen. When the famous actor Hermann Gschwindner dies shortly before the end of hi...

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Asta, mein Engelchen

1980

Die Schmuggler von Rajgrod

7/1

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 on the P...

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Die Schmuggler von Rajgrod

1982

The Fat Tilla

5.8/10

Two girls experience dislike at first sight because of their differences. Then they sort things out.

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The Fat Tilla

1975

Man against Man

7.5/2

Robert and Michael meet on their return from captivity. They discover that they are both married to the same woman: After Robert was pronounced dead,...

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Man against Man

1989

Ein brauchbarer Mann

9/1

Young Uli Merkel is an engineer and inventor. He has a wife and child and is primarily interested in his career. One day, he receives a strange assign...

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Ein brauchbarer Mann

1991

Dancing at the Dump

6/2

The tragic love story between 17 year-old Gerat Lauter, who is in search of the truth, and his much older teacher Claudia, as it becomes a criminal ca...

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Dancing at the Dump

1965

Terra incognita

10/1

Film by Hanns Anselm Perten.

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Terra incognita

1985

Es steht der Wald so schweigend

9/1

The young forester Rudolf is released from a mental hospital after suffering from a mental illness. His widowed mother accompanies the taciturn son to...

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Es steht der Wald so schweigend

1981

Martin XIII.

7.5/2

The oceans seem to be the Nehls' second home. But there is one exception that Grandpa Nehl, alias Martin XI, captain of a training sailing ship, is no...

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Martin XIII.

1990

Pause für Wanzka

7/1

Shortly before his retirement, Gustav Wanzka wants to return to his beloved profession as a teacher after years of working as a district school inspec...

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Pause für Wanzka

1977

Goldene Zeiten - Feine Leute

0/0

Historical television comedy around Friedrich Alfred Krupp, whose connection to the imperial court and the influence of Kaiser Wilhelm II. to the Krup...

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Goldene Zeiten - Feine Leute

1980

Grenadier Wordelmann

0/0

1780: When farmer Schmitzdorff in Wust, Brandenburg, is denied permission to marry his stepdaughter Sophie, he goes to Potsdam to obtain permission fr...

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Grenadier Wordelmann

1989

Konstantin und Alexander

0/0

Alexander sits in the pub and wants to be left alone. The fake sailor Konstantin sits in the pub because he can't leave his fellow men alone. That eve...

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Konstantin und Alexander

1977

Second Love - Volunteer

0/0

A mechanic, Peter Papenbold, is giving all his free time to volunteer in the children's sport school. When he's asked to switch to teaching permanentl...

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Second Love - Volunteer

1986

Sagenhaftes vom Petermännchen

0/0

Every hundred years, the Petermännchen has the chance to be released from his enchantment. This time everything seems to go well. The story tells how...

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Sagenhaftes vom Petermännchen

1991

Der Zwerg im Kopf

5/3

Anna is an only child and the child of divorced parents. Her parents get along reasonably well and are quite considerate toward Anna. One day, she dis...

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Der Zwerg im Kopf