1973

Die Hosen des Ritters von Bredow

4/3

Götz von Bredow's elk-leather trousers have their own special meaning: whoever wears them cannot come to any harm. Only they must not be washed. The m...

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Die Hosen des Ritters von Bredow

1959

Love's Confusion

4.667/6

The film tells the love story of two young couples. According to their social ranks, construction worker Edy is dating employee Siegi, while medical s...

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Love's Confusion

1965

Chronicle of a Murder

7/2

In the mid-1950s, mayor Zwischenzahl is killed on the day of his inauguration in a West German town. The killer is Ruth Bodenheim, a Jewish woman, who...

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Chronicle of a Murder

1971

Pygmalion XII

6.5/2

In Frankfurt am Main, a red sports car crashes into a wall and bursts into flames along with the driver. Erika Bongert, the owner, was not in the car...

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Pygmalion XII

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

1976

Carnations in Aspic

7/7

A commercial artist with a lisp chooses silence, unexpectedly propelling his career. His perceived innovation leads to rapid advancement in an ad agen...

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Carnations in Aspic

1970

Fatal Error

6.6/5

At the end of the 19th century, the Wyoming Oil Company has established itself in the vicinity of Wind River City at the foot of the Rocky Mountains,...

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Fatal Error

1986

Ernst Thälmann

8.5/2

This elaborate two-part television film features a section from the life of communist worker leader Ernst Thälmann. It begins with the bloody riots on...

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Ernst Thälmann

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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

1972

Prof. Dr. med. Maria Fabian

0/0

Maria and Tatjana met during the Second World War and became friends for life, especially as they had to endure difficult days together during the Hit...

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Prof. Dr. med. Maria Fabian

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

1978

Fleur Lafontaine

10/1

Berlin, 1948: Paralyzed and robbed of her memory, Fleur regains consciousness after a serious fall. The doctor treating her recognizes that her proble...

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Fleur Lafontaine

1987

Die letzte Begegnung

8/1

A German scientist drowns while on vacation in Bulgaria. The GDR state security authorities become involved in the investigation, suspecting a politic...

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Die letzte Begegnung

1975

Flowers for the Man in the Moon

10/1

Adam, Evchen, and Manni are looking at the moon through their home-made telescope. Evchen isn't interested, and dismisses the moon as a lump of cheese...

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Flowers for the Man in the Moon

1965

As Long as There’s Life in Me

10/2

This is part one of a two-part biopic about Karl Liebknecht. In 1914, Germany is arming itself for war. Karl Liebknecht, left-wing revolutionary Socia...

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As Long as There’s Life in Me

1971

Anflug Alpha 1

9/1

Experiences and problems of an air squadron: Commander Milan has reached the age limit for pilots and must come to terms with the fact that he will ha...

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Anflug Alpha 1

1973

Susanne and the Magic Ring

9/2

The twelve-year old Susanne is a dreamer and feels misunderstood by her classmates. She pours out her heart to an old lock keeper, who understands her...

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Susanne and the Magic Ring

1974

Der aufhaltsame Aufstieg des Arturo Ui

0/0

Hitler's seizure of power in 1933 and his rule in the years that followed are transferred to the North American criminal world of the 1930s in a parab...

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Der aufhaltsame Aufstieg des Arturo Ui

1966

Die Tage der Commune

0/0

Victory and demise of the first proletarian dictatorship in the history of mankind, about the struggling, bleeding workers of Paris who enthusiastical...

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Die Tage der Commune

1982

Your Unknown Brother

7/4

A communist is released from prison in 1935 Hamburg. He tries to link up with the Party again, but is unsure as to who he can trust, and has difficult...

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Your Unknown Brother

1958

The Sailor's Song

6.571/7

A film about the historical uprising of the seamen in Kiel: During the Russian October Revolution of 1917, German and Russian soldiers start to solida...

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The Sailor's Song

1980

Levin's Mill

9/1

In a small village in West Prussia in the 1870s, Germans, Poles, Gypsies and Jews live together as neighbors. One night Johann, a German mill-owner, s...

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Levin's Mill

1974

Das Schilfrohr

9/1

Her brothers and fiancé are at war. In 1944, Marta struggles alone with her gardening business. One day, a deserter turns up at her house. What to do?...

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Das Schilfrohr

1963

Prague at Zero Hour

9/1

Czech friends help refugees from Nazi Germany escape in 1939.

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Prague at Zero Hour

1976

Beethoven - Days in a Life

5.833/6

Vienna, 1813-1819: Beethoven (played by Donatas Banionis) is at the peak of his fame. Orchestras all over the world play his music, but he lives modes...

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Beethoven - Days in a Life

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

1972

Despite It All!

6.8/5

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!

1959

The Punch Bowl

8/1

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 m...

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The Punch Bowl

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

1978

Das Leben des Galileo Galilei

5/3

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1993

Dusk: 1950s East Berlin Bohemia

6/2

A documentary and film essay about the artist scene in East Berlin during the 1950s.

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Dusk: 1950s East Berlin Bohemia

1962

The Hunt for the Boot

10/1

Germany 1932, constant fights between Communists and Nazis tear the country apart. When a Communist is found dead, the police accuses another Communis...

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The Hunt for the Boot

1978

Brandstellen

9/1

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

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Brandstellen

1975

Zwischen Nacht und Tag

8/1

Episodes from the life of German poet and communist Erich Weiner: his stay in Paris, participation in the Spanish Civil War, years of exile in Russia....

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Zwischen Nacht und Tag

1976

The Sorrows of Young Werther

5.917/6

The young and rebellious Werther is passionately, but hopelessly, in love with Lotte. Although he knows that she is married to somebody who can offer...

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The Sorrows of Young Werther

1989

Die Beteiligten

10/1

The body of young Christa Gellert is fished out of the water in a small town on the Elbe in the spring of 1964. Everything points to an accident - Chr...

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Die Beteiligten

1959

Der kleine Kuno

9/1

What do grown-ups actually do at night? Little Kuno has been asking himself this question a lot lately. One day, the curious six-year-old decides to g...

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Der kleine Kuno

1961

Mother Courage and Her Children

7.25/4

During the Thirty Years' War, the camp-follower Anna Fierling, called "Mother Courage", travels the length and breadth of Europe with her covered wago...

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Mother Courage and Her Children

1961

Der Arzt von Bothenow

8/1

The son of a working-class man, Harry Brenner studied medicine at the ABF and quickly made a career as a doctor in Berlin. His lifestyle and his deman...

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Der Arzt von Bothenow

1961

The Dream of Captain Loy

8/1

An American military plane takes six people, who have taken part in a NATO maneuver, from Tripoli to Oslo. Among them are the British Captain Loy and...

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The Dream of Captain Loy

1961

Eine Handvoll Noten

8/1

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 study mu...

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Eine Handvoll Noten

1960

Wo der Zug nicht lange hält

7/1

In a small town, a brigade is working on the construction of a new cultural center. Gerhard loves Karin, the daughter of brigadier Franz, who is not t...

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Wo der Zug nicht lange hält

1962

Freispruch mangels Beweises

8/1

The democratic Munich journalist and editor-in-chief of the "Südkurier" newspaper, Alexander Steinhorst, has reached the pinnacle of social reputation...

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Freispruch mangels Beweises

1969

Androcles and the Lion

7/1

Rome at the time of the persecution of Christians: Androclus, a poor tailor, frees a lion in the forest from terrible pain caused by a thorn in his pa...

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Androcles and the Lion

1980

Godfather Death

7/2

Once upon a time, there was a poor farmer who had thirteen children. Since the farmer was so poor, there was never anything left for the youngest of t...

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Godfather Death

1979

Alaska-Kids großer Coup

0/0

The hunt for gold - that is the motive that leads different types of adventurers to the gold mining town of Dawson in Alaska. The main characters in t...

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Alaska-Kids großer Coup