Maly Delschaft

At the height of Reign of Terror Maximilien Robespierre orchestrates the trial and execution of several of his fellow leading French revolutionaries including Georges Danton.

An aging doorman, after being fired from his prestigious job at a luxurious hotel is forced to face the scorn of his friends, neighbours and society.

Witwer mit fünf Töchtern

Two Among Millions

A taxi driver in Berlin refuses to give up his horse and switch to motor transport.

Hamburg, Germany 1934: An executioner is needed. Teetjen makes the biggest mistake of his life. Because his butcher shop is facing bankruptcy, he agrees to execute a group of political prisoners for the Nazis. Once this becomes known, Teetjen’s life falls apart.

Paradies der Junggesellen

The brothers Theo and Gustav Benthin pull profits through smuggling in divided Germany: Theo in the West and Gustav in the East. The East German police catch on quickly, however, and Gustav is arrested. The small band of smugglers disperses, with Gustav’s chauffer Peter Naumann fleeing to the West and his sister choosing the East after struggling to find work and lodging in the West.

Professor Sonnenbruck is a scientist who is not particularly interested in politics. Even the meeting in 1943 with his former assistant Peters does not change him. He does not betray Peters, who has escaped from a concentration camp, but that is already enough for him. But after the war Sonnenrbruck gets into a conflict of conscience. He thought that science was finally free of politics again only to find the opposite happening at his university in Göttingen. A medical congress in the GDR brings him together with Peters, who is working on a major research contract there. Sonnenbruck decides to visit Peters.

Berlin 1952, seven years after WWII. Four women are looking for a good man and happiness in the divided city. Their destinies are loosely connected through one person: the West Berlin dandy and womanizer, Conny.

Anna Susanna

Die goldene Spinne

In 1523, young Thomas Müntzer arrives with his wife Ottilie in the Thuringian village Allstedt to assume the rectorate. As a follower of Luther′s teachings, he finds in the Bible not only reasons for clerical, but also for secular reforms. But when Luther turns away from the rural population after a discord with Müntzer, it is Müntzer who becomes the peoples′ spokesman. He is forced to go to Southern Germany, where he convenes with revolting farmers. But his way leads him back to Thuringia. In 1525, he and Heinrich Pfeiffer form the centre of the Thuringian peasant uprising in Mühlhausen, but their success is diminished by the fact that peasants and craftsmen don′t seem to be able to work together. In Frankenhausen, Müntzer becomes the leader of a peasants′ army that is set to fighting the ruler′s army – and sustains a devastating loss. Müntzer is arrested and sentenced to death by decapitation for his insurgency.

Emilia Galotti

Duty Is Duty

Die Jungen von Kranichsee

The underage Rosemarie is still too young to run her inherited farm by herself; but she's more than aware that her foster father and the farm's administrator, the farmer Schlieker, is constantly skimming from the farm's finances to line his own pocket. To put an end to Schlieker's scheme, Rosemarie asks her godfather, Professor Kittgus, for help. But when Kittgus confronts Schlieker, the farmer not only proves to be unreasonable but also violent...

Directed by Martin Berger.

Siegmund Meyer might be a professional matchmaker, but his own married bliss will not come that easily. In order to impress city councillor Goebel, the father of Meyer's love interest Mary, he tries to pass as an industrial tycoon. But Mary's heart belongs to someone else, and while Meyer continues his risky role-changing, he fails to notice that his loyal secretary Ms. Krause has been secretly in love with him for a long time.

Straw widower

Mit den Augen einer Frau

Die große Nummer

Ein Blick zurück

Meine Frau macht Musik

The murderer “Boss” Huller – after having spent ten years in prison – breaks his silence to tell the warden his story.

Nur nicht weich werden, Susanne!

Dr. Blum, a Jewish manufacturer, is falsely accused of a murder. Even when the real killer’s identity becomes evident, the state prosecutor refuses to accept Blum’s innocence.

Young Veronika travels from her Tyrolean village to her aunt’s Viennese apartment for her confirmation. The aunt’s flighty nature and her profession as a prostitute leave her niece in the company of men who assume she is just another new girl on offer.

Star mit fremden Federn

Menschen von Budapest

Der Hahn im Korb

Vor Gott und den Menschen

Film by Fred Sauer.

Film by Fred Sauer.

Film by Heuberger.

Die Wiskottens

Sündenbabel

Wilhelm Tell

The girl Marianne inherited a motorboat called “Eintracht” from her parents and struggled to get her to drive it with her uncle. There is a row with the new engineer Michel the evening after the first trip. He leaves - out of jealousy. Instead of him, Marianne takes three funny musicians with her who are looking for work. The trip to Hamburg on the Elbe initially ends on a sandbank, from which another barge, the "Petrel", frees them. Michel has now been hired there. After a few complications and pointless fights, because Marianne has long been in love with Michel, there is the well-deserved happy ending.

Petronella - Das Geheimnis der Berge

Unter Ausschluß der Öffentlichkeit

When I Came Back

Die Kleine und ihr Kavalier

Die da unten

Wenn Du eine Tante hast

Die drei Portiermädel

A film based on the story of the Tyrolean innkeeper and patriot Andreas Hofer who led an Austrian uprising against Bavarian and French troops during the Napoleonic Wars.

Das Recht zu leben

Die eiserne Braut

Jagd auf Menschen

Angelika

Ja, so ein Mädchen mit sechzehn

Ich war ein häßliches Mädchen

Die Anne-Liese von Dessau

A wealthy skirt-chasing drunkard marries a simple country gal, yet he doesn't take time off from his regular 'affairs'.

Die Dame und ihr Friseur

Das Schicksal derer von Habsburg

13-year old Thomas Berndorf, the son of the rich business man Alexander Berndorf, becomes friends with Hannes Wille, whose father works as foreman. They get to know each because Hannes sometimes is allowed to polish Berndorf′s Mercedes 300. They make a bet whose mother is the most beautiful. Hannes assumes that Mrs. Berndorf is only admired for her expensive jewellery. Thus, he suggests that Thomas should steal a collier from his mother. Out of solidarity, he also robs a golden brooch from his mother. At home at the Berndorfs, a severe crisis threatens Thomas′s parents′ "marriage of convenience", and financial hardships are following on the theft.

Film by Helmut Schneider.

Nur eine Frau

Dudu, a Human Destiny

A triangle drama involving a female circus owner's favor has consequences. Paula Busch, the grande dame of German circus, depicts a story from the world of artists, tents and wagons. Deutsche Kinemathek holds a 35 mm print of the film.

Based on the play of the same name by Oskar Blumenthal and Gustav Kadelburg.

Liebe geht seltsame Wege

Der Mann ohne Schlaf

Eros in Ketten

Der Mann auf dem Kometen

Die Ausgestoßenen

On a barren and stormy island, fishing families eke out a meager existence on what they can catch during summer, and what washes ashore during winter. But little has been washing ashore of late, and their situation worsens. Elders recall how twenty years ago, when the lighthouse keeper’s beacon went dark, a cargo ship broke apart on the cliffs. It proved a bountiful accident for the fishermen. Today people on the island view the conscientious lighthouse keepers with evil hungry eyes...

At the center of this social satire is the wealthy and bored couple Irene and Erik. When Erik meets Hilde, who comes from a humble background, one evening in a chic club, he sees an opportunity for the couple to sexually spice up their worn-out relationship and to escape through a ménage à trois.

Das Recht der Ungeborenen

Casanovas Erbe

German film

Adventures of a Ten Mark Note

A woman who has inherited hemophilia is rejected by her doctor fiance after he finds out about her illness. Fearing rejection, she hides it from her new husband, a wealthy older banker.

Short film about cheap housing

Deutscher Filmpreis