In a strict Prussian boarding school for girls, sensitive student Manuela von Meinhardis develops a forbidden love to one of her teachers, the...

A mineral is discovered which can turn metal to gold or humans into zombies. When the mineral is stolen, secret agents are sent in to get the mineral...

A Nazi's fiancee helps an escaped U.S. soldier, then meets him in postwar Berlin.

When the wife of Sebastian Schumann left her family, he told his little daughter that her mother has died, because he thought that this was the...

The Mysteries of a Hairdresser’s Shop describes the absurd goings-on of a by no means ordinary hair salon, where men with great beards wait in...

While Eva is in the hospital after an accident, her son, Peter, goes in search of his long-missing father. Learning he has died, Peter then prepares...

Hamburg, Germany 1934: An executioner is needed. Teetjen makes the biggest mistake of his life. Because his butcher shop is facing bankruptcy, he...

The Italian mountaineer Carel wants to be the first man to stand on the top of the Matterhorn. Since the climb is very difficult, he agrees to try it...

Drama based on a play by Friedrich Wolf. Hete is pregnant, hoping to have a family with her fiancé Paul. When the factory where she and Paul...

Heinz Erhardt wanders through the Black Forest as a photographer for a magazine. On the train he meets a young girl who from now on does not leave...

Director Wolfgang Staudte who left East Germany in 1953 to make movies in West Germany, takes a few swipes at the West German judicial system in this...

Willi Böck never wanted trouble—he just wanted a quiet life. But when his clumsy antics and well-meaning schemes go hilariously wrong,...

Intended as a light farce this comedy by Luigi Commencini is a little plodding in its story about a bank manager who has had it with his...

Because the soulful county doctor in a small spa town in the mountains has interfered with the business of selling "healing waters", he incurs the...

The reporter Peter Zabel stumbles upon the sinking of the luxury yacht Orplid in Hamburg on August 14, 1949. The ship went down with a wedding party...

In a district of a small, German principality, things are going haywire. And this, even though Baron von Wehrhahn, who is loyal to the prince, does...

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

To escape dreary country life, a count travels to Italy with a friend every year. Instead of the alleged purchase of horses, the reason he gives to...

Diederich Heßling is scared of everything and everyone. But as he grows up, he comes to realize that he has to offer his services to the...

A scullery maid manages to con her way into being adopted by a wealthy factory owner and frees his nephew from an expensive girlfriend.

Helene has agreed to marry a man that she isn't in love with. On the day of her wedding her cousin arrives just in time to rescue her and they run...

A female spy accepts a bid by an arms dealer in order to find out if wife is unfaithful to him.

German silent film

In the Danish port city of Belgesund, the caretaker of a private high school has fallen victim to murder. Detective Thomsen takes on the case and...

A crazed scientist murders his wife, walls her up, then flees. A reporter sets out to track him down. Remake of Unheimliche Geschichten (Richard...

Two former lovers start a new relationship.

"A woman must forgive everything"- Brunhilde's parents expects her to marry Mr. Kuhn. To avoid this Brunhilde makes plans with her lover and piano...

After fleeing from East Prussia, waitress Ännchen has found a new home in a West German wine town. She looks after a young war orphan. One day...

Heads Up, Charley is a 1927 German silent comedy film directed by Willi Wolff and starring Ellen Richter, Anton Pointner, and Michael Bohnen. Marlene...

First adaptation of Hans Fallada's novel of the same name.

A traumatized man returning home from war discovers that his wife has slipped into the underclass.

The race car drivers Robert Wenck and Kurt Harder are good friends. They become rivals when it appears that Robert is married to Eva. Eva was the...

A man searches for a cursed emerald belonging to his ancestor. Lost film, minor fragments survive

A diabolical tale of romance, murder, and mistaken identity as a treacherous terrorist organization hunts an enemy agent with the intention of...

The doctor Ada Haller pursues a successful career as a scientist, in which she comes more and more into conflict with her marriage and the role...

The niece and nephew of an eccentric millionaire try to get a share of the now deceased millionaire's inheritance from his adopted son who delights...

Story of a young ballet student in Denmark who succeeds despite her mother’s objections.

Ein Heim für Tiere is a German television series.

Ich heirate eine Familie is a German television series.