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- Abandoned in the woods, a little puppy makes friends with six rabbit siblings.
- During WW2, German general Harry Harras is a test pilot and chief engineer for the Luftwaffe but his contempt for the Nazis and sabotage at the aircraft plant land him in hot water with the Gestapo.
- A young shoemaker is arrested for stealing a small amount of money, and is released after being jailed for 15 years. He wants to have a pass to get a job and start anew, but without a job he doesn't get a pass; and without a pass, he doesn't get a job. He gets into the net of Prussian bureaucracy, and can't see a solution. Until he enters a small Second-Hand Shop, and sees a Prussian Uniform that fits him like a second skin...
- 1951. Drama. Stars, Bonar Colleano, Barbara Kelly, Eva Bartok, and Gina Lollobrigida. When an Englishman leaves America to enlist in the RAF, his grueling combat experiences result in a loss of memory.
- A redhead, approaching forty, is bored with her husband and with life in general. Having an affair with another man fails to produce the excitement she is craving. So she leaves Germany, seeking adventure and fulfillment in Venice, where she finds work in a hotel. Initially, life seems more interesting, and she has new romantic adventures. But when she realizes that her British lover is merely using her for a personal vendetta against a German Nazi, she finds herself running away once again.
- Helga is a young single lady who has a baby with a much older married man.
- A very proper young woman is horrified to discover not only that her mother once worked as a prostitute in order to support her, but that she later became a whorehouse madam rather than give up the business.
- An interpretation of Hamlet finds the heir Claudius Steel Works struggling with his mother's to uncle Van Eyk in a sterile industrial post-WW2 West Germany.
- The movie reports the historical story of Schinderhannes, based on a play by Carl Zuckmayr. Johannes Bückler, this his real name, led a band of brigands in the Hunsrück mountains during Napoleonic times.
- It is the story of the famous British train robbery from the 1960s, told in almost documentary style from the view of the robbers.
- In Hamburg, the ex-captain Jonny Jensen runs the bar "Das Herz von St. Pauli". Business is not going well. Jensen is forced to enroll the shade "Jabo" Jabowski as a business partner. Jabo brings in contraband and store it in the cellar, he renovates the bar area and turns into a nightclub with young girls performing.
- After escaping from a nearby mental institution, a violent lunatic and sexual deviant terrorizes a group of seniors at their end-of-the-year high school dance.
- Dr. Danwitz (Karlheinz Böhm) and Dr. Hauser are assistant doctors at a hospital and they are not getting paid for their work, like it was usual in the Fifties of post-war Germany. While Dr. Danwitz' wife Edith (Marianne Koch) is working part- time as a model to bring home some money, Dr. Hauser has to drive a taxi at night for his living. When Edith' superior Mrs. Hambach (Heidemarie Hatheyer) finds out that she is pregnant, she doesn't want to have the child, because her husband is stepping out on her for so many times. After all Edith finds out that she is pregnant herself and she tells Mrs. Hambach that she can't go on working as a model, although there won't be any income for the Danwitzes anymore. Mrs. Hambach, very desperate, takes the chance and offers Dr. Danwitz and Dr. Hauser a very large amount of money for giving her an illegal abortion. But then something terrible happens.
- Carefully chronicling in great detail the early years of Hitler s life and the events that shaped him into the zealous leader of Germany. This documentary offers a critical insight into the stealthy rise of the Nazi party and how it s racist vision of the world slowly took hold in a disillusioned Germany.
- In Vienna in 1815. A lovely corset-maker fell madly in love with a so-called first valet.
- When a parcel filled with cash is mixed up with a wrapped sandwich two accountants must follow their boss to Hamburg's red-light district to hand over the money, losing lots of it on the way to scheming con men and greedy girls.
- A talented young musician for the first time meets his real father, a famous orchestra conductor, and finds he will have to make a decision where his future lies: in the business of his step-father or with the music and his biological father.
- Mr. Schumann tells his little daughter a lot of lies about himself, so she can be proud of her father.
- Impresario Zwickel fears for the preview of his new operetta. One day remains to complete the fragmentary opus and the complete finale is still missing.
- Astrid Seibel is currently on an unbelievable streak of bad luck: Her husband Robert left her for a younger girl, but does not dream of paying maintenance regularly for their daughters Imke and Luzie; and now of all times she is losing her job. All that remains is the hope of winning the lottery. And luck does indeed seem to be smiling at her: Astrid actually has 6 correct numbers in the current draw and is therefore a millionaire. Or better said: would be a millionaire if her friend Karin had thought of the receipt when she handed in the lottery ticket. But she lost it - and someone else found her. With so much bad luck in the game, Astrid seems to be lucky at least in love: She meets the attractive pharmaceutical salesman Felix Michels. The single widower didn't really believe in love anymore - until Astrid came into his life. The two immediately fall in love. Astrid's children and the family dog Anton also like Felix; And so nothing really stands in the way of a happy relationship - if it weren't for winning the lottery. Because Felix, of all people, found the bill that would free him from all money worries. And when he finally finds out to whom he owes the unexpected financial blessing, it is already too late: Astrid's ex-husband has already given her the name of the finder. A world collapses for Astrid, and Felix really has to come up with something to win back Astrid, who was extremely disappointed.
- When a composer is murdered and leaves his work unfinished, his apprentice and a singer must decide who is to blame.
- Gabriela once a famous singer who enjoyed great success. She married, had a daughter Andrea, but pursued her career. Now that Andrea has matured into a young woman, Gabriela is overwhelmed by maternal remorse.
- A group of men, women and Kristl with his camera debate how to resist authority in all its forms. All cinematic professionalism is avoided as Kristl explores how to live and make films politically. The film starts with a fire and filmmakers Jean-Marie-Straub and Danièl Huillet appear surrounded by smoke heralding the burning of Munich and end of capitalism. Kristl thought this would be his last film after being crushed by the conformist and middle class society of the time, conjuring up by the image of Spanish architect Gaudi left to die in the street after being hit by a tram.
- Set in German-occupied France in 1944 where a female resistance operative and a German army officer fall in love.
- Adapted from a stage play by Curt J. Braun, the film takes place in a mid-sized German industrial town. When the local factory closes its doors, the townsfolk are thrown into confusion and dismay. The story concentrates on a dozen laid-off workers, relating their individual life stories and detailing their hopes, aspiration and fears.
- "Derby -- The Producer's Cut" is the essential slice-in-time cinema-verite film about the original American family action sport Roller Derby and its stars Charlie O'Connell and Ann Calvello as they dazzle fans across the country with their nonpareil skating and derring-do. The documentary Produced by William Richert, Photographed and directed by Robert Kaylor, follows a common man anti-hero, a young Dayton Ohio factory worker named Mike Snell who dreams about quitting his factory tire job and joining the Roller Derby to save his life and his family. Hailed by the NYTIMES and others as one of the 10 Best Films of the Year, lauded 4 Stars by Roger Ebert, the movie remains the best ever about the sport in the 1970's even as roller Derby Impresario and founder Jerry Seltzer leads the packs of tens of thousands of new skaters rolling world wide. "Amazing," says the CEO Mr. Seltzer. 'ONE OF THE YEARS TEN BEST' Proclaimed the NY Times. "FOUR STARS!" - Roger Ebert -- "DERBY...perhaps tells more about the state of the country today than all the 'Easy Riders' 'Medium Cools' and 'Joes' put together...the film is a kind of guided tour of Middle America -- it doesn't tell whee it's at, it shows where it's at, geographically and spiritually...a riveting piece of cinema-verite America." Oakland Tribune.
- The young and not particularly successful dancer Katrin, a "third from the right" showgirl, finally get her act together to grab that great career she deserves. But there are many obstacles on the way to success.
- After years of silence Thomas remeets his great love Petra and is devastated: She has married his best friend Christoph. Thomas remains friendly but secretly schemes to denigrate Christoph as a criminal and thus reclaim the woman he loves.
- Kätchen participates in an open casting, but famous actor Georg dismisses her as talent-less. She swears revenge and convincingly disguises as a homeless single mother in distress, evoking first his pity, then paternal instinct and love.
- Two young students, a man and a woman, rent the same appartment without knowing it. They have to arrange with their upcoming feelings, strange neighbours and poverty.
- Two GIs haven fallen in love with "Fräuleins", decide to stay in Germany and open a typically American drugstore in the center of the small town where their girlfriends live.
- Conservative dancing instructor Irene fears her school will be impounded. To raise cash she reluctantly agrees to manage a notorious night club she might inherit. Will the very attentive Dr. Maybach be a suitable business partner for her?