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- DirectorVolker SchlöndorffStarsDavid BennentMario AdorfAngela WinklerIn 1924, Oskar Matzerath is born in the Free City of Danzig. At age three, he falls down a flight of stairs and stops growing. In 1939, World War II breaks out.
- DirectorHelena HufnagelStarsKaroline SchuchFabian OehlDunja Bengsch'Willa, why are we here?'(quote, Stephen King`s Willa) For only one dollar Stephen King offers his short stories to film students all around the world. We took this chance and picked the most beautiful Dollar-Baby: Willa.
- DirectorÉric RohmerStarsEdith CleverBruno GanzEdda SeippelA German Marquise has to deal with a pregnancy she cannot explain and an infatuated Russian Count.
- DirectorIstván SzabóStarsHelen MirrenMartina GedeckKároly EperjesAn author forms a strange bond with her eccentric maid that will have a lasting effect on both women.
- DirectorIstván SzabóStarsKlaus Maria BrandauerErland JosephsonIldikó BánságiA man's story parallels Hitler's rise. Austrian Klaus Schneider, wounded in World War I, recovers in the care of Dr. Emil Bettleheim. Bettleheim discovers that Schneider possesses powers of empathy and of clairvoyance, such that could aid suicidal patients. After the war, with one friend as his manager and another as his lover, Schneider changes his name to Eric Jan Hanussen and goes to Berlin, as a hypnotist and clairvoyant performing in halls and theaters. He always speaks the truth, which brings him to the attention of powerful Nazis. He predicts their rise (good propaganda for them) and their violence (not so good). He's in pain and at risk. What is Hanussen's future?
- DirectorIstván SzabóStarsKlaus Maria BrandauerHans Christian BlechArmin Mueller-StahlSet during the fading glory of the Austro-Hungarian empire, the film tells of the rise and fall of Alfred Redl (Brandauer), an ambitious young officer who proceeds up the ladder to become head of the Secret Police only to become ensnared in political deception.
- DirectorPál FejösRené StiStarsAnnabellaGustav FröhlichMarcel VibertFrench version of the Austrian film Sonnenstrahl: a young woman full of despair comforts a lonely unemployed man who was going to drown himself.Together they find ways to make money and they become a couple.
- DirectorGustav UcickyStarsMarianne KochClaus HolmHelen Vita
- DirectorLadislao VajdaStarsHeinz RühmannSigfrit SteinerSiegfried LowitzHaving doubts about the guilt of the obvious suspect in the murder of an eight year old girl, a police detective decides to investigate the case on his own.
- DirectorSándor SzalkayStarsSiegfried RauchJohn JürgensJenny JürgensThe German national swim team is on their way to an international contest against Hungary. A busload of young kids is looking forward to a week of fun in the "Paris of the East". But when top swimmer Peter falls in love with a Hungarian girl, Sigi, the coach knows that he's heading for trouble.
- DirectorAdrian GoigingerStarsVerena AltenbergerJeremy MilikerLukas MikoSeven year old Adrian is growing up in the underground drug scene of the Austrian city Salzburg, famous for culture and classical music.
- DirectorEdgar ReitzStarsJan Dieter SchneiderAntonia BillMaximilian ScheidtJakob longs for a new life for himself and his troubled family in Brazil.
- DirectorUlf MieheStarsDieter LaserMarie-Christine BarraultJohannes SchaafThis is the story of John Glueckstadt, released from the prison he was named after. He tries to find his place in society again. The townpeople provoke him, stalk him and would like to get rid of him. This world becomes a second prison for him. His desperate attemps to live as others do result in unemployment and misery. Unfortunate circumstances such as the death of his wife make him all the more decide to emigrate with his child to America.
- DirectorSimon VerhoevenStarsSenta BergerHeiner LauterbachFlorian David FitzWhen a well-off Munich family takes in Diallo, a refugee from Nigeria, he soon makes friends among the family members, but they are tested when they must face racism, bureaucracy, and terror suspicions because of him.
- DirectorSteve SekelyStarsCurt BoisDolly HaasAdele SandrockMistaking it for his chewing gum Curt swallows the diamond he has been working on in the jeweler's shop. The owner and some gangsters threaten to have it cut out of him. Curt's girlfriend Dolly tries to prevent the worst.
- DirectorMarco KreuzpaintnerStarsRobert StadloberKostja UllmannMiriam MorgensternA close friendship between two crew teammates is tested when one slowly discovers he's gay and attracted to the other.
- DirectorJosef HaderStarsJosef HaderPia HierzeggerGeorg FriedrichWhen Georg loses his job, he conceals the fact from his younger wife Johanna, who wants a child with him. Instead, he embarks upon a campaign of revenge against his former boss and begins to renovate a roller-coaster with an old school friend.
- DirectorFlorian GallenbergerStarsUlrich TukurDaniel BrühlSteve BuscemiA true-story account of a German businessman who saved more than 200,000 Chinese during the Nanjing massacre in 1937-38.
- DirectorSimon CurtisStarsHelen MirrenRyan ReynoldsDaniel BrühlMaria Altmann, an octogenarian Jewish refugee, takes on the Austrian government to recover artwork she believes rightfully belongs to her family.
- DirectorErnst MarischkaStarsRomy SchneiderKarlheinz BöhmMagda SchneiderIn the first of a trilogy of movies about Elisabeth "Sissi" of Austria, the vibrant young princess catches the eye of her sister's fiancé, Emperor Franz Josef.
- DirectorMichael HanekeStarsArno FrischAngela WinklerUlrich MüheA 14-year-old video enthusiast obsessed with violent films decides to make one of his own and show it to his parents, with tragic results.
- DirectorMichael HanekeStarsBranko SamarovskiJudit PogányThierry van WervekeThe disabled ex-soldier Andreas Pum lost a leg for emperor and fatherland. After leaving the army he receives a license and a drehorgel. One day he gets into a controversy with a well-dressed gentleman, disturbs the public order, and hits a policeman. Andreas Pum goes to jail, loses his license, and becomes toilet guard in the Cafe Halali after his release. Only at the moment of death does he recognize that he was always too decent and too obedient.
- DirectorMichael HanekeStarsGabriel Cosmin UrdesLukas MikoOtto Grünmandl71 scenes revolving around a recent immigrant, a couple that has just adopted a daughter, a college student and a lonely old man.
- DirectorMichael HanekeStarsSusanne LotharUlrich MüheArno FrischTwo violent young men take a mother, father, and son hostage in their vacation cabin and force them to play sadistic "games" with one another for their own amusement.
- DirectorMichael HanekeStarsJuliette BinocheThierry NeuvicJosef BierbichlerA young man harasses a homeless woman, another man protests, the police arrest both and the woman has to leave the country. What were their various story-lines leading up to this event?
- DirectorThomas SchlammeStarsJoanna GoingSabrina GrdevichCarlos JacottThree old friends must come to grips with the fact that at thirty, they are truly grown up and must set about dealing with their love lives and living situations.
- DirectorNicholas StollerStarsKristen BellJason SegelPaul RuddDevastated Peter takes a Hawaiian vacation in order to deal with the recent break-up with his TV star girlfriend, Sarah. Little does he know, Sarah's traveling to the same resort as her ex - and she's bringing along her new boyfriend.
- DirectorAnne Zohra BerrachedStarsJulia JentschBjarne MädelJohanna GastdorfAt work, Astrid is admired by her fans as a famous cabaret artist and privately a second child is on road to complete her family happiness.
- DirectorKai WesselStarsIvo PietzckerSebastian KochJule HermannA Yenish boy experiences the Nazi euthanasia program while he is in a mental hospital.
- DirectorFrançois OzonStarsPierre NineyPaula BeerErnst StötznerIn the aftermath of WWI, a young German who grieves the death of her fiancé in France meets a mysterious Frenchman who visits the fiancé's grave to lay flowers.
- DirectorWolfgang BeckerStarsJürgen VogelChristiane PaulRicky TomlinsonAfter he loses his job, his father, and his girlfriend, Jan's life is a shambles. Then suddenly he meets freakish street musician Vera, and a bittersweet romance unfolds...
- DirectorWolfgang BeckerStarsJonas KippAngelika BartschBurghart KlaußnerMicha, a young boy being beaten by his abusive father, joins other bullies at school to terrorize people for amusement, including his own brother.
- DirectorWolfgang BeckerStarsDaniel BrühlJesper ChristensenAmira CasarYoung journalist Sebastian Zöllner is writing an article on artist Manuel Kaminski. Zöllner hopes that Kaminski dies soon, so that he can cash in on his article.
- DirectorHarald SicheritzStarsAlfred DorferReinhard NowakAndrea HändlerA satirical take on the life of a family in a public-housing complex in Vienna as they prepare for Mother's Day.
- DirectorWolfgang MurnbergerStarsJosef HaderSimon SchwarzBarbara RudnikEx-detective Brenner wants to keep himself out of trouble but several murder cases and his ex-girlfriend Klara finally get him involved. But making decisions is not one his strengths.
- DirectorChristian ZübertStarsMoritz BleibtreuDar SalimThomas BinderStefan's back in Germany for a paper for his wedding in Dubai. His old friend, Kai, gets him in drug trouble. They try to help Kai's stepson, who works for drug dealers. Stefan meets an old flame.
- DirectorRolf de HeerStarsNicholas HopeClaire BenitoRalph CotterillBubby has spent thirty years trapped in the same small room, tricked by his mother. One day, he manages to escape and, deranged and naive in equal measures, his adventure into a modern and nihilistic life begins.
- DirectorJulian RosefeldtStarsCate BlanchettErika BauerRuby BustamanteCate Blanchett performs manifestos as a series of striking monologues.
- DirectorGerhard LamprechtStarsRolf WenkhausKäthe HaackFritz RaspEmil goes to Berlin to see his grandmother with a large amount of money and is offered sweets by a strange man that make him sleep. He wakes up at his stop with no money. It is up to him and a group of children to save the day.
- DirectorRobert SiodmakEdgar G. UlmerRochus GlieseStarsErwin SplettstößerBrigitte BorchertWolfgang von WaltershausenTwo men and two women enjoy a pleasant Sunday at the beach amid the unending toil of the working week.
- DirectorKarl HartlStarsHans BrausewetterBetty BirdWilli Forst
- DirectorFritz LangStarsRudolf Klein-RoggeOtto WernickeThomy BourdelleA criminal mastermind uses hypnosis to rule the rackets after death.
- DirectorFritz LangStarsRudolf Klein-RoggeGerda MaurusWilly FritschThe mastermind behind a ubiquitous spy operation learns of a dangerous romance between a Russian lady in his employ and a dashing agent from the government's secret service.
- DirectorFritz LangStarsBrigitte HelmAlfred AbelGustav FröhlichIn a futuristic city sharply divided between the working class and the city planners, the son of the city's mastermind falls in love with a working-class prophet who predicts the coming of a savior to mediate their differences.
- DirectorFritz LangStarsMargarete SchönGertrud ArnoldTheodor LoosPrincess Kriemhild vows to avenge her husband's murder but must overcome her brothers who swore allegiance to Hagen. She marries Etzel, King of the Huns, and persuades his army to attack Hagen, but she loses more than she bargained for.
- DirectorFritz LangStarsPaul RichterMargarete SchönTheodor LoosSiegfried, son of King Siegmund of Xanten, sets off on a treacherous journey to the Kingdom of Burgundy to ask King Gunther for the hand of his sister, the beautiful Princess Kriemhild.
- DirectorFritz LangStarsRudolf Klein-RoggeAud Egede-NissenGertrude WelckerArch-criminal Dr. Mabuse sets out to make a fortune and run Berlin. Detective Wenk sets out to stop him.
- DirectorFritz LangStarsBernhard GoetzkeLil DagoverWalter JanssenWhen a woman's fiancé disappears, Death gives her three chances to save him from his fate.
- DirectorWim WendersStarsRüdiger VoglerHanna SchygullaHans Christian BlechA writer goes on a road trip across West Germany with a group of eclectic people he meets along the way.
- DirectorWim WendersStarsAllen GarfieldSamuel FullerIsabelle WeingartenThe crew is running out of money to finish their film.
- DirectorWim WendersStarsOtto SanderBruno GanzPeter FalkA group of angels in the German capital look longingly upon the life of humans.
- DirectorWerner HerzogStarsPeter BrogleWolfgang ReichmannAthina ZacharopoulouThree wounded soldiers are removed from battle and given the task of looking after a fortress in a small coastal town. However, the pressures of isolation begin to take their toll on the men.
- DirectorWerner HerzogStarsJosef BierbichlerStefan GüttlerClemens ScheitzThe foreman of a small village glassworks dies without revealing the secret to the famous "Ruby Glass".
- DirectorWerner HerzogStarsBruno S.Walter LadengastBrigitte MiraA young man named Kaspar Hauser suddenly appears in Nuremberg in 1828, barely able to talk or walk, and bearing a strange note.
- DirectorWerner HerzogStarsKlaus KinskiEva MattesWolfgang ReichmannFranz Woyzeck is a hapless, hopeless soldier, alone and powerless in society, assaulted from all sides by forces he can not control.
- DirectorWerner HerzogStarsKlaus KinskiIsabelle AdjaniBruno GanzCount Dracula moves from Transylvania to Wismar, spreading the Black Plague across the land. Only a woman pure of heart can bring an end to his reign of horror.
- DirectorNeele Leana VollmarStarsAnton PetzoldJuri WinklerKaroline HerfurthThe child-duo Rico and Oskar. One is more sluggish but because of fantasy and his own world view; the other is smart but scared of life.
- DirectorSebastian SchipperStarsLaia CostaFrederick LauFranz RogowskiA young Spanish woman who has recently moved to Berlin finds her flirtation with a local guy turn potentially deadly as their night out with his friends reveals a dangerous secret.
- DirectorGiulio RicciarelliStarsAndré SzymanskiAlexander FehlingFriederike BechtA story that exposes the conspiracy of prominent German institutions and government branches to cover up the crimes of Nazis during World War II.
- DirectorRainer Werner FassbinderStarsBrigitte MiraEl Hedi ben SalemBarbara ValentinA lonely widow meets a much younger Moroccan worker in a bar during a rainstorm. They fall in love, to their own surprise and to the outright shock of their families, colleagues, and drinking buddies.
- DirectorJakob M. ErwaStarsLouis HofmannJannik SchümannSabine TimoteoAfter a summer spent with his his best friend Kat to escape his family, Phil goes back to school and starts to question his feelings towards Nicholas, a new classmate.
- DirectorTom TykwerStarsFranka PotenteMoritz BleibtreuHerbert KnaupAfter a botched money delivery, Lola has 20 minutes to come up with 100,000 Deutschmarks.
- DirectorBora DagtekinStarsElyas M'BarekKaroline HerfurthKatja RiemannA comedy that follows an ex-convict who lands a position at a school that sits over the spot where money from one of his earlier robberies was stashed.
- DirectorRobert WieneStarsWerner KraussConrad VeidtFriedrich FeherHypnotist Dr. Caligari uses a somnambulist, Cesare, to commit murders.
- DirectorWerner HerzogStarsHelmut DöringPaul GlauerGisela HertwigA group of dwarfs at a correctional facility erupt in anarchy.
- DirectorTom TykwerStarsSophie RoisSebastian SchipperDevid StriesowA Berlin-set drama centered on a 40-something couple who, separately, fall in love with the same man.
- DirectorTom TykwerStarsFranka PotenteBenno FürmannJoachim KrólTwo enamoured strangers look for a warm place in a cold world.
- DirectorTom TykwerStarsUlrich MatthesMarie-Lou SellemFloriane DanielSetin a small mountain town, a man, looking for revenge because of his daughter's accidental killing, mistakenly tracks out a young couple, troubling with their ordinary life problems.
- DirectorF.W. MurnauStarsGösta EkmanEmil JanningsCamilla HornThe demon Mephisto wagers with God that he can corrupt a mortal man's soul.
- DirectorMatthias GlasnerStarsJürgen VogelSabine TimoteoAndré HennickeA man is released from a mental institution after serving 9 years for multiple rape.
- DirectorChris KrausStarsJürgen VogelNadja UhlMargit CarstensenUn hombre enfermo de leucemia busca desesperadamente un donador de médula.
- DirectorMartin WeinhartStarsJürgen VogelNicolette KrebitzAndré EisermannLiving and loving in a small village in the south of Germany. People and their conflicts with morality, manners, and society.
- DirectorSönke WortmannStarsJürgen VogelKai WiesingerGedeon BurkhardWhen dishwasher Ingo, whose girl-friend has just left him, returns a borrowed bar stool to the Folkwang Acting School in Essen, he stumbles into the audition for next year's new students. He lets Johannes, the broke and unsuccessful applicant, stay with him. Ingo decides to go to Munich with Johannes, where he wants to try his luck once again. Hitchhiking, they get rides with very different drivers on the autobahn. They meet up with the smooth-talking Ali in the wayside dinner "Raststätte Spessart". Arriving in Munich, the trio tries to find cheap sleeping accommodation. They enter Ingo into the audition at Munich acting school, and Johannes falls in love with street artist Herta from Berlin.
- DirectorRainer Werner FassbinderStarsHanna SchygullaKlaus LöwitschIvan DesnyMaria marries Hermann Braun in the last days of World War II, only for him to go missing in the war. Alone, Maria puts to use her beauty and ambition in order to find prosperity during Germany's "economic miracle" of the 1950s.
- DirectorRainer Werner FassbinderStarsHanna SchygullaLilith UngererRudolf Waldemar BremJorgos, a migrant worker from Greece, joins a group of young people in Munich usually hanging around. This foreigner incites hostility and jealousy among them, and he is insulted as a "Communist" and "Greek dog". After having been attacked, Jorgos talks to Maria of his wish to return home.
- DirectorLeos CaraxStarsDenis LavantMireille PerrierCarroll BrooksParis by night. Alex, 22, wants to become a filmmaker. He is fascinated by first times and his girlfriend, Florence, has just left him for his best friend, Thomas. First break-up, first attempted murder: Alex tries to strangle Thomas, but gives up and wanders the streets. That evening, Mireille, a girl from provincial France who has come up to Paris to make commercials, is left by her boyfriend. Alex witnesses this separation. These two tormented souls run into each other at a party....
- DirectorWolfgang MurnbergerStarsAdi MurnbergerFabian WeidingerJohannes HabelerWe are watching a boy of ten being confronted with two of the most prevalent taboos: death and sexuality, especially when the recourse offered by religion and society differs from a child's point of view.
- DirectorNiklaus HilberStarsHanspeter MüllerJoel BasmanDeleila PiaskoFederal Councilor Alois Mumentaler is in a crisis: he has problems with his wife Beatrice, who wants a divorce, and his long-standing prohibitive drug policy is failing.
- DirectorPeter LuisiStarsBeat SchlatterBendrit BajraDoro MügglerIn order to get out of a financial crisis, high school teacher Balz Naef (53) starts recruiting and training streakers for illegal sports betting.
- DirectorLisa BrühlmannStarsLuna WedlerZoë Pastelle HolthuizenRegula GrauwillerAn outwardly normal teenage girl faces overwhelming body transformations that put the very nature of her existence into question.
- DirectorKatharina WyssStarsLoane BalthasarMichel VoïtaManuela BiedermannOn the stage of her high school drama class 17-year-old Sarah gives it all. When she performs, there is an instant of suspense in which she appears to transform completely into her character. But what lies behind Sarah's radical stage presence? A dark secret she is trying to express, a claustrophobic family environment, the longing for a boyfriend, a friend, someone she can confide in. The more Sarah expresses this desire, the more she ends up alienating the people willing to get close to her. The downfall of an outsider and her incessant struggle to escape solitude.
- DirectorMicha LewinskyStarsDevid StriesowMaren EggertAnnina WaltThomas Engel is always anxious to avoid conflict. At any cost. This compulsive striving for harmony, however, proves to be his road to ruin. He will fight for a peaceful solution. Violently, if need be.
- DirectorHans-Christian SchmidStarsAndrzej GórakAnna YanovskayaSergey FrolovThis movie reflects on the situation around the border between Poland and Germany. The fate of many single characters creates a picture of life in this region: Some Ukrainians want to cross the border illegal to get into Germany, a company wants to build a new factory, a Polish taxi driver desperately needs money to buy his daughter a First Communion dress, and so on.
- DirectorHans-Christian SchmidStarsFranka PotenteAxel MilbergDagmar ManzelAnna, 17 years old, is happy to throw her first big birthday party without her parents, but some of her guests are so stoned that they leave a big chaos and, even worse, destroy the favorite record of Anna's father. After the return of her shocked and angry parents, Anna runs away to Munich with her admirer Simon. They discover the nightlife jungle and get to know some typical urban guys. Meanwhile, Anna's parents get in touch with Simon's and try to find their children. On the way across Munich, they remember their own wild and restless youth...
- DirectorHans-Christian SchmidStarsAugust DiehlFabian BuschDieter LandurisWhen the orphaned Karl Koch and his friend David start breaking into government and military computers, an acquaintance senses that there is money in computer cracking - and travels to east Berlin to try to contact the KGB.
- DirectorHans-Christian SchmidStarsRobert StadloberTom SchillingOona-Devi Liebich16 year old, paralyzed Benjamin switches to a boarding school to get better grades where he has to struggle with the various problems of coming of age: He falls in love with the school's dream girl Malen.
- DirectorHans-Christian SchmidStarsSandra HüllerBurghart KlaußnerImogen KoggeAn epileptic girl suffers a breakdown during her first year at university, then decides to seek help from a priest in battling the troubles associated with her strict upbringing.
- DirectorMartin BaltscheitStarsAnke EngelkeLars RudolphKaroline SchuchTwo friends spend the day with a mayfly.
- DirectorOliver AlaluukasStarsLiv Lisa FriesTobias LehmannGordon KämmererIn the artist colony Rocket Perelman ten people strive to live their version of freedom and independence - everybody for themselves and all together. But that's hard work, since the joined theatre production puts the groups' idealism to a hard test.
- DirectorHans-Jürgen SyberbergStarsHeinz SchubertPeter KernHellmut LangeDirector Hans-Jurgen Syberberg examines the rise and fall of the Third Reich in this brooding seven-hour masterpiece, which incorporates puppetry, rear-screen projection, and a Wagnerian score into a singular epic vision. Syberberg, who grew up under Nazi tyranny, ruminates on good and evil and the rest of humanity's complicity in the horrors of the holocaust.
- DirectorRolf SchübelStarsFranka PotenteHilmir Snær GuðnasonUlrich ThomsenThe story of the first cloned human being, told in her own words: At age 30, world-famous composer Iris Sellin, who wants to live forever, learns that she has an incurable illness. She refuses to accept it. To preserve her art and also herself beyond death, for all posterity, she has herself cloned. Her daughter Siri, whom in this way she turns into her virtual twin, learns as a child that she is the world's first cloned human being; a blueprint in fact: a blueprint of her mother. From that moment, on nothing is as it was before.
- DirectorRolf SchübelStarsLale YavasErhan EmreTim SeyfiThis heartbreaking TV movie focuses on the first generation of Turkish migrant workers coming to Germany in the 1960s. Melike and Mustafa grow up in a small village of Ürgüp, Nevsehir in the central part of Turkey. She dreams of marrying him until he and his friend Kadir decide to leave their home country to work in Germany. After two years, the young woman must marry the much-older Yasar although she does not love him. For financial reasons, Melike also emigrates to the "golden West" and starts working in a factory. She reunites with Mustafa, now working as a photograph artist, and revives their romance, but one day, Yasar is standing at her door.