East Germany

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1. Signale - Ein Weltraumabenteuer (1970)

90 min | Sci-Fi

In the middle of the 21th century, a spaceship loses its bearings, and the commander of another space crew, seemingly on a routine check flight, decides to investigate.

Director: Gottfried Kolditz | Stars: Piotr Pawlowski, Evgeniy Zharikov, Gojko Mitic, Alfred Müller

Votes: 239

2. Eolomea (1972)

82 min | Drama, Romance, Sci-Fi

Eight space cargo-ships disappear without a trace within three days. And the orbit station "Margot" has suddenly fallen silent. The space council is faced with a mystery and the scientist ... See full summary »

Director: Herrmann Zschoche | Stars: Cox Habbema, Ivan Andonov, Rolf Hoppe, Vsevolod Sanaev

Votes: 635

4. Hauptmann Florian von der Mühle (1968)

132 min | Comedy

This story of the miller Florian, who gave all his money to the war against Napoleon, is loosely based on a true story. After the war, Florian's reimbursement is challenged, and he must ... See full summary »

Director: Werner W. Wallroth | Stars: Manfred Krug, Jutta Klöppel, Regina Beyer, Gisela Bestehorn

Votes: 50

5. Orpheus in der Unterwelt (1974)

88 min | Comedy, Fantasy, Musical

Orpheus in the underworld.

Director: Horst Bonnet | Stars: Dorit Gäbler, Rolf Hoppe, Kurt Marschner, Wolfgang Greese

Votes: 54

6. Goya - oder Der arge Weg der Erkenntnis (1971)

136 min | Drama

As a painter in the court of King Carlos IV, Goya - played by the great Lithuanian actor Donatas Banionis (The Red Tent, Solaris) - has attained wealth and reputation. He believes in King ... See full summary »

Director: Konrad Wolf | Stars: Donatas Banionis, Olivera Katarina, Fred Düren, Tatyana Lolova

Votes: 382

7. KLK an PTX - Die Rote Kapelle (1971)

178 min | Drama, History, War

East German film about the history of Red Orchestra, a real life German pro-Soviet spy ring created after the rise of Hitler that turned into a resistance movement led by a leftist Nazi officer, Harro Schulze-Boysen, and Arvid Harnack.

Director: Horst E. Brandt | Stars: Horst Drinda, Irma Münch, Horst Schulze, Barbara Adolph

Votes: 33

12. Der Aufenthalt (1983)

102 min | Drama

Teenage German soldier is falsely accused of being a war criminal and arrested in Poland of 1945.

Director: Frank Beyer | Stars: Sylvester Groth, Fred Düren, Matthias Günther, Klaus Piontek

Votes: 170

13. Jacob the Liar (1974)

100 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama

A Jewish ghetto in central Europe, 1944. By coincidence, Jakob Heym eavesdrops on a German radio broadcast announcing the Soviet Army is making slow by steady progress towards central ... See full summary »

Director: Frank Beyer | Stars: Vlastimil Brodský, Erwin Geschonneck, Henry Hübchen, Blanche Kommerell

Votes: 1,378

14. Chingachgook, die grosse Schlange (1967)

92 min | Adventure, Drama, Romance

Chingachgook is about to marry the daughter of the Delaware chief, when the Hurons kidnap her. Chingachgook and his friend Deerslayer try to rescue her though white scalp hunters interfere until the tribes unite against the palefaces.

Director: Richard Groschopp | Stars: Gojko Mitic, Rolf Römer, Helmut Schreiber, Jürgen Frohriep

Votes: 455

15. Der Dritte (1972)

107 min | Drama, Romance

A disillusioned single mother decides to give love one last chance.

Director: Egon Günther | Stars: Jutta Hoffmann, Barbara Dittus, Rolf Ludwig, Armin Mueller-Stahl

Votes: 118

16. Unterwegs zu Lenin (1969)

107 min | Drama, History

A young Communist is entrusted with an important secret mission to the leader of the new Bolshevik Revolution in Moscow in 1919.

Directors: Günter Reisch, Lucia Ochrimenko | Stars: Gottfried Richter, Mikhail Ulyanov, Helmut Habel, Lev Kruglyy

Votes: 24

17. Das unsichtbare Visier (1973–1979)

Crime, Drama, Thriller

The adventures of an East German secret agent.

Stars: Wolfgang Greese, Alfred Struwe, Walter Niklaus, Jessy Rameik

Votes: 56

18. Die Verlobte (1980)

105 min | Drama

The wrenching story of a woman sentenced in 1934 to 10 years in prison for antifascist activities. The love between her and her fiancé enables her to survive the tribulations of her time in... See full summary »

Directors: Günter Reisch, Günther Rücker | Stars: Jutta Wachowiak, Regimantas Adomaitis, Slávka Budínová, Christine Gloger

Votes: 99

19. Zur See (1977)

Drama

The nine episodes of 'Zur See' illuminate everyday life between sea and shore on board the m/v "Fichte", sailing under the flag of DSR, East Germany's merchant shipping company. Based on ... See full summary »

Stars: Horst Drinda, Jürgen Zartmann, Günter Naumann, Wilfried Pucher

Votes: 63

22. Hälfte des Lebens (1985)

98 min | Biography, Drama, History

A tragic love affair ensues between German poet Friedrich Hölderlin and banker's wife Susette Gontard.

Director: Herrmann Zschoche | Stars: Ulrich Mühe, Jenny Gröllmann, Swetlana Schönfeld, Michael Gwisdek

Votes: 74

23. Junge Frau von 1914 (1970 TV Movie)

152 min | Drama, History, War

The year 1914 is not a good time for the love between the young banker's daughter Leonore Wahl and the destitute philosopher and budding writer Werner Bertin.

Director: Egon Günther | Stars: Jutta Hoffmann, Heidemarie Wenzel, Inge Keller, Fred Düren

Votes: 19

24. Preludio 11 (1964)

91 min | Drama

Codeword: Prelude. Daniela - a single mother, whose boyfriend left for the US - believes wholeheartedly in Cuba's revolutionary new order. Meanwhile, in Florida, a plot is in progress. Under the command of a US officer.

Director: Kurt Maetzig | Stars: Reimar J. Baur, Miguel Benavides, Roberto Blanco, Ibere Cavalcanti

Votes: 19

25. Der Rat der Götter (1950)

105 min | History

Based on the 1947 book "I.G. Farben", by American author Richard Sasuly, and records from the Nuremberg Trial of the chemical giant I.G. Farben, Council of the Gods is a story about the ... See full summary »

Director: Kurt Maetzig | Stars: Paul Bildt, Fritz Tillmann, Willy A. Kleinau, Hans-Georg Rudolph

Votes: 149

26. Abschied (1968)

107 min | Biography, Drama

In August 1914, amidst the public ecstasy surrounding the impending war, Hans Gastl, the seventeen year-old son of a Munich bürger, makes a decision: he will not take part in this war. This... See full summary »

Director: Egon Günther | Stars: Rolf Ludwig, Andreas Kaden, Katharina Lind, Jan Spitzer

Votes: 45

28. The Woman and the Stranger (1985)

98 min | Drama, History

Karl and Richard, two German soldiers captured by the Russians in World War I, become very close friends-so close that Richard shares intimate stories about his wife, Anna. Through these ... See full summary »

Director: Rainer Simon | Stars: Joachim Lätsch, Peter Zimmermann, Kathrin Waligura, Christine Schorn

Votes: 157

30. Solange Leben in mir ist (1965)

114 min | Biography, Drama, War

The biography of the German socialistic politician Karl Liebknecht and his fight against World War I.

Director: Günter Reisch | Stars: Horst Schulze, Lyudmila Kasyanova, Rita Krips, Mikhail Ulyanov

Votes: 43

31. Ernst Thälmann - Sohn seiner Klasse (1954)

124 min | Biography, Drama, War

This historical-biographical film begins in the first days of November 1918 on the western front. News comes to the soldiers of a revolutionary uprising in Kiel. Young Thälmann, a soldier ... See full summary »

Director: Kurt Maetzig | Stars: Günther Simon, Hans-Peter Minetti, Erich Franz, Erika Dunkelmann

Votes: 145

32. Castles and Cottages (1957)

204 min

Lifelong hard work for the count makes the servant Anton a cripple. Everybody calls him Crooked Anton. When, after the end of the war, the land of the count gets divided amongst the farmers... See full summary »

Director: Kurt Maetzig | Stars: Raimund Schelcher, Erika Dunkelmann, Karla Runkehl, Erwin Geschonneck

Votes: 21

33. Die Fahne von Kriwoj Rog (1967)

108 min | Drama

Liberation of Ukrainian city of Krivoy Rog.

Director: Kurt Maetzig | Stars: Erwin Geschonneck, Marga Legal, Helmut Schellhardt, Kaspar Eichel

Votes: 23

35. Professor Mamlock (1961)

99 min | Drama

Professor Hans Mamlock is the distinguished chief of surgery in a university hospital. The year is 1933, and although the Professor is Jewish, he remains unconcerned with politics and the ... See full summary »

Director: Konrad Wolf | Stars: Wolfgang Heinz, Ursula Burg, Hilmar Thate, Lissy Tempelhof

Votes: 140

36. Mama, ich lebe (1977)

103 min | Drama, Romance, War

Four young Germans in a Soviet POW camp decide to join the Red Army to hasten the end of the war. Their new identities elicit different reactions from Germans and Russians, and are ... See full summary »

Director: Konrad Wolf | Stars: Peter Prager, Uwe Zerbe, Eberhard Kirchberg, Detlef Gieß

Votes: 118

37. Johann Sebastian Bach (1985– )

Biography, Drama, Music

Sophisticated German miniseries on the life and work of Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750), one of the greatest musicians and composers of all time.

Stars: Ulrich Thein, Franziska Troegner, Rosemarie Bärhold, András Kozák

Votes: 104

38. Kabale und Liebe (1959)

111 min | Drama, Romance

Ferdinand is an army major and son of President von Walter; Luise Miller is the daughter of a middle-class musician. When they fall in love, their fathers urge them to end their relationship.

Director: Martin Hellberg | Stars: Wolf Kaiser, Otto Mellies, Marion van de Kamp, Willi Schwabe

Votes: 36

39. Osceola (1971)

109 min | Western, Drama

Florida, 1830 - Of all eastern Native American tribes, only the Seminoles have resisted being moved to reservations. Having retreated to Florida, they live a simple horticultural life. But ... See full summary »

Director: Konrad Petzold | Stars: Gojko Mitic, Horst Schulze, Iurie Darie, Karin Ugowski

Votes: 256

41. Die goldene Jurte (1961)

79 min | Drama, Family, Fantasy

Based on a Mongolian folktale, this film features the colorful traditions and magical landscape of that part of the world.

Directors: Ravjagiin Dorjpalam, Gottfried Kolditz | Stars: Dshambaagijn Lubsandshamdz, Tsegmid Tsagaan, Batsuchijn Zorig, Surengin Suchbaatar

Votes: 57

42. Die Wette (1990 TV Movie)

80 min | Comedy, Crime

The bet.

Director: Martin Walz | Stars: Rudolf Hrusínský, Beatrice Manowski, Thomas Wolff, Bruno Ganz

Votes: 23

43. Mercenaries' Trap (1981)

111 min | Adventure, Drama, War

In 1918 a defeated Austro-Hungarian Baron Colonel Von Görtz returns home to Transylvania which has just been lost to Romania. A vengeful Von Görtz punishes the nearby villagers but Romanian Major Tudor Andrei aids them.

Director: Sergiu Nicolaescu | Stars: Gheorghe Cozorici, Sergiu Nicolaescu, Mircea Albulescu, Ion Besoiu

Votes: 441

45. The Colditz Story (1955)

Not Rated | 94 min | Drama, History, War

Allied prisoners - British, Dutch, French and Polish - pool their resources to plan numerous escapes from the "escape-proof" German P.O.W. camp housed in a Medieval castle known as "Colditz".

Director: Guy Hamilton | Stars: John Mills, Eric Portman, Christopher Rhodes, Lionel Jeffries

Votes: 3,078

46. The Immortals (1974)

103 min | Action, Adventure, History

It's the story of a few men that wonder across Europe trying to come home and rebuild what Mihai Viteazul called "romanian dream".

Director: Sergiu Nicolaescu | Stars: Amza Pellea, Ion Besoiu, Ilarion Ciobanu, Sergiu Nicolaescu

Votes: 963

47. Osvobozhdenie: Ognennaya duga (1970)

93 min | Drama, History, Romance

The "Fiery Arc" tells of a grandiose battle on the Kursk Bulge in the summer of 1943. Here was the largest tank battle in the history of World War II. Along with the personal fate of the ... See full summary »

Director: Yuriy Ozerov | Stars: Nikolay Olyalin, Larisa Golubkina, Boris Seidenberg, Sergey Nikonenko

Votes: 541

49. The Last U-Boat (1993 TV Movie)

99 min | Drama, War

In 1945 an advanced type of German U-boat loaded with atomic technology en route for Japan and escorted by Japanese naval officers receives news that Germany has capitulated.

Director: Frank Beyer | Stars: Ulrich Mühe, Ulrich Tukur, Kaoru Kobayashi, Gorô Ôhashi

Votes: 308

50. Abschied vom Frieden (1979)

274 min | Drama

A family history set against the historical backdrop of 1913. The individual fates of the family of a Prague newspaper publisher move in the maelstrom of contemporary events.

Stars: Horst Schulze, Angelika Waller, Ezard Haußmann, Irma Münch

Votes: 16

51. The Affair Blum (1948)

109 min | Drama, Crime

This early postwar suspense story, based on a well-known 1926 murder trial with Dreyfus-like overtones also represents an East German reflection on Nazism. Dr. Blum, a Jewish manufacturer ... See full summary »

Director: Erich Engel | Stars: Hans Christian Blech, Ernst Waldow, Paul Bildt, Karin Evans

Votes: 73

53. Soldaty svobody (1977– )

599 min | Drama, History, War

Tens of images of historical characters are shown. People who have taken part in fighting against Nazi Germany as well as the activity of the leaders of the communist parties of the USSR, ... See full summary »

Stars: Stefan Getsov, Bohus Pastorek, Horst Preusker, Yakov Tripolsky

Votes: 94

54. Bitva za Moskvu (1985)

358 min | Drama, History, War

The battle of Moscow was the first major defeat of German Wehrmacht in the Second World War. The film is dedicated to some fighting events that took place in the USSR after Hitler's conquest of western Europe.

Stars: Helmut Hellstorff, Vyacheslav Tikhonov, Artyom Karapetyan, Yakov Tripolsky

Votes: 470

57. Men and Beasts (1962)

178 min | Drama

A man returning to his family in the USSR of the 1960s revisits his past in flashbacks: his time with the Germans during WWII and after,and his time in Argentina.

Director: Sergey Gerasimov | Stars: Nikolay Yeryomenko, Tamara Makarova, Zhanna Bolotova, Tatyana Gavrilova

Votes: 110

59. Shchit i mech (1968)

191 min | Adventure, Drama, Thriller

The title refers to the emblem of the Soviet NKVD. The story involves a spy who infiltrates the German SS during World War II.

Stars: Stanislav Lyubshin, Alla Demidova, Valentina Titova, Oleg Yankovskiy

Votes: 692

60. Osvobozhdenie: Proryv (1970)

87 min | Drama, History, Romance

A five part WW2 epic drama that gives a dramatized detailed account of Soviet Union's war against Nazi Germany from 1943 to 1945.Each of the five parts represents a separate major eastern ... See full summary »

Director: Yuriy Ozerov | Stars: Nikolay Olyalin, Larisa Golubkina, Boris Seidenberg, Sergey Nikonenko

Votes: 457

61. Osvobozhdenie: Bitva za Berlin (1971)

79 min | Drama, History, Romance

Stalin orders to hasten the Vistula-Oder offensive in order to relieve the Allies. Karl Wolff is sent to negotiate with the Americans. Zhukov rejects Stavka's order to take Berlin, the Soviets and the Poles storm the Tiergarten.

Director: Yuriy Ozerov | Stars: Nikolay Olyalin, Larisa Golubkina, Paul Berndt, Barbara Brylska

Votes: 423

62. Osvobozhdenie: Napravlenie glavnogo udara (1971)

125 min | Drama, History, Romance

This five part WW2 epic drama gives a dramatized detailed account of the five major eastern front Soviet campaigns against Nazi Germany.

Director: Yuriy Ozerov | Stars: Mikhail Nozhkin, Nikolay Olyalin, Mikhail Ulyanov, Larisa Golubkina

Votes: 768

63. Sigmund Jähn - Der erste Deutsche im All (2017 TV Movie)

45 min | Documentary, Biography, History

Every child knew his name in East Germany, many wanted to be just like him. Schools and streets were named after this national hero. In the Socialist Eastern Bloc dictatorship of the GDR, ... See full summary »

Director: Rene Römer | Stars: Carsten Linke, Sigmund Jähn, Eberhard Köllner, Romy Mothes

64. Generation War (2013)

TV-MA | 270 min | Action, Drama, History

57 Metascore

Five friends go out to war and promise each other to be back for Christmas.

Stars: Volker Bruch, Tom Schilling, Katharina Schüttler, Miriam Stein

Votes: 32,601 | Gross: $0.09M

68. Edith Clever liest Joyce (1987 TV Movie)

180 min

In her Berlin apartment, where the S-Bahn and long-distance trains pass by, the actress Edith Clever reads Molly Bloom's monologue from James Joyce's "Ulysses".

Director: Hans-Jürgen Syberberg | Star: Edith Clever

69. Timm Thaler (1979–1980)

25 min | Adventure, Drama, Mystery

The series, based on the novel by German author James Krüss, tells the story of Timm, the boy who traded in his infectious laugh for the ability to win any bet. The man who did the devilish... See full summary »

Stars: Thomas Ohrner, Horst Frank, Richard Lauffen, Holger Hagen

Votes: 426

71. Fargo (2014–2024)

TV-MA | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

Various chronicles of deception, intrigue, and murder in and around frozen Minnesota. All of these tales mysteriously lead back one way or another to Fargo, North Dakota.

Stars: Billy Bob Thornton, Martin Freeman, Allison Tolman, Colin Hanks

Votes: 422,170

73. Rottenknechte (1971– )

340 min | Drama, War

6 May 1945: The four deserters Schilling, Gail, Wehrmann and Schwalenberg are picked up by Danish resistance fighters and handed over to their unit. Meanwhile, the signing of the partial ... See full summary »

Stars: Frank-Otto Schenk, Jaecki Schwarz, Volkmar Kleinert, Dieter Mann

Votes: 24

74. Monty Python's Fliegender Zirkus (1972)

TV-MA | 87 min | Comedy

A two-part Monty Python German television comedy special.

Stars: Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Eric Idle, Terry Jones

Votes: 2,284

75. The Same Sky (2017)

120 min | Drama, Thriller

Lars is a "Romeo agent" from East Germany in the 1970s. His task is to go West, first to seduce and then to spy on Western women who worked in government or defense institutions.

Stars: Tom Schilling, Sofia Helin, Friederike Becht, Ben Becker

Votes: 2,540

76. Lissy (1957)

89 min | Drama

A story about the rise of Nazism based on a novel by a German-Jewish author who managed to survive by fleeing to the USA. The movie focuses on working class Berliner Lissy Schroeder who ... See full summary »

Director: Konrad Wolf | Stars: Sonja Sutter, Horst Drinda, Hans-Peter Minetti, Raimund Schelcher

Votes: 118

77. The Crucible (1957)

145 min | Drama, History

Salem 1692. The young Abigail, seduced and abandoned by John Proctor, accuses John's wife of being a witch in revenge. It will be the beginning of a series of witchcraft trials and a dark moment in American history.

Director: Raymond Rouleau | Stars: Simone Signoret, Yves Montand, Jean Debucourt, Alfred Adam

Votes: 789

78. Mann gegen Mann (1976)

104 min

Robert and Michael meet on their return from captivity. They discover that they are both married to the same woman: After Robert was pronounced dead, Michael married Anna. The decision about the future is left to chance.

Director: Kurt Maetzig | Stars: Regimantas Adomaitis, Karin Schröder, Klaus-Peter Thiele, Michael Gwisdek

Votes: 17

79. Die Flucht (1977)

94 min | Drama, Thriller

When Dr. Schmith's (Armin Mueller-Stahl) proposal for international research on infant mortality is rejected, he decides to leave East Germany and strikes a deal with an escape agency that ... See full summary »

Director: Roland Gräf | Stars: Jenny Gröllmann, Erika Pelikowsky, Armin Mueller-Stahl, Wilhelm Koch-Hooge

Votes: 74

80. Die Mahnung (1982)

157 min | Biography, Drama

The action takes place in Moscow, Berlin and Vienna in years 1932 and 1933, a time when the great Bulgarian revolutionary and internationalist Georgi Dimitrov was actively involved in ... See full summary »

Director: Juan Antonio Bardem | Stars: Peter Gyurov, Nevena Kokanova, Asen Kisimov, Boris Lukanov

Votes: 34

81. Eine sonderbare Liebe (1984)

104 min | Drama

After a hot and steamy company party, Sibylle and Harald, both in their late thirties, spend the night together. They meet each other later and resolve to enter into a strictly intellectual... See full summary »

Director: Lothar Warneke | Stars: Christine Schorn, Jörg Gudzuhn, Mike Gregor, Carsten Falke

Votes: 18



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