Annekathrin Bürger

Magische Momente - Pauls Weihnachtswunsch (2018)

The Beginner (2018)

A coming-of-age tale with a difference about the grumpy doctor Annebarbel Buschhaus donning her ice skates again at the age of 58 after an absence of 40 years. Back on the ice, she tries to revive long suppressed childhood dreams – and makes a new friend ...

Großes Kino made in DDR (2016)

In 2016, DEFA celebrates its 70th anniversary: the film embarks on a journey into the exciting film history of the GDR. In a comprehensive kaleidoscope, the importance of DEFA productions is illuminated, the relevance of the films as propaganda productions ...

Zorn - Vom Lieben und Sterben (2015)

Nele in Berlin (2015)

Nele is studying pharmacy in Berlin so that she can take over her father's pharmacy in Bad Homburg, or so her dad thinks. Hans-Peter has no idea that his daughter has dropped out of university and is restoring furniture instead. Nor does he know that his w ...

The Snow Queen (2014)

A young girl must journey through the seasons to rescue her boyfriend who has been kidnapped by the evil Snow Queen. ...

Back on Track (2013)

A former Olympic champion wants to compete in the Berlin Marathon one last time. ...

Für Elise (2012)

15-year-old Elise is longing for a happy family life, but her mother Betty is weak and egocentric. She drowns her problems in alcohol. Everything seems to turn out good when they meet Ludwig. But he does not fall in love with Betty, he loves Elise. ...

Eines Tages... (2010)

Losing Balance (2009)

Jessika, a precocious teenage girl with loving parents and a good-natured older sister, is the center of a slightly eccentric family. A series of small events disrupts their delicately balanced ecosystem. Jessika's father loses his job and becomes bored an ...

Meer is nich (2007)

Lena, 17, is restless and desperate. In a few weeks she will finish school, but she doesn't have any definite plans for her future. She wants to make music, that's the only thing she knows. Will she be able to resist the pressure that comes from the people ...

Wink des Himmels (2005)

Seven-year-old Moritz lives with his father Ben Sanddorn in Saxon Switzerland. Since the death of his mother many years ago, he has wanted nothing more than a new mother and, of course, a new wife for his father. And so he sends his pigeon Sammy on a searc ...

Tierärztin Dr. Mertens (2003)

I'm The Father (2002)

Marco and Melanie, a young married couple, are living a life of passion, chaos, and all the little frustrations of everyday existence. Their love for each other seems like a beacon on heavy seas. But career pressure, burned toast, and dirty laundry are ero ...

Mord an Bord (2002)

Because of a name mix-up, hair artist Burkharda Meier is hired as a singer on a dreamboat. At first, she sounds no better than a crybaby, but a few singing lessons, love affairs and minor murders later, she becomes an audience favorite as Nancy Meyer... ...

Mord im Swingerclub (2000)

Todesengel (1999)

A 15-year-old girl goes into the woods with some friends at night. She is raped by three men. Those who witnessed the crime did nothing and are not keen to testify. The girls father wants justice or revenge. ...

Pi - Die Polizistin (1998)

Mobbing: Die lieben Kollegen (1995)

Verliebte Feinde (1995)

Der Showmaster (1993)

Der Rest, der bleibt (1991)

German TV-movie directed by Bodo Fürneisen. ...

Tolpatsch (1990)

Tolpatsch is a good-natured boy who always tells the truth and has immense powers. He fishes a sword out of the lake and sets off on an adventure. After a battle with an evil fairy, Tolpatsch and his companion, a cheerful raven, arrive at the castle where ...

Merkwürdiges Beispiel einer weiblichen Rache (1987)

The noble Madame de la Lommerane lives her life with pleasure and sophistication, naturally according to her social rules. Her partner, the Marquis d'Arcis, does not play along with her game—he has his own ideas about life. To counteract the somewhat tir ...

Die Schöne und das Tier (1984)

Auf dem Sprung (1984)

Gottfried and Markus are friends who have done everything together so far: School, vocational training with A-levels, time in the army. Markus' girlfriend Karin is also adored by Gottfried. Now they are about to leave for Dresden to study physics. At the l ...

Klassenkameraden (1984)

The criminalist Hannes Bergemann tries to blackmail the city where he spent his youth. After many years returning to the familiar places of his childhood, he hopes to meet again his old friends, especially Fred, Helmuth and Richard, with whom he had a clos ...

The Girl and the Boy (1982)

Puberty drama about the first love of a 15 year old girl from Berlin. ...

Komm mit mir nach Chicago (1982)

Im Spiegel (1982)

Jürgen Matthes, Horst Knüpfer, Peter Vorberger - three men of different ages who are entrusted with the same large-scale IT project. In the context of this project, they begin to reflect on their work, the quality of human relationships and the meaning o ...

Der Lumpenmann (1982)

Peter, medical student and son of old materials dealer Richard Müller, wants to get engaged to the daughter of the director of a local construction company. The profession of his father has so far only vaguely hinted out of shame. And so his future in-law ...

Der ungebetene Gast (1981)

The German couple Anna and Robert Zodinger have fled from Germany from the Nazis and have found refuge in Switzerland. For Robert Zodinger, a former editor, an extradition to Germany would be like a certain death sentence or admission to a concentration ca ...

Der Baulöwe (1980)

The successful entertainment artist Ralf Keul must develop his land on the Baltic Sea or else ultimately give it up. Inexperienced yet courageous, he hurls himself into the undertaking, which spares him no unpleasantness. He battles over the transportation ...

Anamnese (1980)

While working in an Algerian hospital on the edge of the Sahara, a young GDR doctor gains the trust of the locals in his fight against insidious diseases. His wife, however, does not share his sacrifice and professional ethos at this place of work. ...

Plantagenstraße 19 (1979)

Normal everyday life in an apartment building on Plantagenstraße in East Berlin is disrupted when a truck pulls up with the new tenants' furniture. And they include two small children - now, of all times, when old Matuschke's wife has just died and consid ...

The Dead Are Not Silent (1978)

Moy de Tohá and Isabel Letelier tell their story. They are the widows of two Defence Ministers of the Unidad Popular, who knew too much. ...

Brandstellen (1978)

Bruno Kappel is an established attorney in Hamburg who, in earlier times, belonged to an anarchistic student circle. His former girlfriend Karin Kunze is still a member of this scene. Bruno, who still has left-wing beliefs, becomes her attorney. But when K ...

Cyankali (1977)

Berlin, end of the 1920s. Young factory workers Hete and Paul are expecting a child. When first Paul and then Hete become unemployed, the two look for ways to terminate the pregnancy. Hete goes to a doctor, but he refuses to give her the necessary document ...

Die Julia von nebenan (1976)

Robert and Jutta see each other every morning on the S-Bahn, although only on trains running in opposite directions, and take a liking to each other. They give each other little signs that increasingly become declarations of love. One day, they each decide ...

Bird Waking Weather (1976)

Jette and Johannes have been living together for two years when Johannes suggests that they "legalize" their relationship. Jette loves him, but the proposal of marriage terrifies her. ...

Ein idealer Gatte (1973)

Hobby-Indianer (1972)

Observations and interviews at the "15th Great Council" of the members of "Hobby-Indians" in the Cultural League of the GDR on Whitsun 1972 near Erfurt with the guests Rolf Römer and Annekathrin Bürger. ...

Tecumseh (1972)

At the beginning of the 19th century, white settlers regularly make and break treaties with the Native American inhabitants to gain possession of vast hunting grounds at ludicrously low prices without any bloodshed. Harrison, Governor of Indiana, has made ...

Die Bilder des Zeugen Schattmann (1972)

Based on the novel by Peter Edel: the fate of a young Jewish couple during the Nazi era, who, full of dreams and hopes, search for ways to escape the inhumane situation in Hitler's Germany. In their hopeless situation, they meet a man who leads them down a ...

In Sachen Adam und Eva (1971)

Adam Schmitt and Eva Müller met, fell in love and wanted to get married. On the day of the wedding, however, they don't end up in the registry office's wedding room, but in a courtroom. The subject of the trial: their love! Adam and Eve have to prove that ...

Kein Mann für Camp Detrick (1970)

Who doesn't know the dream of an unexpected million-dollar inheritance? For microbiologist Dr. Wolf, it seems to come true when an American lawyer visits him to tell him about the death of his distant uncle in the USA. Wolf is to receive an inheritance wor ...

Fatal Error (1970)

At the end of the 19th century, the Wyoming Oil Company has established itself in the vicinity of Wind River City at the foot of the Rocky Mountains, where they have been illegally pumping oil from Native American territory. One of the company's greedy age ...

Hey You! (1970)

Teacher Ellen is fed up with her lame partner and colleague Horst. He teaches with such complacency! Ellen is different, she wants to inspire her pupils. No wonder the emancipated young woman turns down Horst's marriage proposal. She has also met someone n ...

Not to Me, Madam! (1969)

Accompanying a GDR fashion team, journalist Thomas takes a plane to an haute couture festival in an exclusive Mediterranean seaside resort. A French Padre, who could be mistaken for Thomas's twin brother, is a fellow passenger. Precisely for this reason, t ...

Farewell (1968)

In August of 1914, amidst the public ecstasy surrounding the impending war, Hans Gastl, the young son of a Munich bürger, makes a decision: he will not take part in this war. This resolution signifies a turning point in his life; a farewell to his class a ...

Der Mann aus Kanada (1967)

Inge Karsten receives an unexpected visit from her former student friend Margit from the West. She is even more surprised to hear that she is married to her stepbrother Herbert, who was long thought to be missing and whom she had almost forgotten. He last ...

Nichts als Sünde (1965)

Based upon Shakespeare′s "Twelfth Night", the movie tells the story of the Duke of Illyria who is in love with the Countess Olivia. Olivia, however, keeps eluding him. When the Duke sends her a page to bring her a message, Olivia falls in love with the m ...

Seine Kinder (1965)

The Criminal on Vacation (1965)

The plot takes place in a picturesque Montenegrin islet of Sveti Stefan. The local authorities investigate the murder of a tourist, which background turns out to be connected with the Nazi crimes. ...

Rauhreif (1963)

In 1960, 400,000 farmers are forced to join the LPG. After the forced collectivization, Thomas, son of the experienced LPG chairman Rothardt, is delegated to the Oderbruch. However, he is unable to cope with the unwilling farmers in the countryside and his ...

Lucie und der Angler von Paris (1963)

Tote reden nicht (1963)

After Elmers, the head of the publishing house, is reported missing, his son-in-law Jürgen Brandt is targeted by the Hamburg criminal police. Inspector Graumann and his assistant Weber presume murder. The suspicion against editor-in-chief Brandt is confir ...

The Second Track (1962)

In this German drama, Brock, a railroad inspector, witnesses a robbery at a train depot. He recognizes the thief, but turning the man in would mean acknowledging he knows him, thus revealing his own complicity with the Nazi war machine. When Brock's daught ...

Star-Crossed Lovers (1962)

Magdalena and Michael have loved each other since they were children. But when the Nazis come to power, Michael rebels against the regime and is sentenced to fifteen years in a concentration camp. Magdalena, meanwhile, goes underground with the help of a f ...

Guten Tag, lieber Tag (1961)

Engineer Strebel′s apprentices think of nothing else but music and dancing, although they should really concentrate on their marks. Consequently, Strebel is anything but delighted with his pupil. To top it all, a TV show becomes interested in a performan ...

Five Days, Five Nights (1961)

While Dresden is in ruins in the immediate aftermath of the Second World War, over two thousand paintings by artists including Rembrandt, Raphael, Rubens, Giorgione, and Vermeer have disappeared from the city's Old Masters Picture Gallery. Red Army captain ...

September Love (1961)

Leading chemist Hans Schramm is betrothed to Hanna, but falls in love with her younger sister Franka. The two attempt to repress their feelings, but eventually begin an affair. ...

Love's Confusion (1959)

The film tells the love story of two young couples. According to their social ranks, construction worker Edy is dating employee Siegi, while medical student Dieter is dating art school student Sonja. Rather unintentionally, they exchange partners. During a ...

Reportage 57 (1959)

The film centers on the story of newlyweds Inga and Heinz. Heinz works in the western sector of Berlin. A gang of crooks involved in various shady dealings tries to draw Heinz into their dark affairs. However, after accidentally learning about the "activit ...

Tilman Riemenschneider (1958)

The important German wood sculptor Tilman Riemenschneider (born around 1460) is considered to be artistically and socially established. He was a councillor in Würzburg and held several offices. In his works and in the way he conducted his office, he showe ...

The Track in the Night (1957)

The bricklayer Ulli has received a letter from his girlfriend Sabine asking him to come to her from Berlin as soon as possible. Sabine works as a sales clerk in a small village in the Zittau Mountains near the border with Czechoslovakia. However, when Ulli ...

A Berlin Romance (1956)

Mid-1950s Berlin, before the building of the Wall. Uschi, a salesgirl and aspiring fashion model from the East, is attracted to Hans, from the West. But she also loves the bright shop windows in his part of the city. The flashiness of this new world soon e ...

Gebirge und Meer (1955)

This documentary is the first co-production between the GDR and the CSR, showing Czech pioneers exploring the island of Rügen and the "Ernst Thälmann Pioneers" climbing through the High Tatras. Motivated and full of curiosity, the children from the CSR e ...