Christian Doermer

Aus Liebe zu Deutschland - Eine Spendenaffäre (2003)

Ich hab es nicht gewollt - Anatomie eines Mordfalls (2002)

Wambo (2001)

A feature film about the life and death of the famous Bavarian actor Walter Sedlmayr, who was murdered in 1990 and who tried all his life to hide his homosexual tendencies from the public. The life story is told from the perspective of his professional en ...

Bonhoeffer: Agent of Grace (2000)

The story of Dietrich Bonhoeffer, a German clergyman of great distinction, who actively opposed Hitler and the Nazis. His convictions cost him his life. What is a moral person to do in a time of savage immorality? That question tormented Dietrich Bonhoeff ...

Die Braut (1999)

The relationship between Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, the great German writer, and Christiane Vulpius, a village girl, is one of the instantaneous and fiery passion. They lived together for 28 years, 18 of these living in sin, 10 a married couple. Christian ...

Else – Story of a Passionate Woman (1999)

The lively Else does not allow herself to be restricted by the Jewish traditions that are intensively cultivated in her family. ...

From China with Love (1998)

Der Leibwächter (1989)

Film is about the undercover assignment of a BKA officer as the bodyguard of a drug baron. His job is to gather information to put a stop to the cartel. But unfortunately everything goes wrong, "The Bodyguard" is exposed and eliminated in Turkey. He surviv ...

Earthbound (1989)

The movie "Earthbound" is based on an authentic story: Franz Seeliger, a 75 year old psychiatric patient wants to steer a self-built, muscle propelled flying machine. But he is kept in custody since the Thrid Reich. ...

Geschminkte Jugend (1988)

Though originally slated for a 1960 release, the full original film was only released in 1988. A heavily altered version with a different directors was released under the title Die Nacht am See in 1963. ...

Das Treibhaus (1987)

Bonn during the early 1950's: In his exile, idealistic delegate Keetenheuve had high hopes for a better post war Germany. However, he gets quickly disillussioned in the still young Bonner Republik. ...

Fathers and Sons (1986)

Follows two wealthy families in Germany during the first half of the 20th century. One of them is German, the other one Jewish. ...

Lettow-Vorbeck: Der deutsch-ostafrikanische Imperativ (1984)

Fiction film with essayistic elements on the life of German general Lettow-Vorbeck. ...

Downhill Racer (1969)

An ambitious young skier, determined to break all existing records, is contemptuous of the teamwork advocated by the US coach when they go to Europe for the Olympics. ...

Oh! What a Lovely War (1969)

The working-class Smiths change their initially sunny views on World War I after the five boys of the family witness the harsh reality of trench warfare. ...

Joanna (1968)

When 17 year old Joanna comes to Swinging London, she meets a host of colourful characters, discovers the pleasures of casual sex and falls in love. That's when things get complicated. ...

The Syndicate (1968)

Two vehicles lurch across the east African bush, carrying an ill-assorted party of prospectors who have formed a syndicate to search for uranium deposits. As their four-week window for digging starts to close, trouble soon starts amongst the group and ther ...

Girls, Girls (1967)

An underage girl starts an affair with her much older employer. Then, her lover is sentenced for the seduction of a minor, and the young woman gets involved with his son, the junior head of the company. When his father is released from prison, father and s ...

Jerry Cotton: Tip Not Included (1966)

An elaborate bank robbery takes place and the gangsters succeed although the FBI had been warned. Jerry Cotton, who is considered accountable for this major failure, loses his badge over this. Being the man he is, Cotton doesn't let the evil-doers forget t ...

No Shooting Time for Foxes (1966)

Two old school friends, both in their late twenties. One lives on his parent's rural estate and does nothing; the other half-heartedly pursues work as a journalist in Düsseldorf. ...

Das Cello (1966)

Kein Freibrief für Mord (1966)

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Antiquitäten (1965)

short animated film ...

Die erste Legion (1964)

Three for a Robbery (1964)

Gerhard is a young technical in Düsseldorf who works in a factory of security devices for banks. In agreement with Nicola, Mario and Hans, they prepare and carry out a robbery which, however, will have consequences for all of them. ...

The Pot (1964)

Allegory of a man who leads the people to destruction and then is reborn to recommence the cycle. ...

Das Band (1963)

Die Nacht am See (1963)

Poor People (1963)

Kristl was a member of the prestigious Zagreb Studio of Animation and his early works as painter and filmmaker had brought him instant acclaim and instant censorship. He fled Croatia and lived in Germany; he died there in 2004. Poor People, a "collective s ...

Love at Twenty (1962)

Love at Twenty unites five directors from five different countries to present their different perspectives on what love really is at the age of 20. The episodes are united with the score of Georges Delerue and still photos of Henri Cartier-Bresson. ...

Munich (1962)

A segment of "Love at Twenty" is a story of an unwed mother who contrives to trap the father of her baby. ...

The Bread of Those Early Years (1962)

A young electrical engineer, engaged to his boss's daughter and on the way to a secure existence, breaks out of his usual life when he meets a childhood friend. ...

Die Revolution entläßt ihre Kinder (1962)

Das Riesenrad (1961)

The story of a marriage over time, based on a play by Jan de Hartog. Maria Schell and O. W. Fischer play an aristocratic Austrian couple who meet during the imperial era and experience the first five decades of the 20th century together: temptations and tr ...

Escape to Berlin (1961)

A farmer from Eastern Germany decides to flee to West Germany. ...

Und sowas nennt sich Leben (1961)

A large German city at the beginning of the 1960s. This is where the well-to-do Berger family lives. Outwardly a bourgeois idyll, but behind the scenes the family is in turmoil. The relationship between father and son in particular is extremely tense. Mart ...

Ein Fingerhut voll Mut (1960)

Ohne Mutter geht es nicht (1958)

Paul und Julia (1958)

All Roads Lead Home (1957)

The wealthy widow Tilla Haidt lives on her estate in Schleswig-Holstein. She mourns her missing son Michael. One day, a young man suddenly appears at her door and changes her whole life. He is also called Michael, is an orphan, and is looking for shelter w ...

Die Frühreifen (1957)

Inge works in a department store as a saleswoman in the women's fashion department. She suffers from the cramped conditions in her parents' house, where they save money because her choleric father, a miner, dreams of owning his own house in the country. Sh ...

The Star of Africa (1957)

Biographic movie of the German fighter ace, who was killed in a plane crash after over 150 kills in North Africa. ...

Vater, unser bestes Stück (1957)

Holy Heritage (1957)

Teenage Wolfpack (1956)

The drama of a youthful triangle among gang leader Freddy, his brother Jan, and bad girl Cissy, in one of the first considerations of juvenile delinquency in post-war West Germany. ...

Many Passed By (1956)

Attempted murder told from three perspectives: that of the offender, the (prospective) victim and the investigating officer. ...

Lettow-Vorbeck: Der deutsch-ostafrikanische Imperativ (1984)

Fiction film with essayistic elements on the life of German general Lettow-Vorbeck. ...

Granstein (1965)

Between Dorothy Lange and Walker Evans, a realistic and sensitive snapshot of the 1965 rural world in the South of West Germany. ...