Dietmar Schönherr

Zeit für Träume (2009)

A young dad has to deal with his father because of his son's holiday choice. ...

Fernsehgeschichte(n). Deutsch (2007)

Documentary about the history of German television. ...

Der Judas von Tirol (2006)

Handyman (2006)

Mike Duerst gets dumped by his girlfriend, because she is pregnant by her former boyfriend. In his despair Mike gets in contact with Gregor Frank, a psychologist, who, in his radio show, claims to know all about women.Gregor promises Mike to find the perfe ...

Glück auf halber Treppe (2005)

Fraudulent machinations of her dental spouse, from whom she lives apart, overthrow the housewife Cleo Berger into ruin. Cleo has to vacate her house and suddenly stands with her three children Tim, Emma and Sophie without housing and money in front of noth ...

Brücke zum Herzen (2005)

Little Anne understands more about life than the grown-ups: Doesn't mom realize that her head doctor is in love with her? Anne helps Cupid out. And on top of that, the little girl makes sure that mom talks to grandpa again... ...

Mein Vater und ich (2005)

An ageing physics professor finds himself in an old people's home against his will after suffering a stroke. ...

Happy Hour oder Glück und Glas (2005)

Rufer, der Wolf (2005)

Liebe auf den zweiten Blick (2005)

Divorce lawyer Elvira Kupfer is outraged: The head of the law firm, Mertens, and his hated colleague Milloschinski have arranged a marriage between court heiress Susanne Weber and industrialist's son Thomas Hahn in order to divorce them quickly. Romance pl ...

Das unbezähmbare Herz (2004)

Space Patrol (2003)

Orion commander Cliff Allister McLane, galactic war hero and unconventional daredevil in the service of the world government, is transferred with his crew to the space patrol. On top of that, Colonel Villa, head of the Galactic Security Service, provides h ...

Die Rosenkrieger (2002)

Elvira Kupfer specializes in divorces, but this time, contrary to her profession, the lawyer has to save a young couple's happiness. Stefan, the nephew of her law firm boss Maertens, has gotten himself into trouble with a white lie and urgently needs to pr ...

Leo & Claire (2002)

In 1933 Nuremberg, successful Jewish businessman Leo Katzenberger owns an apartment building and runs a shoe store. A devoted family man, he has a good relationship with his loving wife Claire. As the climate in Germany grows increasingly dangerous, bombsh ...

Liebe darf alles (2002)

Utta Danella - Der blaue Vogel (2001)

Rosamunde Pilcher: Die Rose von Kerrymore (2001)

Am I Beautiful? (1998)

Between Munich and Seville, the destinies of sixteen characters intertwine and intersect, missing each other or colliding head-on. They are all, without knowing it, at a pivotal moment in their lives... ...

Macht (1998)

Thriller about the kidnapping of a famous politician and his dirty past. ...

Eine fast perfekte Scheidung (1998)

The comedy "Ein fast perfekter Seitensprung" was not only successful, it was really well-done. The first sequel is, as most sequels, less attractive. As the charming mix of Germans and Austrians itself wasn't new and interesting any more, Schwabenitzky had ...

Back in Trouble (1997)

Unsuccessful Luxembourg bank robber Johnny Chicago is released from prison and immediately and incompetently attempts to resume his life of crime. In a few days he manages to get his old partner fired and thrown out of the house, his girlfriend arrested an ...

Es war doch Liebe (1997)

Jan, a freelance journalist, and Sabine, the mother of his two children and a textile designer, have no money. Sabine is abandoned by her husband and then gets caught up in the bureaucracy. A sober psychogram of a woman who is fighting and hoping for her ...

Otto John - Eine deutsche Geschichte (1995)

Rosen aus Jericho (1994)

In the worst crisis of his life, widower Franz Schuster finds out he has cancer and definitively gives up. Neither is his daughter able to get through to him. In hospital, he gets to know retired doctor Peter Arndt, who tries to show him the right way. At ...

Fünf Millionen und ein paar Zerquetschte (1994)

Night on Fire (1992)

Enquiries into the murder of a young woman take the private investigator Peter Keller to the idyllic village of Schwant in Emmental. But, the more entangled Keller gets in the treads of the apparently clearcut case of sex murder, the more obvious the flaws ...

Snow White (1992)

A queen is so vain she needs the magical mirror the Black Knight forged to tell her daily she's the belle of the realm. When it adds Snowwhite, the king's heiress, has grown even more beautiful, the queen orders him and the shivering jester Andreas, who se ...

Go Trabi Go 2: Those Were the Days of the Wild East (1992)

Elated by the Italian attitude to life, family Struutz returns to Bitterfeld and experiences a shock: In the turmoil of the reunification her house must give way to a golf course. Hope Udo teacher, his wife Rita and daughter Jacqueline through the surprisi ...

Der Tod zu Basel (1992)

Mysterious deaths are occurring in Basel: people are dying out of the blue in public with no apparent cause of death. The coroner, Professor Rüegg, the cantonal doctor Zäslin, and politicians are at a loss and becoming fearful. There are even serious con ...

Killer (1991)

Tired of never having enough money to spend, Rita and Susanne throw all bourgeois moral concerns straight out of the window and simply become contract killers. With their little heads and guns, they bring a few unpleasant contemporaries around the corner a ...

Journey of Hope (1990)

In a village in eastern Turkey, tales of the economic success of Turks in Switzerland inspire Haydar to convince his wife Meryem that they must go. He sells their livestock and small plot of land in exchange for passage for two. He wants to leave their sev ...

Mirakel (1990)

Andreas, who is ten, has been brought up by his grandmother. When she dies, he removes a putto from the crucifix placed upon her, puts it in his mouth and does not speak again. The attempts by adults to make a normal child out of him only cause him to fle ...

African Timber (1989)

Peter Bechtle is a man in his mid-thirties. He is a manager of a large company and wants to try a project in Africa. The work will be led by the industrial magnate Brasser, but strange surprises await him. The IPO is rigged and some murders are committed. ...

Torquemada (1989)

Last feature film of Stanislav Barabas ...

Tanner (1986)

During the WW2, a Swiss mountain farmer, refuses to follow the government policy to increase self-sufficiency with produce. In his opinion, the steep mountain pastures are not suited for agriculture. Most of the villagers agree. However some begin to cult ...

The Death of the White Stallion (1985)

This somewhat superficial historical drama is about the 1525 Peasants' War in Germany when the lower classes rebelled against oppressive conditions imposed by the clergy and nobility and then committed many acts (including atrocities) that did not morally ...

A Song for Europe (1985)

Steven Dyer, an executive working for a giant multinational drugs company, decides to report his employer for breaches of Common Market trading regulations. One night in Basle, Switzerland, he leaves his home to post a letter, the start of a nightmare jour ...

Raffl (1985)

On February 20th, 1810, French and Bavarian forces killed the Tyrolean rebel leader Andreas Hofer in Mantua, at that time a part of Austria. Hofer had led the Tyroleans in their fight for independence from Bavaria and was betrayed by an insignificant farme ...

The Story (1984)

The young Munich sensational reporter Raoul Miller has attacked a lot of people in his cocaine report, who now take terrible revenge: they kill his girlfriend Raphaela and his parents. The drug mafia also ensures that Raoul loses his good reputation and be ...

So oder so ist das Leben: Vier Begegnungen in einer Großstadt (1983)

Kinder unseres Volkes (1983)

Die Stunde des Löwen (1982)

Hochkant (1982)

Die sieben Todsünden und Totentanz (1981)

Ihr 106. Geburtstag (1979)

Der Spinnenmörder (1978)

Der Mann mit der roten Nelke (1975)

Behind the scenes look at the preparations for the last two editions of Dietmar Schönherr's Talkshow. ...

Eine Frau zieht ein (1975)

Ein Fall für Sie: Sonnenschein bis Mitternacht (1975)

Sternschnuppe (1972)

Der Mann, der den Eiffelturm verkaufte (1970)

They are a true crook quartet, the kind you don't meet every day: Eliza, the old lady with the kind eyes. Bred, the charming boy. Jane, who loves Bred. And Larry, who is not afraid to do the filthier jobs. At the moment, the four musketeers of the underwor ...

Die Geschichte der 1002. Nacht (1969)

Affäre Dreyfuss (1968)

The disaster began in the late summer of 1894, when a French staff officer appeared at the military attaché of the German embassy in Paris. He offers important military information at very high prices. A cover letter for this case ends up in the attaché' ...

Otto ist auf Frauen scharf (1968)

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The Little Teahouse (1967)

Kill Me Gently (1967)

One of Tony and Brad's best with the boys on the hunt for a treasure of missing LSD that has been stolen by a criminal organization. Their quest eventually leads the boys to far-off desert oil ruins where much of the film's best action occurs. ...

Ski Fever (1966)

An American student at an Austrian resort disapproves of the games of seduction played by his fellow ski instructors. ...

Königliches Abenteuer (1966)

Komm mit zur blauen Adria (1966)

Ferien mit Piroschka (1965)

The young heartbreaker Thomas Laurends, son of a wealthy Hamburg family, is sent to Hungary to buy horses for his father's stud farm. This comes in very handy for Thomas. It allows him to escape his clingy girlfriend Karin for a while. However, his stay is ...

Coast of Skeletons (1965)

A former district officer is assigned to work on a team of diamond prospectors, who are busy double crossing each other until they are blown up having found bullion. ...

Ein Ferienbett mit 100 PS (1965)

Mozambique (1964)

An American pilot assists the Portuguese colonial police who are battling a gang of criminals involved in drug smuggling from Lisbon to Mozambique to Zanzibar. ...

Secret of the Chinese Carnation (1964)

Professor Wilkens has invented a formula for a new type of fuel and puts it on a microfiche that he sends to his daughter and her bodyguard, but multiple different mysterious groups, including the "Chinese Carnation", would kill to get their hands on it. ...

Code 7, Victim 5 (1964)

The first victim is the butler of South African millionaire Wexler, who hires hard-hitting private eye Steve Martin for protection. Once at Wexler's palatial Cape Town estate, Martin meets the patriarch's family, close associates – and possible suspects. ...

The Monster of London City (1964)

Then the spirit of Jack the Ripper seems to be very much alive in 1960s London as a series of brutal slayings by the Monster of London City has Scotland Yard baffled. In a macabre coincidence, a new play about the famous murderer is about to become a major ...

Ein Frauenarzt klagt an (1964)

Nach Ladenschluß (1964)

Operation Hong Kong (1964)

A suave gangster tries to get away from his boss with a suitcase full of heroin. Two pilots and lots of beautiful women get involved in the affair. Soon blood begins to flow. ...

The Puzzle of the Red Tassel (1963)

Secret agent Richard Warren poses as a journalist in Caracas to sell a secret uranium formula. A dancer named Sylvia approaches him and warns him of danger. A short time later, the young woman is dead. Richard finds her body, with a red tassel lying next t ...

Nylon Noose (1963)

A company's stockholders hold their meeting at a lonely mansion. A mad doctor conducting experiments in the mansion starts to strangle them one at a time with a nylon noose. The survivors must figure out a way to stop him. ...

Im Schatten des Krieges (1963)

Kohlhiesel's Daughters (1962)

Landlord Kohlhiesl has two twin daughters that nevertheless couldn't be more different: Liesel is beautiful, feminine, sophisticated, educated and in love with a fellow, Toni, from back home. The other daughter, Susi, is clumsy, masculine, never left home ...

Sein bester Freund (1962)

The Happy Years of the Thorwalds (1962)

The Thorwald family is well-off and contented when a tragedy strikes: the father is killed in an accident. Miss Thorwald takes over the raising of her children, four girls and two boys with the youngest already fifteen years old. She manages to keep them t ...

Commando (1962)

A French Foreign Legion commander is told to assemble a unit and capture an Algerian rebel leader. He gathers in his old unit, most of whom are no longer in top form. One is having nightmares of past indiscretions, another is now drinking, another has lost ...

The Longest Day (1962)

The retelling of June 6, 1944, from the perspectives of the Germans, US, British, Canadians, and the Free French. Marshall Erwin Rommel, touring the defenses being established as part of the Reich's Atlantic Wall, notes to his officers that when the Allied ...

Melody of Hate (1962)

Geliebte Hochstaplerin (1961)

Roberto Bolle smuggles himself as a stowaway on an ocean liner that of Hamburg gen New York sets sail. On board is also his lover Barbara Shadwell, whom he wants to marry, but who, at the request of her mother, the syrup millionaire Ceila Shadwell, should ...

Treibjagd auf ein Leben (1961)

A young doctor saves head secretary from a group of hired murderers and frees her from suspicion. ...

Mary Rose (1961)

Schau heimwärts, Engel (1961)

Sabine und die hundert Männer (1960)

Nach all der Zeit (1960)

Ingeborg (1960)

Brainwashed (1960)

Werner von Basil, a Austrian intellectual, was captured by the Nazis in 1938. They want to break him to confess smuggling. Without any mental sustenance, the only thing left to keep his mind busy is an old tactics book for chess. ...

Im Namen einer Mutter (1960)

A young widow shoots the murderer of her young daughter because the court had to declare the sex offender—who had already killed two children—mentally ill and not criminally responsible; she herself is granted leniency for manslaughter in the heat of t ...

Darkness Fell on Gotenhafen (1960)

The film depicts the first month of 1945 when the Russian Red Army broke into the eastern part of Germany and forced millions of civilians to flee in the coldest of winter. While the Russians invaded Ostpreussen hundred of thousands of civilians were evacu ...

Der liebe Augustin (1960)

Du bist wunderbar (1959)

Die unvollkommene Ehe (1959)

Divorce lawyer Dr. Winifred Lert tries to convince her daughter Susi of the futility of marriage. But Susi has long since married herself. Susi also wants to use trickery to bring her parents back together. ...

Everyday's not Sunday (1959)

While Eva is in the hospital after an accident, her son, Peter, goes in search of his long-missing father. Learning he has died, Peter then prepares himself for the new man in his mother's life. ...

Longing Has Seduced Me (1959)

Ursula and Hanne Brandner are bright twin sisters who couldn't be more different. Hanne is content to drive the family tractor and tend the fields, but Ursula wants to dance in the big city, which leads headlong towards tragedy. ...

Jons und Erdme (1959)

Adaptation of Hermann Sudermann's novel about the troubled relationship between the strong willed Erdme and her irascible husband Jons in the Lithunian moors. ...

Frauensee (1958)

Der schwarze Blitz (1958)

Michael Kirchner, nicknamed "The Black Lightning", is a passionate alpine skier. Now he must eliminate the tough opponent Herbert Tanner to be the representative of the national team. ...

Schwarzwälder Kirsch (1958)

Der Elefant im Porzellanladen (1958)

Frauenarzt Dr. Bertram (1957)

Daphnis und Chloe (1957)

Frühling in Berlin (1957)

Einmal eine große Dame sein (1957)

Being a leading lady is just what young Jeanette has always dreamed. To reach her goal she takes part in a film company's talent competition. When things don't go as planned, Jeanette and her feisty Aunt Elly resort to drastic measures. ...

Die verpfuschte Hochzeitsnacht (1957)

Made in Germany – Ein Leben für Zeiss (1957)

Das Mädchen Marion (1956)

Kleines Zelt und große Liebe (1956)

Friederike von Barring (1956)

Hello Kathrin (1956)

Kathrin, Sylvio, and Pierre are music students in Paris. Due to their financial difficulties, the bailiff Fogar is even forced to seize their musical instruments. However, he allows them to continue practicing with them in his warehouse. There, the trio me ...

Rosenmontag (1955)

The young lieutenant Hans Rudloff is engaged to the daughter of a councilor of commerce. However, he is in love with the flower arranger Anna. In order to marry her, he is even prepared to resign from his post. But gossip and intrigue don't exactly make th ...

Nacht am Mont-Blanc (1951)

Das Fräulein und der Vagabund (1949)

Les amours de Blanche Neige (1947)

A young girl nicknamed Snow White is part of the French ski team. She is courted by four international champions who challenge each other on the snow to win her heart. But everything gets complicated with the arrival of an Austrian champion. ...

Junge Adler (1944)

Director Brakke has good reason to be happy: he has just received the news that his son, Theo, won first place in the local boat race. To be sure, he had forbidden his son to take part in the competition, because the son's grades in school are substandar ...

Kain (1973)

A young textile worker attempts to reunite with his love and is shot by border guards. A semi-documentarian movie with a strong pacifist message. ...