Ernst Busch

Busch singt – Sechs Filme über die erste Hälfte des 20. Jahrhunderts (1982)

"Busch singt" consists of 6 films "About the first part of our century" and does not present Ernst Busch only as a singer but is a film with and about Busch as a chronicler and fighter for communist ideals of his time. Konrad Wolf died during the productio ...

Goya: Or the Hard Way to Enlightenment (1971)

As a painter in the court of King Carlos IV, Goya has attained wealth and reputation. He believes in King and Church, yet he is also a Spaniard who dearly loves his people. This contradiction presents him with a dilemma. ...

Comrade Berlin (1969)

Documentary about East Berlin, commemorating 20th anniversary of German Democratic Republic formation. ...

Mother Courage and Her Children (1961)

During the Thirty Years' War, the camp-follower Anna Fierling, called "Mother Courage", travels the length and breadth of Europe with her covered wagon. She does not care if it's Catholics or Protestants she trades with as long as business thrives. She los ...

Mutter Courage und ihre Kinder (1957)

Set during the Thirty Years' War between 1624 and 1636, film tells the story of the sutler Anna Fierling, known as Mother Courage, who tries to make her fortune from the war and loses her three children in the process. ...

Der Kampf (1936)

Gilgi: One of Us (1932)

A young woman born illegitimately comes to terms with the challenge of getting married. ...

The Two from South Express (1932)

A story of friendship, love, betrayal and jealousy, which the locomotive driver Karl and his coalman Hans experience. They're both let down by the same girl and their old friendship, which soon almost develops into hate, blooms anew in the end. ...

Strafsache van Geldern (1932)

Paulus van Geldern is a lawyer who has made a name for himself as a criminal defense attorney, but is notoriously short of funds due to his unbridled passion for gambling. His gambling causes problems with his marriage to Martha who is thriving. ...

Kuhle Wampe or Who Owns the World? (1932)

Kuhle Wampe takes place in early-1930s Berlin. The film begins with a montage of newspaper headlines describing steadily-rising unemployment figures. This is followed by scenes of a young man looking for work in the city and the family discussing the unpai ...

Raid in St. Pauli (1932)

Illustrates both the powerlessness of the ordinary worker as well as an intimate portrait of the joys and sorrows of a small group of people in the harbor section of Hamburg. ...

Hell on Earth (1931)

Hell on Earth (German: Niemandsland) is a 1931 German film directed by Victor Trivas. The film is also known as No Man's Land in France. ...

The Trunks of Mr. O.F. (1931)

In the very old-fashioned town of Ostend suddenly 13 suitcases are delivered to the Grand Hotel, with a note, that O.F. will be here soon and needs 6 rooms. This event, probably the biggest in 300 years, starts a small wave of modernisation, yet everybody ...

Comradeship (1931)

At a mine on the shared edge of France and Germany, an underground explosion leads to the entrapment of a group of French miners. In an effort to save the trapped Frenchmen, German miners Wittkopp and Kasper take it upon themselves to traverse a crumbling ...

The Song of Life (1931)

This Brechtian musical about a young woman who flees from her decrepit, noble fiancé and marries a sailor is an interesting, although not a completely successful attempt to translate the sort of stage show to film. It has some good points, including the c ...

Popular Tune (1931)

The story is set in Berlin at the beginning of the 20th century. The members of a singing group live in poor conditions in a dilapidated building. When the manager of the property is murdered, Peter and Paul, both members of the singing group, become suspe ...

The 3 Penny Opera (1931)

In London at the turn of the century, underworld kingpin Mack the Knife marries Polly Peachum without the knowledge of her father, the equally enterprising 'king of the beggars'. ...

Five Cartridges (1960)

It is the year 1936 and the Spanish Civil War is raging. When the German commander of an international brigade is badly wounded he gives his five comrades a message which he divides up and secretes into in five cartridges. All five shells must reach the ba ...