Evelyn Opela

Night Train to Venice (1996)

The Orient Express, on its night trip from Munich to Venice, is full because of the beginning of the carnival in Venice. Between the passengers are a young writer, an actress, and her daughter, an elderly dancer, five neo-nazi punks, and a strange man that ...

Familienschande (1988)

Der Besuch (1984)

The son of actor Robert Drury is kidnapped, and a strange visitor arrives. ...

August der Starke (1984)

Contemporaries (1983)

Within the span of 48 hours "contemporaries" encounter each other. In the middle is Max, who lost his job years ago because of his affair with the wife of an influential man. The story of an encounter which turns out badly because the people involved can' ...

Heimkehr nach Deutschland (1982)

Überfall in Glasgow (1981)

Rosenmontag ist kein Feiertag (1978)

Die Rückkehr des alten Herrn (1978)

Rückkehr (Return) consists of two short films inspired by the director's youth: "Die Rückkehr des alten Herrn" (The return of the old lord) is a nostalgic dive into the memories of an old man who entrusts his grandson with stories of his youth. "Mein s ...

Sanfter Schrecken (1977)

Das Schweigen im Walde (1976)

The young Count Ettingen leads a dissolute life in Munich with the demanding Baroness Prankha at his side. To finance his life, he has his uncle cut down the forests in his estate without caring about the consequences. When he catches his girlfriend having ...

Die Rakete (1975)

Comenius (1975)

Strychnin und saure Drops (1974)

Im Schillingshof (1973)

Schloß Hubertus (1973)

For Count Egge, there is only one meaningful way of life: living in the magnificent natural surroundings of his mountains. Only hunting matters to him; he even neglects his own children for its sake. Inevitably, this leads to conflicts that result in tragi ...

Pan (1973)

Weights and Measures (1973)

Tells of the tribulations of a middle-aged official of the Austro-Hungarian Bureau of Weights and Measures in fighting the local shopkeepers and traders whose weights are frequently light. ...

Der Amateur (1972)

Nasrin oder Die Kunst zu träumen (1972)

Betragen ungenügend! (1972)

Due to a plot by the teaching staff, headmaster Taft is forced into early retirement and Knörz is appointed headmaster. However, they didn't count on class 13a, and especially not on their spokesperson Pepe Nietnagel. They are anything but happy about los ...

Die Schlankheitskur (1971)

Morgen fällt die Schule aus (1971)

Pepe Nietnagel's father has a valuable stamp collection stolen in Amsterdam. Street musician Pit recovers it. To show his gratitude, Pit is invited to Baden Baden and enters the Mommsen Gymnasium. There, he joins Pepe in his pranks. ...

Úplně vyřízený chlap (1965)

Ostrava - Kunčice , 1953: on the same day as the manifestation funeral for J. V. Stalin, the funeral of Brigadier Bédi Nevěřil, a tragic victim of the bureaucratic cadre machine... The story unfolds in the memoirs of another brigadier, former journalis ...

The Jester's Tale (1964)

An anti-war black comedy set during the Thirty Years' War. It follows ploughman Petr, recruiter Matěj and country girl Lenka who get caught up in both sides of the war and experience many adventures before they find happiness. The film combines live actio ...