Franz Josef Steffens

Blood of the Templars (2005)

18-year old David grew up assuming that his mother and his father have died when he was a baby. He was raised by a monk and is close to completing High School. He gets into a fight during a party and discovers he is stronger than he thought he was- also, t ...

Geisterstunde - Fahrstuhl ins Jenseits (1997)

While they are stuck in the elevator, three employees of a TV station tell each other stories about supernatural phenomena. They tell of the "dream girlfriend" of a 16-year-old girl who fell victim to a crime 33 years ago; of a bully who turns out to be an ...

Schlaraffenland (1995)

They live in junk, talk nonsense, and paint a new picture of the world. Then Johanna comes along and turns everything upside down again. Almost like in a real movie, doom, love, and death loom large. ...

Das Wahlergebnis (1987)

In a satirical way, the typical television coverage after a (fictitious) state election is simulated — including projections, interviews, commentaries, and a so-called "heavyweight round". When then, over the course of the broadcast, the voter turnout i ...

Zielscheiben (1985)

The police catch Zorro, a small-time crook who is to testify as a key witness in a trial against organized crime. When an assassination attempt is made on him in prison, Zorro is to be given a new identity and the prosecutor decides to let him go into hidi ...

Ein Kriegsende (1984)

In the last days of WW2, the German minesweeper MX12 is on its way into the enemy's zone to pick up wounded soldiers. When a radio message proclaims the end of war, the crew demands to break off the risky mission. Only the captain wants to continue. ...

Bis später - ich muss mich erschiessen (1984)

Based on Nikolai Erdman's banned 1928 comedy play The Suicide, a socially critical grotesque about a man tired of life ...

Fuses (1974)

Zündschnüre explores the emotional and psychological aftermath of war. The story follows two former soldiers who return home after serving in a brutal conflict. They find themselves struggling to reintegrate into civilian life, grappling with trauma, gui ...

The Brutalization of Franz Blum (1974)

Born into a well-off family, Franz Blum had led a carefree youth until, some time after graduating from high school, he was arrested by the police. For, involved by a gang of bad boys, the young man had taken part in a bank robbery. A "heroic deed" which e ...

Die Eltern (1974)

Ann, a ten-year-old girl, becomes the sole heir of millions from her grandmother. Ann's parents, who are short of money and have lost all hope of a bright future try to manipulate Ann's imagination in such a way that she loses her mind. ...

Umschulung (1969)