Günter Kunert

Endstation Harembar (1992)

Monolog für einen Taxifahrer (1990)

A film about the experiences of a cab driver who drives a young, heavily pregnant woman who has collapsed in a store to hospital. The encounters during the subsequent search for the future father so that he can take the expectant mother's things to the hos ...

Eine Reise wert… Der Dichter Günter Kunert (be)sucht Berlin (1986)

Follows the writer Günter Kunert on his return to West Berlin after his emigration from the GDR. ...

The Return of the Time Machine (1984)

The Time Machine is purchased from an antiques store by a physician from Berlin. Much of the script plays out in one room in the Berlin villa of Dr. Erasmus Beilowski. He and his well-educated friends have an intelligent discussion about the world and the ...

Unterwegs nach Atlantis (1977)

At the end of the 19th century, German archaeologist Professor Bohmann is searching for the remains of the legendary island Atlantis. But he is not the only one who is trailing the myth. His adversary, the British scientist Sir Grey claims to have already ...

Beethoven - Days in a Life (1976)

Vienna, 1813-1819: Beethoven (played by Donatas Banionis) is at the peak of his fame. Orchestras all over the world play his music, but he lives modestly and is dependent upon private patrons. Nagged by his patronizing brothers, spied upon by officials for ...

Berlin mit Unterbrechungen (1976)

Constructed from still photos and inspired by the essay of the same name by Günter Kunert. ...

Karpfs Karriere (1971)

What to do if you are stuck as a police officer in a boring small town, no decent crimes happen and you should actually make the big career at the instigation of your wife? In this lamentable situation is Heinrich Karpf. An unfine plan is supposed to bring ...

Farewell (1968)

In August of 1914, amidst the public ecstasy surrounding the impending war, Hans Gastl, the young son of a Munich bürger, makes a decision: he will not take part in this war. This resolution signifies a turning point in his life; a farewell to his class a ...

Frauen von Ravensbrück (1968)

East German documentary about the Ravensbrück concentration camp. ...

Memento (1966)

A film about Jewish cemeteries in East Berlin, based on a screenplay by Günter Kunert, with text by Rabbi Martin Riesenburger. There are shots of gravestones and inscriptions – deported, murdered, perished; in Auschwitz or Theresienstadt. Commentary rem ...

Vom König Midas (1963)

On an open‐air stage, a small town's Pioneers enact King Midas's tale: granted by Bacchus the power to turn everything he touches to gold, Midas's greed backfires when even food becomes gold. Desperate, he begs the god to reverse the gift, only to be lef ...

Fetzers Flucht (1962)

A man escapes and kills a guardian. ...

The Second Track (1962)

In this German drama, Brock, a railroad inspector, witnesses a robbery at a train depot. He recognizes the thief, but turning the man in would mean acknowledging he knows him, thus revealing his own complicity with the Nazi war machine. When Brock's daught ...

Guten Tag, lieber Tag (1961)

Engineer Strebel′s apprentices think of nothing else but music and dancing, although they should really concentrate on their marks. Consequently, Strebel is anything but delighted with his pupil. To top it all, a TV show becomes interested in a performan ...

Seilergasse 8 (1960)

The young lady Lisa Gau probably took her own life at Seilergasse 8 in Rostock, at least that's what it looks like. Captain Schirding, who has been assigned to the case, sees things differently. Together with forensic scientist Kurt Lisowski, he investigat ...

Das Stacheltier – Eine Liebesgeschichte (1953)

The writer Franz Schmidt reads to two editors from his new romance novel. The two criticize the lack of a problematic portrayal of the joyful life of youth, the role of women and the collective "welding together". He is asked to revise the work again. In h ...

Eine Reise wert… Der Dichter Günter Kunert (be)sucht Berlin (1986)

Follows the writer Günter Kunert on his return to West Berlin after his emigration from the GDR. ...

Reflexion über Bernau (1976)

Günter Kunert explores the small town Bernau near Berlin and its history. ...

Farewell (1968)

In August of 1914, amidst the public ecstasy surrounding the impending war, Hans Gastl, the young son of a Munich bürger, makes a decision: he will not take part in this war. This resolution signifies a turning point in his life; a farewell to his class a ...