Hans Paetsch

Hui Buh: The Castle Ghost (2006)

After 500 years, castle ghost Hui Buh finally has some royal residents to haunt, but he soon loses his license to scare and must get recertified. ...

The Erl-King (2003)

In a stormy night, a father and his child have to ride through a haunted forest to reach the safety of their home. "Oh who rides by night through the woodland so wild, ´tis the fond father embracing his child. ...

The Raven (1999)

A man, mourning about the loss of his lover Leonore, faces a strange visitor in the middle of the night. ...

Blümchen '95-'98 Die Videos (1998)

Run Lola Run (1998)

Lola receives a phone call from her boyfriend Manni. He lost 100,000 DM in a subway train that belongs to a very bad guy. She has 20 minutes to raise this amount and meet Manni. Otherwise, he will rob a store to get the money. Three different alternatives ...

Night Time (1998)

Thomas Krömer follows the traces of a brutal murder in werewolf-manner out of personal interest. After investigating for some time, the traces all point to one person: himself. Now, he has to find out whether he surprisingly turns into a blood-seeking wer ...

Willi und die Windzors (1996)

The British parliament has decided to get rid of the royal family. All of them have to leave the county and so they move to Germany, where they want to live by their distant relatives, the Bettenberg family. But these are not amused about their snobbish vi ...

Ein letzter Wille (1994)

Summer of Love (1992)

A man with electrified hands walks into a monastery (a colorfully decorated tent) with two nuns, they shower him with cookies and he converts them to rockers, party girls and hippies. They go out on adventures involving other hippies, a killer that gorily ...

Otto - The Romance Film (1992)

Cupid, the God of love, gets the order to unite two people. On Earth, Otto fails as a street musician because his guitar breaks. While buying a new string, his hand gets stuck in the purse of Tina, who works at the Dr. Bayerle beauty farm. When she enters ...

The Magic Voyage (1992)

Christopher Columbus decides to go on a journey to prove that the Earth is not flat. His companion is a smart wood worm who's on a quest of his own: to save a beautiful fairy princess from the evil lord Swarm and his insect army. ...

La Paloma fliegt nicht mehr (1992)

The Serbian Girl (1991)

The naive 18 year old Dobrila leaves her little Serbian village to travel to Hamburg, Germany, where her boyfriend lives. The trip is not easy. Finally in Hamburg she has to realize her boyfriend is not very interested in a relationship. She doesn't tell h ...

Wer zu spät kommt – Das Politbüro erlebt die deutsche Revolution (1990)

The TV documentation reconstructs the incidents between May and November 1989 from the point of view of the Politburo of the GDR (German Democratic Republic). The incidents include the fraud of local elections, the opening of Hungary's borders towards Aust ...

Blaubart (1984)

An internist is accused of murdering the sixth of his seven wives. During the court hearing, numerous statements, especially those made by his former wives, confront him with his past. Finally acquitted, the doctor loses himself in feelings of deepest guil ...

Die seltsamen Begegnungen des Prof. Taratonga (1978)

Generale - Anatomie der Marneschlacht (1977)

The movie depicts the events from July until September of 1914 which led to the defeat of the German troops at the Marne. While Sebastian Haffner explains and comments on operations and decisions on the basis of situation maps, key scenes are depicted by a ...

In freier Landschaft (1977)

Kennwort: Fasanenjagd München 1945 (1975)

See-Leben 1 (1975)

Der Edison von Schöneberg (1973)

Max Hölz. Ein deutsches Lehrstück (1972)

The film deals with the revolutionary actions of Max Hölz during the March battles in central Germany in 1921. ...

Friß, Pappi, friß! (1972)

Rechtsprechung (1972)

Die Pueblo-Affaire (1972)

Kein Geldschrank geht von selber auf. Die Eddie Chapman Story (1971)

Die Kuba-Krise 1962 (1971)

Der Tod des Deputierten Jean Jaurès (1970)

Gneisenau – Die politische Auflehnung eines Soldaten (1970)

Maximilian von Mexiko (1970)

Marinemeuterei 1917 (1969)

Friedrich Ebert und Gustav Stresemann, Schicksalsjahre der Republik (1969)

Friedrich Ebert - Geburt einer Republik (1969)

Kim Philby war der dritte Mann (1969)

Kim Philby is the best British professional spy. The only difference is that, as a leading official in the British secret service, he not only works for the British side, but also as a double agent for the Soviets. He is supported by the diplomats Burgess ...

So war Mama (1969)

Madame Caillaux (1968)

Kampf um Kautschuk (1967)

In 1876, Englishman Henry Wickham breaks Brazil's rubber monopoly. Although exporting rubber tree seeds is punishable by death, he illegally transports the valuable seeds out of the country after a dangerous expedition through the Amazon region. ...

Wenn der junge Wein blüht (1967)

Der Fall Angelika (1966)

Die letzte Reise des Kapitän Scott (1966)

Ein Haus voll Musik - Die heitere Geschichte einer Zwangsräumung (1965)

Die eigenen vier Wände (1965)

Das Strafquartett: Ein Knastical (1965)

Mark of the Tortoise (1964)

English millionaire Sir Cyrus Bradley is being blackmailed by "The Tortoise" Crime Syndicate. He is to pay £ 100,000.00 Pounds to stay alive and not be murdered. After his refusal to pay the money, he is quickly killed. ...

Nur keine Blumen (1964)

Tausend Jahre nach Christi Geburt (1964)

The film shows the bronze door of Bernward of Hildesheim in its individual fields. The door shows Old and New Testament stages of the events of salvation: from the creation of man to the fratricide of Abel; from the angel's proclamation to Mary to the pres ...

The Breakthrough (1963)

An East German machinist, disenchanted by the building of the Wall, plans to use a train to cross the border with family members and other disaffected citizens. ...

Stalingrad (1963)

The story of the Battle of Stalingrad from the perspective of a Panzer commander and an officer in a penal battalion. ...

The Inn on the River (1962)

A serial killer named The Shark is terrorizing London by killing his victims with a speargun and then, dressed in a scruba-diver's wetsuit, using the city's sewer tunnels to make his getaway. ...

Secret of the Red Orchid (1962)

Rival gangsters from Chicago move to London and attempt to extort money from rich Britons. ...

Barbara - Wild wie das Meer (1961)

On the Faroe Islands in the North Sea lives the seductive and mysterious Barbara, who plunges men into misfortune. She is married to the island doctor, but is hopelessly unfaithful. When her husband dies and his successor Dr. Aggersoe arrives on the island ...

Murder Party (1961)

Klaus murders women. After killing another girl, Klaus is spotted by his friend Kersten as he leaves his latest victim's house. Kersten gives him a ride and Klaus begins to plot the man's death. He's a witness, after all. Nobody else can say Klaus was the ...

The Life of Adolf Hitler (1961)

Carefully chronicling in great detail the early years of Hitler's political life until his fall as the leader of Germany, this archive-footage documentary offers a sharply critical insight into the stealthy rise of the Nazi party and how it's racist vision ...

Dead Eyes of London (1961)

A disfigured killer with glazed-over white eyes is doing the dirty work so that an insurance agent-doctor can get the victims' insurance money. ...

Fabrik der Offiziere (1960)

An army war school during the WWII: first Lieutenant Krafft has a strong sense of justice. This has often brought him into disrepute with his previous superiors and he has been transferred several times as a result. With his new position in an officer's sc ...

The Ambassadress (1960)

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 ...

Ich zähle täglich meine Sorgen (1960)

For business reasons, Rosemary is supposed to marry Peter, a stranger to her, according to her father's wishes. However, while fleeing from America back to Europe, Rosemary and Peter meet under assumed names and fall in love. ...

Die Frau am dunklen Fenster (1960)

Blooming Dreams (1959)

Buddenbrooks - 1. Teil (1959)

First part of two of the saga of the troubled Buddenbrook family and their business in mid 19th century Germany. ...

The Blue Moth (1959)

Julia Martens is a wrongly convicted murderess who is released from prison after thirteen years. She begins a new career as a chanson singer and her now grown-up son, who has been told that his mother is dead, has no idea who Julia Martens really is. One d ...

Natürlich die Autofahrer (1959)

Eberhard Dobermann is a widower and a policeman who loves to control the roads and let people pay fines. Even with his neighbour and friend Jutta Schmalbach he has no pity. Thus he cannot understand why his daughter Karin just falls in love with a racing p ...

The Man Who Sold Himself (1959)

Meant to be a diatribe against yellow journalism and current social ills, this weakly limned drama by Josef von Baky features a reporter who works for one of the tabloid papers. The reporter digs up dirt on the past life of a local hotel owner, and wanting ...

Die Caine war ihr Schicksal (1959)

Die begnadete Angst (1958)

Das Herz von St. Pauli (1957)

Due to a lack of money, Hamburg pub owner Jonny Jensen brings two partners on board. As soon as the contract is finalized, the ex-sea bear is almost struck by a blow: the shady duo want to turn his quaint harbour bar "Herz von St. Pauli" into a demimonde p ...

Made in Germany – Ein Leben für Zeiss (1957)

Das Ministerium ist beleidigt (1954)

Vater braucht eine Frau (1954)

Im Banne der Guarneri (1953)

Die Lüge (1950)

Three men are planning a balloon ascent into the stratosphere. During the balloon flight, complications arise, the balloon is driven out to sea and the men face death. ...

Insolent and in Love (1950)

Penniless Peter Schild looks for work when arrived in Germany. Working as a private eye he has to observe a young lady who is willing to marry an unemployed actor against the will of her parents. ...

The Law of Love (1949)

Berlin, 1805: The brave Lieutenant Hofstede fell stormily in love with the charming singer Madeleine. Although Madeleine works in a very dubious establishment and thereby embroiled her lover in a scandal. ...

Fünftausend Mark Belohnung (1942)

A big explosion in a pulp mill causes a lot of damage. The police suspect a crime and put up a 5,000 Mark reward for information leading to the arrest of the perpetrator. Egged on by his wife Ursula, the insurance agent Rolf Kettner sees his chance to pr ...

Ein Zug fährt ab (1942)

Comrades (1941)

King Frederick II and his leading advisors hesitate too long in the eyes of some officers, so Major von Schill decides to strike out on his own. He hoped that his brave move would be the catalyst for the great war of liberation. But von Schill's troops wer ...

Hauptsache glücklich! (1941)

Axel Roth is happy in his marriage and with his job. But his mother-in-law wants more for her daughter and manages to sow discord. When the two of them use cunning to secure an invitation to a high-society gathering at the general director's house, Axel's ...

Blutsbrüderschaft (1941)

On November 11, 1918, the last day of the First World War , Lieutenant Colonel Klaus Olden desperately tried to hold a lost post with his unit. The rescue appears in the form of pilot Jochen Wendler, who shows up with his plane and drops ammunition. When J ...

Mein Mann darf es nicht wissen (1940)

Sabine Senden is desperate – she's hopelessly in love with Willi Ulbrich, her mother's lodger. The only problem is, her mother doesn't like the man at all. She even wants to sue him for defamation, since he allegedly called her a "hooded crow" after he a ...

Silvesternacht am Alexanderplatz (1939)

New Year's Eve should be a time of joy for everyone. But Herr Reinhardt has decided to take his life on this evening. During his last conversation with his friend, Dr. Storp, the good doctor convinced him to wait until the following morning to kick the b ...

Heiraten (1966)