Heinz Schimmelpfennig

Moffengriet - Liebe tut, was sie will (1990)

The Netherlands, 1940. At the age of 16, Tiny is already being asked to do all the work in the house and shop. After the Germans invaded the Netherlands, she fell in love with the German Bernd Verspohl at a dance. From then on she was called Moffengriet, t ...

Der schwarze Obelisk (1988)

In 1923, Ludwig Bodmer, a young man returning from the war, works in the gravestone company of his comrade Georg Kroll during the period of inflation. Business is going well, but inflation robs them of their profits and people suffer under the circumstance ...

Wallenstein (1987)

Wallenstein is adaptation of the drama by Friedrich Schiller. Set midway through the religious conflicts that ravaged war-torn Europe in the 17th century, the 18th-century German dramatist Friedrich Schiller wrote 3 plays that chronicle the final year and ...

Am Morgen meines Todes (1986)

Fathers and Sons (1986)

Follows two wealthy families in Germany during the first half of the 20th century. One of them is German, the other one Jewish. ...

Don Carlos (1984)

Tante Maria (1981)

Gesundheit (1979)

Kleine Geschichten mit großen Tieren (1978)

Der Strick um den Hals (1975)

The country estate of Count Claudieuse is located near Paris. One night in 1871, it goes up in flames. Two shots are fired, the count is critically injured, and the countess and her children escape the flames with the help of the feeble-minded Cocoleu. Coc ...

Stellenweise Glatteis (1975)

Karl Maiwald, a Dortmund auto mechanic, struggles amid neighbor disputes and family tension. Discovering his company's clandestine bugging, he exposes management, expecting union backing. Yet the union's hidden ownership of the firm stuns him, as he realiz ...

Die Stadt im Tal (1975)

Die geheimen Papiere des Pentagon (1973)

Krieg im dritten Stock (1973)

One night, a letter carrier appears in the bedroom of Mr. and Mrs. Blaha, who don't know what hit them. Mr. Blaha is told to acknowledge receipt. The contents of the letter tell him to go home and await further instructions. Suddenly, the doctor appears in ...

Ein Mordanschlag (1971)

Die Verspätung (1969)

Hürdenlauf (1969)

Film about a working-class boy who fails at secondary school. ...

Schichtwechsel (1968)

Der Sog (1968)

In Lemgo 89 (1967)

Kollege Crampton (1967)

The Mistress (1967)

Betty Blue (1966)

Mohrenwäsche (1966)

Nun singen sie wieder (1965)

Der Banditendoktor (1957)

Bandits force a cotton farmer to treat a young man who has been shot. Though the farmer has only basic medical experience he saves the boy's life. The bandits declare the farmer their doctor and he even teaches them to read and write. ...

Many Passed By (1956)

Attempted murder told from three perspectives: that of the offender, the (prospective) victim and the investigating officer. ...

Geschwader Fledermaus (1956)

Die Einladung (1968)

Ohne festen Wohnsitz (1966)

Aufstand der Gehorsamen (1963)

Das Glück sucht seine Kinder (1958)