Klaus Lemke

Champagner für die Augen - Gift für den Rest (2022)

A spirit of optimism, structural change, emancipation: by showing excerpts from his films such as LIEBE, SO SCHÖN WIEBE (1971), SYLVIE (1973), IDOLE (1976) and AMORE (1978), Klaus Lemke tells his story of the decade, now half a century ago, that was so fo ...

Berlin Izza Bitch! (2021)

A failed art forger keeps his head above water through contacts with rich women, and he is particularly close friends with an old widow. However, when he becomes acquainted with her children, the artist finds himself in a precarious situation: his son dies ...

Bad Boy Lemke (2020)

»I'd prefer to be the film myself than just the director«: with Klaus Lemke, the boundaries between life and screen are fluid. For more than 50 years he has made films on low budgets using amateur actors without a screenplay. His cinema is brutal and imp ...

A Callgirl for Ghosts (2020)

The film is part of Lemkes never-ending Munich series, but this time it leads beyond Schwabing or Maxvorstadt, which makes it more entertaining than its predecessors. After a stop at the Bayrischer Hof, it moves into the Glockenbachviertel, over the Reiche ...

New Gods Outta Munich (2019)

On the run from her ex-lover, Judith hides in the toilet at the Munich Art Academy. In the basement. She wants to hijack the snobbish art scene with a scandal video. ...

Bad Girl Avenue (2018)

Disturbingly, but believably, women turn their husbands into shrinking violets, only to release them into the wild when the situation calls for it. ...

Making Judith (2017)

All about casting. And about Lemke. And orgasms through thought transference. Plus: All about financing non-government movies. ...

Unterwäschelügen (2016)

Two women are at the center of the film: Mela is an artist, Leila sees herself as a self-confident nymphomaniac and occasionally forgets to collect her fee from her clients. Her male counterpart Henning is a gallant, albeit loud-mouthed, chatterbox. An exc ...

Kein großes Ding (2013)

Mahmoud spent three years in prison. Now the petty criminal projectionist is finally free again. He would like to become an artist, but he lacks talent. Fortunately, he has his best buddy Hennig, who is there to help him, but doesn't really have a clue. Bu ...

Berlin für Helden (2012)

A film about five young people who are new to the metropolis of Berlin, their dissolute lives and the pitfalls of interpersonal relationships. One young woman ditches her boyfriend for an Italian lover as soon as they arrive from Hamburg - but he has anoth ...

3 Kreuze für einen Bestseller (2011)

Tini would like to be a writer, but unfortunately she doesn't have the talent. At least she finds a supposed bestselling author on Fuerteventura, for whom she is merely a means to an artistic end. ...

Schmutziger Süden (2010)

Fischkopp Henning can't really do anything. Apart from making slogans and picking up women. When he has to deliver a strange package from Hamburg to Munich, there's plenty of opportunity to put his talents to good use. ...

13 x Glück (2010)

13 x Glück is dedicated to Frieda Grafe, brings together scenes from old and new Lemke films and tells of the happiness of freedom. ...

Dancing with Devils (2008)

Rodion procured the weapon that Nina wants to use to avenge her brother's death. Saralisa, who has just been released from prison, is not to live any longer. But when Rodion encounters the condemned woman, he is completely lost. ...

Finale (2007)

The bittersweet love story between a 26-year-old actress at the beginning of her career and a 21-year-old call girl at the end of her marriage, set during the world cup 2006. ...

Undercover Ibiza (2007)

Charming but scheming "Colonel" Monk arrives to Ibiza in search of his missing son. He spends most of his time talking with his son's girlfriends and it turns out that the son might not actually want to be found. ...

3 Minuten Heroes (2005)

The scene plays itself: The megalomaniac DJ Miles on the run from debt. Timo on the hunt for sex. Zsa-Zsa is a seamstress who lets Miles steal from her and cheat on her - but she loves him. Coco was a barmaid. Miles is killed. Coco avenges his death becaus ...

Träum weiter, Julia! (2005)

A youthful airhead thinks he is a gift from heaven to the ladies. He attracts the interest of a dreamy young woman who wants to have him all to herself. Although she manages to arouse his jealousy by fibbing, she is unable to change his behavior. With the ...

Last Minute Jamaika (2003)

Two interns from a Munich film company fly to the Caribbean for a vacation - not out of mutual sympathy, but because they hope to seduce their boss in intimate togetherness. The trip ends in a fiasco, but also in great love. ...

Never Go to Goa (2002)

What happens when you fly to Goa to capture the crazy reality of the "enlightenment industry and drug use" in a documentary? The result can only be one thing... ...

Running Out of Cool (2002)

A gang of film and sex addicts steal the camera, cast and story for their first movie. ...

Die Leopoldstraße Kills Me (2001)

Klaus Lemke steps out of the door of his Munich apartment and stands on Leopoldstrasse, where he has "lived" for many years. His documentary film is an avowedly gaudy declaration of love for Schwabinger Strasse, the people who live there and their realisti ...

Das Flittchen und der Totengräber (1995)

Actually Wolfgang and Cleo are the ideal couple. Nevertheless, the scraps always fly when they are together for a long time. After the last big fight, they finally split up. Unfortunately, both start their new lives in Las Vegas. ...

Die Ratte (1993)

Ricki is 15, an apprentice in a supermarket, and admires his older brother Sven, a big shot in Hamburg's red-light district who keeps his head above water with thefts and drug deals. In Ricki's eyes, nobody comes close to his brother. It is only when Sven ...

Zockerexpreß (1991)

The gambling-addicted and heavily indebted owner of a bar and three hostesses burns down his establishment to prevent it from falling into the hands of criminals. In doing so, he loses the women, his luck at gambling, and ultimately his life. ...

Ein verhexter Sommer (1989)

Bibos Männer (1986)

Angela, a seventeen-year-old girl who is only known by the nickname "Bibo", faces the world, especially the world of men, with a defiantly self-confident demeanor that doesn't accept defeat. Until she meets the young musician Mischi, one of those "Gelackte ...

The Little One (1983)

Markus, 16, goes to the city where his big brother Mischa will show him the ropes. But Mischa has gambled away his money, leading to theft and deeper troubles. Markus must take revenge. ...

Wie die Weltmeister (1981)

Franz Bielek is a bailiff by conviction. However, his overzealousness is increasingly a thorn in the side of his superiors, so they transfer him from the provinces to Munich without further ado. Overwhelmed by the big city, Bielek no longer collects a sing ...

Flitterwochen (1980)

Customs officers Katti and Wolfgang are so deeply in love with each other that they are barely aware of their surroundings. But after the wedding reception, there's nothing but trouble. ...

Arabian Nights (1979)

Petrol station owner Karin is angry. Not only are constantly rising gas prices spoiling her good mood. Her boyfriend, car enthusiast Wolfgang, is also constantly cheating on her. Now she's had enough. With her friend and Wolfgang's last lover, Christl, she ...

Der Allerletzte (1979)

Cleo is a barmaid at Munich's top disco "Sugar Shake". She definitely thinks she's the first prize at any erotic lottery - and she has a heart, too. ...

Some Kind of Saint (1979)

Country bumpkin Wolfgang believes he has been called by God and travels from Freilassing to Munich's den of iniquity to follow his Christian mission. Right at the train station, he graces an establishment with his presence. The barmaid Baby is moved by the ...

Amore (1978)

The inconspicuous greengrocer's daughter Maria had to watch as the adored Italian Pietro broke her best friend's heart. Dressed up as a vamp, the vengeful Maria now sets a cunning trap for the attractive Papagallo. Maria is the daughter of a small German f ...

Moto-Cross (1977)

Inge, a chemist in a small Bavarian town, has lost her heart to Hub, a car mechanic, without him even suspecting it. For the time being, Inge doesn't want Hub to find out about her. Nothing should distract him from the big goal that he and her brother Wolf ...

Die Sweethearts (1977)

A clique of four young Munich girls are fed up with the world of men and decide to form an a cappella band. Although they are far from being good singers, they shine with their fervor in performance and their love of 1950s pop songs. ...

Idole (1976)

Small town waitress Annerl pines for the captain of the local soccer team. When he falls for a travelling dancer, Annerl jealously follows her to Munich and embarks on an adventure involving a famous pop singer. ...

Teenagerliebe (1975)

Hans-Jürgen is seventeen. He has cracked cars and machines to impress his girlfriend. That has him a youth penalty of several months registered. ...

Paul (1974)

After 7 years spent in jail Paul is free again. With his old crew he celebrates his return. Nothing seems to have changed. And soon Paul finds himself drunk as a skunk at a party in a Blankenese villa... ...

Sylvie (1973)

Fashion model Sylvie falls asleep drunk in the cab of Munich taxi driver Paul, and an impossible love affair beckons. ...

Rocker (1972)

In Hamburg, West Germany, a rocker biker gang helps a kid avenge his brother who was murdered by a two thugs. ...

Liebe, so schön wie Liebe (1972)

Munich in the 1970s: A group of young people are killing time. Sylvie has broken up with her boyfriend, and a short time later he marries someone else. The slacker Rolf enters Sylvie's life and together they decide to form a circus group with their friends ...

Mein schönes kurzes Leben (1970)

A young drifter falls in love with a model. ...

Brandstifter (1969)

Anka, a student active in the extra-parliamentary opposition, has had enough of inconsequential discussions. As she no longer believes that she can change the world with words alone, she plans a militant action: as a protest against the Vietnam War, she pl ...

Negresco (1968)

The wife of a jet-set millionaire takes a holiday in Berlin and poses for racy photographs. These are stolen, a man is killed, and she decamps to the French Riviera with a different photographer, who may also now be in danger. ...

48 Hours to Acapulco (1967)

A young man gets caught up in criminal activities in order to fulfill his desire for an easy life. ...

Duell (1966)

In this action film, a young couple is invited to his boss' house. On the way, he gets out for a cigarette and she takes the wheel and speeds off. He hails a cab and pursues her through night-time Munich. The chase takes him through back courtyards, malls, ...

Ein Haus am Meer (1966)

A young girl hitches a ride in a car with a man. In front of and in an abandoned house, the man tries to approach the girl... ...

Henker Tom (1966)

A young couple in Munich, Tom and Sabine, play around all day. But the girl, a model, would rather travel the world. He, on the other hand, is the absolute gamer type. ...

Strategen (1966)

Men try to catch a woman's attention. ...

Die Versöhnung (1965)

A man bored with his wife goes to the Munich Oktoberfest. He meets a pregnant student who discusses the problems of bourgeois marriage with him and finally returns home disappointed. ...

Kleine Front (1965)

Short film about three young men who have seen Howard Hawks' African adventure "Hatari" in a Munich movie theater and decide to go on safari themselves. As Africa is a little too far, they drive to a nearby trout pond in their rickety Volkswagen. But their ...

Frühstück in Rom (1965)

A film critic falls in love. ...

Champagner für die Augen - Gift für den Rest (2022)

A spirit of optimism, structural change, emancipation: by showing excerpts from his films such as LIEBE, SO SCHÖN WIEBE (1971), SYLVIE (1973), IDOLE (1976) and AMORE (1978), Klaus Lemke tells his story of the decade, now half a century ago, that was so fo ...

Bad Boy Lemke (2020)

»I'd prefer to be the film myself than just the director«: with Klaus Lemke, the boundaries between life and screen are fluid. For more than 50 years he has made films on low budgets using amateur actors without a screenplay. His cinema is brutal and imp ...

New Gods Outta Munich (2019)

On the run from her ex-lover, Judith hides in the toilet at the Munich Art Academy. In the basement. She wants to hijack the snobbish art scene with a scandal video. ...

Making Judith (2017)

All about casting. And about Lemke. And orgasms through thought transference. Plus: All about financing non-government movies. ...

Open Wounds – A Journey through German Genre Films (2017)

A documentary about German cinema from 1960 to 1990. It follows "Verfluchte Liebe deutscher Film. ...

Show What You Love (2016)

In the 1970s, the Munich Group set about revolutionizing German film with low budgets and an excess of creativity. The Bungalow bar next to the Türkendolch theater was their meeting place, who were inspired by the French New Wave and New Hollywood. Munich ...

Doomed Love: A Journey Through German Genre Films (2016)

An alternative history of the not-so-well-known West German genre cinema of the 1960s and 1970s. ...

3 Kreuze für einen Bestseller (2011)

Tini would like to be a writer, but unfortunately she doesn't have the talent. At least she finds a supposed bestselling author on Fuerteventura, for whom she is merely a means to an artistic end. ...

Undercover Ibiza (2007)

Charming but scheming "Colonel" Monk arrives to Ibiza in search of his missing son. He spends most of his time talking with his son's girlfriends and it turns out that the son might not actually want to be found. ...

Die Quereinsteigerinnen (2005)

Two young women kidnap the manager of the German telephone provider and start making strange demands while getting to know their captive a little better ...

Never Go to Goa (2002)

What happens when you fly to Goa to capture the crazy reality of the "enlightenment industry and drug use" in a documentary? The result can only be one thing... ...

Running Out of Cool (2002)

A gang of film and sex addicts steal the camera, cast and story for their first movie. ...

Die Leopoldstraße Kills Me (2001)

Klaus Lemke steps out of the door of his Munich apartment and stands on Leopoldstrasse, where he has "lived" for many years. His documentary film is an avowedly gaudy declaration of love for Schwabinger Strasse, the people who live there and their realisti ...

Das Wunder (1985)

Teenager Raphaela was born blind into a wealthy, material focused family. Her father escapes reality into an affair with his secretary while her mother reacts to the difficult situation in an over protective and possessive conduct towards her blind daughte ...

Feel the Motion (1985)

Young Tina has a big dream, she wants to become a successful pop singer. That's why she tries her luck in the music show 'Formel Eins'. There she meets all kinds of stars like Falco, Meat Loaf, Die Toten Hosen and Pia Zadora and of course the presenter Ing ...

The Little One (1983)

Markus, 16, goes to the city where his big brother Mischa will show him the ropes. But Mischa has gambled away his money, leading to theft and deeper troubles. Markus must take revenge. ...

Douglas Sirk: Über Stars (1980)

Douglas speaks about some of the stars he has directed, like Asta Nielsen, Lili Dagover, Zarah Leander, George Sanders, Signe Hasso, Barbara Stanwyck, Jane Wyman, and many others. ...

Der Allerletzte (1979)

Cleo is a barmaid at Munich's top disco "Sugar Shake". She definitely thinks she's the first prize at any erotic lottery - and she has a heart, too. ...

Sylvie (1973)

Fashion model Sylvie falls asleep drunk in the cab of Munich taxi driver Paul, and an impossible love affair beckons. ...

Für Cecile - an der Westküste wartend (1973)

Two men and a woman drive towards a strange ceremony. ...

Liebe, so schön wie Liebe (1972)

Munich in the 1970s: A group of young people are killing time. Sylvie has broken up with her boyfriend, and a short time later he marries someone else. The slacker Rolf enters Sylvie's life and together they decide to form a circus group with their friends ...

Supergirl (1971)

A beautiful woman, Supergirl Francesca Farnese, appears out of nowhere on a Bavarian highway. She wears only an orange jumpsuit and wants to go to Washington. Playboy Charly first takes her to Lake Starnberg, where she meets best-selling author Evers. He i ...

A Big Grey-Blue Bird (1971)

Two rival gangs try to obtain the five parts of a dangerous formula held by five scientists. ...

Eine Rose für Jane (1970)

Jones is called in when others want to kill. Jones works quickly, precisely, successfully. His clients pay the price he demands without question—the lone killer can be relied upon. Jones arrives in the city on the early train. He looks exhausted. He will ...

Die Geschäftsfreunde (1970)

Short film by Martin Müller ...

Mein schönes kurzes Leben (1970)

A young drifter falls in love with a model. ...

Anatahan, Anatahan (1969)

Everyday life in a commune near Munich in the spring of 1969 ...

Brandstifter (1969)

Anka, a student active in the extra-parliamentary opposition, has had enough of inconsequential discussions. As she no longer believes that she can change the world with words alone, she plans a militant action: as a protest against the Vietnam War, she pl ...

48 Hours to Acapulco (1967)

A young man gets caught up in criminal activities in order to fulfill his desire for an easy life. ...

Sabine 18 (1967)

18 year-old Sabine wants to lose her virginity in order to win back her ex-boyfriend Klaus. She asks her extremely shy classmate Martin for help. ...

Galaxy (1967)

In a future world devoid of men, three young women order two men to come to them and ask them which of them they would prefer. ...

Die Kapitulation (1967)

A woman decides that her boyfriend has to marry her. ...

The Letter (1966)

T. finds a letter. Instead of just dropping it in a mailbox, he decides, conscientious as he is, to deliver it personally. He wanders the entire world, discovers astounding forms of existence, but cannot be hindered from his duty and keeps looking until he ...

...Geist und ein wenig Glück (1965)

Documentary about the current state of German cinema. Produced for German television. ...

Die Versöhnung (1965)

A man bored with his wife goes to the Munich Oktoberfest. He meets a pregnant student who discusses the problems of bourgeois marriage with him and finally returns home disappointed. ...

Frühstück in Rom (1965)

A film critic falls in love. ...