Kurt Böwe

Spuk aus der Gruft (1998)

The young Friedrich Freiherr von Kuhlbanz died almost 300 years ago, but he is cursed beyond death. "I will not rot in my grave if I have committed the murder of the shepherd Dühn", the squire once swore and became a legend as the mummy of Roggelin. One n ...

Das Erbe des Försters (1996)

Der Biberpelz (1994)

Karate-Billi kehrt zurück (1993)

Die Spur des Bernsteinzimmers (1992)

Silent Country (1992)

A young, naive and enthusiastic theater director named Kai comes to a grim provincial town to put on Beckett's Waiting for Godot. Although the lethargic theater company shows no interest in the play, his spirit remains undaunted.Meanwhile, it is fall 1989. ...

Language of Birds (1991)

A five years old Thomas is trying to accept his grandfather's death. ...

Der Sturmgeselle Sokrates (1991)

Pause für Wanzka (1990)

Shortly before his retirement, Gustav Wanzka wants to return to his beloved profession as a teacher after years of working as a district school inspector. As soon as he arrives at the station, he meets the boy Norbert Kniep, his future pupil, who clearly s ...

Marie Grubbe (1990)

Ein brauchbarer Mann (1989)

Young Uli Merkel is an engineer and inventor. He has a wife and child and is primarily interested in his career. One day, he receives a strange assignment from general manager Zeim. He is to track down the former chief designer Heiner Rudolf in order to ta ...

Blessed Misfortune! (1989)

A creature bearing the ominous name "Mishap" is hot in pursuit of an unfortunate lumberjack and eventually decides to live with him. It soon gets bored, however, and asks the lumberjack to hand it over to the rich merchant Habermoos. Habermoos manages to s ...

Späte Ankunft (1989)

In 1896 the Berlin noble doctor Dr. Wilhelm Holtfreter takes over his well-to-do wife Mathilde and takes over the country doctor's office in the Prussian district of Westprignitz from the late Dr. Tochtenhagen. His decision was met with incomprehension eve ...

Kikeriki (1989)

Der blaue Boll (1988)

Jadup and Boel (1988)

In a small town, everyone has tried to forget what happened shortly after WWII. That is, until a stranger finds a book that Jadup (Kurt Böwe) gave to the young refugee Boel (Katrin Knappe), who resettled in the town over 30 years ago. Painful memories abo ...

Der unbekannte Großvater (1987)

Paul Stojahn spent many years abroad as a fitter. Now he returns to Berlin, no longer very young, and meets his grandson Markus. The news of Paul's return causes some confusion in the family. Grandma Renate in particular cannot forgive Paul for neglecting ...

Das Buschgespenst (1986)

In the forests of the Ore Mountains, on the border with Bohemia, a gang of smugglers is up to mischief. Anyone who dares to oppose them is murdered in cold blood. The locals are paralyzed by fear of the ominous bush ghost that is said to be behind it all. ...

Weihnachtsgeschichten (1986)

The paths of many people cross before Christmas Eve. Each of them has their own special story to tell on this day... On the morning of December 24, the doctor at the children's clinic leaves the hospital with a happy heart. The parents of little Matthias h ...

Das wirkliche Blau (1986)

The real blue is the color with which potter Benito Guerrero makes his fortune. When he no longer receives the color from Germany as a result of the Second World War, he and his family's existence are threatened. However, with the help of his inventive cou ...

The Boy with the Big Black Dog (1986)

A little boy tries to keep a huge Newfoundland dog in his family's apartment. ...

Die Zeit die bleibt (1985)

A documentary about German director Konrad Wolf (1925–1982). ...

Visiting Van Gogh (1985)

In the 22nd Century, antiquities command huge prices. A woman uses a time machine to travel back the the 19th Century in order to buy paintings from Vincent Van Gogh before he was famous. Will she be wealthy upon her return? ...

Ab heute erwachsen (1985)

Stefan's mother is interviewed by a television crew at her home. On the subject of how a single mother, who is actively involved in the work process, copes, the son, who is present, only gives snotty answers. Stefan works as an apprentice bricklayer and he ...

Gritta of the Rats' Castle (1985)

The tale of young Gritta who lives with her father, an unsuccessful inventor. When her new stepmother tries to put her away in a convent she discovers some dark secrets there. ...

Paulines zweites Leben (1984)

Pauline Oswald is 50 years old and has three daughters with her husband Robert. Now, after almost 30 years of marriage, they are about to divorce. This marks the start of a completely new life for Pauline. Until now, she has only worked as a mother and hou ...

The Swapped Queen (1984)

A tale about the evil queen who gets swapped with a simple and nice woman. ...

Film-Salabim (1984)

Children are introduced to the magical world of cinema in a cheerful and fantastic way; embedded in a turbulent story, they learn about the film professions. A young author, Alice, has written a story and travels to the DEFA feature film studio where this ...

Gespenster (1983)

Mrs. Alving has hidden her unhappy marriage to a morally depraved man from the world for years. To remove all doubt, she founds an orphanage in her husband's honor. But on the day of the inauguration, the lie of her life comes to light. The suppressed trut ...

Es geht einer vor die Hunde (1983)

Automärchen (1983)

This quirky episodic comedy weaves together three plotlines centered around the employees of a car garage, with some unexpected fairytale elements to get things moving. A woodland fairy convinces shy bookkeeper Piel to suddenly start driving his Trabi far ...

The Airship (1983)

Franz Xavier Stannebein, a young boy at the turn of the 20th century, wants to do nothing more than fly. He carries this dream through his years at an orphanage and into adulthood as a merchant in Spain. He eventually invests everything he has into buildin ...

Die traurige Geschichte von Friedrich dem Großen (1983)

Melanie van der Straaten (1982)

Melanie van der Straaten has the courage to separate from her wealthy, unloved husband and settle down with a new partner, defying all societal restrictions, in humble living circumstances. When her first husband blackmails her after the divorce with the c ...

Exploring the Brandenburg Marche (1982)

On a forest road in the Brandenburg March, village teacher Potsch accidentally encounters the distinguished Professor Menzel, who got stuck there in his car. In the conversation that ensues, Menzel and Pötsch quickly discover that they both are great admi ...

Jegor Bulytschow und die Anderen (1982)

Suturp - eine Liebesgeschichte (1981)

It is the time before the First World War - in a fishing village on the Baltic Sea coast, the unusual love story of the young, ambitious lawyer Belling and the fun-loving actress Franziska begins. The young couple believes in career in the neighboring big ...

Asta, mein Engelchen (1981)

Old Otto Gratzick is a porter at DEFA and a great admirer of Asta Nielsen. When the famous actor Hermann Gschwindner dies shortly before the end of his film, the director is looking for a double for the final scenes and discovers Otto in the movie theater, ...

Pugowitza (1981)

World War II is over and Heinrich, a young German boy, influenced by the Russians, starts to act according to Communist principles in a small German village. ...

Levin's Mill (1980)

In a small village in West Prussia in the 1870s, Germans, Poles, Gypsies and Jews live together as neighbors. One night Johann, a German mill-owner, secretly opens the dam gates and floods the mill of his Jewish rival Levin. After his business is ruined an ...

Eine Anzeige in der Zeitung (1980)

Die Rache des Kapitäns Mitchell (1979)

The "Astoria", an English luxury liner, collides with a freighter shortly before the end of its voyage and threatens to sink. Captain Mitchell, successful and envied, sets in motion an expensive rescue operation. He manages to avert a catastrophe and bring ...

Blue Bird (1979)

In the middle of the 18th Century, the Ruster family immigrates to America. The father, a former farm laborer, leads a hard life as a settler along with his family. One day the nine year-old George, his second-youngest son, is kidnapped by Iroquois. He is ...

Pinselheinrich (1979)

The television play by Werner Bernhardy depicts episodes from the life of Heinrich Zille as well as his much-praised "Milljöh". It tells of Zille's dismissal from the Berlin Photographic Society, of Kommerzienrat Hübel and his wife, of Zille's unreal, lo ...

Zünd an, es kommt die Feuerwehr (1979)

A morality tale from the time of the Saxon Kingdom. The von Siebenthal volunteer fire department has nothing to do. When their local pub is in a very dilapidated state, but the landlord has no money to renovate it, the fire department tries to help out by ...

Tod und Auferstehung des Wilhelm Hausmann (1977)

In the crisis-ridden Germany of the 1920s, the desperate Frieda Hausmann pretends to be her deceased husband Wilhelm so that she can support her family by employing him as a porter. ...

Die Millionen des Knut Brümmer (1977)

Tambari (1977)

Tambari - it's a name of an old boat which children of a small village on a Baltic sea shore got from an old fisherman Luden. But not all the village adults were ready to approve it... ...

Ottokar, the World Reformer (1977)

A funny story about fifth grader Ottokar who is always ready to fight for justice. ...

Ein altes Modell (1976)

Heute ist Freitag (1975)

Laboratory technician Jutta and factory worker Peter have been a couple since the summer and are enjoying their time together. One day, Jutta realizes that she might be pregnant. The doctor doesn't want to make a preliminary diagnosis until Monday - and to ...

Zwischen Nacht und Tag (1975)

Episodes from the life of German poet and communist Erich Weiner: his stay in Paris, participation in the Spanish Civil War, years of exile in Russia. Moscow, May 1941. Children play in the sun, young people fall in love, make plans for their future. Germa ...

Censored: Kuhle Wampe (1975)

A detailed reconstruction of the censorship case against the landmark Weimar-era communist film, Kuhle Wampe, or Who Owns the World? (1932). Directed by Slatan Dudow, the crew and cast included left-wing luminaries, such as playwright Bertolt Brecht, compo ...

Johannes Kepler (1974)

Europe, 1620: The well-known astronomer and mathematician Johannes Kepler, who teaches as a professor in Linz, receives the message that his mother is prosecuted as a witch in Württemberg. The truth behind the allegations is rather simple: His mother has ...

The Naked Man on the Sports Field (1974)

Kemmel, a sculptor with a troubled nature, wonders, as he approaches his fortieth birthday, whether he has created any truly significant work. ...

Den Wolken ein Stück näher (1973)

After his family moves from Potsdam to East Berlin, 15-year-old Klaus initially has difficulties at his new school, especially with the popular Heinz. With the help of class teacher Magnus, Klaus and Heinz settle their differences and become friends. When ...

Der Mann und das Mädchen (1972)

A worker in his forties picks up a student on the highway in his car and is thus torn from his previous life. He learns to respect the attitudes and views of other generations and begins to rethink his own, often entrenched opinions. ...

The Zernik Murder Case (1972)

After meeting the woman on the train Erwin Retzmann kills her in the forest. ...

The Dead Stay Young (1968)

A depiction of class conflicts in Germany between 1918 and 1945. The Spartacist Erwin is shot by officers in 1918, and his pregant working-class bride Marie begins a new relationship with social democrat Geschke. Erwin's son Hans grows up to be a communist ...

I Was Nineteen (1968)

A young soldier enters Germany with Soviet troops at the end of WWII, feeling like a stranger in his homeland. As he meets Germans, he grapples with his ambivalence, realizing he is both a victor and one of the vanquished. His inquisitive nature leads him ...

Berlin Around the Corner (1966)

Berlin in the 1960s. Olaf and Horst are two young metalworkers, who provoke their older colleagues with critiques of the antiquated equipment and lack of materials... not to mention their love of leather jackets and motorbikes. Olaf and Horst begin to be t ...

Seine Kinder (1965)

Pension Boulanka (1964)

A murder has been committed in "Pension Boulanka", a famous guesthouse for artists and circus people. Captain Bruckner is heading the investigating team. ...

Sommer in Heidkau (1964)

Ein Mann und sein Schatten (1963)

At a farm-equipment plant, production lags at 89 % and a new, untested combine proves a "failure" in the fields. A promising redesign exists, crafted by a transplanted West German engineer, but he's mistrusted. Meanwhile, workers and the Party secretary bl ...

Tote reden nicht (1963)

After Elmers, the head of the publishing house, is reported missing, his son-in-law Jürgen Brandt is targeted by the Hamburg criminal police. Inspector Graumann and his assistant Weber presume murder. The suspicion against editor-in-chief Brandt is confir ...