Lukas Ammann

The Giraffe (1999)

Lena Katz, who is German, and David Fish, who is American, are Jews who live in New York. When Lena's mother, who arrives from Germany, meets her at a hotel, she finds an almost-dead woman lying on the hotel floor. She accompanies the injured woman to the ...

Der achte Tag (1990)

A medical doctor who is regarded as a specialist in retort research has been found dead. Science journalist Vera Pukall investigates the alleged suicide and uncovers the ruthless activities of a large pharmaceutical company. She receives help from Dr. Svob ...

Flight from Paradise (1990)

In a futuristic society, an old man tells the legend of a strange medal to two children. In flashback, we learn that after a nuclear catastrophe, two teenagers were living in an artificial paradise, maintained by electronic means, and once decide to leave ...

Broken Silence (1988)

Fifty years after graduating from school, Senta von Meissen invites eight former school friends to a class reunion at her castle. The table is set for ten people. One place remains empty: Teddy, the hostess's former school sweetheart, died in an accident o ...

The Living Corpse (1981)

Tsarist Russia: Lisa lives apart from her husband Fedya, who drinks too much, wastes his money and hangs around with gypsies. Her mother is pushing for a divorce, especially as her childhood friend Viktor Karenin, a well-to-do and wealthy man, loves her an ...

Der Zarewitsch (1973)

Lehar romantic operetta set in Russia about a beautiful dancer who is set up to attract a tsar's son, and they fall in love. Beautiful settings and wonderful music. ...

Mark of the Devil Part II (1973)

A tribunal interrogates, tortures and murders "witches" and "heretics" during the Inquisition. ...

Massage Parlor '73 (1972)

It's love at first sight when a handsome journalist gets a massage from a beautiful masseuse. But when he discovers she's left for a job in an unknown country, he sets off on an adventure that takes him around the globe, one massage parlor at a time! ...

Olympia – Olympia (1971)

A Big Grey-Blue Bird (1971)

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

Ich träume von Millionen (1971)

Professor Sound und die Pille (1971)

Great excitement in the Principality of Allegretto. Professor Sound, owner of a sanatorium for musical instruments, has come up with a sensational invention: the music pill. Once swallowed, it transforms the worst sourpuss into a cheerful singing and danci ...

Dällebach Kari (1970)

Karl Tellenbach, called "Dällebach Kari", was one of Bern's legendary characters at the beginning of the 20th century. Born with a strong hare lip which left him disfigured and gave his voice a peculiarl nasal tone, he devoted his entire life trying to ge ...

Sexbombe mit Tick (1970)

Das höhere Leben (1968)

Der Reformator (1968)

Gold für Montevasall (1968)

Kolportage (1968)

The Killer Likes Candy (1968)

Shrewd and evasive ex-Nazi and top assassin Oscar Snell is determined to rub out the King of Kafiristan. Snell's sole weakness is his sweet tooth; he leaves candy wrappers at the scene of his every crime. It's up to no-nonsense CIA agent Mark Stone to find ...

Jet Generation (1968)

In the "Swinging Munich" of the late 1960s: The young millionaire daughter Carroll Buchheim, an American, flew from the United States to Germany to visit her brother, who is missing. ...

Day of Anger (1967)

A scruffy garbage boy becomes the pupil of famed gunfighter Talby, and the stage for confrontation is set when the gunman overruns the boy's town through violence and corruption. ...

Der Auswanderer (1967)

Graf Kozsibrovszky macht ein Geschäft (1966)

Wechselkurs der Liebe (1966)

Der Floh im Ohr (1966)

Congress of Love (1966)

Vienna 1965. While visiting the Wax Museum a group of tourists stop in front of the figure of Prince Metternich. All of a sudden they find themselves brought back 150 years earlier during the Vienna Congress of 1814-1815. Before their eyes wide open, histo ...

Nachruf auf Egon Müller (1965)

Panoptikum (1965)

Der Himbeerpflücker (1965)

The pub "Zum Weißen Lamm" (the White Lamb) is filled to the brim with nasty bores. The innkeeper, played by a sweat-soaked Helmut Qualtinger, and his self-righteous circle of regulars are thrown into turmoil when a quest who is supposedly "the Rasberry pi ...

Frühling mit Verspätung (1964)

Die Reise um die Erde (1964)

Caesar and Cleopatra (1964)

Julius Caesar may have met his match in Cleopatra, the young queen of Egypt. ...

The Twelve Jurors (1963)

Did an 18-year-old immigrant from the slums murder his father in cold blood? The twelve jurors must find a unanimous verdict. ...

Ferien vom Ich (1963)

Ship's doctor Dr. Schumacher dreams of a sanatorium where one can truly escape from all one's obligations. ...

Reporter (1963)

Überfahrt (1963)

Zaubereien oder Die Tücke des Objekts (1962)

Towarisch (1961)

Der Spielverderber (1960)

A Silver Bear winning short animation. ...

Der Schatz vom Toplitzsee (1959)

Shortly before the end of the war, SS officer Grohmann sinks several crates of counterfeit English money in Lake Toplitz with his comrade Kopetzky. The former Nazi used the money to build a career in business in post-war Germany. His buddy also benefits fr ...

Akt mit Geige (1959)

The Ideal Woman (1959)

A woman as mayor is quite unusual in Germany in the 1950s, but Dr. Fanny Becker is a lawyer with experience in local politics, which is why she gets elected mayor of Rosenburg. ...

Heiße Ware (1959)

Ich war ihm hörig (1958)

Anette Klinger, a widowed and lonely factory owner, one day meets the gas station attendant Nikolei Stein. She falls in love with him, Nikolei knows how to cuddle up to her. But in reality the man is an unscrupulous fraudster who is after Anette's money. ...

The Devil Strikes at Night (1957)

Hamburg, Germany, 1944, during World War II. A serial killer terrorizes the city. When it seems clear that the local police are unable to catch him, forces as dark and terrible as the criminal himself become involved in the case. ...

Weißer Holunder (1957)

No overview found. ...

Die Eintagsfliege (1957)

Bel Ami (1955)

In the 1880s, Georges Duroy, back from the Colonies, arrives in Paris with the firm intention of conquering the capital through his power of seduction, his selfishness and cynicism. Entering into journalism through the back door he will soon rise to the to ...

Palace Hotel (1952)

The paths of guests and employees cross at the Palace Hotel in St. Moritz: A chambermaid experiences financial difficulties. A guest has been robbed. A thief is caught. An assistant cook is promoted to waiter. And there's no shortage of love in this small ...

Menschen die vorüberziehen (1942)

The daughter of a traveling circus director falls in love with a young farmer and finds herself in a life-changing conflict. ...

Dilemma (1940)

17-year-old Edith is celebrating at her friend's house in Zurich when she is dragged to a nightclub by the unscrupulous seducer Jean, who gets her drunk and abuses her. When she becomes pregnant, she asks her father, who is a gynecologist, to perform an ab ...

Verena Stadler (1940)

The film tells the story of Verena Stadler, a young woman who lives in a small Swiss village. Her mother, Katharina Waser-Stadler, is a strong and independent woman who supports Verena in her development. Verena falls in love with Wilhelm Waser, a man from ...