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Der Gartenkrieg (1993)

Hamburger Gift (1992)

A docu-drama about tetrachloro-dibenzo dioxin, later known as 'Sevesogift', sprayed on thousands of tons of vapor in Vietnam 'Agent Orange', and the involvement of the later Federal President, Richard Karl Weizsäcker, who was hiring manager when productio ...

Schlafende Hunde (1992)

Einer zahlt immer (1992)

On Christmas Eve, of all times, unemployed waiter Karl finds himself on the street. ...

Pappa ante Portas (1991)

Heinrich Lohse, a strict and highly efficient purchasing manager at a company bulk-orders 40 tons of mustard and enough typewriting paper for 40 years just to get discount. Heinrich's boss decides it's time for him to retire early. ...

The Curse (1988)

When a young family, father, mother and their daughter, is on a trip in the mountains, they lose orientation and have to stay there for the night. The daughter finds a dead young girl who does exactly look like herself. When they check for mountain rescue ...

Geierwally (1988)

Geierwally, who earned her name through a bitter fight with a bird of prey, refuses to marry Vinzenz, the heir apparent assigned to her by her father, and lives a secluded life in a mountain hut. Her love for Bärenjosef seems hopeless, especially since he ...

Das Mädchen mit den Feuerzeugen (1987)

This modern variation on Hans Christian Andersen's fairy tale "The Girl with the Matchsticks" begins Christmas in a home for the disabled. The four wheelchair users Aga, Ringo, the White Giant and Spasski are fed up with the same old boredom and decide to ...

Im Himmel ist die Hölle los (1984)

Teenage girl idolises television game show host, and gets a chance to be his assistant. ...

Heinrich Zille (1977)

Shirin's Wedding (1976)

In order to be reunited with Mahmood (Ören), a man she was promised to as a young girl, 20-year-old Shirin (Erten) leaves the life she had in a small village in Turkey in search of him. ...

Baby Hamilton oder Das kommt in den besten Familien vor (1975)

A baby is delivered to the Hamilton family, triggering a turbulent search for those responsible among six potential fathers. ...

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 ...

Martha (1974)

After the death of her abusive father, lonely librarian Martha finds herself caught up in a strange, sadomasochistic relationship with a monstrous husband whom she begins to suspect may be trying to murder her. ...

One or the Other of Us (1974)

Psychological thriller that focuses on the intense conflict between a university professor and a blackmailer. ...

1 Berlin-Harlem (1974)

An African-American GI retires from the US Army in West Berlin to live with his white girlfriend, who already has a baby with another black man. After an argument with her family, she deserts him as well. Despite finding a job and a new place to live, he k ...

Geliebter Mörder (1972)

One evening, Lee Warren visits Richard Fenton, the lawyer with whom his wife is cheating on him. Warren tells Fenton that he intends to kill him, but gives him a chance: he agrees to let him live if he discovers even the slightest flaw in Warren's perfect ...

Brautwerbung (1971)

Tonys Freunde (1969)

Based on the French play Copain, Clopant. The plot revolves around the gangster Mallard, who wants to blackmail the rising singing star Tony. Tony and his friends, including Christine and her brother Zaza, join forces to hunt down the gangster. ...

Jimmy Orpheus (1966)

Jimmy Orpheus is about a young day labourer at the docks. After a crawl through the late-night bars in the St. Pauli red-light district, he meets a prostitute, for whom he risks life and limb while walking around night-time Hamburg … A love story that is ...