Ursula Diestel

Ein Mord auf dem Konto (1996)

Mrs. Harris und der Heiratsschwindler (1991)

Die Senkrechtstarter (1989)

In the not too distant future, in the year 1999: In Germany, payment may only be made by credit card, which leads to many people purchasing things they cannot pay for. A nasty debt collector from the almighty central bank sends out employees to take back u ...

In guten Händen (1988)

Hösch, a young man with a camera, hangs around various mansions in Berlin's Grunewald neighborhood, taking pictures of things worth stealing. ...

Lang soll er leben (1987)

Gestatten, Bestatter (1986)

Two shady businessmen set out to shake up the West Berlin funeral industry - with unconventional ideas and questionable methods. To this end, they take over the business of a long-established mortician who wants to retire. One of them also hooks up with th ...

Heute und damals (1984)

Das Gesicht auf der Wand (1983)

It is an eerie, cold evening, with the wind whistling through the trees. In a remote pub, a few people have gathered around a single candle and are telling each other scary stories. A man from the next table joins them and tells them about a mysterious app ...

Und plötzlich bist du draußen (1981)

Das waren noch Zeiten - Kleine Geschichten von Kalke & Söhne (1981)

Oh My God, Willi! (1980)

Willi Böck never wanted trouble—he just wanted a quiet life. But when his clumsy antics and well-meaning schemes go hilariously wrong, chaos follows at every turn. From workplace disasters to personal mishaps, Willi's life is a rollercoaster of misunder ...

Ihr 106. Geburtstag (1979)

Die beiden Freundinnen (1978)

Berlin 1923: A murder case shakes the city. Carpenter Elli poisoned her husband because he wanted to end her love relationship with Grete. For the tortured Elli, the deed is like an act of liberation. ...

Kante (1977)

Preussenkorso 45-48 (1977)

Hans in Luck (1976)

When Hans wakes up one morning, he realizes that he is longer than his bed, his feet sticking out over the edge of the bed. The young man remembers his happy childhood. Hans knows it's time to leave home. ...

Von Emma, Türkenpaul und Edwin mit der Geige (1976)

A Happy Family Life (1975)

Manfred, a lathe operator, and Manuela, a seamstress, marry and try to find happiness together. They have two children in quick succession and realize that their simultaneous material advancement is beyond their strength. Marianne stops working and Manfred ...

Die Geschichte einer dicken Frau (1973)

Auf Befehl erschossen (1972)

The Sass brothers commit a bank robbery through a tunnel. ...

Federlesen - Bilder aus dem Leben eines Einfallsreichen (1972)

Altersheim (1972)

Besuch der Tochter (1971)

Drei Tage bis Allerseelen (1970)

Bambule (1970)

"Bambule" is German prison slang for "riot". This 1970 TV movie follows a day in the life of three adolescent borstal girls in Berlin: Irene escapes (but returns after she finds no bearings in the outside world), Monika is caught and transferred against he ...

Wie man seinen Gatten los wird (1970)

Berliner Antigone (1968)

The historical background to the story is the transfer of 269 executed women to the Berlin Anatomy Department in the years 1939-1945. The corpses were misused for experimental purposes. ...

Anastasia (1967)

Die Brücke von Remagen (1967)

Der Revisor (1967)

Vorsicht bei grauen Schläfen (1965)

Im Schatten einer Großstadt (1965)

Das Pferd (1964)

Das Leben beginnt um acht (1962)

The Last Witness (1960)

Director Wolfgang Staudte who left East Germany in 1953 to make movies in West Germany, takes a few swipes at the West German judicial system in this fairly effective courtroom drama about the murder of a four-month-old baby. Police almost immediately arre ...

Heldinnen (1960)

A music comedy directed by Dietrich Haugk based on the play by Gotthold Ephraim Lessing. ...

Rosemary (1958)

West Germany in '50s is becoming an economic superpower. In such climate, Rosemarie is just one of many enterpreneurs who wants her piece of new fortune. She uses her charms to bring members of West German industrial elite to her bed. There she finds busin ...

Escape from Sahara (1958)

Three Foreign Legionnaires - Luigi, Pat and Kurt - desert during the Algerian war because they have had enough of the inhumane war machine. But their comrade Robert intercepts them and decides to have them court-martialed. On their way to Algiers, they pic ...

Girls in Gingham (1949)

A moving saga focusing on the women in a family that spans three generations and almost 70 years of German history, from the Wilhelmine period through the end of WWII. This film shows that it takes a combination of hard work, political consciousness and fa ...