Volkmar Kleinert

Pianke (2026)

The story of a young German boy and his father who befriend a Jewish family during WWII. ...

Lara (2019)

Today is Lara's 60th birthday, which happens to fall on the same day as her pianist son's career-defining concert. A failed pianist herself, Lara spends the time before his performance pacing about Berlin—boiling with jealousy, nerves, and pride—trying ...

Boxhagener Platz (2010)

Feature adaptation of adaptation of Torsten Schulz's novel set in East Berlin in 1968. ...

Berlin-Buenos Aires (2008)

Between Berlin and Buenos Aires. between love, life and family. ...

Der fremde Gast (2007)

The Lives of Others (2006)

In 1984 East Berlin, dedicated Stasi officer Gerd Wiesler begins spying on a famous playwright and his actress-lover Christa-Maria. Wiesler becomes unexpectedly sympathetic to the couple, and faces conflicting loyalties when his superior takes a liking to ...

All Men Are Suspects (2006)

From beautiful Bavaria to a backyard apartment in Berlin - Helga feels surrounded by all sorts of darklings. One night, Helga thinks she sees Cem, a Turk, moving the corpse of a lover into the cellar... ...

Der Stich des Skorpion (2004)

Wolfgang Stein spends years in Bautzen prison for attempting to flee the republic. He was ransomed by the West German government in 1971 and ended up in a reception camp in Unna. There he falls in love with a nurse, Anne, with whom he soon moves in togethe ...

Heroes Like Us (1999)

A young man from an early age falls in love with a girl whose family is not in good standing with the ruling Communist party. His father however is a member of the "Stasi", the secret state police. The father not only hinders his son's relationship with th ...

Der Clown 2: Feindschaft (1998)

Second TV movie to precede the German series Der Clown (1998-2001). On the grave of his parents, who disappeared under terrible circumstances, Max Zander vows to fight crime and terrorism for the rest of his life. He becomes one of the best agents in an el ...

Der Clown (1996)

To avenge his murdered best friend, top agent Max Zander slips into the role of the "clown". Hunted by the police, he fights crime under the cover of his mask. Max is supported by his friends: journalist Claudia Diehl and helicopter pilot Tobias "Dobbs" St ...

Der unsichtbare Freund (1991)

The story takes place in the 1960s, when computers were still big and scary. Nevertheless, this is not about yesterday's technology, but much more about the technology of the day after tomorrow. Ray Müller has incorporated the current problems of chip res ...

Die Ritter der Tafelrunde (1990)

Aging Knights of the Round Table confront a fading realm as moral decay and disillusionment spread. King Arthur doubts the Grail quest; Gawain and Lancelot return unchanged or failed. Parzival, now a chronicler, refuses to revive past glories. ...

Imaginative King (1990)

Nathan der Weise (1990)

Otto – The Alien from East Frisia (1989)

Otto is the only one who is able to save his Frisian fatherland; but he needs the help of his brother, who is abroad. But his brother does not want to fulfill what he has sworn as a child. So it takes Otto a while to convince him while time is running low ...

Die ehrbaren Fünf (1989)

In a small Saxon town after the Second World War, the former chimney sweep Toni tries to survive on the black market and meets the pusher Ginfizz. Together they initially trade in flour before embarking on a riskier plan: they are to rescue machines from S ...

Passage (1988)

Rabbit Heart (1987)

The thirteen year old Janni is depressed, because she's still a little behind in her physical development. This leads to bullying remarks from her classmates. One day, a film crew comes to her school to find a candidate for the role of a Prince in a movie. ...

Freischütz in Berlin (1987)

Between 1817 and 1821, Berlin's court theater director Count Brühl has been fighting desperately for years for a German theater, for German opera. He knows that the man who could do it lives in Dresden: Carl Maria von Weber. Brühl could win him over as K ...

Johann Strauss: The King Without a Crown (1987)

A biopic about Austrian composer Johann Strauß. ...

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 ...

Jan on the Barge (1986)

1934, Germany. Jan is a 13 year old boy, who is raised without a mother. His father, a communist, is accused of a political murder, and predicted to be shot by the police when he was on the run. Jan lives with his aunt and finds a friend, Max, who wants to ...

Jorinde und Joringel (1986)

The girl Jorinde and the foundling Joringel grow up sheltered in a farmer's cottage behind the moor, but the dense forest around them harbors deep secrets. One day, a sorceress, omnipresent as an owl, juniper tree or in fairy form, takes the beautiful Jori ...

Außenseiter (1985)

Paul Schulte takes a spa stay on the Baltic Sea to have his heart condition treated. His wife Barbara accompanies him and finds interest in the valuable art objects in a nearby church. Together with her accomplice and lover Klaus Grunow, she plans to break ...

Die Rundköpfe und die Spitzköpfe (1985)

Die Schöne und das Tier (1984)

Alleinstehend (1983)

The Flying Windmill (1982)

Olli, the main character in the movie, got a very bad grade and is terribly annoyed. She runs away from home and, together with a dog and a horse, finds a (mad? nutty?) scientist in a windmill. They experience the strangest adventures in this windmill and ...

Der Leutnant Yorck von Wartenburg (1981)

The young officer Count Yorck von Wartenburg - he bears one of the most famous names of the German past - awaits his execution as a participant in the conspiracy of July 20, 1944. Von Wartenburg, together with his comrades, suffers infinitely long days of ...

Godfather Death (1980)

Once upon a time, there was a poor farmer who had thirteen children. Since the farmer was so poor, there was never anything left for the youngest of the family. Therefore, the farmer chose Death as the godfather of his son, Jörg, because all people are eq ...

Komödianten-Emil (1980)

The early 1930s in Berlin. Cabaret artist Emil Damaschke wants to entertain people with his program - together with Ida, the attraction from Hungary. But because he risks a lip that is too big, he is thrown out of the "Rosenthaler" cabaret, ends up on the ...

Verlobung in Hullerbusch (1979)

In 1960, farmer Walter Wagemühl learns from the West that his life is coming to an end. In order to pass the farm into loyal hands, he sends his adopted daughter Catharina to the East to marry his prudent nephew Ewald. The surprising request puts him in a ...

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 ...

Professor Tarantoga und sein seltsamer Gast (1979)

With an open mind and the meticulousness of a scientist, Professor Tarantoga meets his strange guest, who has made contact with him from a psychiatric institution. The eccentric introduces himself as Novak on one occasion and Hippekorn on another. Hippekor ...

Die Verführbaren (1977)

1929: Marie Lehning, a farm worker from Warmsdorf on the Baltic Sea, falls in love with the fisherman's son Mingo. Both complete an apprenticeship in Lübeck. Marie wants to become a seamstress, Mingo a carpenter. After their first night of love, they swea ...

The Faithful Robot (1977)

Single crime writer Tom Clempner receives a delivery of goods that he did not order. Out of the box emerges a domestic robot called Graumer, whose pleasant female voice reveals it to be the latest ultra-de-luxe model. The sender's address, the agency for t ...

The Flight (1977)

When Dr. Schmith's proposal for international research on infant mortality is rejected, he decides to leave East Germany and strikes a deal with an escape agency that promises him a leading position at a children's hospital in West Germany. But then the de ...

Phillip the Small (1976)

Philipp is a small boy, who other guys pick on, because he's not as large as them. But when a musician gives him a magical flute, he can make objects bigger or smaller. ...

The Light on the Gallows (1976)

Europe in 1793. For years, England and France have been at war with each other. Now, France sends three men to the British colony of Jamaica to organize a slave revolt. The envoys are Debuisson, the grandson of a Jamaican rum manufacturer, who knows the is ...

Die eigene Haut (1975)

Eighteen-year-old Wolfgang has just passed his A-levels and still has a few months to go before he has to start his military service. Instead of sitting around lazily, he wants to experience something during this time before the serious side of life begins ...

Am Ende der Welt (1975)

In May 1945, returning soldier Michael Duda finds his hometown Weißenthal unoccupied. He meets escaped camp prisoner Arno Laube, who leads the town's ad hoc move toward democracy and improbably appoints 19-year-old Michael as mayor. Tasked with refugees, ...

Why Can't I Be Good? (1974)

Adventures of a young boy who always gets into various troubles. ...

The Elective Affinities (1974)

Eduard and Charlotte live an isolated and idyllic life together. But soon Eduard feels that something is missing and he invites his friend Otto to come stay. Charlotte, meanwhile, decides that her foster daughter Ottilie should come live with them. Complex ...

The Second Life of F.W.G. Platow (1973)

Friedrich Wilhelm Georg Platow worked for the railways his entire working life. He took up service at the small station of Luege 34 years ago. Now, the line is to be electrified and Platow, who cannot cope with the new technology, has to work on a secondar ...

Seegeschichten (1972)

Despite It All! (1972)

October 1918: Karl Liebknecht is released from prison and Berlin workers celebrate his release. Although WWI is almost over, the German Kaiserreich in vain sends its last reserves to the slaughter. The working class is in a rebellious mood; the uprising of ...

Zeit der Störche (1971)

Susanne and Christian get to know each other during a wonderful week in summer - and fall in love. This, however, leads to conflicts: up to now, Susanne has been living with Wolfgang, a biologist. This shared life was harmonious and based on mutual trust. ...

Artur Becker (1971)

The young communist Artur Becker fights with the Interbrigades against the Franco putschists during the Spanish Civil War. He had experienced his baptism of fire in Germany at the time of the Weimar Republic during the Kapp Putsch. He was seriously wounded ...

The Man Without a Past (1970)

Horst Rudolf Überlacker is a young lawyer at the beginning of a promising career. At the end of the Second World War he was nine years old, but his present statements can be considered "agitation threatening peace". The Spokesman of the Sudeten German Ass ...

Im Spannungsfeld (1970)

Electronic data processing is an absolute must in the Information Age. Karl Hoppe, the director of a large plant, is aware of this need for modernization and hires mathematician Dr. Jochen Bernhardt to install computerized systems which are supposed to cal ...

Long Roads - Secret Love (1969)

Long-haul driver Hannes picks up a young hitchhiker, Herb, who had a falling-out with his parents after dropping out of college and now travels around doing odd jobs. After a series of adventures, they are joined by Johanna and her child, who missed their ...

The President in Exile (1969)

The President Dr. Walter Becher, officially the spokesman for the Sudeten German Homeland Association, called out the old flags, as he does every year. ...

Verschwörung (1969)

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 ...

Leben zu zweit (1968)

Karin, who is in her mid-thirties, works as registrar but has been divorced for several years. Together with her 16-year old daughter Nora, she leads a happy and independent life. Then, she finds a new partner in the mathematician Peter, but does not tell ...

Die Jagdgesellschaft (1966)

1944 - Soviet prisoners of war work under inhumane conditions on the Tharau estate in East Prussia. After a hunting trip, an illustrious circle of friends of the house and SS officers meet there. Anne, a non-political rendant who works at the manor, finds ...

Entlassen auf Bewährung (1965)

After causing a deadly hit-and-run motorcycle accident, Conny Schenk spends two years in prison, where he is able to complete a printing apprenticeship and is released early for good behavior. While he is still on probation, money is stolen at the company ...

The Adventures of Werner Holt (1965)

Two 17-year-olds, Werner Holt and Gilbert Wolzow, are pulled out of school and into Hitler's army. Gilbert becomes a fanatical soldier; but at the front, Werner begins to understand the senselessness of war. ...

Love's Confusion (1959)

The film tells the love story of two young couples. According to their social ranks, construction worker Edy is dating employee Siegi, while medical student Dieter is dating art school student Sonja. Rather unintentionally, they exchange partners. During a ...