Raimund Schelcher
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Place of Birth: Not available
Birthday: March 26, 1910
Deathday: March 27, 1972
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The Beacon
1954-12-03
The Beacon
Overview: On a barren and stormy island, fishing families eke out a meager existence on what they can catch during summer, and what washes ashore during winter. But little has been washing ashore of late, and their situation worsens. Elders recall how twenty years ago, when the lighthouse keeper’s beacon went dark, a cargo ship broke apart on the cliffs. It proved a bountiful accident for the fishermen. Today people on the island view the conscientious lighthouse keepers with evil hungry eyes...
Genres: Drama
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1954-12-03
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The Sonnenbrucks
1951-03-01
The Sonnenbrucks
Overview: Professor Sonnenbruck is a scientist who is not particularly interested in politics. Even the meeting in 1943 with his former assistant Peters does not change him. He does not betray Peters, who has escaped from a concentration camp, but that is already enough for him. But after the war Sonnenrbruck gets into a conflict of conscience. He thought that science was finally free of politics again only to find the opposite happening at his university in Göttingen. A medical congress in the GDR brings him together with Peters, who is working on a major research contract there. Sonnenbruck decides to visit Peters.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1951-03-01
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Castles and Cottages
1957-02-09
Castles and Cottages
Overview: Lifelong hard work for the count makes the servant Anton a cripple. Everybody calls him Crooked Anton. When, after the end of the war, the land of the count gets divided amongst the farmers, Anton receives a piece and hopes to be able to work freely. But an old debt and intrigue keep Anton and his family from finding peace. The farmers of the village begin to discover their own power when Annegret, Anton's daughter, leaves. Is a new beginning possible for Anton? This film paints an impressive panorama of the development of a minor village in Mecklenburg from the end of the war to the uprising of 17 June 1953.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1957-02-09
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The Case of Dr Wagner
1954-10-08
The Case of Dr Wagner
Overview: Dr. Wagner is a scientist currently working on an experiment for the Asta plant in East Berlin. If the experiment is successful its a brilliant new invention. But Wagner is the target of sabotage, and all the decisive experiment fails. Wagner can not explain this setback.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1954-10-08
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Die schwarze Galeere
1962-07-09
Die schwarze Galeere
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Genres: History Drama
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1962-07-09
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Der Richter von Zalamea
1956-04-19
Der Richter von Zalamea
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Genres: History Drama
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1956-04-19
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Ernst Thälmann – Son of the Working Class
1954-03-09
Ernst Thälmann – Son of the Working Class
Overview: This film is the first of a two-part historical and biographical portrait of the communist politician and anti-fascist Ernst Thälmann. In early November 1918, Ernst Thälmann is an unwilling soldier serving on the western front. As the revolutionary movement at home is threatened by the betrayal of the Social Democrats and fissures in the working class, Thälmann calls on his fellow soldiers to put down their weapons and unite with the workers in the communist struggle at home. Thälmann’s qualms about which side he is fighting on continue, but when the local police attempt to prevent a shipment of provisions and supplies from reaching the people in Petrograd, he intervenes and the ship is unloaded. With this moment of clarity, Thälmann continues to follow his political convictions and joins the workers at the Hamburg uprising in October 1923.
Genres: History Drama
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1954-03-09
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Der Prozeß wird vertagt
1958-09-25
Der Prozeß wird vertagt
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Genres: Drama Crime
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1958-09-25
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Der Ochse von Kulm
1955-01-27
Der Ochse von Kulm
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1955-01-27
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Schritt für Schritt
1960-10-06
Schritt für Schritt
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1960-10-06
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Life Begins
1960-04-08
Life Begins
Overview: A new world full of excitement and temptation opens up for 18-year-old Erika when her father flees from Krüselin, a small village in Brandenburg, to West Berlin, taking his daughter with him. Her uncle's luxurious house, the turbulence of life in the big city, and her cousin's progressive thinking and quick wit all turn her head at first. But behind all this glitter and tinsel lurks the cold, hard world of money and Erika begins to feel homesick for the town where she grew up and for Rolf, her first real boyfriend.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1960-04-08
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Gejagt bis zum Morgen
1957-12-06
Gejagt bis zum Morgen
Overview: Drama about an impoverished family, a widowed mother and her two sons, trying to get by.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1957-12-06
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The Sailor’s Song
1958-11-09
The Sailor’s Song
Overview: A film about the historical uprising of the seamen in Kiel: During the Russian October Revolution of 1917, German and Russian soldiers start to solidarize with each other. By disarming the officers, machinist Henne Lonke and stoker Jens Kasten prevent the attack on a Russian freighter. When German admiralty gives out orders for operation "Nibelungen", which would lead the German fleet into a suicidal attack against England and quell the revolutionary spirit, seamen and soldiers from different political backgrounds unite in protest.
Genres: History Drama
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1958-11-09
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The Hunt for the Boot
1962-08-17
The Hunt for the Boot
Overview: Germany 1932, constant fights between Communists and Nazis tear the country apart. When a Communist is found dead, the police accuses another Communist being his murderer. But the Communist youth group follows another trail - the murderer left a characteristic boot print at the scene of the crime.
Genres: Crime Family
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1962-08-17
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Robert Koch, der Bekämpfer des Todes
1939-12-30
Robert Koch, der Bekämpfer des Todes
Overview: Country Dr. Robert Koch is desperate: a tuberculosis epidemic is decimating the children in his district and no one is able to do anything about it. Every fourth child is already sick and the parents must helplessly watch as their young ones die. Now Koch is undertaking to find the cause of the tuberculosis --- something he has already been working on for years --- which has been causing this plague of illness. His work is made more difficult by envy; for example, that of his teacher, who was wounded defending his honor. But his greatest obstacle is the famous Berliner scientist and Reichstag deputy, Privy Councilor Rudolf Virchow: He is extraordinarily skeptical of Koch's theory, that the cause for tuberculosis is a bacteria.
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1939-12-30
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The Kaiser's Lackey
1951-08-31
The Kaiser's Lackey
Overview: Diederich Heßling is scared of everything and everyone. But as he grows up, he comes to realize that he has to offer his services to the powers-that-be if he wants to wield power himself. His life motto now runs: bow to those at the top and tread on those below. In this way, he always succeeds: as a student in a duel-fighting student fraternity and as a businessman in a paper factory. He cajoles the obese district administrative president Von Wulkow and wins his favor. He slanders his financial rivals and hatches a plot with the social democrats in the town council. On his honeymoon with his rich wife Guste, he finally finds a chance to do his beloved Kaiser a favor. And when a memorial to the Kaiser is unveiled in the town where Diederich lives and works, he delivers the address. He stands behind the lectern in the pouring rain, saluting his Kaiser. The crowd is dispersed. Everything is laid in ruins...
Genres: Drama History Comedy
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1951-08-31
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Steinreich
1974-01-01
Steinreich
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1974-01-01
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Die Tage der Commune
1966-04-16
Die Tage der Commune
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1966-04-16
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Vacation in Sylt
1957-01-01
Vacation in Sylt
Overview: Vacation in Sylt is a black and white compilation film about Heinz Reinefarth, a Nazi Party member, high SS police leader of Warthe, and later mayor (1951-1964) of Westerland/Sylt.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1957-01-01
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Berlin - Ecke Schönhauser...
1957-08-30
Berlin - Ecke Schönhauser...
Overview: The corner Schönhauser Allee in East Berlin is the main meeting-point for a group of adolescents. Dieter is a construction worker who falls in love with Angela. She, in turn, spends time with the clique whenever her mother is occupied with her new lover. "Kohle" stays away from home to avoid his dad's alcohol problem, and Karl-Heinz is on his way to becoming a small-time criminal. Due to their interest in western music and culture they are regarded as no-goods and rowdies. Things get interesting when an incident forces Dieter and "Kohle" to escape to West Germany. Written by c.winter
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1957-08-30
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Ernst Thälmann – Leader of the Working Class
1955-10-06
Ernst Thälmann – Leader of the Working Class
Overview: This film is the second of a two-part historical and biographical portrait of the communist politician and anti-fascist Ernst Thälmann. Autumn, 1918: Somewhere on Germany’s western front, Ernst Thälmann, age twenty-four, is calling on his fellow soldiers to put down their guns and join him in the communist struggle at home. When Hamburg’s Police Commissioner blocks a much-needed food shipment to the workers of Petrograd, Ernst battles to see it allowed through. Until his murder on August 18, 1944, Ernst remained true to his political convictions in the face of many setbacks.
Genres: History Drama
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1955-10-06
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Lissy
1957-05-29
Lissy
Overview: In 1930s Berlin, a woman’s life unravels as her unemployed husband succumbs to Nazi propaganda and joins the Storm Troopers, while her brother's anti-Nazi stance leads to his death, prompting her to confront her beliefs and make a risky choice.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1957-05-29
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Jahrgang 21
1958-02-28
Jahrgang 21
Overview: Film by Václav Gajer.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1958-02-28
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Despite It All!
1972-01-13
Despite It All!
Overview: 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 Kiel’s sailors against war and militarism sets off a call for revolution led by Liebknecht. On November 9, Liebknecht declares the Free Socialist Republic of Germany. But pro-Kaiser military and right wing Social Democrats oppose him.
Genres: Drama War
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1972-01-13
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The Track in the Night
1957-10-24
The Track in the Night
Overview:
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1957-10-24
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Entdeckung des Julian Böll
1962-07-18
Entdeckung des Julian Böll
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1962-07-18
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Erich Kubak
1959-10-03
Erich Kubak
Overview: Film by Johannes Arpe.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1959-10-03
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Five Days, Five Nights
1961-02-27
Five Days, Five Nights
Overview: Five Days, Five Nights (Fünf Tage, Fünf Nächte) takes place in Dresden in the immediate aftermath of the Second World War. While Dresden is in ruins, over two thousand paintings by artists including Rembrandt, Raphael, Rubens, Giorgione, and Vermeer have disappeared from the city’s Old Masters Picture Gallery. Red Army captain Leonov and his soldiers have been ordered to recover the lost paintings. During the next five days, Dresden’s residents join the search for the collection. A secret Nazi document offers a first lead…
Genres: War History
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1961-02-27
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Der Arzt von Bothenow
1961-06-23
Der Arzt von Bothenow
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1961-06-23
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Geschichten jener Nacht
1967-06-07
Geschichten jener Nacht
Overview: Four directors - four styles - four episodes, all relating the events of a single night which has entered the history books: August 12-13, 1961. There are thousands of complex narratives connected with the frontier drawn through the middle of Berlin, and each episode relates the story of a difficult decision made on that night...
Genres: Drama
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1967-06-07
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Wo Du hin gehst...
1957-07-19
Wo Du hin gehst...
Overview: Berlin, 1936. Athletes and visitors from all over the world have come to the city to take part in the Olympic Games. Anti-Fascists use the opportunity to tell the foreign guests about the situation in Germany by distributing leaflets. Being cornered by the Gestapo, the wounded resistance fighter Jakob manages to go into hiding with the help of the Swiss doctor Thea. They fall in love with each other and when Jakob joins the International Brigades in Spain to fight against Franco, Thea follows him and becomes a dedicated fighter against Fascism. The enduring battle, however, keeps preventing them from becoming a real couple.
Genres: Drama War
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1957-07-19
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Wer seine Frau lieb hat
1955-02-10
Wer seine Frau lieb hat
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Genres: Comedy
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1955-02-10
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Geheimakten Solvay
1953-01-23
Geheimakten Solvay
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1953-01-23
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