Horst Friedrich
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Verwirrung der Liebe
1959-10-08
Verwirrung der Liebe
Overview: 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 carnival ball, Dieter makes out with Siegi because he falls for her her fresh and happy girlish manner. Sonja coolly observes this game and sees this intermezzo as a test for their relationship. While Siegi and Dieter vacation at the sea, Sonja falls in love with Edy. Now the die seems to be cast for new constellations. But when both couples stand in front of the registrar’s office, they finally come to their senses.
Genres: Drama Comedy Romance
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1959-10-08
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The Light on the Gallows
1976-05-13
The Light on the Gallows
Overview: 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 island very well, his old friend Sasportas, and the sailor Galloudec. After having established contact with the fragmented rebel groups, they receive the surprising news of Napoleon′s takeover in France. Whereas Debuisson, who by now has gotten used to his role as a rich heir, wants to wait for new instructions from home, his companions are determined to press ahead with the revolt. When a slave kills a British guard, the situation escalates.
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1976-05-13
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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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Wolz – Life and Transfiguration of a German Anarchist
1973-11-25
Wolz – Life and Transfiguration of a German Anarchist
Overview: Soldier Ignaz Wolz returns from WWI with an immeasurable hatred of capitalist war profiteers. He decides to start his own revolution, but tries to stay away from the organized class struggle. He steals from the rich men and divides the wealth among the poor. One day, Wolz is arrested and sentenced to life in prison; seven years later he is released due to mass protests. More than ever, it is hard for him to fit in. He severs ties with his former companions, who reject his ideas, and leaves Germany.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1973-11-25
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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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Auf der Sonnenseite
1962-01-04
Auf der Sonnenseite
Overview: The story of the steel melter Martin Hoff, whose factory delegates him to a drama school, corresponds to the real life of the actor Manfred Krug. Like his (film) hero, Krug works as a steel melter, does artwork, sings and acts, and is sent to drama school. Like his hero, who behaves anarchically and conspicuously, Krug is soon expelled from school.
Genres: Music Comedy Romance
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1962-01-04
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The Baldheaded Gang
1963-02-15
The Baldheaded Gang
Overview: August 1961. The former Foreign Legionnaire, King, has collected a gang of hooligans, with whom he creates mischief in the GDR. After some careless work on a construction site, an event during which two people lose their lives, they move to a campsite on the Baltic Sea. With sputtering mopeds, loud radios, and occasional outbursts, the gang makes the vacationers' lives living hell. Unfortunately for them, Lieutenant Czernik discovers the connection between them and the accident at the construction site. To stop them from fleeing to West Berlin, Lieutenant Czernik and the police need to arrest them, one at a time, with King as the last.
Genres: Drama Crime
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1963-02-15
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Der Mann aus Kanada
1967-08-13
Der Mann aus Kanada
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Genres: Thriller Crime
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1967-08-13
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Engel im Fegefeuer
1965-04-04
Engel im Fegefeuer
Overview: The Ruhr area in November of 1918. 13-year old Achim Wolters and his friends get their hands on some potatoes on the market. They want to surprise Achim′s father, who works on a mine sweeper boat, with a decent meal. But Achim′s father does not show up – an informer at the train station has betrayed him for his left-wing beliefs and has turned him over to the police. The priest tells Achim the sad news and advises him to pray for the release of his father. But when carpenter Stelzebein stresses that everybody has to take actions for himself, the devout boy at first does not believe in Stelzebein′s words. But then Achim witnesses in the prison how brutally the imperial police treat his father and the other inmates. Together with his loyal friends, Achim takes Stelzebein′s side. When the revolution starts, they stand together on the barricades.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1965-04-04
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Das Loch in der Mauer
1958-06-01
Das Loch in der Mauer
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Genres: Crime
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1958-06-01
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Der Mord, der nie verjährt
1968-01-11
Der Mord, der nie verjährt
Overview: Film by Wolfgang Luderer.
Genres: Drama Crime
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1968-01-11
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The Song of the Trumpeter
1964-11-05
The Song of the Trumpeter
Overview: Fritz Weineck, a worker′s son from Halle, loves music – and dreams to make a living out of it one day. When his friend Alfons, a World War I veteran, gives him a trumpet as a gift, Fritz seems to come closer to fulfil his dream. But then, Fritz realizes that after the end of the German empire workers still have to desperately fight for their rights, and decides to use his instrument for political means: At a meeting of militant workers, he uses his trumpet as a signal horn. But Fritz suffers a severe setback when a comrade dies in the fight for an arms depot because of his fault.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1964-11-05
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Meetings In The Dark
1960-05-16
Meetings In The Dark
Overview: A pianist from Poland visits a town in West Germany and starts to remember details about her life during the war.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: pl
Release Date: 1960-05-16
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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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Zwischenfall in Benderath
1956-12-27
Zwischenfall in Benderath
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1956-12-27
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Robert Mayer, der Arzt aus Heilbronn
1955-10-27
Robert Mayer, der Arzt aus Heilbronn
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1955-10-27
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Flucht aus der Hölle
1960-10-10
Flucht aus der Hölle
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Genres: Adventure
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1960-10-10
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The Gleiwitz Case
1961-08-23
The Gleiwitz Case
Overview: Re-enacted true story of successful assault by Nazis, posing as Poles, on a German border radio station so that Hitler could "justify" thereby his invasion of Poland.
Genres: Drama History Thriller
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1961-08-23
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Die Rosenholzmöbel
1969-05-18
Die Rosenholzmöbel
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1969-05-18
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Schlafwagen Paris-München
1965-01-24
Schlafwagen Paris-München
Overview:
Genres: Drama Crime
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1965-01-24
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Mord ohne Sühne
1962-06-27
Mord ohne Sühne
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Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1962-06-27
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