Günther Simon
Biography: Günther Simon (1925–1972) was a German actor. He came to prominence through roles in several DEFA films.
Place of Birth: Not available
Birthday: May 11, 1925
Deathday: June 25, 1972
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Known For
Preludio 11
1964-03-19
Preludio 11
Overview: Daniela – a single mother, whose boyfriend left for the US – believes wholeheartedly in Cuba's revolutionary new order. Meanwhile, in Florida, a plot is afoot. Under the command of an American officer, four Cubans ex-patriots and a Guatemalan land on the Cuban coast to prepare a US invasion of the island. Daniela's superior, the corrupt Cuban officer Palomino, is secretly helping the invaders and the young woman becomes entangled in the intrigue.
Genres: War Drama
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1964-03-19
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At a French Fireside
1962-09-17
At a French Fireside
Overview: Bundeswehr soldier Klaus’ regiment is stationed in France, to take part in NATO maneuvers. The soldiers are ordered to be kind to the populace, since the West German High Command wishes the French to forget the atrocities that were committed during the Second World War. Klaus falls in love with Jeanne, the daughter of the local mayor. He discovers that his commanders intend to demolish the ruins of a local church, in which civilians were murdered by the German occupation forces at 1944. A local journalist who researches the event discovers that West German General Rucker ordered the massacre, but he is mysteriously murdered. Klaus defies his commanding officer Siebert, who instructs him to steal the documents indicting Rucker, and hands the evidence over to Jeanne.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1962-09-17
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Ballade vom roten Mohn
1965-09-14
Ballade vom roten Mohn
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Genres: Drama History War
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1965-09-14
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First Spaceship on Venus
1960-02-26
First Spaceship on Venus
Overview: A mysterious magnetic spool found during a construction project is discovered to have originated from Venus. A rocket expedition to Venus is launched to discover the origin of the spool and the race that created it.
Genres: Science Fiction
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1960-02-26
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Das russische Wunder
1963-05-07
Das russische Wunder
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Genres: Documentary History
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1963-05-07
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Secret Archives on Elbe
1963-04-12
Secret Archives on Elbe
Overview: The World War II. 1944. Nazis staged a cache which stores archival documents of its agents, rescued from the east during the retreat, near a small German town Ostburga.
Genres: Adventure War
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1963-04-12
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Sun Seekers
1972-03-26
Sun Seekers
Overview: A socialist story of "atoms for peace" and compulsory labor in an East German uranium mine under Soviet control.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1972-03-26
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Der Reserveheld
1965-02-27
Der Reserveheld
Overview: The famous actor Ralf Horricht is a pain in his current director's butt while shooting a comedy about the army. So Horricht believes it a joke, when he receives an induction-order as reserve-officer... but the captain tries his best to make him realize this is no laughing matter.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1965-02-27
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Alfons Zitterbacke
1966-02-24
Alfons Zitterbacke
Overview: Alfons is very unlucky boy. Even when he intends well everything is going wrong, so his life is full of various mishaps.
Genres: Adventure Family Comedy
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1966-02-24
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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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The Black Battalion
1958-06-13
The Black Battalion
Overview: A fictionalized account of Czech soldiers who fought for the French Foreign Legion in Vietnam.
Genres: War Drama
Original Language: cs
Release Date: 1958-06-13
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Anna Susanna
1953-02-27
Anna Susanna
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1953-02-27
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Schwarzer Samt
1964-02-27
Schwarzer Samt
Overview: Stasi agent Alexander Berg has to uncover a plot of sabotage.
Genres: Crime
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1964-02-27
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Der Fremde
1961-03-03
Der Fremde
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1961-03-03
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Geschwader Fledermaus
1958-12-26
Geschwader Fledermaus
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Genres: Drama War
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1958-12-26
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Der Frühling braucht Zeit
1965-11-25
Der Frühling braucht Zeit
Overview: Was it an act of sabotage or willful negligence? The non-party engineer Heinz Solter is suddenly arrested and accused of approving a defective pipeline that caused a half million loss to his company. At first, the case seems clear-cut for the state prosecutor, but when he probes deeper, he discovers that Solter had acted against his better judgment due to the pressure from his career-driven and authoritarian boss.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1965-11-25
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Heroin
1968-03-14
Heroin
Overview: This East German movie was co-produced with studios in Hungary and Yugoslavia, with many interesting location shots (border checkpoint to West Berlin, the Gellert bath in Budapest, and more). The plot is about French drug dealers, who obtain heroin somewhere in the Middle East, and smuggle it in several steps to East Berlin, and from there to France (or so it appears), killing when necessary. The hero is an officer of East German customs, who with detective work, some masquerade, and occasional violent action ultimately unravels the whole network, of course with the support of the local customs departments.
Genres: Crime
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1968-03-14
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Der Tod hat ein Gesicht
1961-11-23
Der Tod hat ein Gesicht
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Genres: Crime
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1961-11-23
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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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Lot's Wife
1965-08-26
Lot's Wife
Overview: The marriage of Katrin and Richard Lot has become a routine. She has a career and he, as a Marine officer, comes home only once every fourteen days. The children greet him with joy, but she greets him only with anxiety because their marriage is missing its key ingredient: love. She wants a divorce, but he refuses mainly out of comfort as well as due to pressure from the party. Katrin finds a strange solution: she shoplifts and is put on probation for three months. This is enough to force Richard into a divorce because he is concerned about the "moral liability" of his wife.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1965-08-26
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Eine Handvoll Noten
1961-12-25
Eine Handvoll Noten
Overview: Andreas works as an assistant in his father’s small-town bakery. However, he actually has other plans: As a passionate trumpeter, he wants to study music in Berlin. His father is less than thrilled and wants his son to take over the bakery. Therefore, Andreas decides to try his luck in Berlin and starts working in a wholesale bakery together with his friend Paul. Incidentally, the in-house band is looking for a trumpeter.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1961-12-25
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Der Regimentskommandeur
1972-04-03
Der Regimentskommandeur
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Genres: No genres available
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1972-04-03
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Das Traumschiff
1956-04-26
Das Traumschiff
Overview: The two half-orphans Reni and Rolf are 13 and 10 years old and they live with their grandmother in Berlin. Their father has died during the war, their mother works at a Baltic Sea port. Here she meets a captain who wants to marry her. When their mother tells them about the planned wedding, Reni and Rolf are reluctant to meet the captain.
Genres: Drama Family
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1956-04-26
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Treffpunkt Aimée
1956-10-04
Treffpunkt Aimée
Overview: DEFA crime film about the smuggling of PVC across the (still open) border from East to West Berlin.
Genres: Drama Crime
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1956-10-04
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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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Einer von uns
1960-04-28
Einer von uns
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1960-04-28
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The Moorhound
1960-12-25
The Moorhound
Overview: Two boys are helping the border guards to find a mysterious moor hound used by spies to transfer messages across the border.
Genres: Adventure Family
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1960-12-25
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An Old Love
1959-10-04
An Old Love
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1959-10-04
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Ärzte
1962-02-02
Ärzte
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1962-02-02
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Don’t Forget My Little Traudel
1957-11-15
Don’t Forget My Little Traudel
Overview: 17-year-old Traudel flees the orphanage she has to live in, in order to venture to Berlin.
Genres: Drama Comedy Family
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1957-11-15
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KLK Calling PTZ – The Red Orchestra
1971-03-25
KLK Calling PTZ – The Red Orchestra
Overview: East German film about the history of Red Orchestra, a real life German pro-Soviet spy ring created after the rise of Hitler that turned into a resistance movement led by a leftist Nazi officer, Harro Schulze-Boysen, and Arvid Harnack.
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1971-03-25
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My Wife Wants to Sing
1958-04-02
My Wife Wants to Sing
Overview: Having been happily married for ten years, Gerda Wagner, devoted mother and housewife, suddenly gets it into her head that she would like a career as a pop star. She had singing lessons in the past and her voice is still beautiful. A chance meeting with the idolized Italian singer Fabiani, revives her stage fever - much to the annoyance of her husband Gustl Wagner, head of the records section at a department store.
Genres: Music Comedy
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1958-04-02
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Tinko
1957-03-29
Tinko
Overview: After 1945, land reform forces Old Kraske to become an agricultural worker, but he continues to work on his own, flatly refusing to join any collective farming activities. He desperately wants a large-scale farm like Kimpel's in order to pass it on to his adored grandson, Tinko. When Kraske's son Ernst returns from a POW camp and gives his support to the new communal project, tensions arise within the family and little Tinko is caught in the middle.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1957-03-29
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Reise ins Ehebett
1966-04-07
Reise ins Ehebett
Overview: The captain of a ship of the merchant navy is always on the move because of his job – and has a different girlfriend in every harbour. But his friends think that he should change his way of life. Thus, they take the lovely reporter Eva on board for a trip to Leningrad. But at first, Eva′s presence causes a lot of upheaval on board.
Genres: Romance Comedy Music
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1966-04-07
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Sheriff Teddy
1957-11-29
Sheriff Teddy
Overview: A story about thirteen years old Kalle who is moving with the family from West Berlin to East.
Genres: Family Drama
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1957-11-29
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Das Kleid
1991-02-09
Das Kleid
Overview: Poor weavers Hans (Horst Drinda) und Kumpan (Werner Lierck) try to enter a town surrounded by a tall, impenetrable wall, where everyone is apparently very happy. When they finally make it inside, the tyrannical Emperor Max demands they make him new clothes that would "bring all creatures to their knees." Hans and Kumpan claim only intelligent people can see the robe, and in order to prove himself clever, the emperor haughtily displays himself before his subjects wearing his new invisible regalia.
Genres: Fantasy Comedy
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1991-02-09
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Ripe Cherries
1973-12-06
Ripe Cherries
Overview: Helmut Kamp, the construction brigade leader, a man no longer young, life immediately confronted several difficult and woeful problems. The birth of a son, the tragic death of his wife, the relationship of his daughter Ingrid with Dr. Beißert coincided with the need to move to an uninhabited area where a nuclear power plant will be built. Kamp, Ingrid and the members of the friendly brigade decide to act as the duty and the feeling of partnership prompts them, and gradually they all become participants in the new construction...
Genres: Drama
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1973-12-06
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Weil ich dich liebe …
1970-09-09
Weil ich dich liebe …
Overview: Dr. Gerd Thiessen, an experienced veterinarian, takes up a new job at a publicly owned manor. His research colleagues are less than thrilled about his ideas and modification proposals. Thus, the pretty and confident veterinarian Sabine Ladenbach becomes his only ally and soon they fall in love with each other. When Thiessen’s wife Eva notices that her husband is growing away from her, she starts to fight for him. Eventually, Thiessen realizes that Eva is the woman of his life, both privately and professionally. At the same time, he figures out that he needs the support of his team to achieve success in his field.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1970-09-09
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Hammer or Anvil
1972-09-08
Hammer or Anvil
Overview: This is a political picture about the Bulgarian revolutionary Georgi Dimitrov. In 1933 during the Reichstag Fire Trial trumped-up charges of having set the Reichstag on fire were brought against him. At the trial Dimitrov exposed the machinations of the Nazis and turned from a defendant into an accuser. Central to the story is the face-to-face political duel between Dimitrov and Goering. Dimitrov's interactions with ordinary Germans, the memories of his wife Lyuba Ivoshevich, and the meetings with his mother Parashkeva alternate with documentary shooting scenes from the time of Nazi Germany.
Genres: Drama Crime
Original Language: bg
Release Date: 1972-09-08
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When You’re Grown Up, Dear Adam
1966-01-01
When You’re Grown Up, Dear Adam
Overview: Adam receives a flashlight with special powers: every liar it shines on flies into the air. Production was cancelled in 1965/66 due to the film's political content. Only in 1989/90 could the director reconstruct the film, where missing sounds and images are replaced with script inserts.
Genres: Drama Fantasy Comedy
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1966-01-01
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Verdacht auf einen Toten
1969-11-06
Verdacht auf einen Toten
Overview: Film by Rainer Bär.
Genres: Crime
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1969-11-06
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Der kleine Kuno
1959-06-11
Der kleine Kuno
Overview: What do grown-ups actually do at night? Little Kuno has been asking himself this question a lot lately. One day, the curious six-year-old decides to get to the bottom of it and sneaks outside his house at night. He wanders around the streets aimlessly and experiences some very exciting things.
Genres: Family
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1959-06-11
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Senta auf Abwegen
1959-07-16
Senta auf Abwegen
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1959-07-16
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Die Liebe und der Co-Pilot
1961-01-27
Die Liebe und der Co-Pilot
Overview: Co-pilot Horst Schubert is a braggart and a true Don Juan. Thus, he tells young Ilse that he is in fact an "aircraft commander". This assertion brings about an embarrassing situation, for he suddenly meets her onboard his new work place, an IL-14 charter plane where Ilse acts as a stewardess. It gets worse, however: During a stop in Varna the police appear because Horst’s former lover Madelon has vanished. At home, meanwhile, his landlady has her hands full with her lodger’s current and former playmates. Ilse decides to put an end to this mixup and since the dull captain of the plane, Richard, makes no move to confront his co-pilot about his unstable private life, the smart stewardess appeals to the rest of the crew to help her teach Horst a few lessons in love.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1961-01-27
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The Dream of Captain Loy
1961-08-23
The Dream of Captain Loy
Overview: An American military plane takes six people, who have taken part in a NATO maneuver, from Tripoli to Oslo. Among them are the British Captain Loy and the United States Air Force Corporal Doris Graves. During the flight, the two become closer, and they regret that the trip will end that evening. But everything turns out differently. The flight captain has received orders to pick up an agent at a German NATO airport, who is to be dropped off again on a Soviet island …
Genres: Drama
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1961-08-23
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Brot und Rosen
1967-09-27
Brot und Rosen
Overview: Film by Thiel and Brandt.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1967-09-27
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Der Lotterieschwede
1958-09-11
Der Lotterieschwede
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1958-09-11
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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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Fog
1963-03-14
Fog
Overview: At the beginning of the 1960s, a German turns up on behalf of the NATO in the British village of Rocksmouth. NATO wants to establish a naval base in Rocksmouth, but first, the German envoy has to salvage an old ship wreck. In 1942, the "Princess of India" was supposed to bring children to safety in Canada but was sunk by a German submarine at departure. 58 people were killed, most of them children.
Genres: Drama Crime
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1963-03-14
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Die heute über 40 sind
1960-10-20
Die heute über 40 sind
Overview: Film by Kurt Jung-Alsen.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1960-10-20
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Kein Ärger mit Cleopatra
1960-12-06
Kein Ärger mit Cleopatra
Overview: Film by Helmut Schneider.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1960-12-06
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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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Damals in Paris
1956-11-02
Damals in Paris
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1956-11-02
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Jacke wie Hose
1953-04-29
Jacke wie Hose
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Genres: Comedy
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1953-04-29
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The Condemned Village
1952-04-14
The Condemned Village
Overview: East German propaganda film about an American army base trying to take away land from a West German village.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1952-04-14
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Zwei Briefe an Pospischiel
1970-11-20
Zwei Briefe an Pospischiel
Overview: East German television film.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1970-11-20
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Irrlicht und Feuer
1966-08-21
Irrlicht und Feuer
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Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1966-08-21
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