Gertraud Kreissig
Also Known As: not available
Biography: Biography not available
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Königsberg, East Prussia, Germany
Birthday: January 01, 1938
Deathday: June 15, 2011
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Gender: Female
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Star-Crossed Lovers
Overview: Magdalena and Michael have loved each other since they were children. But when the Nazis come to power, Michael rebels against the regime and is sentenced to fifteen years in a concentration camp. Magdalena, meanwhile, goes underground with the help of a friend and later immigrates to the Soviet Union. Michael, who has joined the Red Army, discovers on the way to Moscow that Magdalena is staying there. But when his plane lands, she is already on her way back to Germany. Michael hopes that one day, he and Magdalena will be reunited.
Genres: Drama Romance War
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1962-06-08
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The Man with the Objective Lens
Overview: A humorous and satirical comedy, which places a man from the year 2222 one day in the (then) present day life in GDR, East Germany under Communist regime. Using a crystal for mind reading he uncovers some improprieties and moral weaknesses in the "Beautiful future" professed by VEB ("Volkseigener Betrieb" – "State Owned Holdings").
Genres: Comedy Science Fiction
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1961-10-05
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Der kleine Herr Friedemann
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1991-03-29
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Jugendweihe
Overview: Every year in the spring the pupils of the 8th grade in the GDR receive the 'Jugendweihe' and are admitted to the circle of adults. This year, Tim is ready. For him and his classmates, the day begins with a ceremony in the culture house, then he goes with the whole family in a hotel restaurant, to celebrate the event properly.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1978-05-21
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Zement
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1973-11-02
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Jadup and Boel
Overview: In a small town, everyone has tried to forget what happened shortly after WWII. That is, until a stranger finds a book that Jadup (Kurt Böwe) gave to the young refugee Boel (Katrin Knappe), who resettled in the town over 30 years ago. Painful memories about Boel and the post-war period begin to surface and shake up the whole town. Boel vanished back then and nobody knew why. Word spread about a rape and some tried to blame a Russian soldier. Jadup, the town's respected and popular mayor, remembers, though, how he mistrusted Boel and did not help her through this difficult time; HE didn't even notice THAT Boel loved him. Jadup's confrontation with the past gives him a new, critical view of his current situation and surroundings.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1988-05-12
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Einer muß die Leiche sein
Overview: A group of tourists from the GDR spend their holiday at the coast of Bulgaria. When making a trip to a small fisher house, they have to stay they night, because the ship's motor broke down. One of the group proposes a game: Someone has to be a corpse, one the detective and another one the murderer. But shortly after starting the game the "corpse" has vanished only to befound at the foot of the nearby cliff - being dead for real. Now the group start their investigation...
Genres: Drama Crime
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1978-02-03
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Ich liebe dich - April! April!
Overview: The law student Caroline and the assistant professor Tom are husband and wife, but they keep their marriage a secret. While Caroline is afraid of annoying her mother Hella who ever since her divorce twenty years ago distrusts men in general, Tom dreads the criticism of his professor, a family law specialist who objects to the concept of marriage. By chance, Caroline gets hold of some juicy information: Her mother and the professor used to be a couple and she is their child. With almost missionary zeal she addresses herself to the task of convincing the two grown-ups to get back together. In the process, however, she steers both her academic studies and her own marriage into a crisis.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1988-05-13
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Kaskade rückwärts
Overview: Maja Wegner is in her late thirties and a single mother of a teenage daughter. To give her stale life a new direction, she decides to start all over again in the big city. She sells her house in the countryside, quits her job, and moves with her daughter to Berlin. There, she finds a job as a conductor for the railroad company. Although Maja soon finds new friends in her apartment building, the search for a new life partner does not come off so easily.
Genres: Romance Drama
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1984-02-10
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All My Girls
Overview: Ralf Paeschke is a film student who has to make a documentary film about a group of women working in a lamp factory. There is brazen Susie, mischievous Kerstin, lonely Anita, single Ella, withdrawn Gertrud and the imposing forewoman. When Kerstin is suspected of stealing, tension among the women mounts. Ralf demands that things be clarified, and his film plays an unexpected role in the matter.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1980-04-24
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Coming Out
Overview: Philipp, a closeted teacher, is dating a female colleague to keep up appearances. One night he stumbles into a gay bar and falls for a man. Transformed by this love, he is no longer afraid to face up to who he is.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1989-11-09
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The Mistake
Overview: It is 1988. Jacob (Gottfried John), from Hamburg in West Germany, falls in love with Elisabeth (Angelica Domröse) in East Germany. When they secretly meet in East Berlin, it seems the Stasi (secret police) knows about it. When Jacob visits her village, someone informs on him and he is deported. Elisabeth knows who begrudges her this love and takes her revenge. Critics note that in this film, director Heiner Carow revisits the themes of his 1972 smash hit, The Legend of Paul and Paula, which became a cult film throughout Germany.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1992-03-19
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Moritz in der Litfaßsäule
Overview: No one has any time for Moritz. And at school, things are not exactly the greatest either. Moritz runs away and moves into the inside of an advertising pillar. A speaking cat, a circus girl and a street sweeper become his new friends. Gradually, they help the young boy to realize that running away does not solve anything.
Genres: Comedy Family Drama
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1983-11-27
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School Ghost
Overview: Carola is a mischievous girl who doesn't care much for school- except for sports and recess, of course. Without her good friend Willi to keep her on the straight and narrow, she would really be in trouble. One day at school, Carola has an idea. She invents what she calls "International Ghosts' Day" and a ghost named "Buh" to go with it. When Buh turns out to be less-than-imaginary the two decide to switch places, with Buh taking on all the schoolwork, and Carola taking the opportunity to play practical jokes on all her friends...
Genres: Family Fantasy Comedy
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1987-07-03
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Liane
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1987-09-22
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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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Der zerbrochene Krug
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Original Language: de
Release Date: 1984-07-28
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Rauhreif
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Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1963-09-14
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Ach du meine Liebe
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Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1984-12-09
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Albert Einstein
Overview: Two part movie about Einstein's escape from Germany in 1932 and his influence in the invention of the nuclear bomb in 1939.
Genres: Drama History TV Movie
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1990-10-21
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