Manfred Krug
Also Known As: Манфред Круг
Biography: Biography not available
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Duisburg, Germany
Birthday: February 08, 1937
Deathday: October 21, 2016
Adult: No
Gender: Male
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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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Five Cartridges
Overview: It is the year 1936 and the Spanish Civil War is raging. When the German commander of an international brigade is badly wounded he gives his five comrades a message which he divides up and secretes into in five cartridges. All five shells must reach the battalion in order for the message to be relayed. But Frenchman Pierre can’t bear the heat of the Sierra. When he leaves their hide-out to drink from a well he is hit by an enemy bullet.
Genres: War Drama
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1960-11-03
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Kit & Co.
Overview: The adventures of Kit Bellew and his friend Shorty during the gold fever at the end of the 19th century.
Genres: Adventure Western Comedy
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1974-12-15
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Feuer unter Deck
Overview: Otto Scheidel (Manfred Krug) has been captain of the Elbe steamer Jenissei for over twenty years, but his ship, the last of its kind, is going to be converted into a floating restaurant. Otto, whose his strong attachment to the ship has already cost him his relationship with his girlfriend Caramba (Renate Krößner), refuses to take another job and instead joins a railway construction brigade.
Genres: Comedy Drama Romance
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1982-08-16
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Long Roads - Secret Love
Overview: Long-haul driver Hannes (Manfred Krug) picks up a young hitchhiker, Herb (Jaecki Schwarz), 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 (Jutta Hoffmann) and her child, who missed their bus and need a ride to Berlin. Johanna has left her husband so that he can reflect on their broken relationship and both men gradually begin to fall in love with her.
Genres: Drama Comedy Romance
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1969-12-04
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King Thrushbeard
Overview: A fairy-tale about a beautiful but very haughty princess Anna who cruelly mocks each of her suitors. Finally she is forced by the king to marry a beggar. The poor life, hard work and love teach the princess a lesson and turn her into a loving and kind person.
Genres: Fantasy Family
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1965-12-01
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Trace of Stones
Overview: Bad planning and shortages prevail on an East German construction site. Foreman Hannes Balla uses unconventional methods to overcome the problems. New Socialist Unity Party secretary Werner Horrath is charged with bringing the rough-and-ready builder crew into line. The task seems doomed to fail as the two men compete for the affections of young engineer Kati Klee. But when she gets pregnant by married man Horrath, he is in danger of being expelled from the party, and Balla takes his side...
Genres: Drama Comedy Romance
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1966-06-30
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My Zero Hour
Overview: Germany in 1943. The Berlin worker Klaus Hartung is deployed as a soldier to the Eastern front during World War II. During a tour, he is captured by a Russian patrol. While in captivity, Hartung comes to the conclusion that he has to come through and actively take part in the effort to end the war. He consents to abduct a German officer together with two Russian soldiers. During their adventurous mission, the men who at first had been enemies, become sincere friends.
Genres: War Drama
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1970-04-28
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Strictly Propaganda
Overview: A realistic satire about the path of the German Democratic Republic from its foundation until its 40th birthday. This eye-opening film tells the history of the German Democratic Republic through East Germany's official newsreels and state films.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1992-02-14
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The Boxer and Death
Overview: Concentration camp commander Kraft finds out that prisoner Kominek is a former professional boxer. Overnight, the prisoner is made Kraft's exercise partner and unwillingly rises to a privileged position at the camp. His anger over the death of his friend and co-prisoner leads to open revolt. The film brings a new view of human degradation during fascism by a tragic story of one man whose only chance for survival is to accept the rules of an unequal game.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: sk
Release Date: 1963-02-22
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Hommage an Manfred Krug
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Genres: Documentary
Original Language: de
Release Date: 2019-05-23
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Die Schönste
Overview: 13-year old Thomas Berndorf, the son of the rich business man Alexander Berndorf, becomes friends with Hannes Wille, whose father works as foreman. They get to know each because Hannes sometimes is allowed to polish Berndorf′s Mercedes 300. They make a bet whose mother is the most beautiful. Hannes assumes that Mrs. Berndorf is only admired for her expensive jewellery. Thus, he suggests that Thomas should steal a collier from his mother. Out of solidarity, he also robs a golden brooch from his mother. At home at the Berndorfs, a severe crisis threatens Thomas′s parents′ "marriage of convenience", and financial hardships are following on the theft.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1957-12-01
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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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Die Faust in der Tasche
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1979-01-26
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Rosamunde
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Genres: No genres available
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1990-02-01
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Professor Mamlock
Overview: A Jewish chief of surgery in 1933 Germany remains blind to the rising Nazi threat, dismissing political dissent from his son and a patient, until his family faces increasing anti-Semitic persecution.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1961-05-17
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Hauptmann Florian von der Mühle
Overview: This story of the miller Florian, who gave all his money to the war against Napoleon, is loosely based on a true story. After the war, Florian's reimbursement is challenged, and he must also pay taxes on his destroyed mill. He resists the tax collectors and takes off to Vienna, where he intends to defend his rights. On the way, he rescues the Duchess of Guastalla from assault. She also wants to go to Vienna, as His Majesty Franz II is trying to contest an heir in her favor. With cunning, luck, and dagger, Florian fights his way through a slew of nobility and their secret police.
Genres: History Comedy Romance
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1968-11-21
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Husaren in Berlin
Overview: Comedy about the "Husarenstreich", the 1757 Berlin raid during the Seven Years' War.
Genres: Comedy History
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1971-06-25
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Ware für Katalonien
Overview: At the end of the 1950s, the production of optics in the German Democratic Republic has reached top quality and instigates interest in the West. When national demand rises strongly and at the same time the export to South America heavily decreases, the Volkspolizei - the GDR police force - starts to look into the case. Two seemingly unrelated cases are the starting point for the investigation by second lieutenant Schellenberg of the department for optics racketeering: An old woman who was arrested in the Berlin city railway for trying to smuggle a pair of binoculars to West Berlin, and a dead person in an area of allotments who was involved in obscure dealings with optical devices.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1959-03-06
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Minna von Barnhelm oder Das Soldatenglück
Overview: This film takes place during the Seven Years' War. The Prussian Major von Tellheim has become engaged to the Saxon noblewoman Minna von Barnhelm. After the war, the King - in an unwarranted move - deprives the major of his honor. Von Tellheim becomes impoverished and, filled with shame, breaks off his relationship to Minna. An innkeeper in Berlin, who is a police informer, makes the Major move to a shabby little attic because he cannot pay his debt. In the meantime, Minna has also arrived at the inn. She and her lady's maid Franziska are questioned and spied on by the nosy innkeeper. Minna has followed her beloved Tellheim and she now cunningly manages to elicit a new declaration of love from him...
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1962-11-01
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Before lightning strikes
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1959-10-03
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Midnight Revue
Overview: Despite the fact that production manager Kruse doesn't have the actors or the crew for the job, he recklessly boasts that he could direct a revue film. To prevent him losing face, Kruse brings together four people - a dramaturg, a composer, a writer and an architect - and gives them the thankless task of turning his idea into a film. Except for the relatively unknown composer Alexander Ritter, who is enthusiastically committed to the project, the other members of the team find themselves stuck in this mess.
Genres: Comedy Music
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1962-07-06
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The Stolen Battle
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Genres: History Comedy
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1972-07-01
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Mir nach, Canaillen
Overview: A wild story set in eighteenth-century Prussia. Alexander can do everything that a real devil of a fellow must be able to do: ride, shoot, love and devise clever plots. As a result, he is able to climb the ladder from herder to chamber master, where he makes a fool of the feudal lords.
Genres: Adventure Comedy
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1964-07-31
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Das Versteck
Overview: One year has passed since Max and Wanda got their divorce. Max has come to the realization that he wants his ex-wife back - no matter what the cost! So he concocts a sneaky plan: he asks Wanda to hide him from the police, who are apparently looking for him. At first, Wanda rejects all his attempts to restart their relationship. But she is soon unable to resist Max's convincing promises and even throws her lover out of the house. But then she discovers Max's lie.
Genres: Romance Drama Comedy
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1978-11-06
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Not to Me, Madam!
Overview: Accompanying a GDR fashion team, journalist Thomas takes a plane to an haute couture festival in an exclusive Mediterranean seaside resort. A French Padre, who could be mistaken for Thomas's twin brother, is a fellow passenger. Precisely for this reason, the journalist is plunged into the most extraordinary and very precarious situations.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1969-05-15
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Frau Venus und ihr Teufel
Overview: Hans Müller finds himself on a trip in Thüringen, accompanied by his loving female friend, Moritz. Hans doesn't understand much about trust, which constantly leads to problems between the two of them. During one of their fights, Lady Venus intervenes and sends the young man back to the Middle Ages - so he can learn the true meaning of love. Disguised as Tannhäuser, he has to stand his ground against a horde of minstrels. At a singing competition, he blunders, without the support of Moritz, who had also been thrown back into the 13th century. And with the help of Frau Venus, his adventure will surely turn out even worse...
Genres: Music Comedy
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1967-06-24
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Farewell
Overview: In August of 1914, amidst the public ecstasy surrounding the impending war, Hans Gastl, the young son of a Munich bürger, makes a decision: he will not take part in this war. This resolution signifies a turning point in his life; a farewell to his class and his family.
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1968-10-10
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Ein Mädchen von 16 ½
Overview: The young orphan Helga is raised by her aunt after WW II. At the age of sixteen, she turns her back to go her own way. As a rambler, Helga wanders through the night streets of Berlin and has brief acquaintances.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1958-05-15
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Reportage 57
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1959-04-03
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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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Chronicle of a Summer
Overview: In the late fifties a large industrial complex was built near Schwedt, in the GDR. This low budget film tells about the voluntary participation of the brigades of the Freie Deutsche Jugend in the building up …
Genres: Romance Drama
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1963-01-15
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Knock-out
Overview: Carolin lives in the East and works in a West Berlin bar. After the building of the wall she tries to persuade Georg, a soldier of the border regiment, to let her cross over. He falls in love with her and defends her against a West German pimp with a punch to the jaw.
Genres: Comedy Drama Romance
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1962-10-14
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Wie füttert man einen Esel
Overview: Due to his profession, Fred, an easy-going and charming long-haul truck-driver, sees a lot of the world. Along his routes he enjoys the company of a lot of girlfriends who sweeten his spare time. One day, he suffers an accident in Prague which puts his co-driver Orje out of action. The beautiful Hungarian Jana persuades him to make her his new co-driver and does her utmost to take care of the stressful job. The more time the uneven couple spends on the road together, the more Jana feels attracted to Fred.
Genres: Drama Romance Comedy
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1974-07-04
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Flächenbrand
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1981-04-12
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Treasure on the Bottom of the Lake
Overview: A young boy Jampoll is spending the summer in his grandfather village where he fights criminals using his friends help.
Genres: Adventure Family
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1969-01-31
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Junge Frau von 1914
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1970-01-17
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Phantasten
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1979-06-16
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The Blue One
Overview: In this German political drama, an ex-Stasi agent encounters an old friend whom he may have betrayed after his friend tried to escape East Germany. The former East German agent is Otto Skrodt who after many years is about to be promoted in the highest government ranks. He is anxious to maintain a squeaky clean image. His daughter is Isabelle. The young and friendly Kalle returns after spending many years in jail for his escape attempts. He doesn't know exactly who blew the whistle, but his friend Skrodt is definitely under suspicion. Kalle returns to ostensibly renew the friendship and to see Isabelle whom he loves. The duplicitous friendship between the two men becomes the main focus of the story which features interesting plot twists at the end.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1994-02-21
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Wer raucht die Letzte?
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1983-05-10
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Paul kommt zurück
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1978-04-23
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The Banner of Krivoi Rog
Overview: In an act of friendship and solidarity between two mining towns in 1929, the locals of Kriwoj Rog, Russia, give their flag as a gift to the locals of Bergstedt, Germany. This quickly takes on a symbolic meaning for the miners in Bergstedt as the Nazi party demands that this Soviet gesture be erased and the flag be replaced with their own. The miner and communist party functionary Otto Brosowski (Erwin Geschonneck) publicly declares it his duty to defend this flag against every danger, and he keeps his promise despite his family being threatened by torment and torture.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1967-10-26
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Whopper Punch 777
Overview: The young son of a sports journalist helps his out-of-town father out of a jam by getting into the hotel room of a famous boxer and conducting a sensational star interview with him.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1986-01-01
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Neuner
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Genres: Comedy
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1990-11-08
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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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Väter
Overview: TV-film by Alfred Vohrer
Genres: Family Comedy
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1982-12-19
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Rendezvous der Damen
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Original Language: de
Release Date: 1983-02-13
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Abgehauen
Overview: The movie tells a true story in the life of well-known German actor Manfred Krug. Living in the German Democratic Republic he is forced to leave the country after protesting against the expatriation of singer/songwriter Wolf Biermann in 1976.
Genres: TV Movie Drama
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1998-06-03
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Ein Mann fürs Leben
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1980-12-03
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Wenn die Nacht kein Ende nimmt
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Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1959-02-21
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Sommer in Heidkau
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1964-10-03
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The Ancient Coin
Overview: History teacher and coin collector Karl Schneider wants to track down an ancient coin while on vacation in Bulgaria. When he meets a group of musicians, he finds out that their singer Jana Christova is wearing this coin around her neck. He falls in love with her, but the young love soon faces some unexpected troubles. His travel companion, the pop singer Theobald, accompanies the events with music.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: bg
Release Date: 1965-05-20
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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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Der Andere neben dir
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1964-01-17
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Josef Süß Oppenheimer
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1984-01-24
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Sommergäste bei Majakowski
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Genres: Documentary
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1967-12-01
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Netzwerk
Overview: Film by Ralf Kirsten.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1970-09-02
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Drei Kapitel Glück
Overview: Ev and Peter fall in love at first sight. Peter studies dentistry in Leipzig and is eager to work in the country. There is an unfilled dentist vacancy in his home village. Ev, on the other hand, is drawn to the city. Being a commercial artist, she sees no chance to find a job in the country. This conflict becomes the first real test for their relationship.
Genres: Romance
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1961-07-13
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Guten Tag, lieber Tag
Overview: Engineer Strebel′s apprentices think of nothing else but music and dancing, although they should really concentrate on their marks. Consequently, Strebel is anything but delighted with his pupil. To top it all, a TV show becomes interested in a performance by Strebel′s apprentices. To calm down their teacher, Jutta Fröhlich, who has already cast an eye on Strebel, makes him an offer: When they better their marks, Strebel would permit them to make a performance on television.
Genres: Music Comedy Drama
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1961-11-02
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People with Wings
Overview: This film continues the story of radio operator Ludwig Bartuschek from “The Sailor’s Song”. Near the end of the Weimar Republic, Bartuschek (Erwin Geschonneck) is working as a mechanic in the Sperber airplane plant. Director Dehringer offers him the opportunity to train as an airplane constructor if he is willing to give up his communist beliefs under oath. Bartuschek will not allow himself to be bought and instead joins the underground resistance movement.
Genres: Drama War
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1960-08-24
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What Would Happen If...?
Overview: In the late 1950s, the collectivization of agriculture is in full swing in the East German village of Willshagen on the German-German border. Those in charge have to face many obstacles, especially from a large-scale farmer who is unwilling to join the co-op. All of a sudden, mysterious men in a fancy car appear in the village and show an interest in the rundown manor house. Gossip spreads quickly, and some villagers think there will be a re-parceling of properties and a land swap with West Germany. They assume everything will go back to how it used to be and even expect the count to return to his manor. In preparation, the situation in the village escalates at a fevered pitch.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1960-09-01
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Unbändiges Spanien
Overview: Documentary film about the Spanish Civil War.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1962-10-19
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Turlis Abenteuer
Overview: The puppet boy Turli, who was only recently been carved from wood by the toymaker Kasimir, suddenly springs to life. Turli has nothing but nonsense on his mind and wreaks chaos everywhere he goes, although he is actually supposed to attend school.
Genres: Fantasy Family
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1967-11-03
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Abschied vom Frieden
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1979-09-19
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Being 18 Is Not Enough
Overview: Documentary about young workers in East Germany.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1966-01-01
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Mazurka der Liebe
Overview: Early 18th-century Krakow: The poor student Simon works as a travelling musician in order to finance his studies, and the Polish freedom fighter Jan is on the run from Saxon troops. They meet in the carriage of Count Kovalska, where they fall in love with the Count’s daughters Laura and Bronislava.
Genres: Music Comedy Romance
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1957-04-30
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Three of Many
Overview: Böttchers film showcases three young workers who learn how to paint, draw, and make sculptures out of stone. The film generated a storm of mistrust, as there is no leading communist party, and the three individuals live blithely and independently of the official dictates. It became one of the first DEFA documentary productions that were not allowed to be shown.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1961-12-01
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