Klaus Piontek
Also Known As: Клаус Пионтек
Biography: Biography not available
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Trebnitz, Silesia, Germany [now Trzebnica, Dolnoslaskie, Poland]
Adult: No
Birthday: February 28, 1935
Age: 90 years old
Gender: Male
Deathday: June 22, 1998
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The Black Star
Overview: A cinema-verité documentary of Ghana’s five years of independence under President Kwame Nkruma. Striking color images of Africans in modern-day jobs, such as airline pilot and construction worker, predominate, with little voice-over.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1965-07-02
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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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Ursula
Overview: Switzerland 1523. The mercenary Hansli Gyr returns with his soldiers from Italy to his home in the Oberland. They have fought for the Pope and now find a religious upheaval in Switzerland.
Genres: Drama Romance War
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1978-11-05
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Die erste Reihe
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Genres: History Drama
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1987-11-22
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Lord Hansi
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Genres: Comedy
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1991-10-27
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Schulmeister Spitzbart
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1989-12-27
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Jugend ohne Gott
Overview: A teacher at a German high-school in the nineteen thirties has issues with his students who seem to be getting less human and more convinced of Nazi ideals as time goes on.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1991-11-24
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Frauen am Ball
Overview: Turbine Potsdam was one of the GDR's most successful women's soccer teams, thanks to the hard work and dedication of the players and the strict coaching of Bernd Schröder. This documentary includes interviews with the team and footage of their practices and competitions.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1988-06-03
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Clausewitz - Lebensbild eines preußischen Generals
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Genres: History Drama
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1980-05-27
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A Long Way to School
Overview: A young boy fantasizes his way to school into a battle between cowboys and Indians, where the bad guys want to steal some gold medals. Real events and fantasy interacts in his mind.
Genres: Family Fantasy Comedy Western
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1982-07-13
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Farssmann oder Zu Fuß in die Sackgasse
Overview: He could have had women, he could have climbed the ladder of his accountancy career, and he could have stood on the podium next to the highest in the land. If only he had wanted to! But Farssmann, shaken by divorce and unwilling to better himself, wants to remain what he is: an ordinary bookkeeper like you and me. And so the dollar deal with Mr. Osbar from Utah (USA) is not the first time he comes into conflict with the very palpable unreality of a country called the German Democratic Republic.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1991-09-05
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Der Spiegel des großen Magus
Overview: The evil and powerful King Magus brutally subjugates the people of his kingdom. Anyone who does not want to submit is turned into an animal and locked in a cage. Magus kidnaps the girl Hanna, whom he wants to marry. But Hanna refuses, and her lover, the shepherd Elias, goes to the castle to free her. He learns from Magus' servant Pravos that a mirror gives the king magic power and immortality and that he can only be defeated by water from the Moon Lake. Elijah sets out on his journey to the Moon Lake. Will he withstand the dangers and finally achieve victory over the king? Wrid he be able to free Hanna and the whole kingdom?
Genres: Fantasy Family
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1981-02-06
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The Girl on the Diving Board
Overview: The 18-year-old Katharina Jens is a high diving champion and succeeds in everything she does. When she enters an international contest in place of her team colleague Claudia, expectations are accordingly high. However, when she misses the one-and-a-half somersault with a double twist her team fails to gain victory. Suddenly, the question arises if she is in fact good enough.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1967-02-16
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The Swapped Queen
Overview: A tale about the evil queen who gets swapped with a simple and nice woman.
Genres: Family Fantasy
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1984-05-13
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The Turning Point
Overview: In the fall of 1945, nineteen year-old Mark Niebuhr, is accused of murder and is jailed as a prisoner of war in Warsaw, Poland. He maintains his claim of innocence throughout long periods of solitary confinement. When Mark is placed among a group of Polish criminals, he becomes the target of their aggression. Later, Mark experiences true hell in a communal cell with fanatical German war criminals. Turning Point is based on actual events from Hermann Kant's novel of the same name.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1983-01-20
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Jana and the Little Star
Overview: Before going to bed, Jana plays a lullaby on her violin for the little star. In the girl's imagination, the star dances happily and falls from the sky. The star has to be back in its place before sunrise otherwise it will become blind. Jana is not able to help with the star's return. The birds are also not successful. However, a cosmonaut brings the star home.
Genres: Animation Family
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1972-04-28
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Das zweite Leben des Friedrich Wilhelm Georg Platow
Overview: Friedrich Wilhelm Georg Platow worked for the railways his entire working life. He took up service at the small station of Luege 34 years ago. Now, the line is to be electrified and Platow, who cannot cope with the new technology, has to work on a secondary local line. Georg, his son, a railway worker as well, is to attend a training course, but Georg refuses to go. Then his father comes to a surprising and highly unusual decision. He pretends to be Georg Platow, making himself twenty years younger than he really is and registers for the course.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1973-05-31
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Gut gemeinter Zuruf oder Das Kleefest
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Genres: Documentary
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1977-07-29
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Der Rest, der bleibt
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1991-01-16
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Die Toten bleiben jung
Overview: A depiction of class conflicts in Germany between 1918 and 1945. The Spartacist Erwin is shot by officers in 1918, and his pregant working-class bride Marie begins a new relationship with social democrat Geschke. Erwin's son Hans grows up to be a communist like his father, leading to bitter hatred between him and his Nazi step-brother, while Geschke becomes increasingly resigned to the political situation in Germany. The three aristocratic officers who shot Erwin many years ago meet again during the Kapp Putsch, but their support for the Third Reich eventually leads each to their deaths.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1968-11-14
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Hospital of the Transfiguration
Overview: Shortly after the beginning of World War 2 a young idealist doctor is employed in a psychiatric hospital, where his notions of proper care for the patients are challenged by staff and the German occupation.
Genres: Drama War
Original Language: pl
Release Date: 1979-03-28
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The Beauty and the Animal
Overview: East German stop-motion animation version of the famous fairy tale, notable for its Beast appearing as an elephant.
Genres: Animation
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1977-02-04
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Das Myrtenfräulein
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Genres: Animation
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1989-08-08
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Die sieben Raben
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Genres: Animation
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1970-07-03
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Das Feuer des Faust
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Genres: Animation
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1981-06-25
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Novelle
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Genres: Animation
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1976-03-19
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Der Teufelstaler
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Genres: Animation
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1963-06-28
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The Little Prince
Overview: Adaptation of Antoine de Saint-Exupéry's novella for East German television, produced in 1965/66, not shown until 1972.
Genres: Fantasy
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1972-05-21
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Der Traum vom Elch
Overview: The nurses and friends Anna and Annette grow desperate over men and love. At the hospital, Anna has fallen in love with Markus, whom she lovingly calls "moose", but they only meet twice a year, when Markus has time for her. In the meantime, she keeps afloat with flights of fancy. Meanwhile, Annette clings to the painter Ludwig who cannot stand such a close relationship. Through Annette and Ludwig, Anna meets an attractive married man but her high spirits do not last long.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1986-12-04
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Die Insel Gottes
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Genres: Adventure
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1960-01-01
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Mein lieber Mann und ich
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Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1975-01-05
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Anlauf
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Genres: No genres available
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1971-01-31
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Erziehung vor Verdun
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Genres: TV Movie War Drama
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1973-11-25
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Sabine Kleist, Aged Seven
Overview: Little Sabine has spent her childhood in an orphanage after her parents died in a car accident. When one of the women in charge at the orphanage, Edith, leaves to have a baby, Sabine runs away, because Edith was the only adult there she could trust. She then wanders through the city to find someone to take her in. She meets a lot of people on her journey, but she seems out of place everywhere she goes until, at last, she realizes that there is a special place where she belongs.
Genres: Drama Family
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1982-09-02
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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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Der Streit um den Sergeanten Grischa
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1968-06-02
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Kikeriki
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Genres: Comedy
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1989-01-07
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Freischütz in Berlin
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Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1987-06-07
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The Search for the Turlipan Bird
Overview: Although mocked by his collegaues, the dean of Salamanca sets off to find the legendary bird Turlipan.
Genres: Animation
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1976-11-24
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Die Lügnerin
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1992-09-02
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The Promise
Overview: East-Berlin, 1961, shortly after the erection of the Wall. Konrad, Sophie and three of their friends plan a daring escape to Western Germany. The attempt is successful, except for Konrad, who remains behind. From then on, and for the next 28 years, Konrad and Sophie will attempt to meet again, in spite of the Iron Curtain. Konrad, who has become a reputed Astrophysicist, tries to take advantage of scientific congresses outside Eastern Germany to arrange encounters with Sophie. But in a country where the political police, the Stasi, monitors the moves of all suspicious people (such as Konrad's sister Barbara and her husband Harald), preserving one's privacy, ideals and self-respect becomes an exhausting fight, even as the Eastern block begins its long process of disintegration.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1995-02-16
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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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Der Magdalenenbaum
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1989-12-08
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Wo andere schweigen
Overview: Ten days in the life of socialist politician Clara Zetkin. In August 1932, she is summoned from Archangelskoje near Moskow to open the new legislative session because at seventy-five, she is the oldest representative in the German Reichstag. Although she is ill and almost blind, she see this as her chance to make her voice heard amid the growing Nazi influence in Germany.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1984-10-03
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Der Meisterdieb
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Genres: TV Movie Family Drama
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1979-03-23
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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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Angebot aus Schenectady
Overview: Dr. Grunert, electronics specialist from the GDR, gets a visit from an old acquaintance from war times. Both worked back then on navy torpedoes. His former colleague wants to poach Grunert – to Schenectady, the headquarters of the largest American electronics company. With alleged war crimes, he tries to blackmail Grunert, but quickly it becomes clear where the true criminals are sitting: In influential positions of the American industry. Grunert underestimates the scrupulousness of his opponent and invites him to a remotely located country home to clarify things. The Ministry for State Security is already on the trail of the matter and saves the engineer from a dangerous solo action.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1971-02-07
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Seine Hoheit – Genosse Prinz
Overview: Kasper Mai, an export merchant and comrade with a “clean” record, discovers he is the prince of Hohenlohe-Liebenstein. His royal grandmother designates him as the heir to her estate. A private trip to her reveals that she does not want a NATO airbase built on her land. The GDR and his grandmother thus find a common interest, and a clever lawyer from the East works against other family members looking to settle their debts with the estate money.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1969-08-15
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Diktatur des Gewissens
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1990-01-07
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Märztage in Berlin
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Genres: History
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1987-03-17
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Der Biberpelz
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Genres: Comedy
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1994-01-24
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The Sorrows of Young Werther
Overview: The young and rebellious Werther is passionately, but hopelessly, in love with Lotte. Although he knows that she is married to somebody who can offer her a secure future, Werther tries to be near her. Lotte cannot decide between these two men. She eventually rejects Werther, who does not survive her decision.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1976-08-26
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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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Die Spur des Bernsteinzimmers
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1992-09-30
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The Seventh Year
Overview: Dr. Barbara Heim, a heart surgeon, and Gunter Heim, a well-known actor, have been married for seven years. They have a six-year-old daughter. Both partners are totally taken up by their work which is physically and mentally demanding. So there is little time left for family life and the strained relations worsen and finally plunge Barbara into a crisis - shortly before their seventh wedding anniversary. At this very point a child dies in hospital, prompting Barbara to ask herself in desperation if - and for how long she can put up with the double burden of career and family. On top of this, she notices that Gunter is starting to compare her to other women.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1969-02-28
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The Best Years
Overview: In 1945, Ernst Machner returns home from the war in his mid-20s. Tuche would like him to weave for a living, but his comrades persuade him to become a young teacher instead.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1965-09-30
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Die Zeit ist aus den Fugen
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Genres: Documentary
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1990-01-01
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Die Zeit die bleibt
Overview: A documentary about German director Konrad Wolf (1925–1982).
Genres: Documentary TV Movie
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1985-10-20
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Geschichten einer Nacht
Overview: Six episodes taking place the night the Berlin Wall came down.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1990-11-08
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Die Prinzessin auf der Erbse
Overview: Animated short film based on the Andersen tale.
Genres: Animation
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1960-03-25
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Kein Mann für Camp Detrick
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Genres: Crime
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1970-10-03
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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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Ol' Witch
Overview: Eight year old Paul and his mother just moved to a skyscraper. After an embarrassing encounter with Anna, Paul meets her in the elevator. Anna makes fun of him and they start to quarrel. They can't arrange about going up or down. The elevator suddenly drops and carries them deep down into the realms of a wicked witch. The witch is out for their youth, since her own time is running out. Their only chance against her is for once to help together. They meet a blind horse, a clock without clock hand and a knight without courage helping them on their journey.
Genres: Fantasy Adventure Family
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1991-02-11
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Hedda Gabler
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1980-03-23
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Godfather Death
Overview: Once upon a time, there was a poor farmer who had thirteen children. Since the farmer was so poor, there was never anything left for the youngest of the family. Therefore, the farmer chose Death as the godfather of his son, Jörg, because all people are equal in the eyes of Death. The Grim Reaper is happy to look after the boy and turns Jörg into a skilled doctor who earns wealth and fame.
Genres: Fantasy
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1980-12-27
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Er ging allein
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Genres: Crime
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1967-02-18
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Auf den Spuren von GutsMuths
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Genres: Documentary
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1989-03-03
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Irrlicht und Feuer
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Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1966-08-21
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Alchimisten
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1968-11-10
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