A story about a family after the Second World War. The petty bourgeois cashier Karl Weber of Berlin observes from a distance how his son Ernst participates in the building of a new socialist society. Karl does not understand Ernst's visions, instead he confides in his other son Harry. However, Harry becomes involved in illicit business and Karl quickly realizes that it would be best to join his son Ernst in the citizen-owned factory.

Hitler no longer believes in himself, and can barely see himself as an equal to even his sheep dog. ...

When Ruth's husband dies in New York, in 2000, she imposes strict Jewish mourning, which puzzles her...

A posthumous look at the last days of Guenther's life as he, his best friend, and his sister let loo...

Unemployed Antonio is elated when he finally finds work hanging posters around war-torn Rome. Howeve...

The humorous and touching story of six former creative anarchists who lived as house squatters in Be...

Tom and Malte are best friends; they make music together, DJ in Berlin clubs, dream of a career toge...

Orphaned after a Nazi air raid, Paulette, a young Parisian girl, runs into Michel, an older peasant ...

A young academy soldier, Maciek Chelmicki, is ordered to shoot the secretary of the KW PPR. A coinci...

Two small children and a ship's cook survive a shipwreck and find safety on an idyllic tropical isla...

In the spring of 1905, the water conduit project in the Canadian city of Canitoga is set to be compl...

In 1943, while the Allies are bombing Berlin and the Gestapo is purging the capital of Jews, a dange...

Magdalena and Michael have loved each other since they were children. But when the Nazis come to pow...

Paul and Paula have had bad experiences with love: Paul is financially well off but has lost all aff...

Wounded in Africa during World War II, Nazi Col. Claus von Stauffenberg returns to his native German...

A female worker in Socialist Hungary gains the acceptance of her male colleagues.

Kuhle Wampe takes place in early-1930s Berlin. The film begins with a montage of newspaper headlines...

Despite their social differences Luise, called Pünktchen, a girl from rich parentage befriends Anton...

In this classic German thriller, Hans Beckert, a serial killer who preys on children, becomes the fo...

When 17-year-old Effi Briest marries the elderly Baron von Instetten, she moves to a small, isolated...

A CIA operation to purchase classified Russian documents is blown by a rival agent, who then shows u...