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...

In Western Germany, two brothers and their organization help people escape to non-communist Germany....

In 1973, two teenagers are illegally transported across the East German border inside a fake cow.

Hugh and his partner, Julius are assigned to demolish a old mansion that's rumored to have a fortune...

Two families attempt a daredevil plan to escape the GDR with a homemade hot air balloon, but it cras...

End of the 1970s in East Germany: Fred and Jonas are close friends. The 10-year-olds live near at th...

The school authorities want to read success stories in director Joachim Faber's reports. But they ca...

A young couple decides to build their dream house, but run into numerous complications in the proces...

Construction workers in World War II in the Pacific are needed to build military sites, but the work...

A biographical film about Finnish singer J. Alfred Tanner and his path through a failed career as a ...

One day, while Grigoris is working and singing at a construction site, a conductor, Vangelis, and tw...

Wealthy socialite Charlotte Cartwright and her dear friend Alice Pratt, a working class woman of hig...

After his family is evicted from their home, proud and desperate construction worker Dennis Nash tri...

Offbeat fashion student Betsy Hopper and her straight-laced investment-banker fiancé Jake Lovell jus...

A high-rise building in the center of Berlin in the GDR on July 11, 1982. The final match of the soc...

In 1984 East Berlin, dedicated Stasi officer Gerd Wiesler begins spying on a famous playwright and h...

Jette and Johannes have been living together for two years when Johannes suggests that they "legaliz...

Based on a true story of inmates at KZ Buchenwald that risked their lives to hide a small Jewish boy...

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

College freshman Sydney White arrives at Southern Atlantic University, determined to pledge her late...

Frustrated with their lazy new intern, a trio of offbeat builders decide to teach him a lesson with ...