A young Polish-born, Berlin-based lawyer working on refugee cases is unexpectedly reunited with his father, who is his only tie left with his homeland.

In 1924, Oskar Matzerath is born in the Free City of Danzig. At age three, he falls down a flight of...

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

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

An American journalist arrives in Berlin just after the end of World War Two. He becomes involved in...

Clara and Hans are left-wing terrorists who have been sought by police for almost fifteen years. The...

Emmi Kurowski, a cleaning lady, is lonely in her old age. Her husband died years ago, and her grown ...

A 9th century woman of English extraction born in the German city of Ingelheim disguises herself as ...

Comedian Harmonists tells the story of a famous, German male sextet, five vocals and piano, the "Com...

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

The story is set at the beginning of the 20th century in Sicily. Salvatore, a very poor farmer, and ...

The lives of six German-Turkish immigrants are drawn together by circumstance: An old man and a pros...

A Jewish woman named Jettel Redlich flees Nazi Germany with her daughter Regina, to join her husband...

When John Halder's latest novel is enlisted by powerful political figures in the Nazi party to push ...

A biography of Hildegard Knef, one of Germany's biggest post-war stars.

24-year-old Kjell feels trapped in his little village. One day he meets a mysterious young man named...

Bruno Stroszek is released from prison and warned to stop drinking. He has few skills and fewer expe...

In the early years of the 20th Century, two British yachtsmen (Michael York and Simon MacCorkindale)...

The adaptation of the eponymous play by Carl Zuckmayer tells the story of renegade general Harras of...

Brothers Franz and Erich Sass grew up poor. Together with his brother Franz, Erich specializes in cr...

The naive 18 year old Dobrila leaves her little Serbian village to travel to Hamburg, Germany, where...