Das Buschgespenst(1986)

Vera Brühne(de)

Fien(nl)

Four-part musical about the life of Dutch actress Fien de la Mar, chronicling her earliest days on stage with her father, her glory days as a stage and movie star and the building her own theatre, up until the tragic end of her life.

Hoopers letzte Jagd(de)

After Chief Superintendent James Hooper was able to arrest the legendary Gentlemen mail robbery gang, he is only missing the head of the gang. But the extremely shrewd Michael Richy Richardson plays a cat-and-mouse game with the man from Scotland Yard, who has been chasing the gentleman gangster across the globe for years now. Richy changes identities like he changes suits, slipping Hooper through the net again and again. He is slowly running out of time, as his retirement is imminent. In well-deserved retirement, Hooper's final hunt begins anew, as the dogged ex-chief inspector is unwilling to let the super gangster escape.

Der Tanz mit dem Teufel - Die Entführung des Richard Oetker(de)

When wealthy college student Richard Oetker is kidnapped and held for a hefty ransom, state police officer Georg Kufbach becomes obsessed with bringing the kidnapper to justice. This film is based on a true story.

Desert Law(en)

Neger, Neger, Schornsteinfeger(de)

This drama is based on the childhood memories of Hans Jürgen Massaquoi, who was one of the few black native Germans in Nazi Germany. In 1935 at the age of nine, he lives with his German mother in a small flat in Hamburg's working class district Barmbek, while his father and grandfather had left the country. Although the boy is not persecuted by the Nazis and dreams of joining the Hitler Youth, his skin color makes him a target for racist abuse...

Collin(de)

Kahlschlag(de)

Robin is 16 and has had enough: permanent trouble at school and at home. On the run from his dull everyday life, he joins a group of skinheads. The clique strengthens their sense of belonging by beating up foreign youths. This is how the "apolitical" boy slips into the right-wing scene, and it's not easy to get out of it. When they injure a Turkish girl during a robbery, Robin, of all people, is questioned by the police.

Law and Order(en)

Story follows three generations of a family in the New York City Police Department.

Castles and Cottages(de)

Lifelong hard work for the count makes the servant Anton a cripple. Everybody calls him Crooked Anton. When, after the end of the war, the land of the count gets divided amongst the farmers, Anton receives a piece and hopes to be able to work freely. But an old debt and intrigue keep Anton and his family from finding peace. The farmers of the village begin to discover their own power when Annegret, Anton's daughter, leaves. Is a new beginning possible for Anton? This film paints an impressive panorama of the development of a minor village in Mecklenburg from the end of the war to the uprising of 17 June 1953.

Anne of Green Gables(en)

At the turn of the century on Prince Edward Island, Matthew Cuthbert and his sister Marilla decide to take on an orphan boy as help for their farm. But they get an unexpected jolt when they're mistakenly sent a girl instead: Anne Shirley.

Vera – The Hard Way to Enlightenment(de)

The House in Karp Lane(de)

Die Holzbaronin(de)

M/S Gustloff(de)

Joseph Vilsmaier Two-part TV movie focuses on the tragic events surrounding the sinking of the Wilhelm Gustloff, a German passenger ship, at the end of World War II. On 30 January 1945, Captain Hellmuth Kehding was in charge of the ship, evacuating wounded soldiers and civilians trapped by the Red Army. Soon after leaving the harbor of Danzig, it was hit by three torpedoes from the Soviet submarine and sank in less than an hour.

Der Untergang der Pamir(de)

The story of the German sail-training ship Pamir that sunk in a hurricane.

Der Mann mit der Maske(de)

A series of rapes causes a stir in a German university town. A special commission led by senior public prosecutor Schildt and detective Gawilek investigates. After months of surveillance, everything points to a chaplain as the masked perpetrator, known as "Zorro". But the investigators were wrong, because "Zorro" strikes again when the chaplain is in custody. This time, charges were also filed. But not against "unknown", but against the son of the senior public prosecutor...

Der Strick um den Hals(de)

Radetzkymarsch(de)

The story of the Trotta family during the rise and fall of the Austrian-Hungary empire. Based upon the novel by Joseph Roth.

The Secret of the Whales(de)

In New Zealand, a scientist, his family and down-on-his-luck investigator are trying to prove that the beaching of the local whale population is caused by activities of a corporation which is searching for natural gas in the area.