Filmverlag der Autoren - distributed & produced films
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143 distributed films (11 non-German film removed) + 44 produced films - overlaps (16 films)
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1. Secret of Love (1995)
80 min | Drama, Romance
Drama of four friends who spend time together in the country when one of them meets a man who claims to be Jesus Christ who wants to share the love secret of the universe with her and so he... See full summary »
Director: Rudolf Thome | Stars: Adriana Altaras, Idil Üner, Wolfgang Böhmer, Johannes Herrschmann
Votes: 48
2. Inge, April und Mai (1993)
86 min | Action
Berlin in 1945. The war is as good as lost, and in the east the Red Army troops are approaching the city. Kalle, just 15 years old, has completely different worries on his mind: his hormones are sprouting and he only has eyes for Inge.
Directors: Gabriele Denecke, Wolfgang Kohlhaase | Stars: Nadine Böttcher, Tina Haseney, Niels-Bruno Schmidt, Jens Alder
Votes: 23
3. Herzsprung (1992)
87 min | Romance
In the little town of Herzsprung - whose name harks back to an ancient legend of broken hearts - almost nothing has changed since German unification, except a rise in unemployment. Johanna,... See full summary »
Director: Helke Misselwitz | Stars: Memdu Aki, Jaleh Amini, Cesare Basile, Ben Becker
Votes: 44
4. Apple Trees (1992)
112 min | Drama
The GDR citizens Lena and Heinz get to know each other against the romantic backdrop of the Havelland apple growing region - and fall in love with each other.
Director: Helma Sanders-Brahms | Stars: Johanna Schall, Thomas Büchel, Udo Kroschwald, Anna Sanders
Votes: 21
5. Pizza Colonia (1991)
89 min | Comedy
Director: Klaus Emmerich | Stars: Mario Adorf, Ilaria Occhini, Riccardo Cucciolla, Willy Millowitsch
Votes: 46
6. Es wäre gut, daß ein Mensch würde umbracht für das Volk (1991)
125 min | Musical
The passion of Christ, based on J. S. Bach's "Johannes-Passion". Its mix of music, speech, dancing and singing re-creates the style of antique Greek tragedies.
Director: Hugo Niebeling | Stars: Christoph Quest, Klaus Barner, Ralf Richter, Ernst Haefliger
Votes: 14
7. Lebewohl, Fremde (1991)
100 min | Drama, Romance
I don't know, but when I saw this beautiful in the Cannes Festival in 1991, there was French subtitles. If we can find them, it's possible to translate them in English. I search them since many years, but I have not find.
Director: Tevfik Baser | Stars: Grazyna Szapolowska, Müsfik Kenter, Gustav-Peter Wöhler, Badi Uzzaman
Votes: 40
8. Das serbische Mädchen (1991)
92 min | Drama
Naive 18-year-old Dobrila leaves her little Serbian village to travel to Hamburg, Germany, where her boyfriend lives. The trip is not easy, and when she finally gets there, she realizes ... See full summary »
Director: Peter Sehr | Stars: Mirjana Jokovic, Ben Becker, Pascal Breuer, Vladimir Torbica
Votes: 73
9. Letztes aus der DaDaeR (1990)
86 min | Comedy, Musical
In a loose set of cabaret pieces, Steffen Mensching and Hans-Eckardt Wenzel - highly acclaimed East German poets, songwriters and clowns - satirize East German life in its final days and ... See full summary »
Director: Jörg Foth | Stars: Steffen Mensching, Hans-Eckardt Wenzel, Peter Dommisch, Christoph Hein
Votes: 32
10. Abrahams Gold (1990)
95 min | Drama
A chest full of gold teeth extracted from Holocaust victims reveals terrible secrets. This revelation forever changes the lives of Abraham, his family members and other inhabitants of a sleepy village in Bavaria.
Director: Jörg Graser | Stars: Hanna Schygulla, Günther Maria Halmer, Daniela Schötz, Robert Dietl
Votes: 90
11. The Nasty Girl (1990)
PG-13 | 92 min | Comedy, Drama, History
When a young woman investigates her town's Nazi past, the community turns against her.
Director: Michael Verhoeven | Stars: Lena Stolze, Hans-Reinhard Müller, Monika Baumgartner, Elisabeth Bertram
Votes: 2,754 | Gross: $2.28M
12. L'africana (1990)
105 min | Drama
The long friendship between Martha and Anna breaks when Victor leaves the first for the second. Martha, desperate, goes to Africa in search of an old love.
Director: Margarethe von Trotta | Stars: Stefania Sandrelli, Barbara Sukowa, Sami Frey, Jan Biczycki
Votes: 44
13. Boomerang Boomerang (1989)
102 min | Crime, Drama
A group of young people become involved with the kidnap of a local politician with the aim of halting construction work on a nearby nuclear power plant.
Director: Hans W. Geissendörfer | Stars: Katja Studt, Jürgen Vogel, Jan Plewka, Lambert Hamel
Votes: 35
14. Blauäugig (1989)
87 min | Drama, Thriller
Johann Neudorf has made his way into the Argentinian society as consultant for the regime. His son has just finished the military academy. Only his daughter Paula is otherwise. She is ... See full summary »
Director: Reinhard Hauff | Stars: Götz George, Miguel Ángel Solá, Julio De Grazia, Álex Benn
Votes: 58
15. African Timber (1989)
98 min | Thriller
Director: Peter F. Bringmann | Stars: Julien Guiomar, Heiner Lauterbach, Deborah Lacey, Dietmar Schönherr
Votes: 38
16. Schweinegeld (1989)
91 min | Comedy
A satire about corruption, about big and small crimes: The noble clochard Maxwell, the unsuccessful film producer Harry and the unemployed actress Wally are anything but kissed by luck. But... See full summary »
Director: Norbert Kückelmann | Stars: Armin Mueller-Stahl, Claudia Messner, Rolf Zacher, Stefan Suske
Votes: 17
17. Vatanyolu (1989)
94 min | Drama
Directors: Enis Günay, Rasim Konyar | Stars: Yaman Okay, Füsün Sen, Yavuz Güzelce, Yavuz Kalan
18. Bride of the Orient (1989)
94 min | Drama
After the death of his mother, farmer Windleter feels very lonely on his small mountain farm in Switzerland. Chances to find a wife in the small village are nil - a life with him would mean... See full summary »
Director: Urs Odermatt | Stars: Wolfram Berger, Arunotai Jitreekan, Werner Herzog, Mathias Gnädinger
Votes: 29
19. Hard Days, Hard Nights (1990)
103 min
Director: Horst Königstein | Stars: Al Corley, Mark Forrest, Nick Moran, Tony Forsyth
Votes: 26
20. Im Jahr der Schildkröte (1988)
97 min
Mr. Kamp is an unobtrusive man in his sixties, living in Cologne, Germany in a huge anonymous apartment building. Now retired, he spent his life as a civil servant, and he still behaves ... See full summary »
Director: Ute Wieland | Stars: Heinz Bennent, Karina Fallenstein, Anke Tegtmeyer, Herbert Weissbach
Votes: 40
21. Land der Väter, Land der Söhne (1988)
89 min | Drama
Director: Nico Hofmann | Stars: Karl-Heinz von Liebezeit, Katharina Meinecke, Lieselotte Rau, Adolf Laimböck
Votes: 12
22. The Kiss of the Tiger (1988)
105 min | Thriller
With the dangerous smoothness of a tiger stalking his prey, Peter (Stéphane Ferrara) has circled the au pair Michèle (Beate Jensen). She quickly succumbs to his fascinating charisma and ... See full summary »
Director: Petra Haffter | Stars: Stéphane Ferrara, Beate Jensen, Yves Beneyton, Kristina van Eyck
Votes: 54
23. Ballhaus Barmbek (1988)
80 min
A study of the alienated people who frequent the Ballhaus Barmbek dance hall, including an obese El groupie, an old man reciting poetry, two young women and a regular dance employee.
Director: Christel Buschmann | Stars: Achmed Akcicek, Overnight Angels, Stefan Aust, Stefan Blaich
Votes: 16
24. Ein Treffen mit Rimbaud (1988)
87 min | Crime
Director: Ernst-August Zurborn | Stars: Anke Sevenich, Sven Wollter, Hannelore Elsner, Klaus J. Behrendt
26. Fifty Fifty (1988)
90 min | Comedy
Director: Peter Timm | Stars: Heinz Hoenig, Dominique Horwitz, Suzanne von Borsody, Siegfried Kernen
Votes: 29
27. Geierwally (1986)
105 min | Comedy, Musical
A young maiden is the victim of an arranged marriage and runs away to the mountains to avoid her fate.
Director: Walter Bockmayer | Stars: Samy Orfgen, Christoph Eichhorn, Gottfried Lackmann, Ralph Morgenstern
Votes: 233
28. Jäger der Engel (1988)
90 min | Crime
Director: Paris Kosmidis | Stars: Ingo Hülsmann, Michael König, Christiane Ostermayer, Peter Roggisch
29. Manöver (1988)
87 min | Comedy
Germany in the 50ies: A love story between an eastern spy and a western secretary who detects him (and her love) ...
Director: Helma Sanders-Brahms | Stars: Adriana Altaras, Johannes Herrschmann, Alfred Edel, Elisabeth Zündel
30. Schön war die Zeit (1988)
109 min | Comedy
Directors: Klaus Gietinger, Leo Hiemer | Stars: Gottfried John, Edgar Selge, Ewa Blaszczyk, Jessica Kosmalla
Votes: 16
31. Wann, wenn nicht jetzt (1987 TV Movie)
99 min | Drama
Director: Michael Juncker | Stars: Hannelore Schroth, Hans Peter Hallwachs, Friedrich von Thun, Gudrun Gabriel
32. Bagdad Cafe (1987)
PG | 95 min | Comedy, Drama
A lonely German woman ends up in the most desolate motel on Earth and decides to make it brighter.
Director: Percy Adlon | Stars: Marianne Sägebrecht, CCH Pounder, Jack Palance, Christine Kaufmann
Votes: 15,180 | Gross: $3.59M
33. Das weite Land (1987)
103 min | Drama
A promising young pianist commits suicide. He spent his last evening in the company of the industrialist Friedrich Hofreiter. His wife Genia is in possession of a farewell note.
Director: Luc Bondy | Stars: Michel Piccoli, Bulle Ogier, Wolfgang Hübsch, Barbara Rebeschini
Votes: 39
34. Wings of Desire (1987)
PG-13 | 128 min | Drama, Fantasy, Romance
An angel tires of his purely ethereal life of merely overseeing the human activity of Berlin's residents, and longs for the tangible joys of physical existence when he falls in love with a mortal.
Director: Wim Wenders | Stars: Bruno Ganz, Solveig Dommartin, Otto Sander, Curt Bois
Votes: 76,855 | Gross: $3.33M
35. A Gathering of Old Men (1987 TV Movie)
PG | 91 min | Drama
A regular day in a Louisiana sugarcane plantation changes course when a local white farmer is shot in self defense. A group of old, black men takes a courageous step by coming forward en ... See full summary »
Director: Volker Schlöndorff | Stars: Louis Gossett Jr., Richard Widmark, Holly Hunter, Joe Seneca
Votes: 763
36. Der kleine Staatsanwalt (1987)
93 min
Director: Hark Bohm | Stars: Werner Biermann, Hark Bohm, Lea Bohm, Marquard Bohm
Votes: 12
37. Caspar David Friedrich - Grenzen der Zeit (1986)
84 min | Biography, Drama
A study of German 19th Century Romantic art through the writings and paintings of Carl David Friedrich and his fellow artist, Carl Gustav Carus.
Director: Peter Schamoni | Stars: Helmut Griem, Sabine Sinjen, Hans Peter Hallwachs, Walter Schmidinger
Votes: 63
38. Das Schweigen des Dichters (1986)
102 min | Drama
Director: Peter Lilienthal | Stars: Jakov Lind, Len Ramras, Towje Kleiner, Gudrun Weichenhan
Votes: 17
39. Vermischte Nachrichten (1986)
101 min | Drama
Director: Alexander Kluge | Stars: Marita Breuer, Rosel Zech, Sabine Wegner, André Jung
Votes: 66
40. Tarot (1986)
120 min | Comedy, Drama
A film director, his fiancée, a scriptwriter and a student interact and discuss their emotions, at length.
Director: Rudolf Thome | Stars: Vera Tschechowa, Rüdiger Vogler, Hanns Zischler, Katharina Böhm
Votes: 55
41. Wahnfried (1986)
112 min | Drama, Musical
Richard's Wagner and his wife Cosima.
Director: Peter Patzak | Stars: Otto Sander, Tatja Seibt, Fabienne Babe, Peter Matic
Votes: 63
42. Meier (1986)
99 min | Comedy
Satirical comedy about an East German citizen who manages to acquire a West Germany passport and go to live in the West, only to find that not all is gold that glitters.
Director: Peter Timm | Stars: Rainer Grenkowitz, Nadja Engelbrecht, Thomas Bestvater, Alexander Hauff
Votes: 101
43. Heidenlöcher (1986)
100 min | Drama, War
Director: Wolfram Paulus | Stars: Florian Pircher, Albert Paulus, Helmut Vogel, Matthias Aichhorn
Votes: 40
44. Men... (1985)
99 min | Comedy, Romance
A man's wife leaves him to take up with an artist, so the man responds by becoming the artist's roommate.
Director: Doris Dörrie | Stars: Heiner Lauterbach, Uwe Ochsenknecht, Ulrike Kriener, Janna Marangosoff
Votes: 1,346
45. Sugar Baby (1985)
86 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
An asocial, obese German woman lives in a large city. Unfortunately, despite her kind and intelligent personality, she has had a lot of trouble making a connection with people, until she gets a crush on a handsome subway conductor.
Director: Percy Adlon | Stars: Marianne Sägebrecht, Eisi Gulp, Toni Berger, Manuela Denz
Votes: 965
46. André schafft sie alle (1985)
97 min | Comedy
Director: Peter Fratzscher | Stars: Franco Nero, Ingrid Steeger, Maja Maranow, Willeke van Ammelrooy
Votes: 29
47. Zielscheiben (1984)
87 min | Crime
Director: Volker Vogeler | Stars: Bernard Fresson, Oliver Stritzel, William Berger, Franz Josef Steffens
Votes: 11
48. Nacht der Wölfe (1982)
80 min | Crime, Drama
Director: Rüdiger Nüchtern | Stars: Daniela Obermeir, Ali Arkadas, Karl-Heinz von Liebezeit, Fritz Gattinger
Votes: 78
49. Where the Green Ants Dream (1984)
R | 100 min | Drama
A geologist employed by an Australian mining company finds himself disputing the rights of some aborigines who believe their land to be sacred.
Director: Werner Herzog | Stars: Bruce Spence, Wandjuk Marika, Roy Marika, Ray Barrett
Votes: 2,628
50. Tausend Augen (1984)
92 min | Drama, Thriller
In Hamburg in winter, Gabriele dreams of sunny Australia and her lover who sends her taped messages. Gabriele lives with her parents and is studying marine biology, but at night she works ... See full summary »
Director: Hans-Christoph Blumenberg | Stars: Barbara Rudnik, Armin Mueller-Stahl, Karin Baal, Peter Kraus
Votes: 124
51. No Time for Tears: The Bachmeier Case (1984)
95 min | Drama
A mother shoots the murderer of her daughter in the courtroom.
Director: Hark Bohm | Stars: Marie Colbin, Michael Gwisdek, Christine Limbach, Angela Schmid
Votes: 63
52. Die Spider Murphy Gang (1983)
96 min | Comedy, Musical
Michael Verhoeven produced the rise of the Munich band "Spider Murphy Gang" in the early 1980s as a feature film.
Director: Georg Kostya | Stars: Günther Sigl, Michael Busse, Franz Trojan, Barny Murphy
Votes: 36
53. Ediths Tagebuch (1983)
R | 102 min | Drama
When Edith Howland's husband abandons her for a younger woman, leaving her with their alcoholic son and his senile uncle, she begins recording details of an imaginary, much more successful ... See full summary »
Director: Hans W. Geissendörfer | Stars: Angela Winkler, Vadim Glowna, Leopold von Verschuer, Hans Madin
Votes: 76
54. Danni (1983)
106 min
Director: Martin Gies | Stars: Brigitte Karner, Lothar Hunger-Bühler, Dominik Graf, Barbara Freier
55. Alles unter Kontrolle. Notizen auf dem Weg zum Überwachungsstaat (1983)
81 min
Directors: Niels Bolbrinker, Klaus Dzuck, Barbara Etz | Stars: Hark Bohm, Jörg Brodde, Traugott Buhre, Ben Hecker
56. Sheer Madness (1983)
Not Rated | 105 min | Drama
Olga and Ruth become friends. Olga is independent, separated from her husband, living with an immigrant pianist, and teaching feminist literature. Ruth is withdrawn, a painter, possibly ... See full summary »
Director: Margarethe von Trotta | Stars: Hanna Schygulla, Angela Winkler, Peter Striebeck, Christine Fersen
Votes: 295
57. Eisenhans (1983)
110 min | Drama
Director: Tankred Dorst | Stars: Gerhard Olschewski, Susanne Lothar, Hannelore Hoger, Michael Habeck
Votes: 31
58. Die Heartbreakers (1983)
114 min | Drama
Four teenagers in the German Ruhr region try to succeed as a rock band in 1966. A girl tries to join them as a singer but is rejected by them.
Director: Peter F. Bringmann | Stars: Sascha Disselkamp, Maria Ketikidou, Michael Klein, Uwe Bohm
Votes: 131
59. Farewell (1983)
121 min | Drama
Matyora is a small village on a beautiful island with the same name. The existence of the village is threatened with flooding by the construction of a dam. This is the story of the ... See full summary »
Director: Elem Klimov | Stars: Stefaniya Stanyuta, Lev Durov, Aleksey Petrenko, Leonid Kryuk
Votes: 761
60. Spätvorstellung (1982)
12 min | Short, Comedy, Romance
Director: Maria Knilli | Stars: Sybil Buri, Paul Faßnacht, Dominique Horwitz, Karin Löllmann
61. Krieg und Frieden (1982)
123 min | Drama, History
At the peak of the Cold War, the short-range missile crisis, neutron bombs could have potentially annihilated Central Europe.
Directors: Stefan Aust, Axel Engstfeld, Alexander Kluge, Volker Schlöndorff | Stars: Jürgen Prochnow, Günther Kaufmann, Manfred Zapatka, Karl-Heinz Merz
Votes: 97
62. The State of Things (1982)
121 min | Drama
The crew is running out of money to finish their film.
Director: Wim Wenders | Stars: Allen Garfield, Samuel Fuller, Isabelle Weingarten, Rebecca Pauly
Votes: 3,600 | Gross: $6.00M
63. The White Rose (1982)
108 min | Biography, Crime, Drama
During the Second World War, a small group of students at Munich University begin to question the decisions and sanity of Germany's Nazi government. The students form a resistance cell ... See full summary »
Director: Michael Verhoeven | Stars: Lena Stolze, Martin Benrath, Wulf Kessler, Oliver Siebert
Votes: 1,099
64. Dabbel Trabbel (1982)
89 min | Comedy
Anke and Philip are a young modern couple who reject the conformism of the society in which they live. They are both lawyers, he working in a ministry in Bonn. They expect happiness around the clock.
Director: Dorothea Neukirchen | Stars: Gudrun Landgrebe, Jochen Schroeder, Marie-Charlott Schüler, Sabine Andreas
Votes: 12
65. Comeback (1982)
105 min | Drama
A once-famous blues singer whose career has taken a downturn tries to get back on top.
Director: Christel Buschmann | Stars: Eric Burdon, Julie Carmen, Michael Cavanaugh, Jörg Pfennigwerth
Votes: 51
66. Fitzcarraldo (1982)
PG | 158 min | Adventure, Drama
The story of Brian Sweeney Fitzgerald, an extremely determined man who intends to build an opera house in the middle of a jungle.
Director: Werner Herzog | Stars: Klaus Kinski, Claudia Cardinale, José Lewgoy, Miguel Ángel Fuentes
Votes: 38,518
67. Wer spinnt denn da, Herr Doktor? (1982)
81 min | Comedy
Who is crazy, Doctor?
Directors: Stefan Lukschy, Christian Rateuke | Stars: Otto Sander, Sunnyi Melles, Peter Fitz, Hannelore Elsner
Votes: 37
68. Der Tod in der Waschstraße (1982)
103 min
Director: Friedemann Schulz | Stars: Benjamin Völz, Beate Finckh, Rosemarie Fendel, Barbara Stanek
Votes: 10
69. Veronika Voss (1982)
R | 104 min | Drama
Partially based on the life of Sybille Schmitz, who found fame under the Nazi regime, but whose career was destroyed afterward. Veronika Voss is a once prominent UFA actress, kept by her doctor, who raises suspicion in a sports journalist.
Director: Rainer Werner Fassbinder | Stars: Rosel Zech, Hilmar Thate, Cornelia Froboess, Annemarie Düringer
Votes: 7,776
70. Neonstadt (1982)
100 min | Drama
Episode movie about the no-future generation of the early 1980s in West Germany.
Directors: Wolfgang Büld, Dominik Graf, Hans Schmid, Helmer von Lützelburg, Gisela Weilemann | Stars: Michaela May, Christiane Felscherinow, Billie Zöckler, April De Luca
Votes: 64
71. Frohes Fest (1981)
83 min | Comedy
Director: George Tabori | Stars: Murray Levy, Klaus Fischer, Nico Grüneke, Jörg Höpfner
72. Marianne & Juliane (1981)
106 min | Drama
Two sisters both fight for women's rights. Juliane is a journalist and Marianne a terrorist. When Marianne is jailed, Juliane feels obligated to help her despite their differing views on how to live.
Director: Margarethe von Trotta | Stars: Jutta Lampe, Barbara Sukowa, Rüdiger Vogler, Doris Schade
Votes: 2,613
73. Die Ortliebschen Frauen (1981)
113 min
After the death of the father, mother Ortlieb tries to protect the family by reducing the family's contact to other people. Especially the love interest of the son is undesirable. With ... See full summary »
Director: Luc Bondy | Stars: Edith Heerdegen, Libgart Schwarz, Elisabeth Stepanek, Klaus Pohl
Votes: 9
74. Gustav Mesmer - Der Flieger (1981)
11 min | Documentary, Short
Director: Hartmut Schoen | Star: Gustav Mesmer
75. Trokadero (1981)
94 min
Director: Klaus Emmerich | Stars: Ludwig Hirsch, Franz-Xaver Kroetz, Lisi Mangold, Werner Asam
Votes: 15
76. Ach du lieber Harry (1981)
85 min | Comedy
Harry App is a private detective with only one goal: bring the priceless rabbit Mister Theo alive and well to Switzerland.
Director: Jean Girault | Stars: Dieter Hallervorden, Iris Berben, Jacques Marin, Manfred Lehmann
Votes: 390
77. Der Erfinder (1980)
97 min | Drama
Jakob is an obsessive inventor who lives in a Swiss village. He receives unconditional support from his friend Otti, but that is about all; the other villagers do not tolerate Jakob's ... See full summary »
Director: Kurt Gloor | Stars: Bruno Ganz, Walo Lüönd, Verena Peter, Oliver Diggelmann
Votes: 127
78. Céleste (1980)
107 min | Biography, Drama, History
In 1914, with men gone to war, Marcel Proust hired Céleste Albaret as his attendant. More than eight years later, she was at his side when he died. During this entire time, she only entered... See full summary »
Director: Percy Adlon | Stars: Eva Mattes, Jürgen Arndt, Norbert Wartha, Wolf Euba
Votes: 284
79. Slow Attack (1980)
112 min | Biography, Drama
Nik, a released prisoner who started writing in prison, wants to leave his past behind, but refuses to contact his former girlfriend and her family. Under the name of his jail buddy Henry, ... See full summary »
Director: Reinhard Hauff | Stars: Burkhard Driest, Rolf Zacher, Katja Rupé, Carla Egerer
Votes: 39
80. Im Herzen des Hurrican (1980)
105 min
In this adventure film, two boys chase after a lost elk, and come to realize the importance of the solidarity in their actions.
Director: Hark Bohm | Stars: Uwe Bohm, Dschingis Bowakow, Brigitte Strohbauer, Jelka Bouwy
Votes: 9
81. Theo gegen den Rest der Welt (1980)
106 min | Comedy, Crime, Romance
Theo is having some bad luck. His barely paid-for truck has been stolen, and credit collectors are after him. The chase leads him across Europe.
Director: Peter F. Bringmann | Stars: Marius Müller-Westernhagen, Guido Gagliardi, Claudia Demarmels, Carlheinz Heitmann
Votes: 727
82. Der Kandidat (1980)
129 min | Documentary
In 1980 Franz Josef Strauss competed against Helmut Schmidt for the Office of the Government of the Federal Republic of Germany.
Directors: Stefan Aust, Alexander Kluge, Volker Schlöndorff, Alexander von Eschwege | Stars: Wolf Biermann, Karl Carstens, Edmund Stoiber, Franz Josef Strauß
Votes: 130
83. Panische Zeiten (1980)
101 min | Comedy, Musical
The musician Udo Lindenberg (played by himself) is kidnapped during the party after a concert. Nobody realizes this until the next day, when he doesn't show up in time for a rehearsal. ... See full summary »
Directors: Peter Fratzscher, Udo Lindenberg | Stars: Udo Lindenberg, Leata Galloway, Walter Kohut, Vera Tschechowa
Votes: 98
84. Gibbi Westgermany (1980)
88 min | Drama
The story of Gibbi, who so needs his mother's love but cannot have it, that he is driven insane.
Director: Christel Buschmann | Stars: Jörg Pfennigwerth, Eva-Maria Hagen, Kiev Stingl, Eric Burdon
Votes: 22
85. Monarch (1979)
84 min | Documentary
The film takes a look at a professional gambler, who very successfully specialized on the German version of the slot machine.
Directors: Johannes Flütsch, Manfred Stelzer | Stars: Diethard Wendtland, Ilse Bahrs, Paul Gauselmann, Ekkehard Hoffmann
Votes: 96
87. Die Hamburger Krankheit (1979)
117 min | Horror, Sci-Fi
The BRD is haunted by a mysterious, deadly plague. In Hamburg, a group of people head for an odyssey through the country to search for survivors and a rescue.
Director: Peter Fleischmann | Stars: Helmut Griem, Fernando Arrabal, Carline Seiser, Tilo Prückner
Votes: 473
88. Die letzten Jahre der Kindheit (1979)
105 min | Drama
A 14-year-old repeatedly comes into conflict with the authorities and into the vicious circle of juvenile home stays and escapes, until he commits suicide in custody.
Director: Norbert Kückelmann | Stars: Gerhard Gundel, Dieter Mustaffof, Norbert Bauhuber, Karl Obermayr
Votes: 87
89. Sisters, or The Balance of Happiness (1979)
Not Rated | 95 min | Drama
Sisters Maria and Anna live together. Maria, a most proficient secretary, encourages Anna to finish her studies and start a career; Anna broods, threatens to quit university, takes pills, ... See full summary »
Director: Margarethe von Trotta | Stars: Jutta Lampe, Gudrun Gabriel, Jessica Früh, Konstantin Wecker
Votes: 286
90. Der Schneider von Ulm (1978)
120 min | Drama, History
Albrecht Ludwig Berblinger dreams of flying. By chance he gets to know the airship designer Jakob Degen and sees his flying objects in action.
Director: Edgar Reitz | Stars: Tilo Prückner, Vadim Glowna, Hannelore Elsner, Harald Kuhlmann
Votes: 99
91. Endstation (1979)
9 min | Documentary, Short
Director: Michael Lentz | Star: Theodor Oberheitmann
92. Knife in the Head (1978)
113 min | Drama
During a police raid on a youth center, the biogeneticist Hoffmann is shot in the head. When he awakes from a coma, he can't remember anyting. The police accuse him of being a terrorist.
Director: Reinhard Hauff | Stars: Bruno Ganz, Angela Winkler, Hans Christian Blech, Heinz Hoenig
Votes: 722
93. Das Versteck (1978)
98 min | Romance, Comedy, Drama
One year has passed since Max and Wanda got their divorce. Max has come to the realization that he wants his ex-wife back - no matter what the cost! So he concocts a sneaky plan: he asks ... See full summary »
Director: Frank Beyer | Stars: Jutta Hoffmann, Manfred Krug, Alfred Müller, Dieter Mann
Votes: 62
95. The Left-Handed Woman (1977)
119 min | Drama
After returning from a business trip in Finland, Bruno (Bruno Ganz) find that his wife Marianne (Edith Clever) wants her husband to leave her alone with their son. A struggle with loneliness and adapting to the new situation ensues.
Director: Peter Handke | Stars: Edith Clever, Markus Mühleisen, Bruno Ganz, Michael Lonsdale
Votes: 367
96. Despair (1978)
119 min | Drama, History
In early-1930s Berlin, an elegant Russian émigré and eccentric chocolatier convinces himself that he has seen his doppelgänger, and hatches a murderous plan to trade his existence for an entirely new one. Will he get over the deep despair?
Director: Rainer Werner Fassbinder | Stars: Dirk Bogarde, Andréa Ferréol, Klaus Löwitsch, Volker Spengler
Votes: 2,710
97. The Glass Cell (1978)
93 min | Crime, Drama
A man is wrongfully imprisoned for five years. Once out, he hears about his wife's supposed adventures outside of their marriage and becomes increasingly jealous.
Director: Hans W. Geissendörfer | Stars: Brigitte Fossey, Helmut Griem, Dieter Laser, Walter Kohut
Votes: 280
98. Flaming Hearts (1978)
95 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A Bavarian newspaper seller wins a trip to New York, where he meets a German girl about to kill herself and they form a romantic relationship.
Directors: Walter Bockmayer, Rolf Bührmann | Stars: Peter Kern, Barbara Valentin, Enzi Fuchs, Katja Rupé
Votes: 30
99. Moritz, Dear Moritz (1978)
96 min | Drama
Moritz is fifteen years old and in the middle of puberty. His parents are in an economic crisis. Although the family still lives in a huge villa on the Elbchaussee in Hamburg, it is only a matter of time before they have to leave.
Director: Hark Bohm | Stars: Michael Kebschull, Kyra Mladeck, Walter Klosterfelde, Elvira Thom
Votes: 191
100. The Second Awakening of Christa Klages (1978)
Not Rated | 88 min | Drama
Three people rob a bank to help a daycare center that's in debt. Wolf is captured, Werner is identified, and police suspect that Christa is the third. She and Werner ask Hans, a clergyman, ... See full summary »
Director: Margarethe von Trotta | Stars: Tina Engel, Silvia Reize, Katharina Thalbach, Marius Müller-Westernhagen
Votes: 349
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