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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101. Der Hauptdarsteller (1977)
88 min | Comedy, Drama
Pepe is 15. His life in social misery changes completely when he is chosen as the main character of a film production. Shot on location where he lives with his primitive, brutal and authoritarian father, a pig farmer.
Director: Reinhard Hauff | Stars: Michael Schweiger, Mario Adorf, Vadim Glowna, Hans Brenner
Votes: 32
102. Death Is My Trade (1977)
145 min | Biography, Drama
The disturbing biography of Auschwitz commander Rudolf Höss.
Director: Theodor Kotulla | Stars: Götz George, Elisabeth Schwarz, Kai Taschner, Hans Korte
Votes: 428
103. The Stationmaster's Wife (1977 TV Movie)
201 min | Drama
Lackluster, plodding stationmaster Bolweiser has the (mis)fortune to be married to the town's siren; his trusting nature leads him into serious trouble when she beds nearly every available guy.
Director: Rainer Werner Fassbinder | Stars: Elisabeth Trissenaar, Kurt Raab, Bernhard Helfrich, Karl-Heinz von Hassel
Votes: 789
104. Jazz Expatriates (1977)
58 min | Documentary
Tells the story of Americans who move to Europe in order to make a living as jazz musicians - their trials and tribulations, yet distinct advantages for them as jazz artists.
Director: Jeffrey Van Davis | Stars: Benny Bailey, Bobby Jones, Erica Lindsay, George Morrison
105. Die Vertreibung aus dem Paradies (1977)
119 min | Adventure, Comedy, Drama
Anton Paulisch wanted to make an international career for film and as an actor. So he moved from Munich to Rome.
Director: Niklaus Schilling | Stars: Herb Andress, Elke Haltaufderheide, Ksenija Protic, Jochen Busse
Votes: 40
106. The American Friend (1977)
Not Rated | 128 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Tom Ripley, who deals in forged art, suggests a picture framer he knows would make a good hit man.
Director: Wim Wenders | Stars: Dennis Hopper, Bruno Ganz, Lisa Kreuzer, Gérard Blain
Votes: 18,557
107. Die Eroberung der Zitadelle (1977)
151 min | Drama
Director: Bernhard Wicki | Stars: András Fricsay Kali Son, Antonia Reininghaus, Armando Brancia, Dieter Kirchlechner
Votes: 25
108. Der Mädchenkrieg (1977)
143 min | Drama
The three daughters of the Dessau merchant Sellmann move in 1936 with their father to Prague, where he accepted a position as director of the Böhmische Landesbank. For the three different ... See full summary »
Directors: Alf Brustellin, Bernhard Sinkel | Stars: Adelheid Arndt, Kaki Hunter, Antonia Reininghaus, Matthias Habich
Votes: 29
109. C'est la vie, Rose (1977)
84 min
Rroby Selavy arrives in New York, with her chessboard under her arm. occupying Duchamp's place at the Washington Square chess table (where he converses with the composer John Cage) later ... See full summary »
Director: Hans-Christof Stenzel | Stars: Y Sa Lo, Kurt Kalb, Jean Halbert, John Cage
Votes: 10
110. Jane Is Jane Forever (1977 TV Movie)
90 min | Comedy, Drama
This film is about an old lady called Jane, who believes she is Tarzan's widow. She wears a leopard skin bathing suit under her black coat when she visits the zoo to talk to the animals, ... See full summary »
Directors: Walter Bockmayer, Rolf Bührmann | Stars: Johanna König, Peter Chatel, Karl Blömer, Evelyn Hall
Votes: 13
111. Eierdiebe (1977)
84 min | Crime
Charly and Sonny are little fish, "egg thieves". They hang around in Frankfurt bars and try their hand at things that are several sizes too big for them. First they are recruited as heroin ... See full summary »
Director: Michael Fengler | Stars: Marquard Bohm, Charly Wierczejewski, Rita Scaturati, Gabi Klier
Votes: 14
112. Chinese Roulette (1976)
Not Rated | 86 min | Drama, Thriller
Both parents of a young teen who walks with crutches secretly meet their lovers, who both surprise each other at the family's country home. The daughter arrives and initiates a guessing game of "Chinese roulette."
Director: Rainer Werner Fassbinder | Stars: Anna Karina, Margit Carstensen, Brigitte Mira, Ulli Lommel
Votes: 4,723
113. Coup de Grâce (1976)
Not Rated | 97 min | Drama, War
A countess' unrequited love for an army officer leads to disaster.
Director: Volker Schlöndorff | Stars: Margarethe von Trotta, Matthias Habich, Rüdiger Kirschstein, Mathieu Carrière
Votes: 1,395
114. The Wild Duck (1976)
100 min | Drama
This tragic drama is adapted from a popular Ibsen play about the relationship between a mother, her ego-maniacal husband, and their daughter. The father never approves of anything the daughter does.
Director: Hans W. Geissendörfer | Stars: Bruno Ganz, Peter Kern, Anne Bennent, Jean Seberg
Votes: 122
115. Goldflocken (1976)
163 min | Drama, Fantasy, Musical
An avant-garde collection of four stories that deals with erotic obsession.
Director: Werner Schroeter | Stars: Magdalena Montezuma, Ila von Hasperg, Ellen Umlauf, Christine Kaufmann
Votes: 47
116. North Sea is Dead Sea (1976)
87 min | Drama
Two 14-year-old boys try to escape their oppressive home in a working-class suburb of Hamburg, first by taking a homemade raft and later a stolen sailboat down the Elbe towards the open sea.
Director: Hark Bohm | Stars: Dschingis Bowakow, Uwe Bohm, Marquard Bohm, Herma Koehn
Votes: 458
117. A Lost Life (1976)
92 min | Drama
A young student is used as an informer by the police to nail a Polish gardener suspected of a sex related murder.
Director: Ottokar Runze | Stars: Gerhard Olschewski, Marius Müller-Westernhagen, Gert Haucke, Richard Beek
Votes: 28
118. Chetan, Indian Boy (1973)
90 min | Family, Western
Montana 1880: most aboriginal Americans have been killed or banned into reservations. Shepherd Alaska wants to pass the winter with his herd in this lonesome region. He saves the young ... See full summary »
Director: Hark Bohm | Stars: Marquard Bohm, Dschingis Bowakow, Willy Schultes, Erich Dolz
Votes: 95
119. Die Atlantikschwimmer (1976)
81 min | Drama
Two world-worn men from Munich, the mailman Heinz and the lifeguard Herbert, look for an escape from their day-to-day lives and participate in a swimming contest across the Atlantic Ocean in the hopes of winning a 100,000 mark award.
Director: Herbert Achternbusch | Stars: Heinz Braun, Herbert Achternbusch, Alois Hitzenbichler, Josef Bierbichler
Votes: 67
120. Shadow of Angels (1976)
101 min | Drama
Beautiful, detached, laconic, consumptive Lily Brest is a streetwalker with few clients. She loves her idle boyfriend Raoul who gambles away what little she earns. The town's power broker, ... See full summary »
Director: Daniel Schmid | Stars: Ingrid Caven, Rainer Werner Fassbinder, Annemarie Düringer, Adrian Hoven
Votes: 238
121. Es herrscht Ruhe im Land (1975)
103 min | Drama
Director: Peter Lilienthal | Stars: Charles Vanel, Mario Pardo, Eduardo Durán, Zita Duarte
Votes: 30
122. Wrong Move (1975)
Not Rated | 103 min | Drama
A writer goes on a road trip across West Germany with a group of eclectic people he meets along the way.
Director: Wim Wenders | Stars: Rüdiger Vogler, Hanna Schygulla, Hans Christian Blech, Nastassja Kinski
Votes: 3,903
123. In Gefahr und größter Not bringt der Mittelweg den Tod (1974)
90 min | Comedy, Drama
Two women with different goals in life are independently out on the town of Frankfurt am Main. One is an offbeat thief and the other an East German spy.
Directors: Alexander Kluge, Edgar Reitz | Stars: Dagmar Bödderich, Jutta Winkelmann, Alfred Edel, Norbert Kentrup
Votes: 219
124. Martha (I) (1974 TV Movie)
116 min | Drama, Thriller
After the death of her abusive father, the lonely librarian Martha marries an equally vile businessman - Helmut. The cruel and torturous nature of their relationship leads Martha to believe Helmut might be trying to kill her.
Director: Rainer Werner Fassbinder | Stars: Margit Carstensen, Karlheinz Böhm, Barbara Valentin, Peter Chatel
Votes: 3,008
125. The Brutalization of Franz Blum (1974)
104 min | Crime, Drama
Born into a well-off family, Franz Blum had led a carefree youth until, some time after graduating from high school, he was arrested by the police. For, involved by a gang of bad boys, the ... See full summary »
Director: Reinhard Hauff | Stars: Jürgen Prochnow, Burkhard Driest, Fritz Hollenbeck, Marianne Kehlau
Votes: 186
126. Ali: Fear Eats the Soul (1974)
Not Rated | 92 min | Drama, Romance
A lonely widow meets a much younger Moroccan worker in a bar during a rainstorm. They fall in love, to their own surprise and to the outright shock of their families, colleagues, and drinking buddies.
Director: Rainer Werner Fassbinder | Stars: Brigitte Mira, El Hedi ben Salem, Barbara Valentin, Irm Hermann
Votes: 23,845
127. Alice in the Cities (1974)
Not Rated | 113 min | Drama
A German journalist is saddled with a nine-year-old girl after encountering her mother at a New York airport.
Director: Wim Wenders | Stars: Yella Rottländer, Rüdiger Vogler, Lisa Kreuzer, Edda Köchl
Votes: 13,231
128. Yankee Dudler (1973)
95 min | Western
Director: Volker Vogeler | Stars: Arthur Brauss, Francisco Algora, Joaquín Rodríguez, Fred Stillkrauth
Votes: 58
129. The Scarlet Letter (1973)
90 min | Drama
In 17th-century Salem, Hester Prynne must wear a scarlet A because she is an adulteress, with a child out of wedlock. For seven years, she has refused to name the father. A vigorous older ... See full summary »
Director: Wim Wenders | Stars: Senta Berger, Lou Castel, Yelena Samarina, Hans Christian Blech
Votes: 889
130. Aguirre, the Wrath of God (1972)
Not Rated | 95 min | Action, Adventure, Biography
In the 16th century, the ruthless and insane Don Lope de Aguirre leads a Spanish expedition in search of El Dorado.
Director: Werner Herzog | Stars: Klaus Kinski, Ruy Guerra, Helena Rojo, Del Negro
Votes: 62,263
131. A Free Woman (1972)
100 min | Drama
A divorced woman in her thirties fights a losing battle in Munich to attain belated self-fulfillment. The die is cast in a briskly impersonal society geared to male dominance and early training for career women.
Director: Volker Schlöndorff | Stars: Margarethe von Trotta, Friedhelm Ptok, Martin Lüttge, Walter Sedlmayr
Votes: 209
132. The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant (1972)
Not Rated | 124 min | Drama, Romance
A troubled fashion designer strikes up a romance with a much younger woman.
Director: Rainer Werner Fassbinder | Stars: Margit Carstensen, Hanna Schygulla, Katrin Schaake, Eva Mattes
Votes: 11,038
133. The Merchant of Four Seasons (1972)
Not Rated | 88 min | Drama
Hans Epp is a self-destructive man who lives a dissatisfied life. He tries to find meaning as a fruit vendor, but a heart attack impedes his ability to work, which turns his dissatisfaction into despair.
Director: Rainer Werner Fassbinder | Stars: Hans Hirschmüller, Irm Hermann, Hanna Schygulla, Klaus Löwitsch
Votes: 5,255
134. Beware of a Holy Whore (1971)
Not Rated | 103 min | Comedy, Drama
On a film set there are two things missing, the film material and the director. So the actors and actresses as well as the crew try to make the best out of the situation. When the director ... See full summary »
Director: Rainer Werner Fassbinder | Stars: Lou Castel, Eddie Constantine, Marquard Bohm, Hanna Schygulla
Votes: 2,575
135. I Love You, I Kill You (1971)
94 min | Drama
Set in the near future, Brandner's village is populated by emotionless citizens, kept in place with pills and pleasures. Once a year the wealthy people arrive to hunt in a nearby area, ... See full summary »
Director: Uwe Brandner | Stars: Rolf Becker, Hannes Fuchs, Helmut Brasch, Thomas Eckelmann
Votes: 98
136. Ein großer graublauer Vogel (1970)
95 min | Crime, Sci-Fi, Thriller
The poet Tom-X meets the vagrant and former scientist Belotti, who has developed the formula with four colleagues. According to Belotti, he is encoded in a poem of which he only knows a single verse.
Director: Thomas Schamoni | Stars: Klaus Lemke, Olivera Katarina, Sylvie Winter, Umberto Orsini
Votes: 94
137. Gods of the Plague (1970)
91 min | Crime, Drama
A man is released from prison and finds the society on the outside less than appealing. With several women as well as the police on his tail, he sets out to find an old friend.
Director: Rainer Werner Fassbinder | Stars: Hanna Schygulla, Margarethe von Trotta, Harry Baer, Günther Kaufmann
Votes: 1,522
138. Eika Katappa (1969)
144 min | Comedy, Drama
Collage of dramatic scenes, some exaggerated to comic effect, with asynchronous sound from well known classic, operatic, and rock and roll music - with different approaches to love, suffering, and death.
Director: Werner Schroeter | Stars: Gisela Trowe, Carla Egerer, Rosemarie Heinikel, Magdalena Montezuma
Votes: 128
139. Katzelmacher (1969)
Not Rated | 88 min | Drama
Jorgos, a migrant worker from Greece, joins a group of young people in Munich usually hanging around. This foreigner incites hostility and jealousy among them, and he is insulted as a "... See full summary »
Director: Rainer Werner Fassbinder | Stars: Hanna Schygulla, Lilith Ungerer, Rudolf Waldemar Brem, Elga Sorbas
Votes: 3,096
140. Go for It, Baby (1968)
79 min | Comedy
A free-wheeling comedy, Zur Sache Schaetzchen chronicles a day in the life of Martin, a witty yet lazy songwriter who'd rather not get out of bed. During the opening sequence, Martin ... See full summary »
Director: May Spils | Stars: Werner Enke, Uschi Glas, Henry van Lyck, Rainer Basedow
Votes: 546
141. Der Paukenspieler (1971)
87 min
Five film directors were given the task of making short films based on titles of drawings by Paul Klee.
Directors: Helmut Meewes, Herbert Rimbach, Volker Schlöndorff, Franz Seitz, Rolf Thiele, Bernhard Wicki | Stars: Eric P. Caspar, Hans Kraus, Helmuth Lohner, Helmut Qualtinger
Votes: 26
142. The Noah's Ark Principle (1984)
100 min | Drama, Sci-Fi
Near the end of the 20th century, WMDs (weapons of mass destruction) are retired. However, certain factions plan to use a science space station as a weapon against each other. The astronauts inside will decide the world's fate.
Director: Roland Emmerich | Stars: Richy Müller, Franz Buchrieser, Aviva Joel, Matthias Fuchs
Votes: 1,105
143. Making Contact (1985)
PG | 98 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
Believing to be able to communicate with his deceased father, a young boy develops psychic powers where he uses them to try to stop supernatural forces threatening his family and friends, especially a possessed ventriloquist dummy.
Director: Roland Emmerich | Stars: Joshua Morrell, Eva Kryll, Tammy Shields, Jan Zierold
Votes: 1,779
144. The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser (1974)
Not Rated | 110 min | Biography, Drama, History
A young man named Kaspar Hauser suddenly appears in Nuremberg in 1828, barely able to talk or walk, and bearing a strange note.
Director: Werner Herzog | Stars: Bruno S., Walter Ladengast, Brigitte Mira, Willy Semmelrogge
Votes: 18,896
145. The Marriage of Maria Braun (1979)
R | 120 min | Drama
Maria marries Hermann Braun in the last days of World War II, only for him to go missing in the war. Alone, Maria puts to use her beauty and ambition in order to find prosperity during Germany's "economic miracle" of the 1950s.
Director: Rainer Werner Fassbinder | Stars: Hanna Schygulla, Klaus Löwitsch, Ivan Desny, Gisela Uhlen
Votes: 14,913
146. In a Year with 13 Moons (1978)
Not Rated | 124 min | Drama
A transgender woman tries to salvage something from the wreckage love has made of her life by confronting her anguished past, hoping to find ultimate acceptance among former acquaintances and herself.
Director: Rainer Werner Fassbinder | Stars: Volker Spengler, Ingrid Caven, Gottfried John, Elisabeth Trissenaar
Votes: 4,735
147. Germany in Autumn (1978)
123 min | Documentary, Drama
Germany in Autumn has no typical plot; it mixes documentary footage with standard movie scenes to present the mood of Germany during the late 1970s. The film covers 2 months in 1977 when a ... See full summary »
Directors: Rainer Werner Fassbinder, Alf Brustellin, Hans Peter Cloos, Alexander Kluge, Maximiliane Mainka, Edgar Reitz, Katja Rupé, Volker Schlöndorff, Peter Schubert, Bernhard Sinkel | Stars: Wolfgang Bächler, Heinz Bennent, Wolf Biermann, Joachim Bißmeier
Votes: 1,413
148. The Third Generation (1979)
111 min | Crime, Drama
A wildly anarchic satire of urban guerrilla warfare in which a band of leftist radicals inadvertently become puppets of the West German government, which uses them to justify its authoritarian policies.
Director: Rainer Werner Fassbinder | Stars: Eddie Constantine, Hanna Schygulla, Volker Spengler, Margit Carstensen
Votes: 2,806
149. The Goalie's Anxiety at the Penalty Kick (1972)
101 min | Drama, Sport
Goalkeeper Josef Bloch is ejected during a game for foul play. He leaves the field and goes to spend the night with a cinema cashier.
Director: Wim Wenders | Stars: Arthur Brauss, Kai Fischer, Erika Pluhar, Libgart Schwarz
Votes: 2,258
150. Mother Kusters Goes to Heaven (1975)
108 min | Drama
Frau Kusters is preparing dinner late one seemingly-ordinary afternoon in her seemingly-ordinary kitchen in Frankfurt, Germany. She wants to add canned sausages to the stew; her annoying ... See full summary »
Director: Rainer Werner Fassbinder | Stars: Brigitte Mira, Ingrid Caven, Margit Carstensen, Karlheinz Böhm
Votes: 2,200
151. Gelegenheitsarbeit einer Sklavin (1973)
91 min | Drama
Roswitha is working to carry out illegal abortions, to support her husband and two children. The police discovers her and the husband is arrested. Roswitha gets involved in social work and politics.
Director: Alexander Kluge | Stars: Alexandra Kluge, Franz Bronski, Bion Steinborn, Sylvia Gartmann
Votes: 335
152. David (1979)
125 min | Drama, War
David (Mario Fischel), the son of a local rabbi (Walter Taub), sees the rise in anti-Semitism in 1930s Germany, but it isn't until his father's synagogue is burned down and his mother (... See full summary »
Director: Peter Lilienthal | Stars: Mario Fischel, Walter Taub, Irena Vrkljan, Eva Mattes
Votes: 171
153. Morgen in Alabama (1984)
126 min | Thriller
After assaulting a minister, a young defendant claims to have acted entirely by himself. His lawyer doesn't believe him and starts investigations of his own.
Director: Norbert Kückelmann | Stars: Maximilian Schell, Lena Stolze, Robert Aldini, Wolfgang Kieling
Votes: 70
154. Earthquake in Chile (1975 TV Movie)
86 min | Drama, Romance
1647, Santiago, Chile. Don Henrico banishes his daughter, Josepha, to a convent when he learns she loves Jeronimo, a mestizo who's a teacher in the household. The lovers meet in secret, a ... See full summary »
Director: Helma Sanders-Brahms | Stars: Julia Peña, Maddalena Kerrh, Víctor Barrera, Fred Maire
Votes: 31
155. Tak zhit nelzya (1990)
115 min | Documentary
Documentary film about a crisis in Soviet society and causes, which led to this.
Director: Stanislav Govorukhin | Stars: Stanislav Govorukhin, Aleksandr Nevzorov, Olya Dvoretskaya, Maximilian Schell
Votes: 136
156. Gegenschuss - Aufbruch der Filmemacher (2008)
121 min | Documentary
Directors: Dominik Wessely, Laurens Straub | Stars: Heinz Badewitz, Hark Bohm, Uwe Brandner, Michael Fengler
Votes: 91
157. Habla, mudita (1973)
88 min | Drama
Grandfather Ramiro is on vacation at a mountain inn in the company of his family. He decides to send his people to Madrid and stay in a shelter, saying that his health needs it. But the reason is another one.
Director: Manuel Gutiérrez Aragón | Stars: José Luis López Vázquez, Kiti Mánver, Francisco Algora, Hanna Haxmann
Votes: 168
158. Shirley Chisholm for President (1972)
51 min | Documentary
Director: Peter Lilienthal | Stars: Conrad Chisholm, Shirley Chisholm
159. Die Reinheit des Herzens (1980)
104 min | Drama
An abstract look at the changes in a woman's inner self. Married to a down-and-out writer, she is forced into a liaison with a book thief.
Director: Robert van Ackeren | Stars: Elisabeth Trissenaar, Matthias Habich, Heinrich Giskes, Marie Colbin
Votes: 27
160. Was heißt'n hier Liebe? (1978)
133 min
Directors: Walter Harrich, Claus Strigel, Bertram Verhaag | Stars: Günter Brombacher, Alfred Cybulska, Helma Fehrmann, Holger Franke
Votes: 7
161. Output (1974)
96 min | Crime
A young filmmaker becomes involved with a gangster in Berlin.
Director: Michael Fengler | Stars: Lou Castel, Katja Rupé, Bernd Herberger, Claus Eberth
162. La victoria (1973 TV Movie)
105 min | Drama
The young Marcela leaves her small Chilean village and travels to Santiago in order to find work as a secretary.
Director: Peter Lilienthal | Stars: Paula Moya, Vincente Santa Maria, Miguel Ángel Carrizo, Carmen Lazo
Votes: 13
163. Furchtlose Flieger (1971)
80 min
To find his happiness, a young man named Ferdinand does not flee from the country to the city, but in the opposite direction. He rents a small gas station and discovers the scrap parts of an old airplane.
Directors: Martin Müller, Veith von Fürstenberg, Max Zihlmann | Stars: Ferdinand Attems, Eike Gallwitz, Christian Friedel, Tina Gönner
Votes: 10
164. Das Kartenhaus (1971 TV Movie)
62 min | Drama
Director: Pete Ariel | Stars: Pete Ariel, Dieter Heitbaum, Dörte Jahn, Heike Jahn
165. Desyat let bez prava perepiski (1990)
103 min | Drama
Young soldier Mikhail survived WW2 and comes to Moscow to take revenge on the informer caused death of his father in 1937. He carries out his sentence and ready to answer according to law. His girlfriend becomes an unwitting participant.
Director: Vladimir Naumov | Stars: Boris Shcherbakov, Natalya Belokhvostikova, Aleksandr Pankratov-Chyornyy, Vera Sotnikova
Votes: 55
166. Adele Spitzeder (1972 TV Movie)
95 min | Comedy
Director: Peer Raben | Stars: Ruth Drexel, Ursula Strätz, Rosemarie Fendel, Joachim von Mengershausen
Votes: 21
167. Ohne mich (1993)
Short
Director: Dani Levy | Stars: Tino Blazejewski, Nina Franoszek, Eva Krutina, Joachim Król
Votes: 12
169. Lohn und Liebe (1974 TV Movie)
101 min | Drama
Directors: Ingo Kratisch, Marianne Lüdcke | Stars: Erika Skrotzki, Evelyn Meyka, Nicolas Brieger, Hans Peter Hallwachs
170. Perahim - die zweite Chance (1974 TV Movie)
104 min
Director: Hans W. Geissendörfer | Stars: Leon Askin, Blanche Aubry, Heinz Bennent, Annemarie Düringer
Votes: 12
171. Weder glücklich noch aggressiv (1971 TV Movie)
75 min | Documentary
Director: Pete Ariel | Star: Dorothea Neumann
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