Iron Curtain Movies
by Pedde_Hoffmann | created - 02 Jun 2020 | updated - 2 days ago | PublicThis is a compilation of movies and documentaries in which the former Inner German border, the Berlin wall or other European sections of the "Iron Curtain" are depicted, including border patrols, escape attempts and scenes at border crossing points.
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1. Cold War (2018)
R | 89 min | Drama, Music, Romance
In the 1950s, a music director falls in love with a singer and tries to persuade her to flee communist Poland for France.
Director: Pawel Pawlikowski | Stars: Joanna Kulig, Tomasz Kot, Borys Szyc, Agata Kulesza
Votes: 61,911 | Gross: $4.57M
2. The Spy Who Came in from the Cold (1965)
Approved | 112 min | Drama, Thriller
Instead of coming in from the Cold War, British agent Alec Leamas chooses to face another mission.
Director: Martin Ritt | Stars: Richard Burton, Oskar Werner, Claire Bloom, Sam Wanamaker
Votes: 18,807
3. One, Two, Three (1961)
Not Rated | 104 min | Comedy
In West Berlin during the Cold War, a Coca-Cola executive is given the task of taking care of his boss' socialite daughter.
Director: Billy Wilder | Stars: James Cagney, Horst Buchholz, Pamela Tiffin, Arlene Francis
Votes: 22,970
Many scenes at the Brandenburg gate before the Wall was erected.
4. Barbara (I) (2012)
PG-13 | 105 min | Drama
A doctor working in 1980s East Germany finds herself banished to a small country hospital.
Director: Christian Petzold | Stars: Nina Hoss, Ronald Zehrfeld, Rainer Bock, Christina Hecke
Votes: 15,960
Escape attempt via the baltic sea to Denmark.
5. Jack Strong (2014)
Not Rated | 128 min | Biography, Crime, Drama
The most spectacular Polish spy of the Cold War era, Colonel Ryszard Kuklinski, informs Americans about the Communist Bloc's top secrets in the face of the upcoming martial law.
Director: Wladyslaw Pasikowski | Stars: Marcin Dorocinski, Maja Ostaszewska, Patrick Wilson, Dimitri Bilov
Votes: 5,355
Scenes at a Berlin checkpoint.
6. Man on a Tightrope (1953)
Approved | 105 min | Drama, Thriller
A Czech circus owner/clown and his entire troupe employ a daring stratagem in order to escape en masse from behind the iron curtain.
Director: Elia Kazan | Stars: Fredric March, Terry Moore, Gloria Grahame, Cameron Mitchell
Votes: 1,837
7. East/West (1999)
PG-13 | 121 min | Adventure, Drama, History
In June 1946, Stalin invites the Russian exiled from the 1917 Revolution to return home. When the ships comes ashore in Odessa, the passengers are divided in two groups and one of them is ... See full summary »
Director: Régis Wargnier | Stars: Oleg Menshikov, Sandrine Bonnaire, Catherine Deneuve, Sergey Bodrov
Votes: 5,142 | Gross: $2.78M
8. Bornholmer Straße (2014 TV Movie)
88 min | Comedy, Drama
A comic look at the fall of the Berlin Wall in November of 1989, told from the point of view of the German border guards at the checkpoint where it all started.
Director: Christian Schwochow | Stars: Charly Hübner, Milan Peschel, Ulrich Matthes, Rainer Bock
Votes: 870
9. An die Grenze (2007 TV Movie)
106 min | Drama, Romance
1974. The world is divided into two rigid power blocs. A highly guarded and deadly armed border cuts across Germany. ALEXANDER KAROW, 19, son of a chemistry professor, chooses to serve in ... See full summary »
Director: Urs Egger | Stars: Jacob Matschenz, Bernadette Heerwagen, Max Riemelt, Florian Panzner
Votes: 264
10. The Man on the Wall (1982)
105 min | Drama
An East German man finds a way to cross the border between East and West Berlin. But when he succeeds in bringing his wife out as well, things are not quite as expected.
Director: Reinhard Hauff | Stars: Marius Müller-Westernhagen, Julie Carmen, Towje Kleiner, Patricia von Miseroni
Votes: 83
11. Abgehauen (1998 TV Movie)
90 min | Biography, Drama
The movie tells a true story in the life of well-known German actor Manfred Krug. Living in the German Democratic Republic he is forced to leave the country after protesting against the ... See full summary »
Director: Frank Beyer | Stars: Peter Lohmeyer, Karoline Eichhorn, Peter Donath, Ann-Kathrin Kramer
Votes: 47
12. Durchbruch Lok 234 (1963)
85 min | Drama
Based on the real story of an East German machinist, disenchanted by the building of the Wall, who plans to use a train to cross the border with family members and other disaffected citizens.
Director: Frank Wisbar | Stars: Erik Schumann, Maria Körber, Rainer Eggers, Ingo Eggers
Votes: 46
13. Der Boss aus dem Westen (1988 TV Movie)
94 min | Romance, Comedy, Drama
Director: Vivian Naefe | Stars: Alexander Radszun, Barbara Auer, Stefan Reck, Petra Zieser
Votes: 29
14. Mit mir nicht, du Knallkopp (1983)
83 min | Comedy
The dog Wurstl from former student Harry is shot by a hunter and then drifts through the Saale to East Germany.
Directors: May Spils, Werner Enke | Stars: Werner Enke, Beatrice Richter, Michael Gahr, Henry van Lyck
Votes: 17
Comedy with a scene at the Inner German border at the Saale river.
15.
Foreign Intrigue (1951–1955)
Episode:
The Ski Chase
(1952)
Crime, Mystery, Thriller
A diplomat from behind the Iron Curtain requests Cannon's assistance to defect to Italy.
Star: Jerome Thor
16. Night Crossing (1982)
PG | 107 min | Drama, Family, History
True tale about two men planing to escape from communist East Germany in a hot air balloon, but only if they can take their families with them.
Director: Delbert Mann | Stars: John Hurt, Jane Alexander, Doug McKeon, Keith McKeon
Votes: 1,587 | Gross: $8.00M
17. An American Rhapsody (2001)
PG-13 | 106 min | Drama
A young Hungarian girl struggles to find her place in the world when she's reunited with her parents in the USA years after she was left behind during their flight from the communist country in the 1950s.
Director: Éva Gárdos | Stars: Nastassja Kinski, Scarlett Johansson, Raffaella Bánsági, Tony Goldwyn
Votes: 4,593 | Gross: $0.85M
18. The Naked Runner (1967)
101 min | Drama, Thriller
During the Cold War, an American industrial-designer living in London is used by the MI-6 as an unwilling pawn in the spy game during a trip to a trade show in East Germany.
Director: Sidney J. Furie | Stars: Frank Sinatra, Peter Vaughan, Derren Nesbitt, Nadia Gray
Votes: 553
19. The Secret Ways (1961)
Approved | 112 min | Adventure, History, Mystery
During the 1956 Hungarian uprising, an American mercenary is hired to smuggle a Hungarian resistance leader out of Soviet-occupied Budapest.
Directors: Phil Karlson, Richard Widmark | Stars: Richard Widmark, Sonja Ziemann, Charles Regnier, Walter Rilla
Votes: 505
20. Berlin Tunnel 21 (1981 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 141 min | Drama, Thriller
In Berlin in 1961, an American soldier and a German engineer join forces to build a tunnel under the Berlin Wall in order to smuggle out refugees, including the soldier's East German girlfriend.
Director: Richard Michaels | Stars: Richard Thomas, Horst Buchholz, José Ferrer, Jacques Breuer
Votes: 353
21. Konec velkých prázdnin (1996– )
Fates of twelve people just after their emigration from Czechoslovakia to Austria in June to October 1983.
Stars: Martin Dejdar, Vilma Cibulková, Pavel Zednícek, Sabina Laurinová
Votes: 38
22. Il tunnel della libertà (2004 TV Movie)
Drama
Just as the Berlin wall is built, in 1962 two Italian students, lucky to live in the western side, decide to help their friend and his family, stuck in the eastern part, to escape the ... See full summary »
Director: Enzo Monteleone | Stars: Kim Rossi Stuart, Antonia Liskova, Paolo Briguglia, András Bálint
Votes: 67
23. Preis der Freiheit (1966 TV Movie)
83 min | Drama
A group of GDR students tries to flee to the west via the Berlin Wall.
Director: Egon Monk | Stars: Eberhard Fechner, Ortwin Speer, Jochen Genscher, Lutz Mackensy
Votes: 30
A group of GDR students tries to flee to the west via the Berlin Wall.
24.
Biff Baker, U.S.A. (1952–1954)
Episode:
Crash Landing
(1952)
30 min | Adventure
While on a trip to Czechoslovakia, Biff and Louise attempt to help a U.S. Air Force pilot whose plane accidentally crashed behind the Iron Curtain.
Director: Richard Irving | Stars: Alan Hale Jr., Randy Stuart, Carl Esmond, John Hudson
Votes: 7
25. Farewell (2009)
Not Rated | 113 min | Drama, Romance, Thriller
The French intelligence service alerts the U.S. about a Soviet spy operation during the height of the Cold War, which sets off an unfortunate chain of events.
Director: Christian Carion | Stars: Guillaume Canet, Emir Kusturica, Alexandra Maria Lara, Ingeborga Dapkunaite
Votes: 6,981
Scene at the Finnish-Soviet border.
26. 1989 (II) (2014)
97 min | Documentary, History, Thriller
The political drama of the fall of the Iron Curtain as told by one of its power brokers and the widow of one of its casualties.
Directors: Erzsébet Rácz, Anders Østergaard | Stars: Miklós Németh, Gundula Schafitel, Mathias Rössler, Uta Koch
Votes: 237
27. Stop Train 349 (1963)
95 min | Drama, Thriller
Cold War drama about an East German man trying to escape to the West via a U.S. military train passing through the Soviet Occupation Zone of Germany.
Director: Rolf Hädrich | Stars: José Ferrer, Sean Flynn, Nicole Courcel, Jess Hahn
Votes: 117
28. Der Willi-Busch-Report (1979)
119 min | Drama, Comedy
A brother and sister inhering their father's newspaper on the border between East and West Germany. Sales are going down and the brother decides to get creative with the headlines.
Director: Niklaus Schilling | Stars: Tilo Prückner, Kornelia Boje, Dorothea Moritz, Karin Frey
Votes: 53
29. Autobahn Ost (2004)
95 min | Documentary
Documentary about the East German Autobahn and what they tell about the history of the once divided country.
Director: Gerd Kroske | Stars: Hans-Dieter Behrendt, Bertoldt Flessa, Waldemar Gromzig, Siegfried Kasper
Votes: 11
30. Král Sumavy (1959)
90 min | Crime, Drama
A communist film about Czechoslovak border guards in the late 1940s and their struggle against smugglers and refugees.
Director: Karel Kachyna | Stars: Radovan Lukavský, Jirí Vala, Jirina Svorcová, Stanislav Remunda
Votes: 202
31. Sonderurlaub (1963 TV Movie)
63 min | Drama
Movie about a East German Police Officer who has to cope with shooting a refugee at the Berlin Wall.
Director: Rainer Erler | Stars: Fritz Wepper, Mila Kopp, Wolfgang Schirlitz, Heinz Weiss
32. Torn Curtain (1966)
PG | 128 min | Drama, Romance, Thriller
An American scientist publicly defects to East Germany as part of a cloak and dagger mission to find the solution for a formula resin before planning an escape back to the West.
Director: Alfred Hitchcock | Stars: Paul Newman, Julie Andrews, Lila Kedrova, Hansjörg Felmy
Votes: 29,246
33. Genosse Münchhausen (1962)
89 min | Comedy
Director: Wolfgang Neuss | Stars: Wolfgang Neuss, Corny Collins, Ingrid van Bergen, Peer Schmidt
Votes: 23
Satirical opening scene about two neighbors living next to each other at the border.
34.
Tatort (1970– )
Episode:
Taxi nach Leipzig
(1970)
TV-14 | 88 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
The East German authorities are calling the West German Police for assistance on a case. The body of a boy was found at a Truck Stop near Leipzig. The boy wears shoes made in West Germany. ... See full summary »
Director: Peter Schulze-Rohr | Stars: Walter Richter, Renate Schroeter, Paul Albert Krumm, Hans Peter Hallwachs
Votes: 247
35. Im Schatten des Eisernen Vorhangs - Schöne neue Vielfalt (2009 TV Movie)
Documentary
During the time of the Cold War the border between Western countries and Eastern bloc meant the end of the world. The autumn 20 years later shows a new picture: Fertile landscapes, exotic ... See full summary »
Director: Matthias Hoferichter
36. The Maiden Danced to Death (2011)
100 min | Drama
There were two brothers - two dancers - in Communist Hungary. One defected, the other stuck it out. One gave his soul to commerce, the other to the Party. After twenty years, they meet again. And the dance begins.
Director: Endre Hules | Stars: Endre Hules, Zsolt László, Bea Melkvi, Emöke Zsigmond
Votes: 144
37. Besuch aus der Zone (1958 TV Movie)
75 min | Drama
Herr Reichert and Herr Kleinschmidt were business partners and jointly owned a company in what became East Germany after the war. Kleinschmidt fled to West Germany with his family while he ... See full summary »
Director: Rainer Wolffhardt | Stars: Paula Denk, Olga von Togni, Werner Peters, Siegfried Lowitz
Votes: 35
38. The Tunnel (2001)
150 min | Drama, History, Thriller
During the Cold War, Germany was divided into two states - East and West. This epic story tells about their dramatic connections.
Director: Roland Suso Richter | Stars: Heino Ferch, Nicolette Krebitz, Sebastian Koch, Alexandra Maria Lara
Votes: 6,407 | Gross: $0.01M
39. Bridge of Spies (2015)
PG-13 | 142 min | Drama, History, Thriller
During the Cold War, an American lawyer is recruited to defend an arrested Soviet spy in court, and then help the CIA facilitate an exchange of the spy for the Soviet captured American U2 spy plane pilot, Francis Gary Powers.
Director: Steven Spielberg | Stars: Tom Hanks, Mark Rylance, Alan Alda, Amy Ryan
Votes: 327,687 | Gross: $72.31M
40. The Defector (1966)
Not Rated | 106 min | Drama, Thriller
An American scientist is sent by the CIA to East Germany to retrieve a secret microfilm from a Soviet scientist interested in defecting to the West but the Stasi secret police's surveillance complicates matters.
Director: Raoul Lévy | Stars: Montgomery Clift, Hardy Krüger, Macha Méril, David Opatoshu
Votes: 813
41. Kurpe (1998)
83 min | Drama, Comedy
The Shoe is set in a seaside Latvian town in the 1950s and deals with absurd laws of life in a border state. The intriguing black-and-white is a contemporary retro tale about Cinderella's ... See full summary »
Director: Laila Pakalnina | Stars: Igors Buraks, Vadims Grossmans, Jaan Tätte, Ivars Brakovskis
Votes: 199
42. The Debt (I) (2010)
R | 113 min | Drama, Thriller
In 1965, three Mossad Agents cross into East Berlin to apprehend a notorious Nazi war criminal. Thirty years later, the secrets the Agents share come back to haunt them.
Director: John Madden | Stars: Helen Mirren, Sam Worthington, Tom Wilkinson, Jessica Chastain
Votes: 71,867 | Gross: $31.18M
Scenes at the Berlin Wall.
43. Funeral in Berlin (1966)
Not Rated | 102 min | Thriller
Sent to East Berlin to retrieve a Communist defector, British spy Harry Palmer suspects the situation is not what his superiors believe it to be.
Director: Guy Hamilton | Stars: Michael Caine, Oscar Homolka, Paul Hubschmid, Eva Renzi
Votes: 7,775
Scenes at Checkpoint Charlie and along the Spree river.
44. Sun Alley (1999)
101 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A group of kids grows up on the east side of the Sonnenallee in Berlin, right next to one of the few border crossings between East and West Germany. The antics of the people on Sonnenallee all show the absurdity of their everyday life.
Director: Leander Haußmann | Stars: Alexander Scheer, Alexander Beyer, Robert Stadlober, Teresa Weißbach
Votes: 7,259
45. Judgment in Berlin (1988)
PG | 96 min | Drama
American judge in Germany must decide if the hijacking of an East German plane into West Berlin was justified.
Director: Leo Penn | Stars: Martin Sheen, Sam Wanamaker, Max Gail, Jürgen Heinrich
Votes: 884 | Gross: $0.23M
46. Freedom Fighter (1988 TV Movie)
PG | 102 min | Drama, Romance, War
A U.S. soldier sees the Berlin Wall go up in 1961 and helps a group of East Germans escape to the West.
Director: Desmond Davis | Stars: Tony Danza, Neil Dickson, Geraldine James, David McCallum
Votes: 77
47. Behind the Wall (2011)
71 min | Documentary, Biography, History
Behind The Wall documents what life was like on both sides of The Berlin Wall through the eyes of ordinary citizens from East and West Germany. They give an in-depth and overlooked ... See full summary »
Director: Michael Patrick Kelly | Stars: Thomas Bar, Wolfgang Bradler, Lothar de Maizière, Barbara Degner
Votes: 22
48. The Man on the Other Side (2019)
85 min | Drama, Thriller
It is 1974, and in the Cold War paranoia of East and West Germany, it can be dangerous to know too much. But time is running out for Sophie Zimmermann. She is being hunted and the only way ... See full summary »
Director: Marcus Lim | Stars: Mari Bensel, James Carney, Nils Schulz, Jörg Malchow
Votes: 293
49. Never Look Away (2018)
R | 189 min | Biography, Drama, Romance
German artist Kurt Barnert has escaped East Germany and now lives in West Germany, but is tormented by his childhood under the Nazis and the GDR-regime.
Director: Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck | Stars: Tom Schilling, Sebastian Koch, Paula Beer, Saskia Rosendahl
Votes: 25,335 | Gross: $1.30M
50. Berlin Blues (2003)
105 min | Comedy, Drama
Barkeeper Frank, semi-formally called "Herr Lehmann", is part of a lethargic West Berlin-microcosm. His lifestyle is disturbed when his parents show up for a visit, things go awry with his girlfriend and his best friend acts strange.
Director: Leander Haußmann | Stars: Christian Ulmen, Katja Danowski, Detlev Buck, Janek Rieke
Votes: 7,630
The protagonist witnesses the Fall of the Berlin Wall in a very special way.
51. Die Mauer - Berlin '61 (2006 TV Movie)
90 min | Drama
A divided family, an escape attempt and a race against time.
Director: Hartmut Schoen | Stars: Heino Ferch, Inka Friedrich, Iris Berben, Axel Prahl
Votes: 172
52. 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
53. Balloon (2018)
PG-13 | 125 min | Drama, History, Thriller
East Germany, 1979. After initially failing to flee from the East to the West in a self-built hot-air balloon, two families struggle to make a second attempt, while the East German State Police are chasing them.
Director: Michael Herbig | Stars: Friedrich Mücke, Karoline Schuch, David Kross, Alicia von Rittberg
Votes: 13,319 | Gross: $0.01M
54. The Silent Revolution (2018)
PG | 111 min | Drama, History
A group of twelfth-grade pupils in East Germany decide to show their solidarity with the victims of the 1956 Hungarian uprising by staging two minutes of silence during lessons.
Director: Lars Kraume | Stars: Leonard Scheicher, Tom Gramenz, Lena Klenke, Isaiah Michalski
Votes: 6,012
Escape attempt in Berlin.
55. West (2013)
R | 102 min | Drama
She Can See Her Future, But Can't Escape Her Past.
Director: Christian Schwochow | Stars: Jördis Triebel, Tristan Göbel, Jacky Ido, Anja Antonowicz
Votes: 1,035
Scenes at a border crossing point.
56. Line of Separation (2015–2018)
92 min | Drama, History
A story of one village in Germany at the end of WW2.
Stars: Johanna Bittenbinder, Jonathan Berlin, Henriette Confurius, Heiner Lauterbach
Votes: 1,335
57. Escape from East Berlin (1962)
Approved | 94 min | Drama, History, Thriller
In 1962, a group of East Berliners escapes to West Berlin through a tunnel dug from the basement of a house located near the Berlin Wall.
Director: Robert Siodmak | Stars: Don Murray, Christine Kaufmann, Werner Klemperer, Ingrid van Bergen
Votes: 720
58. Das Versprechen (1994)
R | 115 min | Drama, Romance
East-Berlin, 1961, shortly after the erection of the Wall. Konrad, Sophie and three of their friends plan a daring escape to Western Germany. The attempt is successful, except for Konrad, ... See full summary »
Director: Margarethe von Trotta | Stars: Corinna Harfouch, Meret Becker, August Zirner, Anian Zollner
Votes: 858 | Gross: $0.09M
59. Crossing Fences (2017)
17 min | Short, Action
In a communist East Germany in 1974, a young couple attempts to escape into the West, seeking freedom, by using a handmade boat to cross the Baltic Sea.
Director: Annika Pampel | Stars: Nina Rausch, Christian Wolf, Philippe Brenninkmeyer, Ben Bela Böhm
Votes: 14
60. Sugar Sand (2017 TV Movie)
89 min | Comedy, Drama
End of the 1970s in East Germany: Fred and Jonas are close friends. The 10-year-olds live near at the German-German frontier. After the mother from Jonas has made an exit application, the ... See full summary »
Director: Dirk Kummer | Stars: Tilman Döbler, Valentin Wessely, Katharina Marie Schubert, Christian Friedel
Votes: 187
Scenes at a border crossing point.
61. The Final Days (2008 TV Movie)
186 min | Drama
The Berlin Wall separated families and friends for 28 years. Some accepted it, and some worked hard to make it fall.
Director: Thomas Berger | Stars: Anja Kling, Madeleine Lierck, Matthias Koeberlin, Lino Sliskovic
Votes: 236
62. Shores of Hope (2012)
116 min | Drama
The dream of two young men to become sailors collides with the harsh realities of life in East Germany.
Director: Toke Constantin Hebbeln | Stars: Alexander Fehling, August Diehl, Ronald Zehrfeld, Thao Vu
Votes: 562
Escape attempt via Czechoslovakia.
63. Helden wie wir (1999)
93 min | Comedy
Heroes Like Us presents as heroes ordinary teenagers and young East German adults, who in Thomas Brussig's (the novel and screenplay author) story, caused the Fall of the Berlin Wall. Our ... See full summary »
Director: Sebastian Peterson | Stars: Daniel Borgwardt, Xenia Snagowski, Adrian Heidenreich, Luca Lenz
Votes: 361
64. Totò e Peppino divisi a Berlino (1962)
103 min | Comedy
Antonio goes to West Berlin and meets Giuseppe. But Antonio looks like Canarinis, a wanted war criminal, So the daughter of the criminal pays Antonio to impersonate him.
Director: Giorgio Bianchi | Stars: Totò, Peppino De Filippo, Nadia Sanders, Luigi Pavese
Votes: 348
65. Kleinruppin forever (2004)
103 min | Comedy, Romance
Tim a West German teenager is a rich brat who aspires to be a tennis player. He meets his identical twin Ronny while on a school trip to East Germany. This chance meeting changes his life forever.
Director: Carsten Fiebeler | Stars: Tobias Schenke, Anna Brüggemann, Michael Gwisdek, Uwe Kockisch
Votes: 588
Border crossing, escape attempts.
66. Der Stich des Skorpion (2004 TV Movie)
90 min | Biography, Thriller
Based on a true story, Stephan Wagner's thriller focuses on a man and his fight against the East German secret service. After an escape attempt, Wolfgang Stein is sentenced to ten years in ... See full summary »
Director: Stephan Wagner | Stars: Jörg Schüttauf, Martina Gedeck, Matthias Brandt, Kathrin Kühnel
Votes: 210
67. Sky Without Stars (1955)
105 min | Drama, Romance
A border police officer helps a woman cross between West and East Germany with her son. Despite being increasingly united by love, the distance between them increases as border security tightens.
Director: Helmut Käutner | Stars: Erik Schumann, Eva Kotthaus, Georg Thomalla, Gustav Knuth
Votes: 302
68. Die Flucht (1977)
94 min | Drama, Thriller
When Dr. Schmith's (Armin Mueller-Stahl) proposal for international research on infant mortality is rejected, he decides to leave East Germany and strikes a deal with an escape agency that ... See full summary »
Director: Roland Gräf | Stars: Jenny Gröllmann, Erika Pelikowsky, Armin Mueller-Stahl, Wilhelm Koch-Hooge
Votes: 74
One of the first East German movies depicting the border and dealing with "Republikflucht".
69. The Night a Village Vanished (2009 TV Movie)
96 min | Drama, History
Movie about the largest escape at the Inner German border during Cold War, when 14 families from the village of Böseckendorf in the GDR left towards West Germany.
Director: Oliver Dommenget | Stars: Anna Loos, Thure Riefenstein, Andreas Pietschmann, Rebecca Immanuel
Votes: 100
70. Der Mauerschütze (2010 TV Movie)
88 min | Drama
Director: Jan Ruzicka | Stars: Benno Fürmann, Annika Kuhl, Lotte Flack, Max Hegewald
Votes: 69
71. Grüß Gott, ich komm von drüben (1978 TV Movie)
90 min | Drama
Director: Tom Toelle | Stars: Hans Christian Blech, Nicolas Brieger, Margret Homeyer, Henning Gissel
Votes: 9
72. Die Frau vom Checkpoint Charlie (2007 TV Movie)
180 min | Drama
Based on a true story, Miguel Alexandre's two-part drama focuses on a East German woman and the fight for her children. Spring 1982: Sara Bender, living with her daughters Silvia and Sabine... See full summary »
Director: Miguel Alexandre | Stars: Veronica Ferres, Peter Kremer, Filip Peeters, Maria Ehrich
Votes: 346
Escape attempt at the Romanian-Yugoslav border.
73. Fugitives (2011– )
180 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
East-Germany, 1984: Frank Korbach is looking forward to attending drama school, while his rebellious best friend Thomas is refusing to do military service. Together with the adventurous but... See full summary »
Stars: Frederick Lau, Paraschiva Dragus, Livia Greif, Gabi Herz
Votes: 89
Escape attempt in Czechoslovakia.
74. Heimweh nach drüben (2007 TV Movie)
89 min | Comedy, Drama
This TV movie focuses on an average East German citizen, who accidentally becomes a Cold War victim. Shortly before his wedding day, East German Stephan Busemann goes to West Germany to ... See full summary »
Director: Hajo Gies | Stars: Wolfgang Stumph, Katrin Sass, Jürgen Tarrach, Steffen Groth
Votes: 37
75. Beyond the Wall (2009 TV Movie)
90 min | Drama, History
During the Cold War, Ulrich and Heike Molitor's attempt to escape from the GDR with their children hidden in the car ends in a prison conviction and both kids going to adoption unless they ... See full summary »
Director: Friedemann Fromm | Stars: Henriette Confurius, Katja Flint, Edgar Selge, Ulrike Krumbiegel
Votes: 154
Escape attempt at a border crossing point.
76. Beloved Berlin Wall (2009)
103 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
In 1989 Berlin, Sascha is a young East German border guard and Franzi is a lively young West German woman who's just moved into a flat next to Sascha's watchtower at the Berlin Wall. It ... See full summary »
Director: Peter Timm | Stars: Felicitas Woll, Maxim Mehmet, Anna Fischer, Thomas Thieme
Votes: 479
77. Prague: Iron Curtain (2007 TV Movie)
96 min | Drama
In 1989 more and more GDR citizens fled to the West German embassy in Prague
Director: Lutz Konermann | Stars: Anneke Kim Sarnau, Christoph Bach, Hans Werner Meyer, Hinnerk Schönemann
Votes: 80
78. Die Verfehlung (1992)
105 min | Drama
It is 1988. Jacob (Gottfried John), from Hamburg in West Germany, falls in love with Elisabeth (Angelica Domröse) in East Germany. When they secretly meet in East Berlin, it seems the Stasi... See full summary »
Director: Heiner Carow | Stars: Angelica Domröse, Gottfried John, Jörg Gudzuhn, Dagmar Manzel
Votes: 40
79. Westler (1985)
94 min | Drama
Felix from West-Berlin falls in love with Thomas in East-Berlin. At first they keep their relationship going by regular visits from Felix, but the curfew forces him to return every evening.... See full summary »
Director: Wieland Speck | Stars: Sigurd Rachman, Rainer Strecker, Andy Lucas, Frank Rediess
Votes: 432
80. Wie Feuer und Flamme (2001)
94 min | Drama, Romance
Germany 1982: The country is divided into two parts. Nele, coming from West-Germany, travels to East-Germany where she meets Captain, singer of a band. They fall in love with each other, ... See full summary »
Director: Connie Walter | Stars: Anna Bertheau, Antonio Wannek, Tim Sander, Carmen Simone Birk
Votes: 520
81. The Red Cockatoo (2006)
128 min | Comedy, Drama, History
A coming-of-age story set in the German Democratic Republic in the 1960s. Siggi becomes involved in a love triangle when he falls for Luise, but the tightening political climate forces him to make a fateful decision.
Director: Dominik Graf | Stars: Max Riemelt, Jessica Schwarz, Ronald Zehrfeld, Ingeborg Westphal
Votes: 875
Building of the Wall at the end of the movie.
82. Die Dubrow Krise (1969 TV Movie)
97 min | Comedy, Drama, Mystery
Satire about an East German village which over night became part of the West.
Director: Eberhard Itzenplitz | Stars: Ruth Winter, Rudolf Beiswanger, Gustav Burmester, Ursula Traun
Votes: 33
83. How I Celebrated the End of the World (2006)
Not Rated | 106 min | Drama
In Communist-era Romania, people live with hope for a new life of freedom.
Director: Cãtãlin Mitulescu | Stars: Dorotheea Petre, Timotei Duma, Ioan Albu, Sergiu Anghel
Votes: 3,231
Escape attempt from Communist Romania towards Yugoslavia.
84. Silent River (2011)
31 min | Short, Drama, Thriller
Romania, 1986: Gregor and Vali want to get away. Both need each other, yet there is mutual distrust. One night Gregor finds his doubts confirmed. In the end only hope is left.
Director: Anca Miruna Lazarescu | Stars: Toma Cuzin, Andi Vasluianu, Patricia Moga, Branko Tomovic
Votes: 231
Escape attempt from Communist Romania towards Yugoslavia.
85. Familie Rechlin (1982 TV Movie)
95 min | Drama
About the lives of a family that is divided between East and West Berlin.
Director: Vera Loebner | Stars: Marianne Wünscher, Gerry Wolff, Katrin Sass, Frank Lienert
Votes: 8
86. Preis der Freiheit (2019)
300 min | Drama, History
The life of three sisters shortly before the fall of the Berlin Wall.
Stars: Nadja Uhl, Barbara Auer, Nicolette Krebitz, Godehard Giese
Votes: 214
87. Cycling the Frame (1988 TV Movie)
27 min | Documentary
In 1988, Tilda Swinton toured round the Berlin Wall on a bicycle, accompanied by filmmaker Cynthia Beatt. Starting and ending at the Brandenburg Gate, Swinton leads us on a journey that is ... See full summary »
Director: Cynthia Beatt | Star: Tilda Swinton
Votes: 451
88. Fritzi: A Revolutionary Tale (2019)
86 min | Animation, Family, History
East Germany, 1989. 12 year old Fritzi takes care of her best friend Sophie's dog Sputnik, while Sophie's family is on summer vacation in Hungary. When Sophie doesn't come back from vacation, Fritzi and Sputnik set out in search of her.
Directors: Matthias Bruhn, Ralf Kukula | Stars: Ali Lyons, Oisin Conroy, Lucy Carolan, James O'Donohue
Votes: 351
89. The Wicked Dreams of Paula Schultz (1968)
Unrated | 113 min | Comedy
A beautiful East German Olympic hopeful pole-vaults over the Berlin Wall to freedom.
Director: George Marshall | Stars: Elke Sommer, Bob Crane, Werner Klemperer, Joey Forman
Votes: 302
90. The Innocent (1993)
R | 119 min | Drama
A British telecommunication expert comes to 1950s Berlin to help the Americans spy on the USSR. He meets a cute, mysterious local woman.
Director: John Schlesinger | Stars: Isabella Rossellini, Anthony Hopkins, Campbell Scott, Ronald Nitschke
Votes: 1,728 | Gross: $0.55M
91. The Legend of Rita (2000)
103 min | Drama, History, Romance
The riveting true story of Rita Vogt, a 1970s West German terrorist who escapes to the East with the help of the Stasi. She lives in constant fear of having her cover blown, until it unavoidably happens after the German re-unification.
Director: Volker Schlöndorff | Stars: Bibiana Beglau, Richard Kropf, Martin Wuttke, Nadja Uhl
Votes: 2,469 | Gross: $0.67M
Escape towards the East.
92. Gaz Bar Blues (2003)
115 min | Drama, Comedy
The owner of an independent neighbourhood gas station struggles financially and with his three sons who work at the station.
Director: Louis Bélanger | Stars: Serge Thériault, Gilles Renaud, Sébastien Delorme, Danny Gilmore
Votes: 1,156 | Gross: $0.88M
93. Beyond the Curtain (1960)
88 min | Drama
Karin finds herself back at home in Dresden when the flight on which she is stewardess, is forced down. She is then used by the State police to find her wanted brother, so when Jim arrives to get her back, he has to watch his back.
Director: Compton Bennett | Stars: Richard Greene, Eva Bartok, Marius Goring, Lucie Mannheim
Votes: 178
94. A Dandy in Aspic (1968)
Approved | 107 min | Action, Drama, Thriller
The British and Soviet Intelligence services attempt to out-fox one another using the homesick double-agent Krasnevin a.k.a. Alexander Eberlin as a pawn in a complex spy-game which takes place in Berlin.
Directors: Anthony Mann, Laurence Harvey | Stars: Laurence Harvey, Tom Courtenay, Mia Farrow, Harry Andrews
Votes: 1,288
95. Królik po berlinsku (2009)
Not Rated | 51 min | Documentary, History, News
The untold story about wild rabbits which lived between the Berlin Walls.
Director: Bartosz Konopka
Votes: 900
96. Die Todesautomatik (2007 TV Movie)
90 min | Drama
Loosely based on the life of Michael Gartenschläger who was sentenced to long-term imprisonment in a show trial in East Germany and later tried to draw the world's attention to the human rights abuses at the Inner German border.
Director: Niki Stein | Stars: Stephan Kampwirth, Misel Maticevic, Loretta Pflaum, Katrin Bühring
Votes: 58
97. Kings of the Road (1976)
Not Rated | 175 min | Drama
A traveling projection-equipment mechanic works in Western Germany along the East-German border, visiting worn-out theatres. He meets with a depressed young man whose marriage has just broken up, and the two decide to travel together.
Director: Wim Wenders | Stars: Rüdiger Vogler, Hanns Zischler, Lisa Kreuzer, Rudolf Schündler
Votes: 6,428
Set in the Western border lands at the Inner German border.
98. The Fourth War (1990)
R | 91 min | Drama, Thriller
Cold War drama about two gung-ho border commanders (Roy Scheider, Jurgen Prochnow) who carry out their own private war against each other on the German - Czechoslovakia border.
Director: John Frankenheimer | Stars: Roy Scheider, Jürgen Prochnow, Tim Reid, Lara Harris
Votes: 1,966 | Gross: $1.31M
99. Die Grenze (1981 TV Movie)
90 min | Comedy, Drama
Director: Jürgen Klauß | Stars: Gustl Bayrhammer, Herbert Fritsch, Sascha Scholl, Udo Thomer
100. Octopussy (1983)
PG | 131 min | Action, Adventure, Thriller
A fake Fabergé egg recovered from the body of a fellow agent leads James Bond to uncover a jewel smuggling operation led by the mysterious Octopussy, and a plot to blow up a NATO air base.
Director: John Glen | Stars: Roger Moore, Maud Adams, Louis Jourdan, Kristina Wayborn
Votes: 112,966 | Gross: $67.90M
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