On the German Mob
From the Pimps of Hamburg to the Housebreaker-Clubs in pre-Nazi Germany
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- DirectorJürgen RolandStarsHerbert FleischmannHenry SilvaPatrizia GoriMafia hot shot comes to Hamburg with the main intention of taking it over. However, the local German crime lord isn't particularly down with his plan and a bloody gang war ensues.
- DirectorJürgen RolandStarsHorst FrankHerbert FuxWerner PochathIn Hamburg's red light district Jule and his mob of macks battle Holleck's competing Viennese clan. When a sex worker is murdered both kingpins join forces to hunt the killer and keep the police from cracking down on their business.
- DirectorRoger FritzStarsMichaela KargerDave BalkoHanno PöschlGirl goes to the bright lights of Frankfurt when her boyfriend goes into the army; the seamy side of life is not as attractive as she expected.
- DirectorCarlo RolaStarsBen BeckerJürgen VogelHenry HübchenTwo working-class German brothers (Ben Becker, Jürgen Vogel) rise to fame as Berlin's most infamous burglars.
- DirectorFritz LangStarsPeter LorreEllen WidmannInge LandgutWhen the police in a German city are unable to catch a child-murderer, other criminals join in the manhunt.
- DirectorWolfgang StaudteStarsGert FröbeMario AdorfCurt Bois
- DirectorRolf OlsenLee PayantStarsRaimund HarmstorfAmadeus AugustGianni MacchiaWhen terrorists rob a bank all hell is let loose.
- DirectorGerd KroskeStarsWilhelm von HomburgJürgen BlinMaria EstebanThe documentary tells the life story of the boxer Norbert Grupe, who was known by his fighting name Prince of Homburg.
- DirectorGeorg TresslerStarsHorst BuchholzKarin BaalChristian Doermer"Think of a law, they've broken it. Think of a crime, they've committed it." A tense, tough story of teenage gangs committing acts of robbery, violence, and murder. The leader of the gang finds himself torn between his own brother and his sleazyu, (but very good looking) girlfriend. 35mm.
- DirectorJames KentStarsKeira KnightleyNed WillsPandora ColinPost World War II, a British colonel and his wife are assigned to live in Hamburg during the post-war reconstruction, but tensions arise with the German who previously owned the house.
- DirectorChristian AndersAntonio TarruellaStarsChristian AndersMaribel MartínDunja RajterGerman Karate teacher Frank Mertens battles the drug lord Van Bullock in the streets of Madrid.
- DirectorWolfgang StaudteStarsHorst FrankChristiane KrügerHeinz ReinckeThe dangerous violent criminal Willy Jensen flees from a prison in Hamburg and seeks shelter at his brother Heinz' apartment. Heinz, an honest taxi-driver, believes in his innocence and helps him - until Willy kills another man in a robbery. After an argument Willy takes his wife Vera, who now lives with Heinz, as hostage on his further flight from the police. Heinz feels responsible for his brother and trails him, which makes it look to the police as if he's helping his brother.
- DirectorSam GarbarskiStarsMoritz BleibtreuAntje TraueTim SeyfiDavid Berman and his friends, all Holocaust survivors, have only one purpose: to go to America as soon as possible. For this they need money. Close to his aim, David is not only deprived of his savings but also overtaken by his shady past.
- CreatorHenk HandloegtenTom TykwerAchim von BorriesStarsVolker BruchLiv Lisa FriesLars EidingerColognian commissioner Gereon Rath moves to Berlin, the epicenter of political and social changes in the Golden Twenties.
- DirectorIngmar BergmanStarsLiv UllmannDavid CarradineGert FröbeBerlin, 1923. Following the suicide of his brother, American circus acrobat Abel Rosenberg attempts to survive while facing unemployment, depression, alcoholism and the social decay of Germany during the Weimar Republic.
- DirectorMarvin KrenStarsFriedrich MückeTobias MorettiAntje Traue
- DirectorBernhard WickiStarsUlrich MüheKlaus Maria BrandauerArmin Mueller-StahlUlrich Mühe plays a German businessman who was born completely without scruples. This makes him an eminently suitable candidate for success in the chaotic years after World War I. The shameless man's story is contrasted with that of his polar opposite, a Jewish anarchist.
- CreatorChristian LimmerRonny SchalkAlexis WittgensteinStarsMisel MaticevicMartina GedeckKlaus SteinbacherIn 1900, A rich newcomer with a shady past arrives in Munich determined to crash the local Oktoberfest with his own brewery. But when his daughter falls in love with the heir to a rival brewery, a violent chain of events is unleashed that will threaten both families' futures.
- DirectorOttokar RunzeStarsMartin LüttgeJudy WinterInken SommerThe film is based on the memoirs of Hamburg burglar Julius Adolf Petersen (1882-1933), who became famous as "Lord of Barmbeck". Petersen owed his status as a folk hero to the fact that he did not use any physical violence during his raids and only stole from rich people. After several times escaping, Petersen was finally sentenced to a long prison term. With no prospect of release, he took his own life in 1933.