Utta Danella - Das Familiengeheimnis

Neger, Neger, Schornsteinfeger

October 2006 •German

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...

Crime and Punishment

February 2002 •English

John Simm stars in this adaptation of Dostoyevsky's tragic masterpiece - a profound drama of redemption and a thrilling detective story of the soul.

Der Mann mit der Maske

January 1994 •German

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 Untergang der Pamir

October 2006 •German

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

M/S Gustloff

March 2008 •German

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.

Law and Order

May 1976 •English

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

The Night the Bridge Fell Down

September 1980 •English

A group of random individuals get stranded on a bridge that begins collapsing at both ends. Not only that, but there's a gun-wielding bank robber using the bridge as his means of escape refusing to let any of the rescuers draw near the survivors. Time is running out ...

The Crossing

June 1988 •Polish

WWII. Joined forces of Polish and Russian partisans (despite they are in conflict) stand against German Sturmwind I & II actions.

The Lenz Papers

October 1986 •German

Four-part german limited serial about the baden revolution in 1848 and 1849.

The House in Karp Lane

March 1965 •German

Die Holzbaronin

February 2013 •German

Anne of Green Gables

December 1985 •English

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

January 1989 •German

CoinCoin and the Extra-Humans

October 2018 •French

A sequel to “Li’l Quinquin”. When a strange magma is found near Coincoin’s home town, the inhabitants suddenly start to behave strangely. Goofy detective Captain Van Der Weyden and his loyal assistant Carpentier set about investigating these alien attacks, discovering that an extra-terrestrial invasion has begun.

Kahlschlag

October 1993 •German

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.

Les Allumettes suédoises

March 1996 •French

Oliver has a happy childhood in the streets of Montmartre, Paris, in the 30's. Suddenly his mother dies. He is alone and helpless. He seeks comfort with the offbeat adults.

Der Tanz mit dem Teufel - Die Entführung des Richard Oetker

November 2001 •German

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

March 1991 •English

Warten ist der Tod

November 1999 •German

Collin

December 1981 •German