Lukas Ammann

David Fish, un brillante hombre de negocios soltero, recibe una sorprendente llamada de teléfono durante la comida. Su madre que emigró a América cuando era niña, ha visto en el periódico la foto del propietario de la fábrica y ha creido reconocer a su padre muerto en Eliah Goldberg. David quiere ayudar a su madre y contrata a Karmiski, un abogado que tambien es un militante activista judio, para establecer contacto con Eliah Goldberg. Lena Katz, nieta de Goldberg, vive en Nueva York, trabajando como diseñadora de decorados en reportajes de moda. Cuando se entera del incidente, instantáneamente regresa a casa para estar con su familia. Su madre la acompaña de vuelta a Nueva York porque quiere estar unos días tranquila después de la horrorosa experiencia.

En una sociedad futura, un anciano habla a dos niños de un extraño medallón. Tras una catástrofe nuclear, dos adolescentes que vivían en un paraíso artificial huyeron al espacio exterior utilizando el mismo metal en busca de la libertad.

A black comedy directed by Walter Deuber and Peter Stierlin.

Lehar romantic operetta set in Russia about a beautiful dancer who is set up to attract a tsar's son, and they fall in love. Beautiful settings and wonderful music.

A tribunal interrogates, tortures and murders "witches" and "heretics" during the Inquisition.

Francia, un periodista de una agencia de noticias internacional, se las arregla para visitar todos los salones de masaje de Munich. Él quiere encontrar el paradero de Sonia, una masajista personal con la que experimentó una felicidad perfecta.

Two rival gangs try to obtain the five parts of a dangerous formula held by five scientists.

Karl Tellenbach, called "Dällebach Kari", was one of Bern’s legendary characters at the beginning of the 20th century. Born with a strong hare lip which left him disfigured and gave his voice a peculiarl nasal tone, he devoted his entire life trying to get people to laugh with him instead of at him. Ultimately, his despairing at ever becoming accepted as a fellow man coupled with unrequited love made his life tragic, culminating in his suicide at age 54. His jokes are still well known today.

In the "Swinging Munich" of the late 1960s: The young millionaire daughter Carroll Buchheim, an American, flew from the United States to Germany to visit her brother, who is missing.

Scott es un pobre vagabundo que malvive limpiando las calles del desértico y tranquilo pueblo de Clifton, un poblado en el que todos se ríen de él por ser el hijo bastardo de un prostituta. Pero todo cambia con la llegada del personaje de Travis (Lee Van Cleef), un veterano pistolero letal al que todos temen. Travis toma al chico como aprendiz, y le enseña a usar las armas, con lo cual ya puede defenderse. Por desgracia, todo el odio y la resignación que llevaba el chico dentro comienzan a salir.

Vienna 1965. While visiting the Wax Museum a group of tourists stop in front of the figure of Prince Metternich. All of a sudden they find themselves brought back 150 years earlier during the Vienna Congress of 1814-1815. Before their eyes wide open, history is in the making. Gathered around the Tsar of Russia, Alexander I, the Kings of Bavaria, Würtemberg, Prussia and Denmark, are persuaded they are building the future Europe whereas they are being manipulated by foxy Chancellor Metternich, he himself under the thumb of cynical Count Talleyrand, the French representative. All those considerations come second though to partying and social life, which is all these aristocrats really want out of this congress.

German television adaptation of 12 Angry Men

Hamburgo, Alemania, 1944, durante la Segunda Guerra Mundial. Un asesino en serie aterroriza la ciudad. Cuando parece claro que la policía local es incapaz de atraparlo, fuerzas tan oscuras y terribles como el propio criminal se hacen cargo del caso.

In the 1880s, Georges Duroy, back from the Colonies, arrives in Paris with the firm intention of conquering the capital through his power of seduction, his selfishness and cynicism. Entering into journalism through the back door he will soon rise to the top with the support of several women: Madeleine Forestier, the wife of his journalist friend Charles; Clothilde de Marelle, his first mistress; Virginie Walter, the wife of a newspaper owner; Suzanne Walter, her daughter who eventually marries Duroy.

The paths of guests and employees cross at the Palace Hotel in St. Moritz: A chambermaid experiences financial difficulties. A guest has been robbed. A thief is caught. An assistant cook is promoted to waiter. And there’s no shortage of love in this small world of the great Hotel Palace. Keeping an orderly eye over proceedings is the hotel’s beautiful patron, whose heart is in the right place.

Venice Film Festival 1940