Hildegard Knef

Using unpublished and newly digitalised archive footage and film material, Bettina Böhler has brilliantly assembled this film about the life and work of the exceptional artist Christoph Schlingensief, who died in 2010.

A biography of Hildegard Knef, one of Germany's biggest post-war stars.

The films, affairs and struggles of the iconic star of The Blue Angel as told by Rosemary Clooney, Roger Corman, Deanna Durbin and many more.

Hildegard Knef: legendary German film diva. An actress whose personality is as complex as the characters she has played. She is by turns irritable, impatient, charming, humorous, fascinating and enchanting. But behind the many masks is the temperamental woman, the Hildegard Knef who has weathered many of life′s blows: failure in Hollywood, cancer, lost loves, the enmity of the press and, finally, the horror of aging. A Woman and a Half - Hildegard Knef is the portrait of a Knef who has become cynical and unpredictable in order to protect herself, but also a Knef full of warmth, humor and spirit.

After Henny's father loses his job at her ex-fiancee's shipyard because of Henny's affair with Sigi, he begins to panic about how to make a living and tries to find new quarters. His sister, Henny's aunt Marlene, suffers as a result of his chaotic efforts. The path to his new life requires that Henny get married, as the aunt is a strict puritan. But whoever knows Henny can be sure that things will take a few unexpected turns...

A documentary about the 75th birhday of the UFA film studios directed by Hans-Christoph Blumenberg.

Helke Sander interviews multiple German women who were raped in Berlin by Soviet soldiers in May 1945. Most women never spoke of their experience to anyone, due largely to the shame attached to rape in German culture at that time.

레슬리(Leslie: 레슬리 커밍 분)는 마술과 마녀 등에 관심을 갖고 책을 쓰려고 구상하는 중에 마녀가 살고 있다는 소문이 떠도는 외딴 섬으로 애인이자 사진작가인 게리(Gary: 데이비드 핫셀호프 분)와 함께 간다. 외딴 섬에는 예전에 호텔로 쓰였던 낡은 건물이 있는데 여러 사람들이 그곳으로 모여든다. 한사람씩 마녀에게 희생될 때마다 공포가 엄습해오고, 외부에서 구조의 손길이 올 때까지 꼼짝없이 발목이 묶이는 신세가 된다.그러는 동안에도 마녀의 저주는 계속되어 또 한사람이 목에서 피를 뿜으며 죽지만 구조하러왔던 헬리콥터는 끝내 그들을 발견하지 못하고 돌아가는데...

Emily, a child, stays with her bourgeois grandparents during frequent periods when her mother makes films. Isabelle wraps a picture, flies to her childhood home to pick up Emily, and plans to leave for her place in France. Old wounds between Isabelle and her parents open around Isabelle's life style. It's also apparent that Isabelle's mother, Paula, is unhappy - with her husband and with her youthful hopes dashed when she became pregnant with Isabelle. Unbeknownst to Isabelle, the co-star of the film she's just made has followed her, checked into a nearby hotel, and wants to begin an affair, even though he's married. Can Isabelle sort it out? What's best for Emily?

A biologist has succeeded in growing a particularly energy-rich lettuce and now the whole world wants to get hold of the product.

중년의 할리우드 영화 프로듀서인 배리 데트웨일러가 어느 외딴 섬에서 은퇴 후 홀로 은둔하며 살아가는, 베일에 가려진 신비의 여배우 페도라를 둘러싼 진실과 비밀을 파헤쳐보려고 노력하게 되며 그녀의 주변인물이였던 의사, 백작부인, 하녀 등을 만나게 되는 미스터리 드라마.

When they start losing family members and neighbors due to WWII and the Nazi government's policies, a quiet married couple becomes disillusioned and begins spreading leaflets against the government - a crime punishable by death.

An eclectic group of characters set sail on Captain Lansen’s leaky cargo ship in an attempt to escape their various troubles. When a violent storm strikes, the ship is swept into the Sargasso Sea and the passengers find themselves trapped on an island populated by man-eating seaweed, giant crabs and Spanish conquistadors who believe it’s still the 16th century.

연합군과 독일 나치스군 사이에 치열한 접전이 벌어지고 있을 때 미 육군 당국은 군형무소에서 사형 집행을 기다리고 있는 12명의 흉악범을 석방하고, 이들에게 독일 나찌에 대항하는 위험한 임무를 수행할 수 있는 고도의 살인 훈련을 시킨다. 살인특공대의 대장은 리 마빈. 임무를 완수하면 석방될 수도 있는 작전에 12명의 성난 사형수는 목숨을 걸고 나찌스군과 처절한 전투를 벌인다.

An American pilot assists the Portuguese colonial police who are battling a gang of criminals involved in drug smuggling from Lisbon to Mozambique to Zanzibar.

After World War II, a lot of people, who lived in the eastern parts of the Third Reich had to be relocated. One of them is Hugo Starosta (Martin Held) with his family. They live in a fortress. Hugo is unemployed, his children don't seem to like school, but somehow they managa to get through.

English millionaire Sir Cyrus Bradley is being blackmailed by “The Tortoise” Crime Syndicate. He is to pay £ 100,000.00 Pounds to stay alive and not be murdered. After his refusal to pay the money, he is quickly killed. Cyrus‘ nephew, Don Micklem, plans to avenge the death of his uncle and sets out on a quest to expose “The Tortoise“…

Twelve different episodes of erotic relationships are described as examples of modern love substitute.

Vincent Vivant agrees to Stephan the spy's proposal: he is to cross the border with a mysterious suitcase.

The Gangster Macheath secretly marries the daughter of beggar king Peachum. When Peachum finds out, he instructs the police chief Brown to arrest and hang Macheath. If not, all the beggars of Soho will disturb the upcoming coronation.

France, WWI. Landru, the father of four Children, contacts Parisian women through newspapers, seduces and eventually kills them in order to feed his little family.

Caterina finds out that her husband Peter Tzar of Russia, is plotting to kill her. She sets Count Orlov free from prison, Peter's sworn enemy, becomes empress of Russia and leads the Cossacks army against him.

The detective investigating Laura Hunt's murder finds himself becoming obsessed with the dead woman only to find out she's actually still alive.

A 14-year-old girl is caught while trying to pick a doctor's pocket. The doctor ends up taking her in and turning her into a sophisticated lady, whom he marries off to a wealthy man.

A TV adaptation of Jean Cocteau's play La voix humaine about a woman talking to her lover over the phone.

1860, the great Duchess of Parma, Maria Luisa, wants to provide her little state with train tracks, in spite of the opposition she gets from certain noble people.

Berlin provides the backdrop for this crime drama that centers on a military doctor falsely accused of dealing illegal drugs. Determined to prove his innocence, he escapes from the MPs and ends up holing up in the apartment his wife rented. He doesn't know that she has sublet the flat to a nightclub singer. When he finds out, he begs the singer to assist him. She is attracted to him and agrees. The doctor believes that his wife is behind the black-market dealings, but in the end, they find the real culprit.

Meant to be a diatribe against yellow journalism and current social ills, this weakly limned drama by Josef von Baky features a reporter who works for one of the tabloid papers. The reporter digs up dirt on the past life of a local hotel owner, and wanting to take full advantage of the muck, he strings out his revelations in a series of perjorative, damning articles on the man. The result of this campaign turns out to be much worse than simply ruining the hotel owner's reputation.

While perusing a police photo, Hilde - an investigative reporter - recognizes a bracelet that she once owned while living in her native Romania. She seeks out the current owner of the bracelet, hoping that he can provide information concerning her long-lost father. Thus begins a curious chain of events...

A man hypnotizes a young woman into being an opera singer.

A British woman on a visit to post-war Berlin is caught up in an espionage ring smuggling secrets into and out of the Eastern Bloc.

Two scriptwriters argue about the fate of Henrietta, a charming and gamine shopgirl. One favors a comical path for their heroine, who is overcome with sentimental love for a young photographer on Bastille Day. The other has a more thrilling and dastardly fate in mind for her. Among the film's irresistible conceits is Hildegarde Neff as an oversexed circus bareback rider.

A scientist creates a murderess when he artificially inseminates a prostitute with the seed of an executed killer.

기자 출신인 미국의 소설가 해리 스트리트(Harry Street : 그레고리 펙 분)는 아프리카의 오지로 사냥 여행을 나섰다가 킬리만자로의 기슭에서 패혈증이 원인이 되어 죽음의 고비에 이른다. 구원을 기대할 수 없는 빈사 상태에서 그는 지난 날의 생활을 회상하게 된다. 헛된 소망이 웃음을 자아내게도 하지만 반성과 회한으로 다가오는 과거의 일들을 참으로 소중한 것이 되었다. 미국, 파리, 스페인, 아프리카 등지에서 보낸 아름다운 기억들과 함께 전개되는 초원에서의 맹수 사냥, 깨어진 첫 사랑의 아픔, 오해로 인한 사랑의 갈등, 소설의 모델인 신디아(Cynthia Street : 아바 가드너 분)와의 생활의 죽음, 조각가인 백작 부인과의 관계 그리고 신디아를 닮은 미망인 헬렌(Helen : 수잔 헤이워드 분)과의 결혼 등 이성을 둘러싼 갖가지 추억들이 주마등처럼 고열에 신음하는 그의 뇌리를 스쳐간다. 그러나 사경을 헤매던 해리는 기적적으로 살아서 친구의 도움으로 다시 문명 사회로 돌아온다.

Upon awaking in the morning, a man finds his thoughts clouded by the possibility that he committed a murder.

During the Cold War, diplomatic courier Mike Kells must retrieve a dispatch containing top-secret intelligence. But when he arrives at the meeting point, a train station in Salzburg, his contact turns up dead, and the message is nowhere to be found. With no clear suspect in sight, Kells must sort through his uncertain relationships with two women, while sidestepping the pitfalls of subterfuge, sabotage and spies in his search for the documents.

An aging truck driver finds smuggled money and becomes involved with a hijacking crowd.

제2차세계대전 중인 1944년 말. 독일군의 라인강 방어선을 뚫고 독일 본토로 진격하기 직전인 미군은 독일군의 정보를 수집하기 위해 독일군 포로 2명을 스파이로 침투시키기로 결정하는데...

It is a love story between a prostitute and an artist. It was one of the first German films to break several taboos: nudity, suicide and euthanasia. In the Germany of the '50s, this caused a lot of negative reactions by the politicians and the Roman Catholic Church. The opposition reached the degree of banning the film and scandalizing it which paradoxically made it one of the landmarks in the history of film.

A screenwriter comes up with a story about an affair between a maid and her employer.

A group of people gathers back in the post-war ruins of a luxurious Munich hotel they inhabited at one point or another years before; each trying to cope with the tragic consequences of the war and their own actions.

1945년 독일 패전 후 폐허가 된 베를린 시내. 강제수용소에 끌려갔던 주자네는 집으로 돌아오게 되지만, 그의 아파트에는 참전군인 외과의 한스가 살고 있다. 어쩔 수 없이 동거를 하게 된 주자네와 한스는 전쟁으로 인한 상처를 보듬으며 이내 서로에게 의지한다. 어느 날, 한스는 함께 참전했던 브뤼크너 대위가 살아 있다는 것을 알게 되지만, 그가 부를 축적하고 행복한 가정을 꾸리고 살고 있는 것에 분노한다. 브뤼크너는 전쟁 중 무고한 폴란드인 100여명의 총살을 명령했던 전범이었던 것. 패전 후 처음 맞는 성탄절, 한스는 진정한 평화를 위해 브뤼크너를 처벌하기로 결심한다. 독일 패전 후 나치즘 청산을 위해 연합군의 검열 하에 만들어진 전후 첫 독일영화. (2017 한국영상자료원 - 1945, 전쟁의 기억)

Two barge skippers fall in love with the same woman.

Wolf Noltenius is a real globetrotter. Early on, this talented young man travelled far and wide, where he earned fame as a construction planner. He moved to Brazil; but one day, homesickness got the best of him. He spontaneously travelled back to his hometown to visit his brother Werner and his family. Wolf and Werner, who both went into the same profession, couldn't be any more different: the one is worldly and an experienced man-about-town; the other a small bourgeois.