During the Thirty Years' War, the camp-follower Anna Fierling, called "Mother Courage", travels the length and breadth of Europe with her covered wagon. She does not care if it's Catholics or Protestants she trades with as long as business thrives. She loses her three children as a result of the war: bold and spirited Eilif, sincere and upright Swiss Cheese and mute Katrin, who saves the children of Halle by beating a drum on a farmstead roof In wartime, the Fierling children's virtues prove to be deadly. Yet, Mother Courage, remains incorrigible. She will not have anyone "spoil the war" for her and so sets out once more after the soldiers with her wagon.
Die Windrose, distribuído no Brasil com o nome A Rosa-dos-Ventos (1957), Direção Geral de Alberto Cavalcanti e Joris Ivens. Aportes em criação de Simone Signoret, Yves Montand and Helene Weigel (wife of Bertold Brecht) e Yannick Bellon. Produzido pela DEFA da Alemanha Oriental. São 5 episódios. O brasileiro Ana (1954) dirigido por Alex Viany. O italiano Giovanna (1956), dirigido por Gillo Pontecorvo.
Galileo, an eminent professor and scientist in the 17th century Venetian Republic, is short of money. A prospective student tells him about a novel invention, the telescope, that is being sold in Amsterdam.
Kuhle Wampe takes place in early-1930s Berlin. The film begins with a montage of newspaper headlines describing steadily-rising unemployment figures. This is followed by scenes of a young man looking for work in the city and the family discussing the unpaid back rent. The young man, brother of the protagonist Anni, removes his wristwatch and throws himself from a window out of despair. Shortly thereafter his family is evicted from their apartment. Now homeless, the family moves into a garden colony of sorts with the name “Kuhle Wampe.”
O futuro ė distante e o mundo está sob o comando dos poderosos, que isolaram os mais pobres no subsolo como se fossem seus escravos, para que trabalhassem em prol dos mesmos. Comandados por Freder Fredersen, os operários são obrigados a trabalharem sem parar para que a cidade não pare.
