Werner Hinz

The bark-beetle has invaded the big forest of the general, just as a fatal illness has into the body of its owner. The general is suffering from eye cataract, preventing him from seeing the symptoms of the trees' decline, just as he is unable to see his own rottening. His wife and the writer discuss these circumstances for two scenes, until the general discovers the fact himself in the third one. Now he is going to take appropriate action.

Based on a book by Eric Malpass and directed by Kurt Hoffmann, the film focuses on the everyday life of a German family perceived through the eyes of its youngest member — six-year-old Gaylord.

A quirky family lives their simple but joyful life which centers around the youngest family member, a little boy.

Kurt Hoffmann's film adaptation of Tucholsky's eponymous novella is situated in 1910s Berlin: The aspiring editor Wolf runs into Claire by chance. Both are attracted to one another, yet they are not entirely certain about their feelings. They embark on a trip to Rheinsberg to assure themselves about their sentiments. And indeed, the time spent in the romantic provincial town brings clarity to their situation.

Five film directors were given the task of making short films based on titles of drawings by Paul Klee.

This drama is taken from Thomas Mann's 1903 semi-autobiographical novel. Tonio (Jean Claude Brialy) is an aspiring writer and the son of a rigid aristocratic father and a music-loving mother. Wandering throughout Germany and Italy to "find himself," Tonio frequently remembers his childhood experiences in a series of flashbacks. The highlight of the film is the expert lensing by cinematographer Wolf Wirth. Erika Mann, the daughter of the late poet and author, collaborated with Ennio Flaiano on the screenplay.

Картина повествует о знаменитой высадке в Нормандии, легендарном дне «Д» — 6 июня 1944 года. Ранним утром того дня армада из 5 тысяч судов армии союзников, сосредоточенных на Британских островах, пересекла Ла-Манш и начала высадку экспедиционных сил на побережье Нормандии. Как для союзников, так и для немцев это был самый долгий день…

When the wife of Sebastian Schumann left her family, he told his little daughter that her mother has died, because he thought that this was the easiest way for her to accept that her mother is now gone. But this was only the beginning of a lot of lies he tells her continuously, mostly about himself and his job. This way he also tries to hide away from her the fact that he had to quit his job as a traveler and is now paid much less than before.

Director Wolfgang Staudte who left East Germany in 1953 to make movies in West Germany, takes a few swipes at the West German judicial system in this fairly effective courtroom drama about the murder of a four-month-old baby. Police almost immediately arrest the mother Ingrid who is the mistress of the father, a rich business VIP married to another woman. His position and wealth keep him insulated from suspicion. A hot-shot lawyer has to overcome the unaccountably biased perceptions of the police, the judge, the prosecutor and almost everyone else in the judicial system. The defence lawyer, driven to an extreme, knows he has to find the real killer or his client will be convicted.

First part of two of the saga of the troubled Buddenbrook family and their business in mid 19th century Germany.

1933 in Germany. The rise of Nazism fears war and some officers, concerned the fate that hostilities would reserve to their country, organize an anti-Nazi group. They send a reporter, Golder, to communicate the plan of the German offensive allies.

Julia Martens is a wrongly convicted murderess who is released from prison after thirteen years. She begins a new career as a chanson singer and her now grown-up son, who has been told that his mother is dead, has no idea who Julia Martens really is. One day he is suspected of murder and Julia intervenes.

Beautiful young Helga gets publicly shamed because a rich land owner seduced and impregnated her but refuses to take responsibility in a story of love and death in Sweden.

Thomas Mann's witty and intimate story of a irresistible scoundrel.

A Nordic fishermen's village surrounded by the raging sea. This is were fisherman Haldor (Wilhelm Borchert) is living. His marriage with the proud Salvör (Heidemarie Hatheyer) is going to be impend. While on the sea in a storm, he is being cast upon an island. There he falls in love with the farmer's girl Maria (Ingrid Andree). When Haldor learns, that Maria is pregnant, he takes her with him back home. Salvör who was still waiting, hates him for that and marries a rich merchant. Twenty years later Haldor's daughter Gunna and Salvör's son Ragnar, are falling in love with each other. And only now Haldor learns from Salvör that Ragnar is his son.

A disillusioned Wehrmacht officer named Colonel Claus von Stauffenberg and his co-conspirators attempt to assassinate Adolf Hitler on 20 July 1944.

В маленький немецкий городок приезжает знаменитый цирк Саши Обольского — укротителя диких зверей и непокорных женщин. Он вступает в этот заштатный городок с особым трепетом, ведь именно здесь проживает его многочисленная родня, от которой он удрал двадцать лет назад. Его приезд приурочен ко дню рождения старшего брата, Альберта Оберхольцера, городского садовника, поставляющего фигурки гипсовых гномиков в сады немецких бюргеров. У Альберта есть дочь, семнадцатилетняя Анна, которая учится в школе танцев и мечтает о столичной сцене. Анна сразу очаровывается своим дядей и тоже мечтает стать циркачкой…

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...

Directed by Harald Braun and told from the perspective of Bertha von Suttner, the first female to receive the Nobel Peace Prize, The Alfred Nobel Story - No Greater Love chronicles the life of scientist, inventor, and businessman Alfred Nobel. Nobel built a massive fortune throughout his life, and while much if it was amassed by his inventions--dynamite being perhaps the most notable--he was also revered for his discoveries within the fields of science and economics. Upon his death, Nobel decided that his fortune was simply too great to continue in the form of an inheritance or single charitable donation, opting instead to use the money as reward for the greatest contributors to physics, chemistry, medicine, literature, and, of course, peace.

Десятью годами ранее Хельга Андре была осуждена за убийство своей соперницы в любви, певицы Элинор Гильденборг. Однако сегодня у комиссара полиции Хасфельда есть веские основания полагать, что Хельга невиновна. Но ему не хватает официальных доказательств. Чтобы вытащить волка из берлоги, он просит своего друга Фолькмара Хольберга, успешного автора криминальных романов, написать радиоспектакль по материалам дела.

Mother Wolffen, a washerwoman, is a woman of principle: A poor man must do what he must to get through life, only he mustn't get caught doing it. All sorts of crooked deals contribute to the improvement of the daily menu and the increase of household funds. When everyone is searching for pensioner Krueger's missing beaverskin coat, Mother Wolffen and her family are calmly enjoying fresh roast venison.

A wayward young woman running from her past is reunited with her sister after they became separated during the war. While she worked on the streets, the sister established a professional career as a psychologist.

1883-й год. Горничная Мари, работающая в богатой буржуазной семье рожает внебрачную дочь от своего хозяина. Умирая от родовой горячки, она оставляет девочку, названную Гуште, свое бабушке. Та воспитывает правнучку, как может, но жизнь не оставляет подросшей девочке иного выбора, кроме как пойти по стопам своей матери. Гуште тоже становится горничной, но, к счастью, ей удается встретить молодого художника Пауля Шмидеке, вместе с которым ей предстоит вынести все тяготы и лишения.

A car tells its story and the story of its seven owners during the years of the Third Reich.

В канун Нового 1900 года Пауль Хольцгрубер начал новую практику в качестве рентгенолога. Молодая Максимилиане Фрей — его помощница, и они годами работали бок о бок, помогая людям. Хольцгрубер неоднократно указывает на опасность радиации для Максимилиане, но молчит о язвах на своей руке и сильной боли, которую они причиняют. Максимилиане познакомилась с вдовцом Акселем фон Бонином и полюбила его. Но ей ставят неизлечимый диагноз — рак. Чтобы избавить Акселя от неизбежного горя из-за её надвигающейся смерти, она оставляет его...

The engineer Wolff Benningsen (Volker von Collande), a self-assured and über-obnoxious jingo jerk meets the young art student Vika von Demnitz (Leny Marenbach) while climbing in the Alps. One get's the idea that he would like to knock her over the head with a club and drag her to his cave but since this is out of fashion he decides to stalk her and annoy her heavy-handedly into a full submission. Understandingly, she instantly dislikes the lad and tries to shake him off. She succeeds a few times but then starts to suffer from some kind of Stockholm syndrome and falls for him. But that's not enough for him, being an infantile egoist he wants to tame the "wild bird" fully and break every last bit of her own will. It's all hard to believe if you haven't seen it yourself.

A young woman moves to Berlin to work as a press photographer.

German chancellor Otto von Bismarck promises the dying emperor Wilhelm I. to be loyal to his grandson. But the gap between young Kaiser Wilhelm II. and old Bismarck is rapidly widening. It soon appears that an era is coming to an end.

В 1903 году ирландский националист Майкл О’Брайен был захвачен в Дублине за нападение на британских полицейских и приговорён к смертной казни. Пока он находился в тюрьме, его беременная невеста Мэйв посещала его и однажды они тайно поженились. После этого Майкл вручил ей серебряный крест, который достойны носить лишь лучшие борцы за свободу. На кресте были выгравированы слова «Моя жизнь за Ирландию». Восемнадцать лет спустя, в 1921 году, его сын Майкл мл. доучился до выпускных экзаменов в специальном колледже, где ирландских детей ассимилируют в английское общество, боясь, что те пойдут по стопам отцов и также будут бороться за независимость. Но получится ли у них изменить Майкла?

Фильм рассказывает о знаменитом вожде бурского народа Южной Африки, президенте бурской республики Трансвааль Пауле Крюгере и его борьбе с британскими империалистами в ходе Второй англо-бурской войны 1899-1902 гг.

В 1862 году Германия была разделена на 35 государств, входивших в конфедерацию под фактической властью императора Австрии Франца Иосифа. Король Пруссии Вильгельм I, желая восстановить независимость своего государства от власти династии Габсбургов, назначает на должность премьер-министра барона фон Бисмарка. Бисмарк распускает парламент, вводит цензуру в печати, проводит реформу армии. Как дипломат Бисмарк успешно ведет переговоры с Францией, Австрией и Россией. После перевооружения прусской армии Бисмарк начинает реализацию плана создания единой Германии «железом и кровью».

Молодая оперная певица Карла любит талантливого композитора Микеле, который хочет добиться успеха в серьезной музыке и написал свою первую оперу «Возвращение Одиссея» для Карлы. Но Карла более успешна, чем он, и получает приглашение из Миланского театра La Scala. Через отношения ей удается найти постановщика для оперы Микеле. Но когда Микеле узнает, что постановщик действительно думает о его работе, он покидает Карлу. Через год Карла снова находит Микеле. Теперь он стал востребованным композитором, но безутешным, потому что он может быть успешным только с хитами. Его новое ревю "Музыка мечты", новая редакция его оперы, вот-вот состоится премьера. Затем Карла обеспечивает премьеру оригинальной оперы Микеле в Будапеште, где сама исполняет главную партию.

Англичанин мистер Грандисон был мировым судьёй в одном ирландском районе и вёл свои дела порой нечестно, а его жена Глория, будучи ирландкой, наоборот всячески пыталась помогать своим землякам. И вот, когда в Ирландию возвращается барон Джон Эннис, многолетний борец за права ирландцев, у Глории начинают завязываться с ним отношения. Но судья Грандисон конечно же намеривается избавиться от него.

Germany, 1890: Having just gotten his high-school diploma, Hans leaves for Heidelberg to begin his university studies. But first, he wants to visit his uncle, Pastor Hoppe, in the small village of Rosenau. It's here that he again meets his cousin and childhood friend Annie. Annie is the illegitimate child of Pastor Hoppe's sister, who's left the upbringing of her offspring to the man-of-the-cloth. Conservative chaplain Schigorski continually tries to convince Annie to join the nearby cloister and thus "atone" for the sins of her mother. And it's getting more difficult for the fun-loving girl to escape the chaplain's harrassment. When Hans arrives, old feelings of lust come back to the surface.

Considering Germany's own treatment of Poland in 1939, it is ironic in the extreme that the 1938 German film Um Freiheit und Liebe (For Freedom and Love) is a celebration of Poland's declaration of independence from Russia. Werner Hinz plays Konrad, an idealistic Polish student who courts disaster for his loved ones through his constant harrangues against Russian impression. When his mother promises the authorities that Konrad will cease his protests, he is honor bound to obey her, no matter what the provocation. Drowning his disappointment in liquor, Konrad falls in love with nightclub singer Anna Sasotska (Viktoria von Ballasko). While he never achieves his political goals, Konrad at least finds happiness romantically. The climax of the film is particularly exciting, even though it is motivated by anti-Russian (and implicitly pro-Nazi) propaganda.

Russia, 1917. Revolution is in the air. The Sevastopol anchors In Saint Petersburg. The sailors are thirsty for women and celebration. The ship becomes a dancehall. Bloodbath, pillage and kidnapping follows. A Nazi/Germany propaganda film.

The story of the stormy relationship between King Friedrich Wilhelm and his son, who later became known as King Frederick the Great of Prussia.