Peter Dommisch

A group of young people draws straws to see who'll steal some cigarettes. With this theft, Sebastian starts a bizarre, symbolic odyssey through a sclerotic world, in search of himself and of truth and justice. When he tries withdrawing from one social paradigm, he finds himself caught in another.

To gain lands from the prince of Saxony, a group of orphans seeks Mozart, in order to obtain the very rare score of one of his compositions.

A small town shortly before the end of the GDR: 15-year-old Ulla lives with her mother in a dilapidated old building where not even the electricity works properly. Economy of scarcity and national bankruptcy are visible everywhere. Only higher party comrades live in the lap of luxury. When Ulla meets Winfried after a summer bathing trip, the two fall in love. Winfried is the son of an influential general director and owns things from West Germany that others only dream of: a computer, a games console, a walkman. On an excursion with her biology class, the high school student discovers that a dacha is being built in the middle of the nature reserve and the creek has been dammed. Winfried's father turns out to be the culprit, but the mayor is on his side. Ulla rebels against this environmental destruction connected to political corruption and organizes a protest. Her activism not only endangers her own future, but also her first great love.

In a loose set of cabaret pieces, Steffen Mensching and Hans-Eckardt Wenzel - highly acclaimed East German poets, songwriters and clowns - satirize East German life in its final days and the arrival of new times after the fall of the Berlin Wall. The clowns are allowed to leave prison to sing for people outside. As they perform their pieces, however, the country sinks into rebellion, the prison is attacked and looted, and the people chase the clowns away. Latest from the Da-Da-R was the first film made by an artistic production group that had fought for independence within the structures of the state-owned DEFA film studio for years. "Da-Da-R" is a wordplay on the irreverent Dada art movement of the 1920s and the German acronym for East Germany- the DDR.

Seven-year-old Kati is glad that despite her spastic disability she is allowed to attend a normal school. Her parents made that possible. In her first year there, she is supposed to prove that she can get along at the school and she does her utmost to keep up with her classmates. Her disability, however, is greeted with constant mockery and disrespect. Even her teachers have a hard time treating her equally. When Kati fails math, she has to attend a special school. Katie is devastated but her friends help her to cope with the new situation.

Frank and Kamminke study informatics in Leipzig and have developed a program that enables a computer to automatically find and correct errors in its software. Freshly graduated, they are relocated to a remote Thuringian village after causing a computer breakdown. There, they are supposed to work in a small company that has no clue of economic management. The rather helpful computer system from West Germany plainly lacks compatible software. But Frank and Komminke are not allowed to work with the hardware , although it is them who could make most out of the complex system. Eventually, and with the help of consultant Petra whom both are in love with, they break into the system control room on New Year′s Eve and start up the computer with their special program.

The time is the French Revolution; the place is the village of Travers, ensconsed in neutral Switzerland. Prussian aesthete Herman Beyer is on the verge of divorcing wife Corinna Harfouch. Radical writer Uwe Kokisch, Corinna's lover, hopes to find a way of smoothing out animosities. What follows, however, is a nonstop drinking binge. The film subliminally addresses the then-prevalent issue of a divided Germany. Whether or not it succeeds is unimportant; Treffen in Travers (Reunion in Travers) has proven to be a crowd pleaser wherever it has been shown.

In a king's kingdom there is a forest so dangerous that every man who goes into it is never heard from again. Iron Hans, who is responsible for the deaths, is found at the bottom of a lake and locked up in the king's palace

Юная Гритта живет со своим отцом в полуразрушенном замке, где хозяйничают крысы, с которыми девочка наладила полное взаимопонимание. Однажды ее отец, механик Юлиус Ортель, получает заказ от самого короля на изготовление эвакуационного устройства для трона. Его величество очень опасается заговорщиков и желает в любой момент иметь возможность спастись бегством. Для неудачливого изобретателя это становится шансом изменить свою жизнь. К тому же, в Крысином замке появляется принцесса Анна Боллена, скрывающаяся от посягательств Первого Министра, желающего во что бы то ни стало видеть ее своей женой. Чтобы оградить себя от этих посягательств, девушка выходит замуж за вдового Юлиуса Ортеля. Гритте же приходится отправиться на воспитание в монастырь. Но там девочка узнает о заговоре против короля, и вместе с другими воспитанницами бежит из-под присмотра суровых монахинь. По дороге беглянки сталкиваются с ускользнувшим от внимания гувернанток сыном короля, юным принцем Бонусом…

A communist is released from prison in 1935 Hamburg. He tries to link up with the Party again, but is unsure as to who he can trust, and has difficulty adjusting to life in Nazi Germany.

East German television film.

The successful entertainment artist Ralf Keul must develop his land on the Baltic Sea or else ultimately give it up. Inexperienced yet courageous, he hurls himself into the undertaking, which spares him no unpleasantness. He battles over the transportation and procurement of materials, constantly on the verge of a nervous breakdown, while his craftsmen offer little additional assistance.

A young blacksmith, searching for happiness in a series of dreams, realizes that he must find a rejected princess and hold her hand. A fairytale after the Brothers Grimm.

Юноша Якоб и принцесса Розалинда любят друг друга. Король обещает юноше отдать дочь в жены только в том случае, если Якоб выполнит его задание: он должен отправиться в ад к черту за тремя золотыми волосками. По дороге Якоб видит много страданий и смерть невинных людей. Йоанас, разбойник поневоле, говорит юноше, что причину бедствий народных знает только черт. Якоб возвращается победителем — с тремя золотыми волосками. Теперь он понимает, что причиной страданий людских является король. Якоб женится на принцессе, а злой король справедливо наказан.

The fisherman's son Christian, called Spinner, has a lively imagination. When he is sailing with his pirate sailboat, he feels like the sailor Magellan on the oceans.

Young seminary student Franziskus (Benjamin Besson) has been ceremonially ordained. He wants to escape the harshness and injustice of the world and devote himself to the service of God in the quiet seclusion of a monastery. He is also hoping to forget the beautiful lady Aurelie (Jaroslava Schallerová), whose life he saved in a flooded brook and with whom he spent an amorous night. He knows that her father would never allow her to marry him. But the devil dressed in a monk's habit and under the name Viktorin (Andrzej Kopiczynski) intervenes in Franziskus's destiny and attempts to lead him astray. To do so he first uses the diabolical elixirs kept at the monastery as a rare relic. When the young monk gets expelled from the monastery, Viktorin prepares another trap with the help of Aurelie's stepmother Euphemie (Milena Dvorská).

Comedy about the "Husarenstreich", the 1757 Berlin raid during the Seven Years' War.

Film by Ralf Kirsten.

Kasper Mai, an export merchant and comrade with a “clean” record, discovers he is the prince of Hohenlohe-Liebenstein. His royal grandmother designates him as the heir to her estate. A private trip to her reveals that she does not want a NATO airbase built on her land. The GDR and his grandmother thus find a common interest, and a clever lawyer from the East works against other family members looking to settle their debts with the estate money.

Accompanying a GDR fashion team, journalist Thomas takes a plane to an haute couture festival in an exclusive Mediterranean seaside resort. A French Padre, who could be mistaken for Thomas's twin brother, is a fellow passenger. Precisely for this reason, the journalist is plunged into the most extraordinary and very precarious situations.

Крестьянская дочка разрешает три задачи короля и освобождает своего отца из тюрьмы. Сердце властителя королевства покорили ум и доброта девушки, и он женился на ней. Став королевой, умная жена пытается обратить внимание мужа на несправедливость, которая происходить по его вине...

In Scotland in 1751, young David Balfour is shanghaied aboard a ship where he meets Jacobite rebel Alan Breck Stewart with whom he escapes to the Scottish Highlands, dodging the redcoats.

This comedic musical tells the story of Gabi, a young hairdresser from the Baltic coast who desperately wants to be a jockey. One day, she packs her bags, drives to Hoppegarten, and is soundly rejected by the head coach. Gabi doesn't want to give up, and in order to at least have a roof over her head, she rushes into a marriage with the seemingly nice Freddie. However, this marriage soon proves to be her second rejection, as Freddie openly dislikes the fact that she wants to be a jockey.

Little Tim Tammer, the son of a lighthouse keeper, lives right on the Baltic Sea beach, but his remote home often leaves him feeling lonely. When Young Pioneers pitch their tents nearby, he is overjoyed and quickly makes new friends.

The famous actor Ralf Horricht is a pain in his current director's butt while shooting a comedy about the army. So Horricht believes it a joke, when he receives an induction-order as reserve-officer... but the captain tries his best to make him realize this is no laughing matter.

A surrealistic adaptation of Wagner's opera.

A murder has been committed in "Pension Boulanka", a famous guesthouse for artists and circus people. Captain Bruckner is heading the investigating team.

В одном сказочном королевстве перестала смеяться принцесса. Никто не знает причины этого внезапного недуга. Озабоченный король обещает полкоролевства и дочь в жены тому, кто заставит принцессу хотя бы улыбнуться. О том, как умный, трудолюбивый и находчивый подмастерье сапожника Клаус сумел рассмешить принцессу и жениться на ней, и рассказывает фильм.

Времена мушкетов и шпаг. В Прусском королевстве не хватает солдат, Барон Фон Юббенау пытается насильно забрать в рекруты веселого, крепкого парня Александра, но он гражданин соседнего королевства. Молодой человек не так прост, он при помощи друзей умудряется не только перехитрить Барона, но и вовлечь в интриги и придворных и самого короля, да к тому же бежать с Ульрикой, дочерью знатного вельможи.

Каждое утро Хелен проезжает на своем мотороллере мимо Фрица, постового на перекрестке. Он показывает свою привязанность, благосклонно переключая на нее зеленый свет. Однако, чтобы их отношения набрали обороты, ей приходится нарушать некоторые правила дорожного движения. Желаемым результатом явилось приглашение на курсы дорожного движения у Фрица. В конце концов ей удаётся привлечь его особое к ней внимание и у них всё получается.

Young lovers Hero and Claudio, soon to wed, conspire to get verbal sparring partners and confirmed singles Benedick and Beatrice to wed as well.

Вторая мировая война окончена, но Дрезден лежит в руинах. Калле приходит на родную табачную фабрику, которую приходится восстанавливать заново. Строителям срочно нужен карбид, который можно достать на заводе в Виттенберге, что находится в 200-х километрах от Дрездена. Калле берётся за эту работу. И вот он находится за воротами химического завода с семью бочками драгоценного материала. И пусть у него нет никакого транспорта, зато есть неисправимый оптимизм и смекалка...

The young architect Hannelore becomes part of the all-male brigade Fröhlich whose members are supposed to build houses at the Strausberger Platz in Berlin. The brigade men drink a lot of beer and are less than thrilled about the new girl. Hanne is the only one who is absolutely delighted with Hannelore. When he starts a drunken fight on May Day, he is arrested and accused of armed robbery. Hannelore immediately convinces the other men in the brigade to help Hanne.

Christine is a young farm worker in a small village in post-war Germany. Her attempts to improve her situation through further education are hampered by frequent pregnancies arising from ill-fated relationships.

Музыкальная комедия о том, как молодежь одного химического завода решила интересно и весело встретить Новый год. В фильме показаны выступления художественной и спортивной самодеятельности на катке.

Film by Helmut Schneider.

Когда-то давным-давно жил ленивый мельник, который все свое время проводил, попивая вино и рассказывая небылицы. Когда казначей короля приходит на мельницу с требованием оплатить налог, мельник лжет, что его дочь Мари может прясть из соломы золото. Отцу и дочери приказывают прийти во дворец, где Мари запирают в башне, полной соломы. Король приказывает ей под страхом наказания перепрясть всю солому в золото к следующему утру. Конечно, она не знает, как прясть из соломы золото. И тут ей на помощь приходит маленький эльф. Девушка отдает ему все свои украшения в обмен на помощь, но король требует ещё больше золота и ей приходится пообещать маленькому эльфу своего будущего первенца. Король берет Мари в жены. Пролетел год и после рождения ребенка к Мари явился маленький эльф и потребовал обещанное — дитя королевы. Мари умоляет эльфа оставить ей дитя, и эльф соглашается с одним условием — королева должна назвать его имя. Кто же придет на помощь Мари?

It is the 65th birthday of Wilhelm Lehmann, foreman of a chemical company. All members of the large family are expected. Preparations are also being made in the company: Wilhelm is to be awarded the »Labor banner« and, as every year, the sons are responsible for the may bowl. But instead of family members, telegrams with rejections flutter into the house.

В основу фильма положены подлинные события, происшедшие в ноябре 1918 года в городе Киле, когда немецкие рабочие с помощью революционно настроенных матросов захватили власть в свои руки. Однако, поддавшись лживым обещаниям правых социал-демократических вождей, большинство матросов прекратило борьбу.

When Prince Vain got his shirt fixed, he proclaims that he had slain two lizards in front of the tailor's house - "two in one strike". When the tailor swats seven flies at once, he sows himself a banner saying "seven in one strike", and together with his bird he starts a journey into the world to pronounce his deed.