Peter Reusse

Film by Horst E. Brandt.

По роману немецкого писателя Фрица Рейтера. После ухода наполеоновских войск из России пришлось отступить, они снова направлялись на запад к дому. Счета и реквизиции создавали проблемы для населения. Однажды, когда мародерствующие солдаты появляются в Ставенхагене, губернатор Вебер, который не понимает французского языка, пытается успокоить дико жестикулирующего егеря, предлагая ему вино. Нынешний Мюллер Восс оказывается запойным собутыльником, так что в конце концов француз лежит без сознания под столом. Мельник, тоже сильно пьяный, не хочет расставаться с французом, с которым он пил братство, и приказывает своему слуге Фридриху погрузить его в кузов фургона и привезти домой на мельницу. Поскольку Фридрих не думает, что это хорошая идея, он по пути избавляется от французов, оставив его спать где-нибудь под деревом. Он обнаружил большое количество украденных французами ценностей, которые он взял у солдата-егеря.

Вторая часть кинодилогии, снятой по роману Алексея Толстого «Петр Первый». В конце XVII века Россия терпела убытки в торговле оттого, что не имела выхода к морю. Юный российский самодержец Петр I начинает строительство флота. А среди бояр, тем временем, зреет недовольство молодым монархом...

Начало дилогии о российском императоре Петре Великом. Годы отрочества и юности царя были полны для него смертельной опасности, исходившей и от части боярства, и от бунтующих стрельцов, и от стремящейся к власти царевны Софьи. Однако уже в ту пору Петр выказывает глубокий, ясный ум, волю и целеустремленность, которые помогают обезоружить его явных и тайных врагов…

Berlin at the end of the 1940s. Anneliese Weyher is working as a switchboard operator. She is living with her aunt after losing her parents in the war – a stroke of fate that has thrown the young woman off course emotionally. Indifferently, she is doing her work; her private life consists of an affair with a black-marketeer. Even when Anneliese witnesses an armed robbery, committed by infamous Wollnick and his gang, she stays lethargic and apathetic – she keeps silent instead of helping the inspector who is a friend of her aunt. It is not until Anneliese by coincidence meets her former lover, the watchmaker Kurt, that her life seems to take a positive turn.

По одноимённой пьесе немецкой писательницы Хедды Циннер. Весной 1813 года в саксонском городке в доме купца и советника Керстинна был организован заговор против майора Лютцова. Керстинн и его партнер Трауберг хотят устроить ловушку для майора Лютцова в сотрудничестве с французскими и прусскими армейскими ведомствами.

October 1918: Karl Liebknecht is released from prison and Berlin workers celebrate his release. Although WWI is almost over, the German Kaiserreich in vain sends its last reserves to the slaughter. The working class is in a rebellious mood; the uprising of Kiel’s sailors against war and militarism sets off a call for revolution led by Liebknecht. On November 9, Liebknecht declares the Free Socialist Republic of Germany. But pro-Kaiser military and right wing Social Democrats oppose him.

London in 1856. Karl Marx is living in exile in the British capital. One day, "Mohr", as Marx is called by his friends, meets the 13-year old worker′s son Joe. The boy works every day for twelve hours in a spinning mill and even has to work night shifts although that violates current rules. Marx tries to end the illegal activities of the spinning mill owner and one night shows up at the mill together with an inspector. But his foray is undermined by a robbery by the rebellious raven gang that is led by Joe′s brother Billy. The spinning mill owner of course takes this chance to blame his young workers for the theft. But Marx is not let astray and does not stop to fight against child labour. Furthermore, he tries to get the members of the raven gang back on the straight and narrow – with success.

A depiction of class conflicts in Germany between 1918 and 1945. The Spartacist Erwin is shot by officers in 1918, and his pregant working-class bride Marie begins a new relationship with social democrat Geschke. Erwin's son Hans grows up to be a communist like his father, leading to bitter hatred between him and his Nazi step-brother, while Geschke becomes increasingly resigned to the political situation in Germany. The three aristocratic officers who shot Erwin many years ago meet again during the Kapp Putsch, but their support for the Third Reich eventually leads each to their deaths.

Hans Müller finds himself on a trip in Thüringen, accompanied by his loving female friend, Moritz. Hans doesn't understand much about trust, which constantly leads to problems between the two of them. During one of their fights, Lady Venus intervenes and sends the young man back to the Middle Ages - so he can learn the true meaning of love. Disguised as Tannhäuser, he has to stand his ground against a horde of minstrels. At a singing competition, he blunders, without the support of Moritz, who had also been thrown back into the 13th century. And with the help of Frau Venus, his adventure will surely turn out even worse...

Four directors - four styles - four episodes, all relating the events of a single night which has entered the history books: August 12-13, 1961. There are thousands of complex narratives connected with the frontier drawn through the middle of Berlin, and each episode relates the story of a difficult decision made on that night...

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.

The Ruhr area in November of 1918. 13-year old Achim Wolters and his friends get their hands on some potatoes on the market. They want to surprise Achim′s father, who works on a mine sweeper boat, with a decent meal. But Achim′s father does not show up – an informer at the train station has betrayed him for his left-wing beliefs and has turned him over to the police. The priest tells Achim the sad news and advises him to pray for the release of his father. But when carpenter Stelzebein stresses that everybody has to take actions for himself, the devout boy at first does not believe in Stelzebein′s words. But then Achim witnesses in the prison how brutally the imperial police treat his father and the other inmates. Together with his loyal friends, Achim takes Stelzebein′s side. When the revolution starts, they stand together on the barricades.

1943 год, во Второй мировой войне наступает решительный перелом, Италия капитулирует, авиация наносит сокрушительные бомбовые удары по немецким городам. Школьные друзья, 17-летние Вернер Хольт и Гильберт Вольцов, призываются в гитлеровскую армию. Гильберт становится типичным фанатичным солдатом. А Вернер начинает понимать бессмысленность войны.

High-school senior Peter considers the adults around him to be hypocritical, self-congratulatory, and immersed in the past. He gets suspended for writing an essay that his teachers consider to be a challenge to the state. Just Don't Think I'll Cry became one of twelve films and film projects-almost an entire year's production-that were banned in 1965-1966 due to their alleged anti-socialist aspects. Although scenes and dialogs were altered and the end was reshot twice, officials condemned this title as "particularly harmful." In 1989, cinematographer Ost restored the original version, and this and most of the other banned films were finally screened in January 1990. Belatedly, they were acclaimed as masterpieces of critical realism.

GDR border guard Gunter Rist is a young man from humble homes. During a swimming competition he meets Penny, a professor’s daughter from a good family, and they fall in love. However, their different social backgrounds get in the way of their happiness: Penny’s friends make it obvious that they are not willing to accept Gunter in their group. Although Penny takes Gunter’s side, she doubts if love can overcome all obstacles. In this state, she falls for the advances of her ex-boyfriend Bob and joins him on vacation. In the meantime, Gunter has an accident and is hospitalized. In the hospital, he meets the nurse Li who seems to be perfect for him.

In the late fifties a large industrial complex was built near Schwedt, in the GDR. This low budget film tells about the voluntary participation of the brigades of the Freie Deutsche Jugend in the building up...

В основе сюжета — драматическая судьба советского офицера Алексея Павлова. Попав во время второй мировой войны в плен и оказавшись в числе перемещённых лиц, герой не сразу решился на возвращение в СССР. Поскитавшись по чужбине, Алексей всё же вернулся на Родину. Случайные попутчицы, ехавшие из Москвы на юг, — врач Анна Андреевна и её дочь Таня — стали первыми, кому Павлов поведал о своей жизни.

German teacher Miss Platzke starts working in a graduating class. Since she is young and inexperienced, the students soon consider her incapable of doing her job. Their disrespectful and harsh behavior makes Miss Platzke even more insecure, and she reacts with rigidity: On the last day before winter break she orders them to write an unannounced essay, thereby provoking a spontaneous strike.

Вольфганг — хулиган, но в принципе он отличный парень. Однако не все в Тюрингии, где он учится, с пониманием относятся к нему и его приятелям. Его смелые авантюры часто заходят слишком далеко - вплоть до кражи трёх бутылок ликера. Между тем новый начальник интерната умеет использовать бесспорные навыки хулиганов на общее благо. Вместе с ними он основывает «Кабаре дебоширов». С острыми шутками и музыкой они теперь набрасываются на бездельников, растяп, пьяниц — и в процессе медленно меняются в лучшую сторону.