Maly Delschaft

German Film Award

The Last Laugh

An aging doorman, after being fired from his prestigious job at a luxurious hotel, is forced to face the scorn...

Variety

Murderer “Boss” Huller—after having spent ten years in prison—breaks his silence to tell the warden his story.

Alibi

An industrialist's wife was killed and now her lover is accused of murder.

Danton

At the height of Reign of Terror Maximilien Robespierre orchestrates the trial and execution of several of his...

Destinies of Women

Berlin 1952, seven years after WWII. Four women are looking for a good man and happiness in the divided city. T...

Ich war ein häßliches Mädchen

Emilia Galotti

The Prince of Guastalla falls in love with the young citizen Emilia Galotti, who is soon to marry Count Appiani...

Studentin Helene Willfüer

Student Helene moves to Berlin to write her doctoral thesis. In the laboratory of her doctoral supervisor, the...

Adventures of a Ten Mark Note

Anna receives her first weekly wage: a ten-mark note with the no. K 13513. She gives it to her mother, who hide...

Witwer mit 5 Töchtern

Father Scherzer generally buries himself in the books of the castle library, which he is responsible for managi...

The Blum Affair

Dr. Blum, a Jewish manufacturer, is falsely accused of a murder. Even when the real killer’s identity becomes e...

The Wife's Crusade

A working-class couple with four children live in extreme poverty in a rear building. When the woman becomes pr...

Thomas Müntzer

In 1523, young Thomas Müntzer arrives with his wife Ottilie in the Thuringian village Allstedt to assume the re...

Menschen von Budapest

In spring 1957 Budapest, former lovers Sándor and Mónika reunite after 16 years at a street‐corner café. Their...

Altes Herz geht auf die Reise

The underage Rosemarie is still too young to run her inherited farm by herself; but she's more than aware that...

The Axe of Wandsbek

Hamburg, Germany 1934: An executioner is needed. Teetjen makes the biggest mistake of his life. Because his but...

Wilhelm Tell

Dudu, ein Menschenschicksal

A wealthy man, a circus clown by profession, tells another man, during a car ride, some excerpts from his life...

Two Among Millions

Just before the Berlin Wall is built, a young East German worker tries his personal and professional luck as a...

Casanovas Erbe

The Sonnenbrucks

Professor Sonnenbruck is a scientist who is not particularly interested in politics. Even the meeting in 1943 w...

Little Veronika (Innocence)

Young Veronika travels from her Tyrolean village to her aunt’s Viennese apartment for her confirmation. The aun...

The Barge of Happy People

The girl Marianne inherited a motorboat called “Eintracht” from her parents and struggled to get her to drive i...

My Wife Wants to Sing

Having been happily married for ten years, Gerda Wagner, devoted mother and housewife, suddenly gets it into he...

The Benthin Family

The brothers Theo and Gustav Benthin pull profits through smuggling in divided Germany: Theo in the West and Gu...

Angelika

Once a celebrated opera singer, who sacrificed her career for her husband. Now she strives to become a successf...

Andreas Hofer

A film based on the story of the Tyrolean innkeeper and patriot Andreas Hofer who led an Austrian uprising agai...

Hochzeitsnacht

Vroni defies her dad: she won't marry miller Balduin but her true love Franz. The father insists, but friend Kl...

Vor Gott und den Menschen

Petronella - Das Geheimnis der Berge

Anna Susanna

Rags and Silk

At the center of this social satire is the wealthy and bored couple Irene and Erik. When Erik meets Hilde, who...

Ja, so ein Mädchen mit sechzehn

Star mit fremden Federn

A striking resemblance between the hairdresser Franz Blume and the famous actor Günther Kolmin leads to a curio...

The Beacon

On a barren and stormy island, fishing families eke out a meager existence on what they can catch during summer...