Theodor Vogeler

The Berliner

Otto, a feckless Everyman, tries to adjust to the postwar travails of his defeated nation. Stymied by black-mar...

Rembrandt

Already a famous painter, Rembrandt van Rijn is commissioned to paint the Amsterdam Archers' Guild. But upon co...

Council of the Gods

Based on the records of the Nuremberg trial of the chemical giant IG Farben; a story about the collaboration be...

The Goose Girl

A beautiful princess is betrothed to the prince of a neighboring kingdom, and when the time comes, she sets out...

Wenn die Sonne wieder scheint

The Termoehlens belong to the old farming class in Flanders. Their estate does well and their flax is the best...

My Wife Theresa

Teresa is a young, always cheerful woman, who has a harmonious marriage with the writer Peter Duhren. Unfortuna...

Midsummer Night's Fire

After many years in Africa, a man returns to his village in East Prussia to marry his intended bride. However,...

Rotation

The mechanic Behnke wants to join the Nazi party to secure a good living. However, after his Jewish neighbors h...

Das Mädchen Christine

During the Thirty Years' War, Christine, an orphan, falls in love with the colonel Count Merian. In order to al...

Secret Mission

The good-natured helmsman Jan Jenssen somehow ends up being a part of some international intrigue, when he agre...

Marriage of Figaro

Shortly after WWII, the DEFA Studios produced a series of operas and operettas which belonged to the classical...

Der Fall Jakubowski – Rekonstruktion eines Justizirrtums

Semmelweis – Retter der Mütter

In the middle of the 19th century, almost one in three women who gave birth died of puerperal fever. The Hungar...

The Boys of Kranichsee

New teacher Heider takes up his post with great enthusiasm. His unconventional ideas meet with incomprehension...

The Donkey, The Table and The Stick

A tailor sends his sons away. They each learn a trade and receive a special gift from their teacher.