Vera Oelschlegel

Ein Kessel Buntes

The show was meant to compete with those on West German television. To this end it was fairly successful even a...

Auf eigene Gefahr

Frozen Flashes

In November of 1939, the British consulate in Norway receives documents saying that the Nazis are conducting se...

The Silent Star

A mysterious magnetic spool found during a construction project is discovered to have originated from Venus. A...

Scorpion Hour

In the 21st century, a global socialist security organization is concerned over a new energy source, of possibl...

Brennende Ruhr

The events during the Kapp-Putsch 1920 in a small German town in the Ruhr district. The main protagonist is Ern...

Das letzte Wort

The starting point of the story is a scandalous affair that took place in West Germany at the end of the 1950s....

Pinocchio

The puppet boy Turli, who was only recently been carved from wood by the toymaker Kasimir, suddenly springs to...

Der Dieb von San Marengo

In San Marengo, master thief Cesare Giovanini’s heists leave local merchants profiting from hefty insurance cla...

The Naked Man on the Sports Field

Kemmel, a sculptor with a troubled nature, wonders, as he approaches his fortieth birthday, whether he has crea...

The Punch Bowl

It is the 65th birthday of Wilhelm Lehmann, foreman of a chemical company. All members of the large family are...

Sleeping Beauty

On the occasion of their daughter's birth, the king and queen give a lavish feast. Among the guests are twelve...

The Boss Will Be Here at Noon

A dead body is found in a burning car on the Berlin-Leipzig highway. The police investigate: Murder. Objects fo...

Tote reden nicht

After Elmers, the head of the publishing house, is reported missing, his son-in-law Jürgen Brandt is targeted b...

Der kleine Kuno

What do grown-ups actually do at night? Little Kuno has been asking himself this question a lot lately. One day...

Black Velvet

Stasi agent Alexander Berg has to uncover a plot of sabotage.

Klotz am Bein

The construction of five houses for a workers' housing cooperative has been delayed due to a shortage of worker...

Ist‌anbul – Masche

What the trick and illusion artists Lina and Richard Kortmann have to offer their audience is by no means sensa...

Carl von Ossietzky

The film chronicles the last ten years in the life of Nobel Peace Prize recipient Carl von Ossietzky (1889-1938...

Schlafwagen Paris-München

The Paris-Munich overnight express becomes the scene of an unusual crime. Private detective Frank Winter is ass...

Treasure on the Bottom of the Lake

A young boy Jampoll is spending the summer in his grandfather village where he fights criminals using his frien...

Defa 70

Test film for a 70mm film stock produced in East Germany.

Treffpunkt Genf

The East German scientist Professor Gerlach has made a significant discovery with his research into how a new,...

In Love and Previously Convicted

The young architect Hannelore becomes part of the all-male brigade Fröhlich whose members are supposed to build...

Der rote Reiter

In 1920, Michael, the son of a German laboring man, decides to travel to Russia. As "red horseman" he wants to...