Walter Franck

The Rothschilds

Biopic about the Rothschilds, a Jewish family whose members rose to the top of the European banking community d...

Bismarck

A biographical film of Otto von Bismarck, the Prime Minister of Prussia, and how he and his policies - includin...

Stronger Than Paragraphs

Renate Hubricht finds her uncle, the money broker Theodor Hubricht, murdered in his villa. That very night, the...

Between Hamburg and Haiti

A successful German overseas merchant with a plantation in Haiti is looking for a suitable wife in Hamburg and...

The Island

A case of espionage in high society: To save the reputation of his county, a diplomat voluntarily takes his own...

The Kaiser of California

The film follows the life story of Johann Augustus Suter, the owner of Sutter's Mill, famous as the birthplace...

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...

The Deruga Case

The physician Dr. Deruga is suspected of having poisoned his wife out of greed. She died after naming Deruga, p...

Friedrich Schiller – The Triumph of a Genius

The young Schiller, whose heart and soul are writing and poetry, is forced into the military academy (the pride...

Master of the World

A German scientist designs and builds a machine that will do dangerous work instead of placing humans in jeopar...

The Mountain Calls

The Italian mountaineer Carel wants to be the first man to stand on the top of the Matterhorn. Since the climb...

Kautschuk

About how the British broke the Brazilian monopoly on natural rubber. The storyline suggests a complex relation...

Dreams of Death

Strange things begin to happen to a student when he rents a room once belonging to the poet ETA Hoffmann.

The Years Pass

The successful shipowner Georg Behrendsen and his wife Irene are coming from South America to Germany for busin...

The Governor

In an imaginary Scandinavian country, an ambitious radical buys an indebted estate in order to become a member...

The Young Lady of Barnhelm

During the Seven Years' War, Prussian Major von Tellheim sacrifices his own fortune to save a Saxon estate from...

Alarm at Station III

During the Prohibition the US government has been just as successful at stopping drinking as they have been in...

Streak of Steel

Racing driver Michael Tetjus returns from America to Berlin having broken a world record. His relationship with...

Eskapade

K – Das Haus des Schweigens

Heimweh

Christof Peleikis is a seasoned sailor who once served as a helmsman on many ships. Since having a wife and chi...

Strong Hearts in the Storm

On the eve of the Russian Revolution, a performance of "Tosca" is taking place at the opera house. The artists...