Tunnel-Child

Tunnel-Child 1990

1

1969. The Prague Spring has been demolished. New barbed wire installations have been erected. Julia, who is thirteen, has moved with her mother to a village in northern Austria which lies on the Czech border. Julia has not spoken since her father's death. Her isolation increases in the village where she is an outsider. Provoked into proving her courage by some young villagers, she walks into no-man's land. She discovers a forgotten tunnel which leads to a construction site on the Czech side of the border. Julia makes the acquaintance of Roland, a forty-five-year-old surveyor, on "the other side". An ambivalent father-daughter relationship develops between them. Roman is the only one to whom she confides the secret of her border crossings. Due to his affection for her, she regains her ability to speak. And she starts to feel at ease with Alexander, who is her age. Roman makes new plans at Julia's urging. The insurmountable border foritfications will remain vulnerable . . .

1990

Memelland

Memelland 2008

1

Documentary about the region next to the river Memel.

2008

Mother Hulda

Mother Hulda 1977

5.50

Short film bases on German fairy tale.

1977

Europa

Europa 1991

7.35

Just after World War II, an American takes a railway job in Germany, but finds his position politically sensitive with various people trying to use him.

1991

Heimat

Heimat 2021

1

Loona is sent to Wießnitz, an East German hotbed for militant hooligans and extremist propaganda. She is supposed to spy on her estranged brother.

2021

Horst Schlämmer sucht das Glück

Horst Schlämmer sucht das Glück 2026

1

Horst Schlämmer is back—and he's fed up. People all over Germany are in a bad mood. So he leaves Grevenbroich and sets off in search of happiness. It must be somewhere!

2026

Swedish Girl

Swedish Girl 1955

1

Britta is the foster daughter of Professor Rydberg. The last 13 years she has lived with him and his son Sven. She and Sven are closely not only at the siblings' way. They are engaged.

1955

Fires of Love

Fires of Love 1925

1

In a small town, the dancer Inge Maria Torselli is very popular with the theater audience. Her father is a ballet master and trained her. Lieutenant Count von Arenheim falls in love with her. But his childhood friend Harald von Bodenstein is also at her feet. The lieutenant asks the father for his daughter's hand in marriage and in order to be able to get married, he applies for his release from the military. His superiors and his mother have certain prejudices against the dancer for whom the lieutenant wants to sacrifice his career. Meanwhile, his old friend Harald tries to forget his grief that Inge didn't choose him. The lieutenant's mother sets the condition that the dancer gives up the stage forever. (Bundesarchiv)

1925

Winter Hunt

Winter Hunt 2019

6.70

On a cold, wintry night, Lena shows up on the doorstep of the Rossberg family mansion. She claims her car has broken down, but her arrival is intentional. Lena is in pursuit of Anselm Rossberg, an aged Auschwitz guard who lives with his daughter, Maria. Anselm and Maria both deny Anselm's past, but Lena is determined to get him to confess, even as her own weapon is turned on her and she is forced into a moral dilemma.

2019

Lebendkontrolle

Lebendkontrolle 2010

1

On the day of his "exit", inmate Mark does his cellmate Boxer the friendly service of delivering his daughter's last savings. However, Mark gets into trouble due to the morally incorrect behavior of others, from which he is unable to wriggle out.

2010

A Stork's Journey

A Stork's Journey 2017

6.00

Orphaned at birth and raised by storks, teenage sparrow Richard believes he is one of them. But when time comes to migrate to Africa, his stork family is forced to reveal his true identity and leave him behind in the forest, since he is not a migratory bird and would not survive the journey. Determined to prove he is a stork after all, Richard ventures south on his own. But only with the help of Olga, an eccentric owl with an imaginary friend and Kiki, a narcissistic, disco-singing parakeet, does he stand a chance to reach his goal and learn to accept who he really is.

2017

You & I

You & I 2014

6.68

Summer in Berlin. Jonas is planning a trip through the little known area of the Uckermark in preparation for a photography project. He invites his best friend, Phillip, to come along. When they pick up a hitchhiker named Boris, the friendship of the two starts to fray. Maybe three’s a crowd after all? By the end of the summer, things between Jonas and Phillip won’t ever be the same again.

2014

Vexier

Vexier 2024

1

Lea's attempt to free herself from her toxic partner turns into a brutal act of strength as he does everything he can to prevent her escape.

2024

Fremdgehen

Fremdgehen 2010

2.33

The married lawyer Nikolas Merz has a relationship with the Turkish Meryem, who works in his office as a cleaning lady. One day he leaves his wife Lilith for Meryem. But she is afraid that her husband Rohad would kidnap their son Baran to Turkey in the case and does not want to leave him. After Rohad has come behind the affair and threatens Nikolas, she leaves him. When Meryem miscarries and has to go to the hospital, she does not reach Nikolas and calls Rohad for help. So both men meet each other in the clinic. On the way back Rohad stops, pulls Nikolas out of the car and hits him to the ground. Nikolas then kills Rohad with a stone he picked up from the ground. Nikolas reports the incident to the police and waits for his arrest in the house with Lilith, whom he has since moved closer to. Both dream while waiting for a trip. Meanwhile, the police drive

2010

The NeverEnding Story III

The NeverEnding Story III 1994

4.48

A young boy must restore order when a group of bullies steal the magical book that acts as a portal between Earth and the imaginary world of Fantasia.

1994

In Times of Fading Light

In Times of Fading Light 2017

6.61

Just before the fall of the Berlin Wall, the birthday celebrations of an East German family turn into a tragicomical moment of political and personal breakdown.

2017

Harakiri

Harakiri 1919

5.80

The daughter of a daimyo, one forced to commit harakiri to secure her a future to choose her own destiny, falls in love with and marries a European officer. The officer returns to Europe but promises to come back for her and his new child, but when he comes back to Japan, he brings his European wife.

1919

Fridericus

Fridericus 1937

5.00

In 18th century Europe, King Friedrich II of Prussia leads his army through the seven-years-war with neighboring states, and after numerous near defeats, eventually brings a victorious army back to Berlin.

1937

Schluss mit Schulden

Schluss mit Schulden 2022

1

More and more people in Austria are currently slipping into financial difficulties. Once you've fallen into the debt trap, it often seems impossible to get out. The retired chief of the Viennese financial police, Franz Kurz, has set himself the task of protecting people from injustice and showing them possible ways out of their misery.

2022