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In 19th century France, Jean Valjean, a man imprisoned for stealing bread, must flee a relentless policeman named Javert. The pursuit consumes both...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Jean Gabin

Popelka, a resourceful and independent young girl, is a servant in her stepmother's house and confides in her closest friend the owl. When she comes...

Genre: Fantasy

Cast: Libuše Šafránková

After returning from a concentration camp, Susanne finds an ex-soldier living in her apartment. Together the two try to move past their experiences...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Hildegard Knef

East Germany 1978. Karoline and Robert, teenagers who used to live in the same house until Robert's family moved, meet again at this year's...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Kareen Schröter

Genre: History

Cast: Karin Hübner

18-year old Georg and 13-year old Barbara have been playing together as children. Play becomes love later, which leads to a catastrophe , as their...

Genre: Romance

Cast: Julia Brendler

In the ruins of post-WWII Berlin, a twelve-year-old boy is left to his own devices in order to help provide for his family.

Genre: Drama

Cast: Edmund Moeschke

Philipp, a closeted teacher, is dating a female colleague to keep up appearances. One night he stumbles into a gay bar and falls for a man....

Genre: Drama

Cast: Matthias Freihof

A young engineer is sent to post-WWII Berlin to help the Americans in spying on the Russians. In a time and place where discretion is still a...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Anthony Hopkins

Sunny is the singer of band trying to establish itself in the music-scene of East-Berlin. They play regular gigs in small towns, but Sunny feels out...

Genre: Music

Cast: Renate Krößner

Hated by her jealous and bloodthirsty stepmother, Snow White flees a murder attempt and seeks shelter in the woods with seven kindly dwarfs. Feeling...

Genre: Fantasy

Cast: Doris Weikow

In the latter half of the 19th century, gold is discovered in the Black Hills, sacred land of the Lakota people. Gold diggers, profiteers and...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Gojko Mitić

Henriette is a princess; she is playing with her ball, but drops it into a well. A talking frog replaces it with a golden ball, on condition that he...

Genre: Fantasy

Cast: Jana Mattukat

In the fall of 1945, nineteen year-old Mark Niebuhr, is accused of murder and is jailed as a prisoner of war in Warsaw, Poland. He maintains his...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Sylvester Groth

In an enchanted forest, the princely brothers Michael and Andreas get lost and are transformed, by a mountain spirit who jealously guards his...

Genre: Fantasy

Cast: Julie Jurištová

Sister Agnes helps in all situations and does not only make friends. She has just fallen out with the new mayor. The consequences leave an entire...

Genre: TV Movie

Cast: Agnes Kraus

Lavish adaptation of Wilhelm Hauff′s fairy tale: Young charburner Peter Munk dreams of joining the upper class. He makes a deal with the...

Genre: Family

Cast: Lutz Moik

The architect Daniel Brenner is in his late thirties when he receives his first challenging and lucrative commission: to design a cultural center for...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Kurt Naumann

In August of 1914, amidst the public ecstasy surrounding the impending war, Hans Gastl, the young son of a Munich bürger, makes a decision: he...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Jan Spitzer

The adventures of Kit Bellew and his friend Shorty during the gold fever at the end of the 19th century.

Genre: Adventure

Cast: Dean Reed