German Cinema

In 1990, to protect his fragile mother from a fatal shock after a long coma, a young man must keep her from learning that her beloved nation of East Germany as she knew it has disappeared.

Maria marries Hermann Braun in the last days of World War II, only for him to go missing in the war. Alone, Maria puts to use her beauty and ambition in order to find prosperity during Germany's "economic miracle" of the 1950s.

Two terminally ill patients escape from a hospital, steal a car and rush towards the sea.

With the intention to break free from the strict familial restrictions, a suicidal young woman sets up a marriage of convenience with a forty-year-old addict, an act that will lead to an outburst of envious love.

A Turkish man travels to Istanbul to find the daughter of his father's former girlfriend.

A young, insecure teacher embarks on a journey through Europe to Turkey, where he wants to see a woman again whom he believes to be his fate.

Umay is a young woman of Turkish descent, fighting for an independent and self-determined life in Germany against her family's resistance. Her struggle initiates a dynamic that results in a life-threatening situation.

Traudl Junge, the final secretary for Adolf Hitler, tells of the Nazi dictator's final days in his Berlin bunker at the end of WWII.

When the police in a German city are unable to catch a child-murderer, other criminals join in the manhunt.

A German U-boat stalks the frigid waters of the North Atlantic as its young crew experience the sheer terror and claustrophobic life of a submariner in World War II.

Three activists cobble together a kidnapping plot after they encounter a businessman in his home.

An aging doorman is forced to face the scorn of his friends, neighbors and society after being fired from his prestigious job at a luxurious hotel.

Vampire Count Orlok expresses interest in a new residence and real estate agent Hutter's wife.

Strange events happen in a small village in the north of Germany during the years before World War I, which seem to be ritual punishment. Who is responsible?

Two violent young men take a mother, father, and son hostage in their vacation cabin and force them to play sadistic "games" with one another for their own amusement.

A dramatization of the final days of Sophie Scholl, one of the most famous members of the German World War II anti-Nazi resistance movement, The White Rose.

Five friends go out to war and promise each other to be back for Christmas.

A lonely widow meets a much younger Moroccan worker in a bar during a rainstorm. They fall in love, to their own surprise and to the outright shock of their families, colleagues, and drinking buddies.

After a flirtation in a store looking for the imposter Frank is taken and to be behind bars. Free again, he tries to earn money in an honest way. One day, he meets the woman from the store again. For her he would do anything. That she works as a prostitute does not bother him. Soon, Frank can not help but return to his old ways and loses more and more its sense of reality.

A look at Germany's terrorist group, The Red Army Faction (RAF), which organized bombings, robberies, kidnappings, and assassinations in the late 1960s and '70s.

An aimless university dropout attempts to make sense of life as he spends one fateful day wandering the streets of Berlin.

For two weeks, 20 male participants are hired to play prisoners and guards in a prison. The "prisoners" have to follow seemingly mild rules, and the "guards" are told to retain order without using physical violence.

Friedrich's boxing skills gets him in an elite Nazi high school in a castle in 1942. He enrolls against his dad's wish as it promises a brighter future. It's not what he expected.

After a botched money delivery, Lola has 20 minutes to come up with 100,000 Deutschmarks.

The story of the Operation Bernhard, the largest counterfeiting operation in history, carried out by Germany during World War II.