Fritz Schlegel

Carola Lamberti (1954)

Carola has been running the family-owned circus alone since her husband’s death, but she suddenly finds herself at odds with her three adult sons who are also performance artists and want to have a say in how the business is run. The family discord leads Carola to ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hans Müller
CAST:  Henny Porten  •  Horst Naumann  •  Edwin Marian  •  Rüdiger Renn

Carola has been running the family-owned circus alone since her husband’s death, but she suddenly finds herself at odds with her three adult sons who are also performance artists and want to have a say in how the business is run. The family discord leads Carola to ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hans Müller
CAST:  Henny Porten  •  Horst Naumann  •  Edwin Marian  •  Rüdiger Renn

Schneewittchen (1961)

Hated by her jealous and bloodthirsty stepmother, Snow White flees a murder attempt and seeks shelter in the woods with seven kindly dwarfs. Feeling she is safe from harm, Snow White welcomes the disguised queen into her home...with fatal consequences.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Gottfried Kolditz
CAST:  Doris Weikow  •  Marianne Christina Schilling  •  Wolf-Dieter Panse  •  Harry Hindemith

Hated by her jealous and bloodthirsty stepmother, Snow White flees a murder attempt and seeks shelter in the woods with seven kindly dwarfs. Feeling she is safe from harm, Snow White welcomes the disguised queen into her home...with fatal consequences.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Gottfried Kolditz
CAST:  Doris Weikow  •  Marianne Christina Schilling  •  Wolf-Dieter Panse  •  Harry Hindemith

Entlassen auf Bewährung (1965)

After causing a deadly hit-and-run motorcycle accident, Conny Schenk spends two years in prison, where he is able to complete a printing apprenticeship and is released early for good behavior. While he is still on probation, money is stolen at the company where he ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Richard Groschopp
CAST:  Angelica Domröse  •  Heinz Klevenow Jr.  •  Bärbel Bolle  •  Erich Brauer

After causing a deadly hit-and-run motorcycle accident, Conny Schenk spends two years in prison, where he is able to complete a printing apprenticeship and is released early for good behavior. While he is still on probation, money is stolen at the company where he ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Richard Groschopp
CAST:  Angelica Domröse  •  Heinz Klevenow Jr.  •  Bärbel Bolle  •  Erich Brauer

Der Hauptmann von Köln (1956)

Albert Hauptmann is an out of work waiter in Cologne who is often confused with a former Captain of the Nazi Army. Albert uses this to his advantage and becomes the Director of the Montan Corporation, and a member of the West German Parliament. Herr Karjanke, the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Slatan Dudow
CAST:  Rolf Ludwig  •  Erwin Geschonneck  •  Christel Bodenstein  •  Manfred Borges

Albert Hauptmann is an out of work waiter in Cologne who is often confused with a former Captain of the Nazi Army. Albert uses this to his advantage and becomes the Director of the Montan Corporation, and a member of the West German Parliament. Herr Karjanke, the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Slatan Dudow
CAST:  Rolf Ludwig  •  Erwin Geschonneck  •  Christel Bodenstein  •  Manfred Borges

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DIRECTION:  Siegfried Hartmann
CAST:  Kaspar Eichel  •  Karin Ugowski  •  Uwe Detlef Jessen  •  Peter Dommisch

Sun Seekers (1972)

A socialist story of "atoms for peace" and compulsory labor in an East German uranium mine under Soviet control.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Konrad Wolf
CAST:  Agnes Kraus  •  Willi Schrade  •  Erwin Geschonneck  •  Günther Simon

A socialist story of "atoms for peace" and compulsory labor in an East German uranium mine under Soviet control.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Konrad Wolf
CAST:  Agnes Kraus  •  Willi Schrade  •  Erwin Geschonneck  •  Günther Simon

The Tinder Box (1959)

A young soldier discovers three chests of copper, silver and gold and an old tinder-box in the hollow of an old oak tree. He is now rich. But he squanders the money until it is all gone. All he has left is the old tinder-box. He uses it to light a small pipe and ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Siegfried Hartmann
CAST:  Maria Besendahl  •  Senta Bonacker  •  Rolf Defrank  •  Jochen Diestelmann

A young soldier discovers three chests of copper, silver and gold and an old tinder-box in the hollow of an old oak tree. He is now rich. But he squanders the money until it is all gone. All he has left is the old tinder-box. He uses it to light a small pipe and ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Siegfried Hartmann
CAST:  Maria Besendahl  •  Senta Bonacker  •  Rolf Defrank  •  Jochen Diestelmann

52 Weeks Make A Year (1955)

Krestan Serbin, a 64-year-old Sorbian farm-worker, considers himself non-political. He owns a few acres, a few pigs and a cow, and intends to pass all this on to his daughter Lena. Lena, however, shows only little interest. Krestan’s situation becomes more ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Richard Groschopp
CAST:  Lotte Loebinger  •  Kurt Oligmüller  •  Fred Delmare  •  Hans Wehrl

Krestan Serbin, a 64-year-old Sorbian farm-worker, considers himself non-political. He owns a few acres, a few pigs and a cow, and intends to pass all this on to his daughter Lena. Lena, however, shows only little interest. Krestan’s situation becomes more ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Richard Groschopp
CAST:  Lotte Loebinger  •  Kurt Oligmüller  •  Fred Delmare  •  Hans Wehrl

The Mysterious Wreck (1954)

Several children find out what's the matter with a wreck offshore, which puts them into jeopardy.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Herbert Ballmann
CAST:  Günther Rettschlag  •  Kurt Ulrich  •  Wilfried Ortmann  •  Hans-Hasso Steube

Several children find out what's the matter with a wreck offshore, which puts them into jeopardy.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Herbert Ballmann
CAST:  Günther Rettschlag  •  Kurt Ulrich  •  Wilfried Ortmann  •  Hans-Hasso Steube

Der Fremde (1961)

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DIRECTION:  Johannes Arpe
CAST:  Günther Grabbert  •  Harry Hindemith  •  Günther Simon  •  Helga Göring

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DIRECTION:  Johannes Arpe
CAST:  Günther Grabbert  •  Harry Hindemith  •  Günther Simon  •  Helga Göring

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DIRECTION:  Ulrich Thein
CAST:  Erwin Geschonneck  •  Inge Keller  •  Jana Brejchová  •  Armin Mueller-Stahl

Irrlicht und Feuer (1966)

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DIRECTION:  Heinz Thiel  •  Horst E. Brandt
CAST:  Günther Simon  •  Irma Münch  •  Lissy Tempelhof  •  Helga Göring

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DIRECTION:  Heinz Thiel  •  Horst E. Brandt
CAST:  Günther Simon  •  Irma Münch  •  Lissy Tempelhof  •  Helga Göring