Cast: Rolf Ludwig

Direction Heiner Carow

Cast Angelica Domröse · Winfried Glatzeder · Heidemarie Wenzel · Fred Delmare

Synopsis The Legend of Paul and Paula (1973) follows the story of two individuals, Paul and Paula, who have both faced heartache in their romantic lives. Paul, despite his financial stability, has grown distant from his wife, while Paula struggles to...

Direction Siegfried Hartmann

Cast Rolf Ludwig · Heinz Schubert · Rolf Defrank

Synopsis Das Feuerzeug (1959) follows the journey of a young soldier who stumbles upon a hidden treasure in the hollow of an ancient oak tree. The treasure consists of three chests filled with copper, silver, and gold, along with an old...

Direction Wolf-Dieter Panse

Cast Jürgen Reuter · Christine Schorn · Wolfgang Dehler · Irma Münch

Direction Egon Günther

Cast Lilli Palmer · Martin Hellberg · Rolf Ludwig · Hilmar Baumann

Synopsis Lotte in Weimar (1975) is a cinematic adaptation of Thomas Mann's novel that delves into the life of Charlotte Kestner, the inspiration behind the character Lotte in Goethe's famous work, "The Sorrows of Young Werther." The story unfolds as 44-year-old...

Direction Slatan Dudow

Cast Rolf Ludwig · Erwin Geschonneck · Else Wolz · Christel Bodenstein

Synopsis The Captain from Cologne (1956) follows the story of Hans Albert Hauptmann, an unemployed waiter who stumbles upon a gathering of former Wehrmacht soldiers in Cologne, West Germany. Mistaken for a high-ranking Nazi officer believed to have returned from exile...

Direction Horst Seemann

Cast Erwin Geschonneck · Katja Paryla · Christian Grashof · Ilonka Ilieva

Synopsis Levins Mühle (1980) is set in a small village in West Prussia during the 1870s, where a diverse community of Germans, Poles, Gypsies, and Jews coexist. The story revolves around Johann, a wealthy mill owner, and Levin, a Jewish man...

Direction Gerhard Klein

Cast Hannjo Hasse · Christoph Beyertt · Wolfgang Kalweit · Georg Leopold

Synopsis Der Fall Gleiwitz (1961) recounts the events surrounding the infamous "Gleiwitz incident" on the evening of August 31, 1939. This film delves into the covert operation orchestrated by Alfred Naujocks, acting under the orders of Reinhard Heydrich. The narrative unfolds...

Direction Egon Günther

Cast Rolf Ludwig · Andreas Kaden · Katharina Lind · Jan Spitzer

Synopsis Abschied (1968) unfolds in August 1914, as public enthusiasm for the impending war reaches a fever pitch. Hans Gastl, a 17-year-old from a Munich bourgeois family, makes a pivotal decision: he will not participate in the war. This choice marks...

Direction Egon Günther

Cast Jutta Hoffmann · Barbara Dittus · Rolf Ludwig · Armin Mueller-Stahl

Direction Bernhard Wicki

Cast Fred Düren · Klaus Schwarzkopf · Jörg Gudzuhn · Rolf Hoppe

Direction Michael Kann

Cast Marc Lubosch · Jens Müller · Gert Gütschow · Berthold Schulze

Direction Klaus Gendries

Cast Ursula Karusseit · Dieter Franke · Sybille Winkler · Henry Hübchen

Direction Helmut Schiemann

Cast Josef Karlík · Jutta Wachowiak · Chewel Buzgan · Günter Naumann

Direction Günter Reisch

Cast Horst Schulze · Lyudmila Kasyanova · Ute Illmann · Lutz Fremde

Synopsis Trotz alledem! (1972) is a historical drama that cleverly masks its propagandistic undertones. The film delves into the life of Karl Liebknecht, a prominent German socialist and revolutionary. It serves as a sequel to the 1965 film "Solange Leben in...

Direction Egon Günther

Cast Rolf Ludwig · Franziska Herold · Evelin Dahm · Johanna Möhring

Synopsis Stein (1990) follows the story of a renowned actor, Ernst Stein, who withdrew from the public eye in 1968 as a form of protest against the Soviet invasion of Czechoslovakia. He has since secluded himself in a secluded residence surrounded...

Direction Heiner Carow

Cast Gert Krause-Melzer · Viktor Perevalov · Dorothea Meißner · Norbert Christian

Synopsis The Russians Are Coming (1968) is set in March 1945, where 15-year-old Günter Walcher is still hopeful that the war will conclude with a triumphant victory. During a pursuit for an escaped foreign laborer, Günter demonstrates exceptional tracking skills and...