Direction: Hans-Christian Schmid

The best movies, series, and documentaries directed by Hans-Christian Schmid. Explore exceptional titles that showcase a unique filmmaking vision.


Distant Lights

2003 · Movie · 105 min. · Germany

Direction Hans-Christian Schmid

Cast August Diehl · Herbert Knaup · Julia Krynke · Henry Hübchen

Plot This movie reflects on the situation around the border between Poland and Germany. The fate of many single characters creates a picture of life in this region: Some Russians want...

7.0

133 votes

7.0

133 votes

After Five in the Forest Primeval

1995 · Movie · 99 min. · Germany

Direction Hans-Christian Schmid

Cast Franka Potente · Axel Milberg · Dagmar Manzel · Farina Brock

Plot Anna, 17 years old, is happy to throw her first big birthday party without her parents, but some of her guests are so stoned that they leave a big chaos...

6.8

26 votes

6.8

26 votes

Storm

2009 · Movie · 110 min. · Germany

Direction Hans-Christian Schmid

Cast Kerry Fox · Anamaria Marinca · Stephen Dillane · Rolf Lassgård

Plot Hannah Maynard, prosecutor at the International Criminal Tribunal in The Hague, is leading a trial against Goran Duric, a former commander of the Yugoslavian National Army. He is accused of...

6.5

72 votes

6.5

72 votes

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1998 · Movie · 99 min. · Germany

Direction Hans-Christian Schmid

Cast August Diehl · Fabián Busch · Dieter Landuris · Jan Gregor Kremp

Plot The movie's plot is based on the true story of a group of young computer hackers from Hannover, Germany. In the late 1980s the orphaned Karl Koch invests his heritage...

6.1

375 votes

6.1

375 votes

Crazy

2000 · Movie · 97 min. · Germany

6.1

105 votes

6.1

105 votes

Home for the Weekend

2012 · Movie · 85 min. · Germany

Direction Hans-Christian Schmid

Cast Lars Eidinger · Corinna Harfouch · Sebastian Zimmler · Ernst Stötzner

Plot An absorbingly detailed snapshot of a troubled family, Home For the Weekend (Was Bleibt) is distinguished by the smart psychological observation of Bernd Lange’s screenplay and the precision and restraint...

5.7

189 votes

5.7

189 votes

Requiem

2006 · Movie · 93 min. · Germany

Direction Hans-Christian Schmid

Cast Sandra Hüller · Burghart Klaußner · Imogen Kogge · Anna Blomeier

Plot An epileptic girl suffers a breakdown during her first year at university, then decides to seek help from a priest in battling the troubles associated with her strict upbringing. The...

5.4

2K votes

5.4

2K votes

We Are Next of Kin

2022 · Movie · 118 min. · Germany

Direction Hans-Christian Schmid

Cast Claude Heinrich · Adina Vetter · Justus von Dohnanyi · Hans Löw

Plot It follows the kidnapping of political activist father Jan Philipp Reetsma.

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Das Verschwinden (TV Miniseries)

2017 · Movie · 360 min. · Germany

Direction Hans-Christian Schmid

Cast Julia Jentsch · Johanna Ingelfinger · Saskia Rosendahl · Elisa Schlott

Plot 20-year-old Janine Grabowski disappears in a small Bavarian town near the Czech border. While all evidence indicates that Janine secretly wanted to leave the backcountry, her mother, Michelle, becomes increasingly...

Not rated

Not rated