Direction: Günter Reisch

The best movies, series, and documentaries directed by Günter Reisch. Explore exceptional titles that showcase a unique filmmaking vision.


The Sailor's Song

1958 · Movie · 126 min. · Germany - East Germany (GDR)

Direction Kurt Maetzig · Günter Reisch

Cast Günther Simon · Raimund Schelcher · Ulrich Thein · Rainer Adler

Plot The Russian Revolution is finally triumphant in the Fall of 1917. As soldiers, the engineer Henne Lobke and the stoker Jens Kasten show solidarity with the Russians, eventually disarming their...

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A Lively Christmas Eve

1962 · Movie · 95 min. · Germany - East Germany (GDR)

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Anton the Magician

1978 · Movie · 106 min. · Germany - East Germany (GDR)

Direction Günter Reisch

Cast Ulrich Thein · Anna Dymna · Erwin Geschonneck · Barbara Dittus

Plot Car mechanic Anton Grubske manages to flee from captivity by using his wits. With the same cunning, he succeeds in escaping from a widow who is not only beautiful but...

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Spur in die Nacht

1957 · Movie · 90 min. · Germany - East Germany (GDR)

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Solange Leben in mir ist

1965 · Movie · 114 min. · Germany - East Germany (GDR)

Direction Günter Reisch

Cast Horst Schulze · Lyudmila Kasyanova · Rita Krips · Mikhail Ulyanov

Plot The biography of the German socialistic politician Karl Liebknecht and his fight against World War I.

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Die Verlobte

1980 · Movie · 105 min. · Germany - East Germany (GDR)

Direction Günter Reisch · Günther Rücker

Cast Jutta Wachowiak · Regimantas Adomaitis · Slávka Budínová · Christine Gloger

Plot The wrenching story of a woman sentenced in 1934 to ten years in prison for antifascist activities. The love between her and her fiancée enables her to survive the tribulations...

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Friendship Triumphs

1951 · Documentary · 90 min. · Germany - East Germany (GDR)

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Trotz alledem!

1972 · Movie · 120 min. · Germany - East Germany (GDR)

Direction Günter Reisch

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

Plot Propaganda movie disguised as a history drama about the Life of Karl Liebknecht. This is the follow up to "Solange Leben in mir ist" that the same director shot in...

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