Direction: Christian Schwochow
The best movies, series, and documentaries directed by Christian Schwochow. Explore exceptional titles that showcase a unique filmmaking vision.
Cracks in the Shell
2011 · Movie · 113 min. · Germany
Direction Christian Schwochow
Cast Stine Fischer Christensen · Ulrich Noethen · Anna Maria Mühe · Dagmar Manzel
Plot Fine suffers from not being seen but she also does her best at not being noticed, even though she is an acting student. At night, when her mentally handicapped sister...
6.9
89 votes
6.9
89 votes
The German Lesson (Deutschstunde)
2019 · Movie · 130 min. · Germany
Direction Christian Schwochow
Cast Ulrich Noethen · Tobias Moretti · Levi Eisenblätter · Tom Gronau
Plot Young Siggi Jepsen is in Germany after the II World War in an institution for difficult to educate young people. He is to write an essay on the subject "The...
6.6
208 votes
6.6
208 votes
Bad Banks (TV Series)
2018 · Series · 52 min. · Germany
Direction Christian Schwochow
Cast Paula Beer · Barry Atsma · Désirée Nosbusch · Albrecht Schuch
Plot TV Series (2018-2020). 2 Seasons. 12 Episodes. Ambitious Jana is confronted with the unscrupulous machinations of the world of finance. Her working life is determined by egotism, the pressure to...
6.3
146 votes
6.3
146 votes
Munich: The Edge of War
2021 · Movie · 123 min. · United Kingdom
Direction Christian Schwochow
Cast George MacKay · Jannis Niewöhner · Jeremy Irons · Alex Jennings
Plot A British diplomat travels to Munich in the run-up to World War II, where a former classmate of his from Oxford is also en route, but is working for the...
6.2
3K votes
6.2
3K votes
Paula
2016 · Movie · 123 min. · Germany
Direction Christian Schwochow
Cast Carla Juri · Albrecht Schuch · Roxane Duran · Joel Basman
Plot This movie, set in the 19th and 20th Century, follows the life of the german artist Paula Modersohn-Becker. It especially focuses on her most productive years in Worpswede (Germany) and...
6.0
499 votes
6.0
499 votes
West
2013 · Movie · 102 min. · Germany
Direction Christian Schwochow
Cast Jördis Triebel · Alexander Scheer · Tristan Göbel · Jacky Ido
5.4
679 votes
5.4
679 votes
A Dangerous Fortune (TV)
2016 · Movie · 180 min. · Germany
Direction Christian Schwochow
Cast Dominic Thorburn · Laura de Boer · Jeanette Hain · Thorsten Merten
Plot A shocking secret behind a young boys death leads to three generations of treachery in this breathtaking saga of love, power and revenge, set amid the wealth and decadence of...
5.0
57 votes
5.0
57 votes
Je Suis Karl
2021 · Movie · 126 min. · Germany
Direction Christian Schwochow
Cast Luna Wedler · Jannis Niewöhner · Edin Hasanovic · Milan Peschel
Plot Maxi, the survivor of a terrorist attack, joins the beguiling student Karl and becomes part of a European youth movement; one that aims for nothing less than seizing power.
4.9
103 votes
4.9
103 votes
Mitten in Deutschland: NSU (TV Miniseries)
2016 · Movie · min. · Germany
Direction Züli Aladag · Florian Micoud Cossen · Christian Schwochow
Cast Anna Maria Mühe · Ben Münchow · Albrecht Schuch · Sebastian Urzendowsky
Plot After German reunification, the neo-Nazi National Socialist Underground begins a killing spree while cops fight an uphill battle to catch them.
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The Tower (TV)
2012 · Movie · 180 min. · Germany
Direction Christian Schwochow
Cast Hans-Uwe Bauer · Klaus Bieligk · Martin Bruchmann · David C. Bunners
Plot A look at Communist East Germany in its final decade. The story unfolds in 1982, when the cracks in the repressive police state's facade are beginning to surface. Despite the...
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November Child
2008 · Movie · 95 min. · Germany
Direction Christian Schwochow
Cast Anna Maria Mühe · Ulrich Matthes · Christine Schorn · Hermann Beyer
Plot Robert (Ulrich Matthes) is a college professor and struggling writer living in Konstanz, a town in Southern Germany. Robert has been working on a novel for years, but beyond a...
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Bornholmer Straße (Bornholmer Strasse)
2014 · Movie · 93 min. · Germany
Direction Christian Schwochow
Cast Charly Hübner · Milan Peschel · Ulrich Matthes · Rainer Bock
Plot A comic look at the fall of the Berlin Wall in November of 1989, told from the point of view of the German border guards at the checkpoint where it...
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