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1. Blaulicht (1959–1968)
Crime
Depicts the assignments of the Volkspolizei or VoPo, the national police force of the German Democratic Republic (East Germany).
Stars: Alexander Papendiek, Horst Torka, Bruno Carstens, Werner Senftleben
Votes: 8
2. Wolf unter Wölfen (1964– )
Drama
Stars: Armin Mueller-Stahl, Wolfgang Langhoff, Herbert Köfer, Walter Niklaus
Votes: 37
3. Die Mutter und das Schweigen (1965 TV Movie)
172 min | Drama
Director: Wolfgang Luderer | Stars: Erika Dunkelmann, Helga Göring, Ruth-Maria Kemper, Angela Brunner
Votes: 8
4. Dr. Schlüter (1965–1966)
475 min | Drama, War
Stars: Otto Mellies, Hans-Peter Minetti, Günther Grabbert, Larisa Luzhina
Votes: 16
5. Die Unbesiegbaren (1953)
107 min | Biography, Drama
Director: Arthur Pohl | Stars: Alice Treff, Willy A. Kleinau, Tamara Osske, Werner Peters
Votes: 18
6. Jeder stirbt für sich allein (1970– )
307 min | Drama, War
A German couple start a silent campaign against Hitler's dictatorial reign after the loss of their only son at the front
Stars: Erwin Geschonneck, Elsa Grube-Deister, Christine Schorn, Friedrich Richter
Votes: 16
7. Wenn der junge Wein blüht (1943)
80 min
Wilhelm disapproves but his wife Elisa arranges marriages for their daughters resulting in Marna divorcing her unloved husband. Wilhelm's own efforts succeed in easing the way for all three girls finding and marrying their true soul mates.
Director: Fritz Kirchhoff | Stars: Henny Porten, Otto Gebühr, René Deltgen, Marina von Ditmar
Votes: 15
8. Die fromme Lüge (1938)
80 min | Drama
Vehicle for Pola Negri as a self sacrificing married woman.
Director: Nunzio Malasomma | Stars: Pola Negri, Hermann Braun, Herbert Hübner, Harald Paulsen
Votes: 9
9. The Survivor (1961 TV Movie)
70 min | Drama, War
Director: Kurt Jung-Alsen | Stars: Garfield Morgan, John Rees, Andrew Ray, Lawrence Davidson
Votes: 14
10. Gewissen in Aufruhr (1961– )
Drama, War
Stars: Erwin Geschonneck, Inge Keller, Harry Hindemith, Ruth Kommerell
Votes: 35
11. Krupp und Krause (1969– )
458 min | Biography, Drama
Stars: Günther Simon, Rudolf Ulrich, Herwart Grosse, Kurt Müller-Reitzner
Votes: 20
12. Solange Leben in mir ist (1965)
114 min | Biography, Drama, War
The biography of the German socialistic politician Karl Liebknecht and his fight against World War I.
Director: Günter Reisch | Stars: Horst Schulze, Lyudmila Kasyanova, Rita Krips, Mikhail Ulyanov
Votes: 43
13. Die Jungfern vom Bischofsberg (1943)
95 min | Comedy, Romance
Germany at the turn of the century: Aunt Emilie looks after her four nieces. The oldest of them fell in love with a ship doctor and went to South Africa.
Director: Peter Paul Brauer | Stars: Günther Ballier, Hans Brausewetter, Lina Carstens, Käthe Dyckhoff
Votes: 9
14. Kleiner Mann - was nun? (1967 TV Movie)
220 min | Drama
Director: Hans-Joachim Kasprzik | Stars: Arno Wyzniewski, Inge Keller, Jutta Hoffmann, Kaspar Eichel
Votes: 26
15. Ich bin gleich wieder da (1939)
89 min
Undergraduate Nik just wanted to get cigarettes when he is pulled into a series of events over the course of one night. Also during this night he meets three interesting women - whom will he end up with?
Director: Peter Paul Brauer | Stars: Paul Klinger, Mady Rahl, Ursula Grabley, Jessie Vihrog
Votes: 6
16. Der Untertan (1951)
109 min | Comedy, Drama
Diederich Heßling is scared of everything and everyone. But as he grows up, he comes to realize that he has to offer his services to the powers-that-be if he wants to wield power himself. ... See full summary »
Director: Wolfgang Staudte | Stars: Werner Peters, Paul Esser, Renate Fischer, Ernst Legal
Votes: 946
17. Ich - Axel Caesar Springer (1968– )
120 min | Biography, History
Stars: Horst Drinda, Heinz Scholz, Otto Mellies, Irma Münch
Votes: 10
18. Christine (1963)
106 min | Comedy, Drama
Christine is a young farm worker in a small village in post-war Germany. Her attempts to improve her situation through further education are hampered by frequent pregnancies arising from ill-fated relationships.
Director: Slatan Dudow | Stars: Annette Roth, Günther Haack, Horst Schulze, Armin Mueller-Stahl
Votes: 17
19. When Women Keep Silent (1937)
Approved | 78 min
Curt serenades his wife Charlott from the garden without her recognizing him. When she later doesn't refer to the incident he assumes that she is falling for the 'unknown' suitor and deliberately puts a notorious womanizer on her trail.
Director: Fritz Kirchhoff | Stars: Johannes Heesters, Hansi Knoteck, Friedrich Kramer, Fita Benkhoff
Votes: 14
20. Two Merry Adventurers (1937)
Passed | 116 min | Comedy, Crime, Romance
Hans Albers and Heinz Rühmann play two confidence tricksters. They manage to stop a night train for nefarious purposes, and impersonate Sherlock Holmes and Dr Watson. Romantic involvement ... See full summary »
Director: Karl Hartl | Stars: Hans Albers, Heinz Rühmann, Marieluise Claudius, Hansi Knoteck
Votes: 953
21. Grossalarm (1938)
92 min | Crime
Director: Georg Jacoby | Stars: Ursula Grabley, Paul Klinger, Lina Carstens, Elsa Wagner
Votes: 13
22. Tod in der Kurve (1971 TV Movie)
80 min | Crime
Director: Gerhard Respondek | Stars: Renate von Wangenheim, Alfred Müller, Cox Habbema, Jürgen Hentsch
Votes: 7
23. Love and the First Railroad (1934)
A country postmaster and stagecoach operator in 1838 is wary about his daughter's involvement with a construction foreman building the first German railroad there.
Directors: Hasso Preiß, Robert Neppach | Stars: Jakob Tiedtke, Ida Wüst, Karin Hardt, Hans Schlenck
Votes: 12
24. Großstadtmelodie (1943)
107 min | Drama, Musical
A passionate provincial photographer's rare photo is put on cover of famous journal. Hopeful, she goes to Berlin, for fame, but it eludes her. She finally gets it, and almost her man, to part ways, as he has only time for work, not love.
Director: Wolfgang Liebeneiner | Stars: Hilde Krahl, Werner Hinz, Karl John, Paul Henckels
Votes: 46
25. Der Teufelskreis (1956)
103 min
Shortly after Adolf Hitler was appointed chancellor at the beginning of 1933, preparations were made to silence the Socialist and Communist parties.
Director: Carl Balhaus | Stars: Jochen Brockmann, Kurt Steingraf, Erika Dunkelmann, Horst Naumann
Votes: 17
26. Tango Notturno (1937)
88 min | Drama
A famed composer has to prove his innocence, when his wife who has mysteriously disappeared is shot one day on the street.
Director: Fritz Kirchhoff | Stars: Pola Negri, Albrecht Schoenhals, Waldemar Leitgeb, Elisabeth Flickenschildt
Votes: 25
27. Nebel (1963)
97 min | Crime
In Rocksmouth, England, a German appears who is supposed to dig up a wreck on behalf of NATO, which wants to build a naval base here. This wreck is not only associated with terrible ... See full summary »
Director: Joachim Hasler | Stars: Werner Lierck, Eberhard Esche, Doris Weikow, Helmut Schreiber
Votes: 15
28. Pipin, der Kurze (1934)
75 min | Comedy
August Pipin is a very reliable and loyal cashier who is always level-headed, no matter which trouble faces him. One day that suddenly changes and a fiasco breaks loose.
Director: Carl Heinz Wolff | Stars: Heinz Rühmann, Charlotte Serda, Paul Heidemann, Hans Junkermann
Votes: 26
29. Das Feuerzeug (1959)
83 min | Drama, Fantasy
There lived a soldier. He served the king and is now returning home. Once he met an old witch on the way, who promised him mountains of money in exchange for the fact that he would get her an old tinderbox.
Director: Siegfried Hartmann | Stars: Rolf Ludwig, Heinz Schubert, Rolf Defrank, Hannes Fischer
Votes: 300
30. I Sing Myself Into Thy Heart (1934)
A son learns his father has been tricked by two schemers into investing in a fake boxing training camp.
Director: Fritz Kampers | Stars: Hans von Zedlitz, Hans Söhnker, Max Gülstorff, Lien Deyers
Votes: 9
31. Die Frauen des Herrn S. (1951)
95 min | Comedy
Director: Paul Martin | Stars: Sonja Ziemann, Paul Hörbiger, Loni Heuser, Oskar Sima
Votes: 16
32. Gejagt bis zum Morgen (1957)
81 min | Drama, Thriller
Fate of a working-class family on the threshold of the 20th century. After her husband died at work, Martha Kurda was left alone with two children. Thirteen-year-old Ludwig becomes the breadwinner of the family.
Director: Joachim Hasler | Stars: Manja Behrens, Raimund Schelcher, Siegfried Schürenberg, Annemarie Hase
Votes: 6
33. Der Prozeß wird vertagt (1958)
97 min | Drama
Director: Herbert Ballmann | Stars: Raimund Schelcher, Gisela Uhlen, Gerhard Bienert, Gerry Wolff
Votes: 13
34. Police Call 110 (1971– )
TV-14 | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Alexander Bukow is a cop who doesn't mind working at the edge of the law to get results. His straight-laced partner Katrin Koenig is a control freak whose life is the job. Together, they're... See full summary »
Stars: Peter Borgelt, Jürgen Frohriep, Wolfgang Winkler, Jaecki Schwarz
Votes: 572
35. Verwirrung der Liebe (1959)
105 min | Comedy, Romance
Slatan Dudow's best-known and last completed film, a big-budget production featuring Angelica Domroese (of later The Legend of Paul and Paula fame), Annekatrin Bürger and Willi Schrade. The... See full summary »
Director: Slatan Dudow | Stars: Annekathrin Bürger, Angelica Domröse, Willi Schrade, Stefan Lisewski
Votes: 26
36. The Higher Command (1935)
93 min | Drama
A Prussian commander disobeys orders and goes to find a British envoy who can negotiate a pact with Austria to help fight off Napoleon in 1806.
Director: Gerhard Lamprecht | Stars: Lil Dagover, Karl Ludwig Diehl, Heli Finkenzeller, Friedrich Kayßler
Votes: 14
37. Karriere in Paris (1952)
96 min | Drama
Frankreich um 1820. Den mittellosen Landedelmann Rastignac zieht es zum Studieren nach Paris, wo er in einer armseligen Pension Quartier macht. Dort ist auch Vater Goriot untergekommen, den... See full summary »
Directors: Georg C. Klaren, Hans-Georg Rudolph | Stars: Günther Ballier, Helmut Bautzmann, Richard Bellach, Herbert Bendey
Votes: 9
38. Familie Benthin (1950)
98 min | Crime, Drama
Directors: Slatan Dudow, Richard Groschopp, Kurt Maetzig | Stars: Maly Delschaft, Charlotte Ander, Hans-Georg Rudolph, Werner Pledath
Votes: 19
39. Die Rothschilds (1940)
97 min | Biography, Drama
Anti-semitic Nazi propaganda "biography" of the Rothschilds, a German Jewish family whose members rose to the top of the European banking community during the Napoleonic era.
Director: Erich Waschneck | Stars: Erich Ponto, Carl Kuhlmann, Albert Lippert, Ludwig Linkmann
Votes: 1,669
40. La Habanera (1937)
98 min | Drama
Trapped in Puerto Rico, a beautiful young Swede is torn between her passionate, but mildly abusive Caribbean oligarch husband and her longing for her European homeland.
Director: Douglas Sirk | Stars: Zarah Leander, Julia Serda, Ferdinand Marian, Karl Martell
Votes: 637
41. Der grüne Kaiser (1939)
88 min | Crime, Drama
From a real story about a Belgian banker who disappeared from his plane across the English Channel, the plot centers on a pilot sentenced for murdering his boss, when that man had vanished during a flight.
Director: Paul Mundorf | Stars: Gustav Diessl, Carola Höhn, René Deltgen, Ellen Bang
Votes: 8
42. Three Non-Coms (1939)
90 min | Drama
One of three military warrant officer comrades falls for a young actress but his friends rescue him from neglecting his larger duty, to serve his country on the verge of war.
Director: Werner Hochbaum | Stars: Albert Hehn, Fritz Genschow, Wilhelm König, Wilhelm Althaus
Votes: 22
43. Hände hoch oder ich schieße (1966)
75 min | Comedy
Director: Hans-Joachim Kasprzik | Stars: Rolf Herricht, Agnes Kraus, Charlotte Küter, Evelyn Cron
Votes: 58
44. Das Hofkonzert (1936)
85 min | Comedy, Romance
To Immendingen Principality travels Christine Holm, daughter of a singer, to find her unknown father. The Prince is awaiting a replacement singer for the annual concert. Chistine meets ... See full summary »
Director: Douglas Sirk | Stars: Mártha Eggerth, Johannes Heesters, Kurt Meisel, Herbert Hübner
Votes: 237
45. My Friend Barbara (1937)
80 min | Comedy
Barbara's family is poor and she needs to come up with a way to pay the gas bill. At her job in a cinema she listens to the conversation of a cheating wife and her affair. Barbara offers ... See full summary »
Director: Fritz Kirchhoff | Stars: Grethe Weiser, Paul Hoffmann, Elisabeth Ried, Frank Zimmermann
Votes: 47
46. Was bin ich ohne Dich (1934)
80 min | Comedy, Musical
A struggling composer gets one of his pieces into a film program and his wife captures the lead part in the production as well.
Director: Arthur Maria Rabenalt | Stars: Wolfgang Liebeneiner, Betty Bird, Olga Tschechowa, Paul Westermeier
Votes: 16
47. Der Fackelträger (1957)
82 min | Drama
Director: Johannes Knittel | Stars: Hermann Kiessner, Loni Michelis, Friedrich Gnaß, Harry Hindemith
Votes: 9
48. Anschlag auf Baku (1942)
91 min
Competition between the British and the Germans to help the Russians with oil fields around Baku, after the Great War.
Director: Fritz Kirchhoff | Stars: Boris Alekin, Günther Ballier, Paul Bildt, Otto Braml
Votes: 15
49. Effi Briest (1970 TV Movie)
125 min | Drama
In the nineteenth century, seventeen year old Effi Briest is married to the older Baron von Instetten and moves into a house i that she believes has a ghost.
Director: Wolfgang Luderer | Stars: Angelica Domröse, Horst Schulze, Dietrich Körner, Gerhard Bienert
Votes: 66
50. Emilia Galotti (1958)
98 min | Drama, History, Romance
The lecherous, tyrannical prince of Guastalla falls in love with Emilia, the daughter of colonel Odoardo Galotti. He dispatches his chamberlain Marinelli to convey her to him and obstruct ... See full summary »
Director: Martin Hellberg | Stars: Karin Hübner, Hans-Peter Thielen, Gisela Uhlen, E.O. Fuhrmann
Votes: 25