With Deutscher Fernsehfunk (DFF) (Sorted by Popularity Ascending)
1. Good Bye Lenin! (2003)
R | 121 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
In 1990, to protect his fragile mother from a fatal shock after a long coma, a young man must keep her from learning that her beloved nation of East Germany as she knew it has disappeared.
Director: Wolfgang Becker | Stars: Daniel Brühl, Katrin Sass, Chulpan Khamatova, Florian Lukas
Votes: 146,199 | Gross: $4.06M
2. 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: 509
3. The Little Mermaid (1976)
84 min | Family, Drama, Romance
The little mermaid rescues a prince from drowning and falls in love with him. To be with him, she makes a deal with the evil sorceress: her beautiful voice against a life on land. It seems ... See full summary »
Director: Karel Kachyna | Stars: Miroslava Safránková, Radovan Lukavský, Petr Svojtka, Libuse Safránková
Votes: 759
4. Three Wishes for Cinderella (1973)
75 min | Drama, Fantasy, Family
Life changes dramatically for a Czech housemaid when the chauffeur gives her three magical hazelnuts.
Director: Václav Vorlícek | Stars: Libuse Safránková, Pavel Trávnícek, Carola Braunbock, Rolf Hoppe
Votes: 9,823
5. Aktenzeichen XY... ungelöst! (1967– )
60 min | Crime, News
With the help of viewers hints,unresolved crimes are to be clarified in public search.Viewers will be presented with unresolved cases in the form of ten-minute cinematic reconstructions in which the police-determined facts are illustrated.
Stars: Peter Nidetzky, Eduard Zimmermann, Michael Brennicke, Rudi Cerne
Votes: 226
6. Secret of the Sahara (1988)
90 min | Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
This mini-series production is about the quest of archaeologist Desmond Jordan to discover the location of the legendary Talking Mountain of the Sahara desert, and find the secret that it hides.
Stars: Michael York, Ben Kingsley, James Farentino, Andie MacDowell
Votes: 682
7. Unser Sandmännchen (1959– )
10 min | Animation, Comedy, Family
The Sandman's everyday life, travels and fantastic adventures. The character often showcased socialist technological achievements, such as the use of awe-inspiring vehicles like futuristic cars and flying devices.
Stars: Sergey Obraztsov, Paul Robeson, Josef Skupa, German Titov
Votes: 153
8. Das Mädchen und der Junge (1982 TV Movie)
75 min | Drama, Romance
Puberty drama about the first love of a 15 year old girl from Berlin.
Director: Wolfgang Hübner | Stars: Birgit Käding, Sven Martinek, Reiner Heise, Katharina Körner
Votes: 18
9. Barfuß ins Bett (1988–1990)
55 min | Drama, Family
Stars: Jörg Panknin, Renate Blume, Gudrun Okras, Andreas Jahnke
Votes: 31
10. Der Staatsanwalt hat das Wort (1965–1991)
75 min | Crime, Drama
Stars: Peter Przybylski, Erhard Köster, Karin Ugowski, Ernst-Georg Schwill
Votes: 18
11. Ein Kolumbus auf der Havel (1978 TV Movie)
78 min | Adventure, Family
An eleven-year old girl goes on a sailing trip with her parents who don't know much about sailing.
Director: Hans Kratzert | Stars: Frank Schulze, Carl-Hermann Risse, Ellen Rappus, Janek Zalaewski
Votes: 15
12. The Yellow One (1964)
118 min | Adventure
When a villain named "the Shoot" terrorizes the constituents of Albanian country, which he rules. Heroic Kara Ben Nemsi (Lex Barker), and his sidekick are the only ones who can stop him
Director: Robert Siodmak | Stars: Lex Barker, Marie Versini, Ralf Wolter, Rik Battaglia
Votes: 774
13. Rapunzel or the Magic of Tears (1988 TV Movie)
84 min | Family, Fantasy
Rapunzel lives alone in the woods, in a tower with no doors. Then, one day, a mysterious stranger comes for a visit.
Director: Ursula Schmenger | Stars: Sylvia Wolff, Dirk Schoedon, Renate Blume, Günther Grabbert
Votes: 46
14. Das unsichtbare Visier (1973–1979)
Crime, Drama, Thriller
The adventures of an East German secret agent.
Stars: Wolfgang Greese, Alfred Struwe, Walter Niklaus, Jessy Rameik
Votes: 52
15. Wenn einer was versprochen hat (1976 TV Movie)
73 min | Family
Jens hangs out with a group of boys, then learns they're bullies when they pull a series of pranks and he reports them to the police.
Director: Gunter Friedrich | Stars: Kay Ortmann, Peter Glöckner, Jens Binneböse, Katrin Heinze
Votes: 28
16. Die Leiden des jungen Werthers (1976)
105 min | Drama, Romance
Rebellious young Werther is passionately, but hopelessly, in love with Lotte. Although he knows that she is married to somebody who can offer her a secure future, Werther tries to be near ... See full summary »
Director: Egon Günther | Stars: Hans-Jürgen Wolf, Katharina Thalbach, Hilmar Baumann, Heinz-Dieter Knaup
Votes: 73
17. Tiere machen Leute (1988– )
45 min
Stars: Alfred Müller, Roman Kaminski, Rosemarie Bärhold, Ulrike Mai
18. Archiv des Todes (1980– )
742 min | Drama, War, Action
Deutsche partizan serie, Georg und freunden
Stars: Jürgen Zartmann, Gojko Mitic, Leon Niemczyk, Krzysztof Stroinski
Votes: 155
19. Baba Yaga (1973)
74 min | Family, Fantasy
A long time ago a splendid deer with golden antlers lived in the woods, always protecting the poor and weak and disdaining evil. In a little village nearby the woods widow Yevdokya lived ... See full summary »
Directors: Viktor Makarov, Aleksandr Rou | Stars: Georgiy Millyar, Aleksei Smirnov, Raisa Ryazanova, Volodya Belov
Votes: 396
20. Einzug ins Paradies (1987– )
60 min | Drama
Stars: Kurt Böwe, Walfriede Schmitt, Friedhelm Eberle, Michaela Hotz
Votes: 22
21. Meines Vaters Straßenbahn (1980 TV Movie)
152 min | Drama, War
Director: Celino Bleiweiß | Stars: Monika Woytowicz, Arno Wyzniewski, Rene Kalaene, Andreas Hügelland
Votes: 11
22. Laura Lansing Slept Here (1988 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 100 min | Comedy
A famous, pampered novelist accepts a bet suggesting that she can't survive one week of living with an average family.
Director: George Schaefer | Stars: Katharine Hepburn, Karen Austin, Brenda Forbes, Joel Higgins
Votes: 249
23. Möbius (1993)
90 min | Sci-Fi
A train and all its passengers disappear from the Berlin underground system, apparently travelling as a ghost train beneath the city. A young mathematician develops a theory: The train is ... See full synopsis »
Director: Matti Geschonneck | Stars: Diether Krebs, Corinna Kirchhoff, Hans-Peter Korff, Günter Lamprecht
Votes: 45
24. Ein Kessel Buntes (1972–1992)
Music
'Ein Kessel Buntes' was a great series on channel DDR run from 29 Januar 1972 to 19 December 1992, 6 times in a year on Saturday evening and always has a huge budge to show the biggest ... See full synopsis »
Stars: Horst Köbbert, Lutz Stückrath, Manfred Uhlig, Das Deutsche Fernsehballett
Votes: 16
25. The Singer (1977 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 90 min | Action, Biography, Drama
Victor Jara is one of the most popular singers in Chile. In 1973 he is arrested by the military and his body is found dead.
Director: Dean Reed | Stars: Dean Reed, Friederike Aust, Gerry Wolff, Thomas Wolff
Votes: 38
26. Jugendweihe (1978 TV Movie)
70 min | Drama
Every year in the spring the pupils of the 8th grade in the GDR receive the 'Jugendweihe' and are admitted to the circle of adults. This year, Tim is ready. For him and his classmates, the ... See full summary »
Director: Celino Bleiweiß | Stars: Gertraud Kreissig, Martin Trettau, Michael Böttcher, Janina Hartwig
Votes: 8
27. Spuk unterm Riesenrad (1979– )
170 min | Family, Adventure, Comedy
Three dolls from a ghost train, the Giant, the Witch and Rumplestiltskin, come to live. Chased by the ghost train's owner and his grandchildren, the three flee across Germany and try to hide in a castle.
Stars: Katja Paryla, Stefan Lisewski, Siegfried Seibt, Katrin Raukopf
Votes: 174
28. Front ohne Gnade (1984)
780 min | War, Drama, Action
Stars: Jürgen Zartmann, Günter Naumann, Alfred Struwe, Hans Teuscher
Votes: 63
29. Busen, Broiler, Bananen - Jugend in der DDR (2003 TV Movie)
34 min | Documentary
Director: Jörg Howe | Stars: Lykke Aresin, Angela Christoph, Nina Hagen, Erich Honecker
30. Das Geheimnis der Anden (1972– )
440 min | Adventure
Stars: Gojko Mitic, Helga Unkrodt, Volkmar Kleinert, Helmut Schreiber
Votes: 11
31. Die gläserne Fackel (1989– )
615 min | Drama, History
Stars: Walter Plathe, Walfriede Schmitt, Renate Blume, Alfred Müller
Votes: 16
32. Jugend ohne Gott (1991 TV Movie)
107 min | Drama
A teacher at a German high-school in the nineteen thirties has issues with his students who seem to be getting less human and more convinced of Nazi ideals as time goes on.
Director: Michael Knof | Stars: Ulrich Mühe, Klaus Piontek, Otto Mellies, Peter Sodann
Votes: 51
33. Aber Vati! (1974– )
360 min | Comedy, Family
Stars: Erik S. Klein, Helga Labudda, Jochen Thomas, Ralf Lemcke
Votes: 51
34. Mach mit - mach's nach - mach's besser (1964–1991)
60 min | Family, Sport
Star: Gerhard Adolph
Votes: 8
35. Ursula (1978 TV Movie)
110 min | Drama, Romance, War
Switzerland 1523. The mercenary Hansli Gyr returns with his soldiers from Italy to his home in the Oberland. They have fought for the Pope and now find a religious upheaval in Switzerland.
Director: Egon Günther | Stars: Suzanne Stoll, Jörg Reichlin, Matthias Habich, Jutta Hoffmann
Votes: 43
36. Fahrt ins Blaue (1960 TV Movie)
Günther returns to Berlin after his studies at the University of Electrical Engineering. He looks forward to get a good job and live a solid life. An old friend suggest they should have a night on the town, but Günther declines.
Director: Carl Balhaus | Stars: Anna-Maria Horn, Willi Schrade, Walter Richter-Reinick, Maria Rouvel
37. Alfons Zitterbacke (1986– )
30 min | Family
Stars: Enrico Lübbe, Ute Lubosch, Jürgen Reuter, Thomas Thal
Votes: 9
38. Der Truthahn mit der Medaille (1954 TV Movie)
Comedy
Director: Paul Lewitt | Stars: Hannelore Fabry, Herbert Köfer, Wolfgang Lippert, Friedrich Pfeiffer
39. Martin Luther (1983– )
90 min | Biography, Drama
Stars: Ulrich Thein, Otto Mellies, Ralf Kober, Hartmut Puls
Votes: 29
40. Kleiner Mann - was nun? (1967 TV Movie)
220 min | Drama
Director: Hans-Joachim Kasprzik | Stars: Arno Wyzniewski, Inge Keller, Jutta Hoffmann, Kaspar Eichel
Votes: 23
41. Fridolin (1987– )
45 min | Comedy, Drama
Stars: Lutz Salzmann, Regina Beyer, Otmar Richter, Solveig Müller
Votes: 13
42. Die goldene Gans (1964)
67 min | Family, Fantasy
Klaus lives with his two brothers Kunz and Franz in a little village. Together, they ply their trade as cobblers in a small workshop. But the workload rests mainly on the shoulders of ... See full summary »
Director: Siegfried Hartmann | Stars: Kaspar Eichel, Karin Ugowski, Uwe-Detlev Jessen, Peter Dommisch
Votes: 269
43. Die Gänsehirtin am Brunnen (1979 TV Movie)
57 min | Family, Fantasy
Poor Hans travels around the world in search of power and wealth. His path leads him to a remote house where an old mother lives with a goose maid. The old woman fulfills his excessive ... See full summary »
Director: Ursula Schmenger | Stars: Jaroslava Schallerová, David Schneider, Christine Schorn, Günter Naumann
Votes: 52
44. Spreelore oder das heiße blut (1980 TV Movie)
77 min | Drama
A girl in 19th Century Berlin takes her life into her own hands.
Director: Jens-Peter Proll | Stars: Doris Otto-Franke, Monika Hetterle, Dieter Montag, Günter Naumann
45. Sherlock Holmes und die sieben Zwerge (1992– )
Family
Retired police chief Hans Holms is called out of retirement when his grandchildren are visited by fairy tale characters and announce that Snow White has been kidnapped.
Stars: Alfred Müller, Ellen Schwiers, Ulrike Haase, Stefan Limprecht
Votes: 18
46. Moritz in der Litfaßsäule (1983)
88 min | Comedy, Family
Director: Rolf Losansky | Stars: Dirk Müller, Dieter Mann, Walfriede Schmitt, Dietmar Richter-Reinick
Votes: 60
47. 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: 63
48. The Laughing Man (1966)
66 min | Documentary, War
An interview with former Nazi and mercenary Siegfried Müller about his life and war campaigns.
Directors: Walter Heynowski, Gerhard Scheumann | Star: Siegfried Müller
Votes: 162
49. Die Verlobte (1980)
105 min | Drama
The wrenching story of a woman sentenced in 1934 to 10 years in prison for antifascist activities. The love between her and her fiancé enables her to survive the tribulations of her time in... See full summary »
Directors: Günter Reisch, Günther Rücker | Stars: Jutta Wachowiak, Regimantas Adomaitis, Slávka Budínová, Christine Gloger
Votes: 87
50. Die zertanzten Schuhe (1977 TV Movie)
44 min | Family, Fantasy
Director: Ursula Schmenger | Stars: Renate Blume, Birgit Edenharter, Kaspar Eichel, Peter Friedrichson
Votes: 66