Films from the country "german", sorted by name

, 1h54
Origin German
Genres Drama, Comedy, Romance
Actors Jeroen Krabbé, Barbara Hershey, Judith Godrèche, Samuel West, Jeanette Hain, Jonathan Firth

Albert Schweitzer, encouragé par Einstein, met en garde contre les dangers de la bombe à hydrogène. Les autorités américaines lancent alors une vaste campagne de dénigrement visant à le faire taire.

, 1h37
Directed by Jürgen Goslar
Origin German
Genres Drama, War, Action, Adventure
Themes Films set in Africa, Films about racism, Political films
Actors Christopher Lee, James Faulkner, Trevor Howard, Sybil Danning, Horst Frank, Erik Schumann

A British South Africa Police officer in Rhodesia whose fiancée was raped and murdered personally pursues the albino terrorist who committed this crime.

, 2h55
Directed by Oliver Stone
Origin German
Genres Drama, War, Biography, Action, Adventure, Historical, Peplum, Romance
Themes Politique, Films about sexuality, Bisexuality-related films, LGBT-related films, Political films, LGBT-related films, Films about royalty, LGBT-related film
Actors Colin Farrell, Angelina Jolie, Val Kilmer, Connor Paolo, Jared Leto, Rosario Dawson

The film is based on the life of Alexander the Great, King of Macedonia, who conquered Asia Minor, Egypt, Persia and part of ancient India. Shown are some of the key moments of Alexander's youth, his invasion of the mighty Persian Empire and his death. It also outlines his early life, including his difficult relationship with his father Philip II of Macedonia, his strained feeling towards his mother Olympias, the unification of the Greek city-states and the two Kingdoms (Macedonia and Epirus) under the Hellenic League, and the conquest of the Persian Empire in 331 BC. It also details his plans to reform his empire and the attempts he made to reach the end of the then known world.

, 1h39
Origin German
Genres Drama, Science fiction
Themes Films about extraterrestrial life
Actors Emil Jannings, John Gottowt, Käthe Haack, Hanna Ralph, Ernst Hofmann, Gertrude Welcker

The story follows the life of Robert Herne, who works in a coal mine, and his friendship with Maria Obal. While working in the mine, he encounters an inhabitant of the planet Algol who gives him a prototype machine which can provide a virtually unlimited source of power. Over the next year Herne sets up a factory providing energy; however, instead of simply relieving workers of the difficult job of mining, the device creates massive economic upheaval throughout the world.

, 1h27
Origin German
Genres Drama
Actors Ulla Jacobsson, Sabine Sinjen, Johannes Schaaf

, 1h40
Directed by Helmut Weiss
Origin German
Genres Drama, Comedy
Themes Jumeaux ou jumelles
Actors Paul Hubschmid, Dietmar Schönherr, Trude Herr, Walter Janssen, Ralf Wolter, Stanislav Ledinek

Eva Kende vit avec ses jumeaux de huit ans, Peter et Paul, dans la pension d'artistes de Fanny Knöbel. Pour une journée, des chanteurs du Chœur des Cosaques du Don en tournée, vont loger ici. L'un des chanteurs, Mitja Burganoff, tombe amoureux d'Eva. Cependant, celle-ci a un secret : elle prétend devant ses enfants être mariée et que leur père est en voyage. En fait, elle n'a pas eu de nouvelles de son ami Alexander Brandtstetter depuis qu'elle lui a annoncé sa grossesse il y a huit ans. Même face à Mitja, elle reste dans le mensonge.

, 3h
Origin German
Genres Drama, Historical
Actors Alexander Held, Mathieu Carrière, Hans-Michael Rehberg, Rainer Basedow, Serge Avédikian, Holger Handtke

À l'automne 1918, après quatre ans de guerre, l'effondrement des alliés de l'Allemagne contraint l'état-major allemand à proposer à l'empereur Guillaume II la signature d'un armistice, pour éviter la rupture du front occidental et une probable invasion de l'Allemagne par ses adversaires. Le film relate les principaux évènements de la révolution qui en découle et la mise en place de la République de Weimar associée à la signature et à la promulgation du Traité de Versailles.

, 1h57
Directed by Helma Sanders-Brahms
Origin German
Genres Drama
Themes Political films
Actors Eva Mattes, Gisela Stein

The film is narrated by Anna, a German woman who tells the story of her parents before, during and after World War II. Her mother, Lene, meets her father, Hans, and they fall in love and marry. As the war breaks out, Hans is conscripted into the army and Lene suffers through air raids in Berlin. Her relationship with Hans becomes increasingly strained during his infrequent returns home on leave. She gives birth to Anna, and undergoes great hardship to keep her safe, crossing a forest in winter to escape to her family in the country, and later living a life of poverty in the ruins of postwar Berlin. As life returns to normal after the war, she and Hans are unable to rekindle their love, and Lene spirals into depression, exacerbated by the affliction of a crippling facial paralysis. The film ends with the suicidal Lene facing a hopeless future.

, 1h27
Origin German
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy
Themes Transport films, Rail transport films, Road movies
Actors Joachim Król, Outi Mäenpää, Kati Outinen, Peter Lohmeyer, Kari Väänänen, Nina Petri

Hannes, a truck driver from Germany, is a train timetable enthusiast who dreams of winning the first prize at the International Timetable Contest that is to be held in Inari, Finland. When his boss ruins his plans to travel to Inari, Hannes knocks his boss unconscious and leaves the country. While on his trip to Finland by train, his boss is found dead at his office, making Hannes the prime suspect. During his journey, unaware that he is being pursued, Hannes meets many new people, including the love of his life.

, 1h33
Directed by Christian Zübert
Origin German
Genres Comedy
Themes Medical-themed films, Films about drugs
Actors Moritz Bleibtreu, Elmar Wepper, Marie Zielcke, Alexandra Neldel, Wotan Wilke Möhring

Kai and Stefan are two friends who own a gourmet pizza delivery business as a front for selling cannabis. Stefan is finishing law school and preparing to take the Bar examination to become a lawyer under the behest of his father, who is a judge. They visit their outdoor cannabis growing operation only to discover that aphids are destroying their plants. They visit a head shop and meet Achim, who informs them that he knows how to get rid of aphids, handing them a tub full of Aphidoletes aphidimyza. However, unbeknownst to the protagonists, Achim is an undercover police officer.

, 1h34
Directed by Willi Forst
Origin German
Genres Comedy
Actors Renate Müller, Jenny Jugo, Anton Walbrook, Heinz Rühmann, Will Dohm, Hilde Hildebrand

David, pilote, et Philipp, propriétaire terrien, sont des amis qui ont juré de ne jamais tomber amoureux de la même femme. Mais ils le deviennent en même temps de la vamp Aimée. Toutefois, les deux hommes aiment d'autres femmes en réalité. Cela aboutit à un carrousel de complications qui finit par former trois couples heureux.

, 1h41
Directed by Yasemin Şamdereli
Origin German
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama
Actors Aylin Tezel, Aykut Kayacık, Manfred-Anton Algrang, Axel Milberg, Aglaia Szyszkowitz, Katharina Thalbach

Six year-old Cenk Yılmaz begins to question his identity in his German school one day when he isn't chosen for either the German or the Turkish soccer team. He is the son of Ali, of Turkish heritage, and his German wife, Gabi, and Cenk cannot speak Turkish. At a family meal his Grandmother Fatma declares to the family her newly acquired German citizenship. At the same meal, Grandfather Hüseyin tells the family that he has bought a house in Turkey that he wants to use as a summer home. In order to renovate the house, he wants to travel to Turkey with the whole family.

, 1h28
Origin German
Genres Science fiction, Horror
Actors Friedrich Kühne, Gustav Adolf Semler

Ce film met en scène une Mandragore de chair, jeune fille née de l'insémination artificielle d'une prostituée par le sperme d'un homme mort : quand elle apprend la vérité sur sa naissance, elle cherche à se venger de son créateur.

, 1h48
Directed by Ernst Marischka
Origin German
Genres Drama, Romance
Themes Théâtre, Films based on plays
Actors Christian Wolff, Gert Fröbe, Sabine Sinjen, Ernst Stahl-Nachbaur, Heinrich Gretler, Anneliese Würtz

Après que Karl-Heinrich, prince héritier de Saxe-Karlsburg, a son diplôme pour aller à l'université, il est envoyé à Heidelberg par son oncle, le prince de Saxe-Karlsburg, pour étudier. Il est accompagné durant son voyage par le Dr. Jüttner qui l'accompagne depuis l'enfance. À Heidelberg, il est accepté au sein du Studentenverbindung Corps Saxonia. De plus, il tombe amoureux de Käthi, la nièce de l'aubergiste chez qui il réside. Käthi tombe aussi amoureuse de lui.

, 1h33
Directed by Hans Behrendt
Origin German
Genres Drama, Romance
Themes Théâtre, Films based on plays
Actors Paul Hartmann, Eva May, Werner Krauss, Eugen Burg, Eugen Rex, Willy Prager

Le prince héritier Karl Heinz von Sachsen-Karlsburg veut profiter de sa vie d'étudiant à Heidelberg. Il a avec lui le triste Dr. Jüttner qui doit veiller à ce qu'il doit digne de son rang et se concentre sur ses études. Karlheinz rejoint la Studentenverbindung Corps Saxonia et fait la connaissance de Kätchen, la nièce de l'aubergiste chez qui il réside. Ils tombent amoureux l'un de l'autre.