List of German language films
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This is a list of film
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Film
A film, also called a movie or motion picture, is a series of still or moving images. It is produced by recording photographic images with cameras, or by creating images using animation techniques or visual effects...
s in the German language
German language
German is a West Germanic language, related to and classified alongside English and Dutch. With an estimated 90 – 98 million native speakers, German is one of the world's major languages and is the most widely-spoken first language in the European Union....
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- Absolute GigantenAbsolute GigantenAbsolute Giganten is a 1999 German language film, directed by Sebastian Schipper. Set in Hamburg, it depicts how a group of young Germans react to the prospect of one of them leaving for ever, and involves drink, V8 engines, and an extraordinary game of table-football.It was Schipper's first movie...
(Gigantic) 1999 - Advertising Rules! (Viktor Vogel - Commercial ManViktor Vogel - Commercial ManViktor Vogel – Commercial Man is a German comedy released in 2001 in the US and other countries as Advertising Rules! Directed by Lars Kraume, the cast includes, Götz George, Alexander Scheer, and Chulpan Khamatova.-Story Overview:...
, 2001) - Agnes and His BrothersAgnes and His Brothers-Cast:* Martin Weiß as Agnes Tschirner* Moritz Bleibtreu as Hans-Jörg Tschirner* Herbert Knaup as Werner Tschirner* Katja Riemann as Signe* Tom Schilling as Ralf* Suzan Anbeh as Desiree* Vadim Glowna as Günther* Margit Carstensen as Roxy...
(Agnes und seine Brüder) 2004 - Aguirre: The Wrath of God (Aguirre, der Zorn Gottes) 1972
- Aimée and Jaguar (Aimée und Jaguar) 1999
- The American FriendThe American FriendThe American Friend is a 1977 film by Wim Wenders, loosely adapted from the novel Ripley's Game by Patricia Highsmith. The film is of the neo-noir genre, and features Dennis Hopper as career criminal Tom Ripley and Bruno Ganz as Jonathan Zimmermann, a terminally ill picture framer whom Ripley...
(Der Amerikanische Freund) - AnatomyAnatomy (film)Anatomy is a 2000 German horror film written and directed by Stefan Ruzowitzky that stars Franka Potente. A sequel, Anatomy 2 was released in 2003...
(2000) - The Baader Meinhof Complex, 2008
- BarfussBarfussBarfuss is a film by German actor and director Til Schweiger released in 2005. It is a romantic comedy and tells the story of Nick , a hedonistic bachelor, who falls for Leila, an escaped mental patient, portrayed by Johanna Wokalek. Til Schweiger was also involved in the writing of the...
(2005) - Der bewegte MannDer bewegte MannDer bewegte Mann is a 1994 German film comedy directed by Sönke Wortmann and starring Til Schweiger, Rufus Beck, Joachim Król and Katja Riemann....
(Maybe, Maybe Not, 1994) - The Bitter Tears of Petra von KantThe Bitter Tears of Petra von KantThe Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant is a 1972 German film directed by Rainer Werner Fassbinder, based on his own play. This film has an all female cast and is set in the home of the protagonist, Petra von Kant. It follows the changing dynamics in her relationships with the other women...
(Die Bitteren Tränen der Petra von Kant) - The BlindflyersThe BlindflyersThe Blindflyers is a 2004 film directed by Bernd Sahling. It won a number of awards, including the German Film Award 2004 for Best Children's Film, and others at the International Film Festival.-Plot:...
(Die Blindgänger) - The Blue LightDas Blaue LichtDas Blaue Licht is a black-and-white 1932 film written and directed by Leni Riefenstahl and Béla Balázs, with uncredited scripting by Carl Mayer. In Riefenstahl's film version, the witch, Junta, played by Riefenstahl, is intended to be a sympathetic character...
(Das Blaue Licht) - BlueprintBlueprint (film)Blueprint is a 2003 German drama film directed by Rolf Schübel. It is based on the novel written by Charlotte Kerner. The film raises the ethical issue of human cloning.-Plot:...
- Das BootDas BootDas Boot is a 1981 German epic war film written and directed by Wolfgang Petersen, produced by Günter Rohrbach, and starring Jürgen Prochnow, Herbert Grönemeyer, and Klaus Wennemann...
- The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (Das Cabinet des Dr. Caligari)
- Coming Home (Mein Vater)
- Christiane F. (Christiane F. Wir Kinder vom Bahnhof Zoo)
- Day 26Tag 26Tag 26 is the third short film by German director Andreas Samland. It is sometimes called by the English translation of the title "Day 26". It was shot about 70km away from Berlin, close to the Polish border. The film featured almost no dialogue and actors' faces were hidden behind masks for most...
(Tag 26) - Distant LightsDistant LightsDistant Lights is a 2003 Germany film directed by Hans-Christian Schmid. The film takes place on the Polish-German border at Słubice and Frankfurt . It features an ensemble cast, and the various threads illustrate the daily life between the two countries...
(Lichter) - DownfallDownfall (film)Downfall is a 2004 German/Italian/Austrian epic war film directed by Oliver Hirschbiegel, depicting the final ten days of Adolf Hitler's life in his Berlin bunker and Nazi Germany in 1945....
(Der Untergang) - The EdukatorsThe EdukatorsThe Edukators is a German-Austrian film made by the Austrian director Hans Weingartner and released in 2004. Nominated for the Palme d'Or at the 2004 Cannes Film Festival, it stars Daniel Brühl, Stipe Erceg and Julia Jentsch....
(Die fetten Jahre sind vorbei) - Elementarteilchen (Atomized)
- En Route (Unterwegs)
- The Enigma of Kaspar HauserThe Enigma of Kaspar HauserThe Enigma of Kaspar Hauser is a 1974 West German drama film written and directed by Werner Herzog about the legend of Kaspar Hauser. Its original German title is Jeder für sich und Gott gegen alle, which means "Every man for himself and God against them all"...
(Jeder für sich und Gott gegen alle) - Enlightenment GuaranteedEnlightenment GuaranteedErleuchtung garantiert is a 2002 German film directed by Doris Dörrie about two brothers, Uwe and Gustav , who travel to Japan to sort out the mess of their lives. Their plan is to visit the Sojiji Monastery in Monzen, near Tokyo...
(Erleuchtung garantiert, 2000) - Even Dwarfs Started SmallEven Dwarfs Started SmallEven Dwarfs Started Small is a 1970 film by German director Werner Herzog.-Plot:A group of dwarfs confined in an institution on a remote island rebel against the guards and director in a display of mayhem...
(Auch Zwerge haben klein angefangen, 1970) - Das ExperimentDas ExperimentDas Experiment is a 2001 German film directed by Oliver Hirschbiegel, about a social experiment, based on Mario Giordano's novel Black Box, which resembles Philip Zimbardo's Stanford prison experiment of 1971.-Plot:...
, 2001 - FaustFaust (1926 film)Faust is a silent film produced in 1926 by UFA, directed by F.W. Murnau, starring Gösta Ekman as Faust, Emil Jannings as Mephisto, Camilla Horn as Gretchen/Marguerite, Frida Richard as her mother, Wilhelm Dieterle as her brother and Yvette Guilbert as Marthe Schwerdtlein, her aunt...
- Fear Eats the Soul (Angst essen Seele auf), 1974
- Das Fest des HuhnesDas Fest des HuhnesDas Fest des Huhnes is a 1992 Austrian film, directed by Walter Wippersberg. It is a production of the ORF local studio in Oberösterreich, for the series "Kunst-Stücke" .-Plot:...
(Festival of the Chicken), 1992 - Die Welle (The Wave), 2008
- FitzcarraldoFitzcarraldoFitzcarraldo is a 1982 film written and directed by Werner Herzog and starring Klaus Kinski as the title character. It portrays would-be rubber baron Brian Sweeney Fitzgerald, an Irishman known as Fitzcarraldo in Peru, who has to pull a steamship over a steep hill in order to access a rich rubber...
, 1982 - Football Under CoverFootball Under CoverFootball Under Cover is a 2008 German/Iranian documentary film directed by David Assmann and Ayat Najafi. It follows the attempts of German Marlene Assmann and Iranian Ayat Najafi to organise a football match between Assman's team BSV Aldersimspor and the Iranian national woman's team.-Reception:At...
, 2008 - Four for VeniceFour for Venice-Plot:The film involves two married couples: Nick and Charlotte and Luis and Eva.Nick and Charlotte are more than busy earning money, there is no time for love or sex - only Tuesdays. Soon, Charlotte finds a lover, Luis, an unsuccessful artist...
(2 Männer, 2 Frauen - 4 Probleme!?) - Germany Pale MotherGermany Pale MotherGermany, Pale Mother is a 1980 West German drama film written and directed by Helma Sanders-Brahms. It was shown at the 30th Berlin International Film Festival in 1980, where it was nominated for a Golden Bear award...
(Deutschland bleiche Mutter, 1980) - Getting My Brother LaidGetting My Brother LaidGetting My Brother Laid is a 2001 German film directed by Sven Taddicken.-Plot:...
(Mein Bruder, der Vampir) - Go for Zucker!Alles auf Zucker!Alles auf Zucker! is a German comedy film, released internationally in 2004. It can be seen as part of the "Ossi-Wessi" confrontation within Germany. Directed by Dani Levy, the cast includes Henry Hübchen, Hannelore Elsner, Udo Samel, Gołda Tencer and Steffen Groth.Director Dani Levy, himself...
(Alles auf Zucker!) - The Goalkeeper's Fear of the PenaltyThe Goalkeeper's Fear of the PenaltyThe Goalkeeper's Fear of the Penalty is a 1972 German language drama film directed by Wim Wenders. It was adapted from a novella by Wenders' long-time collaborator Peter Handke.-Plot:...
, 1972 - Good Bye Lenin!Good Bye Lenin!Good Bye, Lenin! is a 2003 German tragicomedy film, released internationally in 2003. Directed by Wolfgang Becker, the cast includes Daniel Brühl, Katrin Saß, Chulpan Khamatova, and Maria Simon...
- Grosse Freiheit Nr. 7Große Freiheit Nr. 7Große Freiheit Nr. 7 is a 1944 German musical drama film directed by Helmut Käutner. It was named after Große Freiheit , a street next to Hamburg's Reeperbahn road in the St...
, 1944 - Harte Jungs, 2000
- Head-OnHead-OnHead-On is a 2004 film written and directed by Fatih Akın.-Synopsis:Cahit Tomruk is a Turkish German in his 40s. He has given up on life after the death of his wife and seeks solace in cocaine and alcohol. One night, he intentionally drives his car head-on into a wall, and barely survives...
(Gegen die Wand) - Heart of GlassHeart of Glass (film)Heart of Glass is a 1976 film written, directed, and produced by Werner Herzog, set in 18th century Bavaria. The main character is "Hias," based on the legendary Bavarian prophet Mühlhiasl.-Plot synopsis:...
- HeavenHeaven (2002 film)Heaven is a 2002 Film directed by Tom Tykwer, starring Cate Blanchett and Giovanni Ribisi. Co-screenwriter Krzysztof Kieślowski intended for it to be the first part of a trilogy , but died before he could complete the project...
, 2002 - HeimatHeimat (film)Heimat is the overall title of three series of films in 30 episodes written and directed by Edgar Reitz which view life in Germany between 1919 and 2000 through the eyes of a family from the Hunsrück area of the Rhineland. Personal and domestic life is set against glimpses of wider social and...
(Heimat - Eine Deutsch Chronik, 1984; Die Zweite Heimat - Chronik Eine Jugend, 1992; Heimat 3 - Chronik Einen Zeitenwende, 2004 - Herr LehmannHerr LehmannHerr Lehmann is a German novel by Sven Regener, published in 2001, adapted for the screen in 2003. It has been translated into English by John Brownjohn under the title Berlin Blues....
(Herr Lehmann) 2003 - Hippie MasalaHippie MasalaHippie Masala: Für immer in Indien is a 2006 Swiss documentary directed by filmmaker Ulrich Grossenbacher and anthropologist Damaris Lüthi....
, 2006 - Im toten WinkelIm toten WinkelIm toten Winkel - Hitlers Sekretärin is a 2002 Austrian documentary directed by André Heller and Othmar Schmiderer.- Description :...
- In JulyIm Juli-Plot:At the beginning of his summer holiday, a somewhat naïve trainee teacher Daniel buys a ring from a stall run by Juli . The ring bears a Mayan sun symbol, which, according to Juli, has the power to lead him to the woman of his dreams, whom he will recognise by a similar sun symbol...
(Im Juli, 2000) - Journey Into Bliss
- Der junge Törless
- Katze im SackKatze im SackKatze im Sack is a German drama film directed by Florian Schwarz and written by Michael Proehl. The film's tagline translates to English as A romantic film for those who don't like romantic films...
- Kleinruppin foreverKleinruppin foreverKleinruppin forever is a German romantic comedy film, released in late-2004.The film is set in 1985 and stars Tobias Schenke as Tim Winter, a West German teenager from Bremen with aspirations of being a professional tennis player. On a school trip to East Germany, Tim meets his identical twin...
, 2004 - LammbockLammbockLammbock is a 2001 German stoner film. The movie is based around two pizza delivery guys who decide to up their income by adding marijuana to the menu and get into trouble after attracting the attention of an undercover cop. There are numerous subplots, and the movie is essentially split up into...
2001 - The Legend of Paul and PaulaThe Legend of Paul and PaulaDie Legende von Paul und Paula is a 1973 tragicomic East German film directed by Heiner Carow. It was based on the novel of the same name by Ulrich Plenzdorf....
(Die Legende von Paul und Paula) - Lessons of Darkness (Lektionen in Finsternis, 1992)
- The Lives of OthersThe Lives of OthersThe Lives of Others is a 2006 German drama film, marking the feature film debut of filmmaker Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck. The film involves the monitoring of the cultural scene of East Berlin by agents of the Stasi, the GDR's secret police...
(Das Leben der Anderen) - Life is all you get (Das Leben ist eine Baustelle, 1997)
- LolaLola (film)Lola is a 1981 West German film directed by Rainer Werner Fassbinder. It is the second in his BRD Trilogy: the first film is The Marriage of Maria Braun and the third is Veronika Voss .-Plot:...
, 1981 - Love in ThoughtsLove in ThoughtsLove in Thoughts is a German film directed by Achim von Borries. It was released in Germany on 24 November 2004. The main characters are played by August Diehl, Daniel Brühl, Anna Maria Mühe and Jana Pallaske....
(Was nützt die Liebe in Gedanken) - MM (1931 film)M is a 1931 German drama-thriller directed by Fritz Lang and written by Lang and his wife Thea von Harbou. It was Lang's first sound film, although he had directed more than a dozen films previously....
, 1931 - The Man (Der Typ)
- Men Like UsMänner wie wirGuys and Balls is a 2004 sports comedy/romance film by German American director Sherry Hormann about a gay goalkeeper who assembles a gay-only soccer team to play against his ex-team, which fired him due to homophobia.-Plot:Ecki lives with his parents who own a bakery in Boldrup, a...
(Männer wie wir) - The Marriage of Maria BraunThe Marriage of Maria BraunThe Marriage of Maria Braun is a 1979 West German film directed by Rainer Werner Fassbinder. The film stars Hanna Schygulla as Maria, whose marriage with the soldier Hermann remained unfulfilled due to World War II and his post-war imprisonment...
(Die Ehe der Maria Braun) - MephistoMephisto (1981 film)Mephisto is the title of a 1981 film adaptation of Klaus Mann's novel of the same name, directed by István Szabó, and starring Klaus Maria Brandauer as Hendrik Höfgen...
, 1981 - The Miracle of BernThe Miracle of BernThe Miracle of Bern is a 2003 film by Sönke Wortmann, which tells the story of a German family and the unexpected West German miracle victory in the 1954 World Cup Final in Bern, Switzerland.The film can be regarded as a portrait of post-war Germany...
(Das Wunder von Bern) - Mostly MarthaMostly Martha (film)Bella Martha is a 2001 German romantic comedy drama film directed by Sandra Nettelbeck. The American movie No Reservations is heavily based on this. It is about a skilled chef in Hamburg, Germany. When her sister dies, she is left taking care of her niece, who gives her problems...
(Bella Marta) - The NetThe Net (1975 film)The Net is a 1975 German drama film directed by Manfred Purzer and starring Heinz Bennent.-Cast:* Heinz Bennent - Canonica* Carlo De Mejo* Maria D'Incoronato* Mel Ferrer - Aurelio Morelli* Claudio Gora* Giovannella Grifeo...
(Das Netz) - NettoNetto (film)Netto is a 2005 film directed by Robert Thalheim. It is a story of father-son relationship in post-unification Berlin. The song "Mein bester Kumpel" by Peter Tschernig is used throughout the film.-Cast:*Milan Peschel – Marcel Werner...
- Nightsongs (Die Nacht singt ihre Lieder)
- Nowhere in AfricaNowhere in AfricaNowhere in Africa is a 2001 German film directed by Caroline Link and based on the autobiographical novel of the same name by Stefanie Zweig. It tells the story of a Jewish family that emigrates to Kenya during World War II to escape the Nazis and run a farm...
(Nirgendwo in Afrika) - Oi! WarningOi! WarningOi! Warning is a 2000 German movie about a 17-year-old boy who runs away from home to become an Oi! skinhead.The movie was the directorial debut of twin brothers Benjamin and Dominik Reding. It took them about five years to film, mostly due to financial constraints. It was shot in stark...
, 1999 - Pappa ante PortasPappa ante PortasPappa Ante Portas is a 1991 German comedy film directed by Loriot and Renate Westphal-Lorenz.-Cast:* Evelyn Hamann as Renate Lohse* Loriot as Heinrich Lohse, Grandpa Hoppenstedt, Lothar Frohwein, violinist* Irm Hermann as Hedwig...
, 1991 - The Princess and the WarriorThe Princess and the WarriorThe Princess and the Warrior is a 2000 German drama film written and directed by Tom Tykwer with Franka Potente, star of his previous movie Run Lola Run , in a leading role...
(Der Krieger und die Kaiserin) - The Red Jacket (Die rote Jacke)
- Razzia in Sankt PauliRazzia in Sankt PauliRazzia in St. Pauli is an early German sound film of the end of the Weimar Republic era. It illustrates both the powerlessness of the ordinary worker as well as an intimate portrait of the joys and sorrows of a small group of people in the harbor section of Hamburg.-Synopsis:A social drama plays...
, 1932 - Rosa LuxemburgRosa Luxemburg (film)Rosa Luxemburg is a 1986 West German drama film directed by Margarethe von Trotta. It was entered into the 1986 Cannes Film Festival where Barbara Sukowa won the award for Best Actress.-Cast:* Barbara Sukowa as Rosa Luxemburg...
, 1986 - RosenstrasseRosenstrasse (film)Rosenstraße is a 2003 film directed by Margarethe von Trotta, starring Maria Schrader and Katja Riemann. It deals with the Rosenstrasse protest of 1943.- Plot :In the present day, a widow mourns the death of her husband...
- Run Lola RunRun Lola RunRun Lola Run is a 1998 German crime thriller film written and directed by Tom Tykwer and starring Franka Potente as Lola and Moritz Bleibtreu as Manni. The story follows a woman who needs to obtain 100,000 German marks in 20 minutes to save her boyfriend's life...
(Lola rennt) - Die ScheinheiligenDie ScheinheiligenDie Scheinheiligen is a German low-budget comedy film, written and directed by Thomas Kronthaler and based on a true incident in his hometown of Irschenberg...
- Das schreckliche MädchenDas schreckliche MädchenThe Nasty Girl is a 1990 West German drama film based on the true story of Anna Rosmus from Passau, Bavaria. The original German title loosely translates as "The Terrible Girl."-Plot:...
(The Nasty Girl) 1989 - Schultze Gets the BluesSchultze Gets the BluesSchultze Gets the Blues is a 2003 film directed and written by Michael Schorr.-Plot:Schultze is a large, recently retired salt-miner living in Teutschenthal...
- SonnenalleeSonnenalleeSonnenallee is a 1999 comedy film about life in East Berlin in the late 1970s. The movie was directed by Leander Haußmann. The film was released shortly before the corresponding novel, Am kürzeren Ende der Sonnenallee...
- Sophie Scholl: The Final Days (Sophie Scholl – Die letzten Tage)
- The Sons of the Great Mother Bear (Die Söhne der großen Bärin)
- Soul KitchenSoul Kitchen (song)"Soul Kitchen" is a song by The Doors from their self titled debut album The Doors. It runs 3 minutes and 35 seconds.The punk band X made it a cover at 1980 for their debut album...
2009 - StroszekStroszekStroszek is a 1977 film by German director Werner Herzog. It was written in four days specifically for Bruno S. and was shot in Berlin, two towns in Wisconsin, and in North Carolina. Most of the lead roles are played by non-actors.-Plot:...
- Summer StormSummer StormSummer Storm is a 2004 German coming-of-age film directed by Marco Kreuzpaintner, starring Robert Stadlober, Kostja Ullmann, Alicja Bachleda-Curuś, and Marlon Kittel...
(Sommersturm, 2004) - The Tin DrumThe Tin DrumThe Tin Drum is a 1959 novel by Günter Grass. The novel is the first book of Grass's .- Plot summary :The story revolves around the life of Oskar Matzerath, as narrated by himself when confined in a mental hospital during the years 1952-1954...
(Die Blechtrommel, 1979) - The Third GenerationThe Third GenerationThe Third Generation is a 1979 West German film, a black comedy about terrorism, written, directed and cinematographed by Rainer Werner Fassbinder. The plot follows an ineffectual cell of underground terrorist who plan to kidnap an industrialist.-Plot:...
(Die Dritte Generation, 1979) - This Very MomentThis Very MomentThis Very Moment is a 2003 film directed by Christoph Hochhäusler....
(Milchwald) - Triumph of the WillTriumph of the WillTriumph of the Will is a propaganda film made by Leni Riefenstahl. It chronicles the 1934 Nazi Party Congress in Nuremberg, which was attended by more than 700,000 Nazi supporters. The film contains excerpts from speeches given by various Nazi leaders at the Congress, including portions of...
(Triumph des Willens), 1935 - Tornado (2007)
- Das VersprechenThe Promise (1995 film)The Promise is a 1995 German-language film directed by Margarethe von Trotta. It was an international co-production between Germany, France and Switzerland. Two young lovers in Berlin are separated when the Berlin wall goes up, and their stories intertwine during the three decades to German...
, 1995 - Was nicht passt wird passend gemacht
- What To Do In Case Of FireWhat To Do In Case Of FireWhat to Do in Case of Fire? is a German film directed by Gregor Schnitzler. It premiered in November 2001 at the German film festival Kinofest Lünen and was released to theaters in 2002...
(Was Tun, Wenn's Brennt) - When We LeaveWhen We LeaveWhen We Leave is a 2010 German drama film, produced, written and directed by Feo Aladag, which highlights the problem of honour killings by depicting the drama of a Turkish family living in Germany.-Cast:* Sibel Kekilli - Umay* Nizam Schiller - Cem...
(Die Fremde, 2010) - Das wilde LebenDas Wilde LebenDas Wilde Leben is a German biographical motion picture, set in the 1960s and depicting the "wild life" of Uschi Obermaier, a German groupie.- Synopsis :...
- Wings of DesireWings of DesireWings of Desire is a 1987 Franco-German romantic fantasy film directed by Wim Wenders. The film is about invisible, immortal angels who populate Berlin and listen to the thoughts of the human inhabitants and comfort those who are in distress...
(Himmel über Berlin)