Movie List for "german"

Sissi (1955) Comedy Drama History Romance Movie

In the first of a trilogy of movies about Elisabeth “Sissi” of Austria, the young vibrant princess catches the eye of her sister’s fiancé, Emperor Franz Josef. Year 1955.

Generes: Comedy, Drama, History, Romance
Director: Ernst Marischka
Writer: Ernst Marischka
Actors: Romy Schneider, Karlheinz Böhm, Magda Schneider, Uta Franz

The Man Who Cheated Life (1926) Drama Horror Movie

For Balduin, going out to beer parties with his fellow students and fighting out disputes at the tip of the sword have lost their charms. He wants to find love; but how would he, a … Year 1926.

Generes: Drama, Horror
Director: Henrik Galeen
Writer: Hanns Heinz Ewers (novel), Henrik Galeen (book)
Actors: Conrad Veidt, Elizza La Porta, Fritz Alberti, Ágnes Eszterházy

Fate of a Man (1959) Drama War Movie

The story of a man (Andrey Sokolov) whose life was ruthlessly crippled by World War II. His wife and daughters were killed during the bombing of his village, he spent some time as a … Year 1959.

Generes: Drama, War
Director: Sergey Bondarchuk
Writer: Yuriy Lukin, Fyodor Shakhmagonov, Mikhail Sholokhov (story)
Actors: Sergey Bondarchuk, Pavel Boriskin, Zinaida Kirienko, Pavel Volkov

Arsenic and Old Lace (1944) Comedy Crime Thriller Movie

A writer of books on the futility of marriage risks his reputation when he decides to get married. Things get even more complicated when he learns on his wedding day that his beloved maiden aunts are habitual murderers. Year 1944.

Generes: Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Director: Frank Capra
Writer: Julius J. Epstein (screen play), Philip G. Epstein (screen play), Joseph Kesselring (play)
Actors: Cary Grant, Priscilla Lane, Raymond Massey, Jack Carson

Little Dieter Needs to Fly (1997) Documentary Biography Drama War Movie

German-American Dieter Dengler discusses his service as a U.S. naval pilot in the Vietnam War. Dengler also revisits the sites of his capture and eventual escape from the hands of the Viet Cong, recreating many events for the camera. Year 1997.

Generes: Documentary, Biography, Drama, War
Director: Werner Herzog
Writer: Werner Herzog
Actors: Dieter Dengler, Werner Herzog, Eugene Deatrick

The Captain (2017) Drama History Thriller War Movie

In the last moments of World War II, a young German soldier fighting for survival finds a Nazi captain’s uniform. Impersonating an officer, the man quickly takes on the monstrous identity of the perpetrators he’s escaping from. Year 2017.

Generes: Drama, History, Thriller, War
Director: Robert Schwentke
Writer: Robert Schwentke
Actors: Max Hubacher, Alexander Fehling, Sebastian Rudolph, Max Thommes

Anatomie (2000) Horror Thriller Movie

A cute med student starts a summer course at Heidelberg University. David’s on her dissection table. She met him the day before on the train. Something’s wrong. Year 2000.

Generes: Horror, Thriller
Director: Stefan Ruzowitzky
Writer: Peter Engelmann (dramaturge), Stefan Ruzowitzky
Actors: Franka Potente, Benno Fürmann, Anna Loos, Sebastian Blomberg

A Woman in Berlin (2008) Biography Drama History War Movie

A woman tries to survive the invasion of Berlin by the Soviet troops during the last days of World War II. Year 2008.

Generes: Biography, Drama, History, War
Director: Max Färberböck
Writer: Max Färberböck, Marta Hillers (book), Catharina Schuchmann
Actors: Nina Hoss, Evgeniy Sidikhin, Irm Hermann, Rüdiger Vogler

The Pianist (2002) Biography Drama Music War Movie

A Polish Jewish musician struggles to survive the destruction of the Warsaw ghetto of World War II. Year 2002.

Generes: Biography, Drama, Music, War
Director: Roman Polanski
Writer: Ronald Harwood (screenplay by), Wladyslaw Szpilman (based on the book by)
Actors: Adrien Brody, Emilia Fox, Michal Zebrowski, Ed Stoppard

Rabbit Without Ears (2007) Comedy Romance Movie

Rainbow press reporter Ludo is sentenced to 8 months, but is released on probation. But he has to work 300 hours for a local daycare center and meets Anna who has unfinished business with him. Year 2007.

Generes: Comedy, Romance
Director: Til Schweiger
Writer: Anika Decker, Til Schweiger
Actors: Til Schweiger, Nora Tschirner, Matthias Schweighöfer, Alwara Höfels

Ubit drakona (1989) Drama Family Fantasy Movie

Dragon, a bloody dictator, is challenged by Lancelot, who comes to save the girl, and to liberate the people. Year 1989.

Generes: Drama, Family, Fantasy
Director: Mark Zakharov
Writer: Michele Alghisio (adaptation), Grigori Gorin, Evgeniy Shvarts (play), Mark Zakharov
Actors: Aleksandr Abdulov, Oleg Yankovskiy, Evgeniy Leonov, Vyacheslav Tikhonov

The Baader Meinhof Complex (2008) Action Biography Crime Drama History Thriller Movie

A look at Germany’s terrorist group, The Red Army Faction (RAF), which organized bombings, robberies, kidnappings and assassinations in the late 1960s and ’70s. Year 2008.

Generes: Action, Biography, Crime, Drama, History, Thriller
Director: Uli Edel
Writer: Bernd Eichinger (screenplay), Uli Edel (screenplay collaborator), Stefan Aust (book)
Actors: Martina Gedeck, Moritz Bleibtreu, Johanna Wokalek, Jan Josef Liefers

V avguste 44-go (2001) Action Mystery Drama Thriller War Movie

The movie is set in Belarus, where a team of counter-intelligence officers is given only three days to find a German radio operator posing as a Soviet soldier, behind soviet lines, on the … Year 2001.

Generes: Action, Mystery, Drama, Thriller, War
Director: Mikhail Ptashuk
Writer: N/A
Actors: Evgeniy Mironov, Vladislav Galkin, Yuri Kolokolnikov, Aleksey Petrenko

The White Ribbon (2009) Drama History Mystery Thriller Movie

Strange events happen in a small village in the north of Germany during the years before World War I, which seem to be ritual punishment. Who is responsible? Year 2009.

Generes: Drama, History, Mystery, Thriller
Director: Michael Haneke
Writer: Michael Haneke, Michael Haneke (story)
Actors: Christian Friedel, Ernst Jacobi, Leonie Benesch, Ulrich Tukur

Run Lola Run (1998) Crime Drama Thriller Movie

After a botched money delivery, Lola has 20 minutes to come up with 100,000 Deutschmarks. Year 1998.

Generes: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Director: Tom Tykwer
Writer: Tom Tykwer (screenplay)
Actors: Franka Potente, Moritz Bleibtreu, Herbert Knaup, Nina Petri

Ballon (2018) Drama Family History Thriller Movie

Balloon is a German thriller that deals with the crossing of the inner German border of the families Strelzyk and Wetzel from the GDR to West Germany with a homemade hot-air balloon. Year 2018.

Generes: Drama, Family, History, Thriller
Director: Michael Herbig
Writer: Kit Hopkins (screenplay), Thilo Röscheisen (screenplay), Michael Herbig (screenplay)
Actors: Friedrich Mücke, Karoline Schuch, David Kross, Alicia von Rittberg