Movie List for "german"

Yesterday Girl (1966) Drama Movie

The film tells the story of Anita G., a young East German migrant to West Germany and her struggle to adjust to her new life. Year 1966.

Generes: Drama
Director: Alexander Kluge
Writer: Alexander Kluge (screenplay), Alexander Kluge (story “Anita G.”)
Actors: Alexandra Kluge, Günter Mack, Eva Maria Meineke, Hans Korte

Amadeus (1984) Biography Drama History Music Movie

The life, success and troubles of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, as told by Antonio Salieri, the contemporaneous composer who was insanely jealous of Mozart’s talent and claimed to have murdered him. Year 1984.

Generes: Biography, Drama, History, Music
Director: Milos Forman
Writer: Peter Shaffer (original stage play), Peter Shaffer (original screenplay)
Actors: F. Murray Abraham, Tom Hulce, Elizabeth Berridge, Roy Dotrice

The Comedians (1941) Biography Drama Movie

For his first return film in now National Socialist Germany, Pabst presented a historical tribute to the very first national theater troupe there,founded by a group of actors in the town of Weimar in the 18th century. Year 1941.

Generes: Biography, Drama
Director: Georg Wilhelm Pabst
Writer: Olly Boeheim (novel), Axel Eggebrecht, Georg Wilhelm Pabst, Walter von Hollander
Actors: Käthe Dorsch, Hilde Krahl, Henny Porten, Gustav Diessl

The Big Lebowski (1998) Comedy Crime Sport Movie

Jeff “The Dude” Lebowski, mistaken for a millionaire of the same name, seeks restitution for his ruined rug and enlists his bowling buddies to help get it. Year 1998.

Generes: Comedy, Crime, Sport
Director: Joel Coen, Ethan Coen
Writer: Ethan Coen, Joel Coen
Actors: Jeff Bridges, John Goodman, Julianne Moore, Steve Buscemi

The Golden City (1942) Drama Movie

Anna Jobst is the daughter of a rich, conservative farmer. Living on the bank of the Moldau, she wishes nothing more than follow the river to Prague, the “Golden City”. Year 1942.

Generes: Drama
Director: Veit Harlan
Writer: Richard Billinger (play), Alfred Braun (screenplay), Veit Harlan (screenplay)
Actors: Kristina Söderbaum, Eugen Klöpfer, Annie Rosar, Dagny Servaes

Generation War (2013) Action Drama History War Movie

Five friends go out to war and promise each other to be back for Christmas. Year 2013.

Generes: Action, Drama, History, War
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
Actors: Volker Bruch, Tom Schilling, Katharina Schüttler, Miriam Stein

Everybody Dies But Me (2008) Drama Movie

One Monday morning Katya, Vika and Zhanna learn that there will be a school disco, their first disco, on the coming Saturday night. The girls feverishly start preparing for the event, which… Year 2008.

Generes: Drama
Director: Valeriya Gay Germanika
Writer: Aleksandr Rodionov, Yuriy Klavdiev
Actors: Polina Filonenko, Agniya Kuznetsova, Olga Shuvalova, Yuliya Aleksandrova

Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981) Action Adventure Movie

In 1936, archaeologist and adventurer Indiana Jones is hired by the U.S. government to find the Ark of the Covenant before Adolf Hitler’s Nazis can obtain its awesome powers. Year 1981.

Generes: Action, Adventure
Director: Steven Spielberg
Writer: Lawrence Kasdan (screenplay by), George Lucas (story by), Philip Kaufman (story by)
Actors: Harrison Ford, Karen Allen, Paul Freeman, Ronald Lacey

Uncle Kruger (1941) Biography War Movie

Rousing biopic of Paul Kruger, the Boer guerilla fighter turned statesman and first president of South Africa. Year 1941.

Generes: Biography, War
Director: Hans Steinhoff, Karl Anton, Herbert Maisch
Writer: Harald Bratt, Kurt Heuser, Arnold Krieger (novel)
Actors: Emil Jannings, Lucie Höflich, Werner Hinz, Ernst Schröder

Who Am I – Kein System ist sicher (2014) Crime Drama Mystery Sci-Fi Thriller Movie

Benjamin, a young German computer whiz, is invited to join a subversive hacker group that wants to be noticed on the world’s stage. Year 2014.

Generes: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Director: Baran bo Odar
Writer: Jantje Friese (screenplay), Baran bo Odar (screenplay)
Actors: Tom Schilling, Elyas M’Barek, Wotan Wilke Möhring, Antoine Monot Jr.

Ivan Vasilievich: Back to the Future (1973) Adventure Comedy Sci-Fi Movie

An ordinary Soviet building manager, living in the 20th century, is extremely similar to a Tsar of All Rus’ – Ivan IV the Terrible (1530-1584). He would never have known about this, but one day his neighbor created a time machine. Year 1973.

Generes: Adventure, Comedy, Sci-Fi
Director: Leonid Gaidai
Writer: Mikhail A. Bulgakov (play), Vladlen Bakhnov, Leonid Gaidai
Actors: Yuriy Yakovlev, Leonid Kuravlyov, Aleksandr Demyanenko, Saveliy Kramarov

Dark (2017–2020) Crime Drama Mystery Sci-Fi Thriller Movie

A family saga with a supernatural twist, set in a German town, where the disappearance of two young children exposes the relationships among four families. Year 2017–2020.

Generes: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Director: N/A
Writer: Baran bo Odar, Jantje Friese
Actors: Louis Hofmann, Karoline Eichhorn, Lisa Vicari, Maja Schöne

Witness for the Prosecution (1957) Crime Drama Mystery Thriller Movie

A veteran British barrister must defend his client in a murder trial that has surprise after surprise. Year 1957.

Generes: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Director: Billy Wilder
Writer: Agatha Christie (in Agatha Christie’s international stage success), Billy Wilder (screen play), Harry Kurnitz (screen play), Lawrence B. Marcus (adaptation)
Actors: Tyrone Power, Marlene Dietrich, Charles Laughton, Elsa Lanchester

Dead Man (1995) Adventure Drama Fantasy Western Movie

On the run after murdering a man, accountant William Blake encounters a strange Native American man named Nobody who prepares him for his journey into the spiritual world. Year 1995.

Generes: Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Western
Director: Jim Jarmusch
Writer: Jim Jarmusch
Actors: Johnny Depp, Gary Farmer, Crispin Glover, Lance Henriksen

Night Watch (2004) Action Fantasy Horror Thriller Movie

A fantasy-thriller set in present-day Moscow where the respective forces that control daytime and nighttime do battle. Year 2004.

Generes: Action, Fantasy, Horror, Thriller
Director: Timur Bekmambetov
Writer: Timur Bekmambetov (screenplay), Laeta Kalogridis (screenplay), Sergey Lukyanenko (novel)
Actors: Konstantin Khabenskiy, Vladimir Menshov, Valeriy Zolotukhin, Mariya Poroshina