The Mortal Storm

In 1984 East Berlin, dedicated Stasi officer Gerd Wiesler begins spying on a famous playwright and his actress-lover Christa-Maria. Wiesler becomes unexpectedly sympathetic to the couple, and faces conflicting loyalties when his superior takes a liking to Christa-Maria.

Runtime

2h 17m

Director

Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck

Cast

Martina Gedeck, Ulrich Mühe, Sebastian Koch

In April of 1945, Germany stands at the brink of defeat with the Russian Army closing in from the east and the Allied Expeditionary Force attacking from the west. In Berlin, capital of the Third Reich, Adolf Hitler proclaims that Germany will still achieve victory and orders his generals and advisers to fight to the last man. When the ...

Runtime

2h 35m

Director

Oliver Hirschbiegel

Cast

Bruno Ganz, Alexandra Maria Lara, Corinna Harfouch

Crotchety retired doctor Isak Borg travels from Stockholm to Lund, Sweden, with his pregnant and unhappy daughter-in-law, Marianne, in order to receive an honorary degree from his alma mater. Along the way, they encounter a series of hitchhikers, each of whom causes the elderly doctor to muse upon the pleasures and failures of his own ...

Runtime

1h 31m

Director

Ingmar Bergman

Cast

Victor Sjöström, Bibi Andersson, Ingrid Thulin

New York Times reporter Sydney Schanberg is on assignment covering the Cambodian Civil War, with the help of local interpreter Dith Pran and American photojournalist Al Rockoff. When the U.S. Army pulls out amid escalating violence, Schanberg makes exit arrangements for Pran and his family. Pran, however, tells Schanberg he intends to ...

Runtime

2h 22m

Director

Roland Joffé

Cast

Sam Waterston, Haing S. Ngor, John Malkovich

It's a dreary Christmas 1944 for the American POWs in Stalag 17 and the men in Barracks 4, all sergeants, have to deal with a grave problem—there seems to be a security leak.

Runtime

2h

Director

Billy Wilder

Cast

William Holden, Don Taylor, Robert Strauss

Inspired by true events, Olympic swimmer Harry Melchior defects from East Germany in the 1960s and hatches a daring plot to help his sister and others flee East Berlin through a 145-yard underground tunnel.

Runtime

2h 30m

Director

Roland Suso Richter

Cast

Heino Ferch, Nicolette Krebitz, Sebastian Koch

At a Dresden hospital in 1945, nurse Anna Mauth (Felicitas Woll) cares for badly injured British pilot Robert Newman (John Light), whom Anna believes to be a German deserter. As Allied forces close in, Anna grows close to Robert despite her engagement to Dr. Alexander Wenninger (Benjamin Sadler). The gripping historical romance won a 2...

Runtime

3h

Director

Roland Suso Richter

Cast

Felicitas Woll, John Light, Benjamin Sadler

The incredible true story of Lufthansa Flight 181, which was hijacked by the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine in October of 1977, and the noble efforts of stewardess Gabriele Dillmann (Nadja Uhl) to ensure the safety of the terrified passengers throughout the harrowing ordeal. When terrorists sympathetic to the cause of th...

Runtime

1h 48m

Famous Nazi doctor Josef Mengele — the 'Death Angel of Auschwitz', who killed more than 300.000 people — emerges from his hideout in Argentina to Germany as a 87-year-old man, and must stand for his crimes in court. The young solicitor Peter Rohm is assigned to defend him, but Rohm himself — an expert on Mengele and his crimes — feels ...

Runtime

2h 8m

Director

Roland Suso Richter

Cast

Götz George, Kai Wiesinger, Karoline Eichhorn

A family of a German linguist lives with an indigenous tribe in Papua New Guinea.

Runtime

2h 11m

Director

Roland Suso Richter

Cast

Thomas Kretschmann, Nadja Uhl, Michael Baral