FR #55 | Movie | War, Drama | Italy | German, Italian
Director
Roberto Benigni
Writer
Vincenzo Cerami, Roberto Benigni
Cast
Roberto Benigni, Nicoletta Braschi, Giorgio Cantarini
Plot
When an open-minded Jewish waiter and his son become victims of the Holocaust, he uses a perfect mixture of will, humor and imagination to protect his son from the dangers around their camp.
FR #60 | Movie | Drama, History | Germany, France | German, Japanese
Director
Florian Henckel Von Donnersmarck
Writer
Florian Henckel Von Donnersmarck
Cast
Ulrich Muhe, Martina Gedeck, Sebastian Koch
Plot
In 1984 East Berlin, an agent of the secret police conducting surveillance on a writer and his lover finds himself becoming increasingly absorbed by their lives.
FR #91 | TV | Sci-Fi, Thriller | Germany, USA | German, Turkish
Writer
Baran Bo Odar, Jantje Friese
Cast
Louis Hofmann, Karoline Eichhorn, Lisa Vicari
Plot
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.
FR #376 | Movie | Comedy, Drama | Germany, France | German, English
Director
Wolfgang Becker
Writer
Bernd Lichtenberg, Wolfgang Becker, Achim Von Borries
Cast
Daniel Bruhl, Katrin Sass, Chulpan Khamatova
Plot
In 1990, to protect his fragile mother from a fatal shock after a long coma, a young man must keep her from learning that her beloved nation of East Germany as she knew it has disappeared.
FR #408 | Movie | War, Drama | Russia | German, Russian
Director
Andrei Tarkovsky, Eduard Abalov
Writer
Vladimir Bogomolov, Mikhail Papava, Andrei Tarkovsky
Cast
Nikolay Burlyaev, Valentin Zubkov, Evgeniy Zharikov
Plot
During WWII, Soviet orphan Ivan Bondarev strikes up a friendship with three sympathetic Soviet officers while working as a scout behind the German lines.
FR #732 | TV | Drama | Germany, France | German, Swedish
Cast
Ewa Froling, Borje Ahlstedt, Jarl Kulle
Plot
Through the eyes of ten-year-old Alexander, we witness the delights and conflicts of the Ekdahl family, a sprawling bourgeois clan in turn-of-the-twentieth-century Sweden.
FR #895 | Movie | Thriller, Drama | Germany, France | German, English
Director
Dennis Gansel
Writer
Ron Jones, Johnny Dawkins, Ron Birnbach
Cast
Jurgen Vogel, Frederick Lau, Max Riemelt
Plot
A high school teacher's experiment to demonstrate to his students what life is like under a dictatorship spins horribly out of control when he forms a social unit with a life of its own.
FR #906 | Movie | Biography, Crime | Germany, Spain | German, English
Director
Marc Rothemund
Writer
Fred Breinersdorfer
Cast
Julia Jentsch, Fabian Hinrichs, Alexander Held
Plot
A dramatization of the final days of Sophie Scholl, one of the most famous members of the German World War II anti-Nazi resistance movement, The White Rose.
FR #935 | Movie | Biography, Drama | Germany, Italy | German, Russian
Director
Florian Henckel Von Donnersmarck
Writer
Florian Henckel Von Donnersmarck
Cast
Tom Schilling, Sebastian Koch, Paula Beer
Plot
German artist Kurt Barnert has escaped East Germany and now lives in West Germany, but is tormented by his childhood under the Nazis and the GDR-regime.
FR #938 | Movie | Crime, Drama | Germany, USA | German, Spanish
Director
Sebastian Schipper
Writer
Sebastian Schipper, Olivia Neergaard-Holm, Eike Frederik Schulz
Cast
Laia Costa, Frederick Lau, Franz Rogowski
Plot
A young Spanish woman who has recently moved to Berlin finds her flirtation with a local guy turn potentially deadly as their night out with his friends reveals a dangerous secret.
FR #1133 | Movie | Thriller, Drama | Germany, India | German, Bengali
Director
Oliver Hirschbiegel
Writer
Mario Giordano, Christoph Darnstadt, Don Bohlinger
Cast
Moritz Bleibtreu, Christian Berkel, Oliver Stokowski
Plot
For two weeks, 20 male participants are hired to play prisoners and guards in a prison. The "prisoners" have to follow seemingly mild rules, and the "guards" are told to retain order without using physical violence.
FR #1138 | Movie | Crime, Drama | Austria, India | German, French
Director
Michael Haneke
Writer
Michael Haneke
Cast
Susanne Lothar, Ulrich Muhe, Arno Frisch
Plot
Two violent young men take a mother, father, and son hostage in their vacation cabin and force them to play sadistic "games" with one another for their own amusement.
FR #1162 | Movie | War, Drama | Poland | German, Polish
Director
Andrzej Wajda
Writer
Jerzy Stefan Stawinski
Cast
Teresa Izewska, Tadeusz Janczar, Wienczyslaw Glinski
Plot
In 1944, during the Warsaw uprising against the Nazis, Polish Lieutenant Zadra and his resistance fighters use Warsaw's sewer system to escape the German encirclement.
FR #1165 | Movie | Adventure, Drama | Germany | German
Director
Fritz Lang
Writer
Fritz Lang, Thea Von Harbou
Cast
Paul Richter, Margarete Schon, Theodor Loos
Plot
Siegfried, son of King Siegmund of Xanten, sets off on a treacherous journey to the Kingdom of Burgundy to ask King Gunther for the hand of his sister, the beautiful Princess Kriemhild.
FR #1172 | Movie | Crime, Drama | Germany | German, English
Director
Baran Bo Odar
Writer
Jantje Friese, Baran Bo Odar
Cast
Tom Schilling, Elyas M'Barek, Wotan Wilke Mohring
Plot
Benjamin, a computer genius, is invited to join FRI3NDS, a fame-seeking hacker group. However, when his associates are murdered by Russian gangsters, he is interrogated by Europol.
FR #1423 | Movie | Fantasy, Horror | Germany | German
Director
Paul Wegener, Carl Boese
Writer
Paul Wegener, Henrik Galeen
Cast
Paul Wegener, Albert Steinruck, Ernst Deutsch
Plot
In 16th-century Prague, a rabbi creates the Golem - a giant creature made of clay. Using sorcery, he brings the creature to life in order to protect the Jews of Prague from persecution.
FR #1437 | Movie | Crime, Drama | Switzerland, Germany | German, Italian
Director
Ladislao Vajda
Writer
Friedrich Durrenmatt, Hans Jacoby, Ladislao Vajda
Cast
Heinz Ruhmann, Sigfrit Steiner, Siegfried Lowitz
Plot
Having doubts about the guilt of the obvious suspect in the murder of an eight year old girl, a police detective decides to investigate the case on his own.
FR #1479 | TV | Crime, Drama | Germany, Italy | German
Cast
Gunter Lamprecht, Claus Holm, Hanna Schygulla
Plot
In late-1920s Berlin, Franz Biberkopf is released from prison and vows to go straight. However, he soon finds himself embroiled in the city's criminal underworld.
A teen girl in 1970s Berlin becomes addicted to heroin. Everything in her life slowly begins to distort and disappear as she befriends a small crew of junkies and falls in love with a drug-abusing male prostitute.
FR #1652 | Movie | History, Drama | Germany, Poland | German, English
Director
Christian Petzold
Writer
Christian Petzold, Harun Farocki, Hubert Monteilhet
Cast
Nina Hoss, Ronald Zehrfeld, Nina Kunzendorf
Plot
After surviving Auschwitz, a former cabaret singer has her disfigured face reconstructed and returns to her war-ravaged hometown to seek out her gentile husband, who may or may not have betrayed her to the Nazis.
FR #1658 | Movie | Drama | Germany, Spain | German, English
Director
Nora Fingscheidt
Writer
Nora Fingscheidt
Cast
Helena Zengel, Albrecht Schuch, Gabriela Maria Schmeide
Plot
9-year-old Benni is a toss-up between institutions that cannot tackle her outbursts. She wants to move in with her mother, but she can not handle her wild daughter. After Micha is hired Benni slowly opens up and attaches herself t...
FR #1695 | Movie | Romance, Thriller | Germany | German
Director
Fritz Lang
Writer
Thea Von Harbou, Fritz Lang
Cast
Rudolf Klein-Rogge, Gerda Maurus, Willy Fritsch
Plot
The mastermind behind a ubiquitous spy operation learns of a dangerous romance between a Russian lady in his employ and a dashing agent from the government's secret service.
FR #1779 | Movie | Spy-Thriller, Action | USA, China | German, Swedish
Director
Christopher Mcquarrie
Writer
Bruce Geller, Christopher Mcquarrie, Drew Pearce
Cast
Tom Cruise, Rebecca Ferguson, Jeremy Renner
Plot
Ethan and his team take on their most impossible mission yet when they have to eradicate an international rogue organization as highly skilled as they are and committed to destroying the IMF.
FR #1792 | Movie | Romance, Drama | UK, USA | German, Italian
Director
Anthony Minghella
Writer
Michael Ondaatje, Anthony Minghella
Cast
Ralph Fiennes, Juliette Binoche, Willem Dafoe
Plot
At the close of World War II, a young nurse tends to a badly burned plane crash victim. His past is shown in flashbacks, revealing an involvement in a fateful love affair.
FR #1883 | Movie | Drama | Austria, India | German, French
Director
Michael Haneke
Writer
Michael Haneke, Johanna Teicht
Cast
Birgit Doll, Dieter Berner, Leni Tanzer
Plot
A European family who plan on escaping to Australia seem caught up in their daily routine, only troubled by minor incidents. However, behind their apparent calm and repetitive existence, they are actually planning something sinister.
FR #1936 | Movie | Adventure, Drama | Germany | German
Director
Fritz Lang
Writer
Thea Von Harbou
Cast
Margarete Schon, Gertrud Arnold, Theodor Loos
Plot
Princess Kriemhild vows to avenge her husband's murder but must overcome her brothers who swore allegiance to Hagen. She marries Etzel, King of the Huns, and persuades his army to attack Hagen, but she loses more than she bargaine...
Sergey Bondarchuk, Pavel Boriskin, Zinaida Kirienko
Plot
A Soviet soldier, Andrei Sokolov, has been separated from his family by World War II. Suffering in German captivity, he dreams of meeting his darlings after the victory. But cruel fate turned out otherwise.
A show about the fictional everyday adventures of real-life comedian Bastian Pastewka. He experiences funny, strange, and embarrassing moments that he often causes by his lies.
FR #2038 | Movie | Court-Drama, History | Germany, USA | German, Greek
Director
Stephen Daldry
Writer
David Hare, Bernhard Schlink
Cast
Kate Winslet, Ralph Fiennes, Bruno Ganz
Plot
Post-WWII Germany: Nearly a decade after his affair with an older woman came to a mysterious end, law student Michael Berg re-encounters his former lover as she defends herself in a war-crime trial.
The mysterious disappearance of a kindergarten teacher during a picnic in the north of Iran is followed by a series of misadventures for her fellow travelers.
In 1924, Oskar Matzerath is born in the Free City of Danzig. At age three, he falls down a flight of stairs and stops growing. In 1939, World War II breaks out.
FR #2131 | Movie | Drama | Germany, Hungary | German, Hungarian
Director
Istvan Szabo
Writer
Peter Dobai, Istvan Szabo, Klaus Mann
Cast
Klaus Maria Brandauer, Ildiko Bansagi, Krystyna Janda
Plot
In early-1930s Germany, a passionate stage actor faces a dilemma: renounce his apolitical stance and comply with the Reich's doctrine, or face oblivion. But, Faustian bargains never end well. What is the price of success?
FR #2150 | Movie | Comedy, Drama | Germany | German
Director
David Wnendt
Writer
David Wnendt, Mizzi Meyer, Timur Vermes
Cast
Oliver Masucci, Thomas M. Koppl, Marc-Marvin Israel
Plot
Adolf Hitler wakes up in the 21st century. He quickly gains media attention, but while Germany finds him hilarious and charming, Hitler makes some serious observations about society.
FR #2329 | Movie | History, Drama | Belgium, France | German, French
Director
Christian Carion
Writer
Christian Carion
Cast
Diane Kruger, Benno Furmann, Guillaume Canet
Plot
In December 1914, an unofficial Christmas truce on the Western Front allows soldiers from opposing sides of the First World War to gain insight into each other's way of life.
FR #2395 | Movie | War, Drama | Germany, India | German, Russian
Director
Joseph Vilsmaier
Writer
Jurgen Buscher, Christoph Fromm, Johannes Heide
Cast
Dominique Horwitz, Thomas Kretschmann, Jochen Nickel
Plot
The story follows a group of German soldiers, from their Italian R&R in the summer of 1942 to the frozen steppes of Soviet Russia and ending with the battle for Stalingrad.
FR #2436 | TV | Crime, Action | Austria, Germany | German
Writer
Peter Hajek, Peter Moser
Cast
Gerhard Zemann, Heinz Weixelbraun, Wolf Bachofner
Plot
A cop is recently divorced, and to fill the void, he adopts a police dog who has also lost his companion. Together, they solve crimes occurring in and around the city of Vienna.
FR #2477 | Movie | Romance, Drama | Germany, USA | German, English
Director
Wolfgang Staudte
Writer
Eberhard Keindorff, Johanna Sibelius, Fritz Staudte
Cast
Hildegard Knef, Elly Burgmer, Erna Sellmer
Plot
After returning from a concentration camp, Susanne finds an ex-soldier living in her apartment. Together the two try to move past their experiences during World War II.
FR #2479 | Movie | History, Drama | Austria | German, Hungarian
Director
Ernst Marischka
Writer
Ernst Marischka
Cast
Romy Schneider, Karlheinz Bohm, Magda Schneider
Plot
The second in a trilogy of movies about Elisabeth "Sissi" of Austria, the film chronicles the married life of the young empress as she tries to adjust to formal and strict life in the palace and an overbearing mother-in-law.
FR #2482 | Movie | Comedy, Crime | Germany, USA | German, French
Director
Georg Wilhelm Pabst
Writer
Bertolt Brecht, Leo Lania, Ladislaus Vajda
Cast
Rudolf Forster, Lotte Lenya, Carola Neher
Plot
The Gangster Macheath secretly marries the daughter of beggar king Peachum. When Peachum finds out, he instructs the police chief Brown to arrest and hang Macheath. If not, all the beggars of Soho will disturb the upcoming coronat...
FR #2639 | Movie | Comedy, Action | Germany, France | German, Danish
Director
Peter Thorwarth
Writer
Stefan Holtz, Peter Thorwarth
Cast
Oliver Korittke, Markus Knufken, Ralf Richter
Plot
A violent chain of events ensues as a jailed criminal arranges to buy a car from a shady car dealer, unaware that his partner in freedom has squandered most of the money from their last bank robbery on horse race betting.
FR #2646 | Movie | History, Drama | France, Germany | German, English
Director
Michael Herbig
Writer
Kit Hopkins, Thilo Roscheisen, Michael Herbig
Cast
Friedrich Mucke, Karoline Schuch, David Kross
Plot
East Germany, 1979. After initially failing to flee from the East to the West in a self-built hot-air balloon, two families struggle to make a second attempt, while the East German State Police are chasing them.
FR #2889 | Movie | Drama | Germany | German, English
Director
Wim Wenders
Writer
Wim Wenders
Cast
Rudiger Vogler, Hanns Zischler, Lisa Kreuzer
Plot
A traveling projection-equipment mechanic works in Western Germany along the East-German border, visiting worn-out theatres. He meets with a depressed young man whose marriage has just broken up, and the two decide to travel toget...
FR #2895 | Movie | Comedy, Family | Germany, India | German, Telugu
Director
Vicco Von Bulow, Renate Westphal-Lorenz
Writer
Vicco Von Bulow
Cast
Evelyn Hamann, Vicco Von Bulow, Irm Hermann
Plot
After ordering enough typewriting paper for 40 years, just to get discount, Heinrich Lohse is forced to retire. The former manager has plenty of time now to spend with his wife and their 16 year old son. But - do they want that?
Set in the German capital Berlin, the series centers around a German woman and single mother of a teenage daughter, who starts a relationship and decides to live together with a widowed Turkish father and his two teenage children.
