Cinema and Death

“Why does cinema need death, when it can’t show it?” The filmmaker’s monologue and the discourse of images meet

Rückfahrt in den Tod

Paul Kranz, the manager of a TEE that had just arrived from Hamburg, received terrible news in Paris. His wife Ruth is in a coma after a serious traffic accident. Mr. Kranz will return immediately. He finds an unknown ke

Liebe und Tod

To life and death

Eddie, a muscular circus performer, catch one night a burglar. It is Paul who is stealing from his wealthy sister Eveline. He needs money for his opium abuse, caused by the unscrupulous dealer Van Straaten.

Sophia, Death and Me

After a restless night, Reiner's doorbell rings. In front of it stands Morten de Sarg, which is actually his death. To his amazement, he is unable to let Reiner die; instead, the doorbell rings again. Sophia has a date w

Dornröschens leiser Tod

Verräter - Tod am Meer

Das Glück, die Liebe und der Tod

Gesteinigt - Der Tod der Luxuslady

Hilde Warren and Death

Hilde Warren, a famous actress, is impregnated by a convicted murderer and becomes plagued by visions of Death. Upon discovering her child is the image of its criminal father, Hilde must decide whether to allow it to liv

Die Liebe stört der kalte Tod

Tod am Rennsteig - Auge um Auge

The criminal psychologist Annett Schuster and the case analyst Jan Kawig have to solve their first case together when a male body is found near the Wartburg. Huddled in a fridge like the victim is praying. The man was kn

Der Tod des Ares

A documentary film essay about war and peace against the backdrop of filmmaker Peter Heller's personal history, who grew up in the trenches of the Cold War. A reckoning with fifty years of peace—during the Cold War and b

Was wenn der Tod uns scheidet

Sophie is admitted to hospital with a fainting spell. She has recently started feeling sick all the time and has a headache. She fears she might be pregnant again. And now she is diagnosed with a brain tumor. Her husband

Reserved for the Death

Former East German engineer Erich Becker had been lured to West Germany by promises of a high reward. Now residing in Stockholm, he is recalled to serve as a spy in the East. He is to convince Dr. Jadenburg to flee from

So süß ist kein Tod

Until Death Do Us Part

Scenes from an East German marriage. A young couple, Sonya and Jens, are very much in love; they get married and have a child. When Sonya wants to go back to work after her maternity leave, they clash for the first time;

The Death of Seneca

Citing Nietzsche, Müller describes the motive of the philologist as "greed," "simply wanting to have everything, grasp everything, know everything." This "hunger" distinguishes the artist, but has become lost in modern a

Der Tod kam als Freund

A large chemical company in southern Germany is experiencing strange glitches in its data processing. A hacker has infiltrated the computer system and, for example, ordered 9,999 rhesus monkeys instead of 100, or had 500

Duell mit dem Tod