Jochen Thomas
1925 - 1995Die aus der 12b
Rudi Kurz
Ernst-Georg Schwill, Karla Runkehl
German teacher Miss Platzke starts working in a graduating class. Since she is young and inexperienced, the students soon consider her incapable of doing her job. Their disrespectful and harsh behavior makes Miss Platzke even more insecure, and she reacts with rigidity: On the last day before winter break she orders them to write an unannounced essay, thereby provoking a spontaneous strike.
Die aus der 12b
Polonia-Express
Kurt Jung-Alsen
Alice Graf, Horst Schön
Railway employee Fritz Marr is not regarded well by his superiors. It is the year 1920, and trains regularly pass the railway hub of Erfurt to the East to secretly transport weapons for the fight against the young Soviet Union. Marr knows about this and wants to mobilise other workers to stop these illegal deliveries. To muzzle him, Marr is relocated to a remote rail work construction site.
Polonia-Express
The Adventures of Werner Holt
Joachim Kunert
Klaus-Peter Thiele, Manfred Karge
Two 17-year-olds, Werner Holt and Gilbert Wolzow, are pulled out of school and into Hitler's army. Gilbert becomes a fanatical soldier; but at the front, Werner begins to understand the senselessness of war.
The Adventures of Werner Holt
Die Fahne von Kriwoj Rog
Kurt Maetzig
Erwin Geschonneck, Marga Legal
In an act of friendship and solidarity between two mining towns in 1929, the locals of Kriwoj Rog, Russia, give their flag as a gift to the locals of Bergstedt, Germany. This quickly takes on a symbolic meaning for the miners in Bergstedt as the Nazi party demands that this Soviet gesture be erased and the flag be replaced with their own. The miner and communist party functionary Otto Brosowski (Erwin Geschonneck) publicly declares it his duty to defend this flag against every danger, and he keeps his promise despite his family being threatened by torment and torture.
The Banner of Krivoi Rog
Carbide and Sorrel
Frank Beyer
Erwin Geschonneck, Marita Böhme
After the second World War, Dresden has a lot of reconstructing to do. To get the cigarette factory he once worked for running again, Kalle has to travel to Wittenberg - the only place where carbide can be found. Once there, Kalle find himself in the unfortunate situation of having to hitchhike his way back to Dresden, transporting seven heavy barrels of carbide. However, his inventiveness and optimistic attitude help transform the grueling task into an adventurous, entertaining, and funny journey.
Carbide and Sorrel
Der Lotterieschwede
Joachim Kunert
Erwin Geschonneck, Sonja Sutter
По одноименной новелле Мартина Андерсена-Нексе о тяжелой, лишенной радости жизни каменотесов. В центре сюжета - история о надеждах рабочего крестьянина Йохана Йонссона на большой выигрыш по лотерейному билету.
Der Lotterieschwede
Rivalen am Steuer
Ernst W. Fiedler
Axel Monjé, Wilhelm Koch-Hooge
Manfred Falk is an experienced race car driver and member of a racing collective in Eisenach. While competing in West Germany, the beautiful Manuela convinces him to leave his girlfriend Inge and his friends at the collective behind in order to join the South American Alvarez racing company.
Rivals Behind the Wheel
Schlösser und Katen
Kurt Maetzig
Raimund Schelcher, Erika Dunkelmann
Lifelong hard work for the count makes the servant Anton a cripple. Everybody calls him Crooked Anton. When, after the end of the war, the land of the count gets divided amongst the farmers, Anton receives a piece and hopes to be able to work freely. But an old debt and intrigue keep Anton and his family from finding peace. The farmers of the village begin to discover their own power when Annegret, Anton's daughter, leaves. Is a new beginning possible for Anton? This film paints an impressive panorama of the development of a minor village in Mecklenburg from the end of the war to the uprising of 17 June 1953.
Castles and Cottages
Schüsse unterm Galgen
Horst Seemann
Werner Kanitz, Alena Procházková
In Scotland in 1751, young David Balfour is shanghaied aboard a ship where he meets Jacobite rebel Alan Breck Stewart with whom he escapes to the Scottish Highlands, dodging the redcoats.
Shots Under the Gallows
Nichts als Sünde
Hans Burger
Annekathrin Bürger, Herwart Grosse
Based upon Shakespeare′s "Twelfth Night", the movie tells the story of the Duke of Illyria who is in love with the Countess Olivia. Olivia, however, keeps eluding him. When the Duke sends her a page to bring her a message, Olivia falls in love with the messenger who is in fact a woman called Viola. After she was shipwrecked on the shores of Illyria, Viola assumed the role of her missing brother. She cannot return Olivia′s love because she, in turn, adores the Duke.
Nichts als Sünde
