Günter Reisch
1927 - 2014
Solange Leben in mir ist
Günter Reisch
Horst Schulze, Lyudmila Kasyanova
This is part one of a two-part biopic about Karl Liebknecht. In 1914, Germany is arming itself for war. Karl Liebknecht, left-wing revolutionary Social Democrat, workers’ leader and a virulent antimilitarist, is one among 110 SPD members of Parliament who vote against approving war loans. From then on, he is considered un-German and a traitor to the fatherland, and his own party’s leadership turns against him. Despite threats, Liebknecht speaks up against the war and writes the manifesto “The Main Enemy Is at Home.” Even when he is arrested and charged with treason, he does not surrender.
As Long as There’s Life in Me
Spur in die Nacht
Günter Reisch
Ulrich Thein, Eva-Maria Hagen
Никогда Улли не думал, что посещение гостиницы «Фуксбау» вовлечет его в водоворот страшных событий… В гостинице Улли узнал, что его подруга Сабина исчезла и причем самым таинственным образом. Она, по-видимому, находится в опасности, и его долг ей помочь. О народной полиции Улли был невысокого мнения. И потому он решился взяться за дело сам. Многое было подозрительно в «Фуксбау». Например, неизвестный человек в кожаной куртке. Везде, где, по мнению Улли, происходили таинственные события, появлялся и он. Один из посетителей гостиницы, толстый Леман, явно помогает человеку в кожаной куртке. Подозрительными были и ночные прогулки молодого доктора Майзеля. А тут еще господин Эшка со своим непроницаемым дружелюбием. Во всем этом надо разобраться. Так думал Улли. Но события внезапно принимают крутой оборот. Улли нападает на след…
The Track in the Night
Trotz alledem!
Günter Reisch
Horst Schulze, Lyudmila Kasyanova
October 1918: Karl Liebknecht is released from prison and Berlin workers celebrate his release. Although WWI is almost over, the German Kaiserreich in vain sends its last reserves to the slaughter. The working class is in a rebellious mood; the uprising of Kiel’s sailors against war and militarism sets off a call for revolution led by Liebknecht. On November 9, Liebknecht declares the Free Socialist Republic of Germany. But pro-Kaiser military and right wing Social Democrats oppose him.
Despite It All!
Wolz - Life and Transfiguration of a German Anarchist
Günter Reisch
Regimantas Adomaitis, Carin Abicht
Soldier Ignaz Wolz returns from WWI with an immeasurable hatred of capitalist war profiteers. He decides to start his own revolution, but tries to stay away from the organized class struggle. He steals from the rich men and divides the wealth among the poor. One day, Wolz is arrested and sentenced to life in prison; seven years later he is released due to mass protests. More than ever, it is hard for him to fit in. He severs ties with his former companions, who reject his ideas, and leaves Germany.
Wolz – Life and Transfiguration of a German Anarchist
Jungfer, Sie gefällt mir
Günter Reisch
Wolfgang Kieling, Monika Gabriel
A Saxon village in 1792: While the Prussians go against France, the haymaking takes place in the village and the resolute Marthe catches her daughter Ev with the village blacksmith Ruprecht in the hay.
Maiden, You please Me
Ein Lord am Alexanderplatz
Günter Reisch
Armin Mueller-Stahl, Angelica Domröse
Ewald Honig can't break his bad habit. Hardly has he crossed over into the GDR when the strapping, well-built man in his late fifties once again starts courting ladies with fraudulent intentions. His daughter Ina, burdened with the same genes, specializes in married men in their prime. Two criminologists are on the Honigs' trail, but they soon have enough to handle just dealing with each other. Meanwhile, Honig and his daughter have left their wayward path of their own accord.
A Lord of Alexander Square
The Fiancee
Günther Rücker, Günter Reisch
Jutta Wachowiak, Regimantas Adomaitis
The wrenching story of a woman sentenced in 1934 to ten years in prison for antifascist activities. The love between her and her fiancée enables her to survive the tribulations of her time in prison, where she is one of few political prisoners.
The Fiancee
Unterwegs zu Lenin
Günter Reisch
Gottfried Richter, Mikhail Ulyanov
A train travels through the vastness of Russia, a train with German prisoners of war returning home, and Viktor Kleist, a young German communist from an intellectual home in Munich, travels back home with them. During the journey, the stations on his way to Lenin wake up again.
On the Way to Lenin
Ach, du fröhliche
Günter Reisch
Erwin Geschonneck, Mathilde Danegger
По пьесе Братислава Бражека "И такое в рождественский вечер!" В канун Рождества обострились отношения в семье Лёрке. Дочь Анна против желания родителей решила выйти замуж за Томаса, которого её отец считает непутевым пареньком...
Ach, du fröhliche
Das Lied der Matrosen
Kurt Maetzig, Günter Reisch
Günther Simon, Raimund Schelcher
A film about the historical uprising of the seamen in Kiel: During the Russian October Revolution of 1917, German and Russian soldiers start to solidarize with each other. By disarming the officers, machinist Henne Lonke and stoker Jens Kasten prevent the attack on a Russian freighter. When German admiralty gives out orders for operation "Nibelungen", which would lead the German fleet into a suicidal attack against England and quell the revolutionary spirit, seamen and soldiers from different political backgrounds unite in protest.
The Sailor’s Song
Мы за мир
Ivan Pyryev, Joris Ivens
Film about the third 'Weltfestspiele der Jugend und Studenten für den Frieden' in East Berlin, 1951. West Germany is represented as a degenerate country which has been occupied by the Americans and is still inclined to fascism. We see the construction of the stadium, the departure and arrival of the delegations, the opening and closing by Enrico Berlinguer, a sports event, the parade of the delegations, a visit to Potsdam, folk dancing, and police violence against youngsters from West Berlin who want to visit East Germany because of the games. The film is interlaced with shots from the Korean War and a parade by NATO-troops in West Germany. Featuring Robert Montgomery, Konrad Adenauer, Wilhelm Pieck, Dwight Eisenhower, Robert Leer and Erich Honecker. The crew comprised no less than 24 cameramen. This project was the first great colour film Ivens co-operated in.
Friendship Triumphs
