Dagmar Manzel Movies

Berlin in the 1930s - Adolf Hitler comes to power, communists and social democrats are persecuted, books are burned and Jewish citizens are...

It is 1944 and Reich Minister of Propaganda Joseph Goebbels narrowly escapes an assassination attempt on the way to Obersalzberg. It is whispered to...

Philipp, a closeted teacher, is dating a female colleague to keep up appearances. One night he stumbles into a gay bar and falls for a man....

On Christmas Eve, of all times, unemployed waiter Karl finds himself on the street.

Jan Landers made it: Grown up in East Berlin, he quickly made his career after the turnaround: from the weatherman of a local station to the...

In 1896 the Berlin noble doctor Dr. Wilhelm Holtfreter takes over his well-to-do wife Mathilde and takes over the country doctor's office in the...

Erik, recently retired, is looking forward to some post-work adventure and to enjoy his family. These plans are thrown into doubt as the harsh...

The movie focuses on Kristine, an art historian. Kristine's personal life take a dramatic twist when the whole family is gathering together and the...

It's mom's birthday and her three daughters want to throw a big party. But everything turns out differently. It's not just because the divorced dad...

Berlin, the vibrant life. Only cashier Emma feels really lonely. There is nothing wrong with her, she just goes underground in the big city. Her...

The tragic love story between 17 year-old Gerat Lauter, who is in search of the truth, and his much older teacher Claudia, as it becomes a criminal...

When her ex-husband reappears, now suffering from dementia and having forgotten their divorce, Hanne’s orderly life with partner Bernd is...

A unique and surreal story about post-war Germany and a masterpiece of analogue film making. Director Heinrich Sabl worked over 25 years on this...

From August 1989 to March 1990, Heiner Müller and the Deutsches Theater ensemble develop “Hamlet/Maschine” amid East Germany’s...

Berlin student Irma plays the balalaika in a gay choir, is having an affair with her married psychotherapist and is getting on quite well with her...

The young sailor Felix Striebel goes on vacation to a village and visits the fresh grave of "Mother Magda".

The story involves the production of a musical version of William Shakespeare's The Taming of the Shrew and the conflict on and off-stage between...

While the masses enthusiastically meet to celebrate the new Millennium, one does not sense much commotion at the kiosk and corner bar "Das...