Hanns Zischler Movies

A man gets on a train to Cologne. Inspired by a poem by Rolf Dieter Brinkman.

In 1939, Czech diplomat Jan Masaryk flees to the United States to escape his recent past: Germany has invaded Czechoslovakia and he is now a man with...

An issue of the magazine Kino 81, designed for the film department of WDR by staff of FILMKRITIK

A day in the life of the 21 years old Deniz, who aims to become an actress and makes her living by dubbing movies. After she has split with her old...

A renowned artist must uncover a young dancer's secrets in order to truly capture her likeness for a commissioned work.

The bandoneon player Daniel and the boxer Toni arrive independently from each other in a provincial town in Latin America where they are booked to...

A biography of Hildegard Knef, one of Germany's biggest post-war stars.

Fourteen-year-old Jeanne has lived in a farm commune since she was two years old. Her mother and father live in city communes and rarely visit. This...

Aglaé, a young factory worker, has only one focus in life: her job at a car crash test site. When she learns that the factory is going to be...

During the hot phase of the parliamentary election campaign, the marriage of Chancellor Ben Bischof and his wife breaks down. Bischof meets the...

Antonia lives happily with her aristocratic husband on their Bavarian mansion until a child is abducted and their idyll comes to an abrupt end

The two twelve-year-old girls Charlotte Palfy and Louise Kröger meet on a language trip to Scotland and discover that they are twins who were...

Katja Flint, Hannelore Elsner and Heiner Lauterbach star in this German film about a woman who climbs the social ladder by sleeping with those she...

Hanns Zischler embarks on a walk to Canossa in "Prof. Wall in the brothel": A law professor desperately wants to make amends, that through his guilt...

Hasn't every woman ever wondered whether it's best to ditch all the men and just marry your best friend? Paula and Emily are doing just that. Single...

Mifti is a teenager as beautiful as she is reckless. Mentally unstable, fed up with her dysfunctional family, oblivious to the youthful world, and...

What would happen if you gathered all the lovers you have had in your life in a single room and let them interact for a week? For his 60th birthday,...

Carola and Dieter Martin have been married for 25 years. After Dieter dies in a car accident, Carola finds out that he was gay and had been in a...