Joseph Vilsmaier

A depiction of the brutal battle of Stalingrad, the Third Reich's 'high water mark', as seen through... (imdb)

Comedian Harmonists tells the story of a famous, German male sextet, five vocals and piano, the "Comedian Harmonists", from the day they meet first in 1927 to the day in 1934, when they become banned by the upcoming Nazis, because three of them are Jewish. (imdb)

The movie follows the life and personality of the famous actress Marlene Dietrich. (imdb)

70-year old Brandner Kaspar lives with his granddaughter Nannerl in the mountains at the Schliersee. As he is visited by the Death and wants to take him, Brandner Kaspar tricks him and gets another 20 years of life. (imdb)

Brother of Sleep recounts the story of musician Johannes Elias Alder, a man with supernatural hearing and prodigious musical ability. Born the illegitimate son of the local priest, and derided as a "child of the Devil," he must somehow learn to deal with his extraordinary talents. Set in a remote village among the Alpine peaks, Alder's fate is sealed by the dichotomy of his tormented genius and his love for a woman he cannot have. (sonypictures.com)

This is a cinematic adaptation of the autobiography of Anna Wimschneider. It depicts her life's experiences and workaday routines as a woman born on a farm in lower Bavaria, Germany, in the 1920s. Anna's mother died early in child-bed and since then Anna had to take her place and work very hard. On a Nazi rally she meets young Albert, who owns a farm. They realize that they both don't believe into fascism, and go off for a coffee bar, where he starts wooing her. (imdb)

Felix Zeiler doesn't return after the end of World War II. His wife - alone with 2 little children - meets Hans and they are slowly getting closer. (imdb)

Ten years ago Wolf and Sabine Palfy got divorced. Since then their daughter Charlie grew up with her father and her twin sister Louise lived with her mother. They never knew anything about one another and thus only met by chance when they join a boarding school in Scotland. Realizing their relationship they plan to bring their parents back together: Thus, Charlie visits her mother and pretends to be Louise, whereas her sister goes to the father pretending to be Charlie. (imdb)

The journey of a Jewish woman as she and other Berlin Jews are taken and sent to the death camps during Holocaust Germany. (imdb)

The Wilhelm Gustloff was the Third Reich's classiest passenger liner when she was pressed into service evacuating German civilians from Poland as the Soviets advanced in the waning days of WWII. (imdb)

Drama about the tragic Nanga Parbat expedition by the two Messner brothers in 1970, on which Reinhold Messners younger brother Günther died. (imdb)

Josef Vilsmeier - like every Bavarian - loves his homeland, and so he just wants to depict his homeland in a cinematic way. He spent dozens of hours in a helicopter over Bavaria, only shortly interrupted by short pauses in which he shows images of a few larger cities or certain points of interest or to show images of typical Bavarian tradition, and watching the beautiful images, they are simply great and show the beauty of Bavaria. (imdb)

The Boandlkramer, aka Death, has fallen in love with Gefi. However, winning his adored over is easier said than done. So, the devil offers his support to win the woman's heart. (imdb)