Thomas Thieme

At once a political thriller and human drama, The Lives of Others begins in East Berlin in 1984, five years before Glasnost and the fall of the Berlin Wall and ultimately takes us to 1991, in what is now the reunited Germany. The film traces the gradual disillusionment of Captain Gerd Wiesler, a highly skilled officer who works for the Stasi, East Germany's all-powerful secret police. (Sony Pictures Classics)

Following her parents' wishes, spirited seventeen-year-old Effi Briest marries Baron von Innstetten - a former admirer of her mother - who is twenty years Effi's senior. This marriage of prudence heralds the beginning of a humdrum life, far from home, for Effi. (filmportal.de)

In his movie "Zwischen Wahnsinn und Kunst" Christian Beetz takes the audience on a voyage through the archive of the Prinzhorn Collection.

An English teacher finds work as a soccer coach at German school in the 19th Century. (imdb)

In 1938 Hans Zeisig, an apolitical comedian, impersonator and cabaret actor, flees with a Russian passport (instead of American, which he would have preferred) from Nazi-Berlin, and finds himself in the legendary Hotel Lux, the 'lost paradise' of the Comintern, in Moscow. (imdb)

Filmmaker Fritz Lang seeks inspiration for his first sound film by immersing himself in the case of serial killer Peter Kürten. (imdb)

For hundreds of thousands the "Isabella" f is the first car they are able to afford after the war while Carl Borgward secures thousands of jobs in Bremen. He is still recognized for his contributions to the West German economic upturn in the 1950s But in 1961, the company of the passionate constructor surprisingly declares bankruptcy . The fact that the role that politics and the industry played in the company's demise remains unclear to this day gave birth to many conspiracy theories.

Exposed during an illegal arms trade gone wrong in Berlin, a North Korean "ghost" agent finds himself in the crosshairs of an international manhunt. Was he betrayed by his wife or his country? He must prepare to make the ultimate sacrifice. (imdb)