Ulrich Tukur

Newly commissioned SS Lieutenant and respected civilian chemist, Kurt Gerstein, discovers that the Zyklon B pellets he has developed to disinfect soldiers' drinking water are being used to gas interred Jews by the thousands. Recruited to help streamline the death camp process by a team of SS officers, Gerstein secretly approaches the Swedish Consulate, the German Protestant community and finally Vatican representatives in the hopes of exposing this unspeakable crime. (Kino International)

The inhabitants of a space station orbiting the planet Solaris send a message back to Earth, reporting mysterious difficulties and requesting that psychologist Chris Kelvin visit them at the station.

A tale based on the life of Wilhelm Furtwangler, the controversial conductor of the Berlin Philharmonic... (imdb)

A chemist (Garcia) loses his job to outsourcing. Two years later and still jobless, he hits on a solution: to genuinely eliminate his competition. (imdb)

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)

Lecturer Helmut Halm and his wife Sabine spend their summer vacastion at Bodensee, as they've always done. On the beach, the two are coincidentally discovered by Klaus -- a friend of Hans' from younger days... (filmz.de)

In 1944, a group of high command officers plot an attempt against Hitler, and one of the leaders of the conspiracy, Stauffenberg (Sebastian Koch), goes to a meeting with the Fuhrer in charge of exploding the place. However, Hitler survives and the officers are executed. This unsuccessful operation was called "Valkyrie Operation", and this realistic movie discloses this true event. (imdb)

Francis the cat has just moved into the neighborhood with his owner, only to be greeted by a series of baffling and gruesome murders. Sifting through the clues left by the murderer, the crazed Claudandus sect, and his own horrific nightmares; Francis must solve the puzzle behind the killer - before it is too late. (youtube.com)

Four climbers try to be first on top of the "Nordwand".

The story and fate of three families: A Jewish family destroyed by the massacres of the Nazis in Lithuania; the family of the culprit, who flew to America and keeps grotesque family cohesion; the family of Ratz, a social democratic family, dissolving itself miserably in today's Vienna. The condemnation of the last century bundled in these three families showing clearly that one could never escape from its own past. (imdb)

Strange events happen at a rural school in the north of Germany during the year 1913, which seem to be ritual punishment.

In 1914, Wilhelm Uhde, a famous German art collector, rents an apartment in the town of Senlis, forty kilometers away from Paris, in order to write and to take a rest from the hectic life he has been living in the capital. One day, Wilhelm who has been invited by his landlady, notices a small painting lying about in her living room. He is stunned to learn that the artist is no other than Séraphine.

Based on the well-publicized Baader-Meinhof terrorists, it is the tale of five terrorists who were brought to trial and accused of the murder of four United States servicemen in a terrorist bombing. (answers.com)

Elias is a young man from a nameless country in the Mediterranean who has tossed away his passport and paid a smuggler a handsome fee to be hidden inside a ship making its way to Europe. When immigration authorities stage a surprise inspection, Elias jumps ship along with a number of other unauthorized passengers, and hours later he washed up on the clothes-optional beach of a luxury resort on the Southern coast of France. (www.allmovie.com)

A true-story account of a German businessman who saved more than 200,000 Chinese during the Nanjing massacre in 1937-38. (imdb)

During the Second World War, a small group of students at Munich University begin to question the decisions and sanity of Germany's Nazi government. (imdb)

After spending fifteen days in a coma, Eva, an Olympic diving champion, must face the excessive determination of her father, who wants her to resume her training immediately. But something has changed since her accident. (imdb)

A drama/documentary about Adolf Eichmann who organized many of the deportations of jews in Europe. The film centers on the life of Eichmann in Argentina till he was captured by Mossad agents.

The deportation of 4000 Jews from Budapest to Auschwitz in July 1944, as told by George Tabori, and how the narrator's mother escaped it, owing to coincidence, courage and some help from where you'd least expect it.

During Stalin's reign of terror, Evgenia Ginzburg, a literature professor, was sent to 10 years hard labor in a gulag in Siberia. Having lost everything, and no longer wishing to live, she meets the camp doctor and begins to come back to life. (imdb)

Largo Winch, the newly appointed CEO of the W Group, is accused of crimes against humanity on the very day he announces his intention to sell his corporation and use the proceeds to create a humanitarian foundation. (imdb)

The bio-pic of Herbert Wehner, a teenage anarchist who turned out to be one of the most influential persons in western germany after WWII. The guy behind Brandt, the guy behind Schmidt. The movie is interrupted by short interviews who give views by fellow colleagues but it's nevertheless a movie. It is moving and if it is telling the truth is up to the the audience. It's entertaining at least - if you know about the historical background.

One night, a shooting star appears, whizzing through outer space towards the moon. Moon Man seizes his chance, grabs the speeding comet by the tail and hitches a ride to earth! This 'attack from outer space' sets the alarm bells ringing in the Presidential Headquarters. While escaping the President and his soldiers, Moon Man will set off on a long journey, where he will marvel at the many wonders the earth has to offer and realize how much children love and need him.

On vacation in the Moroccan capital to visit his estranged theatre-director father, seventeen-year-old Ben finds himself fascinated by the bustling, colourful city -- and by a beautiful young woman who hails from a far different world than his own. (tiff.net)

An account of the last seven months (March to October, 1944) of the German General Erwin Rommel.

A German corporate headhunter travels to Houston, Texas, in pursuit of a renowned oil company CEO, only to have his life fall apart

The story of Dietrich Bonhoeffer, a German clergyman of great distinction, who actively opposed Hitler and the Nazis. His convictions cost him his life. (imdb)

Emotionally broken and in the middle of a profound spiritual crisis, an orderly and composed housewife will embark on a platonic relationship with a psychologist seeking help. However, he too is a mere mortal.

The plot revolves around the explosion of a bomb, after which a woman takes revenge for her family. The action-packed scene of the explosion, complete with shattered glass, screaming and emergency-vehicle lights, was shot at night in the famous red-light district of St Pauli, with various firemen as extras. Since the police and fire department considered it to be too dangerous to detonate an actual bomb in the neighbourhood, the crew used special effects. (cineuropa.org)

Provides an extraordinary account of low cunning at the heart of Greece's 2015 financial bailout. The more defiant the left-wing Syriza government became, the more it was met with intimidation from some or duplicitous reassurance from others. Written by Ulf Kjel Gür

About the Icelandic composer Jon Leifs (1899-1968) who spent much of his life in Germany before WWII. The film begins in the 1930s after he has married the daughter of an industrialist, Annie, who is also a concert pianist. This era was frustrating for Leifs because his works were seldom performed. (Ulf Kjell Gür)

When Peter snaps his actions cause his family ties to be broken forever, catapulting his three children into turmoil. His past finally catches up with him, also affecting the intertwined fates of three associated families. (imdb)

The successful writer Paul and the sought-after voice actress Emilia were always considered to be the absolute dream couple by friends: Harmonious, happy, successful, with three charming children named Bo, Marie and Fe. But now, in their late 40s, their relationship is threatened by a crisis. (imdb)