Hanns Zischler Movies

A darkly comedic exploration of personal struggle and societal pressure, we follow the story of a middle-aged man named Max, who is trapped in a life...

During the donations scandal of 1999/2000, Helmut Kohl gave his legendary "word of honor" not to name any donors. This documentary explores the...

The peace treaty of Brest-Litovsk was a dictated peace. With him, however, the German Empire recognized Soviet Russia. And so German-Soviet relations...

Nazi hunters Serge and Beate Klarsfeld devoted twelve years of their lives to relentlessly tracking down Klaus Barbie, who had fled to Latin America...

Dentist Sue and the philosophy professor Anton have been leading a seemingly intact life, juggling careers and a family with four children. Until one...

A long-separated German mother and her half-Turkish daughter are reconciled in a splendidly serene dramatic comedy.

Pharmacy student Thomas has been in love with his fellow student Denise since the first day of their studies together. But the shy young man doesn't...

Once again, the "border crossing" is celebrated, as every seven years in the Upper Hessian town of Bergen. It is really turbulent at this folk...

IT specialist Victor Faber makes a living securing computers for large corporations and banks. His reclusive private life is upended when he falls in...

The last years of Heinrich George's life are reconstructed with documentary footage and play scenes. His son Götz, named after Heinrich's...

The title reflects the brand of a financial institution, the bank of the Saltim family: Frederic, the younger brother, runs the family bank; his...

Novellist Venus lives with her family out of Berlin and moves temporarily to the city where she is starting to write a new book. Her fans can watch...

The story of a woman whose past comes back to haunt her after a former lover re-enters her life.

A pregnant woman suffers severe head trauma in a car accident. The doctors are unable to help her, but at the request of her fiancé, they...

A director, his fiancee, a scriptwriter and a student interact and discuss their emotions, at length.

Yuppie prat loses his Ferrari and finds the love of his life with a craftswoman

A surreal trip into the world of an extremely long german word.

The life of the successful publishing house manager Julia Berger is fully aligned with her job. This attitude not only suffers from the relationship...

The Christmas party at the headquarters of an oil company is harshly interrupted by a fax whose author threatens to blow up one of their oil...