Look Who's Back (
2015) | IMDb:
7
When Adolf Hitler reawakens at the site of his former bunker in present-day Berlin, he is mistaken for a comedian and quickly becomes a media phenomenon.
Starring:
Oliver Masucci
,
Fabian Busch
,
Katja Riemann
,
Christoph Maria Herbst
,
Franziska Wulf
,
Lars Rudolph
Directed by:
David Wnendt
The Berlin File (
2013) | IMDb:
6.6
When an illicit arms deal goes bad, North Korean spy Pyo Jong-seong finds himself targeted not just by the South Koreans but also his own bosses.
Lessons of a Dream (
2011) | IMDb:
6.8
An English teacher brings soccer to a German school in the 19th Century.
Starring:
Daniel Brühl
,
Burghart Klaußner
,
Thomas Thieme
,
Jürgen Tonkel
,
Justus von Dohnányi
,
Kathrin von Steinburg
Directed by:
Sebastian Grobler
Produced by:
Heta Mantscheff
The Baader Meinhof Complex (
2008) | IMDb:
7.3
'Der Baader Meinhof Komplex' depicts the political turmoil in the period from 1967 to the bloody "Deutschen Herbst" in 1977. The movie approaches the events based on Stefan Aust's standard work on the Rote Armee Fraktion (RAF). The story centers on the leadership of the self named anti-fascist resistance to state violence: Andreas Baader, Ulrike Meinhof and Gudrun Ensslin.
Starring:
Martina Gedeck
,
Moritz Bleibtreu
,
Johanna Wokalek
,
Nadja Uhl
,
Stipe Erceg
,
Niels-Bruno Schmidt
Directed by:
Uli Edel
The Lives of Others (
2006) | IMDb:
8.4
In 1984 East Berlin, dedicated Stasi officer Gerd Wiesler begins spying on a famous playwright and his actress-lover Christa-Maria. Wiesler becomes unexpectedly sympathetic to the couple, and faces conflicting loyalties when his superior takes a liking to Christa-Maria.
Starring:
Martina Gedeck
,
Ulrich Mühe
,
Sebastian Koch
,
Ulrich Tukur
,
Thomas Thieme
,
Hans-Uwe Bauer
Directed by:
Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck
Downfall (
2004) | IMDb:
8.2
In April of 1945, Germany stands at the brink of defeat with the Russian Army closing in from the east and the Allied Expeditionary Force attacking from the west. In Berlin, capital of the Third Reich, Adolf Hitler proclaims that Germany will still achieve victory and orders his generals and advisers to fight to the last man. When the end finally does come, and Hitler lies dead by his own hand, what is left of his military must find a way to end the killing that is the Battle of Berlin, and lay down their arms in surrender.
Starring:
Bruno Ganz
,
Alexandra Maria Lara
,
Corinna Harfouch
,
Ulrich Matthes
,
Juliane Köhler
,
Heino Ferch
Taking Sides (
2002) | IMDb:
7.1
One of the most spectacular and renowned conductors of the 1930s, Wilhelm Furtwangler's reputation rivaled that of Toscanini's. After the war, he was investigated as part of the Allies' de-Nazification programme. In the bombed-out Berlin of the immediate post-war period, the Allies slowly bring law and order to bear on an occupied Germany. An American major is given the Furtwangler file, and is told to find everything he can and to prosecute the man ruthlessly. Tough and hard-nosed, Major Steve Arnold sets out to investigate a world of which he knows nothing.
Starring:
Harvey Keitel
,
Stellan Skarsgård
,
Moritz Bleibtreu
,
R. Lee Ermey
,
Birgit Minichmayr
,
Ulrich Tukur
Directed by:
István Szabó