Erwin Geschonneck Movies

Jacob the Liar

73/100

A Jewish ghetto in central Europe, 1944. By coincidence, Jakob Heym eavesdrops on a German radio broadcast announcing the Soviet Army is making slow by steady progress towards central ... See full summary »

Nackt unter Wölfen

72/100

As rumors reach them that the Allied armies are advancing on their concentration camp at Buchenwald, Polish prisoners renew their feeble hope for survival and freedom. When a group of ... See full summary »

Karbid und Sauerampfer

74/100

After the second World War, Dresden has a lot of reconstructing to do. To get the cigarette factory he once worked for running again...

Fünf Patronenhülsen

69/100

The Spanish Civil War in the year 1936. Five brigadiers are singled out to stay behind in the Spanish Sierras and fend off the fascist enemy while the rest of the troops recede. They are ... See full summary »

The Axe of Wandsbek

71/100

Sonnensucher

66/100

Anton the Magician

68/100

Car mechanic Anton Grubske manages to flee from captivity by using his wits. With the same cunning, he succeeds in escaping from a widow who is not only beautiful but also conniving. Anton ... See full summary »

A Lord of Alexander Square

68/100

Ex-marriage swindler Ewald Honig arrives in East Berlin from West Germany in order to spend a quiet evening of his life with his daughter Ina...

Bankett für Achilles

71/100

Karl Achilles has been working at the Bitterfeld chemical plant ever since he helped build it up in 1945. Now he is 65 years old and the time has come for him to retire. The movie depicts ... See full summary »

Levins Mühle

80/100

In a small village in West Prussia in the 1870s, Germans and Poles, Gypsies and Jews live together as neighbors. Johann, the rich owner of a large mill, does not want the Jew, Levin, to ... See full summary »

Benno macht Geschichten

74/100

Alarm at the Circus

77/100

Two boys from West Berlin, Klaus and Max, live in poverty. Their dream is a career in boxing, and they save every penny in order to buy boxing gloves with which to train. Nevertheless, it ... See full summary »

Plantagenstraße 19

67/100

The Captain from Cologne

76/100

Das Licht auf dem Galgen

73/100

Tambari

67/100

Wir kaufen eine Feuerwehr

55/100

Herbstzeit

60/100

Leute mit Flügeln

75/100

Die Insel der Silberreiher

70/100

The late summer of 1918. Paul, Willi and Heinrich from an age-old German town are good friends, although there is a great deal that divides them. Heinrich comes from an officer's family ... See full summary »

Der Andere neben dir

96/100

Schatten über den Inseln

Das Ding im Schloß

Berlin um die Ecke

76/100

Matulla und Busch

58/100