Hanns Zischler Movies

Kings of the Road

80/100

A traveling projection-equipment mechanic works in Western Germany along the East-German border, visiting worn-out theatres. He meets with a depressed young man whose marriage has just broken up, and the two decide to travel together.

Desire

64/100

A Scottish woman who attends school in Paris comes home for the summer and helps take in the straw, where she meets an attractive and simple man. They begin a torrid affair despite the ... See full summary »

Hilde

68/100

A biography of Hildegard Knef, one of Germany's biggest post-war stars.

Der Verrat von München

68/100

A period in the life of diplomat and politician Jan Masaryk, who was the son of Czechoslovakia's founder, served as the country's minister of foreign affairs and is believed by many to have been killed by the Communists in 1948.

Germany Year 90 Nine Zero

73/100

Characterized by deconstructivism and philosophical references and by briefly exposing the good, bad...

Leidenschaften

53/100

Set in 1938 Berlin, Louise Von Hollendorf is the wife of a young Nazi diplomat who meets and falls in love with a certain Mitsuko Matsugae, an artist and the daughter of the Japanese ... See full summary »

A Woman in Flames

60/100

Eva, an upper-class housewife, frustratedly leaves her arrogant husband and decides to enter the call girl business...

Dr. M

49/100

In the not-too-distant future Berlin is shocked by a series of spectacular suicides; a policeman's investigations lead him to a beautiful, enigmatic woman and the revelation of a sinister ... See full summary »

Die Venusfalle

58/100

With atmospheric 1980s West Berlin as backdrop, the story follows Max, an eccentric young doctor who enjoys glamour and beautiful women. Although he already has a cute fiancee, he begins a ... See full summary »

Auf Einmal

65/100

Karsten apparently has it settled. However, in this provincial German town, a moment of weakness turns to disaster, disappointment soon fuels anger, justice hides behind hypocrisy, and evil gradually unfolds.

Overnight

50/100

24 hours from the life of a Hungarian stock-broker.

Die Hetzjagd

62/100

Based on the true story of the Klarsfelds, a Franco-German couple who devoted themselves to bringing Nazi war criminals to justice. Their pursuit of Klaus Barbie, the "Butcher of Lyon," ... See full summary »

Summer in the City

61/100

Released from prison a man wanders through a new reality

Nils Holgerssons wunderbare Reise

60/100

Thirteen year-old Nils Holgersson is bored dwelling on a farm with his parents. Instead of helping on the farm, he prefers to play pranks and tease animals. He wants to spend more time with... See full summary »

Der Stern des Soldaten

69/100

Red and Blue

68/100

Barbara is a successful middle aged woman - a respected architect, a great mother and wife, has good friends; leads the good life in Berlin...

Doktor Faustus

72/100

A musician beds down a prostitute he knows is diseased in order to gain inspiration, an act he later believes to have been a tacit pact with Satan.

Paradiso: Seven Days with Seven Women

58/100

On the occasion of his 60th birthday, Adam organizes an extended celebration at his country home. In...

Kiss me, Chancellor!

56/100

German federal chancellor Ben Bischof's marriage is a shambles, each souse cheating on the other. His latest affair...

Strike Back

63/100

Dave knows what it is to suffer. Especially when he takes the rap for a gang of motorbike thieves and ends up in jail. All for the love of Corinna, his beautiful girlfriend. Refused parole ... See full synopsis »

Eine Krone für Isabell

52/100

Isabell Roland, a simple hairdresser in Berlin, first cannot believe it, but Archibald Kent really is the official envoy of the Mediterranean miniature kingdom of San Ferino (a fictitious ... See full summary »

Drancy Avenir

75/100

In der Welt habt ihr Angst

67/100

Music student Eva (Anna Maria Mühe) has fallen head over heels in love with musician Jo (Max von Thun). The couple have a burning passion for one another and discover that they are able to ... See full synopsis »

Douce France

54/100

In this village,French are much more victims of their fellow countrymen than they are of the occupying forces.

Ich räume auf

Fiction film about a dispute between the German poetess Else Lasker-Schüler and her editors. The film takes place in Berlin before, during and after the First World War.