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The Tunnel (German: Der Tunnel) is a made-for-television German film released in 2001 and loosely based on true events in Berlin following the closing of the East German border in August 1961 and the subsequent construction of the Berlin Wall. [1] Roland Suso Richter directed the film. [1]
The film was extremely popular on release and drew 3,294,985 viewers [2] (the GDR had a population at the time of around 17 million). However, due to the film's political overtones it was almost not released. East German leader Erich Honecker personally decided to allow it to be shown. Today it is one of the best-known East German films.
The Promise (German: Das Versprechen) is a 1995 German-language film directed by Margarethe von Trotta. It was an international co-production between Germany, France and Switzerland. The film was chosen as Germany's official submission to the 67th Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film, but did not receive a nomination. [1]
Das Tagebuch der Anne Frank (also known as Anne Frank's diary) is a 2016 German drama film directed by German filmmaker Hans Steinbichler and written by Fred Breinersdorfer. It stars Lea van Acken as the titular character , Martina Gedeck , Ulrich Noethen , and Stella Kunkat .
The Miracle of Bern (German: Das Wunder von Bern) is a 2003 film by Sönke Wortmann, which tells the story of a German family (particularly of a young boy and his depressed ex-POW father) and the unexpected West German miracle victory in the 1954 World Cup Final in Bern, Switzerland. The film can be regarded as a portrait of post-war Germany.
Die Feuerzangenbowle ([diˈfɔɪ̯ɐt͜saŋənboːlə], The Fire-Tongs Bowl or The Punch Bowl) is a 1944 German film, directed by Helmut Weiss and based on the book of the same name. [1] It follows the book closely, as its author, Heinrich Spoerl, also wrote the script for the film. Both tell the story of a famous writer going undercover as a ...
The film opened on 522 screens in Germany and opened at number one at the box office with a gross of $3,035,034 for the four-day weekend. [3] It was the fifth highest-grossing film of the year in Germany (and the highest-grossing German film) with a gross of $21,288,865. [4] Worldwide, it grossed $23.8 million. [1]
Der Wixxer (English: The Trixxer; a reference to German "Wichser", wanker) is a 2004 German parody of comparable German crime films based on works by Edgar Wallace, especially the film Der Hexer (1964) – a German adaption of The Ringer. The film was directed by Tobi Baumann and written by Oliver Kalkofe, Oliver Welke and Bastian Pastewka.