The world city Berlin is setting and filming location of

numerous movies since the beginnings of the silent film

era.
List of films set in Berlin
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This is a list of films whose setting is Berlin, Germany.
Contents
1 1920s
2 1930s
3 1940s
4 1950s
5 1960s
6 1970s
7 1980s
8 1990s
9 2000s
10 2010s
11 See also
1920s
1922
Dr. Mabuse the Gambler (Dr. Mabuse, der Spieler), 1922 - first (silent) film about the character Doctor
Mabuse from the novels of Norbert Jacques, by Fritz Lang.
1924
The Last Laugh (Der Letzte Mann), 1924 - The aging doorman at a Berlin hotel is demoted to washroom
attendant but gets the last laugh, by F.W. Murnau.
1925
Variet (Variety), 1925 - Circus melodrama set in Berlin, with the circus scenes in the Berlin Wintergarten,
by Ewald Andr Dupont.
Slums of Berlin (Die Verrufenen), 1925 - an engineer in Berlin is released from prison, but his father
throws him out, his fiance left him and there is no chance to find work. Directed by Gerhard Lamprecht.
1926
Die letzte Droschke von Berlin, 1926 - showing the life of an old coachman in Berlin still driving the
droshky during the time when the automobile arises. Directed by Carl Boese.
1927
Berlin: Symphony of a Great City (Berlin: Die Sinfonie der Grostadt), 1927 - Expressionist
documentary film of 1920s Berlin by Walter Ruttmann.
Metropolis, 1927 - Berlin-inspired futuristic classic by Fritz Lang.
1928
Refuge (Zuflucht), 1928 - a lonely and tired man comes home after several years abroad, lives with a
market-woman in Berlin and starts working for the Berlin U-Bahn. Directed by Carl Froelich.
1929
Asphalt, 1929 - The Berlin underworld touches a policeman's life, Film Noir classic by Joe May.
Mutter Krausens Fahrt ins Glck, 1929 - depicts the cruelty of poverty in Wedding district and
Communism as a rescuing force that reaches a mother and her grandchild too late. Directed by Phil Jutzi.
1930s
1930
People on Sunday (Menschen am Sonntag), 1930 - Avant-garde look at daily life in Berlin, screenplay by
Billy Wilder and Curt Siodmak.
Symphonie einer Weltstadt (Berlin - Wie es war), 1930 - documentary view of Berlin by Leo de Laforgue.
First showed in 1950.
Die drei von der Tankstelle, 1930 - three friends are broke, so they sell their car and open a filling station
in Berlin. Then they all fall in love with the same girl. Directed by Wilhelm Thiele.
Cyankali, 1930 - a poor female office employee in Berlin gets pregnant, but abortion is not allowed in the
Weimar Republic. So she goes to a quack doctor who applies toxic potassium cyanide to her. Directed by
Hans Tintner.
1931
Emil and the Detectives (Emil und die Detektive), 1931 - Adventure film based on the novel Emil and the
Detectives by Erich Kstner. Director: Gerhard Lamprecht.
M, 1931 - Berlin thriller by Fritz Lang; beginnings of film noir and the endings of expressionism.
Berlin-Alexanderplatz, 1931 - First film adaption of the novel Berlin Alexanderplatz from Alfred Dblin,
directed by Phil Jutzi.
Der Hauptmann von Kpenick, 1931 - Directed by Richard Oswald and based upon the play The
Captain of Kpenick by Carl Zuckmayer. The play was based on the true story of Wilhelm Voigt.
Looking for His Murderer (Der Mann, der seinen Mrder sucht), 1931 - a man in Berlin plunged in debt
does not succeed in committing suicide and has to hire a murderer to kill him within twelve hours. But in the
same night he falls in love with a girl who wants to stop the appointed killer. Directed by Robert Siodmak.
1932
Grand Hotel, 1932 - Nothing ever happens at the Grand Hotel. Directed by Edmund Goulding. Academy
Award for Best Picture (19311932). Filmed in Hollywood.
Kuhle Wampe, 1932 - about a working-class family in Berlin in 1931 where survival is difficult during the
Great Depression. Directed by Slatan Dudow.
1933
The Testament of Dr. Mabuse (Das Testament des Dr. Mabuse), 1933 - Berlin thriller by Fritz Lang.
Tugboat M 17 (Schleppzug M 17), 1933 - the skipper of a tugboat on the river Havel falls for a female thief
in Berlin and leaves his family for her. Directed by Heinrich George and Werner Hochbaum.
1936
Das Veilchen vom Potsdamer Platz, 1936 - a flower girl working at Potsdamer Platz can resolve a
financial deception. Directed by Johann Alexander Hbler-Kahla.
1937
Charlie Chan at the Olympics, 1937 - Charlie Chan trails spies to Berlin during the 1936 Summer
Olympics. Starring Warner Oland.
Gleisdreieck, 1937 - At Gleisdreieck station a woman wants to throw herself under a subway train but gets
saved by a railway official. By Robert A. Stemmle.
1938
Olympia (Parts 1 & 2), 1938 - Strikingly aesthetic propaganda by Leni Riefenstahl.
The Stars Shine (Es leuchten die Sterne), 1938 - musical revue about a young secretary who leaves the
country and travels to Berlin to seek work as an actress. Directed by Hans H. Zerlett.
1939
Silvesternacht am Alexanderplatz, 1939 - Telling the stories of different people on New Year's Eve
around Alexanderplatz. Directed by Richard Schneider-Edenkoben.
1940s
1941
Der Gasmann, 1941 - a gas meter reader in Berlin during World War II is suspected of being a foreign spy.
Directed by Carl Froelich.
1942
Two in a Big City (Zwei in einer groen Stadt), 1942 - A sergeant from the Wehrmacht and a nurse
(working at the local Red Cross station) meet accidentally at Friedrichstrae station and spend one day
together in Berlin. Directed by Volker von Collande.
1943
Ich vertraue dir meine Frau an, 1943 - a man asks a friend to keep a jealous watch over his wife in Berlin
during a business trip with his secretary what causes several adventures for the caring friend. Directed by
Kurt Hoffmann.
1944
Under the Bridges (Unter den Brcken), 1944/45 - Two men and a woman shipping on the river Havel
shortly before Berlin gets totally destroyed. Directed by Helmut Kutner.
1945
Hotel Berlin, 1945 - near the close of World War II, a member of the German underground escapes from
the Gestapo and takes shelter at Hotel Berlin. Directed by Peter Godfrey.
Fall of Berlin 1945, 1945 - Soviet propaganda documentary film about the Battle of Berlin. Footage of
the actual battle is shown, as the Red Army fights the Nazis, building by building. The assault on the
Reichstag ends with the famous photograph, raising the Red Flag over the Reichstag. Directed by Yuli
Raizman and Yelizaveta Svilova.
1946
Murderers Among Us (Die Mrder sind unter uns), 1946 - The first post-WWII Trmmerfilm. Directed
by Wolfgang Staudte.
Irgendwo in Berlin, 1946 - Drama about children in post-war Berlin. Directed by Gerhard Lamprecht.
1947
...and the Sky Above Us (...und ber uns der Himmel), 1947 - A man comes home after World War II
into destroyed Berlin and starts working as a black market trader. With Hans Albers, directed by Josef von
Bky.
Razzia, 1947 - crime thriller about black market traders in Berlin. A spy forewarns everybody before the
police arrives and a police commissar gets murdered. Directed by Werner Klingler.
1948
A Foreign Affair, 1948 - Romantic comedy set in Berlin during the Allied occupation; stars Jean Arthur and
Marlene Dietrich; directed by Billy Wilder.
Berliner Ballade, 1948 - Daily life of a veteran home from the war. Director Robert A. Stemmle.
Berlin Express, 1948 - Murder mystery with scenes from bombed-out Frankfurt and Berlin, directed by
Jacques Tourneur.
Germany Year Zero, 1948 - Filmed in German in the ruins of the bombed-out city of Berlin, then dubbed
into Italian (with subtitles). A masterpiece of neo-realism, by Roberto Rossellini.
1949
Unser tglich Brot, 1949 - about the difficult life of an extended family in destroyed Berlin in 1946.
Directed by Slatan Dudow.
Rotation, 1949 - showing the life of a mechanic in Berlin between 1920 and 1945. During the Third Reich,
as a member of the Nazi Party, he aids a resistance group in printing anti-war propaganda and is finally
turned into the authorities by his own son who is a frenetic member of the Hitler Youth. Directed by
Wolfgang Staudte.
The Beaverskin (Die Buntkarierten), 1949 - the fate of a typical working-class family in Berlin between
1883 and 1949 facing child labour, trade union engagement, war, depression, unemployment and the rise
and fall of Nazism. Directed by Kurt Maetzig.
1950s
1950
The Fall of Berlin, 1950 - two-part Soviet propagandistic feature film. The plot revolves around the history
of the Great Patriotic War and the Battle of Berlin, focusing on the role that Joseph Stalin played in the
events. Directed by Mikheil Chiaureli.
The Big Lift, 1950 - Stars Montgomery Clift in the Berlin Air Lift. Film by George Seaton.
1952
Story of A Young Couple (Roman einer jungen Ehe), 1952 - a young married couple - both actors -
work in Cold War Berlin. She is on location in East Berlin, and he works at a theatre in West Berlin. As they
hold more and more opposed views on politics, art and society, their marriage is in danger of breaking up.
Directed by Kurt Maetzig.
Die Spur fhrt nach Berlin, 1952 - Film noir about a young American lawyer who discovers a gang of
counterfeiters in Berlin and gets hunted himself. By Frantisek Cp.
1953
The Man Between, 1953 - Stars James Mason. Atmospheric East/West thriller filmed in bomb-torn Berlin.
Directed by Carol Reed.
No Way Back (Weg ohne Umkehr), 1953 - in 1945 a Red Army officer discovers a frightened girl huddled
in a Berlin cellar. He gives her a safe escort home and wins her gratitude. Seven years later they meet again
in the divided city. Directed by Victor Vicas.
1954
Night People, 1954 - during the Cold War a counter-intelligence officer of the United States Army has to
recover a young G.I. in Berlin who was hauled off to the East by the Soviets. Directed by Nunnally Johnson.
Emil and the Detectives (Emil und die Detektive), 1954 - Adventure film directed by Robert A. Stemmle,
based on the novel Emil and the Detectives by Erich Kstner.
Sauerbruch Das war mein Leben, 1954 - showing the work of famous senior surgeon Ferdinand
Sauerbruch at the teaching hospital Charit in Berlin with several flashback scenes about his former labour.
Directed by Rolf Hansen.
1955
Jackboot Mutiny (Es geschah am 20. Juli), 1955 - about the failed July 20 Plot to kill Adolf Hitler by a
bomb placed at Wolf's Lair by Claus von Stauffenberg, which led to the execution of several resistance
group members at the Berlin Bendlerblock. Directed by Georg Wilhelm Pabst.
Der 20. Juli, 1955 - feature film on the failed July 20, 1944 attempt at assassinating Adolf Hitler. The film
has a realism that comes close to the style of a documentary. Directed by Falk Harnack.
The Last Ten Days (Der letzte Akt), 1955 - about the last days of Adolf Hitler at the Fhrerbunker during
the Battle of Berlin. Directed by Georg Wilhelm Pabst.
Die drei von der Tankstelle, 1955 - three friends are broke, so they sell their car and open a filling station
in Berlin. Then they all fall in love with the same girl. Directed by Hans Wolff.
Hotel Adlon, 1955 - episodic movie about the exclusive and world-famous Hotel Adlon, Unter den Linden,
before World War II, its illustrious and glamourous guests and the working staff. Directed by Josef von
Bky.
1956
Der Hauptmann von Kpenick, 1956 - Directed by Helmut Kutner and based upon the play The
Captain of Kpenick by Carl Zuckmayer. The play was based on the true story of Wilhelm Voigt.
Teenage Wolfpack (Die Halbstarken), 1956 - A portrait of rebellious young people in Berlin during the
1950s. Directed by Georg Tressler.
A Berlin Romance (Eine Berliner Romanze), 1956 - about youth urban life in the divided city of Berlin.
The film is a love story about a seventeen-year-old East German saleswoman and an unemployed auto
mechanic from West Berlin. Directed by Gerhard Klein.
Treffpunkt Aime, 1956 - a group of criminals smuggles PVC declared as cement from East Berlin to West
Berlin until the Volkspolizei becomes suspicious. Directed by Horst Reinecke.
1957
Berlin Ecke Schnhauser, 1957 - Drama by Gerhard Klein about anti-establishment teens in East
Berlin.
Verget mir meine Traudel nicht, 1957 - a lonely 17-year-old girl escapes from a children's home, comes
to Berlin and upsets the life of a teacher and a policeman sharing the same flat. Directed by Kurt Maetzig.
Bewildered Youth (Anders als du und ich / Das dritte Geschlecht), 1957 - a young man in postwar Berlin
discovers his homosexuality but his own family tries very hard to set him straight. Directed by Veit Harlan.
Lissy, 1957 - a poor girl from a working-class family in Berlin-Wedding marries a successful Nazi. But her
social advancement gets along with the loss of old friends. Directed by Konrad Wolf.
1958
Endstation Liebe, 1958 - a young factory worker in West Berlin is a lady-killer and does not believe in true
love until he meets the love of his life during a bet. Directed by Georg Tressler.
Fraulein, 1958 - German woman and American officer caught up in the end of and aftermath of World War
II in Berlin. Directed by Henry Koster.
Solang' noch untern Linden, 1958 - biography of famous chanson and operetta composer Walter Kollo
working at the Berliner Theater and the Admiralspalast. Directed by his son Willi Kollo; grandson and opera
tenor Ren Kollo played his own grandfather.
Tatort Berlin, 1958 - illustrates the advantage for criminals with the still passable inner German border but
also the problems with separate police investigations inside Berlin. In the movie a new jurisdiction is seen to
help with the resocialisation of former petty criminals into the system of the GDR. Directed by Joachim
Kunert.
Der eiserne Gustav, 1958 - based on the novel by Hans Fallada and telling the true story of horse-drawn
cabman Gustav Hartmann from Wannsee district who drove sensationally to Paris in 1928 to demonstrate
against the rise of the motorcar taxicab. Directed by George Hurdalek.
1959
Ten Seconds to Hell, 1959 - focuses on a half-dozen German POWs who return to a devastated Berlin and
find employment as a bomb disposal squad, tasked with clearing the city of unexploded Allied bombs.
Directed by Robert Aldrich.
Reportage 57, 1959 - drawing on negative depictions of Halbstarke and Rock 'n' roll in West Berlin in its
critiques of the West. Directed by Jnos Veiczi.
Love's Confusion (Verwirrung der Liebe), 1959 - a medical student at Berlin Humboldt University misses
his girlfriend at a masquerade and finds a new girl. His former girlfriend takes the former boyfriend of the
student's new girl instead. Before wedding they again switch partners. Directed by Slatan Dudow.
1960s
1960
We Cellar Children (Wir Kellerkinder), 1960 - about people in postwar Berlin, their careers during the
Wirtschaftswunder and what they did before 1945 during the Nazi era. Directed by Hans-Joachim
Wiedermann.
1961
One, Two, Three, 1961 - Cold War before The Wall, comedy by Billy Wilder.
Zwei unter Millionen, 1961 - a love story in Berlin shortly before the Berlin Wall ist built. Directed by
Wieland Liebske and Victor Vicas.
1962
The Tunnel, 1962 - Acclaimed NBC documentary about an escape tunnel under the Berlin Wall, by Reuven
Frank.
The Bread of Those Early Years (Das Brot der frhen Jahre), 1962 - telling the story of a young man in
West Berlin during the Wirtschaftswunder. Directed by Herbert Vesely.
Escape from East Berlin, 1962 - drama about a group of people from East Berlin who dig a tunnel under
Berlin Wall to take refuge in West Berlin. Directed by Robert Siodmak.
Her Most Beautiful Day (Ihr schnster Tag), 1962 - a typical feisty female concierge in Berlin has to learn
that her own children do not prosper as desired. Directed by Paul Verhoeven.
The Punch to the Jaw (Der Kinnhaken), 1962 - a woman lives in East Berlin and works in a West Berlin
bar when the Wall is built in 1961. Directed by Heinz Thiel.
...und Deine Liebe auch, 1962 - two friends love the same girl. One of them is working as an electrician in
East Berlin, the other is a cab driver in West Berlin. When the Wall is built, the girl has to make a decision.
Directed by Frank Vogel.
1963
The Endless Night (Die endlose Nacht), 1963 - six people are stuck at Berlin Tempelhof Airport because
of deep fog. Directed by Will Tremper.
1964
Emil and the Detectives, 1964 - Adventure film directed by Peter Tewksbury, based on the novel Emil and
the Detectives by Erich Kstner.
Wolf unter Wlfen, 1964 - the four-part movie based on the novel Wolf Among Wolves by Hans Fallada
describes the Hyperinflation in the Weimar Republic in 1923 which led to widespread unemployment,
homelessness, starvation and rioting in Berlin. Directed by Hans-Joachim Kasprzik.
Gigant Berlin, 1964 - documentary movie about West Berlin made 1957-1963, showing the building of
Berlin Wall, and John F. Kennedy and Marlene Dietrich visiting the cosmopolitan city. Directed by Leo de
Laforgue.
1965
The Spy Who Came in from the Cold, 1965 - Cold War classic set on both sides of The Wall, from the
book by John le Carr, directed by Martin Ritt.
Karl Liebknecht (Part 1: Solange Leben in mir ist, 1965; Part 2: Trotz alledem!, 1972) - two part film
about the German Communist leader Karl Liebknecht. Directed by Gnter Reisch.
Born in '45 (Jahrgang '45), 1965 - a young couple from Prenzlauer Berg tries to get a divorce. He drifts
through the city while she suffers from separation. Directed by Jrgen Bttcher and first shown in 1990.
Berlin um die Ecke, 1965 - about conflicts between young and old metal workers in East Berlin. Directed
by Gerhard Klein and first shown in 1990.
1966
Funeral in Berlin, 1966 - Spy film from the book by Len Deighton starring Michael Caine, directed by Guy
Hamilton.
The Quiller Memorandum, a 1966 spy film starring George Segal, directed by Michael Anderson.
Torn Curtain, 1966 - Cold War thriller set in East Berlin, directed by Alfred Hitchcock.
Playgirl, 1966 - About a model discovering Berlins nightlife. By Will Tremper.
Ganovenehre, 1966 - comedy about the panderer and crime environment in 1925 Berlin during the Weimar
Republic. Directed by Wolfgang Staudte.
1967
Ein Lord am Alexanderplatz, 1967 - telling the story of a marriage swindler and his daughter in Berlin
during the time when the Alexanderplatz was rebuilt and the Fernsehturm was erected. Directed by Gnter
Reisch.
Der tapfere Schulschwnzer, 1967 - a schoolboy in East Berlin decides to skip school, incidentally
discovers a fire, alerts the fire department but runs off before they can note down his personal data. The
firefighters manage to save two infants from burning and search for the young hero. Directed by Winfried
Junge.
1968
I Was Nineteen (Ich war neunzehn), 1968 - A nineteen-year-old Red Army soldier's experiences as the
Soviets advance into Berlin at the close of World War II, directed by Konrad Wolf.
A Dandy in Aspic, a 1968 espionage film set in East and West Berlin, directed by Anthony Mann.
The Wicked Dreams of Paula Schultz, 1968 - Cold War spy farce about an Olympic athlete who defects.
Director George Marshall.
Berliner Antigone, 1968 - during World War II a young woman is sentenced to death at Pltzensee Prison
by the People's Court because she stole the dead body of her insurgent brother from the Anatomic Institute
to bury him secretly. Based on the novel by Rolf Hochhuth and directed by Rainer Wolffhardt.
Quartet in Bed (Quartett im Bett), 1968 - nonsense movie about the 1968 bohemian society in Kreuzberg
district. Directed by Ulrich Schamoni.
1970s
1970
Gentlemen in White Vests (Die Herren mit der weien Weste), 1970 - a criminal comes home to West
Berlin and gets hunted by a retired judge and his friends. Directed by Wolfgang Staudte.
1971
Husaren in Berlin, 1971 - Hungarian hussars under Andrs Hadik occupy Berlin for one day in the 1757
Berlin raid during the Seven Years' War before the Prussian Army arrives. Directed by Erwin Stranka.
It Is Not the Homosexual Who Is Perverse, But the Society in Which He Lives (Nicht der
Homosexuelle ist pervers, sondern die Situation, in der er lebt), 1971 - follows the adventures of a
young man in Berlin who discovers gay culture but also discrimination and fear. Directed by Rosa von
Praunheim.
1972
Cabaret, 1972 - Set in the early 1930s depicting Weimar Berlin from the writings of Christopher
Isherwood; film by Bob Fosse.
Der Mann, der nach der Oma kam, 1972 - after grandmothers remarriage an artist family in East Berlin has
to find a new home help and nanny and hires a young talented man who turns out to be a postgraduate
writing about emancipation. Director: Roland Oehme.
Erinnerungen an einen Sommer in Berlin, 1972 - an American author visits the 1936 Summer Olympics in
Berlin where his enthusiasm changes to scepticism. Directed by Rolf Hdrich.
Dear Mother, I'm All Right (Liebe Mutter, mir geht es gut), 1972 - a metalworker moves from
Wrttemberg to West Berlin, does not like the disunity among the workers there and mobilises his co-
workers to fight for their rights. Directed by Christian Ziewer.
Leichensache Zernik, 1972 - in 1948 a young woman is murdered in a Berlin forest. Police stations in the
different sectors of Berlin discuss about responsibility what provokes the killer to proceed. Directed by
Gerhard Klein and Helmut Nitzschke.
1973
The Legend Of Paul And Paula (Die Legende von Paul und Paula), 1973 - Love story set in East Berlin
by Heiner Carow.
The Death of Adolf Hitler, 1973 - details the last ten days of Hitler's life as World War II comes to an end
and Allied troops are closing in on the Berlin Fhrerbunker. Directed by Rex Firkin.
Hitler: The Last Ten Days, 1973 - depicting the days leading up to Adolf Hitler's suicide. Directed by
Ennio De Concini.
Berliner Bettwurst, 1973/1975 - by Rosa von Praunheim.
1974
One or the Other of Us (Einer von uns beiden), 1974 - Psychological thriller takes place in West Berlin,
with scenes near the wall. Director Wolfgang Petersen.
1975
Unter dem Pflaster ist der Strand, 1975 - two Berlin actors are accidentally locked in the rehearsal hall for
one night. He tries to seduce her; she puts him off. Together they have to face the loss of ideals from the
German student movement. Directed by Helma Sanders-Brahms.
Everyone Dies Alone (Jeder stirbt fr sich allein), (1975 in German; 1976 in English) Hans Fallada's
novel based on the lives of Otto and Elise Hampel, who undertook acts of civil disobedience against Nazism
in 1940. Directed by Alfred Vohrer.
1976
Memories of Berlin: The Twilight of Weimar Culture, 1976 - Documentary about Berlin's cultural scene
during the Weimar Republic, by Gary Conklin.
Hostess, 1976 - a young woman in East Berlin is leading sight-seeing tours, and she rejects her boyfriends'
proposal of marriage due to his lovelessness. Directed by Rolf Rmer.
Nelken in Aspik, 1976 - a totally untalented advertising artist in East Berlin climbs the social ladder by just
remaining silent after a mischance with his teeth. Directed by Gnter Reisch.
1978
Schner Gigolo, armer Gigolo, 1978 - A Prussian officer returns home to Berlin following the end of
World War I. Unable to find employment elsewhere, he works as a gigolo in a brothel run by a Baroness.
With David Bowie and Marlene Dietrich, by David Hemmings.
The All-Around Reduced Personality (Die Allseitig reduzierte Persnlichkeit - Redupers), 1978 - a
female freelance press photographer has to survive at subsistence level with her daughter in West Berlin
when she becomes part of a project to deliver photos of Berlin. Directed by Helke Sander.
Ein Mann will nach oben, 1978 - a man and his friends establish a baggage transportation service between
the Berlin railway terminal stations before World War I. The movie in 13 parts is based on the novel by Hans
Fallada and directed by Herbert Ballmann.
1979
The Third Generation (Die dritte Generation), 1979 - a black comedy about the activities of the third
generation of the left wing terror group RAF in Berlin. Written and directed by Rainer Werner Fassbinder.
Fr Mord kein Beweis, 1979 - the dead body of a woman from Prenzlauer Berg found at Langer See leads
the Volkspolizei to a hiding doctor who practised during the Nazi Euthanasia programme at Dachau
concentration camp. Directed by Konrad Petzold.
The Marriage of Maria Braun (Die Ehe der Maria Braun), 1979 - A woman trying to make a life in the
aftermath of WWII by Rainer Werner Fassbinder.
1980s
1980
Berlin Alexanderplatz, 1980 - 1920s Berlin, film of the novel written by Alfred Dblin. Made for television
film (in 14 episodes) by Rainer Werner Fassbinder.
Solo Sunny, 1980 - Portraits the life of a girl singing in a band in East Berlin, directed by Konrad Wolf.
Berlin Chamissoplatz, 1980 - Love story between an older architect and a young student, set against the
backdrop of the housing struggles in West Berlin. Director: Rudolf Thome.
Backhouse Bliss (Glck im Hinterhaus), 1980 - a fairly well-off librarian in his mid-forties with two
children and a boring marriage in Berlin leaves his family for his intern. But the spark doesn't show up in his
day-to-day life. Directed by Herrmann Zschoche.
1981
Berlin Tunnel 21, 1981 - A former American officer leads an attempt to build a tunnel underneath The Wall
as a rescue route. Directed by Richard Michaels.
Christiane F. Wir Kinder vom Bahnhof Zoo, 1981 - 1970s portrayal of West Berlin's drug scene by Uli
Edel.
Taxi zum Klo, 1981 - Groundbreaking film documenting gay culture in West Berlin by Frank Ripploh.
Possession, 1981 - A woman left her family and the husband starts following his wife to find out the truth.
Directed by Andrzej Zulawski.
The Bunker, 1981 - depicting the events surrounding Adolf Hitler's last weeks in and around the
Fhrerbunker in Berlin. Directed by George Schaefer.
1982
Der Mann auf der Mauer, 1982 - a man in East Berlin tries unsuccessfully to get over Berlin Wall. After he
is ransomed by the West-German Government, he wants for his beloved wife. Directed by Reinhard Hauff.
1983
Octopussy, 1983 - James Bond film starring Roger Moore and directed by John Glen.
White Star, 1983 - a former rock 'n' roll band manager tries very aggressively to promote a young musician
in West Berlin, but the punk audience does not like the synthpop-style music. Directed by Roland Klick.
Zille and Me (Zille und ick), 1983 - musical film using fictional episodes from the life of famous Berlin
social-critical painter Heinrich Zille around the year 1900. Directed by Werner W. Wallroth.
Island of Swans (Insel der Schwne), 1983 - a fourteen-year-old boy has to move from an idyllic small
town to the developing area of Berlin-Marzahn where his father works as a construction worker and where
he must find his way in a completely new environment and surrounded by strange people. Directed by
Herrmann Zschoche.
Stadt der verlorenen Seelen, 1983 - by Rosa von Praunheim.
1984
The Wannsee Conference, 1984 (TV) - German film about the infamous WWII conference in
Berlin-Wannsee where the Final Solution to exterminate the Jews was planned. Directed by Heinz Schirk.
The Jesse Owens Story, 1984 (TV) - Biographical film of the life and times of 1936 Olympics star Jesse
Owens, by Richard Irving.
Forbidden, 1984 - about a wealthy German countess who hides her Jewish boyfriend in her apartment in
Berlin during World War II. Directed by Anthony Page.
Sigi, der Straenfeger, 1984 - a street sweeper finds a box with 300.000 Deutsche Mark and a
compromising photo of his boss what evokes several adventures. With Harald Juhnke, by Wolf Gremm.
1985
Westler, 1985 - Telling the story of a homosexual student from West Berlin who falls in love with a guy from
East Berlin. Directed by Wieland Speck.
Wild Geese II, 1985 - based on the 1982 novel The Square Circle by Daniel Carney, in which a group of
mercenaries are hired to spring Rudolf Hess from Spandau Prison. Directed by Peter R. Hunt.
Dmoni, 1985 - horror movie about people in a Berlin cinema transforming into demons. Directed by
Lamberto Bava.
The Berlin Affair, 1985 - in 1938 the wife of a rising Nazi diplomat in Berlin falls in love with the daughter
of the Japanese Ambassador and an artist. Her husband finds out and moves to break up the affair. Based
upon the novel Quicksand and directed by Liliana Cavani.
1986
Liebling Kreuzberg, 19861998 - Five series with altogether 58 episodes. Leading actor: Manfred Krug as
a Berlin lawyer. Director: Werner Masten.
Meier, 1986 - comedy about a paper hanger in East Berlin who can buy a counterfeit West-German
passport which he does not use to escape from East Germany but to provide his crafts enterprise with
wallpaper material from West-Berlin. Directed by Peter Timm.
1987
Wings of Desire (Der Himmel ber Berlin), 1987 - drama about an angel falling in love with a human,
which also concerns the divided city and its fate by Wim Wenders.
In der Wste, 1987 - showing one day in the life of a jobless Chilean in West-Berlin spending time with his
Turkish friend and searching for food and love. Based on a novel by Antonio Skrmeta and directed by
Rafael Fuster Pardo.
Reichshauptstadt - privat, 1987 - two-part docudrama about a man and a woman who meet in Berlin and
look back on their love story in the fascistic Reichshauptstadt between 1937 and 1945. Directed by Horst
Knigstein.
Richy Guitar, 1987 - a young guitar player in Berlin wants to become a famous musician and attempts to
establish a band. Featuring punk band Die rzte and singer Nena; directed by Michael Laux.
1988
Judgment in Berlin, 1988 - Based on the book Judgment in Berlin telling the story of the LOT Polish
Airlines Flight 165 hijacking from Gdask to West Berlin and the subsequent 1979 trial conducted in the
United States Court for Berlin; stars Martin Sheen and Sean Penn. Directed by Leo Penn.
Linie 1, 1988 - Film of the 1986 musical about U-Bahn (subway) Line 1 in West Berlin by Reinhard Hauff.
Kai aus der Kiste, 1988 - during the hyperinflation in the Weimar Republic 1923 in Berlin a boy and his
friends start a campaign of competitive advertising for an American chewing gum brand and use the
resources of the metropolis for it. Based upon the novel by Wolf Durian and directed by Gnter Meyer.
1989
Coming Out, 1989 - deals with the process of the protagonists in East Berlin coming out as gay. Directed
by Heiner Carow.
Der Bruch, 1989 - in 1946 several burglars want to break into the Deutsche Reichsbahn building in Berlin to
steal money from the safe. Directed by Frank Beyer.
The Philosopher (Der Philosoph), 1989 - a philosopher in Berlin almost withdrew from the world to
concentrate on his Heraclitus studies, having no relationship for eight years. When he wants a new suit for a
lecture about his new book, he meets three sisters who share a house and invite him to move in to stay with
them in polygamy. Directed by Rudolf Thome.
1990s
1990
The Plot to Kill Hitler, 1990 - a historical recreation of the 1944 attempt by several German High
Command Officers led by Colonel Claus von Stauffenberg to assassinate Adolf Hitler and take control of the
German government. Directed by Lawrence Schiller.
Der Knig von Kreuzberg, 1990 - showing the life of a young Turkish man in Berlin who is of the opinion
that he can fly. Director: Matthias Drawe.
Wedding, 1990 - three school day friends meet after several years again in Wedding district and talk about
their unsuccessful lives including a broken family, homicide and excessive indebtedness. Directed by Heiko
Schier.
Dr. M, 1990 - in the 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 plot to manipulate the population
through mass hypnosis. Directed by Claude Chabrol.
Die Architekten, 1990 - an architect in his late thirties receives his first challenging and lucrative commission
to design a cultural center for a satellite town in East-Berlin when more and more people leave East Germany
wearily in the late 1980s. Directed by Peter Kahane.
1991
Ostkreuz, 1991 - a 15-year-old girl escapes to West Berlin via Hungary with her mother shortly before the
fall of Berlin Wall and becomes a petty criminal to afford an own apartment. Director: Michael Klier.
Something to Do with the Wall, 1991 - Berlin Wall documentary shot just before and after its fall, by Ross
McElwee and Marilyn Levine.
Die Mauer, 1991 - documentary on the last days and the deconstruction of Berlin Wall. Directed by Jrgen
Bttcher.
Wer hat Angst vor Rot, Gelb, Blau?, 1991 - About painters in Berlin. By Heiko Schier.
Zwischen Pankow und Zehlendorf, 1991 - a musical 11-year-old girl shuttles between her mother's home
in eastern Pankow and her grandmother's house in western Zehlendorf during the 1950s to take piano
lessons until her father returns from war captivity. Directed by Horst Seemann.
1992
The Little Punker (Der kleene Punker), 1992 - animation movie about a poor punk in Berlin who starts to
form a band with his friends to perform at Brandenburg Gate. Director: Michael Schaack.
Shining Through, 1992 - World War II spy film directed by David Seltzer, starring Michael Douglas and
Melanie Griffith.
Dana Lech, 1992 - a Polish woman lives in West Berlin with her German-Italian friend when she meets her
previous Polish boyfriend from Warsaw during the fall of the Berlin Wall. Directed by Frank Blasberg.
Never Sleep Again (Nie wieder schlafen), 1992 - three women travel to Berlin to attend the wedding of a
female friend and discover the recently reunited city. Directed by Pia Frankenberg.
1993
Prinz in Hlleland, 1993 - a jester is giving a puppet theatre performance about a homosexual prince for
the junkies at Kottbusser Tor station. Director: Michael Stock.
Faraway, So Close! (In weiter Ferne, so nah!), 1993 - Sequel to Wings of Desire (1987), angels desire
to be human, by Wim Wenders.
The Innocent, 1993 - A joint CIA/MI6 operation to build a tunnel under East Berlin during the Cold War.
Directed by John Schlesinger.
1994
Linsenstrae, 19941998 - Director: Christiane Nalezinski.
From D-Day to Berlin, 1994 (TV) - Stirring colour documentary of the American campaign, including
footage from Berlin, by George Stevens, Jr.
1995
A Trick of Light (Die Gebrder Skladanowsky), 1995 - shows the birth of cinema in Berlin where Max
Skladanowsky and his brother Emil built a projector. Directed by Wim Wenders.
Aus der Mitte, 1995 - Documentary about young people in post-wall Berlin by Peter Zach.
The Promise (Das Versprechen), 1995 - two young lovers in Berlin are separated when the Berlin wall
goes up in 1961, and their stories intertwine during the three decades to German reunification. Directed by
Margarethe von Trotta.
Gentleman, 1995 - the loss of his car and his selected woman drives a yuppie in Berlin into a little massacre
among prostitutes. Directed by Oskar Roehler.
1996
Strung Ost, 1996 - documentary on the former punk subculture in East Berlin and the persecution people
suffered from the Government of the German Democratic Republic. Directed by Mechthild Katzorke and
Cornelia Schneider.
1997
Das Leben ist eine Baustelle, 1997 - Romantic comedy in post-unification Berlin, by Wolfgang Becker.
Love Story: Berlin 1942, 1997 - Documentary of the love affair between Felice Schragenheim and Lilly
Wust, by Catrine Clay.
Magass, 1997 - Surreal Comedy by Daryush Shokof. The film is about a blacklisted artist, his four
romances and their pet "a Fly" which becomes their "flying angel".
Der Hauptmann von Kpenick, 1997 - Directed by Frank Beyer and based upon the play The Captain
of Kpenick by Carl Zuckmayer. The play was based on the true story of Wilhelm Voigt.
Comedian Harmonists, 1997 - a biopic about the successful German vocal group Comedian Harmonists
founded in 1927 in Berlin during the Golden Twenties and domiciled there until the three Jewish members
were banned from stage by the Nazi Reichsmusikkammer in 1934. Directed by Joseph Vilsmaier.
Geschwister - Kardeler, 1997 - showing the life and problems of three Turkish siblings in Berlin. Director:
Thomas Arslan.
1998
Run Lola Run (Lola rennt), 1998 - Drama with three alternate realities in post-reunification Berlin by Tom
Tykwer.
The Final Game (Das Finale), 1998 - terrorists cause a mass panic during the final of the DFB Cup at
Berlin Olympic Stadium. Directed by Sigi Rothemund.
Memory of Berlin, 1998 - Autobiographical essay film by John Burgan.
Angel Express, 1998 - about people restlessly seeking for the ultimate experience in late nineties Berlin.
Directed by Rolf Peter Kahl.
The Berlin Airlift: First Battle of the Cold War, 1998 - documentary containing many personal
recollections and eyewitness accounts of the massive humanitarian, military, and political effort known as the
Berlin Airlift. Directed by Robert Kirk.
Solo for Clarinet (Solo fr Klarinette), 1998 - in a Berlin apartment house a man is found ruffianly
murdered with a clarinet. A burnt out police inspector follows a suspicious but mysterious woman and falls
for her. Directed by Nico Hofmann.
1999
Downhill City, 1999 - Director: Hannu Salonen.
Aime & Jaguar, 1999 - Lesbian love story set against the backdrop of war-time Berlin, by Max
Frberbck.
Sonnenallee, 1999 - A teen comedy set in the East Berlin of the 1970s by Leander Haumann.
Heroes Like Us (Helden wie wir), 1999 - showing life in East Berlin between 1968 and 1989. A young
Stasi officer falls in love with a former school friend who is now critical of the regime. Directed by Sebastian
Peterson.
Nightshapes (Nachtgestalten), 1999 - About socially deprived people in Berlin. Directed by Andreas
Dresen.
Lola and Billy the Kid, 1999 - a 17-year-old Turkish boy in Berlin discovers that he is homosexual, which
provokes severe problems with his traditional family. Directed by Kutlu Ataman.
Bombs Under Berlin (Gtterdmmerung - Morgen stirbt Berlin), 1999 - at a building site in Berlin a time
bomb is found. A historian believes that a complete series of bombs was placed there by a Nazi special
force to destroy Berlin at the end of World War II and that someone is still taking care of the bombs.
Directed by Joe Coppoletta.
Der Einstein des Sex, 1999 - follows the life of Jewish doctor Magnus Hirschfeld who was a sexologist, a
gay socialist and who established the first Institut fr Sexualwissenschaft in Berlin in 1919. Directed by Rosa
von Praunheim.
Dealer, 1999 - a Turkish man in Berlin is unable to devote himself to anything other than being a criminal and
a drug dealer. Directed by Thomas Arslan.
Der Tunnel, 1999 - documentary on four students in West Berlin digging a tunnel under Berlin Wall towards
East Berlin in 1962 to rescue 29 people. Directed by Marcus Vetter.
Snow on New Year's Eve (Schnee in der Neujahrsnacht), 1999 - episodes from the 1999 Silvester night
in Berlin, where a radio announcer calls people to bring their New Year's resolutions to fruition during the
last hours of the old year. Directed by Thorsten Schmidt.
Berlin Ecke Bundesplatz, 1999-2009 - long term documentary film project about (middle-class and
other) people living around the Bundesplatz in Wilmersdorf district. Filming began in 1985. Director: Hans-
Georg Ullrich and Detlef Gumm.
2000s
2000
Tenussian Vaccuvasco, 2000 - Film directed by Daryush Shokof, Lives of 9 different people is seen
through their windows on a facade of a building.
Return to Go! (Zurck auf Los!), 2000 - a group of homosexual men in Prenzlauer Berg district has to get
along with love, AIDS, disability, unemployment and alcoholism. Directed by Pierre Sanoussi-Bliss.
2001
Berlin Babylon, 2001 - Documentary film on the reconstruction projects after the fall of the Wall, directed
by Hubertus Siegert.
Conspiracy, 2001 - Film directed by Frank Pierson, made for HBO (television) USA, about the Wannsee
Conference plan to exterminate the Jews during WWII.
Never Mind the Wall (Wie Feuer und Flamme), 2001 - in 1982 a 17-year-old girl from West Berlin
travels to East Berlin to her grandmother's funeral and falls in love with the leader of a punk clique, which
evokes severe problems. Director: Connie Walther.
Taking Sides (Der Fall Furtwngler), 2001 - World famous conductor Wilhelm Furtwngler stays in Nazi
Germany rather than flee, and experiences consequences. Film by Istvn Szab.
The Tunnel (Der Tunnel), 2001 - Dramatization of a collaborative tunnel under the wall in the 1950s. Film
by Roland Suso Richter.
Berlin is in Germany, 2001 - Drama about an East German political prisoner released from jail in post-
unification Germany and now must come to terms with the geographic, political, and cultural displacements of
Berlin in the 1990s. A film by Hannes Sthr.
Invincible (Unbesiegbar), 2001 - True story of a Jewish strongman in 1932 Berlin by Werner Herzog.
What to Do in Case of Fire? (Was tun, wenn's brennt?), 2001 - Police hunt down radicals whose bomb
goes off 12 years late. Film by Gregor Schnitzler.
Planet Alex, 2001 - episodic movie filmed at Alexanderplatz where the stories of several characters
intertwine within a period of 24 hours. Directed by Uli M. Schppel.
A Fine Day (Der schne Tag), 2001 - About a girl in Berlin who wants to become an actress and makes
her living by dubbing movies. By Thomas Arslan.
Emil and the Detectives (Emil und die Detektive), 2001 - Adventure film directed by Franziska Buch,
based on the novel Emil and the Detectives by Erich Kstner.
Moonlight Tariff (Mondscheintarif), 2001 - an emancipated woman in her twenties living in Berlin is
waiting wishfully for a one-night stand lover to call her again and experiences a rising depression. Directed by
Ralf Huettner.
Heidi M., 2001 - a divorced and lonely woman leads a corner shop in Berlin-Mitte where customers can
talk about their problems. Directed by Michael Klier.
Der Zimmerspringbrunnen, 2001 - after years of unemployment and uselessness a man in East Berlin
creates a very successful Ostalgie item - a tabletop fountain consisting of a Fernsehturm Berlin model on a
plate in the form of the GDR map. Directed by Peter Timm.
2002
Berlin Symphony (Berlin: Sinfonie einer Grostadt), 2002 - The remake of Ruttmanns classic by Thomas
Schadt shows one day in Berlin some years after the German reunification.
Unternehmen Paradies, 2002 - documentary movie about Berlin by Volker Sattel.
Big Girls Don't Cry (Groe Mdchen weinen nicht), 2002 - two girls in Berlin have been best friends
since childhood. But as they step into adulthood, their perfect friendship gets harshly tested by several
unfortunate events. Directed by Maria von Heland.
Fhrer Ex, 2002 - two friends want to escape from East Germany, are caught and kept enclosed in a Berlin
prison where one of them becomes a Neo-Nazi. Directed by Winfried Bonengel.
Naked (Nackt), 2002 - three couples in Berlin meet for dinner and start an erotic identification game.
Directed by Doris Drrie.
Der Glanz von Berlin, 2002 - documentary about three cleaning ladies in Berlin and their personal dreams.
Directed by Judith Keil and Antje Kruska.
2003
Anatomy 2, 2003 - A medical horror story, directed by Stefan Ruzowitzky.
Good Bye, Lenin!, 2003 - Award-winning bittersweet comedy about the reunification, by Wolfgang Becker.
Herr Lehmann, 2003 - a portrait of typical people in Berlin-Kreuzberg during the 1980s. Director: Leander
Haumann.
Kroko, 2003 - a violent girl in Berlin-Wedding is sentenced to several days of community work at a flat-
sharing community with handicapped persons. Director: Sylke Enders.
liegen lernen, 2003 - based on the novel of Frank Goosen and telling the love stories of a young man
driving several times to Berlin, beginning with a school trip. Director: Hendrik Handloegten.
Rosenstrasse, 2003 - Flashback retelling of the events of the 1943 Rosenstrasse protest, by Margarethe
von Trotta.
Alltag, 2003 - depicting life in the Turkish neighborhood of Kreuzberg. Directed by Neco Celik.
Soloalbum, 2003 - About a young music editorial journalist in Berlin. Directed by Gregor Schnitzler.
We (Wir), 2003 - a group of school friends meet real life in Berlin after final secondary-school examinations
and before the beginning of studies. Directed by Martin Gypkens.
Angst (Der alte Affe Angst), 2003 - the different attitudes toward life lead a sensitive stage director and his
beautiful girlfriend in Berlin to constant fights and conflicts. Directed by Oskar Roehler.
Berlin - Eine Stadt sucht den Mrder, 2003 - a female photo-journalist is after a ripper in Berlin who could
be a taxi driver. Directed by Urs Egger.
2004
Alles auf Zucker! (Go for Zucker), 2004 - Comedy with Ossi-Wessi and secular-orthodox Jewish themes.
Director Dani Levy.
A2Z, 2004 - An old man and his Lolita are committed to kill each other that very day, directed by Daryush
Shokof.
Venussian Tabutasco, 2004 - life of people in a building is seen through a "glass elevator" going up and
down the floors of the building, Directed by Daryush Shokof.
Berliner Maifestspiele, 2004 - Director: Nives Konik.
Der Teufel von Rudow, 2004 - horror film about a couple in Rudow district investigating mysterious
incidents dealing with a man caged in their neighbour's house. Director: Ulrich Meczulat.
Downfall (Der Untergang), 2004 - Film depicting the last days of Hitler and the Battle of Berlin, set in and
around the "Fhrerbunker", directed by Oliver Hirschbiegel.
Muxmuschenstill, 2004 - follows a vigilante who lives in Berlin and used to study philosophy. The do-
gooder wants to bring justice to criminals in his own way, but becomes a wrongdoer himself. Director:
Marcus Mittermeier.
Status Yo!, 2004 - The Berlin HipHop scene, rappers have 24 hours to stage a megaconcert, by Till
Hastreiter.
The Bourne Supremacy, 2004 - American spy mystery thriller with many scenes filmed / set in Berlin.
Directed by Paul Greengrass.
The Edukators (Die fetten Jahre sind vorbei), 2004 - Film depicting the encounter of three anti-capitalist
activists and a wealthy businessman in Berlin-Zehlendorf. Directed by Hans Weingartner.
Jargo, 2004 - a coming of age film about a young male who experiences culture shock from moving from
Saudi Arabia to Berlin. Directed by Maria Solrun.
Stauffenberg, 2004 - about Claus Schenk Graf von Stauffenberg and the 20 July 1944 plot to assassinate
Adolf Hitler. Directed by Jo Baier.
Die Stunde der Offiziere, 2004 - a semi-documentary movie telling in chronological order about the
German resistance attempts to kill Adolf Hitler and seize power in Germany in the July 20 plot of 1944.
Directed by Hans-Erich Viet.
Rhythm Is It!, 2004 - documents a project by the Berlin Philharmonic principal conductor Simon Rattle and
choreographer Royston Maldoom to popularize classical music by staging a performance of Igor
Stravinsky's ballet The Rite of Spring with 250 children from Berlin's public schools. Directed by Thomas
Grube and Enrique Snchez Lansch.
Walk on Water, 2004 - an Israeli hitman working for Mossad has to find an aging Nazi war criminal in
Berlin but has in the meantime formed a profound friendship with two young German grandchildren of the
senile man. Directed by Eytan Fox.
Love in Thoughts (Was ntzt die Liebe in Gedanken), 2004 - about the so-called Steglitz student
tragedy in 1927, when two young men made a suicide pact under the influence of alcohol, music and sex,
which lead to a tragedy. Directed by Achim von Borries.
Meine schnsten Jahre, 2004 - eight-part Ostalgie movie about a man looking back to the year 1983 when
he was 13 years old and lived in a Plattenbau settlement in East Berlin. Directed by Edzard Onneken and Ulli
Baumann.
Das Zimmermdchen und der Millionr, 2004 - a millionaire owns the luxurious Berlin Hotel Ritz for a
short period of time. But when he arrives he is considered to be a temporary waiter, instructed for service
and falls in love with a waitress. Directed by Andreas Senn.
2005
Summer in Berlin (Sommer vorm Balkon), 2005 - Two women struggle with life, and a man. Director
Andreas Dresen.
Speer und Er, 2005 - three-part docudrama about Adolf Hitler and his General Building Inspector for the
Reich Capital, Albert Speer, their plans to convert Berlin into Welthauptstadt Germania and Speers
imprisonment at Spandau Prison after the Nuremberg Trials. Directed by Heinrich Breloer.
Antibodies (Antikrper), 2005 - a police officer from a small village wants to solve the murder of a 12-
year-old girl, travels to Berlin to talk to a pederast serial killer and slowly begins to explore his own dark
side. Directed by Christian Alvart.
on Flux, 2005 - Science fiction film featuring many of Berlin's architectural landmarks, by Karyn Kusama.
Gespenster, 2005 - a female end-of-teenage orphan with mental problems starts a new job as a garden
cleaner in Berlin and meets two mysterious women. Directed by Christian Petzold.
The Airlift (Die Luftbrcke - Nur der Himmel war frei), 2005 - historic drama about a difficult love affair
between a German waitress working at the Berlin Tempelhof Airport and an American soldier during the
Berlin Airlift 1948-1949. Directed by Dror Zahavi.
Spiele der Macht - 11011 Berlin, 2005 - a female political scientist becomes counsellor of the Chancellor
of Germany who transfers some of his power to her. Directed by Markus Imboden.
KlassenLeben, 2005 - documentary on a project in Schneberg district to integrate four disabled children
into a regular school form. Directed by Hubertus Siegert.
Stadt als Beute, 2005 - episode film about the lives of three actors rehearsing a play at a Berlin backyard
theatre. Directed by Miriam Dehne, Esther Gronenborn and Irene von Alberti.
Die letzte Schlacht, 2005 - docudrama about the Battle of Berlin from April to May 1945, based on
genuine stories of contemporary witnesses. Directed by Hans-Christoph Blumenberg.
2006
The Lives of Others (Das Leben der Anderen), 2006 - East Berlin's cultural scene before reunification,
riddled by Stasi secret agents. Drama by Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck.
Knallhart, 2006 - A film about the run-down district of Berlin-Neuklln. Directed by Detlev Buck.
Komm nher, 2006 - the relationship problems of several lonely persons in Berlin and the efforts to find a
new love attachment. Director: Vanessa Jopp.
P05 Protection 05 Jugend in Kreuzberg, 2006 - Directors: Nives und Marc Konik.
Schwarze Schafe, 2006 - tells in five episodes the stories of people in Berlin with financial problems.
Director: Oliver Rihs.
The Good German, 2006 - Homage to Film Noir, set in 1945 Berlin during the Potsdam Conference, by
Steven Soderbergh.
The Red Cockatoo (Der Rote Kakadu), 2006 - Young love and friendship in 1961 East Germany; partly
set in the Kopenhagener Strae. Director Dominik Graf.
Die Mauer - Berlin '61, 2006 - Telling the story of a family in Berlin who was divided during the day when
the Berlin Wall was built in 1961. Directed by Hartmut Schoen.
Lucy, 2006 - About an 18-year-old girl in Berlin who has a baby and still lives with her own mother.
Directed by Henner Winckler.
Nicht bse sein!, 2006 - documentary on three addicted men who share a flat in Kreuzberg district.
Directed by Wolfgang Reinke.
Feiern, 2006 - documentary on people in Berlin who dedicate their lives to electronic dance music,
nightclubs, parties and drugs. Directed by Maja Classen.
18.15 Uhr ab Ostkreuz, 2006 - trashy parody on Miss Marple about a retired teacher from Haselhorst
district witnessing a horrible murder on a passing Berlin S-Bahn train. Directed by Jrn Hartmann.
Rage (Wut), 2006 - the rise of a conflict between a liberal German middle-class family in Tempelhof district
and a Turkish gang leader results in brutal vigilantism. Directed by Zli Aladag.
Valerie, 2006 - a former model who is now totally broke has to survive in her car in Christmassy Berlin.
Directed by Birgit Mller.
Altlastpalast, 2006 - the story of the Palace of the Republic and its deconstruction in 2006 to make room
for the reconstruction of the Berlin Stadtschloss. Directed by Irina Enders.
2007
Asudem, 2007 - A surreal horror story filmed in black and white, directed by Daryush Shokof.
Breathful, 2007 - A gangster-comedy with an all-female cast and dedicated to women's rights, by Daryush
Shokof.
KDD Kriminaldauerdienst, 2007 - Directors: Matthias Glasner, Lars Kraume, Filippos Tsitos, Edward
Berger, Andreas Prochaska and Zli Aladag.
Keinohrhasen, 2007 - a yellow press reporter in Berlin is sentenced to 300 hours of community service at a
daycare center where he falls in love with the female center's manager. Director: Til Schweiger.
The Baader Meinhof Complex, 2007 - retells the story of the early years of the West German far-left terror
group RAF showing the murder of Benno Ohnesorg in West-Berlin during the visit of Shah Mohammad
Reza Pahlavi and the bombing of the Axel Springer AG until the set of events called German Autumn.
Directed by Uli Edel.
Mein Fhrer Die wirklich wahrste Wahrheit ber Adolf Hitler, 2007 - comedy about Adolf Hitler and
his preparation together with his Jewish acting coach for a big New Year's speech. Directed by Dani Levy.
Prinzessinnenbad, 2007 - Documentary about three teenagers in Berlin's Kreuzberg district, by Bettina
Blmner.
Shootback Heimat Kreuzberg, 2007 - Directors: Nives und Marc Konik.
The Reichsorchester, 2007 - Documentary about the Berlin Philharmonic during the Third Reich, by
Enrique Snchez Lansch.
Du bist nicht allein, 2007 - a portrait of people living in a tower block with council flats in East Berlin.
Directed by Bernd Bhlich.
wegen Nelly, 2007 - Director: Jonathan Blling.
Drifter, 2007 - documentary showing the life of homeless children in Berlin mired in drug addiction and child
prostitution. Directed by Sebastian Heidinger.
Der Letzte macht das Licht aus!, 2007 - three unemployed men try to survive in Berlin and prepare for
emigration to Norway. Directed by Clemens Schnborn.
Leroy, 2007 - a black afro guy in Berlin falls in love with a girl who has five Neo-Nazi brothers. Directed by
Armin Vlckers.
Raging Inferno (Das Inferno - Flammen ber Berlin), 2007 - a fire breaks out in the Fernsehturm Berlin
and a chaos erupts among the trapped. A disgraced former firefighter helps to rescue the visitors. Directed
by Rainer Matsutani.
Knut - Aus der Kinderstube eines Eisbren / Knut - Ein Eisbr entdeckt die Welt, 2007 - two-part
documentary about cute little polar bear Knut who gets raised by his zookeeper Thomas Drflein at Berlin
Zoological Garden and subsequently becomes a beloved celebrity. Directed by Georg Berger, Daniel
Remsperger and Andrea Stieringer.
BerlinSong, 2007 - documentary on six young musicians from around the world who have settled in Berlin
and written songs about their favourite places in the city. Directed by Uli M. Schppel.
Wrong Number, 2007 - a New Yorker in Berlin dials a wrong number, the girl on the other end is curiously
receptive and their subsequent conversations become seemingly spontaneous and personal. Directed by
Lewis Husler.
2008
1. Mai Helden bei der Arbeit, 2008 - episodic movie on several people who meet during the International
Workers' Day and the traditional riots in Kreuzberg district. Directed by Jan-Christoph Glaser, Carsten
Ludwig, Sven Taddicken and Jakob Ziemnicki.
A Woman in Berlin (Anonyma - Eine Frau in Berlin), 2008 - Film of the diary by Marta Hillers depicting
the rape of Berlin by the Soviets in 1945, by Max Frberbck.
Berlin Calling, 2008 - Berlin's electronic music scene, a tragicomedy in the Berlin of today. Written and
directed by Hannes Sthr.
This Is Berlin Not New York, 2008 - Artists from New York and Berlin create original artworks, director
Ethan Minsker.
Valkyrie, 2008 - Historical thriller by Bryan Singer based on the July 20, 1944 plot by German army
officers to assassinate Adolf Hitler with the conspirators operating out of Berlin.
The Miracle of Berlin (Das Wunder von Berlin), 2008 - About a family in East Berlin who experiences the
opening of the Berlin Wall in 1989. Directed by Roland Suso Richter.
Wolke Neun, 2008 - a woman in the middle of her 60s living in Berlin has been married for 30 years when
she starts a secret love affair with a man aged 76. Directed by Andreas Dresen.
Berlin by the Sea (Berlin am Meer), 2008 - Telling the story of students in Berlin working as Disc jockeys
and sharing a flat. Directed by Wolfgang Eissler.
Melodies of Spring (Mrzmelodie), 2008 - about the relationship problems of several couples in Berlin.
Directed by Martin Walz.
Heroes from the Neighbourhood (Helden aus der Nachbarschaft), 2008 - the female host of an
unsuccessful TV show in Berlin is searching for new participants. Directed by Jovan Arsenic.
Waiting for Angelina (Warten auf Angelina), 2008 - a paparazzo and an obsessive fan become pals while
staking out Brangelina's apartment in Berlin. Directed by Hans-Christoph Blumenberg.
Evet, ich will!, 2008 - several multicultural couples in a Berlin tower block want to get married but
experience severe problems. Directed by Sinan Akku.
Love, Peace & Beatbox, 2008 - documentary on the rising beatboxing subculture in Berlin. Directed by
Volker Meyer-Dabisch.
2009
Berlin, 2009 - a threepart documentary, each dealing with a different aspect of the history of Berlin. Written
and presented by Matt Frei.
Berlin 36, 2009 - telling the fate of Jewish athlete Gretel Bergmann in the 1936 Summer Olympics. Directed
by Kaspar Heidelbach.
Ninja Assassin, 2009 - a disillusioned Japanese assassin is looking for retribution against his former mentor.
In Berlin he meets a female Europol agent investigating political murders carried out by the same old Ninja
clan where the assassin was trained as a child. Directed by James McTeigue.
The City Named Desire (Sehnsucht Berlin), 2009 - Documentary of the city as seen by famous artists,
temporary Berliners. Written and directed by Peter Zach.
Saturn Returns, 2009 - a privileged female North American expat in contemporary Berlin, living a life of
post punk hedonism, roams the streets with her best friend. Together they use the city like a playground, a
stage, and a never ending party. Director: Lior Shamriz.
24 Hours Berlin (24 h Berlin - Ein Tag im Leben), 2009 - The 24 hours documentary shows the personal
life of 50 different people in Berlin. Directed by Volker Heise.
Zweiohrkken, 2009 - following Keinohrhasen, everyday routine has entered the relationship between the
reporter and his girlfriend after two years. By Til Schweiger.
Hans im Glck, 2009 - Portrait of Berlin bass player Hans Narva, his music, his family and a life spent
fighting the rules - whoever defines them. Directed by Claudia Lehmann.
In Berlin, 2009 - the documentary follows the life and work of several persons engaged in the Berlin cultural
sector and politics. Directed by Michael Ballhaus and Ciro Cappellari.
The International, 2009 - a finance thriller directed by Tom Tykwer.
Men in the City (Mnnerherzen), 2009 - about the personal problems of several men in Berlin who
exercise at a fitness centre. Directed by Simon Verhoeven.
Beloved Berlin Wall (Liebe Mauer), 2009 - a female student in West Berlin falls in love with a soldier from
the NVA border troops in East Berlin during the year 1989. Directed by Peter Timm.
Mnnersache, 2009 - a man working at the Berlin Zoo wants to start a career as a comedian. Directed by
Gernot Roll and Mario Barth.
24 Stunden Schlesisches Tor, 2009 - a film team talking to people passing by at Schlesisches Tor station in
Kreuzberg district for 24 hours. Directed by Anna de Paoli and Eva Lia Reinegger.
Rabbit la Berlin, 2009 - the documentary movie tells the story of the Berlin Wall but from point of view of
a group of wild rabbits which inhabited the zone between the two walls separating West Berlin from East
Berlin during the Cold War. Directed by Bartosz Konopka.
Catapult (Achterbahn), 2009 - documentary movie about carny Norbert Witte and his family, his futile
attempts to run and develop the Berlin Spreepark amusement park and his fall after smuggling cocaine from
Peru to Germany. Directed by Peter Drfler.
I've Never Been Happier (So glcklich war ich noch nie), 2009 - an incurable impostor gets released
from prison and tries to live a normal life in Berlin but lapses back into crime and falls in love with a beautiful
but shy prostitute. Directed by Alexander Adolph.
2010s
2010
Boxhagener Platz, 2010 - about family life and problems in East Berlin in 1968 while at the same time in
West Berlin the students are protesting. Director: Matti Geschonneck.
Heaven's Taxi (Hitler's Grave), 2010 - An Iranian Moslem girl promises her dying brother to find Hitler's
grave in Berlin. Written and directed by Daryush Shokof.
Neuklln Unlimited, 2010 - Documentary about three siblings' daily lives in Berlin's Neuklln district,
directed by Agostino Imondi and Dietmar Ratsch.
Berlin: Hasenheide, 2010 - Documentary about a park in Berlin's Neuklln district, directed by Nana
Rebhan.
Zivilcourage, 2010 - a senior bookseller does not know much about his problematic Berlin quarter until he
is involved in a brutal assault. Directed by Dror Zahavi.
Rammbock, 2010 - a horror movie about zombies attacking people in Berlin. Directed by Marvin Kren.
380.000 Volt Der groe Stromausfall, 2010 - an electrical power outage in Berlin causes a riot and
looting in the city. Directed by Sebastian Vigg.
Bella vita, 2010 - a housewife is deceived by her husband publicly and has to find a new home and life with
her daughter in Kreuzberg district. Directed by Thomas Berger.
We Are the Night (Wir sind die Nacht), 2010 - horror film about a group of female vampires in Berlin.
Directed by Dennis Gansel.
Shahada, 2010 - the fates of three Muslims in Berlin collide during Ramadan as they struggle to find their
place between faith and modern life in western society. Directed by Burhan Qurbani.
Three, 2010 - centered on a 40-something couple in Berlin who, separately, fall in love with the same man.
Directed by Tom Tykwer.
Single by Contract (Groupies bleiben nicht zum Frhstck), 2010 - a 17-year-old girl in Berlin falls in
love with the lead singer of a band named Berlin Mitte. But he has signed a contract to stay a single person
to enhance band marketing. Directed by Marc Rothemund.
The Drifters (Eine flexible Frau), 2010 - a 40-year-old female architect in Berlin loses her job and has to
get along with identity, job centre and the loss of her social status. Directed by Tatjana Turanskyj.
Die Friseuse, 2010 - a female hairdresser in Marzahn district struggles with her own overweight, the
separation from her husband, the difficult foundation of a hairdresser's shop and a rising multiple sclerosis.
Directed by Doris Drrie.
When We Leave (Die Fremde), 2010 - highlights the problem of honor killings by depicting the drama of a
Turkish family living in Berlin. Directed by Feo Aladag.
In the Shadows (Im Schatten), 2010 - focuses on a burglar in Berlin who gets released from prison and
wants to contact his old partner, but the former partner sets two killers on him. Directed by Thomas Arslan.
Weissensee, 2010 - the story of two different families in East Berlin during the 1980s. One family is loyal to
the socialistic system while the other familiy is quite critical. Directed by Friedemann Fromm.
2011
Unknown, 2011 - A drama thriller directed by Jaume Collet-Serra.
Kokowh, 2011 - story of a man in Berlin who meets his eight year old daughter the first time and learns
that she will live with him now. Directed by and starring Til Schweiger.
Christopher and His Kind, 2011 - tells the story of Christopher Isherwood's life in Berlin in the early
1930s. The film was adapted by Kevin Elyot from Isherwood's autobiography of the same title. Directed by
Geoffrey Sax.
Unlike U, 2011 - documentary about the illegal and criminal graffiti trainwriter scene in Berlin. Directed by
Bjrn Birg and Henrik Regel.
Urban Explorer, 2011 - horror-thriller film about four young urban explorers who meet up in Berlin via the
internet to explore the subterranean relicts of Nazi Germany. But when tragedy strikes the group's leader,
they soon realize not all things go according to plan. Directed by Andy Fetscher.
Hotel Desire, 2011 - erotic movie about a hotel maid in Berlin who did not have sex for several years when
she unintentionally breaks into a blind painter's hotel room. Directed by Sergej Moya.
Blissestrasse, 2011 - the story of a group of young American Christians on a mission to Berlin to try to bring
the Germans back to Jesus. Directed by Paul Donovan.
Afterwards, 2011 - a female drug addict on the run has one night to find her estranged, homeless father on
the streets of Berlin, and under cover of darkness the secrets of their East German past come to light.
Directed by Kivmars Bowling.
Don 2 2011 Bollywood Film, - A direct sequel to 2006 hit Don: The Chase Begins Again. An action-thriller
featuring Shahrukh Khan and Priyanka Chopra. Story revolves around a robbery in Berlin's DZB. Directed
by Farhan Akhtar.
Pigeons on the Roof (Die Relativittstheorie der Liebe), 2011 - several couples in Berlin (all played by
the same two actors) try to find or keep love and respect. Directed by Otto Alexander Jahrreiss.
Mnnerherzen und die ganz ganz groe Liebe, 2011 - following Men in the City and showing the same
group of men in Berlin who have to fight for their beloved women. Directed by Simon Verhoeven.
See also
1920s Berlin
Berlin Film Festival
Cinema of Germany
European cinema
German Expressionism
List of German films
Ufa
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