Hanns Zischler Movies

Essay film about Franz Kafka's novel "Amerika".

A disaster-movie made in Germany.

Former GDR secret service agent Wolfgang Dreher is sentenced to life imprisonment. While still in the courtroom, he threatens to wake up his sleepers...

In this German political drama, an ex-Stasi agent encounters an old friend whom he may have betrayed after his friend tried to escape East Germany....

The title reflects the brand of a financial institution, the bank of the Saltim family: Frederic, the younger brother, runs the family bank; his...

A female corpse is washed up on the beach in Husum. Her fingertips were removed, and a piece of paper with a cell phone number was found in her...

In the idyllic Bavarian village of Himmelsheim, a peaceful existence is disrupted when the German Federal Railway plans to build a high-speed rail...

A group of criminals storm into a Berlin Bank and escape through a tunnel, which they built earlier.

The day begins like many others in the Schwarz family's life: doctor Nora is preparing breakfast, one-year-old Jella is playing on her blanket,...

From birth to death every subject remains intact. Three ages, three women. Daughter, mother, grandmother. Each of them before and after still and...

A short commissioned piece on 'famous last words' set in WWII.

Set in 1964, a man returns to his hometown looking for his childhood sweetheart but discovers a dark and corrupt world.

A pregnant woman suffers severe head trauma in a car accident. The doctors are unable to help her, but at the request of her fiancé, they...

Up-and-coming writer Junghans leads a rather dull life.

Hasn't every woman ever wondered whether it's best to ditch all the men and just marry your best friend? Paula and Emily are doing just that. Single...