Andreas Dresen Movies

This is not merely another film about cinema history; it is a film about the love of cinema, a journey of discovery through over a century of German...

A renowned actor named Otto is the epitome of the problematic but beloved ladies man. Even when drunk he still knows more about filmmaking than does...

German national election campaign 2002: Henryk Wichmann from the conservative party is fighting a lost battle in the Uckermark.

Student film depicting recess at a grade school.

To save her married friend's African lover from deportation, Britta enters into a marriage of convenience with Farouk. With the handsome stranger,...

Inspired by West German terrorists, two pupils kidnap a teacher in East Germany.

GDR, the last working day of an industrial worker between loud machines, shower cabins and life prospects agains all reason.

Two couples meet on a deserted beach. Politeness soon turns into an emotional and physical striptease.

Founded in 1954 as the “Deutsche Hochschule für Filmkunst”, today's “Hochschule für Film und Fernsehen” is...

A new dramedic documentary about what politics and democracy mean when your working in the rough business of parlamentarian tasks, assemblies and...

The everyday life of a married couple at a turning point: Lore wants a divorce—after almost 40 years of marriage.

Spring 1990, Berlin: Young Niyazi of Turkish descent works at McDonald's in West Berlin and wants to return to Istanbul as soon as possible. He has...

Susanne and Dieter are 20 years old. They have just got a Baby. Family life could start now, but Dieter has to join the army. The film accompanies...

A documentary on day-to-day life of a small GDR-Brigade in Zimbabwe educating young Africans as construction workers. Best intentions meet exported...

A desolate provincial railway station and six People waiting for the late connecting train to the main station. About itchy feet and the longing of...

For more than thirty years, Andreas Dresen has been exploring the question of what makes someone German. Without resorting to patriotism, Dresen's...

A Little Boy in the ruins of World War II and the white lie of an old man - after a story by Wolfgang Borchert.