Hildegard Schmahl Filmes

Documentary that blends dramatized reconstructions, personal reminisces and newsreel footage to tell the story of the flight of German refugees...

The good thing about a low point is, you can not fall lower. At least the unemployed Maria Kowalke thinks after her break-up and when the "strange"...

Hiltrud Janssen soon achieves what only a few people in her life are able to do: she celebrates her 100th birthday. It's just a shame that she fell...

"An eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth" is the life motto of 30-year-old Agnieszka. After serving five years in prison, Agnieszka flees Poland for...

A film about the time of the blast furnaces – 1917–1933 – about the development of an industry, about perfect machinery which had...

Boxer is the king of the prison. Nothing happens without him in "his" prison, and if he has to, he will even knock out a much younger inmate - at...

An encounter exploring how people can fail to communicate even when they are talking by either not saying anything, not listening or simply evading.

Eva hasn't seen her older sister Lydia for many years. Now, shortly before Eva's wedding, Lydia returns to her hometown - and accuses Eva's groom of...