A spectacular adaptation of Offenbach’s scandalous operetta (which brought the world the can-can), originally shot in 70mm and starring DEFA stalwart Rolf Hoppe as Jupiter, the role he was born to play.The plot in brief (you can always loo…

In einem kleinen Dorf im Westpreußischen, nahe der unteren Weichsel, leben in den siebziger Jahren des vorigen Jahrhunderts Deutsche, Polen, Juden und Zigeuner nebeneinander. Der wohlhabende deutsche Mühlenbesitzer Johann leidet es nicht, …

Sunny is the singer of band trying to establish itself in the music-scene of East-Berlin. They play regular gigs in small towns, but Sunny feels out of touch with the audience and her life as a whole. She begins a relationship with the amateur saxophonist and studied philosopher Ralph who writes her a very personal son…

Käthe Kollwitz is 47-years-old, already a well-known artist in Germany and abroad. Peter, her youngest son, volunteers to join the German army in WWI and dies two weeks later. This painful tragedy changes Kollwitz’ life and art forever. Al…