Movies: Rolf Ludwig

  • 1972
    Despite It All!

    Despite It All! (1972)

    Despite It All!

    6.51972HD

    October 1918: Karl Liebknecht is released from prison and Berlin workers celebrate his release. Although WWI is almost over, the German Kaiserreich in vain sends its last reserves to the slaughter. The working class is in a rebellious mood; the upris...

    Despite It All!
  • 1973
    The Legend of Paul and Paula

    The Legend of Paul and Paula (1973)

    The Legend of Paul and Paula

    61973HD

    Paul and Paula have had bad experiences with love: Paul is financially well off but has lost all affection for his wife, and Paula leads a troublesome life raising two children on her own. They meet and discover a strong passion for each other. Life ...

    The Legend of Paul and Paula
  • 1975
    Lotte in Weimar

    Lotte in Weimar (1975)

    Lotte in Weimar

    5.21975HD

    Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749-1832) was the author of Werther, the romantic novel that was transformed into a play during Goethe's lifetime and which initiated the whole German romantic movement. The book's story tells of young love and suicide. I...

    Lotte in Weimar
  • 1959
    The Tinder Box

    The Tinder Box (1959)

    The Tinder Box

    71959HD

    A young soldier discovers three chests of copper, silver and gold and an old tinder-box in the hollow of an old oak tree. He is now rich. But he squanders the money until it is all gone. All he has left is the old tinder-box. He uses it to light a sm...

    The Tinder Box
  • 1965
    As Long as There’s Life in Me

    As Long as There’s Life in Me (1965)

    As Long as There’s Life in Me

    101965HD

    This is part one of a two-part biopic about Karl Liebknecht. In 1914, Germany is arming itself for war. Karl Liebknecht, left-wing revolutionary Social Democrat, workers’ leader and a virulent antimilitarist, is one among 110 SPD members of Parliamen...

    As Long as There’s Life in Me
  • 1975
    Eine Pyramide für mich

    Eine Pyramide für mich (1975)

    Eine Pyramide für mich

    01975HD

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    Eine Pyramide für mich
  • 1970
    Fatal Error

    Fatal Error (1970)

    Fatal Error

    61970HD

    At the end of the 19th century, the Wyoming Oil Company has established itself in the vicinity of Wind River City at the foot of the Rocky Mountains, where they have been illegally pumping oil from Native American territory. One of the company's gree...

    Fatal Error
  • 1980
    The Fiancee

    The Fiancee (1980)

    The Fiancee

    5.21980HD

    The wrenching story of a woman sentenced in 1934 to ten years in prison for antifascist activities. The love between her and her fiancée enables her to survive the tribulations of her time in prison, where she is one of few political prisoners....

    The Fiancee
  • 1983
    Moritz in der Litfaßsäule

    Moritz in der Litfaßsäule (1983)

    Moritz in der Litfaßsäule

    5.21983HD

    No one has any time for Moritz. And at school, things are not exactly the greatest either. Moritz runs away and moves into the inside of an advertising pillar. A speaking cat, a circus girl and a street sweeper become his new friends. Gradually, they...

    Moritz in der Litfaßsäule
  • 1961
    The Man with the Objective Lens

    The Man with the Objective Lens (1961)

    The Man with the Objective Lens

    51961HD

    A humorous and satirical comedy, which places a man from the year 2222 one day in the (then) present day life in GDR, East Germany under Communist regime. Using a crystal for mind reading he uncovers some improprieties and moral weaknesses in the "Be...

    The Man with the Objective Lens
  • 1992
    The Land beyond the Rainbow

    The Land beyond the Rainbow (1992)

    The Land beyond the Rainbow

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    A surrealist tale set in the East German village of Stalina....

    The Land beyond the Rainbow
  • 1956
    Thomas Müntzer

    Thomas Müntzer (1956)

    Thomas Müntzer

    01956HD

    In 1523, young Thomas Müntzer arrives with his wife Ottilie in the Thuringian village Allstedt to assume the rectorate. As a follower of Luther′s teachings, he finds in the Bible not only reasons for clerical, but also for secular reforms. But when L...

    Thomas Müntzer
  • 1961
    Italienisches Capriccio

    Italienisches Capriccio (1961)

    Italienisches Capriccio

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    Italienisches Capriccio
  • 1979
    Die Rache des Kapitäns Mitchell

    Die Rache des Kapitäns Mitchell (1979)

    Die Rache des Kapitäns Mitchell

    01979HD

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    Die Rache des Kapitäns Mitchell
  • 1956
    Der Teufelskreis

    Der Teufelskreis (1956)

    Der Teufelskreis

    01956HD

    Shortly after the seizure of power by Adolf Hitler at the beginning of 1933, preparations were underway to silence the members of the socialist and communist parties....

    Der Teufelskreis
  • 1987
    Sansibar oder Der letzte Grund

    Sansibar oder Der letzte Grund (1987)

    Sansibar oder Der letzte Grund

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    Sansibar oder Der letzte Grund
  • 1987
    Käthe Kollwitz – Pictures of a Life

    Käthe Kollwitz – Pictures of a Life (1987)

    Käthe Kollwitz – Pictures of a Life

    51987HD

    Kathe Kollwitz was 47 years old, and already a well established artist in Germany and abroad when Peter, her youngest son, volunteered to join the German army in WWI and was killed two weeks later. This painful tragedy changed Kollwitz's life and art...

    Käthe Kollwitz – Pictures of a Life
  • 1969
    Seine Hoheit – Genosse Prinz

    Seine Hoheit – Genosse Prinz (1969)

    Seine Hoheit – Genosse Prinz

    4.51969HD

    Kasper Mai, an export merchant and comrade with a “clean” record, discovers he is the prince of Hohenlohe-Liebenstein. His royal grandmother designates him as the heir to her estate. A private trip to her reveals that she does not want a NATO airbase...

    Seine Hoheit – Genosse Prinz
  • 1985
    Meine Frau Inge und meine Frau Schmidt

    Meine Frau Inge und meine Frau Schmidt (1985)

    Meine Frau Inge und meine Frau Schmidt

    01985HD

    Film by Roland Oehme....

    Meine Frau Inge und meine Frau Schmidt
  • 1968
    Der Streit um den Sergeanten Grischa

    Der Streit um den Sergeanten Grischa (1968)

    Der Streit um den Sergeanten Grischa

    01968HD

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    Der Streit um den Sergeanten Grischa