Wilfried Ortmann Movies

  • 1954
    Ernst Thälmann – Son of the Working Class

    Ernst Thälmann – Son of the Working Class

    Ernst Thälmann – Son of the Working Class

    5.11954HD

    This film is the first of a two-part historical and biographical portrait of the communist politician and anti-fascist Ernst Thälmann. In early...

    Ernst Thälmann – Son of the Working Class
  • 1964
    Viel Lärm um nichts

    Viel Lärm um nichts

    Viel Lärm um nichts

    61964HD

    Young lovers Hero and Claudio, soon to wed, conspire to get verbal sparring partners and confirmed singles Benedick and Beatrice to wed as well.

    Viel Lärm um nichts
  • 1958
    Der Prozeß wird vertagt

    Der Prozeß wird vertagt

    Der Prozeß wird vertagt

    51958HD

    In 1955, Michael Vierkant, a Jew who had emigrated during the Nazi era, returns from abroad to the Federal Republic of Germany to obtain the...

    Der Prozeß wird vertagt
  • 1990
    Geschichten einer Nacht

    Geschichten einer Nacht

    Geschichten einer Nacht

    01990HD

    Six episodes taking place the night the Berlin Wall came down.

    Geschichten einer Nacht
  • 1959
    Ware für Katalonien

    Ware für Katalonien

    Ware für Katalonien

    51959HD

    At the end of the 1950s, the production of optics in the German Democratic Republic has reached top quality and instigates interest in the West. When...

    Ware für Katalonien
  • 1964
    Preludio 11

    Preludio 11

    Preludio 11

    01964HD

    Daniela – a single mother, whose boyfriend left for the US – believes wholeheartedly in Cuba's revolutionary new order. Meanwhile, in...

    Preludio 11
  • 1954
    The Mysterious Wreck

    The Mysterious Wreck

    The Mysterious Wreck

    01954HD

    Several children find out what's the matter with a wreck offshore, which puts them into jeopardy.

    The Mysterious Wreck
  • 1960
    Naked Among Wolves

    Naked Among Wolves

    Naked Among Wolves

    01960HD

    1945: Buchenwald concentration camp shortly before liberation: Polish inmate Janowski rescues a small child hidden in a suitcase. A child in the...

    Naked Among Wolves
  • 1960
    Menschen von Budapest

    Menschen von Budapest

    Menschen von Budapest

    01960HD

    In spring 1957 Budapest, former lovers Sándor and Mónika reunite after 16 years at a street‐corner café. Their...

    Menschen von Budapest
  • 1953
    Das kleine und das große Glück

    Das kleine und das große Glück

    Das kleine und das große Glück

    01953HD

    Schwalk, the new shaft foreman of a road construction brigade, is a go-getter and used to success - both at work and with women. But this time things...

    Das kleine und das große Glück
  • 1982
    Romance with Amelie

    Romance with Amelie

    Romance with Amelie

    01982HD

    The time is World War II, and Juergen Siebusch and his mother are retreating along with the German army, just ahead of the invading Russian forces....

    Romance with Amelie
  • 1984
    Die Poggenpuhls

    Die Poggenpuhls

    Die Poggenpuhls

    41984HD

    The long-established aristocratic von Poggenpuhl family has seen better days. Towards the end of the 19th century, the major's widow and her children...

    Die Poggenpuhls
  • 1968
    Der Kristallspiegel

    Der Kristallspiegel

    Der Kristallspiegel

    01968HD

    In spring 1946, Warsaw historian Wojtek arrives in a Polish provincial town to study the Renaissance. He soon becomes entangled in the fierce postwar...

    Der Kristallspiegel
  • 1966
    Die Mutter und das Schweigen

    Die Mutter und das Schweigen

    Die Mutter und das Schweigen

    01966HD

    Based on a true story from 1936: Klara Baumann, a working-class woman, communist and mother, flees her German homeland for neighboring...

    Die Mutter und das Schweigen