Movies: Werner Senftleben

  • 1955
    Ernst Thälmann – Leader of the Working Class

    Ernst Thälmann – Leader of the Working Class (1955)

    Ernst Thälmann – Leader of the Working Class

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    This film is the second of a two-part historical and biographical portrait of the communist politician and anti-fascist Ernst Thälmann. Autumn, 1918: Somewhere on Germany’s western front, Ernst Thälmann, age twenty-four, is calling on his fellow sol...

    Ernst Thälmann – Leader of the Working Class
  • 1960
    First Spaceship on Venus

    First Spaceship on Venus (1960)

    First Spaceship on Venus

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    A mysterious magnetic spool found during a construction project is discovered to have originated from Venus. A rocket expedition to Venus is launched to discover the origin of the spool and the race that created it....

    First Spaceship on Venus
  • 1958
    The Sailor’s Song

    The Sailor’s Song (1958)

    The Sailor’s Song

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    A film about the historical uprising of the seamen in Kiel: During the Russian October Revolution of 1917, German and Russian soldiers start to solidarize with each other. By disarming the officers, machinist Henne Lonke and stoker Jens Kasten preven...

    The Sailor’s Song
  • 1977
    Second Love - Volunteer

    Second Love - Volunteer (1977)

    Second Love - Volunteer

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    A mechanic, Peter Papenbold, is giving all his free time to volunteer in the children's sport school. When he's asked to switch to teaching permanently - it's a very difficult decision for him....

    Second Love - Volunteer
  • 1959
    An Old Love

    An Old Love (1959)

    An Old Love

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    Frieda and August Walkowiak celebrate their 30th wedding anniversary. However, the marriage has been in crisis for some time. August wants to spend his old age in peace, while Frieda has no intention of giving up her position as LPG chairman. The pro...

    An Old Love
  • 1959
    Verwirrung der Liebe

    Verwirrung der Liebe (1959)

    Verwirrung der Liebe

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    The film tells the love story of two young couples. According to their social ranks, construction worker Edy is dating employee Siegi, while medical student Dieter is dating art school student Sonja. Rather unintentionally, they exchange partners. Du...

    Verwirrung der Liebe
  • 1965
    The Ancient Coin

    The Ancient Coin (1965)

    The Ancient Coin

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    History teacher and coin collector Karl Schneider wants to track down an ancient coin while on vacation in Bulgaria. When he meets a group of musicians, he finds out that their singer Jana Christova is wearing this coin around her neck. He falls in l...

    The Ancient Coin
  • 1962
    Die letzte Chance

    Die letzte Chance (1962)

    Die letzte Chance

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    It is a fateful moment: during one of his concerts, Jewish pianist Klaus Seiser discovers Gestapo officer Dr. Becker in the audience. He had imprisoned and harassed the young Seiser in 1943 because of a leaflet. Although the musician had managed to e...

    Die letzte Chance
  • 1957
    Duped Till Doomsday

    Duped Till Doomsday (1957)

    Duped Till Doomsday

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    East Germany's contribution to the 1957 Cannes Film Festival was the wartime melodrama Betrogen bis zum Juengsten Tag. Had the film been released in the U.S., the title would probably have translated to Duped Till the Last. The film condemns the Nazi...

    Duped Till Doomsday
  • 1977
    You and Nothing and Berlin

    You and Nothing and Berlin (1977)

    You and Nothing and Berlin

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    A story about Ulrike, a ten year old girl who is looking for a new father with energy and determination....

    You and Nothing and Berlin
  • 1974
    Orpheus in the Underworld

    Orpheus in the Underworld (1974)

    Orpheus in the Underworld

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    This musical comedy based on an opera by Jacques Offenbach incorporates a twist on the classic Greek myth: Orpheus, a music teacher at a girls’ school in the ancient Greek city of Thebes, actually does not miss his wife Eurydice that much – until the...

    Orpheus in the Underworld
  • 1959
    Spuk in Villa Sonnenschein

    Spuk in Villa Sonnenschein (1959)

    Spuk in Villa Sonnenschein

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    Spuk in Villa Sonnenschein
  • 1957
    Gejagt bis zum Morgen

    Gejagt bis zum Morgen (1957)

    Gejagt bis zum Morgen

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    Drama about an impoverished family, a widowed mother and her two sons, trying to get by....

    Gejagt bis zum Morgen
  • 1963
    For Eyes Only

    For Eyes Only (1963)

    For Eyes Only

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    The "Concordia" trading company in Würzburg is a secret headquarters of the MID, a secret service agency of the US Army. For years, espionage, sabotage, and diversion operations originated from here in order to undermine the Socialist Republic of Ger...

    For Eyes Only
  • 1959
    Senta auf Abwegen

    Senta auf Abwegen (1959)

    Senta auf Abwegen

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    The magnificent cow Senta has escaped from an LPG. Matuschek, a single farmer, joins the search. However, the valuable animal is not found and is believed to have strayed across the border into Poland. Meanwhile, Senta is in Matuschek's barn. His mai...

    Senta auf Abwegen
  • 1975
    Toggenburger Bock

    Toggenburger Bock (1975)

    Toggenburger Bock

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    His passion for hunting almost spells doom for the sales manager of a GDR convenience store: his ambition to shoot a big buck just before the start of the closed season leads him to fall for a joke played by his son. He has tied horns to a prize-winn...

    Toggenburger Bock
  • 1962
    Auf der Sonnenseite

    Auf der Sonnenseite (1962)

    Auf der Sonnenseite

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    The story of the steel melter Martin Hoff, whose factory delegates him to a drama school, corresponds to the real life of the actor Manfred Krug. Like his (film) hero, Krug works as a steel melter, does artwork, sings and acts, and is sent to drama s...

    Auf der Sonnenseite
  • 1964
    The Song of the Trumpeter

    The Song of the Trumpeter (1964)

    The Song of the Trumpeter

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    Fritz Weineck, a worker′s son from Halle, loves music – and dreams to make a living out of it one day. When his friend Alfons, a World War I veteran, gives him a trumpet as a gift, Fritz seems to come closer to fulfil his dream. But then, Fritz reali...

    The Song of the Trumpeter
  • 1959
    The Punch Bowl

    The Punch Bowl (1959)

    The Punch Bowl

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    It is the 65th birthday of Wilhelm Lehmann, foreman of a chemical company. All members of the large family are expected. Preparations are also being made in the company: Wilhelm is to be awarded the »Labor banner« and, as every year, the sons are res...

    The Punch Bowl
  • 1975
    Eine Stunde Aufenthalt

    Eine Stunde Aufenthalt (1975)

    Eine Stunde Aufenthalt

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    A disruption on the Berlin S-Bahn: passengers have an involuntary one-hour layover at Frankfurter Allee S-Bahn station and use the time to take a closer look at their fellow passengers. Alice Räppel, a native Berliner with a heart and a snout, meets ...

    Eine Stunde Aufenthalt