Otto Mellies Movies

An ageing genetic scientist recognizes the curse of his own research.

The son of a working-class man, Harry Brenner studied medicine at the ABF and quickly made a career as a doctor in Berlin. His lifestyle and his...

Lars Schelling runs a sushi bar in Berlin that was financed by the mafia. They now want their money back. Then suddenly his mother dies, and the next...

A journey through a nature reserve in the GDR: the island of Hiddensee—with a special focus on the landscape, flora, and fauna.

A teacher at a German high-school in the nineteen thirties has issues with his students who seem to be getting less human and more convinced of Nazi...

Using contemporary artistic representations in words and pictures, the documentary intends to create an overall view of the historical significance...

A murder has been committed in "Pension Boulanka", a famous guesthouse for artists and circus people. Captain Bruckner is heading the investigating...

Historical television comedy around Friedrich Alfred Krupp, whose connection to the imperial court and the influence of Kaiser Wilhelm II. to the...

When the seven-year-old daughter of an architect falls ill with a rare but curable form of cancer, the family wants to give the child the best...

The criminalist Hannes Bergemann tries to blackmail the city where he spent his youth. After many years returning to the familiar places of his...

Eva is a passionate teacher. After the death of her mother, she tries to find a new direction in life. Then Sevda, a Turkish girl, joins her class....

The beautiful and charming laundress Lurette is a well sought-after young woman in Ludwig XV’s Paris. Her heart is already taken, however, and...

Every year, many Germans are preparing to spend their vacations in the sunny south. And they all have to use the same highways. And every year...

Documentary on physicist Max Steenbeck

It's mom's birthday and her three daughters want to throw a big party. But everything turns out differently. It's not just because the divorced dad...

Under the slogan of the arms race of the superpowers, which escalates in the Cuban Missile Crisis in 1962 and brings the world to the brink of...

Wealthy sawmill owner Reinhard Lorenz has two daughters who compete for his love: The older Manuela runs the company, supported by her lover, the...

1523. The Protestant theologian Thomas Müntzer is entrusted with the pastorate by the 'Allstedt Council'. On the one hand, he is to open...