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- A Scotland Yard police inspector, battling the booze, investigates the Jack the Ripper murders and discovers a conspiracy that leads all the way up to the Queen.
- A Victorian Age English gentleman takes a wager that he can circle the globe in the unprecedented time of just eighty days.
- Life changes dramatically for a Czech housemaid when the family coachman gives her three magical hazelnuts.
- The story of a young German boy and his father who befriend a Jewish family.
- Statt beim Training zu schwitzen, lässt sich Eishockeytorhüter Thomas Obermann in den Armen der verheirateten Barbara erwischen. Und Zahnarzt Dr. Flanke, der herbeieilt, um die Sache für seinen Schützling wieder einmal auszubügeln, demoliert in der Aufregung das Auto der neuen Eislauftrainerin Biggi Koch. Ehrensache, dass er die Reparatur selbst in die Hand nimmt. Biggi dagegen kann sich im Laufe ihrer weiteren Bekanntschaft mit Dr. Flanke nicht des Eindrucks erwehren, es mit einem besonders ungeschickten Exemplar der ohnehin minderwertigen Gattung Mann zu tun zu haben. Wo auch immer Dr. Flanke beflügelt von den besten Absichten hinkommt, endet er auf die eine oder andere Weise im Chaos. Thomas, der Neffe seiner rührigen Sprechstundenhilfe Schwester Agnes, verdreht unterdessen Biggis Tochter Susanne den Kopf, was der ehrgeizigen Mutter gar nicht in die Zukunftspläne passt. Dr. Flanke soll also Thomas fernhalten von dem Mädchen, eine Forderung, die Thomas' Trainer Sepp, der zufällig auch Susannes Erzeuger ist, nachdrücklich unterstützt. Wenn es dafür mal nicht schon zu spät ist.
- When young David Balfour arrives at his uncle's to claim his inheritance, his relative tries to murder him, then has him shipped off to be sold as a slave in the colonies. Luckily for the lad, he strikes up a friendship.
- Jens hangs out with a group of boys, then learns they're bullies when they pull a series of pranks and he reports them to the police.
- This series, mostly humorous, yet epic in proportions, chronicles the city of Split in turbulent times between 1910 and 1947. Although the story has numerous subplots and dozens of different characters, the main accent is given to "Hajduk", world-famous soccer club and its founders.
- The mad adventures of the mad Italians, searching for the mad treasures in the mad Russia.
- This mini-series production is about the quest of archaeologist Desmond Jordan to discover the location of the legendary Talking Mountain of the Sahara desert, and find the secret that it hides.
- A creepy German-made Wallace thriller about the ghost of a hanged man who returns to fulfill his promise. All of his accusers must die.
- A Jewish ghetto in central Europe, 1944. By coincidence, Jakob Heym eavesdrops on a German radio broadcast announcing the Soviet Army is making slow by steady progress towards central Europe. In order to keep his companion in misfortune, Mischa, from risking his life for a few potatoes, he tells him what he heard and announces that he is in possession of a radio - in the ghetto a crime punishable by death. It doesn't take long for word of Jakob's secret to spread - suddenly, there is new hope and something to live for - and so Jakob finds himself in the uncomforting position of having to come up with more and more stories.
- When British Engineer Barry Collier is injured in an accident in Cyprus his brother David flies out only to find he has died. It soon becomes apparent that Barry Collier was involved with some very strange people. And before he knows it, David has some strange experiences of his own. Could it have something to do with the photo of a stone carved with hieroglyphics? Who are the intriguing characters that seem to be pulling David Collier's strings and appear and disappear at will? Businessman Eugene Hellman, the barman Charalambos, the brigand Basileos and the very beautiful Helene. Can it really be that the gods and goddesses of ancient Greece are playing games with him?
- Inspector Wade hunts down The Shark, a criminal equipped with a wetsuit and a speargun.
- 12-year-old boy named Jonny lives in a foster home. He is adopted by a local doctor's family, but faces difficulties adjusting to his new life and finding acceptance from his adoptive siblings.
- The children's series reintroduces on the screen Mister Tau the charmer, along with his double, Uncle Alfons. It is impossible to tell them apart, and the cases of their mistaken identity in many comical situations guarantee to entertain all viewers, small and grown.
- The adventures of an East German secret agent.
- Karla has a quick mouth and her heart in the right place, she is the soul of the house community. All the 'troubled and burdened' people in the house come to her to unload their problems or make use of her practical services.
- A DI is on his way to the Baltic Sea: bit by bit, he reconstructs the background of a tragic car accident, which he initially believes to be a fantasy of the little, unknown diary writer. A strange fascination emanates from the memories.
- Near the end of the 19th century ten-year-old Pelle and his elderly widowed father Lasse leave Sweden for Denmark. Due to his age Lasse can only find work on a large farm where workers are often ill-treated. Despite many hardships Pelle and Lasse work to create a better life than the one they left in Sweden.
- Puberty drama about the first love of a 15 year old girl from Berlin.
- The plot follows Mozart's life chronologically. All seminal events are lovingly enacted with great care for detail and faithful to the period. Go see the German version. It is breathtakingly real. As you may know, Mozart did not have remarkable facial features like Van Beethoven. Christoph Bantzer is an physical look-alike of Mozart, une vraie trouvaille!
- As a painter in the court of King Carlos IV, Goya - played by the great Lithuanian actor Donatas Banionis (The Red Tent, Solaris) - has attained wealth and reputation. He believes in King and Church, yet he is also a Spaniard who dearly loves his people. This contradiction presents him with a dilemma. Based on Lion Feuchtwanger's novel, Goya is one of ten East German films originally shot in 70mm. This release is the director's cut and shows the influence of great filmmakers from Buñuel and Saura, to Eisenstein. Goya was nominated for the Golden Prize at the 1971 Moscow International Film Festival.
- An old cane-roofed barn with a stork's nest has to be demolished, and Grandpa Schmahl and his young friend Till want to give the storks a new wigwam. They also build a tripod to give them a nesting aid.
- Rebellious young Werther is passionately, but hopelessly, in love with Lotte. Although he knows that she is married to somebody who can offer her a secure future, Werther tries to be near her. Lotte cannot decide between these two men. She eventually rejects Werther, who does not survive her decision. Based on the novel by Goethe. Director Egon Günther and set designer Helga Schütz make cameo appearances.
- There lived a soldier. He served the king and is now returning home. Once he met an old witch on the way, who promised him mountains of money in exchange for the fact that he would get her an old tinderbox.
- One day, Vasya journeys into the forest to meet his beloved Alyonushka, only to have her forcibly whisked away by the wretched Kashchej. To save her, Vasya must face a number of fabulous, archetypal tests.
- In 17th-century Europe, a sutler struggles to keep her children alive as she follows various armies selling goods and her body to the soldiers.
- A young teacher goes to a school for adults. He is younger than many of his students and some of them are starting to miss school.
- Ulrike wants a father, Dieter seems to be the right person. She sends him, as her father, to a teacher meeting. Karin is amazed when she meets her supposed ex there. Ulrike does everything she can to bring Karin and Dieter together.
- Siblings Sebastian and Bettina come to their father, who is separated from the family, during the holidays. While he struggles with the unfamiliar role of a father, the children try all sorts of tricks to bring the parents back together.
- A young man's quest for a kingdom promising eternal youth and immortality. To reach his goal he must fulfill the three wishes of the Emperor's daughter, retrieve three golden objects and answer three riddles set by the Lord of Time
- Switzerland 1523. The mercenary Hansli Gyr returns with his soldiers from Italy to his home in the Oberland. They have fought for the Pope and now find a religious upheaval in Switzerland.
- Rapunzel lives alone in the woods, in a tower with no doors. Then, one day, a mysterious stranger comes for a visit.
- A ring of counterfeiters is flooding the country with phony money, and suspicion falls upon a wealthy playboy who may--or may not--have amnesia.
- Three dolls from a ghost train, the Giant, the Witch and Rumplestiltskin, come to live. Chased by the ghost train's owner and his grandchildren, the three flee across Germany and try to hide in a castle.
- A Polish journalist, Maj, who collaborates with a Parisian economic magazine similar to the UN press agencies, finds a trace of the activities of the secret organization "W", established by Nazi criminals who remained at large. The activities of this organization boil down to sabotage, attempts to obtain weapons of mass destruction, murder or drug smuggling. After the first contact in Vienna and Budapest with the activities of the "W" organization, May continues its trail, discovering new connections and carefully prepared actions. The titles of individual episodes are the names of the cities around which the action described in a given episode focuses.
- The wrenching story of a woman sentenced in 1934 to 10 years in prison for antifascist activities. The love between her and her fiancé enables her to survive the tribulations of her time in prison, where she is one of few political prisoners.