Scotland Yard investigates a series of murders where the victims have died by snake venom poisoning.

April 1945. Because he stole two bars of chocolate, the soldier Rudi is sentenced to death by the court-martial judge Dr. Schramm. Rudi manages to...

Based on a book by Vicki Baum, all of the action takes place in one day in a luxury hotel in Berlin. Grusinkaya is a ballerina staying at the hotel,...

Ellinor Patton is so wealthy that her six unsuccessful marriages are considered befitting of her status. She is currently unhappily single again and...

Scampolo is a young, poor girl who lives on the island of Ischia. She falls in love with a young architect who hopes to win a design competition....

Four young German naval cadets begin their military service in 1940; only one of them will survive.

Life in the barracks, drill, harassment, and private Asch′s pranks are the ingredients of Hans Hellmut Kirst′s successful novel "08/15" (the...

A terrorist drives a car to Hamburg's Rathausmarkt and unloads an unknown device that he claims can cause radioactive contamination. A special unit...

First part of two of the saga of the troubled Buddenbrook family and their business in mid 19th century Germany.

Therese Hübner, owner of the “Linde”, is desperately trying to protect her long-established business from being taken over by the...

German Paratroopers are ordered to hold the line at Monte Cassino in Italy, and halt the allied advance on Rome.

Murder mystery about the disappearance of a boy who has leukaemia following the murder of his mother, which he witnessed.

After his wife's accidental death, the once successful pop singer Eric Kersten and his son Peter retired to Lake Maggiore. He spends his time...

Werner von Basil (a Austrian intellectual) was captured by the Nazi in 1938. The want to break him to confess smuggling. Without any mental...

The von Trapp family are struggling to survive in America, where their performances of European church music are not popular with the audiences. Only...

Fictionalized documentary about the first man killed at the border between East and West Germany.

The film is based on a true story, concerning a series of robberies on the highways of Germany. At the time of the actual events, there was a...

Paul Kranz, the manager of a TEE that had just arrived from Hamburg, received terrible news in Paris. His wife Ruth is in a coma after a serious...

A TV special about the christmas celebrations of the most popular TV characters in the ZDF at that time.

Based on the play by Lion Feuchtwanger.

Second part of two of the saga of the troubled Buddenbrook family and their business in 19th century Germany.