Werner Godemann Movies

  • 1986
    Ernst Thälmann

    Ernst Thälmann

    Ernst Thälmann

    01986HD

    This elaborate two-part television film features a section from the life of communist worker leader Ernst Thälmann. It begins with the bloody...

    Ernst Thälmann
  • 1979
    Until Death Do Us Part

    Until Death Do Us Part

    Until Death Do Us Part

    4.21979HD

    Scenes from an East German marriage. A young couple, Sonya and Jens, are very much in love; they get married and have a child. When Sonya wants to go...

    Until Death Do Us Part
  • 1972
    Despite It All!

    Despite It All!

    Despite It All!

    6.51972HD

    October 1918: Karl Liebknecht is released from prison and Berlin workers celebrate his release. Although WWI is almost over, the German Kaiserreich...

    Despite It All!
  • 1986
    The House on the River

    The House on the River

    The House on the River

    01986HD

    1942. The members of the Voß family, mother, two daughters, a daughter-in-law, and a son-in-law, are living in a house at the river. A fellow...

    The House on the River
  • 1988
    Iron Hans

    Iron Hans

    Iron Hans

    51988HD

    In a king's kingdom there is a forest so dangerous that every man who goes into it is never heard from again. Iron Hans, who is responsible for the...

    Iron Hans
  • 1976
    Carnations in Aspic

    Carnations in Aspic

    Carnations in Aspic

    6.51976HD

    A commercial artist with a lisp chooses silence, unexpectedly propelling his career. His perceived innovation leads to rapid advancement in an ad...

    Carnations in Aspic
  • 1978
    Anton the Magician

    Anton the Magician

    Anton the Magician

    3.41978HD

    A flamboyant comedy about love, work and money—revealing that the "planned" economy produced some unconventional entrepreneurial methods.

    Anton the Magician
  • 1978
    Jugendweihe

    Jugendweihe

    Jugendweihe

    01978HD

    Every year in the spring the pupils of the 8th grade in the GDR receive the 'Jugendweihe' and are admitted to the circle of adults. This year, Tim is...

    Jugendweihe
  • 1990
    Pause für Wanzka

    Pause für Wanzka

    Pause für Wanzka

    01990HD

    Shortly before his retirement, Gustav Wanzka wants to return to his beloved profession as a teacher after years of working as a district school...

    Pause für Wanzka
  • 1983
    Fariaho

    Fariaho

    Fariaho

    01983HD

    The puppet player Sebastian Fußberg moves through the country at the end of the fifties. Despite his age, an unwavering dreamer and idealist....

    Fariaho
  • 1987
    Wengler & Sons

    Wengler & Sons

    Wengler & Sons

    21987HD

    A story spanning three generations, from 1871 to 1945. When Gustav Wengler, a farmer’s son, returns from the Franco-German war in 1871, he goes...

    Wengler & Sons
  • 1988
    Fallada: The Last Chapter

    Fallada: The Last Chapter

    Fallada: The Last Chapter

    51988HD

    This biographical film is set in 1937, with Fallada suffering the effects of living under a microscope. The film details his decline, as he is...

    Fallada: The Last Chapter
  • 1985
    Meine Frau Inge und meine Frau Schmidt

    Meine Frau Inge und meine Frau Schmidt

    Meine Frau Inge und meine Frau Schmidt

    01985HD

    One day, the happily married Karl Lehmann is asked by his single colleague, Mrs. Schmidt, for an unusual service: She wants a child. Lehmann is...

    Meine Frau Inge und meine Frau Schmidt
  • 1979
    Lachtauben weinen nicht

    Lachtauben weinen nicht

    Lachtauben weinen nicht

    01979HD

    The film tells the story of the smelter brigade of a steel mill whose members are connected by a strong comradeship. Among the workers are, for...

    Lachtauben weinen nicht
  • 1991
    Farssmann oder Zu Fuß in die Sackgasse

    Farssmann oder Zu Fuß in die Sackgasse

    Farssmann oder Zu Fuß in die Sackgasse

    01991HD

    He could have had women, he could have climbed the ladder of his accountancy career, and he could have stood on the podium next to the highest in the...

    Farssmann oder Zu Fuß in die Sackgasse
  • 1981
    Asta, mein Engelchen

    Asta, mein Engelchen

    Asta, mein Engelchen

    01981HD

    Old Otto Gratzick is a porter at DEFA and a great admirer of Asta Nielsen. When the famous actor Hermann Gschwindner dies shortly before the end of...

    Asta, mein Engelchen
  • 1979
    P.S.

    P.S.

    P.S.

    4.21979HD

    When he reaches age 18, Peter is released from the children's home where he grew up, but this does not mean he is truly ready for adult life.

    P.S.
  • 1987
    Vernehmung der Zeugen

    Vernehmung der Zeugen

    Vernehmung der Zeugen

    51987HD

    A teenager is found murdered, and the examining doctor recognizes her son's knife. The film works its way back to reveal how this situation came...

    Vernehmung der Zeugen
  • 1971
    Du und ich und Klein-Paris

    Du und ich und Klein-Paris

    Du und ich und Klein-Paris

    4.91971HD

    When Angelika moves to Leipzig, she is forced to rent a room at Mrs. Häublein’s for a start, since her parents will not follow until a few...

    Du und ich und Klein-Paris
  • 1981
    Chirurgus Johann Paul Schroth

    Chirurgus Johann Paul Schroth

    Chirurgus Johann Paul Schroth

    01981HD

    Johann Paul Schroth is a 20-year-old barber's apprentice who breaks out of the barber-surgeon's trade. Schroth wants to realize his dream, which is...

    Chirurgus Johann Paul Schroth