Martin Trettau Movies
- 1991
Eastern Cross
Eastern Cross6.31991HD
OSTKREUZ tells the episodic story of 15-year-old Elfie, who literally and metaphorically inhabits a no-man’s-land between the two Germanies...
- 1968
I Was Nineteen
I Was Nineteen7.21968HD
A young soldier enters Germany with Soviet troops at the end of WWII, feeling like a stranger in his homeland. As he meets Germans, he grapples with...
- 1973
Die sieben Affären der Dona Juanita
Die sieben Affären der Dona Juanita01973HD
She is called Dona Juanita: the attractive young architect Anita Nachtigall, who manages a department on a large construction site with great...
- 1980
Meines Vaters Straßenbahn
Meines Vaters Straßenbahn11980HD
Ralph grows up in pre-war Dresden as the eldest son of a principled and orderly streetcar conductor. With the rise to power of the Nazis, the war,...
- 1974
The Naked Man in the Stadium
The Naked Man in the Stadium5.81974HD
In this film, Wolf and scriptwriter Wolfgang Kohlhaase explore the role of art and the artist in socialist society. A sculptor questions the...
- 1974
Die eigene Haut
Die eigene Haut01974HD
Eighteen-year-old Wolfgang has just passed his A-levels and still has a few months to go before he has to start his military service. Instead of...
- 1972
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...
- 1971
Verwandte und Bekannte
Verwandte und Bekannte01971HD
Using the example of three generations of a Hamburg working class family, the rise of the working class from the founding of the Wilhelmin Empire to...
- 1978
Jörg Ratgeb, Painter
Jörg Ratgeb, Painter01978HD
On the eve of the German Peasants' Revolt, painter Joerg Ratgeb is occupied by a crisis of his own: finding a model for a Christ figure. He sets off...
- 1978
Jugendweihe
Jugendweihe01978HD
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...
- 1985
Visiting Van Gogh
Visiting Van Gogh11985HD
In the 22nd Century, antiquities command huge prices. A woman uses a time machine to travel back the the 19th Century in order to buy paintings from...
- 1974
Johannes Kepler
Johannes Kepler01974HD
Europe, 1620: The well-known astronomer and mathematician Johannes Kepler, who teaches as a professor in Linz, receives the message that his mother...
- 1987
Jan Oppen
Jan Oppen01987HD
The Oppen family has lived in Berlin, Griesener Straße, for generations. The first names of the family members are also repeated, so the...
- 1990
Longing
Longing41990HD
Ena lives on a remote farmstead. One stormy night, hydraulic engineer Sieghart appears at her door after his car gets stuck in the mud. Although Ena...
- 1975
Mein lieber Mann und ich
Mein lieber Mann und ich01975HD
For her husband, who has become famous as an actor, Angelika is the go-to girl. For years, she stands in his shadow. The only things they do together...
- 1985
Die Gänse von Bützow
Die Gänse von Bützow01985HD
In 1794 Bützow, widow Hornborstel, a top goose breeder, presses Mayor Hane to marry her. Rebuffed, he bans free‐range geese under a...
- 1989
Die ehrbaren Fünf
Die ehrbaren Fünf01989HD
In a small Saxon town after the Second World War, the former chimney sweep Toni tries to survive on the black market and meets the pusher Ginfizz....
- 1991
Farssmann oder Zu Fuß in die Sackgasse
Farssmann oder Zu Fuß in die Sackgasse01991HD
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...
- 1973
Ripe Cherries
Ripe Cherries01973HD
Helmut Kamp, the construction brigade leader, a man no longer young, life immediately confronted several difficult and woeful problems. The birth of...
- 1979
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.