Martin Trettau Movies

  • 1991
    Eastern Cross

    Eastern Cross

    Eastern Cross

    6.31991HD

    OSTKREUZ tells the episodic story of 15-year-old Elfie, who literally and metaphorically inhabits a no-man’s-land between the two Germanies...

    Eastern Cross
  • 1968
    I Was Nineteen

    I Was Nineteen

    I Was Nineteen

    7.21968HD

    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...

    I Was Nineteen
  • 1973
    Die sieben Affären der Dona Juanita

    Die sieben Affären der Dona Juanita

    Die sieben Affären der Dona Juanita

    01973HD

    She is called Dona Juanita: the attractive young architect Anita Nachtigall, who manages a department on a large construction site with great...

    Die sieben Affären der Dona Juanita
  • 1980
    Meines Vaters Straßenbahn

    Meines Vaters Straßenbahn

    Meines Vaters Straßenbahn

    11980HD

    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,...

    Meines Vaters Straßenbahn
  • 1974
    The Naked Man in the Stadium

    The Naked Man in the Stadium

    The Naked Man in the Stadium

    5.81974HD

    In this film, Wolf and scriptwriter Wolfgang Kohlhaase explore the role of art and the artist in socialist society. A sculptor questions the...

    The Naked Man in the Stadium
  • 1974
    Die eigene Haut

    Die eigene Haut

    Die eigene Haut

    01974HD

    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...

    Die eigene Haut
  • 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!
  • 1971
    Verwandte und Bekannte

    Verwandte und Bekannte

    Verwandte und Bekannte

    01971HD

    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...

    Verwandte und Bekannte
  • 1978
    Jörg Ratgeb, Painter

    Jörg Ratgeb, Painter

    Jörg Ratgeb, Painter

    01978HD

    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...

    Jörg Ratgeb, Painter
  • 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
  • 1985
    Visiting Van Gogh

    Visiting Van Gogh

    Visiting Van Gogh

    11985HD

    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...

    Visiting Van Gogh
  • 1974
    Johannes Kepler

    Johannes Kepler

    Johannes Kepler

    01974HD

    Europe, 1620: The well-known astronomer and mathematician Johannes Kepler, who teaches as a professor in Linz, receives the message that his mother...

    Johannes Kepler
  • 1987
    Jan Oppen

    Jan Oppen

    Jan Oppen

    01987HD

    The Oppen family has lived in Berlin, Griesener Straße, for generations. The first names of the family members are also repeated, so the...

    Jan Oppen
  • 1990
    Longing

    Longing

    Longing

    41990HD

    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...

    Longing
  • 1975
    Mein lieber Mann und ich

    Mein lieber Mann und ich

    Mein lieber Mann und ich

    01975HD

    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...

    Mein lieber Mann und ich
  • 1985
    Die Gänse von Bützow

    Die Gänse von Bützow

    Die Gänse von Bützow

    01985HD

    In 1794 Bützow, widow Hornborstel, a top goose breeder, presses Mayor Hane to marry her. Rebuffed, he bans free‐range geese under a...

    Die Gänse von Bützow
  • 1989
    Die ehrbaren Fünf

    Die ehrbaren Fünf

    Die ehrbaren Fünf

    01989HD

    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....

    Die ehrbaren Fünf
  • 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
  • 1973
    Ripe Cherries

    Ripe Cherries

    Ripe Cherries

    01973HD

    Helmut Kamp, the construction brigade leader, a man no longer young, life immediately confronted several difficult and woeful problems. The birth of...

    Ripe Cherries
  • 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.