This is a list of the most notable films produced in Cinema of Germany in the 1970s.
For an alphabetical list of articles on West German films see Category:West German films. For East German films made during the decade see List of East German films.
Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes |
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2 geile Hirsche auf der Flucht | Alois Brummer | Sepp Gneißl | Adult | |
1900 | Bernardo Bertolucci | Robert De Niro, Gérard Depardieu, Burt Lancaster, Dominique Sanda, Stefania Sandrelli, Donald Sutherland, Sterling Hayden, Anna Henkel , Ellen Schwiers, Werner Bruhns | Romantic drama, War | Italian-American-French-West German co-production. 1 win & 1 nom. |
Die Affäre Lerouge | Wilhelm Semmelroth | René Deltgen, Günter Strack, Peter Pasetti, Volkert Kraeft | Mystery | a.k.a. The Widow Lerouge a.k.a. The Lerouge Case |
Anita Drögemöller und die Ruhe an der Ruhr | Alfred Vohrer | Monique van de Ven, Harald Leipnitz, Helga Anders, Reiner Schöne, Brigitte Mira | Drama | |
Anschi und Michael | Rüdiger Nüchtern | Gaby Rubner, Michael Bentele | Drama | |
As of Tomorrow | Franz Antel | Arthur Kennedy, Carroll Baker, Curd Jürgens, Vittorio Caprioli, Angelo Infanti, Werner Pochath | Comedy | a.k.a. Blackmail Chase. West German-Austrian-Italian co-production |
Attempted Flight | Vojtěch Jasný | Tomislav Savić, Hansjörg Felmy, Ilija Ivezić, Hermina Pipinić, Klaus Löwitsch | Drama | |
Der aufregende Fall des Studienrats Adam Juracek | Tom Toelle | Siegfried W. KernenKlaus Löwitsch, Angelika Bender , Günter Mack, Walter Rilla, Alexander May | ,Science fiction, Comedy | a.k.a. White Book: Adam Juráček Vs. Sir Isaac Newton |
Aus nichtigem Anlaß | Eberhard Fechner | Helmuth Lohner, Susanne Beck | Crime | |
Die Babenberger in Österreich | Fritz Umgelter | Klaus Maria Brandauer, Hannelore Elsner | History, Docudrama | Austrian-West German co-production |
Bait | Peter Patzak | Yves Beneyton, Carroll Baker, Raymond Pellegrin, Mathieu Carrière, Karl Michael Vogler, Hans Christian Blech | Crime | a.k.a. Shattered Dreams. West German-Austrian-French co-production |
Baker's Bread | Erwin Keusch | Günter Lamprecht, Bernd Tauber, Silvia Reize | Drama | |
Bei Westwind hört man keinen Schuß | Sepp Strubel | Wolfgang Kieling, Siegfried Wischnewski | Crime | |
Bomber & Paganini | Nikos Perakis | Mario Adorf, Tilo Prückner, Barbara Valentin, Margot Werner | Comedy | |
Born for Hell | Denis Héroux | Mathieu Carrière, Christine Boisson, Eva Mattes, Carole Laure | Horror | a.k.a. Naked Massacre. Canadian-French-West German-Italian co-production |
Carnival Confession | Eberhard Itzenplitz | Hannes Messemer, Klaus Hoffmann, Despina Pajanou | Drama | |
Chinese Roulette | Rainer Werner Fassbinder | Margit Carstensen, Anna Karina, Ulli Lommel, Macha Méril, Alexander Allerson, Brigitte Mira, Volker Spengler, Andrea Schober | Drama | West German-French co-production |
The Clown | Vojtěch Jasný | Helmut Griem, Hanna Schygulla, Hans Christian Blech | Drama | |
Comedian Harmonists | Eberhard Fechner | Documentary | ||
Coup de Grâce | Volker Schlöndorff | Margarethe von Trotta, Matthias Habich, Mathieu Carrière | Drama, War | West German-French co-production. Set in the Russian Civil War |
Dear Fatherland Be at Peace | Roland Klick | Heinz Domez, Catherine Allégret, Günter Pfitzmann, Rolf Zacher, Margot Werner, Georg Marischka | Thriller | a.k.a. The Berlin Connection a.k.a. Double Agent – Triple Cross |
Death Rite | Claude Chabrol | Gert Fröbe, Franco Nero, Stefania Sandrelli, Jean Rochefort, Gila von Weitershausen | Thriller | French-West German-Italian co-production |
Dorothea Merz | Peter Beauvais | Sabine Sinjen, Dieter Wernecke , Fritz Rasp, Dieter Kirchlechner , Elisabeth Trissenaar | Drama | |
The Elixirs of the Devil | Manfred Purzer | Dieter Laser, Christine Buchegger, Horst Frank | Drama | a.k.a. The Devil's Elixirs |
Erika | Falk Harnack | Silvia Reize | Drama | |
Erika's Passions | Ula Stöckl | Vera Tschechowa, Karin Baal | Drama | |
Everyone Dies Alone | Alfred Vohrer | Hildegard Knef, Carl Raddatz | Drama, War | a.k.a. Every Man Dies Alone |
Fünf Prüfungen des Oberbürgermeisters | Claus Peter Witt | Hannes Messemer | Biography | a.k.a. Konrad Adenauer – Studie in Szenen |
Goldflocken | Werner Schroeter | Andréa Ferréol, Bulle Ogier, Udo Kier, Magdalena Montezuma , Ingrid Caven, Christine Kaufmann | Experimental | West German-French co-production |
Hans im Glück | Wolfgang Petersen | Jürgen Prochnow, Ingmar Zeisberg | Drama | |
Hans und Heinz Kirch | Günter Gräwert | Martin Lüttge | , Gottfried KramerDrama | |
Heart of Glass | Werner Herzog | Josef Bierbichler | Drama | |
How Much Wood Would a Woodchuck Chuck | Werner Herzog | Documentary | ||
The Hypochondriac | Wilm ten Haaf | Wolfgang Kieling, Violetta Ferrari, Claudia Wedekind , Werner Kreindl | Comedy | a.k.a. The Imaginary Invalid |
I Only Want You to Love Me | Rainer Werner Fassbinder | Vitus ZeplichalAlexander Allerson, Elke Aberle | ,Drama | |
Idole | Klaus Lemke | Cleo Kretschmer | Comedy | |
Die Ilse ist weg | Ilse Hofmann | Susanne Werner, Marion Heister, Lina Carstens, Günter Lamprecht | Drama | |
Intermezzo für fünf Hände | Ludwig Cremer | Klaus Schwarzkopf, Hanna Schygulla, Susanne Uhlen, Cordula Trantow, Ruth-Maria Kubitschek, Ellen Schwiers | Comedy | |
Jack the Ripper | Jesús Franco | Klaus Kinski, Josephine Chaplin, Herbert Fux | Horror | West German-Swiss co-production |
Kein Abend wie jeder andere | Hermann Leitner | Heinz Rühmann, Peter Ustinov | Comedy | |
Kings of the Road | Wim Wenders | Rüdiger Vogler, Hanns Zischler, Lisa Kreuzer, Rudolf Schündler | Drama, Road movie | Won the FIPRESCI Prize at the 1976 Cannes Film Festival |
Krawatten für Olympia | Hartmann Schmige, Stefan Lukschy |
Ulrich GressiekerHansi Jochmann | , Eric Vaessen , Inge Sievers , Evelyn Meyka ,Comedy | |
Lebensdaten | Eberhard Fechner | Documentary | ||
Liebe mit 50 | Günter Gräwert | Peter SchiffCornelia Froboess, Lina Carstens | , Louise Martini , Renate Grosser ,Drama | |
A Lost Life | Ottokar Runze | Gerhard Olschewski, Gert Haucke, Marius Müller-Westernhagen | Drama | Olschewski won the Silver Bear for Best Actor at Berlin |
Mademoiselle de Scuderi | Lutz Büscher | Angela Salloker, Hannes Messemer, Iris Berben | Mystery | |
Männergeschichten – Frauengeschichten | Peter Beauvais | Helmut Griem, Renate Küster , Marlies Engel , Matthias Fuchs | Drama | |
The Marquise of O | Éric Rohmer | Edith Clever, Bruno Ganz | Drama | French-West German co-production[82] |
The Mimosa Wants to Blossom Too | Helmut Meewes | Curd Jürgens, Eric Pohlmann, Horst Frank | Spy comedy | |
MitGift | Michael Verhoeven | Senta Berger, Mario Adorf, Ron Ely, Helmut Qualtinger, Elisabeth Flickenschildt | Crime comedy | |
Montana Trap | Peter Schamoni | Hardy Krüger, Stephen Boyd, Arthur Brauss, Diana Körner, Paul Breitner | Western | a.k.a. Potato Fritz |
Mozart: A Childhood Chronicle | Klaus Kirschner | Santiago Ziesmer, Karl-Maria Schley | Biography | a.k.a. Mozart: Recordings of a Youth |
The New Sorrows of Young W. | Eberhard Itzenplitz | Klaus Hoffmann | Drama | a.k.a. The New Sufferings of Young W. |
No One Will Play with Me | Werner Herzog | Short | ||
North Sea Is Dead Sea | Hark Bohm | Uwe Bohm, Dschingis Bowakow, Marquard Bohm | Drama | |
A Part of Myself | August Everding | Herbert MenschingChristine Ostermayer, Peter Fricke, Will Quadflieg, Karl Paryla, Klaus Schwarzkopf, Richard Münch, Günter Strack | ,Biography | a.k.a. Als wär's ein Stück von mir |
Paule Pauländer | Reinhard Hauff | Manfred Reiss, Manfred Gnoth | Drama | |
Proud Destiny | Heinz Schirk | Hans-Michael Rehberg, Arno Assmann, Walter Rilla, Rolf Becker, Mogens von Gadow , Christine Böhm, Sky du Mont | History | a.k.a. Waffen für Amerika a.k.a. Die Füchse im Weinberg |
Regina | Gedeon Kovács | Kornelia Boje | Drama | |
Rosemary's Daughter | Rolf Thiele | Lillian Müller, Horst Frank, Werner Pochath, Herbert Fux, Hans Clarin | Exploitation | |
Salon Kitty | Tinto Brass | Helmut Berger, Ingrid Thulin | Exploitation, War | Italian-West German-French co-production |
Satan's Brew | Rainer Werner Fassbinder | Kurt Raab, Margit Carstensen, Helen Vita, Volker Spengler, Ingrid Caven, Brigitte Mira | Drama | |
Sensational Janine | Hans Billian | Patricia Rhomberg | Adult | |
Shadow of Angels | Daniel Schmid | Klaus Löwitsch, Ingrid Caven, Rainer Werner Fassbinder, Boy Gobert, Ulli Lommel | Drama | Swiss-West German co-production |
Silence in the Forest | Alfred Vohrer | Belinda Mayne, Alexander Stephan , Evelyn Opela, Ferdy Mayne | Historical drama | |
Sladek oder Die schwarze Armee | Oswald Döpke | Marius Müller-Westernhagen, Vadim Glowna, Klaus Schwarzkopf, Günter Pfitzmann | Drama | |
Sperrmüll | Michael Haneke | Ernst Fritz Fürbringer, Tilli Breidenbach | Drama | |
The Sternstein Manor | Hans W. Geißendörfer | Katja RupéTilo Prückner, Peter Kern, Gustl Bayrhammer, Agnes Fink | ,Drama | Entered into the 10th Moscow International Film Festival |
Strongman Ferdinand | Alexander Kluge | Heinz Schubert, Vérénice Rudolph , Gert Günther Hoffmann, Siegfried Wischnewski | Comedy | |
Summerfolk | Peter Stein | Edith Clever, Bruno Ganz, Jutta Lampe, Otto Sander, Michael König | Drama | a.k.a. Summer Guests |
The Swiss Conspiracy | Jack Arnold | David Janssen, Senta Berger, Elke Sommer, John Ireland, John Saxon, Ray Milland | Thriller | American-West German co-production |
Die Tannerhütte | Marianne Lüdcke | , Ingo KratischChristoph FelsensteinGrischa Huber, Paul Dahlke, Karlheinz Böhm, Hans-Georg Panczak | ,Drama | |
Taxi 4012 | Theodor Grädler | Harald Leipnitz, Werner Kreindl, Horst Janson | Crime | |
Three Bavarians in Bangkok | Sigi Rothemund | Franz Muxeneder, Willy Harlander, Marie Ekorre, Gina Janssen | Sex comedy | |
Three Paths to the Lake | Michael Haneke | Ursula Schult, Guido Wieland, Walter Schmidinger, Bernhard Wicki, Yves Beneyton | Drama | Austrian-West German co-production |
Time of Maturity | Sohrab Shahid-Saless | Mike Henning, Eva Manhardt | Drama | a.k.a. Coming of Age |
Der Umsetzer | Benno Trautmann, Antonia Lerch | Klaus Jepsen | , Charles Hans VogtDrama | |
Vera Romeyke Is Not Acceptable | Max Willutzki | Rita Engelmann | Drama | |
Verdunkelung | Peter Schulze-Rohr | Joachim Kemmer, Rolf Moebius, Rudolf Brand, Dagmar Biener , Erika Skrotzki , Klaus Jepsen , Karl-Josef Cramer | Crime, War | |
Vier gegen die Bank | Wolfgang Petersen | Harald Leipnitz, Walter Kohut, Herbert Bötticher , Günther Neutze | Crime comedy | a.k.a. Four Against the Bank |
Die Wahl | Rainer Boldt | Klaus Löwitsch | Drama | |
Walking Upright | Christian Ziewer | Claus Eberth | , Antje HagenDrama | |
Whispering Death | Jürgen Goslar | James Faulkner, Christopher Lee, Horst Frank, Sybil Danning, Trevor Howard | Action | a.k.a. Albino. West German-South African co-production |
Die Wildente | Hans W. Geißendörfer | Jean Seberg, Bruno Ganz, Peter Kern, Anne Bennent , Heinz Bennent | Drama | a.k.a. The Wild Duck. West German-Austrian co-production |
A Woman at Her Window | Pierre Granier-Deferre | Romy Schneider, Philippe Noiret, Victor Lanoux, Umberto Orsini, Joachim Hansen, Carl Möhner | Drama | French-West German-Italian co-production |
Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes |
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1+1=3 [de] | Heidi Genée | Adelheid Arndt, Dominik Graf, Christoph Quest | Comedy | a.k.a. One Plus One Equals Three |
Americathon | Neal Israel | John Ritter | Comedy | American production with West German money |
Arabian Nights | Klaus Lemke | Cleo Kretschmer | , Wolfgang FierekComedy | |
Army of Lovers or Revolt of the Perverts | Rosa von Praunheim | Documentary | ||
Beware of Schwarzenbeck | May Spils | Werner Enke, Sabine von Maydell, Benno Hoffmann | Comedy | |
Blauer Himmel, den ich nur ahne | Stephan Rinser | Jörg Hube | Biography | |
Bloodline | Terence Young | Audrey Hepburn, Ben Gazzara, James Mason, Romy Schneider, Omar Sharif, Gert Fröbe, Irene Papas | Thriller | American-West German co-production |
Bored Teenagers | Wolfgang Büld | Ian Moorse, Monika Greser, Steve "Roadent" Connolly, The Adverts | Music | |
Breakthrough | Andrew V. McLaglen | Richard Burton, Robert Mitchum, Rod Steiger, Curd Jürgens, Helmut Griem | War | |
Cola, Candy, Chocolate | Sigi Rothemund | Olivia Pascal, Ursula Buchfellner | Sex comedy | |
Cold Homeland | W. Werner Schaefer, Peter F. Steinbach | Nikolaus Cohnen, Dietlinde Turban, Margit Carstensen, Rudolf Schündler | Drama | |
David | Peter Lilienthal | Mario Fischel, Valter Taub , Irena Vrkljan, Eva Mattes | Drama | Won the Golden Bear at Berlin |
The Day Elvis Came to Bremerhaven | Peter F. Bringmann | Wolfgang Drygalla, Petra Bigaj, Michael Shelley | Drama | |
Das Ding | Uli Edel | Wayne Laryea, Uwe Ochsenknecht, Stephan Schwartz , Steve "Roadent" Connolly, Caroline Chaniolleau, Ulla Jacobsson | Crime | |
Drei Freundinnen | Konrad Sabrautzky | Karin Baal, Brigitte Janner , Kyra Mladeck , Gerd Baltus, Arthur Brauss | Drama | |
The End of the Rainbow | Uwe Frießner | Thomas Kufahl | Drama | |
Es begann bei Tiffany | Wolfgang Becker | Rutger Hauer, Siegfried Wischnewski, Katerina Jacob, Hans Clarin, Heinz Schubert, Diether Krebs | Crime comedy | |
Esch: The Anarchist | Rainer Boldt | Hans Peter Korff | Drama | a.k.a. The Sleepwalkers: The Anarchist |
The Fall | Alf Brustellin | Franz BuchrieserHannelore Elsner, Wolfgang Kieling, Eva Maria Meineke, Carl Duering | ,Drama | |
The First Polka | Klaus Emmerich | Maria Schell, Erland Josephson | Drama, War | Entered into the 29th Berlin International Film Festival |
Fleisch | Rainer Erler | Jutta Speidel, Wolf Roth, Herbert Herrmann , Charlotte Kerr | Thriller | a.k.a. Spare Parts |
Die Fluchtlinie | Klaus Müller-Laue, Herbert Rimbach | Michaela May, Matthias Ponnier , Marina de Graaf | Drama | |
Flugversuche | Rainer Wolffhardt | Adelheid Arndt, Ulrich Pfeffer | Drama | |
Frontiers of Darkness | Wolf Gremm | Günter Lamprecht, Antje Hagen | Drama | a.k.a. Die Schattengrenze |
Gefangen in Frankreich: Theodor Fontane im Krieg 1870/71 | Theo Mezger | Hans Caninenberg, Karl-Heinz von Hassel, Werner Schumacher, Benno Sterzenbach | War | |
Die Geisterbehörde | Wilm ten Haaf | Erik Ode, Herbert Fleischmann, Michael Hinz, Barbara Schöne | Comedy | |
Goetz von Berlichingen of the Iron Hand | Wolfgang Liebeneiner, Harald Reinl | Raimund Harmstorf, Michèle Mercier, Klausjürgen Wussow | Historical | |
Grandison | Achim Kurz | Marlène Jobert, Jean Rochefort, Helmut Qualtinger | Drama | West German-French co-production |
The Hamburg Syndrome | Peter Fleischmann | Helmut Griem, Fernando Arrabal, Carline Seiser, Tilo Prückner, Ulrich Wildgruber | Disaster | West German-French co-production[83][84] |
It Can Only Get Worse | Helmut Dietl | Towje Kleiner | Comedy | Short edited version of the TV series Der ganz normale Wahnsinn |
Jenseits von Schweden | Carlheinz Caspari | Karl Walter DiessChristian Berkel | ,Drama | |
Last Love | Ingemo Engström | Angela Winkler, Rüdiger Vogler | Drama | |
The Last Years of Childhood | Norbert Kückelmann | Gerhard Gundel | Drama | |
Lena Rais | Christian Rischert | Krista StadlerTilo Prückner, Kai Fischer | ,Drama | |
Lucky Star | Hans-Jürgen Tögel | Katharina Böhm, Günther Maria Halmer , Hannelore Schroth, Joachim Hansen, Jacques Herlin | Family | |
The Marriage of Maria Braun | Rainer Werner Fassbinder | Hanna Schygulla, Klaus Löwitsch, Ivan Desny, George Byrd | Drama | First in the BRD Trilogy |
Mihail, câine de circ | Sergiu Nicolaescu | Karl Michael Vogler | Adventure | a.k.a. Michael, Brother of Jerry. Romanian-West German co-production |
Milo Milo | Nikos Perakis | Veruschka von Lehndorff, Mario Adorf, Andréa Ferréol, Andreas Katsulas, Julien Guiomar, Antonio Fargas, Joe Higgins | Comedy | West German-Greek co-production |
Missile X – Geheimauftrag Neutronenbombe | Leslie H. Martinson | Peter Graves, Curd Jürgens, John Carradine, Karin Schubert | Spy thriller | a.k.a. Missile X: The Neutron Bomb Incident a.k.a. The Tehran Incident. American-Italian-Spanish-West German-Iranian co-production |
Monarch | Manfred Stelzer | Diethard Wendtland | Documentary | |
Die Münze | Werner Schlechte | Gustl Bayrhammer | Crime comedy | a.k.a. The Mint |
The Murderer | Ottokar Runze | Gerhard Olschewski | Drama | |
Das Nest | Gedeon Kovács | Franz Xaver Kroetz, Lisa Fitz | Drama | |
The Night with Chandler | Hans Noever | Rio Reiser, Agnes Dünneisen , Thomas Schücke | Crime | |
Nosferatu the Vampyre | Werner Herzog | Klaus Kinski, Isabelle Adjani, Bruno Ganz, Roland Topor | Horror | West German-French co-production |
The Patriotic Woman | Alexander Kluge | Hannelore Hoger | Drama | a.k.a. The Female Patriot a.k.a. The Patriot |
Phantasten | Peter Beauvais | Manfred Krug, Michael Degen, Günter Strack, Sabine Sinjen | Drama | |
Putting Things Straight | Georg Brintrup | Gisela Stein, Hanns Zischler | Biography | |
Revolution in Frankfurt | Fritz Umgelter | Günter Strack, Richard Münch | History | |
Schluchtenflitzer | Rüdiger Nüchtern | Hans Kollmannsberger, Hans Brenner, Ruth Drexel | Drama | |
Der Schuft, der den Münchhausen schrieb | Rudolf Nussgruber | Lutz HochstraateFerdy Mayne | ,Biography | |
She's 19 and Ready | Franz Josef Gottlieb | Sabine Wollin, Ekkehardt Belle, Claus Obalski | Sex comedy | |
Sisters, or the Balance of Happiness | Margarethe von Trotta | Jutta Lampe, Gudrun Gabriel , Jessica Früh , Heinz Bennent, Konstantin Wecker, Agnes Fink | Drama | |
Some Kind of Saint | Klaus Lemke | Cleo Kretschmer | , Wolfgang FierekComedy | |
A Sunday in October | András Kovács | Klaus Maria Brandauer, Ferenc Bács , Marianna Moór, Lajos Őze, Martin Lüttge | War | Hungarian-West German co-production |
Tally Brown, New York | Rosa von Praunheim | Tally Brown | Documentary | |
Das tausendunderste Jahr | Eberhard Itzenplitz | Alexander Gittinger, Harald Dewald, Cornelia MeinhardtRainer Basedow | , Regine Vergeen ,War | |
The Tell-Tale Heart | Karl Heinz Kramberg | Hans Clarin, Ferdy Mayne | Horror | |
The Third Generation | Rainer Werner Fassbinder | Eddie Constantine, Hanna Schygulla, Volker Spengler, Margit Carstensen, Hark Bohm, Günther Kaufmann, Bulle Ogier, Udo Kier | Black comedy | |
Ticket of No Return | Ulrike Ottinger | Tabea Blumenschein, Christine Lutze, Magdalena Montezuma | Drama | a.k.a. Bildnis einer Trinkerin |
The Tin Drum | Volker Schlöndorff | David Bennent, Charles Aznavour, Mario Adorf, Angela Winkler, Daniel Olbrychski, Katharina Thalbach | Drama, War | West German-French co-production. Based on the book by Günter Grass |
Tödlicher Ausgang | Stanislav Barabáš | Rolf Becker, Günter Lamprecht, Gila von Weitershausen, Karin Anselm , Richard Münch, Paul Dahlke | Thriller | a.k.a. Nur über Meiners Leiche |
Der Tote bin ich | Alexander von Eschwege | Marius Müller-Westernhagen, Anne Bennent | Mystery | |
Trennung – Die Geschichte der Anna Wildermuth | Peter Beauvais | Sabine Sinjen, Peter Seum , Pierre Franckh | Drama | |
Union der festen Hand | Claus Peter Witt | Dieter Laser, Eva Mattes, Hannes Messemer, Edith Schultze-Westrum | Drama | |
Uns reicht das nicht | Jürgen Flimm | Herbert Grönemeyer, Uwe Ochsenknecht, Anna Henkel , Marita Breuer | Drama | |
Ways in the Night | Krzysztof Zanussi | Mathieu Carrière, Maja Komorowska, Horst Frank | Drama, War | |
The Willi Busch Report | Niklaus Schilling | Tilo Prückner | Drama | Entered into the 1980 Cannes Film Festival |
Womanlight | Costa-Gavras | Yves Montand, Romy Schneider, Lila Kedrova, Heinz Bennent | Drama | French-Italian-West German co-production |
Woyzeck | Werner Herzog | Klaus Kinski, Eva Mattes | Classic literature | Based on the story by Georg Büchner |