This is a list of the most notable films produced in Cinema of Germany in the 1980s.
For an alphabetical list of articles on West German films see Category:West German films.
Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes |
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As Far as the Eye Sees | Erwin Keusch | Bernd Tauber, Aurore Clément, Jürgen Prochnow, Hans-Michael Rehberg, Werner Kreindl | Thriller | |
Asphalt Night | Peter Fratzscher | Gerd Udo Heinemann, Thomas Davis | Music | |
Berlin Alexanderplatz | Rainer Werner Fassbinder | Günter Lamprecht, Barbara Sukowa, Gottfried John, Hanna Schygulla, Elisabeth Trissenaar, Ivan Desny | Drama | TV miniseries |
Berlin Chamissoplatz | Rudolf Thome | Hanns Zischler, Sabine Bach | Drama | |
Berlin Mitte | Peter Beauvais | Ute Christensen, Kristina van Eyck , Rüdiger Kirschstein , Peter Seum | Drama | |
Big and Little | Peter Stein | Edith Clever | Drama | a.k.a. Big and Small |
The Boxer | Karl Fruchtmann | Norbert Kappen | Drama | |
The Candidate | Volker Schlöndorff, Alexander Kluge, Stefan Aust, Alexander von Eschwege | Documentary | Entered into the 1980 Cannes Film Festival | |
Car-napping | Wigbert Wicker | Bernd StephanAnny Duperey, Ivan Desny, Adrian Hoven, Michel Galabru, Eddie Constantine, Adolfo Celi | ,Crime comedy | |
Céleste | Percy Adlon | Eva Mattes, Jürgen Arndt | Biography | |
Death Watch | Bertrand Tavernier | Romy Schneider, Harvey Keitel, Harry Dean Stanton, Max von Sydow, Vadim Glowna, Bernhard Wicki | Science fiction | French-West German co-production |
The Dream House | Ulrich Schamoni | Horst Frank, Judy Winter, Leslie Malton, Jochen Schroeder | Comedy | |
Egon Schiele – Exzess und Bestrafung | Herbert Vesely | Mathieu Carrière, Jane Birkin, Christine Kaufmann, Kristina van Eyck , Karina Fallenstein , Marcel Ophuls | Biography | a.k.a. Egon Schiele: Excess and Punishment. Austrian-French-West German co-production |
Exit Sunset Boulevard | Bastian Clevé | Elke Sommer, Rüdiger Kuhlbrodt, Azizi Johari | Drama | |
Fabian | Wolf Gremm | Hans Peter Hallwachs, Silvia Janisch , Ivan Desny, Hermann Lause, Brigitte Mira | Drama | |
Flitterwochen | Klaus Lemke | Cleo Kretschmer | , Wolfgang FierekComedy | |
From the Life of the Marionettes | Ingmar Bergman | Robert Atzorn, Christine Buchegger, Martin Benrath, Heinz Bennent | Drama | Swedish-West German co-production |
Germany, Pale Mother | Helma Sanders-Brahms | Eva Mattes, Ernst Jacobi | Drama, War | Entered into the 30th Berlin International Film Festival |
Gibbi Westgermany | Christel Buschmann | Jörg PfennigwerthEva-Maria Hagen | ,Drama | |
Girls | Just Jaeckin | Anne Parillaud, Zoé Chauveau , Charlotte Walior | Drama | French-West German-Canadian co-production[1][2] |
Glaube, Liebe, Hoffnung | Michael Kehlmann | Gertraud Jesserer, Günther Maria Halmer | Drama | |
Grabbe's Last Summer | Sohrab Shahid-Saless | Wilfried Grimpe | Biography | |
The Green Bird | István Szabó | Hannelore Elsner, Péter Andorai, Krystyna Janda | Drama | |
A Guru Comes | Rainer Erler | Wolfgang Reichmann, Eric P. Caspar, Jörg Pleva , Wolfgang Kieling | Comedy | a.k.a. Here Comes the Guru |
Henry Angst | Ingo Kratisch | Klaus Hoffmann | Drama | |
The Hunger Years: In a Land of Plenty | Jutta Brückner | Sylvia Ulrich | , Britta PohlandDrama | |
The Ideas of Saint Clara | Vojtěch Jasný | Katharina Böhm | Comedy | |
Intrigue and Love | Heinz Schirk | Jan Niklas, Dietlinde Turban, Klausjürgen Wussow, Thekla Carola Wied | Drama | |
Kaiserhofstraße 12 | Rainer Wolffhardt | Christoph Eichhorn, Doris Schade, Sigfrit Steiner, Monika Baumgartner | War, Drama | |
Kolportage | Peter Weck | Klausjürgen Wussow, Christiane Hörbiger, Georg Thomalla, Sascha Hehn, Sissy Höfferer | Comedy | |
Land, das meine Sprache spricht | Michael Kehlmann | Dagmar MettlerVolkert Kraeft, Guido Wieland, Günter Mack, Gert Haucke | ,Drama, War | Austrian-West German co-production |
Laufen lernen | Jutta Brückner | Sylvia Ulrich | , Rita RischakDrama | |
Lightning Over Water | Wim Wenders | Nicholas Ray | Documentary | a.k.a. Nick's Film. West German-Swedish co-production |
The Longest Second | Kristian Kühn | Armin Mueller-Stahl, Christine Ostermayer, Kristina van Eyck , Hans Korte, Ivan Desny | Thriller | |
Luftwaffenhelfer | Volker Vogeler | Till TopfChristoph Eichhorn, Alexander Radszun, Arthur Brauss | ,War | |
Lulu | Walerian Borowczyk | Anne BennentMichele Placido, Heinz Bennent, Udo Kier | ,Drama | French-West German-Italian co-production |
Der Mann, der sich in Luft auflöste | Péter Bacsó | Derek Jacobi, Judy Winter | Crime | a.k.a. The Man Who Went Up in Smoke. West German-Swedish-Hungarian co-production |
Ein Mann fürs Leben | Erwin Keusch | Manfred Krug, Hannelore Hoger, Gerhard Olschewski | Drama | |
Ein Mann von gestern | Tom Toelle | Will Quadflieg, Michael Degen, Gustav Rudolf Sellner, Gert Westphal, Witta Pohl | Drama | |
Meister Timpe | Hartmut Griesmayr | Hans Christian Blech, Hans-Georg Panczak | Drama | |
Mosch | Tankred Dorst | Marius Müller-Westernhagen, Katharina Thalbach, Valter Taub , Herbert Grönemeyer | Drama | |
On Southern Slopes | Michael Verhoeven | Helmut Zierl | , Andrea JonassonDrama | |
Order | Sohrab Shahid-Saless | Heinz Lieven | Drama | |
Palermo or Wolfsburg | Werner Schroeter | Nicola Zarbo, Otto Sander, Ida Di Benedetto | Drama | West German-Swiss co-production. Won the Golden Bear at Berlin |
Panic Time | Udo Lindenberg, Peter Fratzscher |
Udo Lindenberg, Leata Galloway, Walter Kohut, Vera Tschechowa, Hark Bohm, Eddie Constantine | Musical comedy | |
Die Paulskirche | Carlheinz Caspari | Hannes Messemer, Reinhard Kolldehoff | Drama | a.k.a. Trilogie 1848: Die Paulskirche |
Der Preis fürs Überleben | Hans Noever | Michel Piccoli | Political thriller | a.k.a. The Price of Survival. Entered into the 30th Berlin International Film Festival |
Purity of Heart | Robert van Ackeren | Elisabeth Trissenaar, Matthias Habich, Heinrich Giskes | Drama | |
Put on Ice | Bernhard Sinkel | Helmut Griem, Martin Benrath, Ángela Molina | Political thriller | Entered into the 1980 Cannes Film Festival |
Die Reventlow | Rainer Wolffhardt | Donata Höffer | Biography | a.k.a. Franziska Countess zu Reventlow |
Slow Attack | Reinhard Hauff | Burkhard Driest, Rolf Zacher, Katja Rupé | Drama | |
Star Without a Sky | Ottokar Runze | Uwe Drißler, Andreas Hameder, Hieronymus Blößer, Martin Fuchs | Drama, War | |
Sunday Children | Michael Verhoeven | Nora Barner, Erika Pluhar | Drama | |
Švabica | Rainer Wolffhardt | Frano Lasić, Regine Lamster | Drama | a.k.a. Die Deutsche. Yugoslav-West German co-production |
Theo Against the Rest of the World | Peter F. Bringmann | Marius Müller-Westernhagen, Guido Gagliardi , Claudia Demarmels | Road movie, Action comedy | |
Der Thronfolger | Oswald Döpke | Jan Kollwitz, Günter Strack, Maria Schell, Jan Niklas, Dietlinde Turban, Siegfried Wischnewski | Biography | |
... und raus bist du | Peter Schulze-Rohr | Elga SorbasDietrich Mattausch | , Hans-Joachim Grubel ,Drama | |
The Ungrateful | Franz Josef Wild | Dietlinde Turban, Walter Kohut | Drama | |
The Uprising | Peter Lilienthal | Augustin Pereira | Drama | West German-Costa Rican co-production |
The Weavers | Fritz Umgelter | Klaus Maria Brandauer, Martin Lüttge , Karin Baal | Drama | |
Why the UFOs Steal Our Lettuce | Hansjürgen Pohland | Tommi PiperUrsela Monn, Curd Jürgens, Hildegard Knef, Raimund Harmstorf | ,Comedy | |
The Wonderful Years | Reiner Kunze | Gabi Marr, Martin May, Dietrich Mattausch, Christine Wodetzky | Drama | |
The World That Summer | Ilse Hofmann | Jan Schwarzbauer, Katrin Schaake , Hermann Lause, Grete Wurm | Drama | |
Das Ziel | Hartmut Griesmayr | Peter Sattmann | Drama |
Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes |
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Ach du lieber Harry | Jean Girault | Dieter Hallervorden, Iris Berben | Comedy | |
After Midnight | Wolf Gremm | Désirée Nosbusch | Drama | |
Angels of Iron | Thomas Brasch | Hilmar Thate, Katharina Thalbach | Crime drama | Entered into the 1981 Cannes Film Festival |
Der Aufsteiger | Bernd Fischerauer | Reiner Schöne, Alexandra Bogojevic, Werner Asam, Günter Strack | Drama | |
Die Baronin | Lutz Büscher | Marianne Hoppe, Iris Berben | Biography | a.k.a. Elisabeth von Ardenne |
Berlin Tunnel 21 | Richard Michaels | Richard Thomas, Horst Buchholz, José Ferrer | Drama | American-West German co-production |
Birgitt Haas Must Be Killed | Laurent Heynemann | Philippe Noiret, Jean Rochefort, Lisa Kreuzer | Thriller | French-West German co-production |
Blind Spot | Claudia von Alemann | Rebecca Pauly | Drama | |
Bloody Moon | Jesús Franco | Olivia Pascal | Horror | |
Das Boot | Wolfgang Petersen | Jürgen Prochnow, Herbert Grönemeyer | War | Based on a novel by Lothar-Günther Buchheim, Columbia Pictures |
Burning Rubber | Norman Cohen | Bay City Rollers, Olivia Pascal, Sascha Hehn | Action | |
Charlotte | Frans Weisz | Birgit Doll, Elisabeth Trissenaar, Brigitte Horney, Derek Jacobi, Patricia Hodge | Biography, War | Dutch-West German co-production |
Children | Oswald Döpke | Lilli Palmer, Judy Winter, Jan Niklas, Cordula Trantow | Drama | |
Christiane F. | Uli Edel | Natja Brunckhorst | Drama | |
Circle of Deceit | Volker Schlöndorff | Bruno Ganz, Hanna Schygulla, Jerzy Skolimowski, Gila von Weitershausen | Drama, War | West German-French co-production |
Collin | Peter Schulze-Rohr | Curd Jürgens, Hans Christian Blech, Armin Mueller-Stahl, Margot Werner, Thekla Carola Wied, Hannes Messemer | Drama | |
Confused Feelings | Étienne Périer | Michel Piccoli, Pierre Malet, Gila von Weitershausen | Drama | a.k.a. Confusion. French-West German co-production |
The Curse of the Tarniffs | Hajo Gies | Rüdiger Vogler, Anne-Marie Kuster , Herlinde Latzko , Monica Gruber | Drama | a.k.a. Beate and Mareile |
Day of the Idiots | Werner Schroeter | Carole Bouquet, Ingrid Caven, Christine Kaufmann | Psycho-fantasy drama | Entered into the 1982 Cannes Film Festival |
Desperado City | Vadim Glowna | Siemen RühaakBeate Finckh, Vera Tschechowa, Karin Baal | ,Drama | |
Es geht seinen Gang oder Mühen in unserer Ebene | Günter Gräwert | Wolfgang BathkeWilfried Klaus | , Helga Koehler, Barbara Stanek ,Drama | |
Fantasma d'amore | Dino Risi | Marcello Mastroianni, Romy Schneider, Wolfgang Preiss, Eva Maria Meineke | Drama | Italian-French-West German co-production |
Fear Not, Jacob! | Radu Gabrea | André Heller | Drama | a.k.a. Don't Be Afraid, Jacob |
Fire and Sword | Veith von Fürstenberg | Christoph Waltz, Antonia Preser, Leigh Lawson, Peter Firth, Vladek Sheybal | Fantasy | |
Flächenbrand | Alexander von Eschwege | Horst Frank, Manfred Krug, Curt Bois | Drama | |
François Villon | Werner Schlechte | Jörg Pleva | , Louise MartiniBiography | |
Frankfurt: The Face of a City | Roger Fritz | Michaela Karger, Dave Balko, Hanno Pöschl, Kurt Raab | Exploitation | |
Freak Orlando | Ulrike Ottinger | Delphine Seyrig, Magdalena Montezuma , Eddie Constantine | Drama | |
Geld oder Leben | Peter Patzak | Stephan SchwartzKarl Michael Vogler, Adelheid Arndt | ,Crime | |
God's Angry Man | Werner Herzog | Documentary | ||
Hot Bubblegum | Boaz Davidson | Yftach Katzur, Jonathan Sagall, Zachi Noy, Sibylle Rauch | Comedy | a.k.a. Lemon Popsicle III Israeli-West German co-production |
Huie's Sermon | Werner Herzog | Documentary | ||
Ich möchte fliehen | Tom Toelle | Armin Mueller-Stahl, Ulli Philipp | Drama | a.k.a. Ja und Nein |
In the Land of Cockaigne | Fritz Umgelter | Arnfried LercheBernhard Wicki, Barbara Rütting, Karl Michael Vogler, Otto Sander | ,Drama | a.k.a. Im Schlaraffenland |
The Inventor | Kurt Gloor | Bruno Ganz, Walo Lüönd | Comedy | Swiss-West German co-production |
Jeans | Hartmut Griesmayr | Hans-Georg Panczak, Agnes Dünneisen , Dieter Kirchlechner | Drama | |
Jetzt und alles | Dieter Meier | Richy Müller, Jean-Pierre Kalfon | Drama | |
Der König und sein Narr | Frank Beyer | Götz George, Wolfgang Kieling | Biography | a.k.a. The King and His Fool a.k.a. The King and His Jester |
Kudenow | Claus Peter Witt | Ulf Schweikhardt, Witta Pohl, Uwe Dallmeier , Regine Lamster | Drama | |
Leiche auf Urlaub | Hans-Jürgen Tögel | Judy Winter, Jean-Marc Thibault, François-Éric Gendron, Michel Such , Udo Vioff | Thriller | a.k.a. Opération Primevère. West German-French co-production |
Lili Marleen | Rainer Werner Fassbinder | Hanna Schygulla, Giancarlo Giannini, Mel Ferrer | Drama, War | |
Lola | Rainer Werner Fassbinder | Barbara Sukowa, Armin Mueller-Stahl, Mario Adorf | Drama | 3rd part of BRD Trilogy |
Looping | Walter Bockmayer, Rolf Bührmann | Shelley Winters, Hans Christian Blech, Sydne Rome, Ingrid Caven | Drama | |
A Lot of Bills to Pay | Adolf Winkelmann | Detlev Quandt, Hermann Lause | Comedy | a.k.a. A Lot of Coal |
Malou | Jeanine Meerapfel | Ingrid Caven, Grischa Huber, Helmut Griem, Ivan Desny | Drama | |
The Man in Pyjamas | Hartmann Schmige, Christian Rateuke |
Otto Sander, Elke Sommer, Peter Fitz | Comedy | |
Marianne and Juliane | Margarethe von Trotta | Jutta Lampe, Barbara Sukowa, Rüdiger Vogler | Drama | a.k.a. The German Sisters |
Mephisto | István Szabó | Klaus Maria Brandauer, Rolf Hoppe, Krystyna Janda, Karin Boyd | Drama | Hungarian-West German-East German-Austrian co-production. Based on a story by Klaus Mann |
Mit Gewissenhaftigkeit und Würde | Eberhard Itzenplitz | Rainer Hunold | Drama | |
Der Neger Erwin | Herbert Achternbusch | Herbert Achternbusch | Drama | Entered into the 31st Berlin International Film Festival |
Nightfall | Beate Klöckner | Barbara Rudnik, Gordon Mitchell | Thriller | |
No Mercy, No Future | Helma Sanders-Brahms | Elisabeth Stepanek | Drama | |
Die Ortliebschen Frauen | Luc Bondy | Edith Heerdegen, Libgart Schwarz , Elisabeth Stepanek , Klaus Pohl | Drama | |
Pommi Stern | Kristian Kühn | Steve Strange and Visage, Gillian Scalici , Stephan Schwartz , Gustav Fröhlich | Musical | |
Possession | Andrzej Żuławski | Isabelle Adjani, Sam Neill, Heinz Bennent, Margit Carstensen | Horror | French-West German co-production |
Quartett bei Claudia | Michael Kehlmann | Karl Michael Vogler, Dagmar Mettler , Karin Anselm , Ernst Stankovski, Witta Pohl | Drama | a.k.a. A Quartet at Sheila's |
Raid in Glasgow | Wolfgang Hantke | Götz George, Evelyn Opela, Ferdy Mayne, Dietlinde Turban, Günter Mack | Crime | a.k.a. Die for Big Betsy |
Raindrops | Harry Raymon | , Michael HoffmannJack Geula, Elfriede IrrallWalter Renneisen | ,Drama | |
Der Richter | Stephan Meyer | Christoph Bantzer, Ingrid Andree, Marianne Hoppe, Jan Niklas, Hans-Michael Rehberg, Wolfgang Büttner | Drama | |
Die Rumplhanni | Rainer Wolffhardt | Monika Baumgartner | Drama | |
Der Schatz des Priamos | Karl Fruchtmann | Tilo Prückner, Olga Karlatos, Ronald Hines | Biography | a.k.a. Treasure of Priam |
The Second Skin | Frank Beyer | Angelica Domröse, Hilmar Thate, Jana Brejchová, Edith Heerdegen | Drama | |
Sting in the Flesh | Heidi Genée | Helmut Griem, Barbara Lass | Comedy | a.k.a. Thorn in the Flesh |
Strike Back | Carl Schenkel | Dave Balko, Hanns Zischler, Otto Sander | Crime drama | a.k.a. Cold as Ice |
The Subjective Factor | Helke Sander | Angelika Rommel | Drama | |
Taxi zum Klo | Frank Ripploh | Frank Ripploh, Bernd Broaderup | Drama | |
The Temptation | Krzysztof Zanussi | Maja Komorowska, Helmut Griem, Mathieu Carrière | Drama | |
Der Traum vom Glück | Maximiliane Mainka | Bernd Herberger | , Ulrike Luderer , Martin UmbachDrama | |
Trokadero | Klaus Emmerich | Ludwig Hirsch, Franz Xaver Kroetz | Comedy | Entered into the 12th Moscow International Film Festival |
Wer den Schaden hat ... | Dieter Wedel | Jörg PlevaHannelore Elsner, Rainer Basedow | ,Drama | |
Zwei Freunde in Preußen | Rolf Busch | Jan Spitzer | , Michael PanBiography | West German-East German co-production |
Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes |
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The Axe of Wandsbek | Heinrich Breloer, Horst Königstein | Roland SchäferJoachim Dietmar Mues | , Angelika Thomas ,Drama | |
Banana Joe | Steno | Bud Spencer, Gunther Philipp | Comedy | Italian-West German co-production |
The Beastmaster | Don Coscarelli | Marc Singer, Tanya Roberts, Rip Torn | Fantasy | American production with West German money |
Brandmale | George Moorse | Gila von Weitershausen, Anne Bennent , Hub Martin | Drama | |
Captain Berlin | Jörg Buttgereit | Jörg Buttgereit, Bela B | Short | |
Comeback | Christel Buschmann | Eric Burdon, Julie Carmen | Drama | |
Crazy Jungle Adventure | Harald Reinl | James Mitchum, Werner Pochath, Thomas Ohrner, Klaus Havenstein | Comedy | |
Deadly Game | Károly Makk | Barbara Sukowa, Helmut Berger, Mel Ferrer | Thriller | |
Dear Mr. Wonderful | Peter Lilienthal | Joe Pesci | Drama | a.k.a. Ruby's Dream |
Depart to Arrive | Alexandra von Grote | Gabriele Osburg, Ute Cremer | Drama | |
Eine deutsche Revolution | Helmut Herbst | Franz Wittich, Gregor Hansen | Docudrama | a.k.a. A German Revolution. Entered into the 32nd Berlin International Film Festival |
Doctor Faustus | Franz Seitz | Jon Finch, André Heller, Hanns Zischler | Drama | Entered into the 13th Moscow International Film Festival |
Domino | Thomas Brasch | Katharina Thalbach, Bernhard Wicki, Hanns Zischler | Drama | |
Egmont | Franz Peter Wirth | Manfred Zapatka, Catherine Frot, Rolf Boysen , Rolf Becker, Anouk Ferjac | Drama | West German-French co-production |
Einer von uns | Eberhard Itzenplitz | Siemen RühaakAnita Lochner | ,Drama, War | |
Elective Affinities | Claude Chabrol | Stéphane Audran, Helmut Griem, Michael Degen | Drama | French-West German-Czechoslovak co-production |
Eugenie Marlitt und "Die Gartenlaube" | Herbert Ballmann | Cordula Trantow, Armin Mueller-Stahl, Ursela Monn, Rolf Henniger , Klaus Herm, Michael Hinz | Biography | |
Der Fan | Eckhart Schmidt | Désirée Nosbusch | Horror | a.k.a. The Fan |
Fitzcarraldo | Werner Herzog | Klaus Kinski, Claudia Cardinale | Adventure | |
Fleeting Acquaintances | Marianne Lüdcke | Günter Lamprecht, Angelica Domröse, Hannes Messemer | Drama | |
Frau Jenny Treibel | Franz Josef Wild | Maria Schell, Dietlinde Turban, Hannes Messemer, Ernst Jacobi, Karin Anselm | Drama | |
Fünf letzte Tage | Percy Adlon | Lena Stolze, Irm Hermann | Biography, War | a.k.a. Five Last Days a.k.a. Last Five Days |
The Ghost | Herbert Achternbusch | Herbert Achternbusch | Drama | Entered into the 33rd Berlin International Film Festival |
Hambacher Frühling | Eberhard Itzenplitz | Wolfgang SchwarzGaby Dohm, Wolfgang Arps | ,Docudrama | |
High Society Limited | Ottokar Runze | Lilli Palmer, Elisabeth Bergner, Hardy Krüger, Vadim Glowna, Heinz Schubert | Comedy | |
I'll Be Waiting | Stanislav Barabáš | Armin Mueller-Stahl, Monica Bleibtreu, Franz Xaver Kroetz | Crime | |
Im Morgenwind | Eberhard Itzenplitz | Eva Maria Bauer | Drama | |
Imperative | Krzysztof Zanussi | Robert Powell, Brigitte Fossey, Leslie Caron, Matthias Habich, Sigfrit Steiner | Drama | |
Jaipur Junction | W. Werner Schaefer | Herbert Knaup, Victor Banerjee, Neena Gupta | Thriller | |
Kamikaze 1989 | Wolf Gremm | Rainer Werner Fassbinder, Boy Gobert, Brigitte Mira, Franco Nero | Science Fiction | |
Die Klassefrau | Rainer Wolffhardt | Viola Sauer | , Detlef KesslerDrama | |
Kraftprobe | Heidi Genée | Hannelore Hoger, Kirstin Genée | Drama | a.k.a. Test of Strength. Entered into the 32nd Berlin International Film Festival |
The Last Revenge | Rainer Kirberg | Erwin Leder, Der Plan | Musical, Fantasy |
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Les Maîtres du temps | René Laloux, Tibor Hernádi (technical director) | — | Independent animated science fiction | French-Swiss-West German-British-Hungarian co-production |
Liebeskonzil | Werner Schroeter | Antonio Salines, Magdalena Montezuma , Kurt Raab, Margit Carstensen | Drama | a.k.a. The Council of Love a.k.a. The Love Council |
The Lite Trap | Niklaus Schilling | Armin Mueller-Stahl, Beatrice Kessler | Drama | a.k.a. Der Westen leuchtet! |
The Logic of Emotion | Ingo Kratisch | Rüdiger Vogler | Drama | |
The Magic Mountain | Hans W. Geißendörfer | Christoph Eichhorn, Rod Steiger, Charles Aznavour, Marie-France Pisier, Hans Christian Blech | Drama | West German-French-Italian co-production |
The Man on the Wall | Reinhard Hauff | Marius Müller-Westernhagen, Julie Carmen, Towje Kleiner | Drama | |
Meister Eder und sein Pumuckl | Ulrich König | Hans Clarin (voice), Gustl Bayrhammer | Family | |
Mira's House | Dagmar Damek | Brigitte Fossey, Doris Kunstmann, Dieter Laser, Franz Buchrieser , Tilo Prückner, Marie Colbin | Drama | |
The Mysterious Stranger | Peter H. Hunt | Chris Makepeace, Bernhard Wicki, Fred Gwynne, Herbert Fux, Christoph Waltz, Towje Kleiner | Fantasy | American-West German co-production |
Neon City | Dominik Graf, Wolfgang Büld , Helmer von Lützelburg |
Michaela May, Billie Zöckler , Christiane F., Lisa Kreuzer | Anthology | a.k.a. The City of Neon |
Night of the Wolves | Rüdiger Nüchtern | Daniela ObermeirKarl-Heinz von Liebezeit | , Ali Arkadas,Drama | |
Parsifal | Hans-Jürgen Syberberg | Edith Clever | Musical | West German-French co-production. Screened at the 1982 Cannes Film Festival |
The Passerby | Jacques Rouffio | Romy Schneider, Michel Piccoli, Helmut Griem, Mathieu Carrière, Maria Schell | Drama | French-West German co-production[3][4] |
Piratensender Powerplay | Sigi Rothemund | Thomas Gottschalk, Mike Krüger | Comedy | |
Praying Mantis | Jack Gold | Jonathan Pryce, Cherie Lunghi, Pinkas Braun, Friedrich von Thun, Arthur Brauss | Crime | British-West German co-production |
Sapiches | Boaz Davidson | Yftach Katzur, Jonathan Sagall, Zachi Noy | Comedy | Israeli-West German co-production |
Querelle | Rainer Werner Fassbinder | Brad Davis, Franco Nero, Jeanne Moreau | Drama | French-West German co-production |
Red Love | Rosa von Praunheim | Sascha Hammer, Mark Eins, Helga Goetze, Eddie Constantine | Drama | |
Rendezvous in Paris | Gabi Kubach | Claude Jade, Harald Kuhlmann , Barry Stokes | Thriller | French-West German co-production |
Room 666 | Wim Wenders | Documentary | French-West German co-production | |
Second Sight | Dominik Graf | Greta Scacchi | Thriller | a.k.a. The Second Face |
Single liebt Single | Wolf Dietrich | Peter Bongartz | , Angelika BenderComedy | |
Sleepless Days | Diethard Klante | Hans Peter Hallwachs, Hannelore Hoger | Drama | |
The State of Things | Wim Wenders | Patrick Bauchau, Allen Garfield, Rebecca Pauly | Drama | West German-American-Portuguese co-production |
Stella | Franz Josef Wild | Judy Winter, Dietlinde Turban, Robert Atzorn | Drama | |
The Sunshine Boys | Rolf von Sydow | Johannes Heesters, Carl-Heinz Schroth, Herbert Herrmann | Comedy | |
Tarabas | Michael Kehlmann | Helmuth Lohner, Günter Mack, Klausjürgen Wussow | War | Austrian-West German co-production |
Tscherwonez | Gábor Altorjay | The Wirtschaftswunder, Péter Halász, Stephan Balint, Sheryl Sutton | Crime | a.k.a. Chervonets |
Veronika Voss | Rainer Werner Fassbinder | Rosel Zech, Hilmar Thate, Cornelia Froboess | Drama | Second in the BRD Trilogy |
The Visit | Max Peter Ammann | Maria Schell, Günter Lamprecht | Drama | a.k.a. Der Besuch der alten Dame. West German-Swiss co-production. |
War and Peace | Volker Schlöndorff, Alexander Kluge, Stefan Aust, Axel Engstfeld | Bruno Ganz, Jürgen Prochnow, Angela Winkler, Heinz Bennent, Hans-Michael Rehberg, Manfred Zapatka | Anthology | |
Warum hast du so traurige Augen | Tom Toelle | Werner Stocker, Ingrid Caven, Martin Semmelrogge, Michael Habeck, Monika Baumgartner, Kurt Weinzierl, Helga Anders, Irm Hermann, Ulrich Matschoss | Musical | a.k.a. Vorstadt-Tango a.k.a. Geschichten aus einem Tango-Lokal |
We | Vojtěch Jasný | Dieter Laser, Sabine von Maydell | Science fiction | |
Die Weiße Rose | Michael Verhoeven | Lena Stolze, Wulf Kessler, Werner Stocker, Ulrich Tukur, Martin Benrath | Historical drama, War | a.k.a. The White Rose |
Who's Crazy, Doc? | Stefan Lukschy | , Christian RateukeOtto Sander, Sunnyi Melles, Peter Fitz, Hannelore Elsner, Richy Müller, Loriot | Comedy | |
Wings of Night | Hans Noever | Christine Boisson, Michael König , Armin Mueller-Stahl | Science fiction | |
Woman with the Red Hat | Tatsumi Kumashiro | Kristina van EyckToshiyuki Nagashima, Shigeru Izumiya | ,Drama | Japanese-West German co-production |
Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes |
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The Abduction of the Sabine Women | Rolf von Sydow | Gert Fröbe, Martin Held, Edda Seippel, Désirée Nosbusch | Comedy | |
Banks and Robbers | Rolf Silber | Christoph M. Ohrt, Britta Pohland, Kai Fischer, Tilo Prückner | Comedy | |
Bella Donna | Peter Keglevic | Krystyna Janda, Erland Josephson, Friedrich-Karl Praetorius , Brigitte Horney | Drama | Screened at the 1983 Cannes Film Festival |
Bolero | Rüdiger Nüchtern | Michael KönigPaul Hubschmid | , Katja Rupé ,Drama | |
Burning Patience | Antonio Skármeta | Óscar Castro Ramírez, Roberto Parada, Marcela Osorio | Comedy | West German-Portuguese co-production |
Cats' Play | István Szabó | Maria Becker, Helmut Qualtinger, Joana Maria Gorvin , Jane Tilden | Drama | a.k.a. Cat's Game a.k.a. Catsplay |
Chained Heat | Paul Nicholas | Linda Blair, Sybil Danning, Stella Stevens | Exploitation | West German-American co-production |
City of Lost Souls | Rosa von Praunheim | Jayne County, Angie Stardust, Joaquín La Habana | Musical | |
Class Enemy | Peter Stein | Udo Samel, Stefan Reck, Tayfun Bademsoy, Ernst Stötzner | Drama | |
Closed Circuit | Rudolf Thome | Bruno Ganz, Hanns Zischler, Dominique Laffin | Crime drama | a.k.a. System Without Shadow |
Deep Water | Franz Peter Wirth | Constanze Engelbrecht, Peter Bongartz , Sky du Mont, Raimund Harmstorf, Robert Atzorn | Thriller | |
Dies rigorose Leben | Vadim Glowna | Ángela Molina, Jerzy Radziwiłowicz, Viveca Lindfors, Vera Tschechowa | Drama | a.k.a. Nothing Left to Lose. Entered into the 33rd Berlin International Film Festival |
Dingo | Ilse Hofmann | Hilmar Thate, Katrin Schaake , Eric Oldfield, Desmond Tester | Drama | |
Due to an Act of God | Rainer Boldt | Karl-Heinz von Hassel, Gunnar Möller, Hermann Lause | Disaster | a.k.a. In the Sign of the Cross |
Edith's Diary | Hans W. Geißendörfer | Angela Winkler, Vadim Glowna | Drama | |
Embers | Thomas Koerfer | Armin Mueller-Stahl, Katharina Thalbach, Krystyna Janda, Matthias Habich, Sigfrit Steiner | Drama | Swiss-West German co-production |
Eréndira | Ruy Guerra | Irene Papas, Cláudia Ohana, Michael Lonsdale | Drama | Mexican-French-West German co-production |
Für'n Groschen Brause | Eberhard Itzenplitz | Bernd Benneck | Drama | |
The Garden | Wolfgang Liebeneiner | Elisabeth Bergner, Gert Fröbe | Drama | |
Gefährliches Spiel | Theo Mezger | Helmut ZierlSimone Rethel, Tommi Piper | ,Drama, Sport | |
Gib Gas – Ich will Spass | Wolfgang Büld | Nena, Markus, Karl Dall | Musical comedy | a.k.a. Hangin' Out |
The Heartbreakers | Peter F. Bringmann | Maria KetikidouUwe Bohm | , Sascha Disselkamp,Musical | |
How Would You Like to Have It? | Rolf von Sydow | Jutta Speidel, Robert Atzorn, Michaela May, Horst Janson, Günther Maria Halmer , Herbert Herrmann | Comedy | |
The Island of the Bloody Plantation | Kurt Raab | Udo Kier, Barbara Valentin, Karl-Otto Alberty | Exploitation | a.k.a. Escape from Blood Plantation a.k.a. Prison Camp Girls |
Joseph's Daughter | Gustav Ehmck | Linda Manz, Marie-Christine Barrault, Ana Torrent | Drama | West German-Spanish co-production |
Joyride | Manfred Stelzer | Rolf Zacher, Iris Berben | Comedy | a.k.a. Bootleg Driver a.k.a. Midnight Blues |
Julie Darling | Paul Nicholas | Anthony Franciosa, Sybil Danning, Isabelle Mejias, Reinhard Kolldehoff | Thriller | a.k.a. Daughter of Death. West German-Canadian co-production |
Kehraus | Hanns Christian Müller | Gerhard Polt, Gisela Schneeberger , Dieter Hildebrandt, Jochen Busse, Nikolaus Paryla | Comedy | |
Kiez | Walter Bockmayer, Rolf Bührmann | Wolf-Dietrich Sprenger | , Katja RupéDrama | |
Kinder unseres Volkes | Stephan Rinser | Leslie Malton | Drama | |
Leuchtturm des Chaos | Wolf-Eckart Bühler | , Manfred BlankSterling Hayden | Documentary | a.k.a. Pharos of Chaos |
A Love in Germany | Andrzej Wajda | Hanna Schygulla, Piotr Łysak , Armin Mueller-Stahl, Daniel Olbrychski, Bernhard Wicki | Drama, War | West German-French co-production |
Martin Luther | Rainer Wolffhardt | Lambert Hamel, Ernst Fritz Fürbringer, Jörg Pleva , Klaus Grünberg, Dieter Pfaff | Biography | |
Mensch Berni | Joachim Hess | Christian Kohlund, Peer Augustinski, Hans Richter | Drama | |
The Oppermanns | Egon Monk | Wolfgang Kieling, Rosel Zech, Michael Degen | Drama | a.k.a. Oppermann Family |
Pankow '95 | Gábor Altorjay | Udo Kier, Christine Kaufmann, Magdalena Montezuma , Dieter Thomas Heck, Nina Hagen | Science fiction | |
Peppermint Peace | Marianne Rosenbaum | Peter Fonda, Cleo Kretschmer | Drama | a.k.a. Peppermint Freedom |
The Power of Emotion | Alexander Kluge | Hannelore Hoger, Alexandra Kluge | Drama | |
The Road into the Open | Karin Brandauer | Klaus Maria Brandauer, Krista Posch, Hans Clarin | Drama | Austrian-West German co-production |
The Roaring Fifties | Peter Zadek | Juraj Kukura, Boy Gobert, Peter Kern, Sunnyi Melles, Christine Kaufmann, Freddy Quinn, Eva Mattes, Willy Millowitsch, Ilja Richter, Ingrid Caven, Brigitte Mira, Ivan Desny | Comedy | |
Die Roppenheimer Sau | Eberhard Itzenplitz | Gérard Buhr, Helmut Zierl | War, Comedy | |
Ruhe sanft, Bruno | Hajo Gies | Armin Mueller-Stahl, Constanze Engelbrecht, Wolf-Dietrich Sprenger | Comedy | |
The Sandman | Dagmar Damek | Christoph Waltz, Rudolf Schündler, Irina Wanka , Claus Eberth | Mystery | |
Satan ist auf Gottes Seite | Wolfgang Staudte | Dieter KirchlechnerHannelore Elsner, Hans Christian Blech, Wolfgang Kieling | ,Drama | |
Sheer Madness | Margarethe von Trotta | Hanna Schygulla, Angela Winkler | Drama | West German-French co-production. Entered into the 33rd Berlin International Film Festival |
Die Spider Murphy Gang | Georg Kostya | Spider Murphy Gang | Musical | |
Spring Symphony | Peter Schamoni | Nastassja Kinski, Herbert Grönemeyer, Rolf Hoppe, Bernhard Wicki, André Heller | Biography | |
Straight Through the Heart | Doris Dörrie | Beate JensenJosef Bierbichler | ,Drama | |
Strange Fruits | Tankred Dorst | Gerhard Olschewski, Hannelore Hoger, Susanne Lothar, Hans-Michael Rehberg | Drama | |
Sunshine Reggae in Ibiza | Franz Marischka | Karl Dall | Comedy | |
Die Supernasen | Dieter Pröttel | Thomas Gottschalk, Mike Krüger | Comedy | |
The Swing | Percy Adlon | Anja Jaenicke, Lena Stolze, Christine Kaufmann | Drama | |
Tage im Hotel | Ulrich Stein | Rolf Witt, Rebecca PaulyMaja Maranow | ,Drama | a.k.a. Cold Skin |
The Train Killer | Sándor Simó | Michael Sarrazin, Armin Mueller-Stahl, Towje Kleiner , Constanze Engelbrecht, Teri Tordai, Róbert Koltai, János Derzsi, Dorottya Udvaros | Crime, Historical drama | Hungarian-West German-American co-production |
Utopia | Sohrab Shahid-Saless | Manfred Zapatka | Drama | Entered into the 33rd Berlin International Film Festival |
Variation | Michael Haneke | Hilmar Thate, Elfriede Irrall | Drama | |
White Star | Roland Klick | Dennis Hopper, David Hess | Drama | a.k.a. Let It Rock |
White Trash | Uwe Schrader | Peter FrankeGerhard Olschewski | , Brigitte Janner ,Drama | |
Why Am I So Happy? | Michael Kehlmann | Karlheinz Hackl, Vilma Degischer, Alexander Kerst, Klausjürgen Wussow, Gertraud Jesserer | War, Drama | a.k.a. Mich wundert, daß ich so fröhlich bin. Austrian-West German co-production |
A Woman in Flames | Robert van Ackeren | Gudrun Landgrebe, Mathieu Carrière, Hanns Zischler | Drama | |
Zausel | Peter Schulze-Rohr | Werner Hinz | Drama |
Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
Ain't Nothin' Without You | Pia Frankenberg | Pia Frankenberg | , Klaus BuebComedy | a.k.a. Noisy Martha |
Alpha City | Eckhart Schmidt | Al Corley, Claude-Oliver Rudolph | Thriller | |
Andre Handles Them All | Peter Fratzscher | Franco Nero, Ingrid Steeger, Willeke van Ammelrooy | Comedy | |
Angry Harvest | Agnieszka Holland | Armin Mueller-Stahl, Elisabeth Trissenaar, Wojciech Pszoniak | Drama, War | |
The Assault of the Present on the Rest of Time | Alexander Kluge | Armin Mueller-Stahl, Jutta Hoffmann, Rosel Zech, Alfred Edel | Drama | |
Backfischliebe | Rolf Hädrich | Chris Ahrens, Maria von BismarckDiana Körner, Karl-Heinz von Hassel | , Manuela Joest ,Comedy | |
Beethoven's Nephew | Paul Morrissey | Wolfgang Reichmann, Dietmar Prinz, Jane Birkin, Nathalie Baye, Mathieu Carrière | Drama | French-West German co-production |
The Berlin Affair | Liliana Cavani | Gudrun Landgrebe, Kevin McNally, Mio Takaki | Drama | West German-Italian co-production |
Close-Up | Peter Schulze-Rohr | Armin Mueller-Stahl | Thriller | |
Colonel Redl | István Szabó | Klaus Maria Brandauer, Armin Mueller-Stahl, Gudrun Landgrebe, Hans Christian Blech, Jan Niklas | Drama | West German-Hungarian co-production |
Commando Leopard | Antonio Margheriti | Lewis Collins, Klaus Kinski | Action | Italian-West German co-production |
Concert for Alice | Thomas Koerfer | Beate Jensen | , Towje KleinerMusical | Swiss-West German- Austrian co-production |
The Cop and the Girl | Peter Keglevic | Jürgen Prochnow | Action, Drama | |
Crooks in Paradise | Thomas Fantl | Armin Mueller-Stahl, Jutta Speidel, Walo Lüönd, Ruth Maria Kubitschek | Crime comedy | |
Daheim sterben die Leut’ | Klaus Gietinger Leo Hiemer |
, Walter Nuber, Heribert Weber, Norbert Hauber, Anni Rapps | Comedy | |
The Dark Glow of the Mountains | Werner Herzog | Documentary | ||
Day Thieves | Marcel Gisler | Dina Leipzig, Rudolf Nadler, Lutz Deisinger | Drama | |
Deadly Twins | Joe Oaks | Audrey Landers, Judy Landers, Jan Fedder | Thriller | a.k.a. Deadly Trigger |
The Death of the White Stallion | Christian Ziewer | Thomas AnzenhoferDietmar Schönherr | ,Drama | Entered into the 35th Berlin International Film Festival |
The Father of a Murderer | Carlheinz Caspari | Hans Korte | Drama | |
Feel the Motion | Wolfgang Büld | Ingolf Lück, Limahl, Falco, Pia Zadora, Die Toten Hosen | Music | |
Forget Mozart | Miloslav Luther | Max Tidof, Armin Mueller-Stahl, Uwe Ochsenknecht, Winfried Glatzeder, Wolfgang Preiss | Biography | |
Girl in a Boot | Herbert Ballmann | Ursela Monn, Christian Kohlund | Comedy | a.k.a. A Berlin Love Story |
Grünstein's Clever Move | Bernhard Wicki | Fred Düren, Klaus Schwarzkopf, Jörg Gudzuhn , Rolf Hoppe | Drama | West German-East German co-production |
Hans: A Young Man in Germany | Sohrab Shahid-Saless | Martin Pasko | Drama | a.k.a. Hans: A Boy in Germany |
Hart an der Grenze | Wolfgang Tumler | Klaus Löwitsch | Thriller | |
In the Belly of the Whale | Doris Dörrie | Janna Marangosoff | , Eisi GulpDrama | |
Joey | Roland Emmerich | Joshua Morrell, Tammy Shields, Eva Kryll | Horror | a.k.a. Making Contact. West German-American co-production |
Kaminsky | Michael Lähn | Klaus Löwitsch, Hannelore Elsner, Beate Finckh, Alexander Radszun | Drama | |
Käthe Kollwitz | Herbert Ballmann | Cordula Trantow | Biography, Docudrama | |
Lindhoops Frau | Eberhard Itzenplitz | Cornelia Meinhardt | Drama | |
Mamas Geburtstag | Egon Günther | Brigitte Horney, Helmuth Lohner, Angelica Domröse, Michael Hinz | Drama | |
Ein Mann ist soeben erschossen worden | Thomas Engel | Hannelore Elsner, Robert Atzorn, Georg Thomalla, Erik Schumann | Thriller | |
Mary Ward | Angelika Weber | Hannelore Elsner, Mario Adorf, Bernhard Wicki, Mathieu Carrière | Biography | |
Men... | Doris Dörrie | Heiner Lauterbach, Uwe Ochsenknecht, Ulrike Kriener | Comedy | |
Morenga | Egon Günther | Jacques Breuer, Ken Gampu | Drama | Entered into the 35th Berlin International Film Festival |
Die Nacht | Hans-Jürgen Syberberg | Edith Clever | Drama | a.k.a. The Night |
Non-Stop Trouble with the Family | Dieter Hallervorden, Christian Rateuke |
Dieter Hallervorden | Comedy | |
November Moon | Alexandra von Grote | Gabriele Osburg, Christiane MilletDanièle Delorme | ,Drama, War | West German-French co-production |
On the Killer's Track | Hajo Gies | Götz George, Renan Demirkan, Charles Brauer , Rufus, Eberhard Feik | Action, Drama | a.k.a. A Tooth for a Tooth. Film with TV hero Schimanski (Tatort) |
Otto – Der Film | Xaver Schwarzenberger | Otto Waalkes, Sky du Mont, Jessika Cardinahl, Elisabeth Wiedemann, Peter Kuiper, Johannes Heesters | Comedy | a.k.a. Otto: The Movie |
Red Heat | Robert Collector | Linda Blair, Sylvia Kristel, Elisabeth Volkmann | Exploitation | West German-American co-production |
Richy Guitar | Michael Laux | Die Ärzte | Coming of Age, Music | |
Die Sache ist gelaufen | Rainer Wolffhardt | Uwe Ochsenknecht, Cornelia Köndgen | Comedy | |
Der Schiedsrichter | Rolf von Sydow | Wolfgang Kieling | Drama | |
Seduction: The Cruel Woman | Elfi MikeschMonika Treut | ,Mechthild GroßmannUdo Kier | ,Drama | |
The Snowman | Peter F. Bringmann | Marius Müller-Westernhagen, Polly Eltes, Towje Kleiner | Action thriller | |
Die Spur der anderen | Daniel Christoff | Manfred Zapatka, Nicole Heesters | Drama | |
Sugarbaby | Percy Adlon | Marianne Sägebrecht | Comedy | |
Tokyo-Ga | Wim Wenders | Documentary | ||
Verworrene Bilanzen | Peter Beauvais | Gottfried John, Beatrice Kessler , Michael Hampe, Siemen Rühaak | Crime | |
Westler | Wieland Speck | Rainer Strecker, Detlev Kügow | Drama | |
Wodzeck | Oliver Herbrich | Detlev Kügow | Drama | Entered into the 14th Moscow International Film Festival |
Zwischen den Zeiten | Lutz Büscher | Manfred GüntherKatja Flint | , Manfred Heidmann ,Drama |
Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes |
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40 Quadratmeter Deutschland | Tevfik Başer | Özay Fecht, Yaman Okay, Demir Gökgöl | Drama | a.k.a. 40 qm Deutschland |
Abschiede | Gedeon Kovács | Karlheinz Hackl, Mijou Kovacs | Drama | Austrian-West German co-production |
Am Morgen meines Todes | Rainer Wolffhardt | Christoph Moosbrugger | , Ilse MatheisBiography | |
Auf den Tag genau | Michael Lähn | Armin Mueller-Stahl, Günther Maria Halmer , Werner Kreindl, Ivan Desny | Thriller | |
Boundaries of Time: Caspar David Friedrich | Peter Schamoni | Helmut Griem, Sabine Sinjen, Hans Peter Hallwachs, Otto Sander, Rolf Hoppe | Biography, Docudrama | |
Didi Drives Me Crazy | Wigbert Wicker | Dieter Hallervorden | Comedy | |
Der Drücker | Uwe Frießner | Andreas ButtlerHeinz Hoenig | ,Drama | |
Du mich auch | Anja FrankeDani Levy | , Helmut Berger ,Anja FrankeDani Levy | ,Comedy | a.k.a. Same to You |
Egomania: Island Without Hope | Christoph Schlingensief | Tilda Swinton, Udo Kier | Drama | |
Fatal Love | Wolf Gremm | Dietlinde Turban, Ruth Maria Kubitschek, Brigitte Mira | Thriller | a.k.a. Possession |
Fatherland | Ken Loach | Gerulf PannachCristine Rose | , Fabienne Babe ,Drama | British-West German-French co-production |
Fire and Ice | Willy Bogner | Suzy Chaffee, John Eaves | Sport, Romantic comedy | |
Flight North | Ingemo Engström | Katharina Thalbach, Jukka-Pekka Palo , Lena Olin | Drama | Entered into the 36th Berlin International Film Festival |
Franza | Xaver Schwarzenberger | Elisabeth Trissenaar, Gabriel Barylli, Armin Mueller-Stahl, Sky du Mont, Gottfried John | Drama | |
Fraulein | Michael Haneke | Angelica Domröse, Lou Castel | Drama | |
Die Fräulein von damals | Dietrich Haugk | Horst Buchholz, Karin Baal, Johanna von Koczian, Doris Kunstmann, Judy Winter, Klaus Schwarzkopf | Drama | |
Das Go! Projekt | Oliver Hirschbiegel | Diego WallraffHans Peter Hallwachs, Hark Bohm | ,Science fiction | |
Herschel und die Musik der Sterne | Percy Adlon | Josef Meinrad, Rolf Illig , Karin Anselm | Drama | a.k.a. Herschel and the Music of the Stars |
Jimmy Allegretto | Berengar Pfahl | Sona MacDonald, Guido Gagliardi , Volker Lippmann , Judy Winter, Ivan Desny | Musical | |
Johnny Flash | Werner Nekes | Helge Schneider | Comedy | |
The Journey | Markus Imhoof | Markus BoysenWill Quadflieg, Claude-Oliver Rudolph | , Corinna Kirchhoff ,Drama | West German-Swiss co-production |
Kennwort Möwe | Tom Toelle | Hans Christian Blech, Karl-Heinz Vosgerau, Dieter Kirchlechner , Beatrice Kessler | Thriller | |
Killing Cars | Michael Verhoeven | Jürgen Prochnow, Senta Berger, William Conrad, Agnès Soral, Bernhard Wicki, Daniel Gélin | Action thriller | |
Laputa | Helma Sanders-Brahms | Sami Frey, Krystyna Janda | Drama | Screened at the 1986 Cannes Film Festival |
Das Mädchen und die Tauben | Rainer Wolffhardt | Ilse Matheis, Thomas Schücke | Fantasy | |
Mademoiselle Fifi | Karl Fruchtmann | Christoph Eichhorn, Desirée Meiser, Rüdiger Vogler | Drama, War | |
Meier | Peter Timm | Rainer Grenkowitz | , Nadja EngelbrechtComedy | |
Momo | Johannes Schaaf | John Huston, Armin Mueller-Stahl, Mario Adorf, Radost Bokel | Fantasy | West German-Italian co-production |
The Name of the Rose | Jean-Jacques Annaud | Sean Connery, Christian Slater, F. Murray Abraham, Ron Perlman, Helmut Qualtinger, Michael Lonsdale, Michael Habeck, Volker Prechtel | Mystery | West German-Italian-French co-production[5][6][7] |
Now or Never | Christel Buschmann | Eva Mattes, Werner Stocker | Drama | |
Nuclear Conspiracy | Rainer Erler | Birgit Doll, Albert Fortell | Thriller | |
One Glance and Love Breaks Out | Jutta Brückner | Rosario Bléfari, Regina Lamm | Anthology | |
Operation Dead End | Nikolai Müllerschön | Uwe Ochsenknecht, Hannes Jaenicke, Hannelore Elsner | Thriller | |
Paradise | Doris Dörrie | Katharina Thalbach, Heiner Lauterbach, Sunnyi Melles, Hanne Wieder | Drama | |
Please, Let the Flowers Live | Duccio Tessari | Klausjürgen Wussow, Birgit Doll, Hannelore Elsner, Hans Christian Blech, Radost Bokel | Drama | |
Rosa Luxemburg | Margarethe von Trotta | Barbara Sukowa, Daniel Olbrychski, Otto Sander | Biography | Sukowa won Best Actress at the 1986 Cannes Film Festival |
The Rose King | Werner Schroeter | Magdalena Montezuma | , Mostéfa Djadjam , Antonio OrlandoDrama | French-West German-Portuguese-Dutch co-production |
Rückfahrt in den Tod | Hans-Jürgen Tögel | Peter BongartzIris Berben, Dominique Pinon | ,Thriller | a.k.a. Terminus |
Runaway Horse | Peter Beauvais | Vadim Glowna, Rosel Zech | Drama | |
Stammheim | Reinhard Hauff | Ulrich Tukur, Therese Affolter , Ulrich Pleitgen | Drama | Won the Golden Bear at the 36th Berlin International Film Festival |
Die Stunde des Léon Bisquet | Lutz Büscher | Klaus Schwarzkopf, Beatrice Kessler | Drama | |
The Summer of the Samurai | Hans-Christoph Blumenberg | Cornelia Froboess, Hans Peter Hallwachs, Wojciech Pszoniak, Nadja Tiller | Crime | |
Tarot | Rudolf Thome | Hanns Zischler, Rüdiger Vogler, Katharina Böhm, Vera Tschechowa | Drama | Entered into the 15th Moscow International Film Festival |
Ticket to Rome | Vivian Naefe | Leslie Malton, Hanno Pöschl, Rainer Grenkowitz | Drama | |
Das Totenreich | Karin Brandauer | Leslie Malton, Michael König , Vadim Glowna, Kurt Raab, Richard Münch | Drama | |
The Two Faces of January | Wolfgang Storch | Charles Brauer | , Yolande Gilot , Thomas SchückeThriller | |
Va banque | Diethard Küster | Winfried Glatzeder, Grażyna Dyląg , Achim Reichel | Crime | |
A Virus Knows No Morals | Rosa von Praunheim | Rosa von Praunheim, Hella von Sinnen | Comedy | |
Wahnfried | Peter Patzak | Otto Sander, Christoph Waltz | Biography | Screened at the 1987 Cannes Film Festival |
Wilhelm Busch | Hartmut Griesmayr | Peter Ehrlich, Christiane Hörbiger, Rosemarie Fendel, Towje Kleiner , Jörg Hube, Tobias Moretti | Biography | a.k.a. Wer einsam ist, der hat es gut, weil keiner da, der ihm was tut |
Zischke | Martin Theo Krieger | David Strempel | Drama | |
Zoning | Ulrich Krenkler | Hubertus GertzenDieter Meier | , Norbert Lamla ,Crime | |
Zweikampf | Gert Steinheimer | Joachim Wichmann | , Adolf LaimböckCrime |
Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
The Aggression | Theodor Kotulla | Pascale Petit, Michael König | Drama | |
Anita: Dances of Vice | Rosa von Praunheim | Ina Blum | Biography | |
Bagdad Café | Percy Adlon | Marianne Sägebrecht, C. C. H. Pounder, Jack Palance | Comedy | a.k.a. Out of Rosenheim |
Cargo | Michael Gutmann | Stefan Wood | Drama | |
Cobra Verde | Werner Herzog | Klaus Kinski | Drama | |
The Colony | Orlando Lübbert | Michael Degen, Grischa Huber | Drama | |
The Cry of the Owl | Tom Toelle | Matthias Habich, Birgit Doll, Jacques Breuer, Hans Christian Blech, Doris Kunstmann | Thriller | |
Days to Remember | Jeanine Meerapfel | Barbara Sukowa, Horst-Günter Marx | Drama | Entered into the 37th Berlin International Film Festival |
The Death of Empedocles | Straub–Huillet | Andreas von Rauch | Drama | |
Death Stone | Franz Josef Gottlieb | Heather Thomas, Elke Sommer, Brad Harris, Tony Kendall, Siegfried Rauch | Action, Drama | |
Devil's Paradise | Vadim Glowna | Jürgen Prochnow, Sam Waterston, Suzanna Hamilton, Mario Adorf, Dominique Pinon, Ingrid Caven | Drama | |
The Distant Land | Luc Bondy | Michel Piccoli, Bulle Ogier | Drama | West German-French-Austrian co-production |
Dolly, Lotte and Maria | Rosa von Praunheim | Dolly Haas, Lotte Goslar, Maria Ley-Piscator | Documentary | |
Dragon Chow | Jan Schütte | Bhasker Patel, Ric Young | Drama | |
Francesca | Vérénice Rudolph | Mockumentary | ||
Friedenspolka | Rolf Hädrich | Eva Renzi, Pinkas Braun, Gert Westphal | Drama | |
Gambit | Peter F. Bringmann | Despina PajanouRolf Zacher, Dominic Raacke, Max Tidof, Heinz Bennent, Werner Kreindl | ,Thriller | |
The Girl with the Lighters | Ralf Huettner | Rupert J. Seidel | , Stefan Wood, Enrico Boetcher, Arnold FrühwaldComedy | a.k.a. Cripples Go Christmas |
The Glass Sky | Nina Grosse | Helmut Berger | , Sylvie OrcierDrama | |
Helsinki Napoli All Night Long | Mika Kaurismäki | Kari Väänänen, Roberta Manfredi, Eddie Constantine, Samuel Fuller | Comedy thriller | Finnish-West German-Swiss co-production |
Hollywood-Monster | Roland Emmerich | Jason Lively, Paul Gleason, Chuck Mitchell | Comedy | a.k.a. Ghost Chase. West German-American co-production |
The Hothouse | Peter Goedel | Christian Doermer, Jörg Hube, Hanns Zischler | Drama | |
Kunyonga: Murder in Africa | Hubert Frank | Ron WilliamsWerner Kreindl, Christoph Eichhorn | ,Action | |
Lethal Obsession | Peter Patzak | Peter Maffay, Michael York, Armin Mueller-Stahl, Elliott Gould, Tahnee Welch | Action, Drama | |
The Little Prosecutor | Hark Bohm | Hark Bohm, Martin Lüttge | Drama | |
Losers | Bernd Schadewald | Ralf Richter, Campino | Drama | |
The Madonna Man | Hans-Christoph Blumenberg | Marius Müller-Westernhagen, Renée Soutendijk, Michael Lonsdale, Peter Kraus | Thriller | a.k.a. Operation Madonna |
Nebel im Fjord | Eberhard Itzenplitz | Hannes Jaenicke, Hans Korte, Rosel Zech, Kjersti Døvigen, Janne Kokkin , Kjell Stormoen, Even Stormoen | Drama, War | a.k.a. Nebel im Fjord der Lachse |
Otto: The New Movie | Xaver Schwarzenberger, Otto Waalkes |
Otto Waalkes, Anja Jaenicke, Dirk Dautzenberg , Friedrich Schoenfelder | Comedy | Most popular film of the year with 6.4 million admissions[8] |
Our Man in the Jungle | Rudolf Steiner, Peter Stripp | Armin Mueller-Stahl, Katja Rupé | Adventure | a.k.a. Amazonas Mission |
Sansibar oder der letzte Grund | Bernhard Wicki | Peter Kremer, Michael Gwisdek, Peter Sodann | Drama | a.k.a. Flight to Afar. East German-West German co-production |
Schlange, Herz und Pantherkopf | Rainer Wolffhardt | Joachim Bißmeier | Drama | |
Sierra Leone | Uwe Schrader | Christian Redl, Ann-Gisel Glass , Constanze Engelbrecht | Drama | |
Sturmflut | Lutz Büscher | Jörg PlevaHildegard Krekel, Dietrich Mattausch | , Susanne Beck ,Disaster, Docudrama | |
Taxi nach Kairo | Frank Ripploh | Frank Ripploh, Christine Neubauer | Comedy | a.k.a. Taxi to Cairo |
Three Crazy Jerks | Franz Josef Gottlieb | Thomas Gottschalk, Michael Winslow, Helmut Fischer, Dey Young | Comedy | a.k.a. Lovable Zanies |
Der Unsichtbare | Ulf Miehe | Klaus Wennemann, Barbara Rudnik, Nena | Comedy | a.k.a. The Invisible Man |
Wings of Desire | Wim Wenders | Bruno Ganz, Otto Sander, Peter Falk | Drama | Won the Best Director Award at the 1987 Cannes Film Festival |
The Winner Takes All | Marianne Lüdcke | Gottfried John, Elisabeth Trissenaar, Bernhard Wicki | Drama | a.k.a. Pattberg's Legacy |
Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes |
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A.D.A.M. | Herbert Ballmann | Désirée Nosbusch, Helmut Berger | Comedy | |
Adrian und die Römer | Klaus Bueb, Thomas Mauch | Klaus Bueb, Gertraud Jesserer, Katharina Abt , Gert Haucke, Sabine von Maydell | Comedy | |
The Adventures of Baron Munchausen | Terry Gilliam | John Neville, Sarah Polley, Eric Idle, Jonathan Pryce, Oliver Reed, Uma Thurman, Robin Williams | Fantasy adventure | British-American-West German co-production |
Anna | Frank Strecker | Silvia Seidel, Patrick Bach, Anton Diffring | Musical | Sequel of the TV miniseries Anna |
Autumn Milk | Joseph Vilsmaier | Dana Vávrová, Werner Stocker | Drama | |
Ballhaus Barmbek: Let's Kiss and Say Goodbye | Christel Buschmann | Nico, Ulrich Tukur, Zazie de Paris , Jörg Pfennigwerth , Kiev Stingl | Musical | |
Bei Thea | Dominik Graf | Hannes Jaenicke, Marianne Hoppe, Ida Ehre | Drama | |
Beule | Ralf Gregan | Diether Krebs, Peter Bongartz , Dirk Dautzenberg , Towje Kleiner , Ursula Karven, Oliver Stritzel | Comedy | |
The Bomb | Christian Görlitz | Michael Degen, Rolf Becker, Matthias Fuchs, Rosel Zech | Thriller, Disaster | |
The Boss from the West | Vivian Naefe | Barbara Auer, Alexander Radszun | Comedy | |
Burning Beds | Pia Frankenberg | Ian Dury, Pia Frankenberg | Comedy | |
Burning Secret | Andrew Birkin | Klaus Maria Brandauer, Faye Dunaway | Drama | West German-British co-production |
The Case of Mr. Spalt | René Perraudin | Otto Sander, Katharina Thalbach, Rolf Zacher | Comedy | |
The Cat | Dominik Graf | Götz George, Gudrun Landgrebe, Heinz Hoenig, Ralf Richter | Crime thriller | |
The Commander | Antonio Margheriti | Lewis Collins, Lee Van Cleef, Donald Pleasence | Action | Italian-West German co-production |
Crash | Tom Toelle | Matthias Habich, Corinne Touzet | Drama | |
The Curse | Ralf Huettner | Dominic Raacke, Barbara May | Horror | |
Cycling the Frame | Cynthia Beatt | Tilda Swinton | Short | |
A Father's Revenge | John Herzfeld | Brian Dennehy, Ron Silver, Joanna Cassidy, Christoph M. Ohrt | Thriller | American-West German co-production |
Faust | Dieter Dorn | Helmut Griem, Romuald Pekny , Sunnyi Melles, Cornelia Froboess | Drama | |
Felix | Margarethe von Trotta, Helma Sanders-Brahms, Helke Sander, Christel Buschmann | Ulrich Tukur | Comedy | |
Fifty-Fifty | Peter Timm | Heinz Hoenig, Dominique Horwitz, Suzanne von Borsody | Comedy | |
The French as Seen by... | Werner Herzog | Short film | ||
Geheime Reichssache | Michael Kehlmann | Alexander Kerst, Hans Schulze , Michael Degen, Werner Pochath | Docudrama, War | |
Hanussen | István Szabó | Klaus Maria Brandauer, Erland Josephson | Drama | West German-Hungarian co-production |
Hell Hunters | Ernst R. von Theumer | Maud Adams, Stewart Granger, George Lazenby | Exploitation | a.k.a. Rage to Kill. West German-American co-production |
Incident at Twilight | August Everding | Mario Adorf, Horst Bollmann | Crime | a.k.a. One Autumn Evening |
Judgment in Berlin | Leo Penn | Martin Sheen, Sam Wanamaker, Jutta Speidel, Heinz Hoenig | Drama | American-West German co-production |
The Kiss of the Tiger | Petra Haffter | Beate JensenStéphane Ferrara | ,Thriller | West German-French co-production |
Der Krähenbaum | Frank Guthke | Holger Hartung, Christoph Wendelmuth, Florian Schmidt-Foß, Ilona GrübelRuth Hausmeister | ,War | |
Linie 1 | Reinhard Hauff | Inka Groetschel, Rainer Strecker | Musical | |
Der Lockspitzel | Michael Lähn | Tilo Prückner, Vadim Glowna | Crime | |
Love and Fear | Margarethe von Trotta | Fanny Ardant, Greta Scacchi, Valeria Golino | Drama | French-Italian-West German co-production. Entered into the 1988 Cannes Film Festival |
Man spricht deutsh | Hanns Christian Müller | Gerhard Polt, Gisela Schneeberger , Dieter Hildebrandt, Werner Schneyder, Pamela Prati, Enzo Cannavale | Comedy | |
Marienthal: The Sociography of an Unemployed Community | Karin Brandauer | Franziska Walser, August Schmölzer, Inge Maux | Drama | Austrian-West German co-production |
Me and Him | Doris Dörrie | Griffin Dunne, Ellen Greene | Comedy | West German-American co-production |
Midnight Cop | Peter Patzak | Morgan Fairchild, Armin Mueller-Stahl, Michael York, Frank Stallone | Thriller | |
Mother's Mask | Christoph Schlingensief | Karl Friedrich Mews, Helge Schneider, Udo Kier | Drama | |
Nekromantik | Jörg Buttgereit | Daktari Lorenz, Beatrice Manowski | Horror | |
Ödipussi | Loriot | Loriot, Evelyn Hamann | Comedy | |
An Odd Couple | Peter Keglevic | Judy Winter, Diego Wallraff , Karl Michael Vogler | Drama | |
The Passenger – Welcome to Germany | Thomas Brasch | Tony Curtis, Katharina Thalbach, Matthias Habich | Drama | Entered into the 1988 Cannes Film Festival |
Pizza Express | Vivian Naefe | Bettina Kupfer, August Zirner, Hannelore Elsner | Crime comedy | |
Plaza Real | Herbert Vesely | Mia NygrenJon Finch | ,Drama | |
The Post Office Girl | Édouard Molinaro | Évelyne Bouix, Mario Adorf, Niels Arestrup, Vera Tschechowa | Drama | French-West German co-production |
Red Roses for a Call Girl | Bobby A. Suarez | Maria Isabel Lopez, Robert Marius, Werner Pochath, Julia Kent , Manfred Seipold | Drama | a.k.a. Rose Tattoo a.k.a. Manila Tattoo. Philippine-West German co-production |
Rosinenbomber | Eberhard Itzenplitz | Carl Raddatz, Rüdiger Kirschstein , Barbara Schöne, Rolf Zacher, Ernst Stankovski | Drama | |
Schmetterlinge | Wolfgang Becker | Bertram von Boxberg | Drama | a.k.a. Butterflies |
Schön war die Zeit | Klaus Gietinger Leo Hiemer |
, Gottfried John, Edgar Selge, Ewa Błaszczyk | Drama | |
Singles | Eckehard Ziedrich | Helmut Zierl | , Claudia DemarmelsComedy | |
Sleepless Nights | Marcel Gisler | Rudolf Nadler | Drama | |
Starke Zeiten | Otto Retzer, Rolf Olsen, Sigi Rothemund | Dey Young, David Hasselhoff, Michael Winslow, Rudi Carrell, Hans-Joachim Kulenkampff, Karl Dall | Comedy, Anthology | a.k.a. Strong Times |
Stowaways on the Ark | Wolfgang Urchs | — | Animated | |
Three D | Sönke Wortmann | Michael SchreinerKatharina Müller-Elmau | ,Comedy | |
A Touch of Danger | Franz Josef Gottlieb | Armin Mueller-Stahl, Iris Berben, Hans Clarin | Thriller | |
Das Traumauto | Hajo Gies | Ralf KomorrKlaus Herm, Erich Bar , Elisabeth Volkmann, Towje Kleiner | , Maria Ketikidou ,Comedy | |
The Venus Trap | Robert van Ackeren | Sonja Kirchberger, Hanns Zischler, Myriem Roussel, Horst-Günter Marx | Comedy | |
Das Viereck | Oliver Storz | Iris Berben, Towje Kleiner , Michael Roll, Monika Schwarz | Comedy | |
Virgin Machine | Monika Treut | Ina Blum | Drama | |
The Vulture Wally | Walter Bockmayer | Samy OrfgenElisabeth Volkmann, Ralph Morgenstern, Joy Fleming | ,Comedy | |
Why Is There Salt in the Sea? | Peter Beauvais | Nicolin Kunz, Siemen Rühaak | Drama | |
Das Winterhaus | Hilde Lermann | Marita Breuer, Rüdiger Vogler, Werner Kreindl, Elfriede Rückert | Drama | |
Wohin? | Herbert Achternbusch | Gabi GeistJosef Bierbichler, Kurt Raab | ,Drama | |
Yasemin | Hark Bohm | Ayse Romey, Uwe Bohm | Drama | |
Year of the Turtle | Ute Wieland | Heinz Bennent, Karina Fallenstein | Drama |