Jaecki Schwarz Movies

Based on a novella by Bertolt Brecht.

Erich Kasulke and Rudolf Portmann are comedian stars of the former GDR. When the Wall falls, so does their success. Portmann becomes a successful...

Joe Müller, a single father, is electrified: in front of him stands an outraged woman who insults him badly. Still, he falls in love. As it...

In this East German film, the third one in The Third is Margit's third lover. After her mother's death, Margit has two affairs which don't work out,...

The ex-gymnast and survival artist Emil falls in love with the prostitute Lissy. Through her he meets some criminals whom he can help thanks to his...

Jürgen Matthes, Horst Knüpfer, Peter Vorberger - three men of different ages who are entrusted with the same large-scale IT project. In the...

Four directors - four styles - four episodes, all relating the events of a single night which has entered the history books: August 12-13, 1961....

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

In the GDR, purchasing a car was such a difficult process that many families applied for one years in advance. For example, Gisela secretly orders a...

Günther and Erwin are best friends and love enemies at the same time: the two shrewd older men have been at loggerheads for 30 years now - over...

In a German village in 1942, farmer Heinrich Marten is conscripted, leaving behind his wife Kathrin and sister Frieda. As the two young women cannot...

Ten years old Ernst and his father Alfons are traveling to the family event on their bikes.

The thirteen year old Janni is depressed, because she's still a little behind in her physical development. This leads to bullying remarks from her...

Mechanic Hannes Blaschke and his wife Maxi, who works as a bus driver, have just become happy parents of twins. Now they have a serious...

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...