Search results for "Volker Schlöndorff"
The Nameless Day

The Nameless Day

The Nameless Day
IMDb: 6
89

The retired Chief superintendent Jakob Franck who often had to inform relatives as a “death messenger”, now hopes to lead a life beyond the dead.

Genre: Crime, Drama
Return to Montauk

Return to Montauk

Return to Montauk
IMDb: 5.9
106

During a book tour in the United States, Max meets and falls in love with a young woman. Many years later, Max returns to the United States, hoping to reunite…

Genre: Drama, Romance
Diplomacy

Diplomacy

Diplomacy
IMDb: 7.1
84

On the night of August 24, 1944, the fate of Paris rests with General von Choltitz, who plans to destroy the city on Hitler’s orders. As the general prepares to…

Genre: Drama, History, War
Palmetto

Palmetto

Palmetto
IMDb: 6.1
114

After spending two years in prison, Harry Barber is released, bitter and disillusioned. He then gets involved with a simple kidnapping plot which turns out to be more complex than…

Voyager

Voyager

Voyager
IMDb: 6.7
117

Walter Faber has survived a crash with an airplane. His next trip is by ship. On board this ship he meets the enchanting Sabeth and they have a passionate love…

Genre: Drama, Romance
The Handmaid’s Tale

The Handmaid’s Tale

The Handmaid’s Tale
IMDb: 6
108

In a dystopian, polluted right-wing religious tyranny, a young woman is put in sexual slavery on account of her now rare fertility.

A Gathering of Old Men

A Gathering of Old Men

A Gathering of Old Men
IMDb: 6.5
91

A regular day in a Louisiana sugarcane plantation changes course when a local white farmer is shot in self defense. A group of old, black men takes a courageous step…

Genre: Drama, TV Movie
Death of a Salesman

Death of a Salesman

Death of a Salesman
IMDb: 7.2
130

A salesman faces a crisis as he’s about to lose his job, struggles with bills, and feels disrespected by his sons, who haven’t lived up to their potential. He reflects…

Genre: Drama, TV Movie
Swann in Love

Swann in Love

Swann in Love
IMDb: 6.5
110

In early 20th century, Charles Swann, a young and wealthy dandy, spends most of his time hanging out with the old nobility, notably the Duke and Duchess of Guermantes. He…

Genre: Drama, Romance
The Candidate

The Candidate

The Candidate
IMDb: 6.6
129

Made with an eye to the autumn of 1980 when the German parliamentary elections took place, The Candidate examines Germany’s history past and present and Franz Josef Strauß, the man…

Genre: Documentary
The Tin Drum

The Tin Drum

The Tin Drum
IMDb: 7.5
162

Oskar Matzerath is a very unusual boy. Refusing to leave the womb until promised a tin drum by his mother, Agnes, Oskar is reluctant to enter a world he sees…

Genre: Drama, History, War
Germany in Autumn

Germany in Autumn

Germany in Autumn
IMDb: 6.8
123

Germany in Autumn does not have a plot per se; it mixes documentary footage, along with standard movie scenes, to give the audience the mood of Germany during the late…

The Lost Honor of Katharina Blum

The Lost Honor of Katharina Blum

The Lost Honor of Katharina Blum
IMDb: 7.3
104

After a chance encounter with a wanted man, a woman is harassed by the police and press until she takes violent action.

Genre: Drama
Baal

Baal

Baal
IMDb: 6.4
87

Baal explores the cult of the genius, an anti-heroic figure who chooses to be a social outcast and live on the fringe of bourgeois morality.

Genre: Drama
A Degree of Murder

A Degree of Murder

A Degree of Murder
IMDb: 6
87

After accidentally killing her ex-lover, a young woman hides the body with the help of two men she’s romantically involved with, leading to a spiraling web of murder and deception.

Genre: Crime, Drama
Young Törless

Young Törless

Young Törless
IMDb: 7.2
87

At an Austrian boys’ boarding school in the early 1900s, shy, intelligent Törless observes the sadistic behavior of his fellow students, doing nothing to help a victimized classmate—until the torture…

Genre: Drama
Viva Maria!

Viva Maria!

Viva Maria!
IMDb: 6.3
120

An IRA operative escapes to the Americas and teams up with a circus singer to create a popular vaudeville act. When the singer falls for a rebel, they leave the…

Léon Morin, Priest

Léon Morin, Priest

Léon Morin, Priest
IMDb: 7.5
117

The widow Barny lives in Nazi-occupied France, looking after her half-Jewish daughter in a small village. When the Germans arrive, she decides to baptize her and chooses priest Léon Morin…

Genre: Drama, Romance
Le Doulos

Le Doulos

Le Doulos
IMDb: 7.7
108

Enigmatic gangster Silien may or may not be responsible for informing on Faugel, who was just released from prison and is already involved in what should be a simple heist….

Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Last Year at Marienbad

Last Year at Marienbad

Last Year at Marienbad
IMDb: 7.6
95

In a strange and isolated chateau, a man becomes acquainted with a woman and insists that they have met before.

Genre: Drama, Romance