Wdr Movies

A pseudo variety show about the Aufbau-Era, the time of the German 'economic miracle'. Brigitte Mira recounts her four husbands through song and joke,...

Movie-making cliches are parodied in this German comedy which features to warring actresses, meddling producers, indulgent directors, and an ignored w...

Merle follows the invitation of her lover to spend the summer in the South of France. She is surprised to find only his children in the summer house....

The story of the lives of five ordinary black South African women living under the apartheid system, secretly shot with the help of journalist Nomaven...

In the mid-1990s, Dieter Dubbert accidentally ends up with the Miskito Indians in Bismuna, Nicaragua. Here he begins to work with drug-addicted and de...

An ongoing experiment, evolving from a biopic about Soviet physicist Lev Landau into a large scale project – part cinematic cycle, part behavioral exp...

As funeral preparations begin for Pierre Henri 'Guelwaar' Thioune, rumour spreads that his death may have been an assassination in retaliation for his...

Anne Marie Fuchs investigates for the first time on behalf of the Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution. Together with her fellow dete...

After a small sample of fabric, the eternal student and occasional dealer Paul ends up in the emergency room. Enraged, father Willi takes his offsprin...

During World War II, 8 million people from abroad were forced to work in Germany, making up 30% of the workforce. By 1993, when a film on this topic w...

The Mighty-J. Geils Band. These guys in the early days were AKA: "The Bad Boys from Boston". They were one of the most exciting live bands ever. Pet...

Short documentation about the South African artist William Kentridge and his very unique animated films.

A study of Alexander Kluge that also emulates his technique of seeking and linking. Kluge reads aloud, Kluge recounts, including stories from his chil...

Here are parrots that totally break the stereotypes! The keas in New Zealand just love the snow and the cold, harsh mountain climate. To survive here...

Based on years of research into the mass rapes committed by the Red Army at the end of the Second World War. In the second part of the documentary Hel...

Tracing the emigrations of his family over more than half a century, this riveting documentary epic from acclaimed expatriate Iraqi filmmaker Samir pa...

Mr. Vegas, stage name of Clifford Smith, is a stage animal who has been playing at the world's best reggae festivals since 1998. His fans are everywhe...

The Earth shortly before its end. The houses in the cities are deserted, the streets smashed. The sky shimmers dark gray.