Movies: Carl Heinz Choynski

  • 2013
    The Book Thief

    The Book Thief (2013)

    The Book Thief

    7.52013HD

    While subjected to the horrors of WWII Germany, young Liesel finds solace by stealing books and sharing them with others. Under the stairs in her home, a Jewish refugee is being sheltered by her adoptive parents....

    The Book Thief
  • 1999
    Aimée & Jaguar

    Aimée & Jaguar (1999)

    Aimée & Jaguar

    6.81999HD

    In 1943, while the Allies are bombing Berlin and the Gestapo is purging the capital of Jews, a dangerous love affair blossoms between two women – one a Jewish member of the underground, the other an exemplar of Nazi motherhood....

    Aimée & Jaguar
  • 2009
    Men in the City

    Men in the City (2009)

    Men in the City

    6.12009HD

    Follows six very different men and their struggles with women, family and work. Yet, they are somehow connected to each other....

    Men in the City
  • 2004
    The Trixxer

    The Trixxer (2004)

    The Trixxer

    6.32004HD

    A mysterious serial killer is shocking the underworld. Scotland Yard is investigating the case. Clues lead the detectives to Blackwhite Castle....

    The Trixxer
  • 1982
    Exploring the Brandenburg Marche

    Exploring the Brandenburg Marche (1982)

    Exploring the Brandenburg Marche

    01982HD

    On a forest road in the Brandenburg March, village teacher Potsch accidentally encounters the distinguished Professor Menzel, who got stuck there in his car. In the conversation that ensues, Menzel and Pötsch quickly discover that they both are great...

    Exploring the Brandenburg Marche
  • 1977
    The Flight

    The Flight (1977)

    The Flight

    8.51977HD

    When Dr. Schmith's proposal for international research on infant mortality is rejected, he decides to leave East Germany and strikes a deal with an escape agency that promises him a leading position at a children's hospital in West Germany. But then ...

    The Flight
  • 2021
    Catweazle

    Catweazle (2021)

    Catweazle

    5.82021HD

    Otto Waalkes plays a magician who strayed into the present from the 11th century and who absolutely wants to return to his time....

    Catweazle
  • 1990
    Biology!

    Biology! (1990)

    Biology!

    11990HD

    A small town shortly before the end of the GDR: 15-year-old Ulla lives with her mother in a dilapidated old building where not even the electricity works properly. Economy of scarcity and national bankruptcy are visible everywhere. Only higher party ...

    Biology!
  • 1968
    Farewell

    Farewell (1968)

    Farewell

    5.81968HD

    In August of 1914, amidst the public ecstasy surrounding the impending war, Hans Gastl, the young son of a Munich bürger, makes a decision: he will not take part in this war. This resolution signifies a turning point in his life; a farewell to his cl...

    Farewell
  • 1976
    The Blue Light

    The Blue Light (1976)

    The Blue Light

    6.21976HD

    Hans the farmer is drawn into war as a soldier. Returning from the front, having been defrauded of his pay by his own king, he makes his way home. On his trip, he encounters a witch who asks him to fetch the light from a spring. He keeps it when the ...

    The Blue Light
  • 1979
    Until Death Do Us Part

    Until Death Do Us Part (1979)

    Until Death Do Us Part

    4.21979HD

    Scenes from an East German marriage. A young couple, Sonya and Jens, are very much in love; they get married and have a child. When Sonya wants to go back to work after her maternity leave, they clash for the first time; Jens insists that she remain ...

    Until Death Do Us Part
  • 1974
    Johannes Kepler

    Johannes Kepler (1974)

    Johannes Kepler

    01974HD

    Europe, 1620: The well-known astronomer and mathematician Johannes Kepler, who teaches as a professor in Linz, receives the message that his mother is prosecuted as a witch in Württemberg. The truth behind the allegations is rather simple: His mother...

    Johannes Kepler
  • 1972
    Despite It All!

    Despite It All! (1972)

    Despite It All!

    6.51972HD

    October 1918: Karl Liebknecht is released from prison and Berlin workers celebrate his release. Although WWI is almost over, the German Kaiserreich in vain sends its last reserves to the slaughter. The working class is in a rebellious mood; the upris...

    Despite It All!
  • 1980
    Der Baulöwe

    Der Baulöwe (1980)

    Der Baulöwe

    7.11980HD

    The successful entertainment artist Ralf Keul must develop his land on the Baltic Sea or else ultimately give it up. Inexperienced yet courageous, he hurls himself into the undertaking, which spares him no unpleasantness. He battles over the transpor...

    Der Baulöwe
  • 1975
    Ikarus

    Ikarus (1975)

    Ikarus

    6.51975HD

    Eight-year-old Matthias dreams that he will someday become a pilot and his divorced parents will get back together. He waits yearningly for his ninth birthday because his father has told him the story of Icarus, and promised to take him on a sightsee...

    Ikarus
  • 1988
    Iron Hans

    Iron Hans (1988)

    Iron Hans

    51988HD

    In a king's kingdom there is a forest so dangerous that every man who goes into it is never heard from again. Iron Hans, who is responsible for the deaths, is found at the bottom of a lake and locked up in the king's palace...

    Iron Hans
  • 1991
    Lord Hansi

    Lord Hansi (1991)

    Lord Hansi

    21991HD

    Hans Paschke has been putting up with his wife for years. The charmer and womanizer Hans Paschke is good-looking and has perfect manners, but has nothing to do with work. But he knows how to skillfully bring his natural advantages 'to the woman'. His...

    Lord Hansi
  • 2017
    King of Berlin

    King of Berlin (2017)

    King of Berlin

    4.72017HD

    Full of anticipation, the young and ambitious Commissioner Carsten Lanner (Florian Lukas) is moving from Berlin Cloppenburg in Lower Saxony for a further education. However, he did not expect the outspoken chutzpah of the Berliners and, above all, th...

    King of Berlin
  • 1978
    Eine Handvoll Hoffnung

    Eine Handvoll Hoffnung (1978)

    Eine Handvoll Hoffnung

    01978HD

    Berlin at the end of the 1940s. Anneliese Weyher is working as a switchboard operator. She is living with her aunt after losing her parents in the war – a stroke of fate that has thrown the young woman off course emotionally. Indifferently, she is do...

    Eine Handvoll Hoffnung
  • 1976
    Carnations in Aspic

    Carnations in Aspic (1976)

    Carnations in Aspic

    6.51976HD

    A commercial artist with a lisp chooses silence, unexpectedly propelling his career. His perceived innovation leads to rapid advancement in an ad agency. Mueller-Stahl shines in this biting critique of East German workplace culture....

    Carnations in Aspic