Movies: Carl Heinz Choynski

  • 2013
    The Book Thief

    The Book Thief (2013)

    The Book Thief

    7.42013HD

    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
  • 2009
    Men in the City

    Men in the City (2009)

    Men in the City

    6.22009HD

    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

    6.42004HD

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

    The Trixxer
  • 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
  • 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
  • 2016
    Too Hard to Handle

    Too Hard to Handle (2016)

    Too Hard to Handle

    5.72016HD

    It's no surprise when Karo is fired. She is loud, over-emotional and egocentric, more so than the average Berliner wise-ass, says her best friend Anna. Karo is not one to give up easily, though: she opts for radical change and goes into therapy. Alth...

    Too Hard to Handle
  • 1980
    The Lion Carpenter

    The Lion Carpenter (1980)

    The Lion Carpenter

    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...

    The Lion Carpenter
  • 1987
    School Ghost

    School Ghost (1987)

    School Ghost

    7.21987HD

    Carola is a mischievous girl who doesn't care much for school- except for sports and recess, of course. Without her good friend Willi to keep her on the straight and narrow, she would really be in trouble. One day at school, Carola has an idea. She i...

    School Ghost
  • 1982
    The Fat Tilla

    The Fat Tilla (1982)

    The Fat Tilla

    6.21982HD

    Two girls experience dislike at first sight because of their differences. Then they sort things out....

    The Fat Tilla
  • 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
  • 1979
    Einfach Blumen aufs Dach

    Einfach Blumen aufs Dach (1979)

    Einfach Blumen aufs Dach

    5.21979HD

    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 transportation problem: Their Trabant is far too small for the grown family that furthermore includes two sons and...

    Einfach Blumen aufs Dach
  • 1984
    Kaskade rückwärts

    Kaskade rückwärts (1984)

    Kaskade rückwärts

    3.81984HD

    Maja Wegner is in her late thirties and a single mother of a teenage daughter. To give her stale life a new direction, she decides to start all over again in the big city. She sells her house in the countryside, quits her job, and moves with her daug...

    Kaskade rückwärts
  • 1982
    Sabine Kleist, Aged Seven

    Sabine Kleist, Aged Seven (1982)

    Sabine Kleist, Aged Seven

    5.11982HD

    Little Sabine has spent her childhood in an orphanage after her parents died in a car accident. When one of the women in charge at the orphanage, Edith, leaves to have a baby, Sabine runs away, because Edith was the only adult there she could trust. ...

    Sabine Kleist, Aged Seven
  • 2005
    Auf den Spuren der Vergangenheit

    Auf den Spuren der Vergangenheit (2005)

    Auf den Spuren der Vergangenheit

    5.62005HD

    Many years ago Thaddeus Hartington quarreled with his son David. Now he is seriously ill, but only wants to undergo a risky heart surgery, if he had the opportunity to reconcile with David. His dedicated doctor Kate sets out to find the missing perso...

    Auf den Spuren der Vergangenheit
  • 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
  • 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!
  • 1979
    Until Death Do Us Part

    Until Death Do Us Part (1979)

    Until Death Do Us Part

    51979HD

    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
  • 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
  • 1975
    Bankett für Achilles

    Bankett für Achilles (1975)

    Bankett für Achilles

    4.81975HD

    For thirty years, Karl Achilles has been working at the chemical collective in Bitterfeld. But now his last day as a master at the plant has come. He is about to retire; even if Karl, who finds ending his working life difficult, wanted to stay on, it...

    Bankett für Achilles
  • 1988
    Fallada: The Last Chapter

    Fallada: The Last Chapter (1988)

    Fallada: The Last Chapter

    51988HD

    This biographical film is set in 1937, with Fallada suffering the effects of living under a microscope. The film details his decline, as he is intermittently imprisoned and threatened in order to motivate him to write for the Fatherland. Even the att...

    Fallada: The Last Chapter