Werner Dissel

Die Liebe und der Co-Pilot

Co-pilot Horst Schubert is a braggart and a true Don Juan. Thus, he tells young Ilse that he is in f…

Der Fremde

After years of drifting around, Willi Palko arrives in the lignite mining area. He was not only look…

The Opportunists

The machinations of an ex-officer and a servant who want to get their hands on a fortune.…

Love's Confusion

The film tells the love story of two young couples. According to their social ranks, construction wo…

Before lightning strikes

Ware für Katalonien

At the end of the 1950s, the production of optics in the German Democratic Republic has reached top …

Ein Mädchen von 16 ½

The young orphan Helga is raised by her aunt after WW II. At the age of sixteen, she turns her back …

Der Prozeß wird vertagt

In 1955, Michael Vierkant, a Jew who had emigrated during the Nazi era, returns from abroad to the F…

The Captain from Cologne

Albert Hauptmann is an out of work waiter in Cologne who is often confused with a former Captain of …