Movies/Shows in Early Modern Germany
Films and television shows set in pre-20th century (i.e. before 1900) Germanic Europe (Germany, Austria, Switzerland, etc.). Organized alphabetically.
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- RegisseurSven TaddickenFilmstarsRonald ZehrfeldMatthias SchweighöferOliver BröckerDeutschlands erste Piratenkomödie entstaubt rockig den Mythos um Klaus Störtebeker und feiert das Motto Freiheit für Friesland.12 Paces Without a Head (German: Zwölf Meter ohne Kopf) is a 2009 film set in the North Sea in 1401. The film centers on the German folk hero Klaus Störtebeker, who was a pirate at the time. The title comes from a legend which asserts that when he was captured by the Hanseatic League, he struck a deal with his captors that every one of his men whom he could walk past after being decapitated, would be let go. Störtebeker's body allegedly managed to make twelve paces before collapsing.
- RegisseurJosef von BákyFilmstarsHans AlbersWilhelm BendowMichael BohnenDieses aufwendig inszeniertes, freches Märchen für Erwachsene entführt den Zuschauer ins 18. Jahrhundert und dort von Braunschweig nach Sankt Petersburg, Konstantinopel, Venedig und schließlich auf den Mond, dessen atemberaubende Aufnahmen durch ausgetüftelte Spezialeffekte erst so richtig zu Geltung kommen.The film opens at an 18th-century ball, where Baron Hieronymus von Münchhausen is propositioned by a young woman who is engaged to another man. He graciously rejects her advance, and as she leaves, she asks him to turn on the light. The camera follows his hand to a modern light switch, and the young woman drives off in an automobile. The next day, the Baron, out of his costume and in modern dress, regales two of his guests with stories of the famous Baron Münchhausen, to whom his guests think he is distantly related.
- RegisseurHerbert MaischFilmstarsValy ArnheimPaul DahlkePeter ElsholtzBiopic on famous architect Andreas Schlüter who built the Berlin Stadtschloss for Frederick I of Prussia during the 18th century. Directed by Herbert Maisch.
- RegisseurMilos FormanFilmstarsF. Murray AbrahamTom HulceElizabeth BerridgeDie unglaubliche Geschichte von Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, erzählt von seinem Kollegen und geheimen Erzrivalen Antonio Salieri - den man nun in eine Irrenanstalt gesperrt hat.
- RegisseurStanley KubrickFilmstarsRyan O'NealMarisa BerensonPatrick MageeIm England des 18. Jahrhunderts gewinnt ein irischer Schurke das Herz einer reichen Witwe und übernimmt die aristokratische Stellung ihres verstorbenen Ehemanns.Barry Lyndon is a 1975 British-American period drama film by Stanley Kubrick, based on the 1844 novel The Luck of Barry Lyndon by William Makepeace Thackeray. It stars Ryan O'Neal, Marisa Berenson, Patrick Magee, Leonard Rossiter and Hardy Krüger. The film recounts the early exploits and later unraveling of a fictional 18th-century Irish rogue and opportunist who fights in the Seven Years' War in Germany.
- RegisseurHelma Sanders-BrahmsFilmstarsMartina GedeckPascal GreggoryMalik ZidiA look at the lives of 19th-century composers Clara and Robert Schumann.Geliebte Clara ("Beloved Clara") is a Franco-German-Hungarian 2008 film, directed by Helma Sanders-Brahms about the pianist Clara Schumann and her marriage with the composer Robert Schumann.
- RegisseurWolfgang LiebeneinerFilmstarsEmil JanningsMargarete SchönChristian KayßlerEine Fortsetzung von "Bismarck" aus dem Jahr 1940. Bismarck wird auf Druck Wilhelms II. entlassen. Dadurch gerät der Vertrag mit Russland in Gefahr, da die Führung sich nun im Dilemma befindet, wer Bismarcks Werk fortsetzen soll.Showing the growing estrangement between Emperor Wilhelm II and Reichskanzler Otto von Bismarck, Bismark's dismissal in Berlin in March 1890 and the intrigues by Geheimrat von Holstein from Auswärtiges Amt. Directed by Wolfgang Liebeneiner.
- RegisseurWolfgang SchleifFilmstarsHans QuestIlse SteppatAlexander EngelA biography of Johann Friedrich Böttger, who in 1709 invented the first white porcelain in Europe. The apprentice apothecary and assistant to a "gold producer" fled from the Prussian King - into Saxony. But there he finds King Frederick August the Strong after him: the young man is told to produce gold for the king, and is thus brought to a fortress and equipped with everything he would need for the task. Naturally, Böttger has known for a while that actual gold production is a myth and instead experiments with porcelain; it should be as white as it is in China, he figures. Once he finally succeeds in surprising the King with the "white gold," he vainly hopes for freedom... a tragic error.Die blauen Schwerter is an East German film. It was released in 1949, and is set in the early 18th century.
- RegisseurTerry GilliamFilmstarsMatt DamonHeath LedgerMonica BellucciWill und Jake Grimm sind reisende Betrüger, die auf einen echten Märchenfluch treffen, der echten Mut statt ihrer üblichen Scheinexorzismen erfordert.The Brothers Grimm is a 2005 adventure fantasy film directed by Terry Gilliam. The film stars Matt Damon, Heath Ledger, and Lena Headey in an exaggerated and fictitious portrait of the Brothers Grimm as traveling con-artists in French-occupied Germany, during the early 19th century. However, the brothers eventually encounter a genuine fairy tale curse which requires real courage instead of their usual bogus exorcisms.
- RegisseurKarl RitterFilmstarsMathias WiemanCarsta LöckAndrews EngelmannDuring the 18th century's Seven-Year War, a group of young Prussian army cadets are captured by Russian soldiers. After enduring brutal treatment, the cadets come up with a plan to escape their captors and make their way back to their lines.Cadets (German: Kadetten) is a 1939 German historical war film directed by Karl Ritter and starring Mathias Wieman, Carsta Löck and Andrews Engelmann. The film is set in 1760, against the backdrop of the Austro-Russian Raid on Berlin during the Seven Years' War. It depicts a group of Prussian cadets holding off superior Russian forces.
- CreatorsSabine Thor-WiedemannJakob HeinChristine OttoFilmstarsAlicia von RittbergMala EmdeNina GummichDie Errungenschaften der bekanntesten deutschen Ärzte und Wissenschaftler des renommierten Charité-Krankenhauses in Berlin während seiner Geschichte.
- RegisseureCarl FroelichWalter SupperArzén von CserépyFilmstarsOtto GebührOlga TschechowaElga BrinkThe story of the rise to power of King Frederick II (aka "Frederick the Great") of Prussia of his military campaigns to make Prussia a major power in Europe.Der Choral von Leuthen (The Hymn of Leuthen) was a 1933 German film depicting Frederick the Great, directed by Carl Froelich. The film was loosely based on the novel Fridericus by Walter von Molo. It presented Frederick as an inspired leader.
- RegisseurJerzy AntczakFilmstarsJadwiga BaranskaMariusz DmochowskiStanislaw Jasiukiewicz"The Countess Cosel" is based on the true story of the beautiful Anna Constantia von Brockdorff, a German noblewoman who became mistress of Augustus the Strong, King of Poland and Elector of Saxony in 1704. Against the backdrop of life at Augustus' court the movie follows the arrival at Dresden of 24-year-old Anna Constantia von Brockdorff, who is an inordinately beautiful and scrupulously devout young married woman; her romance with the king and her "ten year reign" as his mistress - a role she consents to in the belief that she has won the king's love and commitment; and finally, her heartbreak, disillusion and struggle against him. The conflict between Anna and the king arises from the fact that Anna takes seriously not only the relationship, but the written promise of marriage which she manages to secure from him during their courtship. Neither the relationship nor the contract is held in much esteem by Augustus, who replaces her, as he has always done, with another mistress, as soon as she loses for him the charm of novelty. Her valiant refusal to return the marriage promissory note upon request enrages him and delivers her to her miserable fate.Hrabina Cosel (The Countess Cosel) is a 1968 Polish film directed by Jerzy Antczak. The film is based on Józef Ignacy Kraszewski’s novel Hrabina Cosel, a historical romance set in the court of Augustus the Strong, the first of the two Saxon kings of Poland, at the turn of the 17th to 18th century.
- RegisseurE.W. EmoFilmstarsPaul HörbigerMichael BohnenAuguste PünkösdyBeloved Augustin (German: Der liebe Augustin) is a 1940 historical film directed by E.W. Emo and starring Paul Hörbiger, Michael Bohnen and Hilde Weissner. The story is set in Vienna, Austria in the 1680s.
- RegisseurRidley ScottFilmstarsKeith CarradineHarvey KeitelAlbert FinneyEine kleine Fehde zweier napoleonischer Offiziere entwickelt sich zu einer jahrzehntelangen Serie von Duellen.A 1977 British historical film set in early 19th century Germany, following the conflict between Lieutenant Gabriel Feraud and Lieutenant Armand d'Hubert as they duel across Germany during the Napoleonic Wars.
- RegisseurKarl-Heinz StrouxFilmstarsHorst CasparHeidemarie HatheyerPaul KlingerThe infatuated young Werther (Horst Caspar) meets in a village at a festivity the beautiful Lotte (Heidemarie Hatheyer) and falls in love with her. But Lotte is already engaged. Werther realizes that his love is hopeless and leaves. When he returns, Lotte is yet married but unhappy. Again their love flames up, which leads to a very deep despair of Werther. Finally he chooses suicide.Encounter with Werther (German:Begegnung mit Werther) is a 1949 West German drama film directed by Karl-Heinz Stroux and starring Horst Caspar, Heidemarie Hatheyer and Paul Klinger. The book was set around the writing of the novel The Sorrows of Young Werther by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe.
- RegisseurWerner HerzogFilmstarsBruno S.Walter LadengastBrigitte MiraHerzogs Film basiert auf der wahren und mysteriösen Geschichte von Kaspar Hauser. Der junge Mann tauchte 1828 plötzlich in Nürnberg auf. Er konnte kaum sprechen oder laufen und trug eine seltsame Notiz bei sich.The film follows Kaspar Hauser, who lived the first seventeen years of his life chained in a tiny cellar with only a toy horse to occupy his time, devoid of all human contact except for a man, wearing a black overcoat and top hat, who feeds him. One day, in 1828, the same man takes Hauser out of his cell, teaches him a few phrases, and how to walk, before leaving him in the town of Nuremberg. Hauser becomes the subject of much curiosity, and is exhibited in a circus before being rescued by Professor Georg Friedrich Daumer, who patiently attempts to transform him.
- CreatorJohn ElliotFilmstarsMichael HordernCharles KayBarry FosterDer Zusammenbruch dreier großer europäischer Dynastien: der Romanows, der Habsburger und der Hohenzollern.
- RegisseurF.W. MurnauFilmstarsGösta EkmanEmil JanningsCamilla HornMephisto wettet mit Gott, dass er die Seele eines sterblichen Mannes verderben kann.
- RegisseurAleksandr SokurovFilmstarsJohannes ZeilerAnton AdasinskyIsolda DychaukEin verzweifelter Gelehrter verkauft Satan seine Seele im Austausch für eine Nacht mit einer schönen jungen Frau.Faust is a 2011 Russian film directed by Alexander Sokurov. Set in the 19th century, it is a free interpretation of the Faust legend and its respective literary adaptations by both Johann Wolfgang von Goethe as well as Thomas Mann. The dialogue is in German. The film won the Golden Lion at the 68th Venice International Film Festival. At the 2012 Russian Guild of Film Critics Awards the film was awarded the prizes for Best Film, Best Director (Alexander Sokurov), Best Script (Yuri Arabov) and Best Male Supporting Actor (Anton Adasinsky).
- RegisseurGustav UcickyFilmstarsOtto GebührRenate MüllerHans RehmannThe story of the rise to power of King Frederick II (aka Frederick the Great) of Prussia and his military campaigns to make Prussia a major power in Europe.The Flute Concert of Sanssouci (German: Das Flötenkonzert von Sans-souci) is a 1930 German drama film directed by Gustav Ucicky and starring Otto Gebühr.[1] It was part of the popular cycle of Prussian films.
- RegisseurHans SchweikartFilmstarsKäthe GoldEwald BalserFita BenkhoffThe Girl from Barnhelm (German:Das Fräulein von Barnhelm) is a 1940 German historical comedy film directed by Hans Schweikart and starring Käthe Gold, Ewald Balser and Fita Benkhoff. It is an adaptation of the 1767 play Minna von Barnhelm by Gotthold Ephraim Lessing.
