Bernd Eichinger Movies

A cheerful, amusing and melancholic look back at the Munich film festival from the perspective of the people who make up the film festival.

Consul Werle holds a reception in honour of the homecoming of his son Gregers. At the reception, Gregers meets his childhood friend, Hjalmar Ekdal,...

Ferdinand Weitel, a forklift driver, is desperate: Insurance agent Arno von Mehling, a true sales talent, has had contracts signed in record amounts....

Documentary by Eckhart Schmidt.

Documentary about the German director Uli Edel

After eleven years of solitary confinement, Perahim, convicted of murdering a police officer, is released early from prison after exceptionally good...

Documentary about the 2004 movie 'Der Untergang' aka. 'Downfall'

Ines and Hans try to save their crumbling marriage with a vacation trip. With three children, the grandmother, and some hamsters in the overloaded...

1964 in Berlin, not long after the raise of the wall that separated the city: ex-prisoner Bruno is chosen by the eastern secret agency to be sent...

Ann, a ten-year-old girl, becomes the sole heir of millions from her grandmother. Ann's parents, who are short of money and have lost all hope of a...

Katja Flint, Hannelore Elsner and Heiner Lauterbach star in this German film about a woman who climbs the social ladder by sleeping with those she...

A young man seeks freedom and eventually gets conformed. To escape society, he wanders south. After some adventures he returns to his lover, where he...

The German producer Bernd Eichinger talks about his career.

Documentary by Eckhart Schmidt.

What happens when famous directors stage an opera? Eckhart Schmidt shows successful and failed attempts.