Christian Petzold Movies

Petra professionally works as a thief abroad to finance the studies of her younger sister Franziska in Germany.

Middle-aged lawyer Thomas meets Leyla at the pool. After their paths keep crossing, he asks her out on a date. Somewhat to his surprise she agrees....

Philipp Gerber is a smart, but self-satisfied car salesman. In an inattentive moment at the wheel of his car, he runs over a boy on a bike and,...

Tom steals Tina's love and money, and five years later they meet again by chance. Both wanting to get back what was taken from them, they dream of...

Vera and Heike are two friends who aspire for a dazzling lifestyle, but don’t own any savings to do so. Vera decides to start stealing from men...

Documentary about empty space in Berlin

Documentary about German film critic Michael Althen.

A lonesome car. The wind is whistling. A door of an undefined building opens—is it a holiday bungalow, a shed or a ruin? A woman is standing at...

Hans Scharoun has built houses which show not only structural substance and aesthetic forms but also how human beings should live in buildings. This...

2014 documentary featuring interviews with Petzold, Hoss, actors Nina Kunzendorf and Ronald Zehrfeld, and production designer K. D. Gruber

New conversation between director Christian Petzold and actor Nina Hoss

Bruno S., musician and actor in several films by Werner Herzog (Kaspar Hauser, Stroszek), leads us round along the former front lines in Berlin. A...

Shortly after German reunification, three residents of a quiet area north of Berlin talk about their plans and attempts at new economic beginnings...

Die UFA, a film essay about the eponymous German studio.

Short film made by a group of young directors in Berlin.

Portraits of students of Berlin Film School.