Thomas Plenert Trailers
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Total trailers found: 83
Nikolaikirche Trailer (1995)
17 October 1995
The story of a Leipzig family from 1987 to the Monday demonstrations in 1989. After the death of her father, a high-ranking officer in the People's Police, the daughter joins the resistance movement around St.
Elder Blossom Trailer (2007)
26 June 2007
The film tells the story of the East Prussian landscape and its inhabitants. At one time Germans, Poles, Lithuanians and Jews lived here alongside and with one another.
Sealed Lips Trailer (2018)
28 November 2018
A German communist wrongly accused and sent to a labour camp has to keep her past life hidden for the sake of her and her family’s freedom.
Berlin Babylon Trailer (2001)
27 September 2001
A documentary focusing on the rebuilding projects in Berlin after the fall of the Berlin Wall.
Frankfurter Tor Trailer (2004)
29 April 2004
"Frankfurter Tor" is the name of a huge parking lot for trucks on the A12 Berlin-Frankfurt freeway. For many years, this asphalted spot in the Mark Brandenburg served to pre-regulate border traffic.
Berlin - Stettin Trailer (2009)
29 October 2009
In his film "Berlin-Stettin", well-known documentary film director Volker Koepp embarks on a journey to the places of his own past: Born in 1944 in Stettin (now the Polish city of Szczecin) and grown up in Berlin-Karlshorst, Koepp has again and again met people and found places located between the two cities that he turned into the protagonists of his films – in Brandenburg, in Mecklenburg, and in Pomerania.
Märkische Ziegel Trailer (1989)
07 October 1989
Spring 1988: a cinematic chronicle of the small town of Zehdenick an der Havel in the Mark Brandenburg.
Cold Homeland Trailer (1995)
01 January 1995
In this documentary Volker Koepp shows part of the history of Prussia. He begins 700 years ago with the land of the Pruzzen situated between the rivers Weichsel and Memel and proceeds the development of the state.
Herzsprung Trailer (1992)
19 November 1992
In the little town of Herzsprung - whose name harks back to an ancient legend of broken hearts - almost nothing has changed since German unification, except a rise in unemployment.
The Master Game Trailer (1998)
30 October 1998
At the Vienna Art Academy in 1994, an unidentified person painted over 27 works by Austrian painter Arnulf Rainer.
Ausgerechnet Sylt Trailer (2018)
03 May 2018
Project manager Kevin returns to his childhood on the island of Sylt on a vacation with his daughter, motivated by closing a big deal there, since his company plans to build luxury apartments on a piece of land.
Apprehension Trailer (1982)
18 February 1982
Inge Herold is in her mid-thirties. She is divorced and lives with her 15-year-old son. She works as a psychologist and social worker and is involved with a married man.
Jugend ohne Gott Trailer (1991)
24 November 1991
A teacher at a German high-school in the nineteen thirties has issues with his students who seem to be getting less human and more convinced of Nazi ideals as time goes on.
Die Hochzeit meiner Töchter Trailer (2006)
01 December 2006
Hilde Reimer is overjoyed when her three grown-up daughters and their partners move into the old family villa.
Who's Afraid of the Bogeyman Trailer (1989)
01 November 1989
Portrait of a private coal company in East Berlin's Prenzlauer Berg district in 1988/89. The feisty woman boss runs the business with humour and understanding.
Letztes aus der DaDaeR Trailer (1990)
07 October 1990
In a loose set of cabaret pieces, Steffen Mensching and Hans-Eckardt Wenzel - highly acclaimed East German poets, songwriters and clowns - satirize East German life in its final days and the arrival of new times after the fall of the Berlin Wall.
Beauty & Decay Trailer (2019)
10 February 2019
Sven Marquardt might be the most famous bouncer worldwide. But beside standing in front of the legendary techno club Berghain in Berlin, he is also a well-known and skilled photographer.
Blond Tango Trailer (1986)
10 April 1986
For five years Rogelio, a Chilean exile, has been in the GDR, where he works as a lighting technician at a theater.
Als wir die Zukunft waren Trailer (2016)
25 February 2016
Seven directors remember their childhood and youth; to the 50s and 60s in the GDR. They appear to be curious, vulnerable children and teenagers who also want to be cool (even though the word doesn't exist for them yet).
You're Not Alone Trailer (2007)
19 July 2007
Master painter Hans Moll and his wife, the television announcer Ms. Wellinek and her husband, and the German-Russian Jew Yevgenia have many things to live on: food, drink, an apartment.
This Night Trailer (2009)
07 January 2009
Werner Schroeter directed this dark and surreal tale of a man determined to save a lost lover from a grim fate at the hands of a violent mob.
Time of the Gods Trailer (1992)
01 January 1992
The film explores what transformations in power and politics do to art, how much opportunism can be found in “pure” art and whether fascist symbols can ever regain their aesthetic innocence.
Feuerland Trailer (1988)
15 January 1988
Volker Koepp documents life in the Dorotheenstadt in Berlin-Mitte, which was called "Feuerland" in the 19th century.
Postcards I; Potter's Bull Trailer (1981)
07 November 1981
Potter's Bull is the first part of the "Over-Paintings" Trilogy (Uebermalungen) by painter and director STRAWALDE (Juergen Boettcher).
The Net Trailer (2003)
01 October 2003
Explores the incredibly complex backstory of Ted Kaczynski, the infamous Unabomber. This exquisitely crafted inquiry into the rationale of this mythic figure situates him within a late 20th century web of technology—a system that he grew to oppose.
In Georgia Trailer (1988)
04 March 1988
Impressionistic East German documentary filmed mainly in the Georgian countryside in 1986-1987. The director, a painter, wanted to see if similar scenes to those found in the work of Georgian painter Niko Pirosmanishvili still existed there.
The Wall Trailer (1991)
10 May 1991
A documentary about the deconstruction of the Berlin Wall which makes no use of vocal commentary but instead focuses on visual elements.
Märkische Heide, Märkischer Sand Trailer (1990)
10 October 1990
Volker Koepp revisits Zehdenick and Grüneberg, East Germany. People are struggling with the new political and economical conditions shortly before the German Reunification.
The Arctic Is Calling Trailer (1984)
30 March 1984
This children's adventure movie is a charming tale of a group of youngsters in Prague who hear that Soviet sailors abandoned their failing ship in the Arctic Sea before it went down, but no one had been able to find the sailors yet.
Mr. Zwilling and Mrs. Zuckerman Trailer (1999)
03 June 1999
In the west of Ukraine, not far from the border to Romania, there is a faraway European city: Chernivtsi.
First Leipzig Autumn Salon Trailer (2008)
01 January 2008
In 1984, the “First Leipzig Autumn Salon” took place – a risk and a caesura for Dammbeck. Bypassing every state institution, six painters, sculptors and filmmakers organised an art exhibition.
Return to Go Trailer (2001)
22 March 2001
After Sam, a penniless Afro-German singer, discovers he's HIV positive, he gets utterly drunk, spends a few miserable days, but promptly falls (back) in love.
Die Kaminski Trailer (1980)
01 December 1980
The film revolves around two characters: a high school student who is intelligent, beautiful, and fulfills all the expectations placed on her by her school, her parents, and society—and a young unskilled worker, a loser, whom she is supposed to take care of and reform.
Sonntagskind - Die Schriftstellerin Helga Schubert Trailer (2024)
11 January 2024
The remarkable 83-year-old Helga Schubert lives in the remote landscape between Schwerin and Wismar. Her days are filled with the loving care of her sick 95-year-old husband, Johannes Helm, once a professor of psychology and passionate painter.
Über die Grenzen Trailer (1990)
17 May 1990
Documentary filmmaker Paul Krewer follows his friend Thomas Ritter in the Peace Race, aiming to capture a winner’s story.
Little Angel Trailer (1997)
04 September 1997
Ramona lives her lonely life in Berlin working in a lipstick factory. One day she accidentally runs into Andrzei, a Polish mechanic illegally selling cigarettes in Germany during the weekend.
Liebe und Zorn Trailer (2024)
03 May 2024
Six directors, one film: in episodes, they recall their experiences at the end of the GDR and the fate of a family under National Socialism.
Bulky Trash Trailer (1991)
19 February 1991
In early summer 1989, Helke Misselwitz portrays young musicians in a band who produce their music on other people’s waste items.
After Winter Comes Spring Trailer (1989)
03 February 1989
A locomotive journey traversing the North to the South of the German Democratic Republic on the eve of its dissolution.
In the Lohm Valley Trailer (1977)
18 November 1977
Sculptor Makolies is filmed working on a sculpture in the middle of a quarry in Swiss Saxony. The quarry workers go about their work around him.
March Brandenburg, Inc. Trailer (1991)
25 June 1991
In late 1990 times are changing in Zehdenick, Brandenburg: Russian troops are leaving, the German Reunification brings euphoria and new hope, but unemployment rises steadily.
This Year in Czernowitz Trailer (2004)
07 February 2004
Chernivtsi, an out-of-the-way city in the middle of Europe. It was once part of the Austro-Hungarian monarchy as the capital of the crown province of Bukowina.
Shunters Trailer (1984)
30 November 1984
Experienced shunters working at the Dresden-Friedrichstadt goods yard. In all weathers, day and night, they couple and uncouple the wagons.
Familie Brasch Trailer (2018)
29 June 2018
Director Annekatrin Hendel delivers a portrait of three generations of Brasches as a microcosm of societal tensions being carried out on a large scale — between East and West, art and politics, communism and religion, love and betrayal, utopia and self-destruction.
Postcards III; Woman at the Clavichord Trailer (1981)
07 November 1981
With films including the 'rubble woman' portrait Martha, the three-part experimental film cycle Potter's Stier, Venus nach Giorgione and Frau am Klavichord, the portrait of the artist Kurzer Besuch bei Hermann Glöckner, and also the documentaries Rangierer and Die Küche, noted for their outstanding sound and visuals, Jürgen Böttcher distances himself yet further from the didactic tone and abstract heroic representation of socialist films.
Schattenland - Reise nach Masuren Trailer (2005)
01 October 2005
A documentary about Masuria, a province in the northeast of Poland, which is probably the most renowned part of former East-Prussia.
Locked-Up Time Trailer (1991)
04 April 1991
Filmmaker Sibylle Schoenemann, imprisoned by the GDR in 1984, was released to the FRG after having West Germany literally buy her freedom.
Sylvia Trailer (1984)
01 June 1984
The film shows the concentrated faces of a brigade of women above the microscopes, the sudden bursts of laughter, the familiar conversations during work breaks.
Die Wismut Trailer (1993)
09 October 1993
Documentary about the impact of uranium mining in East Germany.
A Brief Visit with Hermann Glöckner Trailer (1985)
19 July 1985
This film portraits the artist and model-builder Hermann Gloeckner, who was born in Dresden in 1889. Even at the age of 96 he is still drawing with undiminished creative energy.
La Villette Trailer (1990)
17 July 1990
Only two months after the fall of the Berlin Wall, in January 1990, almost two hundred controversial East German visual and performance artists—including Jürgen Böttcher, the Autoperforation Artists, AG Geige, Via Lewandowsky, Trak Wendisch, Conny Hege, Klaus Killisch, Helga Paris and Hanns Schimansky—presented works rarely shown in the GDR at the exhibition space in the former La Villette slaughterhouses on the outskirts of Paris.
The Kitchen Trailer (1987)
20 March 1987
This documentary follows a group of women on a typical workday as they prepare meals for a dockyard in Rostock.
Postcards II; Venus after Giorgione Trailer (1981)
07 November 1981
Venus after Giorgione is the the second part of the "Over Paintings" (Uebermalungen) trilogy by painter and director STRAWALDE (Juergen Boettcher).
