Zdf Movies

Documentary by Hans-Dieter Grabe.

The story of a couple whose child became a serial killer, convicted for 87 murders. Can they still love their son in the face of this unforgivable gui...

After the end of the First World War, another place besides Versailles stood for the reorganization of the world: not far from the Paris Palace lies t...

The eventful tale of Worldly-Wise, an adventurer who enters the service of an aging ruler in order to seek for him a successor. Unable to find a worth...

Inherently political, the three films that constitute Muster (Rushes) (2012) visually link to one another, with each roughly half-hour narrative (79 m...

It is considered the largest traveling circus in Europe and is one of the oldest in Germany: Circus Krone celebrated its 100th anniversary a few years...

Two young men who can't cope with life try to pull off a big coup, but fall into a trap.

Seven entirely static shots make up James Benning's quiet reflection on existence in the Ruhr Valley.

The GDR government made the eastern part of Berlin the capital of the other German state, building a new city center and new landmarks. ZDF correspond...

A coming-of-age tale with a difference about the grumpy doctor Annebarbel Buschhaus donning her ice skates again at the age of 58 after an absence of...

The documentary film portrays two families whose fathers were educated at boarding schools in Nazi Germany called "Napola" (Nationalpolitische Erziehu...

Drama about the shipwreck of the frigate "Méduse" off the coast of Senegal. In France, the commander responsible, Chaumarey, is finally put on trial.

Documentary drama.

Dynamism and precision, confidence and concentration, incredible strength and 100 percent control of the body. These are the ingredients for extreme c...

'The Silent Cry is a fictionalised narrative film, based on documentary facts and extracts of one English girl's memories and thoughts, all surrounded...

A retrospective on the great election battles of the past in the United States: the Kennedy-Nixon debate in 1960, the first ever to be televised; the...