Zdf Movies

Jewish painter Leopold Mayer fled his native Frankfurt at the rise of the Nazi regime. Although briefly finding refuge in France, where he changed his...

Last chance saloon. In the high security prison of Moundsville, West Virginia, some convicted felons are tasked with getting a group of young delinque...

The veneer of the story is a tale of chance love: two French expatriates strike up a chance romance when they meet on a ship headed back to South Amer...

Three South Korean women in their thirties, who have successful careers, are considering whether to freeze their eggs so that they can become mothers...

China, the “Middle Kingdom,” has long been thought to have developed independently from the West. Mighty mountains and the inhospitable Taklamakan for...

Documentary about an old farmer.

One of today's most widely performed composers, Antonio Vivaldi was an equally acclaimed artist in his own lifetime, whose career was as fascinating a...

Card games have been delighting people all over the world for over 800 years. What is the secret of Jack, Queen, King and Ace? Is poker a game of luck...

Documentary about the Turkish Arzik family, who decide to return to Turkey after living in Hamburg for 18 years. Gül, their ten-year-old daughter who...

Joseph II was the Emperor of the Enlightenment. During his short term in office he changed his empire like no other. He wanted to understand the livin...

A documentary on the subject of secondary schools, shot in Berlin-Kreuzberg in 1976. It shows teachers and students (grades 7–10) in dependent roles,...

Director Eva Stotz visits people she has found in online host networks such as Couchsurfing.org and immerses herself in their lives for a limited peri...

This video work intermingles fiction with actuality in a poignant confrontation with homelessness.