Gerhard Hartig

Set in Hamburg's “Hell's Kitchen,” a waterfront milieu of gangsters, pimps, dealers and prostitutes, the story follows the attempts of an ex-seaman first to insinuate himself into the scene, and then to extricate himself from it. He becomes a small-time pimp, sending his naive girlfriend out onto the streets thinking she is financing their middle-class future. When he becomes involved with an old pal, Nil, he increases his criminal portfolio. But when he steals Nil's girlfriend and things heat up, he leaves for his sister's middle-class home in Berlin, where his attempts to fit in are doomed from the start. Returning to Hamburg, he starts a rapid decline that delivers him into the waiting arms of Nil, whose revenge is merciless.

Things may not be fast at the German post office, but they're a lot of fun: postal supervisor Max Sparwein knows a thing or two about it, because he really can't complain about boring and monotonous service on his tour through the city. This is also the experience of journalist Mara Schönwetter, who accompanies him on his walks up and down the stairs to write a report.

A group of West German men on a stag party find themselves stranded in a Montenegrin village inhabited only by vengeful women since all their men were shot during the war.

A private detective tries to find out how and why some convicts have mysteriously disappeared from the prison of Dartmoor.

Harry, a timpanist and pyromaniac, and Ginamove into the same apartment due to Hamburg's housing shortage. This is the beginning of a wonderful enmity, with Harry, who has been tried and tested in marital warfare, and relationship terrorist Gina proving to be quite equal opponents.

In 1951, East Berlin's railroad transportation fund was robbed in a spectacular burglary. The vaults contained the West Marks that the East Berlin Reichsbahn administration collected through its services in the West sectors of Berlin.

A series of knife murders have an odd feature about them; the victims find that their luggage has been packed for them just before their deaths. Scotland Yard investigates, and discover that the murders are linked to an addictive drug called Mescadrine.

Dr. Mabuse has been locked away for years in an insane asylum. Suddenly crimes start occurring and no one knows the culprit. A detective goes to visit the Doctor to find some sort of clues to the robberies.

They broke into cars, fled from the police, and skipped out on their bills—and that's how two boys became accomplices, soon joined by a third outsider. The involuntary community of this unlikely trio on the run through eastern Germany develops into a road movie about dreams and desires.

A strangler is loose on a British estate, and he not only strangles his victims but brands an "M" onto their foreheads before he decapitates them.

Mobsters conspire to loot another criminal's treasure secured in an enormous booby-trapped vault.

No synopsis available yet.

A woman is kidnapped and her identity is stolen by criminals attempting to collect her inheritance.

Crew and cast members talk about the making of the 1962 film 'Das Geheimnis der schwarzen Koffer'.

When a plague breaks out in Hamburg, several people break out of quarantine and make their way out of the city... only to find that the plague is more widespread.

Set on the deserted North Sea island of Langeness, a lonely woman begins an affair with a stranger; only after he is identified as a political fugitive and deported does she begin to learn about his true identity and his past.

The dance troupe 'Tiller Girls' travels to Rome for a guest performance and has some adventures there.

For business reasons, Rosemary is supposed to marry Peter, a stranger to her, according to her father's wishes. However, while fleeing from America back to Europe, Rosemary and Peter meet under assumed names and fall in love.

Hans Engler is a reserved man from Hamburg with no family or partner. When his acquaintance Agnes asks him to assume paternity for her daughter Martina, he cannot refuse her the favor. When Agnes dies a short time later, Hans Engler is drawn into a violent conflict with Martina's biological father, which quickly becomes life-threatening for him.

Poor Mario is an orphan who had served in the foreign legion. Now he works for a night club owner and gangster who runs a human trafficking operation. Mario is in love with Cora the girlfriend of the boss. Our hero plans to take the girl and leave the city of Hamburg and straight to the Bermudas. Will there be trouble ahead?

Three girls from Hamburg become stars in an unusual way. Annabella is a poor girl who meets a porn producer who promises her the lead role in his latest big budget erotic movie. Marianne is a young medical student who pays her bills by working in a local bar. One day she gets noticed. Susanne is a hustler, who's approached by a shady photographer who asks her to pose for him for an erotic photo spread. However, he might actually be a pimp and his business might be just a cover for a prostitution ring.

A young couple gets married. Michael is a photographer, Marianne is the model. Shortly after the wedding, Marianne goes to the Parisian street prostitution, where she has much success, while the marriage slowly falls apart.

Leo suffers from priapism. His biggest goal is to find healing, but this endeavor turns out not to be easy.

A serial sex offender is on the loose, mutilating the sexual organs of his male victims. The police seek profiling advice from the local sex clinic.

Things may not be fast at the German post office, but they're a lot of fun: postal supervisor Max Sparwein knows a thing or two about it, because he really can't complain about boring and monotonous service on his tour through the city. This is also the experience of journalist Mara Schönwetter, who accompanies him on his walks up and down the stairs to write a report.

Things may not be fast at the German post office, but they're a lot of fun: postal supervisor Max Sparwein knows a thing or two about it, because he really can't complain about boring and monotonous service on his tour through the city. This is also the experience of journalist Mara Schönwetter, who accompanies him on his walks up and down the stairs to write a report.

Things may not be fast at the German post office, but they're a lot of fun: postal supervisor Max Sparwein knows a thing or two about it, because he really can't complain about boring and monotonous service on his tour through the city. This is also the experience of journalist Mara Schönwetter, who accompanies him on his walks up and down the stairs to write a report.