Hans-Uwe Bauer Movies

In this vivid historical drama set in 1980s East Germany, two dockworkers and best friends who dream of escaping the repressive regime are forced to...

Defectors from Hitler's army join the French Foreign Legion and end up in Vietnam in the late '40s.

In a German village near war's end, women struggle to maintain normalcy as corpses appear along the river. When ordered to leave no Germans alive for...

Throughout her life Marga has shown little feeling for her daughter Sofia. But now she reveals fear, wounds and a deep longing for her long-deceased...

Based on a switched identity, in circumstances that are found in real life as well as fiction, this drama tells the story of two soldiers fighting...

The life of Alexander von Humboldt up to his attempt to climb the Chimborazo in 1802.

A railway line is to be laid through remote Lusatian farmland. Surveyors herald the “new era” with their work. The events also leave...

The promise of a better life is pivotal in ten-year-old Fee’s decision to travel from her home in Romania to Germany. But she falls victim to...

Sauerland, autumn 1995: In the middle of the forest on the Wilzenberg, a walker finds the body of high school graduate Sonja Risse. However, the fact...

Unfortunately, Fanny can only enjoy her unexpected wealth for a short time. The tax office asks her to pay a hefty inheritance tax. Because of the...

Strongly acted, charmingly cheeky character comedy with a gentle culture clash note. After a boat accident, seaman Kurt (Hans-Uwe Bauer) needs...

A young woman whose testimony was used to break up a Berlin gang of criminals years ago lives in a witness protection program with a new identity in...

Against the backdrop of late 19th-century Berlin, Toyotaro Ota, a young Japanese uni student studying in Germany, meets and falls in love with...

Alex Berger, a respected teacher, is shaken when a student he once slept with is found murdered by a lakeside in his small Brandenburg town,...