Christian Petzold

In 1980s East Germany, Berlin doctor Barbara is banished to a country medical clinic for applying for an exit visa. Deeply unhappy with her reassignment and fearful of her co-workers as possible Stasi informants, Barbara stays aloof, especially from the good-natured clinic head, Andre.

Dir. Christian Petzold · With Nina Hoss, Ronald Zehrfeld, Rainer Bock

Undine is a historian and tour guide at the Berlin City Museum specializing in urban development, while Christoph is an industrial diver. Linked by a love of the water, the two form an intense bond, which can only do so much to help Undine overcome the considerable baggage of her former affair.

Dir. Christian Petzold · With Paula Beer, Franz Rogowski, Maryam Zaree

In the aftermath of WWII, German-Jewish cabaret singer Nelly has to undergo facial reconstructive surgery following her survival from Auschwitz. Without recognising Nelly, her former husband Johnny asks her to help him claim his wife’s inheritance. To see if he's betrayed her, she agrees, becoming her own doppelgänger.

Dir. Christian Petzold · With Nina Hoss, Ronald Zehrfeld, Nina Kunzendorf

Self-important author Leon joins his best friend on a summer holiday near the Baltic Sea to complete his novel. When they arrive, they find their house is already occupied by a carefree woman who challenges Leon to open up. Meanwhile, forest wildfires rage around them and impending disaster looms.

Dir. Christian Petzold · With Thomas Schubert, Paula Beer, Langston Uibel

In an attempt to flee Nazi-occupied France, Georg assumes the identity of a dead author but soon finds himself stuck in Marseilles, where he falls in love with Maria, a young woman searching for her missing husband.

Dir. Christian Petzold · With Franz Rogowski, Paula Beer, Godehard Giese

A young East German woman leaves her controlling husband/business partner and relocates to a West German city to start anew as an accountant, but he soon catches up with her.

Dir. Christian Petzold · With Nina Hoss, Devid Striesow, Hinnerk Schönemann