Heinrich Böll Movies

Germany in Autumn does not have a plot per se; it mixes documentary footage, along with standard movie scenes, to give the audience the mood of...

After a chance encounter with a wanted man, a woman is harassed by the police and press until she takes violent action.

At the end of the 1960s the post-war generation began to revolt against their parents. This was a generation disillusioned by anti-communist...

The Indomitable Leni Peickert is a loose, half-hour sequel to Alexander Kluge's second feature film, Artists in the Big Top: Perplexed. This shorter...

Leni Gruyetin, a resident of Nazi Germany, lives a tumultuous life as she bears witness to the fascist regime of the Nazis.

The third episodical film, after Deutschland im Herbst and Der Kandidat, in which notable German film makers reflect on the state of their country.

A satirical attack on West Germany's re-armament and revival of militaristic tradition in the Adenauer era.

A story about the continuity and collapse of history, the power of suppression, and the terror of reconciliation; loyalty, treason and revenge. In a...

Based on the best-selling novel by Nobel-laureate Heinrich Böll, this drama is a passionate indictment of Catholicism. Hans Schnier (Helmut...

An elderly lady has a trauma and simply must celebrate Christmas every day of the year, to the dismay of her family and relatives.

A shopkeeper is condemned by the police and the press for sleeping with a suspected terrorist.

A young electrical engineer, engaged to his boss's daughter and on the way to a secure existence, breaks out of his usual life when he meets a...

Sick and tired of living in poverty in post-war Germany, Fred Bogner has left his wife Käte with their three children. They continue to meet on...

In heaven there is faith, and love. Only in hell there is justice. Everyone here gets the part that suits them best. Therefore, hell is the place for...