Movies: Peter Kiwitt

  • 1958
    The Sailor’s Song

    The Sailor’s Song (1958)

    The Sailor’s Song

    6.51958HD

    A film about the historical uprising of the seamen in Kiel: During the Russian October Revolution of 1917, German and Russian soldiers start to solidarize with each other. By disarming the officers, machinist Henne Lonke and stoker Jens Kasten preven...

    The Sailor’s Song
  • 1957
    Berlin - Ecke Schönhauser...

    Berlin - Ecke Schönhauser... (1957)

    Berlin - Ecke Schönhauser...

    6.31957HD

    The corner Schönhauser Allee in East Berlin is the main meeting-point for a group of adolescents. Dieter is a construction worker who falls in love with Angela. She, in turn, spends time with the clique whenever her mother is occupied with her new lo...

    Berlin - Ecke Schönhauser...
  • 1958
    Der Prozeß wird vertagt

    Der Prozeß wird vertagt (1958)

    Der Prozeß wird vertagt

    51958HD

    In 1955, Michael Vierkant, a Jew who had emigrated during the Nazi era, returns from abroad to the Federal Republic of Germany to obtain the conviction of Korn, the former informer responsible for the murder of his sister. Korn is back in office; Mic...

    Der Prozeß wird vertagt
  • 1961
    Die Liebe und der Co-Pilot

    Die Liebe und der Co-Pilot (1961)

    Die Liebe und der Co-Pilot

    01961HD

    Co-pilot Horst Schubert is a braggart and a true Don Juan. Thus, he tells young Ilse that he is in fact an "aircraft commander". This assertion brings about an embarrassing situation, for he suddenly meets her onboard his new work place, an IL-14 cha...

    Die Liebe und der Co-Pilot
  • 1956
    The Captain from Cologne

    The Captain from Cologne (1956)

    The Captain from Cologne

    6.81956HD

    Albert Hauptmann is an out of work waiter in Cologne who is often confused with a former Captain of the Nazi Army. Albert uses this to his advantage and becomes the Director of the Montan Corporation, and a member of the West German Parliament. Herr ...

    The Captain from Cologne
  • 1963
    Jetzt und in der Stunde meines Todes

    Jetzt und in der Stunde meines Todes (1963)

    Jetzt und in der Stunde meines Todes

    51963HD

    Ella Conradi, a dedicated journalist from Germany, is in Jerusalem to report about the trial against the Nazi criminal Eichmann. Disgusted by the monstrosities that are revealed, she eventually returns to Germany. There, she wants to cover common cas...

    Jetzt und in der Stunde meines Todes
  • 1965
    Nichts als Sünde

    Nichts als Sünde (1965)

    Nichts als Sünde

    01965HD

    Based upon Shakespeare′s "Twelfth Night", the movie tells the story of the Duke of Illyria who is in love with the Countess Olivia. Olivia, however, keeps eluding him. When the Duke sends her a page to bring her a message, Olivia falls in love with t...

    Nichts als Sünde
  • 1959
    Ware für Katalonien

    Ware für Katalonien (1959)

    Ware für Katalonien

    51959HD

    At the end of the 1950s, the production of optics in the German Democratic Republic has reached top quality and instigates interest in the West. When national demand rises strongly and at the same time the export to South America heavily decreases, t...

    Ware für Katalonien
  • 1963
    Verliebt und vorbestraft

    Verliebt und vorbestraft (1963)

    Verliebt und vorbestraft

    51963HD

    The young architect Hannelore becomes part of the all-male brigade Fröhlich whose members are supposed to build houses at the Strausberger Platz in Berlin. The brigade men drink a lot of beer and are less than thrilled about the new girl. Hanne is th...

    Verliebt und vorbestraft
  • 1960
    Life Begins

    Life Begins (1960)

    Life Begins

    01960HD

    A new world full of excitement and temptation opens up for 18-year-old Erika when her father flees from Krüselin, a small village in Brandenburg, to West Berlin, taking his daughter with him. Her uncle's luxurious house, the turbulence of life in the...

    Life Begins
  • 1960
    Einer von uns

    Einer von uns (1960)

    Einer von uns

    01960HD

    A wrestler finds his political interest and activism through sport. However, this is extremely dangerous during the Nazi era and the workers' sports movement starts a resistance against the Nazi regime......

    Einer von uns
  • 1960
    Hochmut kommt vor dem Knall

    Hochmut kommt vor dem Knall (1960)

    Hochmut kommt vor dem Knall

    01960HD

    Under political pressure, a West German radio station stages a radio play about a Russian invasion of West Germany. A handsome fee convinced the unemployed Anton Wiesel to take on the direction. At the same time, the driver Harry Kyritz received an i...

    Hochmut kommt vor dem Knall
  • 1959
    White Blood

    White Blood (1959)

    White Blood

    01959HD

    The military officer Manfred von der Lohe has just been on a training course in the USA. During atomic bomb tests there, he was radioactively contaminated and has been incurably ill ever since. In order not to endanger the planned nuclear armament of...

    White Blood
  • 1960
    The Beautiful Lurette

    The Beautiful Lurette (1960)

    The Beautiful Lurette

    01960HD

    The beautiful and charming laundress Lurette is a well sought-after young woman in Ludwig XV’s Paris. Her heart is already taken, however, and she makes elaborate plans during Carnival to obtain the man she truly loves, the carpenter Campistrel. Duri...

    The Beautiful Lurette
  • 1965
    The Criminal on Vacation

    The Criminal on Vacation (1965)

    The Criminal on Vacation

    01965HD

    The plot takes place in a picturesque Montenegrin islet of Sveti Stefan. The local authorities investigate the murder of a tourist, which background turns out to be connected with the Nazi crimes....

    The Criminal on Vacation
  • 1962
    The Hunt for the Boot

    The Hunt for the Boot (1962)

    The Hunt for the Boot

    01962HD

    Germany 1932, constant fights between Communists and Nazis tear the country apart. When a Communist is found dead, the police accuses another Communist being his murderer. But the Communist youth group follows another trail - the murderer left a char...

    The Hunt for the Boot
  • 1960
    Die heute über 40 sind

    Die heute über 40 sind (1960)

    Die heute über 40 sind

    01960HD

    Film by Kurt Jung-Alsen....

    Die heute über 40 sind
  • 1961
    Der Tod hat ein Gesicht

    Der Tod hat ein Gesicht (1961)

    Der Tod hat ein Gesicht

    01961HD

    Three chemists unveil “Substance L,” a pesticide capable of eradicating all life without harming material assets. When Dr. Zichy, haunted by his work on Zyklon B, dies in a car crash and the lethal vial vanishes, colleague Dr. Cramm uncovers a child’...

    Der Tod hat ein Gesicht
  • 1957
    Duped Till Doomsday

    Duped Till Doomsday (1957)

    Duped Till Doomsday

    61957HD

    East Germany's contribution to the 1957 Cannes Film Festival was the wartime melodrama Betrogen bis zum Juengsten Tag. Had the film been released in the U.S., the title would probably have translated to Duped Till the Last. The film condemns the Nazi...

    Duped Till Doomsday
  • 1962
    Die schwarze Galeere

    Die schwarze Galeere (1962)

    Die schwarze Galeere

    01962HD

    Antwerp at the end of the 16th century. For the second time, the city falls into the hands of the plundering and murdering Spaniards. Jan and Myga are just ten years old. While Myga's father tries to come to terms with the Spaniards, Jan leaves the o...

    Die schwarze Galeere