Movies: Manfred Stelzer

Every year, many Germans are preparing to spend their vacations in the sunny south. And they all have to use the same highways. And every year everything ends in a big traffic jam....

Only the chosen few know this woman who started working as a secretary for the German Film and Television Academy (DFFB) on 13 February, 1966. The path of Helen’s career is paved with famous names – including that of Wolfgang Petersen, Holger Meins (...

Marriage swindler Herbert Krugschenk is a master of his trade. His success is based on meticulous planning, and his wife "Schnuck" is responsible for this. Herbert's life is promptly turned upside down when she dumps him one day. At least the way is ...

The unemployed salesman Wolfgang practices optimism, his friend Günther realism: The situation is shitty! But then zookeeper Günther finds a few hundred thousand Euros from his demented neighbor. The mates take the money but also the care for the old...

As soon as Walter (Ingo Naujoks) meets Anne (NADESHDA BRENNICKE) he is totally overwhelmed. He leaves his wife and daughter immediately and marries his new dream girl. When he was watching a film one day in which Anne plays a roll, he begins to doubt...

Himmelsheim, a small village in Upper Franconia, is torn from its "heavenly peace": Excavators and trucks roar through the narrow streets. The German Federal Railways are preparing to build a tunnel for a high-speed road in the immediate vicinity. Wh...

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Anne leaves her childless countryside life when her husband refuses a family and moves in with actress sister Viola. Taxi driver Henrik accidentally rents Viola’s spare room and instantly bonds with Anne. While Anne and Henrik grow close, Viola’s whi...

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Horrifying certainty about the date of his death drives one man crazy....

Again, the unemployed zookeeper Günther and the discarded salesman Wolfgang are looking for their great luck. Therefore, they get the help of a young man who, due to his autism, has extraordinary skills at the roulette table....

The wealthy industrialist Ernst Schmitt has to take a step back for health reasons. But first he wants to arrange his succession, as he doesn't trust the manager of his chocolate factory. Without further ado, he pretends that his chauffeur is his mil...

Beautiful and mysterious Marie seduces Paul, a successful lawyer and loyal family man, who becomes obsessed with her. However, what he doesn't know is that she was hired to do it. She takes pity on him and confesses....

After his company went bankrupt, hobby musician Erik toured furniture stores on behalf of a furniture company to advertise their products. A task that would be easy to accomplish if it weren't for the criminal brother who steals some furniture and pr...

It is not out of love that Ines gives her boyhood friend Moritz the vow, not even because he is rich. On the contrary. For the financial expert the dreamy loser type is interesting as a low-income earner. The fictitious marriage with him brings a lot...

The film takes a look at a professional gambler, who very successfully specialized on the German version of the slot machine....

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Chris, Alois and Harry keep their heads above water in West Berlin with small robberies and odd jobs. When they manage to rob an armored car coming from East Berlin, it's a dream come true for them......

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