This is a list of the most notable films produced in Cinema of Germany in the 1980s.
For an alphabetical list of articles on West German films see Category:West German films.
1980
1981
1982
1983
1984
1985
| Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ain't Nothin' Without You | Pia Frankenberg | Pia Frankenberg | Comedy | a.k.a. Noisy Martha |
| Alpha City | Eckhart Schmidt | Al Corley, Claude-Oliver Rudolph | Thriller | |
| Andre Handles Them All | Peter Fratzscher | Franco Nero, Ingrid Steeger, Willeke van Ammelrooy | Comedy | |
| Angry Harvest | Agnieszka Holland | Armin Mueller-Stahl, Elisabeth Trissenaar, Wojciech Pszoniak | Drama | |
| The Assault of the Present on the Rest of Time | Alexander Kluge | Armin Mueller-Stahl, Jutta Hoffmann, Rosel Zech, Alfred Edel | Drama | |
| Beethoven's Nephew | Paul Morrissey | Wolfgang Reichmann, Dietmar Prinz, Jane Birkin, Nathalie Baye, Mathieu Carrière | Drama | French-West German co-production |
| The Berlin Affair | Liliana Cavani | Gudrun Landgrebe, Kevin McNally, Mio Takaki | Drama | West German-Italian co-production |
| Close-Up | Peter Schulze-Rohr | Armin Mueller-Stahl | Thriller | |
| Colonel Redl | István Szabó | Klaus Maria Brandauer, Armin Mueller-Stahl, Gudrun Landgrebe, Hans Christian Blech | Drama | West German-Hungarian co-production |
| Commando Leopard | Antonio Margheriti | Lewis Collins, Klaus Kinski | Action | Italian-West German co-production |
| Concert for Alice | Thomas Koerfer | Beate Jensen, Towje Kleiner | Musical | Swiss-West German- Austrian co-production |
| The Cop and the Girl | Peter Keglevic | Jürgen Prochnow | Action, Drama | |
| Crooks in Paradise | Thomas Fantl | Armin Mueller-Stahl, Jutta Speidel, Walo Lüönd, Ruth Maria Kubitschek | Crime comedy | |
| Daheim sterben die Leut’ | Klaus Gietinger, Leo Hiemer | Walter Nuber, Heribert Weber, Norbert Hauber, Anni Rapps | Comedy | |
| The Dark Glow of the Mountains | Werner Herzog | Documentary | ||
| Day Thieves | Marcel Gisler | Dina Leipzig, Rudolf Nadler, Lutz Deisinger | Drama | |
| Deadly Twins | Joe Oaks | Audrey Landers, Judy Landers, Jan Fedder | Thriller | a.k.a. Deadly Trigger |
| The Death of the White Stallion | Christian Ziewer | Thomas Anzenhofer, Dietmar Schönherr | Drama | Entered into the 35th Berlin International Film Festival |
| The Father of a Murderer | Carlheinz Caspari | Hans Korte | Drama | |
| Feel the Motion | Wolfgang Büld | Ingolf Lück, Limahl, Falco, Pia Zadora, Die Toten Hosen | Music | |
| Forget Mozart | Miloslav Luther | Max Tidof, Armin Mueller-Stahl, Uwe Ochsenknecht, Winfried Glatzeder, Wolfgang Preiss | Biography | |
| Girl in a Boot | Herbert Ballmann | Ursela Monn, Christian Kohlund | Comedy | a.k.a. A Berlin Love Story |
| Grünstein's Clever Move | Bernhard Wicki | Fred Düren, Klaus Schwarzkopf, Jörg Gudzuhn, Rolf Hoppe | Drama | West German-East German co-production |
| Hans: A Young Man in Germany | Sohrab Shahid-Saless | Martin Pasko | Drama | a.k.a. Hans: A Boy in Germany |
| In the Belly of the Whale | Doris Dörrie | Janna Marangosoff, Eisi Gulp | Drama | |
| Joey | Roland Emmerich | Joshua Morrell, Tammy Shields, Eva Kryll | Horror | a.k.a. Making Contact. West German-American co-production |
| Kaminsky | Michael Lähn | Klaus Löwitsch, Hannelore Elsner, Beate Finckh, Alexander Radszun | Drama | |
| Ein Mann ist soeben erschossen worden | Thomas Engel | Hannelore Elsner, Robert Atzorn, Georg Thomalla, Erik Schumann | Thriller | |
| Mary Ward | Angelika Weber | Hannelore Elsner, Mario Adorf, Bernhard Wicki, Mathieu Carrière | Biography | |
| Men... | Doris Dörrie | Heiner Lauterbach, Uwe Ochsenknecht, Ulrike Kriener | Comedy | |
| Morenga | Egon Günther | Jacques Breuer, Ken Gampu | Drama | Entered into the 35th Berlin International Film Festival |
| Die Nacht | Hans-Jürgen Syberberg | Edith Clever | Drama | |
| Non-Stop Trouble with the Family | Dieter Hallervorden, Christian Rateuke | Dieter Hallervorden | Comedy | |
| November Moon | Alexandra von Grote | Gabriele Osburg, Christiane Millet, Danièle Delorme | Drama | West German-French co-production |
| On the Killer's Track | Hajo Gies | Götz George, Renan Demirkan, Charles Brauer, Rufus, Eberhard Feik | Action, Drama | a.k.a. A Tooth for a Tooth. Film with TV hero Schimanski (Tatort) |
| Otto – Der Film | Xaver Schwarzenberger | Otto Waalkes | Comedy | a.k.a. Otto: The Movie |
| Red Heat | Robert Collector | Linda Blair, Sylvia Kristel, Elisabeth Volkmann | Exploitation | West German-American co-production |
| Richy Guitar | Michael Laux | Die Ärzte | Coming of Age, Music | |
| Seduction: The Cruel Woman | Elfi Mikesch, Monika Treut | Mechthild Großmann, Udo Kier | Drama | |
| The Snowman | Peter F. Bringmann | Marius Müller-Westernhagen, Polly Eltes, Towje Kleiner | Action thriller | |
| Die Spur der anderen | Daniel Christoff | Manfred Zapatka, Nicole Heesters | Drama | |
| Sugarbaby | Percy Adlon | Marianne Sägebrecht | Comedy | |
| Tokyo-Ga | Wim Wenders | Documentary | ||
| Westler | Wieland Speck | Rainer Strecker, Detlev Kügow | Drama | |
| Wodzeck | Oliver Herbrich | Detlev Kügow | Drama | Entered into the 14th Moscow International Film Festival |
1986
1987
1988
| Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| A.D.A.M. | Herbert Ballmann | Désirée Nosbusch, Helmut Berger | Comedy | |
| The Adventures of Baron Munchausen | Terry Gilliam | John Neville, Sarah Polley, Eric Idle, Jonathan Pryce, Oliver Reed, Uma Thurman, Robin Williams | Fantasy adventure | British-American-West German co-production |
| Anna | Frank Strecker | Silvia Seidel, Patrick Bach, Anton Diffring | Musical | Sequel of the TV miniseries Anna |
| Autumn Milk | Joseph Vilsmaier | Dana Vávrová, Werner Stocker | Drama | |
| Bei Thea | Dominik Graf | Hannes Jaenicke, Marianne Hoppe, Ida Ehre | Drama | |
| Beule | Ralf Gregan | Diether Krebs, Peter Bongartz, Dirk Dautzenberg, Towje Kleiner, Ursula Karven, Oliver Stritzel | Comedy | |
| The Bomb | Christian Görlitz | Michael Degen, Rolf Becker, Matthias Fuchs, Rosel Zech | Thriller, Disaster | |
| The Boss from the West | Vivian Naefe | Barbara Auer, Alexander Radszun | Comedy | |
| Burning Beds | Pia Frankenberg | Ian Dury, Pia Frankenberg | Comedy | |
| Burning Secret | Andrew Birkin | Klaus Maria Brandauer, Faye Dunaway | Drama | West German-British co-production |
| The Case of Mr. Spalt | René Perraudin | Otto Sander, Katharina Thalbach, Rolf Zacher | Comedy | |
| The Cat | Dominik Graf | Götz George, Gudrun Landgrebe, Heinz Hoenig, Ralf Richter | Crime thriller | |
| The Commander | Antonio Margheriti | Lewis Collins, Lee Van Cleef, Donald Pleasence | Action | Italian-West German co-production |
| The Curse | Ralf Huettner | Dominic Raacke, Barbara May | Horror | |
| Cycling the Frame | Cynthia Beatt | Tilda Swinton | Short | |
| A Father's Revenge | John Herzfeld | Brian Dennehy, Ron Silver, Joanna Cassidy, Christoph M. Ohrt | Thriller | American-West German co-production |
| Faust | Dieter Dorn | Helmut Griem, Romuald Pekny, Sunnyi Melles, Cornelia Froboess | Drama | |
| Felix | Margarethe von Trotta, Helma Sanders-Brahms, Helke Sander, Christel Buschmann | Ulrich Tukur | Comedy | |
| Fifty-Fifty | Peter Timm | Heinz Hoenig, Dominique Horwitz, Suzanne von Borsody | Comedy | |
| The French as Seen by... | Werner Herzog | Short film | ||
| Hanussen | István Szabó | Klaus Maria Brandauer, Erland Josephson | Drama | West German-Hungarian co-production |
| Hell Hunters | Ernst R. von Theumer | Maud Adams, Stewart Granger, George Lazenby | Exploitation | a.k.a. Rage to Kill. West German-American co-production |
| Incident at Twilight | August Everding | Mario Adorf, Horst Bollmann | Crime | a.k.a. One Autumn Evening |
| Judgment in Berlin | Leo Penn | Martin Sheen, Sam Wanamaker, Jutta Speidel, Heinz Hoenig | Drama | American-West German co-production |
| The Kiss of the Tiger | Petra Haffter | Beate Jensen, Stéphane Ferrara | Thriller | West German-French co-production |
| Der Krähenbaum | Frank Guthke | Holger Hartung, Christoph Wendelmuth, Florian Schmidt-Foß, Ilona Grübel, Ruth Hausmeister | War | |
| Linie 1 | Reinhard Hauff | Inka Groetschel, Rainer Strecker | Musical | |
| Der Lockspitzel | Michael Lähn | Tilo Prückner, Vadim Glowna | Crime | |
| Love and Fear | Margarethe von Trotta | Fanny Ardant, Greta Scacchi, Valeria Golino | Drama | French-Italian-West German co-production. Entered into the 1988 Cannes Film Festival |
| Man spricht deutsh | Hanns Christian Müller | Gerhard Polt, Gisela Schneeberger, Dieter Hildebrandt, Werner Schneyder, Pamela Prati, Enzo Cannavale | Comedy | |
| Me and Him | Doris Dörrie | Griffin Dunne, Ellen Greene | Comedy | West German-American co-production |
| Midnight Cop | Peter Patzak | Morgan Fairchild, Armin Mueller-Stahl, Michael York, Frank Stallone | Thriller | |
| Mother's Mask | Christoph Schlingensief | Karl Friedrich Mews, Helge Schneider, Udo Kier | Drama | |
| Nekromantik | Jörg Buttgereit | Daktari Lorenz, Beatrice Manowski | Horror | |
| Ödipussi | Loriot | Loriot, Evelyn Hamann | Comedy | |
| An Odd Couple | Peter Keglevic | Judy Winter, Diego Wallraff, Karl Michael Vogler | Drama | |
| The Passenger – Welcome to Germany | Thomas Brasch | Tony Curtis, Katharina Thalbach, Matthias Habich | Drama | Entered into the 1988 Cannes Film Festival |
| Pizza Express | Vivian Naefe | Bettina Kupfer, August Zirner, Hannelore Elsner | Crime comedy | |
| Plaza Real | Herbert Vesely | Mia Nygren, Jon Finch | Drama | |
| The Post Office Girl | Édouard Molinaro | Évelyne Bouix, Mario Adorf, Niels Arestrup, Vera Tschechowa | Drama | French-West German co-production |
| Red Roses for a Call Girl | Bobby A. Suarez | Maria Isabel Lopez, Robert Marius, Werner Pochath, Julia Kent, Manfred Seipold | Drama | a.k.a. Rose Tattoo a.k.a. Manila Tattoo. Philippine-West German co-production |
| Schmetterlinge | Wolfgang Becker | Bertram von Boxberg | Drama | a.k.a. Butterflies |
| Schön war die Zeit | Klaus Gietinger, Leo Hiemer | Gottfried John, Edgar Selge, Ewa Błaszczyk | Drama | |
| Singles | Eckehard Ziedrich | Helmut Zierl, Claudia Demarmels | Comedy | |
| Sleepless Nights | Marcel Gisler | Rudolf Nadler | Drama | |
| Starke Zeiten | Otto Retzer, Rolf Olsen, Sigi Rothemund | Dey Young, David Hasselhoff, Michael Winslow, Rudi Carrell, Hans-Joachim Kulenkampff, Karl Dall | Comedy, Anthology film | a.k.a. Strong Times |
| Stowaways on the Ark | Wolfgang Urchs | — | Animated | |
| Three D | Sönke Wortmann | Michael Schreiner, Katharina Müller-Elmau | Comedy | |
| Das Traumauto | Hajo Gies | Ralf Komorr, Maria Ketikidou, Klaus Herm, Erich Bar, Elisabeth Volkmann, Towje Kleiner | Comedy | |
| The Venus Trap | Robert van Ackeren | Sonja Kirchberger, Hanns Zischler, Myriem Roussel, Horst-Günter Marx | Comedy | |
| Das Viereck | Oliver Storz | Iris Berben, Towje Kleiner, Michael Roll, Monika Schwarz | Comedy | |
| Virgin Machine | Monika Treut | Ina Blum | Drama | |
| The Vulture Wally | Walter Bockmayer | Samy Orfgen, Elisabeth Volkmann, Ralph Morgenstern, Joy Fleming | Comedy | |
| Why Is There Salt in the Sea? | Peter Beauvais | Nicolin Kunz, Siemen Rühaak | Drama | |
| Das Winterhaus | Hilde Lermann | Marita Breuer, Rüdiger Vogler, Werner Kreindl, Elfriede Rückert | Drama | |
| Wohin? | Herbert Achternbusch | Gabi Geist, Josef Bierbichler, Kurt Raab | Drama | |
| Yasemin | Hark Bohm | Ayse Romey, Uwe Bohm | Drama | |
| Year of the Turtle | Ute Wieland | Heinz Bennent, Karina Fallenstein | Drama | |
1989
References
- ↑ "Girls - Die kleinen Aufreisserinnen". Filmportal.de. Retrieved January 1, 2014.
- ↑ "Item Display". Collections Canada. Retrieved January 1, 2014.
- ↑ "Die Spaziergängerin von Sans Souci". Filmportal.de. Retrieved December 29, 2013.
- ↑ "La PASSANTE DU SANS SOUCI". BFI Film & Television Database. British Film Institute. Archived from the original on February 5, 2009. Retrieved December 29, 2013.
- ↑ "Le Nom de la rose" (in French). Bifi.fr. Archived from the original on January 18, 2015. Retrieved January 18, 2015.
- ↑ Tobey, Matthew. "The Name of the Rose". AllMovie. Retrieved January 18, 2015.
- ↑ "Der Name der Rose" (in French). filmportal.de. Retrieved January 18, 2015.
- ↑ "Top 10 Films 1987". Screen International. 1988. p. 40.
External links
- German film at the Internet Movie Database (maintains separate lists for West Germany and East Germany)
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