The subject of this historical drama is a splintering Berlin in the years of 1948 and 1949. Played against the backdrop of social upheaval, the characters in the drama come to epitomize the best and worst of each pole of the political sphere. A 17-year-old hoodlum by the name of Gladow works hand-in-glove with a local white-collar criminal to rob and pillage every day and night, defying capture. While he and his gang of thugs are terrorizing the people of Berlin, the Soviets are trying to make the blockade of their region of control impermeable. The future casts long shadows over the drama, as Berlin's problems take the shape of times to come.

1939年8月31日，格莱维茨事件爆发。当日，一支身穿波兰军装的德国党卫军冒充波军，袭击了德国边境的格莱维茨电台，并发表对德国的侮辱性讲话。随后，全德各电台都广播了“德国遭到了波兰突然袭击”的消息，希特勒以此为借口，签署入侵波兰的第一号作战命令，并于次日发动了对波兰的入侵。

An unemployed ex-bureaucrat by day becomes mentor to two young vigilantes at night.
Paths in the Night is a dramatic work shot in haunting black and white. Set against the backdrop of post-unification Germany, the film explores the breakdown of relations in a decaying social structure.

Eduard and Charlotte live an isolated and idyllic life together. But soon Eduard feels that something is missing and he invites his friend Otto to come stay. Charlotte, meanwhile, decides that her foster daughter Ottilie should come live with them. Complex and passionate relationships between the four people begin. Based on Goethe's novel of the same title.

改编文学之作，这改编对象是因敢言而长期被监视的著名东德女作家Christa Wolf。故事设于1950年代末，女主角丽塔毕业在即被派往电车厂工作，了解劳动生活。在那里，她爱上了比她年长十年的化学家。可惜好恋不常，男朋友因事业失意决定投奔西柏林，令丽塔进退两难。禾斯夫用上前卫的意识流手法，以倒叙方式道出丽塔的经历，藉以对共产理念与实行提出大胆的批判，此片亦因此被誉为“第一部呈现东德觉醒的作品”。

1982 film by Rainer Werner Fassbinder