TV-Zweiteiler um eine Liebe in den Kriegs- und Nachkriegswirren bis zum Mauerbau. Nach dem gleichnamigen Roman von Peter Prange. Barbara Reichenbach und ihre Familie haben ein Schicksal, wie es nirgends sonst auf der Welt zu finden ist - außer in Deutschland. Die Geschichte beginnt im Oktober 1944 und endet im Oktober 1990, und sie spiegelt den Weg des geteilten Landes wieder. Barbaras Familie wird nach dem Krieg auseinander gerissen und kann erst ein halbes Jahrhundert später wieder richtig zusammenfinden. Für Barbara geht es um die Entscheidung zwischen Vernunft und Verlangen: zwischen ihrem Ehemann Alex, einem ehemaligen Leutnant, der im Ruhrgebiet ein erfolgreicher Manager wird, und Mischa, dem geheimnisvollen Offizier, der in die Machtzentren der Sowjetunion aufsteigt...

Bauamtsleiter Otto Schlegel war mit seiner Geliebten Renate auf Spritztour in Italien - mit dem Dienstwagen. Dank eines Knöllchens aus Bella Italia ist die Lokalpresse dahintergekommen und kocht den Fall hoch. Bereichsleiter Brenner soll die Wogen glätten, dabei ist er Renates Ehemann…

2000 television film directed by Vera Loebner

17-year-old Traudel flees the orphanage she has to live in, in order to venture to Berlin.

1990 film by Hark Bohm

Gibbi Westgermany is the name of a former sailor with a Mick Jagger look—leather jacket over the bare chest—who roams the Hamburg neighborhood St. Pauli homeless. His destination is a snack bar in St. Pauli run by his mother. But it is not the safe haven he is looking for.

1966 film by Joachim Hasler

2005 film by Sabine Michel

The "Concordia" trading company in Würzburg is a secret headquarters of the MID, a secret service agency of the US Army. For years, espionage, sabotage, and diversion operations originated from here in order to undermine the Socialist Republic of Germany. A favorable moment for a military attack approaches and plans are developed. These plans are placed in the hands of Major Collins, who keeps them in a safe. Hansen has worked for him for many years, but also for the Stasi as a double agent. Security Chief Colonel Rock knows there is a leak, but Hansen has passed every test thrown at him. He is trying to deal with his current assignment: acquiring the plans so they can be made public. His mission is to get them out of the safe and into the GDR without getting caught.

A commercial artist with a lisp chooses silence, unexpectedly propelling his career. His perceived innovation leads to rapid advancement in an ad agency. Mueller-Stahl shines in this biting critique of East German workplace culture.

1988 film

"Two neighbors--Paula, a single woman with two children, and Paul, a conservative bureaucrat stuck in a loveless marriage--begin to fall in love. The free-spirited Paula tries to liberate Paul from his complacent life, but it's not until tragedy and heartaches beset them both that he begins to fully appreciate her love. But is it too late?"--Container