Zdf Movies

Fragmented stories about the big city, loneliness and the need to communicate.

Sarajevo, late June 1914: A Serbian nationalist shoots the Austro-Hungarian heir to the throne and his wife. A few weeks later, war raged in Europe wi...

Joe Müller, a single father, is electrified: in front of him stands an outraged woman who insults him badly. Still, he falls in love. As it turns out:...

Monopoly is the most famous board game in the world. It brought capitalism to the game board and made haggling over roads and train stations socially...

Lullabies are our first connection to the world – a universal experience we all share, yet it remains deeply personal. "Can you recall a song that you...

Filmed just over a century after the first tank battle in 1918, this documentary series explores how the vehicles forever changed warfare.

Johannes tracks down insurance fraudsters, but he himself is a cunning deceiver...

Newly retired Chief Inspector Kovak returns to a small village near Greifswald, where a gruesome crime took place 20 years ago. He was unable to solve...

The fate of a religious and a young woman intertwine when they both suffer the loss of a loved one.

Under the baton of Jordi Savall, the Concert des Nations orchestra and La Capella Nacional de Catalunya choir perform Mozart's Requiem on period instr...

Travelling salesman Gregor Samsa wakes to find that he's been transformed into a giant insect. This particular Franz Kafka adaptation is seen from Gre...

In 1988, Cynthia Beatt and the young Tilda Swinton embarked on a filmic journey along the Berlin Wall into little-known territory. The film is now an...