Post war germany movies and TV shows
The list contains the best, new and most relevant post war germany movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out captivating, serious, tense, disturbing, bleak and realistic films and TV shows about / with post war germany, world war two, post war, nazi, nazi germany, german history, holocaust, war, family relations and female nudity plots mostly in Drama, History and War genres shot in Germany, USA, West Germany and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as post war germany: Line of Separation (2015), The Defeated (2020), Labyrinth of Lies (2014), Our Miracle Years (2020), The Aftermath (2019), Sources of Life (2013), A Woman in Berlin (2008), Wolf Children (2013), Germany Pale Mother (1980), The Turncoat (2020).
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Genre: Drama, History
Country: Germany, Czech Republic
Duration: 92 min.
TV show
Story:
Spring 1945, just before Germany's zero hour. In Tannbach, a fanatical band of Nazi soldiers stages one last murderous attack on their fellow citizens before the arrival of the Americans, who finally end the war. It is an uneasy peace, however, ...
Style:
harsh, rough, psychological, suspenseful, captivating ...
Plot:
post war germany, cold war, world war two, post war, military, social differences, murder, wartime, social problems, society, separation, nazi germany ...
Time:
post world war two, year 1961, 20th century, 1940s, 1950s
Place:
east germany, germany, bavaria
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Genre: Drama, History, Thriller
Country: France, Germany, Canada
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story:
Max McLaughlin is an American cop who arrives in Berlin in the summer of 1946 to help create a police force in the chaotic aftermath of the war.
Style:
thought provoking, serious, captivating, suspenseful, tense ...
Plot:
post war germany, nazism, police protagonist, demolished city, murder investigation, world war two, state affairs, secret police, betrayal, love and romance, resistance, danger ...
Time:
1940s, 20th century, year 1946, post world war two
Place:
berlin germany
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Genre: Drama, History
Country: Germany
Duration: 124 min.
Story:
A young prosecutor in postwar West Germany investigates a massive conspiracy to cover up the Nazi pasts of prominent public figures.
Style:
disturbing, serious, realistic, captivating, heartbreaking ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
holocaust, lawyer, nazi, prosecutor, post war germany, ex nazi, nazi war criminal, idealism, world war two, genocide, holocaust survivor, investigation ...
Time:
post world war two, 20th century, 1950s, year 1958, year 1963 ...
Place:
germany, frankfurt germany, west germany, berlin germany
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: Germany
Duration: 270 min.
TV show
Story:
In a politically, morally and economically destroyed country, three sisters of an industrialist family in post-war Germany reinvent themselves and set the course for their future.
Style:
period piece, disturbing, captivating
Plot:
post war germany, post war, world war two, family life, tragic romance, unrequited love, cold war, war, social class, panic attack, family relations, factory owner ...
Time:
post world war two, 1940s, 1950s, 20th century, 50s
Place:
berlin germany, west germany, germany
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Genre: Drama, Romance, War
Country: USA, Germany, United Arab Emirates
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
In the aftermath of World War II, a British colonel and his wife are assigned to live in Hamburg during the post-war reconstruction, but tensions arise with the German widower who lives with them.
Style:
philosophical, realistic, melancholic, serious, romantic ...
Audience:
chick flick, boys' night
Plot:
post war germany, extramarital affair, unfaithful wife, cheating wife, husband wife relationship, adultery, horny wife, infidelity, love hate relationship, world war two, love triangle, cheating on husband ...
Time:
post world war two, 1940s, year 1945, year 2019, year 1942 ...
Place:
hamburg germany, alps, london, northern germany
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Germany
Duration: 174 min.
Story:
This is a family story that covers thirty years in the life of the Freytag family (narrated by the grandson, Robert). When his grandfather returns from Russia in 1949, he becomes part of the German "economic miracle" by producing garden ...
Style:
romantic, captivating
Plot:
post war germany, lesbian relationship, husband wife relationship, father son relationship, generation, infidelity, family problems, relationships, family relations, post war, marital problem, love and romance ...
Time:
post world war two, 1940s, 70s, 60s, 1950s ...
Place:
germany
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History, War
Country: Germany, Poland
Duration: 131 min.
Story:
A nameless woman keeps a diary as the Russians invade Berlin in the spring of 1945. She is in her early 30s, a patriotic journalist with international credentials; her husband, Gerd, a writer, is an officer at the Russian front. She speaks Russian ...
Style:
realistic, bleak, serious, disturbing, sincere ...
Plot:
world war two, female nudity, war, rape, sexual abuse, forced sexual contact, brutal rape, war crime, brutality, post war germany, military, women ...
Time:
year 1945, year 2008, 20th century, 1940s, post world war two
Place:
germany, berlin germany, europe, east germany, west germany ...
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Genre: Drama, History
Country: Germany
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
The story of a boy who, driven by the search for his lost brother in the turmoil of WWII, joins a group of children in order to survive the chaos of post-war anarchy in the haunted forests of Lithuania.
Style:
suspense, psychological, disturbing, captivating
Plot:
post war germany, world war two, post war, children, coming of age, survival, child, teenager, kids in trouble, orphan, brothers, teenage life ...
Time:
post world war two, year 1946
Place:
europe
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History, War
Country: Germany
Duration: 270 min.
TV show
Story:
The Krupps were one of Germany's most powerful and controversial families until their downfall.
Style:
captivating, historical drama
Plot:
world war two, post war germany, world war one, family business, family relations, nazi germany, industry, male female relationship, historical figure, relationships, wartime, war ...
Time:
20th century
Place:
germany
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Genre: Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 100 min.
TV show
Story:
Ku’damm 56 is a German television trilogy about the 50s youth generation in the period between the end of World War II and the German Wirtschaftswunder.
Style:
saga, sincere, thought provoking, captivating, family saga ...
Plot:
post war germany, dance school, rock and roll, musician, sister sister relationship, mother daughter relationship, lifestyle, family relations, overprotective parent, family life, sisters, teenage rebellion ...
Time:
1950s, year 1956, 20th century, 50s
Place:
germany, berlin germany, west berlin west germany, west germany
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Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: West Germany
Duration: 152 min.
Story:
Germany 1939. Hans and Lene marry the day before the war breaks out, and Hans is sent to the Eastern front. During a bombing raid their daughter Anna is born. The house is destroyed and Lene and Anna moves in with relatives in Berlin. Hans survives ...
Style:
art house, realistic, serious, gloomy, bleak ...
Plot:
world war two, post war germany, german history, nazi germany, german woman, drunkenness, motherhood, lonely, world war, art, woman, anti war ...
Time:
1940s, post world war two, 1930s, year 1939
Place:
germany, europe, berlin germany, west germany
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Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: Germany
Duration: 43 min.
TV show
Story:
Directed by Academy Award-winner Florian Gallenberger from Sigefried Lenz's international bestseller, "Der Überläufer" is set in the summer of 1944. German soldier Walter Proska is about to return to the Eastern Front when his train ...
Style:
psychological, suspenseful, suspense, unusual plot structure, captivating ...
Plot:
world war two, german soldier, partisan, nazi germany, pow, eastern front, defector, political repression, nazi occupied poland, border crossing, swamp, jail ...
Time:
1940s, year 1945, year 1956, post world war two, year 1944
Place:
berlin germany, east berlin, germany, hamburg germany
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Genre: Biography, Drama, Thriller
Country: Germany
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
It is the late 1950s. Flourishing under the economic miracle, Germany grows increasingly apathetic about confronting the horrors of its recent past. Nevertheless, Fritz Bauer doggedly devotes his energies to bringing the Third Reich to justice. One ...
Style:
suspense, tense, suspenseful, disturbing, rough ...
Audience:
chick flick, boys' night
Plot:
nazi, war criminal, mossad, shoah, holocaust, courtroom, nazi hunter, nazi war criminal, world war two, attorney, gay affair, death threat ...
Time:
1950s, 60s, 20th century, 50s
Place:
germany, west germany, buenos aires argentina, jerusalem, israel ...
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Genre: Drama, History, Music, Romance
Country: Germany, Poland
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
A disfigured concentration-camp survivor, unrecognizable after facial reconstruction surgery, searches ravaged postwar Berlin for the husband who might have betrayed her to the Nazis.
Style:
psychological, atmospheric, noir, neo noir, social ...
Plot:
husband wife relationship, world war two, nazi, hospital, brutality, holocaust, haunted by the past, genocide, surgery, survivor, violence against women, holocaust survivor ...
Time:
1940s, year 1943, 20th century, year 1938, year 1944 ...
Place:
europe, berlin germany, west germany, switzerland, tel aviv israel ...
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Genre: Biography, Drama, Romance, Thriller, War
Country: Germany, Italy, USA
Duration: 189 min.
Story:
Inspired by real events and spanning three eras of German history, film tells the story of Kurt, a young art student who falls in love with fellow student, Ellie. Ellie’s father, Professor Seeband, a famous doctor, is dismayed at his daughter’s ...
Style:
suspense, sensual, exciting, captivating, sincere ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
painter, art gallery, nazi, artist, nazism, berlin wall, sex scene, female pubic hair, forced abortion, romantic relationship, pregnancy, world war two ...
Time:
1950s, 1940s, 1930s, year 1948, 20th century ...
Place:
east germany, berlin germany, germany, west berlin west germany, west germany ...
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Genre: Drama, History
Country: Germany
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Its 1959. German Public Prosecutor Bauer is convinced he has found the long sought Nazi criminal Adolf Eichmann in Argentina. This tense drama shows his struggle to have him brought to justice against the power jielded by old Nazi functionaries in ...
Style:
serious, historical drama, bleak, tense, period piece ...
Plot:
mossad, post war germany, investigation, justice, cold war, realism, legal battle, biopic, nazi, courtroom, conspiracy, investigative journalism ...
Time:
1950s, 50s
Place:
west germany
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Genre: Drama, War
Country: Soviet Union, East Germany
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
May of 1945. Soviet soldiers conducting an operation to rescue the children in a small town in the territory of Germany.
Style:
historical drama, period piece, bleak, atmospheric, melancholic
Audience:
kids
Plot:
world war two, children, realism, post war germany, rescue mission, survival, military operation, duty, loss, trauma, small town, hopes ...
Time:
1940s
Place:
berlin germany, germany
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Genre: Drama, History
Country: West Germany
Duration: 55 min.
Story:
Not Reconciled, the title of the Straubs’ first feature-length film, is engraved on their work like an inscription. It is a story about the continuity and collapse of history, the power of suppression, and the terror of reconciliation; loyalty, ...
Style:
historical drama, family saga, serious, period piece, bleak ...
Plot:
guilt, reconciliation, german history, betrayal, memory, suppression, family secret, post war germany, moral ambiguity, revenge, symbolism, loyalty ...
Time:
20th century, 1940s, 1950s, 50s
Place:
germany
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Genre: Action, Adventure
Country: Germany
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
It's the greatest myth of the German post-war era: The Amber Room. Since its disappearance in 1945 from Koenigsberg Castle, legions of treasure hunters have tried and failed to find the room. It is said that Physics genius, Albert Einstein hid ...
Style:
exciting, captivating, entertaining, thrilling, suspenseful ...
Plot:
treasure hunter, lost treasure, treasure hunt, archaeologist, treasure, hidden treasure, grave robber, archaeology, technology, treasure map, secret, post war germany ...
Place:
munich germany
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Genre: Adventure, Crime, Family, History
Country: Germany, Austria
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
The story of Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn, placed in the years right after the Second World War in Germany. A tale about friendship and courage.
Style:
period piece, sentimental, educational, teen
Audience:
family friendly
Plot:
courage, friendship, coming of age, childhood, post war germany, small town, unhappiness, loyalty, adaptation, bonding, community, innocence lost ...
Time:
1940s
Place:
bavaria
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Genre: Drama, History
Country: Germany
Duration: 58 min.
TV show
Story:
Follow Eva Bruhns, a fun-loving, naive and smitten twenty four-year-old who's life takes an unexpected turn when she is hired as a translator for the Frankfurt Auschwitz trials.
Style:
historical drama, exciting, realistic, thrilling, serious ...
Plot:
female protagonist, courtroom drama, trial, world war two, world war, confronting the past, war crime, holocaust, woman, court, courtroom, legal action ...
Time:
year 1963, 60s, 1950s
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Genre: Drama, History, Thriller
Country: Israel, Germany
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
Germany 1945, Max, a Jewish Holocaust survivor, meets a radical group of Jewish resistance fighters, who, like him, lost all hope for their future after they were robbed of their existence and their entire families were killed by the Nazis. They ...
Style:
suspenseful, historical drama, psychological, suspense, disturbing ...
Plot:
holocaust, saboteur, jew persecution, revenge, secret mission, world war two, jewish life, diversion, holocaust survivor, jewish history, loss of family, ethical dilemma ...
Time:
1940s
Place:
germany
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: Germany
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Biopic charting the career of legendary German footballer Franz Beckenbauer who won the World Cup as a player in 1974, and then as the West German team's coach in 1990. Taking place against the backdrop of the stunning global tournaments, the ...
Style:
captivating, thrilling, psychological, inspirational, historical drama ...
Plot:
soccer, football, ambition, football team, triumph, biopic, football player, soccer coach, historical figure, life, athlete's life, sport team ...
Time:
80s, 70s, 90s
Place:
germany, west germany
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Genre: Adventure, Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 182 min.
Story:
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Style:
historical drama, inspirational, emotional, realistic, tension ...
Plot:
heroism, survival, hopes, rescue attempt, courage, underground, coal mine, teamwork, working class, grief, tragedy, loss ...
Time:
60s
Place:
west germany
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: West Germany
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
Near the end of World War II, Maria marries Hermann, who is immediately sent off to battle. When the war concludes, Maria believes that Hermann is dead. She starts working at an Allied bar, where she meets American soldier Bill. They start a ...
Style:
emotional, psychological, thought provoking, touching, surreal ...
Plot:
marriage, world war two, female nudity, wartime life, lovers reunited, infidelity, rise to the top, couples, life is a bitch, battle of the sexes, couple relations, love and romance ...
Time:
1940s, post world war two, 1950s, year 1979, 20th century ...
Place:
berlin germany, europe, germany, west germany, canada
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Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Four young women travel to their college professor's new country home for a weekend getaway, only to discover that the house has a malevolent past.
Style:
creepy, psychological thriller, gothic, controversial, scary ...
Plot:
family secret, overprotective father, cover up, claustrophobia, isolated house, supernatural horror, haunted house, psychological trauma, murder mystery, moral ambiguity, paranormal, haunting ...
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History, Thriller, War
Country: USA, Hungary
Duration: 148 min.
Story:
In postwar Germany, an American psychiatrist must determine whether Nazi prisoners are fit to go on trial for war crimes, and finds himself in a complex battle of intellect and ethics with Hermann Göring, Hitler's right-hand man.
Style:
historical drama, thought provoking, psychological thriller, intense, tense ...
Plot:
psychiatrist, manipulation, ethical dilemma, ethics, character study, moral ambiguity, evil, world war two, courtroom, courtroom drama, obsession, interrogation ...
Time:
1940s, year 1947, post world war two, year 1946, year 1945
Place:
germany, austria, washington d.c.
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Genre: Biography, Drama, Music
Country: Germany
Duration: 137 min.
Story:
A biography of Hildegard Knef, one of Germany's biggest post-war stars.
Style:
serious, realistic, captivating, sentimental, atmospheric ...
Plot:
world war two, music, post war, nazi germany, older man younger woman relationship, musician's life, artists and showbiz, performer's life, rise and fall, desire for fame, showbiz, follow your dream ...
Time:
1940s, 20th century, 60s, 50s, 1950s
Place:
berlin germany, germany, europe
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: West Germany
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
Germany in the autumn of 1957: Lola, a seductive cabaret singer-prostitute exults in her power as a temptress of men, but she wants out—she wants money, property, and love. Pitting a corrupt building contractor against the new straight-arrow ...
Style:
art house, realistic, tense, stylized, sexual ...
Plot:
nymph, prostitution, brothel, prostitute, sex, cabaret singer, crazy love, capitalism, cabaret, femme fatale, small town, bourgeoisie ...
Time:
year 1981, 50s, 20th century, 1950s, 1930s ...
Place:
germany, west germany, bavaria, europe, berlin germany
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, War
Country: Germany, Luxembourg, Belgium, France
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
David Berman and his friends, all Holocaust survivors, have only one purpose: to go to America as soon as possible. For this they need money. Close to his aim, David is not only deprived of his savings but also overtaken by his shady past.
Style:
captivating, semi serious, realistic, humorous
Plot:
concentration camp, door to door salesman, anti semitism, holocaust survivor, interrogation, haunted by the past, judaism, german history, war, genocide, reading a newspaper aloud, flashback ...
Time:
year 1946
Place:
frankfurt germany
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