Ellen Plessow Movies

Once upon a time there was Frederick, a clever and hardworking man, and his wife Catherine, who, though well-meaning, was not exactly the brightest....

Mecklenburg, 19th century. For generations, the Brand family of farmers has worked a piece of land as tenants of the baron, who owns almost all of...

A story about a group of children in German town of Bahrenburg who are trying to build themselves a swimming pool.

French milliner Yvette has a small fashion salon in Düsseldorf. The young gentlemen of society fall at her feet, but she is not accepted into...

Three friends who are broke decide to found a film production company. When they start shooting their first film chaos arises...

When Prince Vain got his shirt fixed, he proclaims that he had slain two lizards in front of the tailor's house - "two in one strike". When the...

A banker who had fallen out with his family stipulated in his will that his fortune should only pass to the person in possession of the five keys he...

After the death of his parents, Anton pursues a career at the Schröter trading house in Breslau. He meets Sabine, the boss's sister, befriends...

Post-war Germany: Like so many other women, Gerda Krause has lost her husband during the war and has to fend for herself and her two children. She...

On his travels, Paul, a journeyman from northern Germany, runs into a childhood friend, Lisei, a puppeteer's daughter. They fall in love and get...

While staying with her aunt at a fashionable spa, Else receives an unexpected telegram from her mother, begging her to save her father from...