List of Films Set in Berlin - 1960s

1960s

1960
  • We Cellar Children (Wir Kellerkinder), 1960 - about people in postwar Berlin, their careers during the Wirtschaftswunder and what they did before 1945 during the Nazi era. Directed by Hans-Joachim Wiedermann.
  • Am grünen Strand der Spree, 1960 - five friends meet in a bar in postwar Berlin and share their experiences during World War II. Directed by Fritz Umgelter.
1961
  • One, Two, Three, 1961 - Cold War before The Wall, comedy by Billy Wilder.
  • Zwei unter Millionen, 1961 - a love story in Berlin shortly before the Berlin Wall ist built. Directed by Wieland Liebske and Victor Vicas.
1962
  • The Tunnel, 1962 - Acclaimed NBC documentary about an escape tunnel under the Berlin Wall, by Reuven Frank.
  • The Bread of Those Early Years (Das Brot der frühen Jahre), 1962 - telling the story of a young man in West Berlin during the Wirtschaftswunder. Directed by Herbert Vesely.
  • Escape from East Berlin, 1962 - drama about a group of people from East Berlin who dig a tunnel under Berlin Wall to take refuge in West Berlin. Directed by Robert Siodmak.
  • Her Most Beautiful Day (Ihr schönster Tag), 1962 - a typical feisty female concierge in Berlin has to learn that her own children do not prosper as desired. Directed by Paul Verhoeven.
  • The Punch to the Jaw (Der Kinnhaken), 1962 - a woman lives in East Berlin and works in a West Berlin bar when the Wall is built in 1961. Directed by Heinz Thiel.
  • ...und Deine Liebe auch, 1962 - two friends love the same girl. One of them is working as an electrician in East Berlin, the other is a cab driver in West Berlin. When the Wall is built, the girl has to make a decision. Directed by Frank Vogel.
1963
  • The Endless Night (Die endlose Nacht), 1963 - six people are stuck at Berlin Tempelhof Airport because of deep fog. Directed by Will Tremper.
1964
  • Emil and the Detectives, 1964 - Adventure film directed by Peter Tewksbury, based on the novel Emil and the Detectives by Erich Kästner.
  • Wolf unter Wölfen, 1964 - the four-part movie based on the novel Wolf Among Wolves by Hans Fallada describes the Hyperinflation in the Weimar Republic in 1923 which led to widespread unemployment, homelessness, starvation and rioting in Berlin. Directed by Hans-Joachim Kasprzik.
  • Gigant Berlin, 1964 - documentary movie about West Berlin made 1957-1963, showing the building of Berlin Wall, and John F. Kennedy and Marlene Dietrich visiting the cosmopolitan city. Directed by Leo de Laforgue.
1965
  • The Spy Who Came in from the Cold, 1965 - Cold War classic set on both sides of The Wall, from the book by John le Carré, directed by Martin Ritt.
  • Karl Liebknecht (Part 1: Solange Leben in mir ist, 1965; Part 2: Trotz alledem!, 1972) - two part film about the German Communist leader Karl Liebknecht. Directed by Günter Reisch.
  • Born in '45 (Jahrgang '45), 1965 - a young couple from Prenzlauer Berg tries to get a divorce. He drifts through the city while she suffers from separation. Directed by Jürgen Böttcher and first shown in 1990.
  • Berlin um die Ecke, 1965 - about conflicts between young and old metal workers in East Berlin. Directed by Gerhard Klein and first shown in 1990.
1966
  • Funeral in Berlin, 1966 - Spy film from the book by Len Deighton starring Michael Caine, directed by Guy Hamilton.
  • The Quiller Memorandum, a 1966 spy film starring George Segal, directed by Michael Anderson.
  • Torn Curtain, 1966 - Cold War thriller set in East Berlin, directed by Alfred Hitchcock.
  • Playgirl, 1966 - About a model discovering Berlins nightlife. By Will Tremper.
  • Ganovenehre, 1966 - comedy about the panderer and crime environment in 1925 Berlin during the Weimar Republic. Directed by Wolfgang Staudte.
1967
  • Ein Lord am Alexanderplatz, 1967 - telling the story of a marriage swindler and his daughter in Berlin during the time when the Alexanderplatz was rebuilt and the Fernsehturm was erected. Directed by Günter Reisch.
  • Der tapfere Schulschwänzer, 1967 - a schoolboy in East Berlin decides to skip school, incidentally discovers a fire, alerts the fire department but runs off before they can note down his personal data. The firefighters manage to save two infants from burning and search for the young hero. Directed by Winfried Junge.
  • Hallo, Du altes Spreeathen, 1967 - musical revue about an elderly Berlin organ grinder and his daughter visiting goddess Luna, with many famous songs paying homage to the city. Directed by Wernfried Hübel.
1968
  • I Was Nineteen (Ich war neunzehn), 1968 - A nineteen-year-old Red Army soldier's experiences as the Soviets advance into Berlin at the close of World War II, directed by Konrad Wolf.
  • A Dandy in Aspic, a 1968 espionage film set in East and West Berlin, directed by Anthony Mann.
  • The Wicked Dreams of Paula Schultz, 1968 - Cold War spy farce about an Olympic athlete who defects. Director George Marshall.
  • Berliner Antigone, 1968 - during World War II a young woman is sentenced to death at Plötzensee Prison by the People's Court because she stole the dead body of her insurgent brother from the Anatomic Institute to bury him secretly. Based on the novel by Rolf Hochhuth and directed by Rainer Wolffhardt.
  • Quartet in Bed (Quartett im Bett), 1968 - nonsense movie about the 1968 bohemian society in Kreuzberg district. Directed by Ulrich Schamoni.

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