List of Films Set in Berlin - 1970s

1970s

1970
  • Gentlemen in White Vests (Die Herren mit der weißen Weste), 1970 - a criminal comes home to West Berlin and gets hunted by a retired judge and his friends. Directed by Wolfgang Staudte.
1971
  • Husaren in Berlin, 1971 - Hungarian hussars under András Hadik occupy Berlin for one day in the 1757 Berlin raid during the Seven Years' War before the Prussian Army arrives. Directed by Erwin Stranka.
  • It Is Not the Homosexual Who Is Perverse, But the Society in Which He Lives (Nicht der Homosexuelle ist pervers, sondern die Situation, in der er lebt), 1971 - follows the adventures of a young man in Berlin who discovers gay culture but also discrimination and fear. Directed by Rosa von Praunheim.
1972
  • Cabaret, 1972 - Set in the early 1930s depicting Weimar Berlin from the writings of Christopher Isherwood; film by Bob Fosse.
  • Der Mann, der nach der Oma kam, 1972 - after grandmothers remarriage an artist family in East Berlin has to find a new home help and nanny and hires a young talented man who turns out to be a postgraduate writing about emancipation. Director: Roland Oehme.
  • Erinnerungen an einen Sommer in Berlin, 1972 - an American author visits the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin where his enthusiasm changes to scepticism. Directed by Rolf Hädrich.
  • Dear Mother, I'm All Right (Liebe Mutter, mir geht es gut), 1972 - a metalworker moves from Württemberg to West Berlin, does not like the disunity among the workers there and mobilises his co-workers to fight for their rights. Directed by Christian Ziewer.
  • Leichensache Zernik, 1972 - in 1948 a young woman is murdered in a Berlin forest. Police stations in the different sectors of Berlin discuss about responsibility what provokes the killer to proceed. Directed by Gerhard Klein and Helmut Nitzschke.
1973
  • The Legend Of Paul And Paula (Die Legende von Paul und Paula), 1973 - Love story set in East Berlin by Heiner Carow.
  • The Death of Adolf Hitler, 1973 - details the last ten days of Hitler's life as World War II comes to an end and Allied troops are closing in on the Berlin Führerbunker. Directed by Rex Firkin.
  • Hitler: The Last Ten Days, 1973 - depicting the days leading up to Adolf Hitler's suicide. Directed by Ennio De Concini.
  • Berliner Bettwurst, 1973/1975 - by Rosa von Praunheim.
1974
  • One or the Other of Us (Einer von uns beiden), 1974 - Psychological thriller takes place in West Berlin, with scenes near the wall. Director Wolfgang Petersen.
1975
  • Unter dem Pflaster ist der Strand, 1975 - two Berlin actors are accidentally locked in the rehearsal hall for one night. He tries to seduce her; she puts him off. Together they have to face the loss of ideals from the German student movement. Directed by Helma Sanders-Brahms.
  • Everyone Dies Alone (Jeder stirbt für sich allein), (1975 in German; 1976 in English) – Hans Fallada's novel based on the lives of Otto and Elise Hampel, who undertook acts of civil disobedience against Nazism in 1940. Directed by Alfred Vohrer.
1976
  • Memories of Berlin: The Twilight of Weimar Culture, 1976 - documentary about Berlin's cultural scene during the Weimar Republic, by Gary Conklin.
  • Hostess, 1976 - a young woman in East Berlin is leading sight-seeing tours, and she rejects her boyfriends' proposal of marriage due to his lovelessness. Directed by Rolf Römer.
  • Nelken in Aspik, 1976 - a totally untalented advertising artist in East Berlin climbs the social ladder by just remaining silent after a mischance with his teeth. Directed by Günter Reisch.
1977
  • Liebeserklärung an Berlin, 1977 - two-part documentary about people loving Berlin, Hauptstadt der DDR. The movie portraits construction workers, members of the Volkspolizei, lavatory attendants, students, industrial workers, children and others who talk about their life, about rebuilding the city and developing a socialistic society. Directed by Uwe Belz.
1978
  • Schöner Gigolo, armer Gigolo, 1978 - A Prussian officer returns home to Berlin following the end of World War I. Unable to find employment elsewhere, he works as a gigolo in a brothel run by a Baroness. With David Bowie and Marlene Dietrich, by David Hemmings.
  • The All-Around Reduced Personality (Die Allseitig reduzierte Persönlichkeit - Redupers), 1978 - a female freelance press photographer has to survive at subsistence level with her daughter in West Berlin when she becomes part of a project to deliver photos of Berlin. Directed by Helke Sander.
  • Ein Mann will nach oben, 1978 - a man and his friends establish a baggage transportation service between the Berlin railway terminal stations before World War I. The movie in 13 parts is based on the novel by Hans Fallada and directed by Herbert Ballmann.
  • Du und icke und Berlin, 1978 - a typical eleven-year-old girl from East Berlin wants to find a new father and makes a match between her mother and a construction worker. Directed by Eberhard Schäfer.
1979
  • The Third Generation (Die dritte Generation), 1979 - a black comedy about the activities of the third generation of the left wing terror group RAF in Berlin. Written and directed by Rainer Werner Fassbinder.
  • Für Mord kein Beweis, 1979 - the dead body of a woman from Prenzlauer Berg found at Langer See leads the Volkspolizei to a hiding doctor who practised during the Nazi Euthanasia programme at Dachau concentration camp. Directed by Konrad Petzold.
  • The Marriage of Maria Braun (Die Ehe der Maria Braun), 1979 - A woman trying to make a life in the aftermath of WWII by Rainer Werner Fassbinder.
  • Pinselheinrich, 1979 - episodes from the life of famous Berlin illustrator Heinrich Zille. Zille gets dismissed from his work, starts to live from his funny and socially critical drawings but uses his earnings and rising fame to help people who are poorer than him. Directed by Hans Knötzsch.

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