Willy Maertens Movies

A car tells its story and the story of its seven owners during the years of the Third Reich.

While perusing a police photo, Hilde - an investigative reporter - recognizes a bracelet that she once owned while living in her native Romania. She...

A young shoemaker is arrested for stealing a small amount of money, and is jailed for fifteen years. Upon his release, he wants to get a permit to...

In the early years after the end of the Second World War. Germany lies in ruins and the young people only want to look ahead, in search of a little...

In 1815 Vienna, a corsetmaker falls in love with a valet.

This German slice-of-life drama is based on a very real postwar dilemma. At the time the film was made, there were over 3000 children living in...

Dr. Danwitz is a dedicated physician. The assistant doctor works practically day and night on a research project, but without pay. His wife Edith...

When the wife of Sebastian Schumann left her family, he told his little daughter that her mother has died, because he thought that this was the...

The inhibited, uptight Irene Wagner must take over running the seedy dance club the Green Cockatoo or lose her classic dance studio to creditors.

An apple juice producer can't decide between his wife and his secretary and tries to commit suicide. Being committed to psychiatry, he falls asleep...

After years of silence, Thomas reunites with his great love, Petra, and is devastated: She has married his best friend, Christoph. Thomas remains...

While working as an accountant in his uncle's factory, talented young pianist Peter dreams of becoming a famous composer. When he shows his work to a...

Anny arrives in Munich to start a career as an actress, but soon ends up without money and job, sleeping on a park bench. When the police picks her...