Movies by Ernst Pittschau

Germany, Year Zero

Germany, Year Zero

In the ruins of post-WWII Berlin, a twelve-year-old boy is left to his own devices in order to help provide for his family.

The Story of Dida Ibsen

The Story of Dida Ibsen

Dida Ibsen, daughter of impoverished farmers, has, according to her father's will, to marry the main creditor. But she refuses and decides to live with a married man as a mistress, till he gets his divorce. In the town she opens a restaurant with the money of her wealthy lover, from whom she soon gets pregnant, but their dreams of marriage fail, his wife refuses the divorce. After a while, she decides to marry one of the regular guests at her restaurant, van Galen, who spent quite some time in the tropics and because of this is at the brink ...

Es werde Licht! 2. Teil

Es werde Licht! 2. Teil

A doctor who believes that only the immoral catch syphilis reconsiders his stance.

The Picture of Dorian Gray

The Picture of Dorian Gray

A variation of the famous Oscar Wilde tale in which Dorian Gray's soul is manifested in a painting instead of his own body.

The Black Ball; or, The Mysterious Sisters

The Black Ball; or, The Mysterious Sisters

Two sisters get a letter from their third sister just after coming from the third sister's funeral. It informs them that a nobleman has ruined her life and is responsible for her death...

The Double Murder of Sarajevo

The Double Murder of Sarajevo

A dramatization of the assassination of Franz Ferdinand.

Der Mann im Schrank

Der Mann im Schrank

The Way Out

The Way Out

Such a soul torments young composer Georg von Wergenthin, around whom the author creates a precise picture of the fin de siècle, its neuroses and its politics. Georg starts a relationship with a young singer, but does not confess to her in front of his friends, even when she becomes pregnant by him.

Aus des Rheinlands Schicksalstagen

Aus des Rheinlands Schicksalstagen