Movies by Edgar Bessen

Weihnachten … ohne mich, mein Schatz!

Weihnachten … ohne mich, mein Schatz!

When Ruprecht forgets his wife Johanna at the taxi stand and shows no regrets, the well-off architect's wife tries the uprising after 30 years of marriage. Although Christmas is just around the corner, she quickly moves into the apartment of the young taxi driver Ellie, whom she has just met. When it comes to protecting Ellie's home from illegal demolition, Johanna rediscovers her legal talent. But they are fighting strong opponents: an influential real estate speculator and her willing architects - Ruprecht of all people.

Wilhelmsburger Freitag

Wilhelmsburger Freitag

A day in the lives of a Hamburger couple Jan and Renate. A few days ago they moved to Wilhelmsburg. There they have to build a child's room, but they lack the money.

Supermarket

Supermarket

Willi is 18 years old and lives on the street. Without a goal in his life he walks around the city and meets several people, helping but also cheating him. When he meets a girl, Monica, he realizes that there are people out there whose lives are even more desperate than his. So he's trying to help her (and him) by planning a great robbery on a supermarket's money transporter.

Ohnsorg-Theater - Familienanschluß

Ohnsorg-Theater - Familienanschluß

Ohnsorg Theater - Die Chefin

Ohnsorg Theater - Die Chefin

Ohnsorg-Theater - Die Venus von Müggensack

Ohnsorg-Theater - Die Venus von Müggensack

Ohnsorg-Theater- Der Etappenhase

Ohnsorg-Theater- Der Etappenhase

Ohnsorg-Theater - Der schönste Mann von der Reeperbahn

Ohnsorg-Theater - Der schönste Mann von der Reeperbahn

Kudenow oder An fremden Wassern weinen

Kudenow oder An fremden Wassern weinen

Preis der Freiheit

Preis der Freiheit

24 hours on the border between East and West Germany. In an outlying West Berlin district, police officers chat about their personal lives, take care of petty offence and at most, warn the odd rubbernecker away from the border to the “Soviet zone”. Meanwhile their East German counterparts are under enormous pressure. The day begins with disciplinary action after one of the border guards was found sleeping on duty. The supervisors demand utmost vigilance and a solid ideological bent, and suspicion and mistrust are the rule within the ranks of...