Movies by Gisela Trowe

Goodbye, Francesca!

Goodbye, Francesca!

Kalt ist der Abendhauch

Kalt ist der Abendhauch

Love story spanning 60 years of the lives of Charlotte and Hugo. As a teenager before the war she is in love with him, but he marries her sister. They share some brief happy moments during the difficult post-war period, then they are separated for the longest time. They meet again as 80-year olds.

Die Mondvögel

Die Mondvögel

Charleys Tante

Charleys Tante

Eine geschlossene Gesellschaft

Eine geschlossene Gesellschaft

Follows the lives of students and their teachers based on the director's childhood memories. The events of the film take places in the actual boarding school called "Gymnasium Canisianum", founded in 1946 by a German catholic priest.

...But Johnny!

...But Johnny!

The charm of the beautiful Jonny is of a frightening effectiveness on the women. He uses it to create his company which offers his talents to lonely ladies. His business is going great and he is getting rich. But will Jonny be able to provide quality services for a long time?

Die drei Mädels von der Tankstelle

Die drei Mädels von der Tankstelle

Der Duft von Holunder

Der Duft von Holunder

Once Sofie Möller left her idyllic hometown with the aim of making a career in the big city. Now she returns with her mother Agnes to attend the funeral of her grandmother and to revamp her empty house for sale. It does not take long for Sofie to be confronted with her past, which apart from the grandmotherly love consisted of many personal injuries. When she meets her former boyhood friend Tom Sommer again, Sofie has come to the time to rethink her own emotional life.

Ich, Ringo und das Tor zur Welt

Ich, Ringo und das Tor zur Welt

Liebe ist die halbe Miete

Liebe ist die halbe Miete

Franziska Naumann happily greets her allegedly new neighbor Dr. Gottfried Naumann. She is very surprised when he wants to move into the same apartment in which just the movers carry their furniture. Even Gottfried is surprised - Franziska has not only the same name as he, but apparently also rented the same apartment. Without compromising, the quarreled estate agents Beate and Werner Wüstholtz has rented the apartment twice. There is only one solution: until the circumstances are clarified, the unequal couple must live together in the apartm...

The Pit Morgenrot

The Pit Morgenrot

During the global economic crisis, the mine pit "Morgenrot" is due to be closed due to unprofitable results. With the use of a machine forbidden for security reasons, the mates try to work more effectively and thus save their jobs. A serious accident happens.

The Blum Affair

The Blum Affair

Dr. Blum, a Jewish manufacturer, is falsely accused of a murder. Even when the real killer’s identity becomes evident, the state prosecutor refuses to accept Blum’s innocence.

Das Leben des schizophrenen Dichters Alexander März

Das Leben des schizophrenen Dichters Alexander März

A schizophrenic patient is is wasting away in a mental institution, until a young doctor encourages him to write poetry. The resulting masterpieces are however not able to stop the man from suicide.

The Axe of Wandsbek

The Axe of Wandsbek

1934, Hamburg. Adolf Hitler is about to visit the city. Hamburg's executioner falls ill, and is unable to deliver the sentence of four communists who are awaiting capital punishment in jail. Fearing that this would spoil Hitler's visit, SS leader Footh offers a local bankrupt butcher, Albert Teetjen, 2,000 Marks in order to carry out the verdict. The broke Teetjen agrees and follows suit. When his neighbors hear of the execution, they shun him. His wife cannot tolerate her husband's deed and puts an end to her life. Eventually, Teetjen also ...

Das tödliche Patent

Das tödliche Patent

Charles, a talented but poor chemist, has become a wealthy man overnight. The industry is all about his new invention. But the next day, his wife suddenly dies. Nobody suspects anything bad at first, but then Detective Inspector Morland shows up and begins an insidious game of questions and answers. Poison has been found in the contents of the dead woman's stomach.