Klaus Lemke Movies

An alternative history of the not-so-well-known West German genre cinema of the 1960s and 1970s.

Everyday life in a commune near Munich in the spring of 1969

Douglas speaks about some of the stars he has directed like Asta Nielsen, Lili Dagover, Zarah Leander, George Sanders, Signe Hasso, Barbara Stanwyck,...

A film by Klaus Lemke, based on an idea by Cleo Kretschmer from the 70s

Thriller about drug dealers

A woman decides that her boyfriend has to marry her.

A group of friends tries to start a circus.

Two young women kidnap the manager of the German telephone provider and start making strange demands while getting to know their captive a little...

After 7 years spent in jail Paul is free again. With his old crew he celebrates his return.

The inconspicuous greengrocer's daughter Maria had to watch as the adored Italian Pietro broke her best friend's heart. Dressed up as a vamp, the...

Life of a womanizer in Hamburg

Three men go fishing.

A drama set in Cologne’s revolutionary circles of the late 1960s.

In the 1970s, the Munich Group set about revolutionizing German film with low budgets and an excess of creativity. The Bungalow bar next to the...

Men try to catch a woman's attention.

In a future world devoid of men, three young women order two men to come to them and ask them which of them they would prefer.

Crime film by Lemke