Biography
From Wikipedia: Herrmann Zschoche is a German film director and screenwriter. He has directed 25 films between 1961 and 1994. His 1981 film 'Bürgschaft für ein Jahr' was entered into the 32nd Berlin International Film Festival. * From the Defa Film Library site at UMass: From 1990 until he retired in 1998, Zschoche mainly directed films for major German television stations. In 2002, he published Sieben Sommersprossen und andere Erinnerungen (Seven Freckles and Other Memories), about his expe...
Known For
Complete Filmography
Großes Kino made in DDR
2016
as Self
In 2016, DEFA celebrates its 70th anniversary: the film embarks on a journey into the exciting film history of the GDR. In a comprehensive kaleidoscop...
Natalie - Endstation Babystrich
1994
Director
14 years old Natalie seems to live in a completely healthy and wealthy family. However she feels lost: her parents spend most of their time for her yo...
Wo das Herz zu Hause ist
1994
Director
The Girl in the Lift
1991
Director
Frank, a tenth grade student, falls in love with his classmate Regine. His father is a well-connected plant manager in the GDR; Regine's mother is a s...
Grüne Hochzeit
1989
Director
Susanne (17) and Robert (18) want to get married, but because Susanne is still under-aged, she needs parental permission. With twin babies and tight f...
Die Alleinseglerin
1987
Director, Writer
Christine inherits a sailboat from her father, whom she barely knew. Christine is a divorced single mother and her job at a research insitute leaves h...
Hälfte des Lebens
1985
Director, Writer
This tragic love story relates ten decisive years in the life of the great Romantic poet Friedrich Hölderlin, played by a young Ulrich Mühe.
Island of Swans
1983
Director, Writer
Fourteen-year-old Stefan Kolbe, along with his mother and sister, moves from an idyllic small town to the developing area of Berlin-Marzahn, where his...
Feuer unter Deck
1982
Director, Writer
Otto Scheidel (Manfred Krug) has been captain of the Elbe steamer Jenissei for over twenty years, but his ship, the last of its kind, is going to be c...
On Probation
1981
Director
Nina Kern, a divorced woman in her late twenties, will soon be fully deprived of her custody rights for her three children, who already reside in a ho...
Next Year at Lake Balaton
1980
Director, Writer
Jonas and Ines are in love and want to spend their vacation together camping on the Baltic coast. But Ines’s narrow-minded parents intervene and insis...
Glück im Hinterhaus
1980
Director, Writer
Karl Erp is a middle-aged man with two children and a boring marriage. After starting an exciting affair with his intern, Miss Broder, he leaves his l...
Seven Freckles
1978
Director, Writer
East Germany 1978. Karoline and Robert, teenagers who used to live in the same house until Robert's family moved, meet again at this year's holiday-ca...
Phillip the Small
1976
Director, Writer
Philipp is a small boy, who other guys pick on, because he's not as large as them. But when a musician gives him a magical flute, he can make objects ...
Love at 16
1974
Director, Writer
Although at first Ina barely takes any notice of Matti, the two teenagers gradually fall in love at their dance classes and begin their first real rel...
Eolomea
1972
Director, Writer
Eight space cargo-ships disappear without a trace within three days. And the orbit station "Margot" has suddenly fallen silent. The space council is f...
Long Roads - Secret Love
1969
Director
Long-haul driver Hannes (Manfred Krug) picks up a young hitchhiker, Herb (Jaecki Schwarz), who had a falling-out with his parents after dropping out o...
Leben zu zweit
1968
Director
Karin, who is in her mid-thirties, works as registrar but has been divorced for several years. Together with her 16-year old daughter Nora, she leads ...
Engel im Fegefeuer
1965
Director, Writer
The Ruhr area in November of 1918. 13-year old Achim Wolters and his friends get their hands on some potatoes on the market. They want to surprise Ach...
Karla
1965
Director, Writer
An idealistic teacher is shocked to discover her pupils are already cynical and opportunistic. Her colleague soon grows resentful when she uses new an...
Lutt Matten and the White Seashell
1964
Director, Writer
Eleven years old Lutt Matten lives near Baltic Sea and has only one dream - to go deep sea fishing independently and catch some eels.
The Hedgehog Friendship
1962
Director, Writer
A funny story about a friendship between the children of East Germany and Czechoslovakia.
The Magic Castle
1961
Director, Writer
"Das Märchenschloss" is a children’s film based on a picture book by Fred Rodian. It tells the story of three brothers - Klaus, Günter, and Peter - wh...