August Diehl
21 titles
Filmography
21 results

A Hidden Life
(2019)From Terrence Malick comes a powerful drama based on real WWII events.

Come What May
(2015)1940, German forces roll into France. The inhabitants of a small Northern village are forced to flee, along with millions throughout the country. They take along a German child whose father opposed the Nazi regime and has been jailed for lying about his nationality. The father escapes into the fog of war in search of his son, accompanied by a Scottish soldier, who is trying to get back to England.

The Young Karl Marx
(2017)At the age of 26, Karl Marx embarks with his wife Jenny on the road to exile. In Paris in 1844 they meet young Friedrich Engels, son of a factory owner, who’s studied the sordid beginnings of the English proletariat. Engels, somewhat of a dandy, brings Karl Marx the missing piece to the puzzle that composes his new vision of the world. Together, between censorship and police raids, riots and political upheavals, they will preside over the birth of the labor movement, which until then had been mostly makeshift and unorganized. This will grow into the most complete theoretical and political transformation of the world since the Renaissance – driven, against all expectations, by two brilliant, insolent and sharp-witted young men from good families.

Plan A
(2021)The true story of a group of Jewish vigilantes who survive the holocaust and vow to avenge their people - "an eye for any eye, a tooth for a tooth."

The Counterfeiters
(2007)The true story of Operation Bernhard, the largest counterfeiting scheme in history, set up by the Nazis in the years leading up to World War II.

The Ninth Day
(2004)In February 1942, Abbé Henri Kremer, a priest from Luxembourg, is released from the Dachau concentration camp and sent home. Kremer soon expects the Nazis are displaced with his bishop for refusing to cooperate with the German occupation forces. Under pressure of the Gestapo, Kremer gets nine days - or he must return to the living hell he just escaped from. German with English subtitles.

Layla Fourie
(2013)While traveling for her new job as a polygraph tester, a South African single mother has an accident that puts her own notions of truth to the test.

Dark Diamond
(2016)After his father's death, the black sheep of a rich Antwerp family vows vengeance against the relatives who abandoned him.
Feuer in der Nacht
(2004)Minor Threat played one of its last shows at Washington DC's 930 Club in June of 1983; they would only play once more in DC. Two years later, the tapes from the 930 show were edited together and Dischord Records released them as the Minor Threat Live.

Bonhoeffer: Pastor. Spy. Assassin
(2024)As the world teeters on the brink of annihilation, Dietrich Bonhoeffer is swept into the epicenter of a deadly plot to assassinate Hitler. With his faith and fate at stake, Bonhoeffer must choose between upholding his moral convictions or risking it all to save millions of Jews from genocide. Will his shift from preaching peace to plotting murder alter the course of history or cost him everything?

The Emperor of Paris
(2018)Starring Vincent Cassel, Olga Kurylenko and August Diel, this epic and gritty historical action thriller focuses on the dramatic Parisienne underworld battles during Napoleon's early 1800's reign. Having escaped the country's most terrifying penal colonies, François Vidocq (Vincent Cassel) has been falsely accused of murder. He must now help the police in exchange for his life. A must see!

The Ice Tower
(2025)Teenager Jeanne dreams of a life beyond her orphanage in a snowy mountain village. Carried by her desire to escape, she flees and takes refuge in a film studio housing a production of The Snow Queen. It's here that she first encounters Cristina, the star playing the title role. Captivated, Jeanne quickly falls under Cristina's enchanting spell, which endangers her initial quest for freedom.

Confession of a Child of the Century
(2012)Devastated by the betrayal of his mistress and distraught over the recent death of his father, Octave retreats to the countryside where he meets a young widow, Brigitte. Together, they embark upon a wildly passionate love affair. Soon, however, the painful wounds of Octave's previous affair creep into his current relationship and he is consumed with feelings of doubt and mistrust.

The Adventures of Huck Finn
(2012)Tom Sawyer and his pal Huckleberry Finn have great adventures on the Mississippi River, pretending to be pirates, attending their own funeral and witnessing a murder.

Kursk
(2018)The true story of how sailors fought to survive after their Russian submarine sank to the bottom of the Barents Sea, and the government's reaction.

The Last Vermeer
(2019)A soldier investigates a renowned Dutch artist who is accused of conspiring with the Nazis.

Salt
(2010)Angelina Jolie stars as an accused CIA agent on the run in this action-packed spy thriller that'll keep you guessing until the end!

Munich – The Edge of War
(2021)At the tense 1938 Munich Conference, former friends who now work for opposing governments become reluctant spies racing to expose a Nazi secret.

Night Train to Lisbon
(2013)A strait-laced man’s chance encounter with a mysterious woman leads to a book that inspires him to question his life and how fast it can change.

The Birdcatcher
(2019)When a Jewish girl narrowly flees the Nazi round-up in Norway, her only refuge is an occupied farm where she must conceal her identity to survive.