Movies

The devil tricks a little boy off his laughter in exchange for assured wins in all his bets. It depicts his journey after the deal with the devil,...

In Berlin 1942, Hilde is a member of an anti-Nazi group. She falls in love with another member, Hans. The two spend a summer together until they get...

Desperate to help her son, Rabiye Kurnaz, a housewife and loving mother from Bremen, goes to the police, notifies authorities and almost despairs at...

Frank and Simone have fulfilled a dream and live with their two children in a row house in the suburbs. They are a happy couple, until the day Frank...

Eleven moving dates, eight friends: Philipp, Wiebke, Jessica, Maria, Swantje, Michael, Thomas, Dina – all in their twenties and mutually...

An intimate study of two women friends who come to each other because of troubles with everyday life and with men and thus try to enjoy a life based...

A romantic drama about a woman who enters into an affair after 30 years of marriage.

An African-German author loses his memory and is used by a modern National Socialist Party as a promotion-figure for more political power over...

Andreas Dresen is one of the most successful German directors. The documentary accompanies him through the year 2023 until the opening evening at the...

What happens when famous directors stage an opera? Eckhart Schmidt shows successful and failed attempts.

A renowned actor named Otto is the epitome of the problematic but beloved ladies man. Even when drunk he still knows more about filmmaking than does...

The everyday life of a married couple at a turning point: Lore wants a divorce—after almost 40 years of marriage.

Spring 1990, Berlin: Young Niyazi of Turkish descent works at McDonald's in West Berlin and wants to return to Istanbul as soon as possible. He has...

Inspired by West German terrorists, two pupils kidnap a teacher in East Germany.

German national election campaign 2002: Henryk Wichmann from the conservative party is fighting a lost battle in the Uckermark.

The real life story of East German singer and writer Gerhard Gundermann and his struggles with music, life as a coal miner and his dealings with the...

A young police woman is faced with the difficulties between her responsibilities at work and her personal responsibilities.

Andreas Dresen's adaptation of Clemens Meyer's novel about a group of East German friends right after the fall of the Wall.

This is not merely another film about cinema history; it is a film about the love of cinema, a journey of discovery through over a century of German...

The actor and musician turns 65 on March 26, 2025. Time for a portrait. Axel Prahl is known to a wide audience for his role as Chief Inspector Frank...