Effi Briest

Following her parents' wishes, spirited seventeen-year-old Effi Briest marries Baron von Innstetten

Here Comes Lola!

A nine-year-old girl who has just moved with her parents to Hamburg, Germany, is desperate for findi

Twin Sisters

1920s Germany. Two sisters aged six years, no sooner see their remaining parent buried when they are

Four Windows

They want to get away from each other, but they clasp each other even more firmly. They seek to save

Ich will nicht wissen, wer ich bin - Heiner Müller

This film not only illuminates Heiner Müller's life and works, it is more about questioning the "Sph

To Make Sure?

Journalist Sandra Harkow produces a promotional film for the RFID industry. Through a time traveler,

Wolfsburg

Philipp Gerber is a smart, but self-satisfied car salesman. In an inattentive moment at the wheel of

A Stasi Comedy

East Berlin, early 1980s: Ludger is hired by the Stasi to spy on the oppositional arts scene in Pren

Homecoming

August Staudenmeyer returns after thirty years absence as a wealthy man in his hometown Gerbersau. F

Das Feuerschiff

The German lightship (permanently anchored floating 'lighthouse') Borkum Riff is about to be decommi

Love at First Sight

After the German reunification: A widowed, unemployed archaeologist with two children and a single f

Suck Me Shakespeer

Ex-con Zeki Müller goes undercover as a teacher at a below average Gymnasium to find money he'd stas

Bis zur Wahrheit

Martina is a successful neurosurgeon, happily married and mother of a pubescent daughter. She has ev

Superegos

Nick Gutlicht lives of illegally selling valuable books, owes money to a bunch of other crooks and h

The Pursuit of Unhappiness

Based on the best-selling psychology book by Paul Watzlawick, the film tells the story of Tiffany Bl

Highfalutin

A bar full of people talking about Volker Spengler. HIGHFALUTIN is an attempt to create such a utopi

Der Hafenpastor

Stefan Book is Pastor of the Hamburger St. Pauli Church for Schanze, Karo and Kiez. He sees it as hi

Sources of Life

This is a family story that covers thirty years in the life of the Freytag family (narrated by the g

Saviors in the Night

Drama, based on the book "Retter in der Nacht", in which Marga Spiegel tells her memories: In Westfa

Joy of Fatherhood

A sperm donor becomes impotent - and so he searches for the woman, who got his sperm, to become a fa

Meine Mutter und das Geheimnis ihrer Schwester

Meine Mutter und die Gerüchteküche

Neue Vahr Süd

Frank Lehmann, 20, still lives with his parents in the dreary high-rise housing project "Neue Vahr"

Luises Versprechen

Luise was there for her husband and their two children her whole life. In the meantime, however, dau

Ein Jahr nach morgen

The unthinkable has happened at a school in a medium-sized town: 16-year-old Luca Reich has shot and

Jenseits der Liebe

Beloved Berlin Wall

Berlin, 1989. Sascha is a young East German border guard and Franzi is a lively young West German wo

Männertreu

Georg Sahl, one of the last major newspaper publishers with liberal-conservative quality standards,

Noch einmal lieben

Fiddlesticks

Life could be so good for the children of Bollersdorf if the town had not been discovered by the Soc

Sommer in Rom

For Cologne newspaper journalist Michael Heinrich, a year-long posting as Itally correspondent is a

Mein Kind muss leben

Der Hafenpastor und das graue Kind

Pastor Stefan Book once again has his hands full in his parish in St. Pauli: he has only just manage

Hedi Schneider Is Stuck

A model family's happy life unexpectedly goes off the rails when the carefree Hedi, played by Laura

Death on the Baltic

A man goes over a girl and is in a village on the Baltic Sea henceforth as a "murderer" - until he l

Meine Mutter gibt es doppelt

An inheritance dispute causes unrest for the crisis-tested mother-daughter duo. An unpaid bill from

Meine Mutter raubt die Braut

Eifel landlady Toni Janssen wants a child, but not necessarily a man. After an alcohol-fueled slip,

Grenzgang

Once again, the "border crossing" is celebrated, as every seven years in the Upper Hessian town of B

The Sad Life Of Gloria S.

Charlotte is a moderately successful film director who wants to make a political film, and really di

Der Schweinehirt

The Kingdom of Lichterwald is facing financial ruin and only by marrying a wealthy bride can Prince

I Need to Rejuvenate Myself Artistically

After directing a successful feature film, Charlotte experiences an anti-climax. Against the wishes

Rockabilly Requiem

BRD 1982: Hubertus and Sebastian never want to become like their fathers. The music and their shared

Dreamgirls

Parallel love stories of three young women in Berlin: Hannah - an unhappy attorney who sexually deme

This Is Love

Set in Vietnam and Germany, This Is Love centers on Chris and the nine-year-old Jenjira on the run f

Der Verlust

Uli and Nora share an intimate, late love. But Uli always avoids the decision to stand on the common

Bliss

Two young people in Berlin, a refugee and a homeless punk, form a relationship.

Schmidt & Schwarz

Dem Himmel sei Dank

Power woman Carla Bergmann is a committed pastor with heart and mind. Thanks to her media-effective

The Reader

The story of Michael Berg, a German lawyer who, as a teenager in the late 1950s, had an affair with

Back to Your Arms

1961. Father and daughter, separated during World War II, are trying to meet in Berlin. He comes to

Hamlet_X

A great mosaic, a labyrinth of scenes, dialogue splinters, interviews, portraits of people surroundi

Nacht vor Augen

After a lengthy deployment abroad in Afghanistan, young soldier David Kleinschmidt returns to his ho

The Diary of Anne Frank

The story of Anne Frank, the Jewish girl who went into hiding with her family in Amsterdam and becam

Der Hafenpastor und das Blaue vom Himmel

In the third film of the successful series, Jan Fedder is back as a Pastor Book with body and soul.

Departure

Hilla grows up in the 60s, her father is a worker and her mother a charwoman. But she wants a differ

Das doppelte Lottchen

Lotte and Louise meet at a summer camp. Everyone who sees the two falls open in surprise, the girls

Monika

Monika, 20, nearsighted and dependent on her family, fails a risky eye laser operation and loses her

Secret Hope

After the surprising death of her husband, Hanna Berger meets another stroke of fate. Her husband ha

Im falschen Leben

Marie thinks to return to her job one year after the birth of her daughter Nora. Her husband Holger

Why Men Don't Listen and Women Can't Read Maps

Jan is an absolute heartthrob and a diehard Hertha fan. Katrin is attractive, just as successful and

Chaos-Queens - Ehebrecher und andere Unschuldslämmer

Zwei Herren im Anzug

In the Bavaria of the 1980s, a father and his son compare their respective views on a family past he

Geld macht sexy

Meine Mutter ist unmöglich

Even a God-like gourmet instance can sometimes be wrong: out of the blue, Eifel landlady Toni gets a

Magnificent Times

A plastic surgeon publishes an ad searching for a slave. Even if he meant it in an ironic way and is

Meine Mutter spielt verrückt

The couple Antonia, or Toni, and the former star chef Rufus run the country inn "Kupferkanne" togeth

The Perfect Trap

The discovery of a magic mirror allows Fred to realize his dream: his twin tidies up his room, eats

Tödliches Comeback

Roy and Bruno Singer are a father and son team that couldn't be more different. While the thoroughbr

Meine Mutter traut sich was

Eifel landlady Antonia "Toni" Janssen and Rufus van Berg want to get married without fanfare and in

Meine Mutter will ein Enkelkind

Rufus finally wants to regain his mistakenly revoked gourmet star. The ideal opportunity presents it

Vatersland

An emotional journey back to the 50s and 60s: Through photos and film footage from her childhood, th

Meine Mutter im siebten Himmel

Eifel landlady Toni Janssen has the blues. The unexpected single life is just as depressing as the d

Meine Mutter und plötzlich auch mein Vater

Eifel landlady Toni Janssen and her mother Heidi are once again running the Kupferkanne as a team of

Hallo Spencer - Der Film

Jakob Sesam is the once successful creator of the children's TV series Hello Spencer. Twenty years a

Weihnachtsüberraschung(en)

Nurse Nora is looking forward to her first Christmas vacation in years and wants to spend it quietly

Dahlmanns letzte Bescherung

Der Heimatlose