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Styx

Investigator Mukaev is found severely beaten in the park. He completely lost his memory. Back at work, Mukaev learns that he was hunting a serial killer before the attack. Shortly before this incident, Mukaev had suspended everyone from conducting the case and only he had all the information about the case. Resuming the search for the maniac, the investigator learns that all the victims were once his mistresses...It soon turns out that someone is deliberately setting him up, planting evidence confirming his guilt. The atmosphere in the investigation team is heating up... The circle narrows, and then the hero realizes that he is at the center of suspicion, and it is better not to return to his past life...

Styx

NR 2007
Verführung in 6 Gängen

Frank Drannemann, a passionate star chef and single father, is in a professional and private crisis. Since the tragic accidental death of his beloved wife, the soul of the gourmet restaurant "La Vie", business has been bad. Daughter Franzi, handicapped by a stiff knee joint since the accident, doesn't let anyone get near her. The little son Michael also feels neglected, because Frank mainly concentrates on cooking. When preparing his famous lobster or seasoning one of his irresistible sauces, the gourmet chef is in his element. But Frank has lost sight of reality: Since the friendly reception from Frank's wife has been missing, far too few guests appreciate his exquisite cuisine, and so "La Vie" is on the verge of bankruptcy.

Verführung in 6 Gängen

5.0 2004
Qallunaat!

Qallunaat! Why White People Are Funny is an irreverent look at Western Civilization through Inuit eyes. Inspired by the satirical essays of Zebedee Nungak, the film turns the tables on generations of anthropologists, teachers, adventurers and administrators who went North to pursue their Arctic Dreams. Now it’s their turn to be poked, prodded, examined and explained. A new generation of Inuit is ready to take on the Qallunaat at their own game. Grounded in their own traditions but educated in the South, they have a unique perspective on the culture that has come to dominate the planet. And they are not afraid to speak their minds.

Qallunaat!

5.7 2007
The Royal Diaries: Cleopatra - Daughter of the Nile

Cleopatra is still a young teenager, the daughter of the Pharoah, and living a privileged life in her father's elegant palace in Egypt. When attempts against her father's life are made, he must go into hiding. Cleopatra joins him, and together the two sail for Rome, where Cleopatra finds herself a stranger in a strange land. She cannot understand the different customs of the Romans, but she must learn to if she is to persuade them to help restore her father to the throne and earn the right to become ruler of Egypt some day. Based on the children's book, "The Royal Diaries: Cleopatra VII: Daughter of the Nile-57 B.C.".

The Royal Diaries: Cleopatra - Daughter of the Nile

9.0 2000
Monogamie für Anfänger

Felix, now in his late twenties, always knew that he would get married at some point. Now he is convinced that he has found the woman for life in his long-time girlfriend Fabienne. But no sooner has he persuaded Fabienne not only to marry him, but also to have a romantic wedding with all the trimmings, than the preparations for the big event turn out to be an explosive minefield. Surrounded by to-do lists and discussions about family names, the inevitability of events sends Felix into a panic. Suddenly all the women seem to be smiling at him invitingly, and when the fascinating Johanna reappears in his life, Felix cannot resist the temptation. He wonders whether it's really just a guilty conscience that drives him to tell Fabienne about his infidelity between the registry office and the altar.

Monogamie für Anfänger

3.5 2008
Help! I'm No Bigger Than a Bug

ITV Naturalist Nigel Marven stars in this drama-documentary in which he explores his own back garden, in all its intricate detail. Shrunk to the size of an ant, he and his two companions - technical assistant Laura Green (Sarah Matravers) and driver Doug Kruger (Robin Lawrence) - embark on a mission to cross Nigel's back garden in just 24 hours. Along the way they meet some of the many thousands of creatures that fight for survival every day in these urban jungles .

Help! I'm No Bigger Than a Bug

7.0 2008
Calles de fuego

Ani and Niko are 16 and dating, but their lives couldn't be more different. She is the daughter of a taxi driver and a housewife and has always been happy and contented. Niko delivers pizzas, his mother is an alcoholic since his father abandoned them and his brother is a gang member and drug addict. The world of the young couple is altered by the increasingly frequent appearance of burned cars on weekends. Organized neighborhood patrols in the working class neighborhood will eventually trigger a tragedy that will affect them both.

Calles de fuego

1.0 2006
Recitation Travelogue - Masterpieces of Japan: Jesus in the Barn

A 2001 Japanese language film directed by Shinji Aoyama, starring Hidetoshi Nishijima. The film screened at Locarno International Film Festival in 2009. Directed by Shinji Aoyama, this installment of NHK’s "Recitation Travelogue" series features actor Hidetoshi Nishijima performing Jun Ishikawa’s postwar classic "Jesus in the Barn". Blending literature, performance, and cinema, the program reimagines Ishikawa’s demanding text through evocative modern landscapes.

Recitation Travelogue - Masterpieces of Japan: Jesus in the Barn

NR 2001
Monsieur Joseph

Monsieur Joseph is a respected citizen of a small town in the North of France. For over four decades he has run a specialized bookshop in the shopping square of the town. Every morning before opening his shop, he has a nice cup of black coffee at the local cafe where he has a nice small talk with Julien, the barkeeper, and with the regulars. Everybody likes him. At least everybody did... Everything actually started to change the night his young wife Tina disappeared without trace. Now, Monsieur Joseph has become Youssef again, he is again the "foreigner" (wasn't he born of Kabyle parents?), the shady foreigner, the frightening foreigner... He can't but have murdered his wife, all the more as another woman was killed four years before without the culprit having been arrested. There is no smoke without fire, is there?...

Monsieur Joseph

6.0 2007
Adrenalina

One night, while Raul is with his girlfriend in his car, he sees how two boys are beating another one. Raul saves the guy, Alex, frightening the other two, and proposes a revenge to him: to burn their car. Thus they do it and it creates a link between them: from that moment they will be burning cars through the city and they will record it in video to upload it later on the Internet. A year later, while they are burning a car, an old man is injured when he tries to extinguish the fire. Alex goes to help it while Raul flees. Alex and the old man, Antonio, goes to the hospital, where the boy knows Isabel, Antonio's granddaughter. Isabel studies and works, and now, without a car, the things will become more difficult to her. Alex quickly feels attracted by Isabel; they become good friends and Alex is moved away of Raul in spite of his attempts recover him.

Adrenalina

NR 2007
Louis Theroux: A Place for Paedophiles

Louis has gained access to Coalinga Mental Hospital in California, which houses more than 500 of the most disturbed criminals in America, convicted paedophiles. Most have already served lengthy prison sentences, but have been deemed unsafe for release. Instead, they have been sent here for an indefinite time. Spending time with those undergoing treatment, Louis wrestles with whether he can ever allow himself to believe men whose whole history is defined by deception and deceit.

Louis Theroux: A Place for Paedophiles

7.1 2009
Liebe auf den dritten Blick

Diane falls from the clouds when she receives the anonymous message that her husband is cheating on her business trip to Verona. Immediately she makes her way to Italy to get to the bottom of it. In fact, Heiko does not just have a lover - he even gives her out to his business partners as his wife. In her grief, Dianne finds support with the likeable Anton Brück, whom she has already met on the train. When he takes down the depressed Dianne for an important business lunch and there Heiko and his "wife" appear, the amorous entanglements really get going

Liebe auf den dritten Blick

3.8 2007
The Elf Case

In 1988, after much cunning political maneuvering, Loïk Le Floch-Prigent and Alfred Sirven become the chief executives at Elf. They discover a company that runs on kickbacks: in exchange for the oil rights, Elf makes handsome but discreet payoffs to the leaders of African nations. With the tacit complicity of President Mitterrand, and with eventual political and personal interests in mind, the new management takes charge of the slush fund. Within months, Sirven, Le Floch-Prigent and his wife Fatima Belaïd fill their pockets with more than they could ever have imagined.

The Elf Case

5.0 2007
Velký případ

Based on the novel by French writer Jean Labord, who was a long-time court reporter for the Paris newspaper France-Soir, Jiří Hubač wrote a compelling story with a strong ethical message. The television film of the same name, directed by Zdeněk Zelenka, tells the story of the eternal fluctuation of justice between truth and its outward appearance. It focuses on a case of judicial error, the victim of which is a young nurse, Genevieve Leblanc. She is accused of giving a lethal injection to her lover, government advisor Dupré. In the court investigation, two prominent lawyers clash: Judge Gaudet, who gradually becomes convinced that the girl is innocent, and attorney Cassidis, who elegantly manipulates witnesses, facts, and words.

Velký případ

5.0 2000
Im Osten geht die Sonne auf

Energie Cottbus, a small soccer club from the periphery of the republic, got promoted to the first division of the Bundesliga. Everyone was sure: They will get relegated immediately again! But everything turned out differently! The underdog club gave Cottbus — which was to many only known from scare stories about lack of prospects and unemployment – joy, hope, and pride. The film looks behind the scenes and shares the thrill of the people for the finale of the season.

Im Osten geht die Sonne auf

8.0 2001
Storm

December 1999, France is experiencing one of the biggest storms in its history. Like many others, Julia and her husband Christopher will pay the price. The couple left New York to spend the Christmas holidays with friends in France. On their way, a fallen tree trunk on the road causes an accident. Christopher is hurt. Julia, in evening dress, must find help. But the place is deserted. After several hours of walking, she will finally cross the road of Thomas, a lonely farmer. While everything is against them, they will have to team up to rescue Christopher ...

Storm

2.0 2006