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Kenan and Lissi live side by side in a semi-detached house in Munich - and yet in different worlds. He is an order-loving bourgeois who doesn't tolerate a speck of dust in his house and devotes himself meticulously to growing roses in the garden. No wonder that she, a best-selling author and life artist, has very little to do with the philistine next door. There is only one thing that connects them: Lissi is the landlady of Kenan's semi-detached house.

Felix Klare and newcomer Mona Pirzad play the main roles in the comedy "Liebe auf Persisch": While the beautiful interpreter, with a weakness for Goethe and German rap, brings him closer to the culture of their country, the clumsy guest abroad comes to his father's secret, played by Günther Maria Halmer, on the trail. Director Florian Baxmeyer manages an entertaining romantic comedy without leaving out substantial culture clash topics. With this road movie in a breathtaking landscape, a German TV production was filmed for the first time on original locations in Iran.

We're Going on a Bear Hunt follows the intrepid adventures of siblings Stan, Katie, Rosie, Max, the baby and Rufus the dog, who decide one day to go on an adventure in search of bears. Coming up against a host of obstacles the family ventures through whirling snowstorms, thick oozing mud and dark forests on their ambitious quest. But when Rosie and Rufus become detached from the rest of the party it looks like bear-hunting might not be such fun after all...

A portrait of the American actress Jamie Lee Curtis, daughter of the legendary actors Tony Curtis and Janet Leigh, mythical scream queen and brilliant comedy actress.

A new look at the public and private life of one of the most important statesmen in the history of Europe: Winston Churchill (1874-1965), soldier, politician, writer, painter, leader of his country in the darkest hours, winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature, a myth, a giant of the 20th century.

The tumultuous affair between a young man and a woman twenty-five years his senior.

They broke into cars, fled from the police, and skipped out on their bills—and that's how two boys became accomplices, soon joined by a third outsider. The involuntary community of this unlikely trio on the run through eastern Germany develops into a road movie about dreams and desires.

Saturday, October 28, 2017, 12:10 pm. Two men disembark, panicked, at the gendarmerie of Gray. Jonathann Daval, accompanied by his brother-in-law, comes to report the disappearance of his wife, Alexia. She had gone for a morning jog and had not returned. What happened to her? For 3 months, the police will carry out a relentless, exemplary investigation, as discreetly as possible, in order to gather evidence and then make the man confess, who they are convinced is not telling the whole story: Jonathann.

In 1913, laconic sea captain Corto Maltese, adrift in the Pacific, gets rescued by his bandit friend Rasputin who's taking two rich shipwrecked teens to an island where his boss the Monk will hold them for ransom. WWI complicates things.

Cécile is a decadent young girl who lives with her rich playboy father, Raymond. Anne, a mature and cultured friend of Raymond's late wife, arrives at Raymond's villa for a visit.

After being abandoned by his wife, a man raises his son alone for twenty years.

Shortly after Michael and Inga Lehnert and their kids Tommy and Tilly move into their new home in the countryside, Michael causes an accident in which the 20 years old Jule is seriously injured. Tormented by this Michael spends more and more time at the side of her bed in hospital, where she lies in a coma, neglecting his family and job. When Jule finally wakes up, they fall in love. Although her ex-boyfriend warns her that Michael does not realise that Jule is traumatized by a fear of him and will do anything to bind him to her.

At the pinnacle of her career as a lawyer, Lucie goes to Morocco on a business trip, a long way from home and her husband. On her arrival in Tangier, she is struck by the chaotic agitation of the city, where it seems that anything could happen. When, out of nowhere, a Nigerian teenager gives Lucie her baby and asks her to protect it, she is completely thrown off balance. Braving the dark corners of the city, Lucie will attempt to rescue this young woman from a dangerous human trafficking ring. But she hadn't foreseen the growing attachment she feels toward the child...

From 1957 —the year in which the Soviets put the Sputnik 1 satellite into orbit— to 1969 —when American astronaut Neil Armstrong walked on the surface of the moon—, the beginnings of the space conquest were depicted in popular culture: cinema, television, comics and literature of the time contain numerous references to an imagined future.

Jill, a young and beautiful girl Australian party for a vacation in Italy. In Rome Pierluigi meets the young, a boy sympathetic and fascinating. The two begin to frequentarsi and what began as a simple friendship soon turns into a much stronger feeling. Everything seems to wonder proceed between the two, as in a beautiful tale with a happy ending, as long as it abides Pierluigi victim of a bad car accident.

An outspoken single mum is determined her son will go to the school of her choice, and he ends up at a private school. Only then does she discover the headmaster offered a place merely to win a bet.

Elvira Kupfer specializes in divorces, but this time, contrary to her profession, the lawyer has to save a young couple's happiness. Stefan, the nephew of her law firm boss Maertens, has gotten himself into trouble with a white lie and urgently needs to present his young wife Julia with a perfect mother. Elvira is reluctant to take on the role, but contrary to expectations, she masters her task quite convincingly. When her hated colleague Millosch, of all people, appears as her model husband, the precarious production threatens to collapse...

The renowned physician Prof. Markus Gärtner becomes the new head of the planned cardiac research center. To make it as easy as possible for the specialist to settle into his new place of residence, clinic director Prof. Weissing commissions a relocation agency to take care of his wishes and concerns from now on. Although she sends her best employee, Lina Baumann, she seems to fail because of the gruff, humorless doctor. Every apartment she chooses displeases the single doctor. He is also annoyed by all the joint activities. He only has work on his mind and would like to start immediately.

Graeme Warrack was Divisional Chief Doctor of the 1st Airborne Division at the Battle of Arnhem in September 1944. With other doctors, medical personnel and padres, he stayed behind with the wounded. The first improvised hospital was a German-occupied Dutch military barracks at Apeldoorn. From here, the wounded were transported to prisoner of war camps in Germany. As the last of the wounded left, Colonel Warrack escaped.

The Mitchell family deal with the devastating aftermath of an act of sexual abuse committed by a member of their own family who, after two years, is about to leave prison.

Will they starve her? Shave her head? Force her to wear a hair shirt? Elspeth's friends and family react with horror, grief and even derision to her desire to become a nun. She experiences her parents' hurt, her fiancee's feeling of betrayal, her friends' incomprehension - and her own obstinate joy.

A look at the life and work of the iconic US actor Charlton Heston (1923-2008); the embodiment of many mythic heroes who was both a staunch defender of the Civil Rights movement during the sixties and a spokesman for the National Rifle Association in his later years. The extraordinary and controversial public and personal career of one of the greatest film personalities of all time.

Roxanne (known as Roxy) is a star performer in her local soccer team. Her natural talent is noticed by local team owner Victor Grace who signs her up. However it's not so easy being the only female professional soccer star in the country.

This is a true story of Luisa Spagnoli who was an Italian businesswoman, famous for creating a women's fashion store and the chocolate brand, Perugia. The show is a romantic telling of her life. Considering that women were not involved in business, it is an amazing story of someone way ahead of her time.

A horror novelist and his wife go to a house in the country for a short vacation. However, they soon find that one of his novels is coming true when they are haunted by the ghost of a drowned ferryman.

When a South American fetish is stolen and then reappears the next morning, Tintin investigates.

How do the 18-30 years old live their sentimental relationships? Between France and Germany, crossed and complicit glances on the plural faces of love relationships.

This is Ska is a Hi-Energy documentary on JAMAICAN dance music from 1964

Catrin wants to know it again: With over 40 she dared to jump back to the University of Marburg. The married mother wants to finish her medical studies, which she stopped many years ago because of her pregnancy. The classmates on campus are relaxed in the age of their children. Her husband Frank feels left sitting in Berlin. And after a fierce flirtation with an attractive student, her marriage is finally in crisis. Nevertheless, Catrin is determined to make her dream come true. Better late than never.

In this film, Catherine Vilpoux recounts Ariane Mnouchkine’s iconic artistic journey: her inspirations, her dreams for the theatre, her love of cinema, her unique and extraordinary bond with audiences. Extensive archival material – much of which has never been seen before – together with extracts from performances and rehearsals, as well as interviews and coverage of various tours and travels, reveal an in-depth portrait of the Théâtre du Soleil, and its artistic and political commitment both in France and internationally, for which it was awarded the International Ibsen Award in September 2009. Everyone who has seen one of Ariane Mnouchkine’s productions at the Théatre du Soleil in Paris leaves with the feeling of having been part of a tale of enchantment. A tale that is larger than life but at the same time reveals life.

Basil Brookes joins "Captain Bob" - press mogul Robert Maxwell - as financial director and witnesses Maxwell's financial shenanigans as he contests status with fellow mogul Rupert Murdoch and descends into marital and monetary chaos.

In the days leading up the Queen's Silver Jubilee, Pauline, a recently separated single mother, receives a visit from a bailiff and is given 15 days to address her overdue rent payments. Meanwhile, the local council is under pressure to cut expenditure, and their decisions result in Pauline's mentally handicapped daughter Paula being transferred from a care home for special needs children to an old people's home, where she is all alone.

At the end of the 19th century, an orphan comes to live with her aunt and uncle in Normandy. The girl is taken in not only out of philanthropy, but because she has a large inheritance that is held in trust. The child grows up and is attracted to her cousin, an underachieving airhead, whom she later helps out of financial difficulties as a young woman. After her aunt's death, she takes over the household and helps the family financially. The planned marriage to her cousin fails when a rival appears. This is the story of a selfless woman who, despite her disappointments and low lives, refuses to let them take the joy out of life.

Werner Herzog returns to the South American jungle with Juliane Koepcke, the German woman who was the sole survivor of a plane crash there in 1971. They find the remains of the plane and recreate her journey out of the jungle.

2 February 1959. The Winter Dance party, Clear Lake, Iowa - another date on Buddy Holly's whistle-stop tour. Across the Atlantic, a schoolboy models his life on the rock 'n' roll star whose music and untimely death affected the lives of a generation.

Anna, a woman hiding from her soon-to-be-released abusive husband, witnesses a murder from the front window of her apartment. However, the police finds no evidence of the crime. Anna investigates and finds out the place was rented to a socialite whose younger, devilishly handsome husband Valerio bares a striking resemblance to the man she saw dying...

70s Butlins documentary, part of a series of films directed by Tony Palmer, which was announced in The Stage [The Stage, 25 July 1974, p.14] "Tony Palmer is directing a new series with Harriet Crawley which will be seen in the HTV area. Tentatively titled Harriet, it will feature Miss Crawley in a number of roles each of which, as it were, puts her on the spot. For example, she will go up (and down) with a group of sky divers, work with an elephant trainer in a circus, become an operatic soprano (she will actually sing in a performance of Carmen), and for a time be a hell's angel's moll. Patrick Dromgoole is the executive producer of this one."

Margot, a mother-of-three who works as a secretary at an Import's company is summoned to work as a secret agent with the codename "Rose" forming a funny duo with the handsome spy FX.

BBC documentary telling the story of how David Bowie arrived at one of the most iconic creations in pop history - Ziggy Stardust - with contributions from colleagues and famous fans.

To win a duel, a merchant makes a dangerous pact with an inscrutable spellcaster.

The Lecturer, leader of the Feminine League Against Frivolity, tells the history of eroticism and censorship from the beginning of time until the late 1960s.

Vera Kemp, heiress of an industrial enterprise, lives in an apparently perfect world. While she doesn't care for big business, her husband Manfred runs the company. However, she learns about his affair with a younger woman and tries to save her marriage. During a vacation in Italy, Manfred and their son Max die in a road accident. Vera nearly despairs of her grief and, even worse, recognizes that her whole life has been a lie. Andreas Wolgast, a former employee, is the only one who supports her fight for the company and against her caballing family...

A documentary celebrating Lee Miller, a model-turned-photographer-turned-war reporter who defied anyone who tried to pin her down, put her on a pedestal, or pigeonhole her in any way.

Legendary opera singer Maria Callas had an extraordinary career, colored as much by supreme success as it was by terrible heartache. Yet despite her tumultuous private life, Callas's powerful soprano voice rarely faltered. Narrated by Rosalie Crutchley, this well-rounded documentary features extensive interviews and numerous performances, including the diva's final concert in Tokyo and a rare recording taken a class at the Julliard School.

As the sailors competing in the Vendée Globe prepare to set sail, the murder of a local figure disrupts preparations. The victim was the sponsor of Yannick Berthomé, a local boy and the race favorite. Lieutenants Judith Kamara and Olivier Finet are dispatched from the Angers SRPJ to investigate.

Tippi Hedren, the unforgettable actress who starred in The Birds (1963), made in her memoirs a relentless portrait of its director, the genius British filmmaker Alfred Hitchcock (1899-1980), the same one who, despite his disturbing personality and questionable working methods, made her a Hollywood star. From Minnesota to Hollywood, the true story of a unique performer and a free woman.

Karla and Werner have 35 harmonious years of marriage behind them. But when it comes to vacations, the unity is over. A week of wellness is a dream come true for Karla. But Werner only endures mud baths and a light diet because he is looking forward to the subsequent vacation in the camper van. But Karla has never been able to get anything out of the rustic pleasures of camping. So she answers her daughter's call for help, whose children never give her a moment's peace. Werner is soon traveling after her. But when Werner meets the charming widow Ruth and Karla meets the attractive Markus, the situation becomes quite critical...

A tricky out-of-area mission for Peter Lohmeyer alias Chief Inspector Jan Fabel in his fourth case: in the hustle and bustle of Cologne Carnival, of all things, the introverted hamburger has to chase a serial killer and stop a colleague from going it alone. Lisa Maria Potthoff plays the policewoman Maria, whose traumatic experience turns into a blind thirst for vengeance, Stipe Erceg can be seen in the role of the burned-out top chef and Murathan Muslu as a macho criminal. The lost souls are what make this bestseller film adaptation by the author Craig Russell, which is extremely exciting right up to the last second.

Eva, a young police department thefts of the Catalan police and eternal aspiring homicide department, is recruited to catch a serial murderer who is dedicated to killing older women. The young agent, single mother of a six year old, have to combine hunting the murderer with her maternal obligations.