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This movie, directed by Richard Oswald, is based on the operetta "Les contes de Hoffmann" by Jacques Offenbach (1819-1880), which is a genial musical potpourri from various short stories and novels by the Prussian writer, composer, painter, lawyer and judge E.T.A. Hoffmann (1776-1822). While Hoffmann's literary work was longtime considered to be merely fantastical, it was finally researched, in the last years, according to its metaphysical background. Characteristic for Hoffmann's work is his life-long fight against rationalism and for the revelation of nature morte, culminating mostly in carnival-like scenes anticipating literary techniques only described in the works of Bachtin and Bachelard.

Nazis, in an attempt to teleport themselves into England during World War II, are instead accidentally teleported forward in time into suburbia, United States, in the early 1990s.

When a German businessman causes a car accident with deadly consequences, the papers start digging into his past to find scandals. What they find causes him to reevaluate his own past during WW2 when he was in Greece.

BITTER tells the story of a dysfunctional family and their inability to communicate.

Recent archaeological discoveries in Germany have changed the way we look at Celtic society and the major role played by women.

When Martin, a former GDR citizen, is released from jail, he lately becomes confronted with the consequences of the German re-unification.

The undercover investigator Robert is supposed to win the trust of a criminal through a fictitious relationship with Leni. However, the feelings are not just a game. It is the spied criminal, of all people, who makes him confront his contradictory feelings…

The Hartmut-Wolf-System is a relationship between two people which adheres to strict internal and external rules. The Hartmut-Wolf-System leads to self-destruction. A face à la viennoise.

In Ethiopia, Frank Michalka has found a new home and left his criminal past behind. But happiness does not last long and the former offender must go back to Germany. Once there, he immediately falls back into old patterns and robbed a bank.

Although members of the Hitler Youth chant anti-Semitic paroles in front of his house during the Purim festival, Rabbi Singer is still profoundly convinced that Germany will stay a safe country for him, his family, and his fellow believers. But several years later, his son David is banned from going to school because he is a Jew. Shortly after, Rabbi Singer and his wife are deported. Now, young David also fears for his life. In constant fear of being detected, he tries to find a way to leave Germany.

Germany, late 90s: Johanna is an intern at a local newspaper and is struggling with the death of her grandmother. In addition to her grief, she is burdened by conflict with her family after she angrily confronts her uncle, who is only interested in his inheritance, at the funeral. She seeks balance by throwing herself headlong into her work. In the process, she comes across an old photograph of a concentration camp guard named Anneliese Deckert. With this find, she hopes to advance her journalistic career: Johanna tracks down the now 80-year-old, but does not expect to meet her entire family on the spot, nor does she expect the fuss the photo causes.

The young Robert looking for work and room in Bavaria. Because Robert dares to take a young girl with him to his place, he loses his apartment and the job as an assistant to a bookseller.

In the words of Robert Frank, Hunter is about “. . . a man whose destiny is not to find a destination. . . . A man who fears that he will never find what his imagination compels him to look for, a mystical traveler going by train and by car through . . . language and landscape.” The film was shot entirely on location in Germany’s industrial Ruhr region in September/October 1989.

Short film about labor relations.

A student takes compromising pictures of his teacher and starts blackmailing her into stripping in front of her class and more.

The film by a film student making his graduation film about a film student making his graduation film.

BIRDWATCHER tells the story of people who are passionate about observing birds and are committed to preserving their habitats. The world of birds becomes a metaphor for the state of society in a time of great upheaval.

After moving to Munich with her parents Kristin and Bernd, the 16-year-old Amelie has problems adjusting to her new school. Although the family seems to be happy, her parents are too busy themselves to notice how depressed she is - until she tries to commit suicide. Amelie survives, but her disease worsens...

If you have everything, you have everything to lose. John Rourke and his crew run the shiny new Maelstrom. But when Mr. Smith has a new job offer, everything changes and pushes New Eden again to the edge of chaos. JR, Charlie, and Sol are back for one more adventure, that takes them from a dull daily grind to trying to save an entire star system that's been taken hostage. Time to trust in rust for one last time.

After 13 years, Sonja and Marc have separated. The love was lost to them like other people a stick or hat. To sell their weekend home, the two embark on a final trip together. Along the way, they realize that by far not all is said and that they still feel connected to each other - despite all the injuries and blame. When the planned sale is delayed, they have to spend the night in their house. It is their last chance to find answers to all the questions that are better asked late than never.

History of a Jewish family, the Oppermanns, in Berlin at the end of 1932, after Hitler has become the leader of Germany's strongest political party.

Shot in 1944, finished and released in 1954.

The likeable and carefree Grand Duke of Abacco is in dire straits. There is no money left to service the State’s debt; the main creditor is looking forward to expropriating the entire Duchy. The marriage with Olga, Grand Duchess of Russia, would solve everything, but a crucial letter of hers about the engagement has been stolen. Besides, a bunch of revolutionaries and a dubious businessman have other plans regarding the Grand Duke. With the intrusion of adventurer Philipp Collins into the Grand Duke’s affairs, a series of frantic chases, plots and counter-plots begins…

Hannes is a beer truck driver in Dortmund. His biggest dream is to win the first prize at the International Timetable Contest in Inari (Finland). When his new boss cancels his extra holidays to go there, Hans goes mad… On his journey to Finland by train, followed by the police, he meets lot of folks and the love of his life.

The story of Judge Jan-Robert von Renesse, who in the early 2000s fights against his own judicial system for the rights of Holocaust survivors and almost destroys his own life in the process.

Qazi is the story of a young Pakistani refugee who is forced by economic and family circumstances to seek his fortune in Europe.

A gigantic investment project brings assistant Frank Schröder back to his home, the border triangle. Torn between appropriation, small-mindedness and rivalries, his plan for a major collaboration threatens to fail. But Schröder does not give up and manages to turn things around. But then his boss wants to go wolf hunting.

Successful husband, clever children, great job – the lawyer Eva lacks nothing. Except the erotic tingle that she and Richard, a writer have lost in their family life.

Two men accept a mysterious job offer.

An innocent encounter on a Greek Island between two men quickly turns dangerous when one witnesses a deal. Back in Germany, stakes are raised further as more men are lured into their dangerous game of cat and mouse - setting in motion a series of events that blur the line between the hunter and the hunted.

Young single-mom Mia struggles with the criticism and prejudice against her in the village. When she realises that her son is also suffering, she becomes a lioness.

Martin and Sophie are no longer the happy couple they were when they got married seven years ago. They have grown apart and the sparks fly every day. In fact, they would have split up long ago if it weren't for their construction company and their marriage license. On their seventh wedding anniversary, the marital feud reaches its climax and Sophie announces that she is moving out. To calm herself down, Sophie treats herself to an hour at the "White Swan" Health & Spa. However, the relaxation comes to nothing. The owners recognize her as the woman who sold them a supposedly completely renovated house. A house that turns out to be a perpetual building site. They want their money back and take Sophie hostage.

A wannabe revue dancer meets a man she thinks is the revue's impresario, and mistaken identities lead to laughs.

Frank and Paul are best friends forever and raised Frank's daughter Lilli after a tragic car accident. The two men scrape a living by working as barmen and bouncers in a strip club while Lilly has grown into a lively and self-confident teenager. The disaster unfolds when Lilli seduces Paul and gets pregnant.

The engineer Wolff Benningsen (Volker von Collande), a self-assured and über-obnoxious jingo jerk meets the young art student Vika von Demnitz (Leny Marenbach) while climbing in the Alps. One get's the idea that he would like to knock her over the head with a club and drag her to his cave but since this is out of fashion he decides to stalk her and annoy her heavy-handedly into a full submission. Understandingly, she instantly dislikes the lad and tries to shake him off. She succeeds a few times but then starts to suffer from some kind of Stockholm syndrome and falls for him. But that's not enough for him, being an infantile egoist he wants to tame the "wild bird" fully and break every last bit of her own will. It's all hard to believe if you haven't seen it yourself.

For business reasons, Rosemary is supposed to marry Peter, a stranger to her, according to her father's wishes. However, while fleeing from America back to Europe, Rosemary and Peter meet under assumed names and fall in love.

A very stylized TV version of the Fassbinder play. The set consists of a few pieces of furniture in front of a large screen on which coastal scenery is back projected. Geesche is a nineteenth-century woman who wants to have a mind of her own. She defies convention and will do anything to achieve her freedom from oppression by her family and friends.

In 1988, Tilda Swinton toured round the Berlin Wall on a bicycle - starting and ending at the Brandenburg Gate - accompanied by filmmaker Cynthia Beatt. As Swinton travels through fields and historic neighborhoods, past lakes and massive concrete apartment buildings, the Wall is a constant presence.

Schreckenstein and Rosenfels outdo each other with acts of sabotage during the competitions at Kapellsee. But shortly before the end, the competition is called off because the Count's zeppelin crashes! Count Schreckenstein manages to save himself, but now has to spend several weeks in a sanatorium - and he is financially ruined. His cousin Kuno sees selling the castle as the only solution. But the Schreckies believe they can save the school and set off in search of a forgotten treasure. They need outside help - and it comes from the girls from Rosenfels, of all people.

A great mosaic, a labyrinth of scenes, dialogue splinters, interviews, portraits of people surrounding Hamlet and wanting to be part of his story.

KAFKA'S THE BURROW tells the story of a man's "metamorphosis" (as Kafka would put it) in a rapidly changing and increasingly isolated world. A man, who has seemingly achieved everything, ensconces himself in his burrow, a fortress-like apartment complex. But no matter how hard he tries to keep the outside world at a distance, he gets more and more entangled in his own web of fear and paranoia: those outside know he is there, they want him, they want his wealth, and they are inevitably going to get him ...

At a conference in Verona, the dutiful German family man falls under the spell of the Italian Elsa. As soon as he falls for her, she disappears without a trace. Leo wife Hannah remorsefully confesses the affair. She forgives him. Then suddenly Elsa appears.

Vera von Schalburg is a German prostitute working in Nazi Germany. In 1938, one year before the outbreak of World War II, Schalburg is arrested by the Berlin police. She is offered to work as a spy for the Abwehr, the German military intelligence service, instead of facing jail time. Completely unaware of the secret war preparations being conducted by her government, and unwilling to leave her teenage son who later joins the Hitler Youth, she accepts the offer.

A dusty stretch of desert through which a Bundeswehr tank is struggling. The hungover Martin dozes off inside the vehicle. Suddenly shots ring out, grenades explode, and all of a sudden he is wide awake - and in the middle of a war ... Just a few hours ago, Martin was having a beer with his best friend Maddel, who was actually meant to be a soldier on this foreign assignment. But because Maddel is about to become a father, Martin goes to war for his buddy.

In London at the turn of the century, underworld kingpin Mack the Knife marries Polly Peachum without the knowledge of her father, the equally enterprising 'king of the beggars'.

Georg Weiser has learned all his life not to feel emotions, to ignore the opinions and rights of others and to give free rein to his resentment. When he loses his wife, it seems as if he is not particularly affected. But his children will not rest.