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Otto is the proud father of his three children, David, Julia, and Pius. This requires considerable logistical skill, as the three mothers must not know anything about each other. The game of hide-and-seek is about to be exposed when the nanny, Maria, has to go to the hospital. Otto hopes for help from the loner Josef, a bar acquaintance. It's only a matter of time before the house of cards collapses and the mothers discover the well-kept secret.
Standup by Nico Semsrott
Less than two months after the fall of the Berlin Wall, Udo Lindenberg's first GDR tour starts in Suhl on January 6, 1990. The cheers in the "Stadthalle der Freundschaft" knew no bounds. 25 years later, he returns.
A brief look at the German digital legacy told in four chapters.
The film-essay Mined Soil revisits the work of the Guinean agronomist Amílcar Cabral, who studied soil erosion in the Alentejo region of Portugal through the lens of his political engagement as a leader of the African Liberation Movement of the 1950s. This line of thought intertwines with documentation of an experimental gold mining site, now operated by a Canadian company located in the same Portuguese region once studied by Cabral. In Mined Soil, the voiceover dialouge explores the space, surface, and textures of the images presented, proposing past and present definitions of soil as a repository of memory, exploitation, crisis, and treasure.
Venezuelan conductor Gustavo Dudamel is given the special honour of presiding over the Berliner Philharmoniker's New Year's Eve Gala Concert in 2010 – a role typically reserved for the orchestra's Chief Conductor. Together with the mezzo soprano Elīna Garanča he and the orchestra present an enthralling concert which takes on an increasingly Spanish and Latin American flavour as it progresses. The programme includes works by Berlioz and Saint-Saëns to Bizet and de Falla, with Garanča showcasing operatic roles that she has made her own.
Matthias Wilhelm is a musician who transfers the universality of his art to the philosophy of his life. People with linked his life, musical organizations that he has been part of, inspirations gathered from different branches of art make his philosophy comprehensible and meaningful. One Day with Matthias turns into a summary of life with full of art and multi-culturality.
Rick is gay and deaf. And he works as an adult porn actor. The short-documentary follows a young man who is able to overcome his impediment and boundaries and who lives out himself and his body and ultimately finds personal liberation in the lights of the film studio.
A fearful dark voice from the Old Roman Empire is terrorizing a young woman towards suicide.
Laura Ludwig's and Kira Walkenhorst's journey to the 2016 Rio Olympics. Despite setbacks in their preparation the team keeps pushing themselves to reach their ultimate goal - the Beach Volleyball Goldmedal.
Nicky Koch is in her mid-forties, a successful head buyer at a hip online shop and in a relationship with her much younger colleague Sascha Brehmer. When she defies her bosses, she is fired. Ironically, Sascha should take over her post. In this crisis, the invitation to the 25-year class reunion comes at just the right time. There she meets her old crush, Axel Hartmann, who turns out to be Sascha's father...
The factory in Hirschen becomes bankrupt but the inhabitants don't want to leave their village and choose very strange ways to save their existence.
At the age of nine, twins Bill and Tom Kaulitz from Magdeburg decide to become famous. At the age of twelve, together with Gustav Schäfer and Georg Listing, they form a band, Tokio Hotel, which conquers and polarizes the world. The success is gigantic. In their early twenties, the twins fled to Los Angeles, leaving thousands of fans and a life behind protective walls behind them. They want their freedom back and don't know how or whether things will continue.
Scotland is explored, from its outer islands to the Scottish highlands, along with its rugged, idiosyncratic inhabitants, both human and animal.
MUNICH IN INDIA tells about the German painter Fritz-Munich. As the Nazis seized power in Germany he was traveling through colonial India between 1932 and 1937, and became the only German court painter of the Maharajas. Konstantin Fritz, the artist's grandson, searches for clues of his grandfather's paintings and of his fairytale adventures. Accompanied by Fritz-Munich's unique historical 16mm film shoots and diaries, the grandson follows the former travels of his grandfather through India today. MUNICH IN INDIA is the story of an unknown but nevertheless extraordinary artist. It tells about his adventures, about German and Indian history and simultaneously gets an insight into contemporary India.
In this documentary Angela Zumpe searches for traces of her brother, who moved from west to east Germany in 1968 to live in the DDR but killed himself eight months after.
Tim is about to graduate from high school. He goes to parties with friends, takes exams, and has his first date with a classmate. At night, he makes videos of himself displaying his masculinity, declaring his hatred of women, and announcing his plan to go on a killing spree on the last day of school. But the closer his self-proclaimed "Judgment Day" comes, the harder it is for him to live up to his archetypal ideal of masculinity.
Chakra masseuse Claudia has already planned the perfect wedding for her son: Small, contemplative, in the family. But these plans are thrown into disarray when Herb, the father of the bride, intervenes and fights with her over planning rights. To settle the dispute, they spend a few days together at the request of their children, but this also causes problems: Claudia discovers feelings for Herb, which are answered by the arrival of Herb's girlfriend. Without further ado, she decides that the two families are completely incompatible and pleads with the children to cancel the celebrations.
Part of a 3-D project on the soul of architecture initiated by Wim Wenders, Madsen’s film considers the impact of Norway’s Halden Prison, called “the world’s most humane prison.”
Chocolatier Karl Sailer unexpectedly loses his job in Hamburg and his wife also becomes unemployed. The offer from his old master from Garmisch comes at just the right time: He needs the former apprentice for his chocolate factory in order to win a tender. Due to a lack of alternatives, Karl, his wife and children move to the family farm in Bavaria. However, an old dispute with his stubborn father causes trouble.
The film tells the story of the BMW team facing its big target: winning the 24 Hours on the Nurburgring-Nordschleife, one of the biggest racing events in the world.
Sequel to the 2010 film 'Die wahre Titanic'.
In the throes of an existential crisis, an aging director decides to travel to Japan to film the tour of his son's rock-band, PEROPERO. His partner Emma acts as producer as they follow the band's performances in a string of live clubs across Japan. When the director falls hard for the young Japanese tour manager, both the film shoot and his life threaten to fall apart.
Philipp Hartmann made a film, toured the German cinema scene with it and made that into a film too: an overview of an eclectic mix of cinemas all run by cinephiles. Shared love entails shared suffering: every Kino is under threat.
A Thai woman visits an ossarium in Germany.
A group of young lesbians share a flat. Each of them has a secret to keep from the other flatmates next door. As rooms, beds and roles are swapped, the truth slowly surfaces. Which of the four flatmates is brave enough to say the truth and stand by their emotions?
Preparations for the "100 years of Lünen police station" anniversary celebration are in full swing, an event set to conclude with a tribute to outstanding investigative work. An honor the team surrounding Brandt and Wiesel might be worthy of considering their latest case: bar owner Robin Bürger has been found dead in his cooling chamber. The investigation proves to be increasingly complicated as everyone affiliated with it either tries to hide the truth or plot against one another. Soon, Brandt and Wiesel are certain that all of them are two-faced. How right they are with that assumption and how deeply the case will come to affect their own lives are the questions at the heart of this 5th "wieselflink and brandtgefährlich" film.
One of four "Saw" Video Contest winners in Germany leading up to the release of "Saw: The Final Chapter" in 2010. Little is known about the film, but it was officially featured on the German 9-film box set following the physical release of "Spiral: From the Book of Saw" in Germany.
A documentary about the left revolution in Munich and Bavaria as well as the republic following governing for several months. The movie consists mostly of eye witness interviews of the peaceful change of government.
A lost girl's journey through a surreal landscape, and her yearning to make a connection in this distant yet strangely familiar world.
Documentary by Eckhart Schmidt.
Levi is sitting in his favorite pub, drinking beer and waiting. For his ex-girlfriend. Tonight he will make everything better. But he waits in vain, and when she doesn't show up and the mysterious Marla turns up instead, the evening takes a different turn. Levi is enchanted by Marla's spontaneous nature and even leaves the pub with her. We follow the two of them through the night. With every minute that Levi spends with the stranger, things become more chaotic. Levi searches for answers without knowing what the question actually is. He follows Marla on her warm paths through the darkness, while he himself gets lost in the in-between.
The Obersalzberg retreat was the summer residence and retreat of Adolf Hitler, Eva Braun and his closest confidants in the Nazi regime. The public are mainly familiar with fi lm footage and photographs from the alleged Nazi idyll. For the first time, eye witnesses are willing to talk about their experiences in Obersalzberg.
At the Bayerische Staatsoper in Munich, Kirill Petrenko conducts this new production of Alban Berg's Lulu, directed for stage by Dmitri Tcherniakov and starring the soprano Marlis Petersen (Lulu).
A presumably African village, inhabited by Germans. BURKINA BRANDENBURG KOMPLEX describes a geographical construction that makes use of “our” medial and collective image of Africa and puts it to the test through inaccuracies. An archaeological find is made in a mine: a Ferrari®. We tag along with Joachim on his everyday rounds. He has his heart set on realising a common energy project. The Museum of Prussian Cultural Heritage is run by a woman of color. She presents artefacts from Western consumer culture with a special emphasis on German products. Joachim is involved in the ritualistic production of energy in the village, but gets excluded when the ceremony is nearing its finale, finally catapulting himself out of the “story/history”.
Maria needs sex like others need air to breathe. Thanks to their attractiveness , there is always a willing bed play. Maria's 17 -year-old son Laurin is also the result of a one-night stand - and yet he is his mother's pride . However , Laurin is one of theirsEscapades unenthusiastic . Worse still, the devout boy thinks his mother is the walking mortal sin , which is just fine with his plan to evict the new pastor .