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A feature-length jewish joke: The heavily indebted Sami Bambus fakes his death, so that his debts are taken over by the greedy heirs, led by the scrounger Prellstein. The putative heir also brings speculators to the scene, and the general confusion can ultimately only be reconciled by the summoned uncle Salomon and by Samis' return from the dead.
Scuggs, the utterly unpleasant super of a Bronx tenement is driven to desperate measures by an innocent-appearing, but manipulative 11 year-old girl. Based on the graphic novel by American Master Will Eisner, Meinecke combines larger-than-life characters, borrows from the traditions of melodrama and applies a visual language derived from German Expressionists to create a haunting tale, that won particular favor with New York critics.
Omar, a photographer, has a special experience with death. He is trying to express it through a new project. One day, three photo sessions and witnesses. Between the walls of a studio, one photographer and three people meet up after a casting. Bodies express stories of sex, love and trauma in the city of Beirut.
Gisela is a young wife and mother, living in a working class German Housing Scheme. She is a supermarket cashier, her husband a delivery driver. The marriage is stale but together they are working their way up into the middle class. George and Gisela evidently knew each other as teenagers. They live on the same scheme and George introduces her to his friend Paul. There is instant mutual attraction. Gisela spontaneously goes to a party that they invite her to that evening, where she and Paul begin a sexual relationship.
High-budget re-enactments and shooting on original locations sketch an image of the golden age of Elizabethan theater. And scholars from various fields weigh in on the nagging question of whether or not Shakespeare authored the plays for which he receives the credit.
Director helmut Dietls and Patric Susskinds illustrate a legendary story of two lovers who cant keep themselves away from death.
Katrin and Max are a couple. She examines police colleagues for her workability, he is a Kripo commissioner. When Hansen, the chief commissioner, is placed at his side, everything changes.
A young widow shoots the murderer of her young daughter because the court had to declare the sex offender—who had already killed two children—mentally ill and not criminally responsible; she herself is granted leniency for manslaughter in the heat of the moment.
The trusted guys Jupp and Erwin once again turn the coal pot upside down. When they share their war experiences at a pub evening, the whole thing ends in a wild brawl. To Erwin's chagrin, Lucky's Italian relatives show up, who want to marry the canteen owner's daughter. The wedding celebrations turn out quite differently than planned.
The well in a village near Mumbai has dried up. Geologist Sarah wants to get an auger. But it is stolen by the crook Oskar. Sarah finds out who is transporting the drill: trucker Max.
Various German tourists arrive at the African vacation hotel "Leisure Lodge". Businessman Harry Weber wants to seduce his secretary Julia undisturbed, but unbeknownst to him, his wife Melanie has also arrived to seduce skier Toni. Weber's business partner, the industrialist Pfefferkorn, also turns up, and Weber's secretary is trying to woo his son Florian. Harry is given the call girl Christine by a friend, but Pfefferkorn is also after her. Hairdresser Agathe is the first to recognize the connections and uses her knowledge for business purposes. Finally, Toni's fiancée Resi arrives and adds to the confusion.
After getting caught in a fight, Vahid needs to sell one of his kidneys to avoid a prison sentence of many years. While waiting for the liberating call from a buyer, a wish for a better life starts to grow within him.
The supposedly dead and buried Mabuse returns to his criminal activities, as his longtime foe Police Inspector Lohmann, a dauntless girl reporter, and an American - who may be an FBI agent, or maybe a Chicago mobster - investigate a series of gruesome murders connected to a maximum security prison and involving a minister who has written a book called "The Anatomy Of The Devil".
The head of a newly created office against illegal employment exchange is supposed to stop undeclared work and the shadow economy in his sphere of influence. At the end of the investigation, an international building tycoon, a desperate small businessman and an unemployed man are caught in his investigative net.
Amidst a devastated landscape, two survivors discover a mysterious, moss-covered sanctuary where hope and fear collide.
Once Upon a Time there lived a brave man, Michael, who was unaware what fear is. At the same time, Princess Elisabeth lived with her father, the king, in a makeshift tent city, because their castle was uninhabitable and haunted by ghosts, its treasure cursed. If he wants to know how to shudder, he should visit this Haunted Castle.
Whereas the marriage of Maja and Uwe Rath bobs along in a boring routine, daughter Alina is freshly in love with Nico. And because the young couple are serious about each other, the parents must become acquainted. That the Ohnsorg family lives in a proper castle on the outskirts of Berlin is only a problem for Uwe because Maja is facing an entirely different one: Papa Ohnsorg turns out to be her secret lover Stefan. Neither of them is letting on anything and they are glad when the good-byes are finally approaching. However, Uwe’s broken down car bestows the Ohnsorg and the Rath family with a weekend together, during which more than one bomb will be dropped.
Germanus, a brave gladiator, witnesses the brutal murder of his brother, committed by another fighter. Since then, he will become his worst enemy, with whom he will fight in several fights, each more bitter. One day, Germanus discovers that his sister, also gladiator, maintains a passionate affair with the man who killed the brother of both, without her knowing anything about the crime
Seeking the truth in a human grey area. Lawyer Annabelle Martinelli has specialized in sexual offences and represents victims of domestic violence. Shoe salesperson Doreen Markowitz seeks her support after pressing charges against her husband Leon for assault and sexual violence. The opposing lawyer is Annabelle's ex-boss John Quante, a cunning and unscrupulous divorce lawyer. Annabelle is convinced that her client has been systematically intimidated, beaten and forced to have sex. But the evidence is thin. One of several cases she has to deal with which put her professional distance to the test.
For Johannes and Lydia Klare, their faith in God comes first. Together they lead a small community in Stuttgart, successfully. People listen to them, they are becoming more and more close to them. There are even plans to make the donor-funded community much bigger by the generous contributions of Volker. First of all, the couple have quite different, more urgent points to take care of. When one day they watch the homeless street-boy Simon drifting back and forth in drug-related crises, they take him in for a short while. Together they want to help him again on the right path. But it is not just the drugs that are causing conflicts. Simon's homosexuality also presents the two with great challenge, since it is not so easy to unite with their faith.
A film woven around the idea that between early cinema and avant-garde film exists a connection.
In a Swiss church, Antonio Carrera is getting married to the pretty daughter of an Italian Mafioso, when army police officers march in and take him to the 15 week compulsory Swiss military training.
3xƐ is a free adaptation of Arrivederci, a short story by Alberto Moravia. The film explores the representation of time through cinema, where the present is constantly interrupted by fragments of memory and imagined futures. Rather than unfolding as a linear narrative, time is refracted through light, reflections, and layered images, allowing different worlds and temporalities to coexist within one another.
A series of surreal events highlights the malaise of a young woman facing the rituals of marriage.
A successful journalist must choose between his wife and a co-worker.
Wanne-Eickel in 2017: Tobias, Düse and Schnipsel, three real losers, shoot what is probably the worst horror film in the world 6000 meters underground with grandpa's Super 8 camera. Although no one is interested in their work, they try to raise money for new projects by working crappy jobs for a brothel and nightclub owner. When the trio work as temporary waiters at a prince's gala, the prince's crazy daughter Ludmilla falls in love with Tobias. However, this conjures up some almost cinematic entanglements involving murder, girls and millions.
The marine doctor Dr. med. Karen Stendal is assigned to the sailing training ship Albatros, which heads her great love Gregor Simonis as captain. But contrary to expectations Gregor behaves emphatically cool and dismissive to the attractive doctor. During a trip ashore in Lisbon, Karen indulges in an affair with the charming journalist Thomas Sand. But when Karen learns the reason for Gregor's peculiar restraint, she knows he needs her more than ever.
Two young prostitutes decide to settle on a farm in the outskirts of an idyllic Bavarian mountain village. Initially, this is a pain in the neck for the village council and the local clergy, but the moral guardians soon reveal themselves to be lacking in steadfast ideals.
Geologist Lena receives the news that her father Gottfried, who abandoned her eight years ago, is terminally ill. With a heavy heart, she travels back to her home village in the mountains with her young daughter. A journey into a difficult past, as Lena is not only confronted with Gottfried's rejection, but also with her former great love Anton, whom she has never been able to forget and who is now married to the enterprising and scheming Magda. But this is not the only problem: Lena discovers that her village is threatened by a landslide as a result of massive environmental destruction.
La Marquise de Pompadour desires the best tenor in France for her opera company, and after an extensive search in the provinces, Chapelou is selected and forced to leave his bride-of-an-hour to go to Paris. Alfer seeing the handsome tenor, the Marquise decides not to let his bride, Madeliane, join him in Paris. Graf de Latour, banished from the court for his bawdy song about La Pompadour, goes to the town where Chapelou has left his bride and sees an opportunity to get even. He takes Madeleine in hand and after exhaustive grooming and make-over he returns to court with her as his banishment has been lifted, and Chepelou, failing to recognize hie own wife, falls in love with her.
The neo-Nazi brothers Marco and Marcel Schönfeld from Potzlow have their sights set on the 16-year-old Marinus Schöberl, who stutters. They consider Marinus to be a so-called "subhuman".
The four young snoopers Tim, Karl, Kloesschen and Gaby by chance discover a hidden cave near an old castle. In it there's a board that seems to describe the way to a legendary sword. They ask their history teacher Schindler about it. He forbids them further actions, but secretly continues investigations with help of two ruthless criminals. But our young heros don't give up on an adventure so fast...
Germany at the end of World War II: Teacher Grübler lives in a small village in the Ore Mountains together with his 15-year old son Wolfgang. At school, the dutiful Grübler, a member of the NSDAP, teaches his pupils to volunteer for military service, but when his own son volunteers for the Waffen SS, he is nevertheless shocked and fears for his boy′s life. But Wolfgang starts to hate his father for his doubts: He thinks his father is a coward. In his desperation, Grübler chains and kidnaps his son to hide him in a dugout in the forest until the end of the war. In their shelter, father and son are fighting bitterly but when the Nazis who still believe in the "Endsieg" discover their hideout, Grübler sacrifices his life to save Wolfgang.
Poet Hermann Lons is turning 40. On his birthday, his childhood love, Rosemarie, unexpectedly to visit her cousin (who just happens to be Hermann's wife). Rosemarie and Hermann walk through the Luneburger Heide every day and it isn't long before their old love flares up again. Hermann is rather annoyed about that and asks the woman to leave. His decision, however, brings him no joy. Luckily, he's able to deal with his grief by writing poetry, which brings him some success. But now his life is one big, melancholy drama, punctuated by too much alcohol. When Hermann eventually learns that Rosemarie has gotten engaged to Hermann's hunting buddy, Prince Niko, he realizes he wants to ask his wife for a divorce and chase after his former lover. Luckily(?), Rosemarie puts the brakes on the whole thing saying it's too late for them.
Bank manager Frank and writer Patrizia meet by coincidence again and again at the airport. They commute between Dusseldorf and Paris, but behind their travels are two fateful stories. Frank wants to complete the business of his life, Patrizia visits her lover, who is in a coma since a car accident. For both life comes out of joint and they each suffer heavy losses. What connects them is the search for hold, a listener, the need to be needed and the hope that there is a beginning in each end.
Nicki Ziegler, Oberleutnant der Feldjäger, wird zu einem Auslandseinsatz in den Ostkongo geschickt. Gemeinsam mit ihrem forschen Kollegen Werner Malinckrodt soll sie den Selbstmord des Soldaten Wenz klären. Tatsächlich deutet zunächst alles auf Selbstmord hin: Wenz kam mit den verstörenden Verhältnissen in dem afrikanischen Krisengebiet nicht klar und zudem wollte ihn offenbar seine Frau verlassen. Als Nicki auf dem Handy des Toten ein sonderbares Video findet, tendiert zu allerdings zu Mord...
Vera and Hans have been happy for 15 years - only the marriage certificate is still missing. Vera's mother wants to help the couple on the jumps and proposes them to the local radio station as "the perfect couple of the week". This means that if they marry within four weeks, the sender pays the wedding. The stars are not unfavorable. But just before the wedding date confirmed that Libra and Taurus are an explosive combination. The high-caliber romantic comedy shows in an amusing, subtle way how heavenly influences in relationships can move mountains.
Josef finds a propeller hat and does everything he can to be able to fly with it. That's roughly the short film narrative of film student Claudius, who does everything in his power to finally shoot his graduation film. But making films isn't that easy, not to mention flying.
5 short films on the theme of European identity.
It's the summer of 1980, and Jana's parents are getting divorced. Jana, her mother and her sister are moving from Vienna to the countryside, where they are living with her grandmother. Big changes for the 13 year-old girl, who's not only homesick, but also wants to become a server at Catholic mass and has a growing interest in Florian, one of the boys from the village...
A woman who is mourning the love of her life falls into a relationship with a mysterious stranger.
A serial killer dispassionately discusses the nuts and bolts of his grisly avocation, as well as the youthful traumas which helped to mold him into a psychopath, in this disturbing independent drama from Germany, based on the true story of of Germany's most famous child murderer Juergen Bartsch who, between the ages of 15 and 19, abused, tortured and killed four schoolboys in the Ruhr region of Germany from 1962 to 1966.
Part two of Leni Riefenstahl's monumental examination of the 1938 Olympic Games, the cameras leave the main stadium and venture into the many halls and fields deployed for such sports as fencing, polo, cycling, and the modern pentathlon, which was won by American Glenn Morris.
a tv-movie by Rainer Erler
Policewoman Julia Forward awakens on a cylindrical structure in a world that seems deadlocked in the Stone Age. Somebody has taken her hostage and left her in this unreal and hostile environment. Far away from everything she has ever known she has to fight for her survival whilst learning the bitter secret of planet earth: The omnipresent Alekto Corporation uses humans with extraordinary talents as gene pools for their dark researches.
Franz Biberkopf has served four years in prison. His return to normal life is not successful.
A German Film Award winning short feature.
“The True Biography of Nikita Mikhalkov” is the story of one of the most famous Russian directors (and one of the most adored actors by the public), told unbiasedly - that is, not from the words of Mikhalkov himself.