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An adventure directed by Rolf Olsen.

Karl Nass and Jonny Tetens are captain and helmsman on a long voyage. When their shipowner Christiansen sells all his ships in order to have a modern container fleet built, Karl and Jonny bridge this waiting period as landlords of the sailors' pub "Kap Hoorn". One day, the shipowner's pretty little daughter Irmgard appears at "Uncle" Karl's because she has left home and her father wants to marry her off to a rich business friend in order to save his container building program financially. Under the mask of clumsiness and unattractiveness, she hides from her father's inquiries. Jonny falls in love with her. The father still gets the missing million.

Anny arrives in Munich to start a career as an actress, but soon ends up without money and job, sleeping on a park bench. When the police picks her up, she pretends to have amnesia and is taken to the police station. There she's surprised to get presented to her alleged parents. Not knowing yet what kind of game they play, she goes home with them and lets the rich couple coddle her.

Translator Lena Feldhusen travels to Copenhagen to supposedly research the Danish writer Karen Blixen. However, there is another reason behind the trip: the search for her father Carl, whom she last saw in her early childhood. During the trip, she meets the charming Mads, who also turns out to be a Blixen expert and runs the museum of the same name. Her trip becomes a confrontation with herself, old family conflicts and the chance of a new love.

German businessman Carsten Neuer travels to Norway to finish the impossible translation of some Norwegian poems by Tarjei Vesaas into Chinese, a project of his late wife. He hires Niko, a down-on-his-luck tour guide, to drive him to the poet's home and places of inspiration to stimulate his own translation. On the road, the ghost of Carsten's wife appears to him, while Niko struggles with the sudden consequences of his girlfriend's pregnancy. On this journey, two very different men come to realize the transforming power of love, the limits of language, and the human need for friendship.

Alaska is a wordless experimental film with a simple, droning soundtrack that sounds as if it is a piece for violin and refrigerator hum.

A man from Ostfriesland travels to Hamburg and sets course for America on a steamship to conquer this New World as well. What he leaves behind is a swath of devastation, a breach of confusion, a Milky Way full of music, a dead end full of mad jokes and perhaps a touch too much wordplay at the expense of others. But what is worst of all: he has also made a film about it!

During the summer on their Grandfather’s land Johanna, Robert, Harald and Alex begin a secret journey up the river on a boat with a chicken in search of a new path to the North Sea of Germany. A classic German children’s adventure movie.

In Lithuania, soprano Asmik Grigorian and tenor Dmytro Popov join forces with the Kaunas Symphony Orchestra for a high-profile opera concert at the city's St. Peter and St. Paul Cathedral. The programme features excerpts from works by Verdi, Bellini and César Franck.

The very last hotel before the Talking Hole - A man has been living here for a while. The heavily guarded hole, which tells the secret of eternal happiness, can only be accessed by couples. But he is alone. With great perseverance he tries to reach the hole to finally feel happiness.

The film portrays the life of the Heidelberg-born Elizabeth Charlotte, Princess Palatine, who married into the French royal family during the reign of Louis XIV.

Biopic of Soraya Esfandiary-Bakhtiari, the second wife of the last Shah of Iran, who was overthrown in the 1979's Islamic Revolution.

After 26 years of marriage there is a divorce on the way between Georg and Doris. While Georg is having some fun with a much younger co-worker, Doris want the divorce be silenced. Thats why the couple is taking a separation therapy and there will be some rough sessions.

Four actors analyze the nature of theatre for an hour and then alternately insult the audience and praise its “performance.” TV recording of the premiere at the "Theater am Turm" in Frankfurt/Main.

European produced Western based on the novel by Friedrich Gerstäcker, set in the 19th century in a town on the banks of the Mississippi River. The area is plagued by a gang of pirates under the leadership of Captain Kelly, who live on an island in the river, from where they operate raids on passing steamboats and traders rafts, robbing them of their cargo and murdering the crews. Townspeople and settlers do their best to put an end to the crimes and rid themselves of the pirates and their daring leader.

Documentary short by the German Labour Front (Deutsche Arbeitsfront) about the construction and launching of the cruise ship "Wilhelm Gustloff".

In the near future crime rates are at an all time high. The government counters this development with a new prison: The Vortex. Innocent citizen Vincent is sent there, after he killed a man who tried to rob him in self-defense. In the Vortex everybody has to commit their crime over and over again. Vincents first victim is his neighbour Carl.

17-year-old Edith is celebrating at her friend's house in Zurich when she is dragged to a nightclub by the unscrupulous seducer Jean, who gets her drunk and abuses her. When she becomes pregnant, she asks her father, who is a gynecologist, to perform an abortion. He initially refuses, but eventually agrees to perform the procedure—with fatal consequences.

The literal English translation of the German-titled film here is "The Hostess of the Lahn." Suzanne (Terry Torday) is the beautiful redhead who runs an inn in the town of Giessen. She is the subject of many inspirational love songs by the student population. The lyrics also reflect the Germans' resentment and hostility toward the French occupation by the army of Napoleon. Suzanne appears in various stages of undress.

Berlin in the 60s. The construction of the Berlin Wall not only divides the city, but also separates the Rechlin family. While mother Ingelore lives with husband Hannes and the youngest son in the eastern part of the city, the young, married daughter Beate lives in West Berlin. Even when she gives birth to the first grandson, the newly baked grandma Ingelore cannot visit her. Travel permits are only issued one year later. But the formerly so tight family bond is burdened by the long separation. Son Bernd also avoids the rest of the family, as his new girlfriend has just been released from prison because of attempted "republic escape". And so Mother Ingelore almost has to watch her family shatter.

Munich, World War II: The young Kati Zeiler runs a small barbershop. Her husband Felix is ​​fighting on the Eastern Front. So Kati draws her daughter Marie alone. A bomb attack destroys the shop and the apartment.

Early 1980s: Martin Siedler, a successful press officer for a leading pharmaceutical company, believes he has the trust of his boss Walter Lange. But then he finds out that his company's supposed miracle drug, which he is promoting, carries a deadly risk. This is proven by a secret, internal study, which his boss also knows about. How should Martin deal with this explosive information? What does he risk by going public with it? How strong is conscience? Drama based on real events about one of the biggest German medical scandals.

Germany, 1967. Ruby & Martin, a young couple, are rehearsing their uprising. The price is high: expulsion from school, parental violence, and ultimately institutionalization. But they are ready to take on the cause of love.

Introverted Noah reluctantly spends his summer vacation with his family in the French countryside. One day, he meets siblings Julie and Léo at the lake. Despite the language barrier, a relationship develops between him and Julie that oscillates between attraction and repulsion, causing Noah to grapple with his sexual orientation.

Brandenburg an der Havel, 2nd half of the 19th Century: the barber Fritz Bollmann is running his old-fashion barbershop and is well known, while another barber Jean Blank is more modern and haute-couture, who sees him as a huge competitor. When Bollmann wanted to leave to store to go fishing, what he loves, a boy asked for a haircut, but due to his anger he cuts him almost all of his hair. This leads the kids to play a trick upon him and when they through things in the lake in order for Bollmann to fall into the water while fishing, they write a mocking song about him. The song is spread all over the town, much to the hate of Bollmann himself. But he doesn't give up and is off to fight back.

An American heiress in Europe falls in love with a German prince, but he is required to marry someone else for reasons of state convenience.

The Darkhad and Soyon Uriyanghai peoples live in a vast valley in Northern Mongolia, much as their ancestors have for centuries. "Taiga" is the record of a long period spent by the German filmmaker Ulrike Ottinger among these people.

Traces the story of an extreme athlete, past and present; but also explores the psychology behind life, death, risk and the confrontation of fear.

A young student stands to inherent a fortune provided he can pass his first semester of college and find a steady girlfriend. His scheming stepfather has other plans for the money, however.

A drama set during the failed coup against President Mikhail Gorbachev.

The fast-driving daughter of a car manufacturer keeps Berlin's most pricey lawyer busy as she keeps getting into scrapes.

Set in contemporary Rome, the film shows through a series of encounters with “ancient” Romans, how the economic and political manipulation by ancient Roman society led to Caesar’s dictatorship. - British Film Institute

The film off the drugs scene! informs about the problems related to drugs in generaland about controlled heroine distribution in particular. It also aims to dismantle the fears and insecurities about this issue within our society. For drug addicts who are admitted to a heroine treatment programme, the polyclinic Zok12 (Zurich opiate consumption place), founded by the ARUD Zurich (Association for risk reduction in use of drugs), is a kind of life raft. there they can not only consume pure heroine under medical supervision and sterile conditions without any pressure or stress but also find counselling and treatment for mental and physical problems.

Master baker Haase travels to Vienna to see a notary regarding an inheritance. There, he meets Clarisse, who immediately wants to relieve him of the unexpected windfall. So she persuades Haase to travel to Venice, abandons him, and disappears with the last of the inheritance. Fearing the impending marital dispute, Haase feigns amnesia and ends up in a psychiatric institution.

A rich man bequeaths seven keys to seven of his friends, but only one will unlock the door to untold wealth.

In a hot summer during the Covid pandemic, the property management decides to renovate Karsten’s apartment and evicts him. Whether he’ll be able to quickly find something new in Cologne is uncertain. But Karsten remains relaxed. He packs his mattress into the borrowed moving van and turns it into an improvised home. Sophie and Miray also urgently need a place to live and join Karsten. For a while, their set-up seems perfect. However, a few days turn into months. Too much closeness and the impending autumn chill take a toll on the three of them.

At a motivational seminar, seminar leader Marius meets Jörg, an Ossi who doesn't understand. When Marius teaches him how to open a door with the right attitude, suddenly none of the participants can remember them. They are forgotten by the world, dependent on each other. Marius discovers that opening doors in the parallel universe creates unexpected opportunities for them to change places at will and live freely. But life as a couple brings with it tensions.

Two very different love stories cross each other in warm and magical way. A humanistic and yet mysterious film about love and death near the German/Danish border.

Bad behavior travels from the bedroom to the classroom to the beach in these six short films from Spain, France, Germany, Australia and Afghanistan that follow wayward boys and men for whom mischief and sexuality go hand in hand.

While searching for the fountain of youth, the three best friends Romy, Karlheinz and Magda Gustav encounter a witch. She announces that the reincarnation of Empress Elisabeth is among them. They urgently need to find out who, otherwise the ghost will strike them down. A Sisi competition ensues - after all, who wouldn't want to be Empress and the once most beautiful woman in the world?

An exhaustive explanation of how the military occupation of an invaded territory occurs and its consequences, using as a paradigmatic example the recent history of Israel and the Palestinian territories, the West Bank and the Gaza Strip, from 1967, when the Six-Day War took place, to the present day; an account by filmmaker Avi Mograbi enriched by the testimonies of Israeli army veterans.

Kálmán Imre's beloved operetta comes to the screen in this comedy of music, marriage and class set in Budapest and Vienna before the outbreak of the First World War, recorded at the Budapest Opera in 1963.

Romeo Montague and Juliet Capulet love each other with a pure love. But their two families hate each other as intensely as the passion they feel for each other. The day after they meet, they ask Friar Laurence to marry them in secret. But Juliet's cousin Tybalt challenges Romeo to a duel. Romeo refuses, and his friend Mercutio steps in to take his place, paying for the confrontation with his life. Romeo swears to avenge him...

A biographical drama is based on the 1929 autobiography of Swedish doctor Axel Martin Fredrik, The Story of San Michele. It follows the physician, psychiatrist, and adventurer as he travels the distances from Lapland to his Villa San Michele on Capri, with special stops in Paris and Rome. Personal physician to Queen Victoria, also physician to the Swedish royal family (he spent his last years living in the Royal Palace in Sweden), "Axel Munthe" knew everyone from the poorest clients to the most well-endowed. His love of animals, his support of bird sanctuaries, his involvement with architecture as he constructs his impressive villa throughout five summers, and his interests in archaeology and hypnotism are all explored.