Hotel Desire

Hotel Desire 2011

6.00

Antonia is a single mother who works as a hotel maid in Berlin. A normal hot summer day takes a dramatic turn when she crosses paths with a particular guest of the hotel, famous blind portrait painter Julius Pass.

2011

Rommel

Rommel 2012

6.10

The story of the final seven months in the life of German Field Marshal Erwin Rommel.

2012

Five Years

Five Years 2013

6.50

How Murat Kurnaz ended up in Guantanamo Bay is a mysterious story. 5 YEARS investigates the psychological aspect of this endless and unjustified "imprisonment" where Kurnaz had to endure never ending physical and psychological torture.

2013

Kissing My Sister

Kissing My Sister 2000

6.56

Teen brother and sister who rarely get to see each other fall in love with one another one summer.

2000

The Tunnel

The Tunnel 2001

7.11

Inspired by true events, Olympic swimmer Harry Melchior defects from East Germany in the 1960s and hatches a daring plot to help his sister and others flee East Berlin through a 145-yard underground tunnel.

2001

Not All Were Murderers

Not All Were Murderers 2006

6.60

Based on the childhood memories of actor Michael Degen, the movie deals with the everyday struggle to survive as a Jewish boy in Nazi Germany. As his father had died in 1940 after being released from the Sachsenhausen concentration camp, Michael and his mother fear to be deported themselves. They manage to live in Berlin with false names and faked papers, hidden by several, often broken, people...

2006

Die Pilgerin

Die Pilgerin 2014

5.30

In the 14th century, a young merchant's daughter from southern Germany sets off on the adventurous Way of St. James to faraway Santiago de Compostela to fulfill her father's last wishes and bring his heart there. Disguised as a man, the pilgrim is hunted by pursuers set on her by her conniving brother.

2014

Der Minister

Der Minister 2013

5.20

Franz Ferdinand von und zu Donnersberg is a charismatic, well-bred and handsome young man from a very wealthy family who sees his future in politics. His childhood friend Max Drexel is quick-witted, ambitious, quick-witted, but comes from a humble background and doesn't like to be in the foreground. But together they make an unbeatable team, as Max runs his office and writes him the tangled and grandiose speeches that Franz Ferdinand gets so much applause and recognition for. But Chancellor Angela Murkel eyes the young MP with great skepticism. Franz Ferdinand realizes that he could improve his reputation with the chancellor with a doctorate

2013

Cracks in the Shell

Cracks in the Shell 2012

6.39

An insecure drama student is given the lead role in a play by her director, but the role she is supposed to play is at odds with her real personality. The fusion of her stage persona and her real life persona becomes a psychological tour de force for the young woman, changing her private life.

2012

Die Sturmflut

Die Sturmflut 2006

5.42

Susanne, a meteorologist Hamburg, has detected signs of an incipient sea storm that could devastate the city. Although given the alarm, local authorities do not listen to their warnings. To ensure the magnitude of the tsunami, Susanne decided to move to an oil platform located offshore, which verifies that their dire predictions are to become reality, as the storm will soon reach the coast, threatening the lives of thousands of people.

2006

Ein Sommer in Long Island

Ein Sommer in Long Island 2009

4.00

Business executive Nick Porter starts an affair with landscape architect Holly while jogging on his way to see his half-brother Benjamin 'Ben' Goldman, a reclusive author who inherited an estate from his father, also an author. Recommended by Nick, Holly comes to renovate the garden for Ben, whose aloof attitude bugs her, but actually she's his first love. Nick learns this and that Ben has terminal cancer but refuses treatment, feeling his life has no meaning, so Nick pushes Holly to pretend to be in love with Ben, who learns the truth in the worst possible way at the worst possible time.

2009

Ein Sommer in Paris

Ein Sommer in Paris 2011

5.00

Clara and her boyfriend break up their relationship in Paris. She stays a few days in the city, where he meets a man who offers her work. But, unexpectedly, love again knocking on her door.

2011

Homevideo

Homevideo 2011

6.70

Shy, sensitive high school outsider Jakob Moormann is miserably lacking immaterial support at home, where his strict father, uniformed cop Claas, and selfish mother are too busy breaking up to be there for him. Jakob focuses on class dream-girl Hannah, without much luck. His secret recording of himself masturbating gets into class bullies Henry and Erik's hands through the mother's thoughtlessness. The rascals blackmail Jakob and post the video on the Internet. After a raging lecture phase, dad stands up for Jakob, but his life is already wrecked more than anyone realizes.

2011

Das Wunder von Berlin

Das Wunder von Berlin 2008

5.70

East Germany, 1988: working as a state security service agent, Jürgen Kaiser is loyal to the party line, but worried about his son Marco, a punk. As he is arrested after a concert, Marco is forced to join the army, where he surprisingly identifies with socialism and believes he has to defend his country against the capitalist enemy. While Jürgen is astonished, his wife Hanna and Marco's girlfriend Anja, supporting the civil rights movement, don't like his new attitude...

2008

Verratene Freunde

Verratene Freunde 2013

4.20

Two married couples, in their mid-40s, have been friends for a long time. Until one husband believes he has to bring an indiscretion to the public about the other and the respective life plans and moral concepts are called into question. Matthias Brandt, Barbara Auer, Heino Ferch and Katja Riemann can be seen in the leading roles of this outstanding, chamber play-like television film.

2013

Something to Remind Me

Something to Remind Me 2002

7.00

Middle-aged lawyer Thomas meets Leyla at the pool. After their paths keep crossing, he asks her out on a date. Somewhat to his surprise she agrees. The next morning Thomas awakes to find Leyla and his laptop, which contains vital case files, missing.

2002

Wolfsburg

Wolfsburg 2003

6.68

Philipp Gerber is a smart, but self-satisfied car salesman. In an inattentive moment at the wheel of his car, he runs over a boy on a bike and, instead of helping him, he drives away. As he has feelings of guilt, he tries to find out more about the accident’s victim.

2003