selected film and tv
complete resumee at imdb or crew united
the mussel feast
"Das Muschelessen" is Birgit Vanderbeke's debut work, which was published in 1990 and for which she was awarded the Ingeborg Bachmann Prize, among other honours. Her story is anything but the depiction of an idyllic family meal; it is much more of a bitterly angry anti-idyll, a dismantling of the family and the father's authority, linked to a mussel dinner in a way that is as subtle as it is lustful.
directed by michael venus
script by michael venus, gro swantje kohlhof
produced by ostlicht
financing / casting
© fischer / berlinale
demons and dreams
tells the story of Denis, child of Polish immigrants, who, in a place of little hope, discovers his unique gift for making music and turns into one of the most popular hip hop beat producers of the present day.
directed by lena stahl
script by lena stahl, johanna thalmann
produced by tobis films
preproduction / casting
© babet mader / stefan klüter
der held vom bahnhof friedrichstrasse
a fast-paced, touching and immensely enjoyable impostor story. in september 2019, michael Hartung receives a visit from a journalist. he is researching a spectacular mass escape from the gdr, in which 127 people travelled to the west on an s-bahn train at friedrichstraße station.
directed by wolfgang becker
script by wolfgang becker, constantin lieb, based on the novel by maxim leo
produced by x-filme
preproduction / casting
© kiwi verlag / florian schneider
ich ist ein anderer
Felix Kersten, Heinrich Himmler's former masseur, is said to have helped thousands concentration camp prisoners to freedom through his influence with the Reichsführer SS. freedom through his influence with the Reichführer SS. The young socialist journalist Hedda does not believe Kersten and tries to convict him of lying...
directed by felix randau
script by felix randau
produced by ostlicht films
financing / casting
© ostlicht / sabine cattaneo
allegro pastell
allegro pastell is the story of a seemingly normal love and its transformations..
directed by anna roller
script by anna roller, based on the novel by leif randt
produced by walker&worm
filming
© kiwi verlag / privat
no beast so fierce
at the centre of the drama, which is based on william shakespeare's „the tragedy of king richard III" and whose plot is set in present-day neukölln, is the youngest daughter of an arab clan.
directed by burhan qurbani
script by burhan qurbani, enis maci, based on a play by william shakespeare
produced by sommerhaus filmproduktion
postproduction
© port au prince pictures / malik vitthal
disappereance
Mengele’s fugitive years in South America told from his point of view. The notorious Nazi doctor found refuge in South America at the end of WWII and was never captured, dying in Brazil in 1979 without having been judged for his crimes..
directed by kiril serebrennikov
script by kiril serebrennikov, based on the novel “The Disappearance of Josef Mengele” by Olivier Guez
produced by lupa film, cg cinéma, hype studios , forma pro films, loreipsum corp., piano mexico, scala films
postproduction
© lupa film / ira polyarnaya
nuremberg
nuremberg chronicles the eponymous trials held by the allied forces against the defeated nazi regime. fhe film will center on american psychiatrist douglas kelley, who is tasked with determining whether nazi prisoners are fit to stand trial for their war crimes and finds himself in a complex battle of wits with hermann göring, hitler's right-hand man.
directed by james vanderbilt
script by james vanderbilt, based on the book 'The Nazi and the Psychiatrist' by Jack El-Hai
produced by bluestone entertainment, wme independent, filmsquad, project x entertainment, walden media
german roles, co casting with john papsidera, anna kennedy
postproduction
© bluestone entertainment, wme independent, filmsquad, project x entertainment, walden media
swedish connection
gösta engzell, a down prioritised bureaucrat at the swedish foreign ministry during the 2nd world war. when gösta and his team become aware that something terrible is happening to the Jews, they come up with a brilliant plan to fool the nazis. this is a swedish story of an unknown hero who saved thousands of lives and turned the so-called neutral sweden into a moral superpower along the way.
directed by thérèse ahlbeck , marcus olsson
script by thérèse ahlbeck , marcus olsson
german roles
produced by way feature films, netflix
postproduction
© netflix
der tiger
the five-man crew of a german tiger tank is sent on a secret mission far behind the fiercely contested front line. fueled by the wehrmacht's methamphetamine, their mission increasingly becomes a journey into the heart of darkness .
directed by dennis gansel
script by dennis gansel, colin teevan
produced by pantaleon films, amazon
postproduction
© amazon /jens koch
concordia
a world where millions of cameras link to an AI system that monitors every aspect of citizens' lives and suspected crimes are prevented before they happen..
directed by barbara eder
script by nicholas racz, isla van tricht, mike walden
co casting with victor jenkins, andy bierley, lilia trapani
produced by intaglio films gmbh for zdf, france tv, hulu japan and mbs, zdf studios
postproduction
© zdf studios
fresh
they say blood is thicker than water. and there is plenty of blood in this visually thrilling adaptation of mark mcnay's novel of the same name about two dissimilar brothers. kai was actually happy to no longer have mirko in his life. but when he gets out of prison and wants his money back, which kai has used for other purposes in the meantime, the situation threatens to escalate. brutal, bitterly evil brother ballad.
directed by damian john harper
script by damian john harper, based on the novel '“fresh” bei mark mcnay
produced by weydemann bros.
world premiere at filmfest munich
© port au prince pictures
oderbruch
a discovery of numerous murder victims in the eponymous region in germany takes ex-cop maggie kring and detective roland voit together after more than 20 years of separation to examine the case, which becomes a personal one for maggie.
directed by adolfo kolmerer, christian alvart
script by arend remmers, christian alvart, ronny schalk, martin behnke
produced by syrreal filmproduction, ard degeto
© Syrreal Dogs GmbH/CBS Studios/Stefan Erhard/Marcel Weisheit / ARD Degeto
the island / sløborn
2020-2024 3 season
After a pandemic rolled through the island of Sløborn, the survivors have to deal with the consequences
directed by christian alvart, adolfo kolmerer
script by christian alvart, erol yesilkaya, henner schulte holtey, arend remmers
produced by syrreal filmproduction, zdf neo
cast at imdb trailer season 1: / trailer season 2 / trailer season 3
© tobis / zdf
the gryphon
Based on the fantasy bestseller. To save humanity from the Gryphon's claws, outcast Mark must confront his family's dark legacy and enter a deadly battle in the parallel world of the Black Tower.
directed by sebastian marka, max zähle
script by erol yesilkaya, sebastian marka, boris dennulat, stefanie veith, based on a novel by wolfgang hohlbein,
produced by wiedemann & berg, doghouse film, amazon studios
in cooperation with patrick dreikauss
© amazon prime video:
a thin line
Follows Ana and Benni, two sisters in a quest to expose environmental wrongdoing, but when things go bad after hacking a government server, a question arises: What line are you willing to cross for something you believe in?
directed by sabrina sarabi, damian john harper
script by jakob & jonas weydemann, stefanie ren, paul salisbury
produced by weydemann bros, paramount+
© paramount+:
the net
Lea Brandstätter witnesses the death of her boyfriend. The investigation leads to Jean Leco, the president of the World Football Association. Their paths cross with that of Marcel, whose best friend has just been stabbed..
directed by rick ostermann
script by bernd lange, johannes flachmeyer, anneke janssen, thomas ritter, created by matthias hartmann, plinio bachmann
produced by sommerhaus series, ard degeto
© ard degeto
we are the next of kin
The kidnapping of German entrepreneur Jan Philipp Reemtsma is told from his son Johann's perspective.
directed by hans-christian schmid
script by hans-christian schmid, michael gutmann, based on a novel by johann scherer
produced by 23/5 fllmproduction, ndr, br, arte
© pandora film / the match factory / emmanuele contini
liberame
A sailing trip in the Mediterranean sea turns into a nightmare for five friends. A boat full of refugees brings them to their limits and changes their lives forever.
directed by adolfo kolmerer
script by astrid ströher, marco wiersch
produced by bantry bay, zdf
© zdf
der überfall
A robbery attempt at a small corner store ends fatally. A seven-year-old boy disappears and an envelope with a lot of money changes hands. The lives of people who have never had anything to do with each other collide violently..
directed by stephan lacant
script by stefan kolditz, katja wenzel
produced by ufa filmproduction, zdf
© zdf
a stasi comedy
After falling in love with the Nathalie and sleeping with his first target, Corinna, Ludger ends up living two lives - one as an underground poet and one as a Stasi agent - both of which eventually come back to haunt him 30 years later.
directed by leander haußmann
script by leander haußmann
produced by ufa
© constantin film
the path
Two children and a dog on the run from the Nazis.
directed by tobi wiemann
script by jytte-merle böhrnsen, based on a novel by rüdiger bertram
produced by eyrie film, lemming film, warner bros
© warner bros
the funeral
For the funeral of the patriarch the Meurer clan reunites and clashes over who deserves which part of the inheritance. It does not take long until this emotional melting pot of incompatible dreams, desires and denial boils over.
directed by jan georg schütte
idea by jan georg schütte, improvisation by the actors
produced by florida film, ard degeto
© ard degeto / thomas leidig
warten auf’n bus
A bus stop deep in Brandenburg. Two men are waiting for a bus and talking about their lives. Frankly, honestly. The topics are diverse, the dialogue directly from the Brandenburg soul.
directed by dirk kummer, fabian möhrke
script by oliver bukowski
produced by senator film, rbb
cast at imdb trailer staffel 1 / Trailer staffel 2
© rbb
blackout
On a cold November day, electricity fails all over Europe. Blackout. While the government and authorities struggle with the effects and with clarification, a former hacker comes into the focus of the investigators.
directed by lancelot von naso, oliver rihs
script by lancelot von naso, kai-uwe hasenheit, ased on a novel by max elsberg,
produced by wiedemann & berg tv, joyn
© joyn
für immer sommer 90
Summer 1990, Germany in the frenzy of reunification: In Brandenburg, Andy's youth clique uses the title win at the World Cup for a lively party at the lake: alcohol, drugs - film tears. What happened during the night takes on a new meaning 30 years later. Andy is now a successful investment banker and uses the Corona crisis to jump into his career. However, an anonymously written letter accuses him of raping a young woman and thus destroying her life.
directed by jan georg schütte
idea by jan georg schütte, charly hübner, lars lessen, improvised by the actors
produced by florida film, ard degeto
© ard degeto
berlin alexanderplatz
A man from Guinea-Bissau moves to Germany, where he is befriended by a drug dealer and two women..
directed by burhan qurbani
script by burhan qurbani, martin behnke, based on a novel by alfred döblin
produced by sommerhaus film, lemming film, arte, zdf
© beta cinema
cortex
Hagen develops disturbing nightmares and soon can no longer distinguish between dream and reality
directed by moritz bleibtreu
script by moritz bleibtreu
produced by paloma pictures, port au prince film, warner bros
© warner bros
exit
Year 2047: "Infinitalk" is the AI developed by some guys, offering possible eternal life through digitization of peoples mind and when they want to sell it, they get into major trouble..
directed by sebastian marka
script by erol yesilkaya, based on a story by simon urban
produced by sommerhaus film, ard
© ard
kiss me kosher
When two generations of Israeli women fall for a German woman and a Palestinian man, chaos follows. What happens with lovers who don't fit--but do belong together?.
directed by shirel peleg
script by shirel peleg
produced by fireglory pictures, big top studio
© x-verleih
curveball
The grotesque, at times even surreal, true story of how the Iraq war was started based on nothing but fake intelligence and the involvement of the German government and the German secret service..
directed by johannes naber
script by oliver keidel, johannes naber
produced by bon voyage films
© bon voyage films
land of murders
Two cops investigate the disappearance of two teen sisters in a remote town, where it seems like everyone has something to hide - including the bodies.
directed by christian alvart
script by christian alvart, alberto rodriguez
produced by syrreal filmproduction
© telepool / kmbo
kidnapping stella
Snatched off the street and held for ransom, a bound and gagged woman uses her limited powers to derail her two masked abductors' carefully-laid plans.
directed by thomas sieben
script by j blakeson, thomas sieben
produced by henning ferber film, seven pictures
© netflix
tkkg
the third film based on the famous TKKG series of books for young people. When Willi's father is abducted and is only released for a valuable statue from his art collection, Tim is the only one who believes Willi that the police are on the wrong track. Together with the smart policeman's daughter Gaby and the highly intelligent outsider Karl, they start to investigate on their own. Against all odds the four discover a conspiracy. In the course of their first big detective adventure they grow together into a committed community, and so Tim, Klöschen, Karl and Gaby become the band TKKG.
directed by robert thalheim
script by robert kalmuczak, peter klehmet, robert thalheim
produced by kundschafter film, warner bros
in ccoperation with jaqueline rietz
© warner bros
roads
Two lost teenage boys, from Congo and Britain, meet in Morocco and take a road trip in a stolen RV to France, encountering poverty and refugees on the way.
directed by sebastian schipper
script by sebastian schipper, oliver ziegenbalg
produced by missing link, komplizenfilm
german roles
© studiocanal / rezo films
8 days
A family attempts to escape from the impact zone of an asteroid that is due to hit Earth in eight days.
directed by stefan ruzowitzky, michael krummenacher
script by Peter Kocyla, Rafael Parente, Benjamin Seiler
produced by neue super film, sky
© sky
blame game
Intelligence expert Martin Behrens supplies information leading to a U.S. drone strike on a wanted terrorist. Then his lover - a political journalist - is killed in a terrorist attack. Martin starts to investigate on his own
directed by philipp leinemann
script by philipp leinemann
produced by walker & worm
© global screen / prokino
dogs of berlin
A politically sensitive murder forces two disparate detectives into a battle with the Berlin underworld and a confrontation with their own corruption.
directed by christian alvart
script created by christian alvart
produced by syrreal filmproduction, netflix
© netflix
cut off
Thriller set in the world of Forensic Pathology. Coroner Paul Herzfeld finds a capsule in the head of a heavily mutilated corpse, containing a phone number and single word: the name of his daughter.
directed by christian alvart
script by sebastian fitzek, michael tsokos, christian alvart, based on a thriller by sebastian fitzek and michael tsokos
produced by syrreal filmproduction, ziegler film, warner bros
© warner bros
the vanishing
20-year-old Janine disappears without a trace, and her mother is the only one who is convinced that something happened to her daughter; left to her own devices, she has to piece together a puzzle to try to find her daughter.
directed by hans-christian schmid
script by bernd lange, hans-christian schmid
produced by 23/5 film, ard
© ard / amazon prime video
mission love
Hans calls his girlfriend Heinz, which tells you everything you need to know about their relationship. They're a typical couple who're stuck in a rut after eight years.. The thing is clear: the two have to do something. How can this be love? They decide to make a list of everything that makes up a real love: Romance, desire, passion, jealousy, drama - deep feelings, in other words. Hans and Heinz methodically start checking off their list and realize: Real life is nothing like the movies.
directed by laura lackmann
script by laura lackmann
produced by studio tv, swr, wdr
© farbfilm verleih / jack twist
Do You Sometimes Feel Burned Out and Empty?
Marriage counselor Luisa is happily married to Richard, but also has an affair with Leopold, Richard's boss. Luisa can't decide which man to choose, until she wakes up one morning and meets a second Luisa, calling herself Ann.
directed by lola randl
script by lola randl
produced by coin film
© farbfilm verleih / philipp pfeiffer
Magical Mystery or: The Return of Karl Schmidt
Years after a nervous breakdown Karl goes on tour with old friends and upcoming electronic music DJs. Beeing the only sober person in a environment full of drugs and alcohol starts to bring back demons.
directed by arne feldhusen
script by sven regener, arne feldhusen, based on a novel by sven regener
produced by razor film, arte, ard degeto, wdr, brainpool
© dcm
tom of finland
Award-winning filmmaker Dome Karukoski brings to screen the life and work of artist Touko Valio Laaksonen (aka Tom of Finland), one of the most influential and celebrated figures of 20th-century gay culture..
directed by aDome Karukoski
script by Aleksi Bardy, Aleksi Bardy, Dome Karukoski
produced by anagram film, helsinki filmi, Fridthjof Film, Neutrinos Productions, Film i Väst
© finnkino / magic hour
heart of stone
famous German tale about a man who sells his heart to a forest-dwelling warlock for money and power.
directed by johannes naber
script by johannes naber, stefan reuter, andreas marschall, based on a fairytale by wilhelm hauff
produced by schmitz katze film, studio babelsberg
© picture tree international / imdb
center of my world
After a summer spent with his his best friend Kat to escape his family, Phil goes back to school and starts to question his feelings towards Nicholas, a new classmate.
directed by jakob m erwa
script by jakob m erwa, based on a novel by andreas steinhöfel
produced by neue schönhauser film, mojo film
© universum film / matchbox films
victoria
A young Spanish woman who has recently moved to Berlin finds her flirtation with a local guy turn potentially deadly as their night out with his friends reveals a dangerous secret..
directed by sebastian schipper
script by sebastian schipper, Olivia Neergaard-Holm, Eike Frederik Schulz
produced by monkey boy, radical media
© senator film verleih / the match factory
the confessions
Ministers from the G8 countries meet in Germany to decide on a secret plan affecting many countries. IMF director Roché has invited a monk for his confession. Roché's later found dead. Is it murder or suicide? Did he reveal the plan?.
directed by Roberto Andò
script by Roberto Andò, Angelo Pasquini
produced by BIBI film tv, barbary film, canal+, cine+
cast at imdb german cast trailer
© bibi film tv
me and kaminski
Young journalist Sebastian Zöllner is writing an article on artist Manuel Kaminski. Zöllner hopes that Kaminski dies soon, so that he can cash in on his article.
directed by wolfgang becker
script by Wolfgang Becker, Daniel Kehlmann, Thomas Wendrich, based on a novel by daniel kehlmann
produced by x-filme
© x-verleih
one breath
A loving mother searching for her child. A pregnant woman escaping from her responsibility. Two women who couldn't be more different will be pushed to their limits of humanity. Connected by one breath which decides everything.
directed by christian züberth
script by Christian Zübert, Ipek Zübert
produced by senator film
© senator filmverleih
becks letzter sommer
A frustrated music teacher and former musician discovers in a pupil a talent for guitar playing and singing and decides to help him into the music business. In the process, the teacher changes also his own life
directed by frieder wittich
script by frieder wittich, oliver ziegenbalg, based on a novel by benedict wells
produced by claussen & putz
© wild bunch
the king’s surrender
Violent youth gangs and a police force way out of its depth. When a police operation goes awry and two policemen die, the powder keg threatens to ignite as the SWAT team knows only one goal: revenge - irrespective of the law.
directed by philipp leinemann
script by philipp leinemann
produced by walker & worm
© summiteer films
age of the cannibals
Öllers and Niederländer have everything under control. For the past six years, the two successful business consultants have been traveling through some of the seediest countries around the world in order to satisfy their clients' greed.
directed by johannes naber
script by stefan weigl
produced by studio tv
© farbfilm verleih
banklady
The sudden transformation of a lower middle class woman who falls in love with a bank robber and soon becomes one herself.
directed by christian alvart
script by Chris Silber, Kai Hafemeister
produced by syrreal filmproduction
© studiocanal / iris janke
the police officer’s wife
The story of a young couple who live in a small town with their four-year-old daughter. The husband is so caught up in his work as a policeman that he gradually becomes increasingly alienated from his wife and daughter who become ever closer to one another as they discover the new town. It is only a matter of time before the conflicts within the family manifest themselves.
directed by Philip Gröning
script by Philip Gröning, Carola Diekmann
produced by Philip Gröning film, 3Lfilm, bavaria, zdf
© 3Lfilm
home for the weekend
Marko is in his mid-thirties, has just published his first book, and has been living in Berlin since his university days - far enough away from his parents Gitte and Günter whose bourgeois lifestyle he could never quite get used to. He visits them once or twice a year, mainly to give them a chance to spend a few days with their grandson. His hopes of spending a quiet weekend with the family fall short when Gitte, who has been mentally unstable since Marko was a child, feels so healthy after a homeopathic treatment that she stops taking her medication. Her announcement triggers reserved reactions in the family, and a series of revelations tip his family's structure out of balance.
directed by hans-christian schmid
script by bernd lange
produced by 23/5 film
© pandora film
baikonur
Iskander, a young man living on the Kazakh steppes, finds French astronaut Julie after her capsule crashes. Julie now has amnesia, but Iskander convinces her they are engaged.
directed by veit helmer
script bySergey Ashkenazi, Veit Helmer, Daniela Baumgärtl
produced by veit helmer film
© x-verleih
4 days in may
A group of Russian soldiers are sent into Northern Germany at the tail-end of WWII, where they occupy a children's home in close proximity to a larger German unit. Against these odds, a friendship forms between a German orphan and a childless Soviet captain
directed by Achim von Borries
script by Achim von Borries, Eduard Reznik
produced by xfilme, ZAO Studia "F.A.F"
© x-verleih
songs of love and hate
In an idyllic wine region at the foot of the Swiss Alps lives Rico with his two daughters and his wife Anna. The charming daughter, Lili, brings turbulence into the so far harmonious family life because of the awakening of her sexuality. Her father sees her with new eyes and starts to distance himself from her. Lili feels rejected from her father and reacts with aggression and power games..
directed by Katalin Gödrös
script by Dagmar Gabler, Katalin Gödrös
produced by cobra film
© cobra film / missing films
66/67 Fairplay is over
For six young men, who could hardly be more different from one another, the fan club of the Eintracht Braunschweig football club is the center of their life and their friendship. 66/67 is the name of their club as well as the year in which Eintracht Braunschweig won the German Championship.
directed by Jan-Christoph Glaser, Carsten Ludwig
script by Jan-Christoph Glaser, CARsten Ludwig
produced by frisbeefilms
© FARBFILM VERLEIH
13 semester
The friends Moritz and Dirk get accepted at the TU Darmstadt and leave their small home village in Brandenburg to set out for the big town to study business arithmetic (mathematical economics).
directed by Frieder Wittich
script by Frieder Wittich, Oliver Ziegenbalg
produced by claussen & putz film
© twentieth century fox of germany
max manus
The true story about one of the most brilliant saboteurs during World War II and his battle to overcome his inner demons..
directed by Joachim Rønning, Espen Sandberg
script by Thomas Nordseth-Tiller
produced by b&t film, miso film, roenberg film
cast at imdb german cast trailer
© capelight pictures / central
peaceful times
In the 60s, a family from the GDR who came to settle in West Germany before the construction of the Berlin Wall gradually tears apart.
directed by Neele Leana Vollmar
script by Ruth Toma, based on a novel by Birgit Vanderbeke
produced by royal pony film, odeon film, neue kinowelt
© studiocanal
absurdistan
An allegorical comedy centered on two childhood sweethearts who seem destined for one another until the women of their isolated village, angered by male indifference toward the water shortage, go on a sex strike that threatens the young couple's first night of love.
directed by veit helmer
script by Zaza Buadze, Servet Golbol, Veit Helmer
produced by veit helmer film
© farbfilm verleih
eight miles high
Uschi Obermeier, a German cover model from the 1960s who embodied the dreams of the hippie generation - joins a commune, begins a modelling career, meets rock stars, and travels the world in a bus, enjoying love, drugs and freedom.
directed by akiz
script by Olaf Kraemer, Akiz, Claus Peter Hant
produced by bioskop film
© warner bros
let the cat out of the bag
Waitress Doris meets a stranger on a train to Leipzig. This well-dressed thirty-something man decides to follow her, as they are drawn to each other, but neither seem prepared to admit to their loneliness
directed by florian schwarz
script by michael proehl
produced by frisbeefilms
© jetfilm /michael kappeler
the edukators
Three activists cobble together a kidnapping plot after they encounter a businessman in his home.
directed by hans weingartner
script by hans weingartner
produced by y3 film, coop 99
© delphi film verleih
