Hades - Eine (fast) wahre Geschichte

A bighearted gangster tries to turn his life around after falling in love — but with a dogged detective closely tracking his crew, it may be too late.

White Substance

Ten years have passed since the First Congo War, six since the beginning of the UN mission there. Rape is still being employed as a weapon. In White Substance everyone involved is given an opportunity to speak: the victi

Mea Culpa – A ReadyMadeOpera

In Mea Culpa, Christoph Schlingensief blurs a delicate line: he ignores the threshold that separates the healthy from the sick. By making his cancer the subject of an opera, premiering on the largest German-speaking thea

Zerschmetterte Träume - Eine Liebe in Fesseln

In einer Nacht wie dieser

Afraid that she'll fail her final high school exams, Sally decides to falsely report that her classmate Jack has raped her. Jack finds the accusation ridiculous and doesn't defend himself, but everyone else believe her.

Five Sex Rooms und eine Küche

Trace of a Girl

The young student Hanna, on the surface a typical representative of her generation, suffers from a special form of schizophrenia, hebephrenia. In her own world of perception, oscillating between madness and the search fo

Aus den Erinnerungen eines Frauenarztes - 2. Lüge und Wahrheit

Jaider, the Lonely Hunter

When Jaider has to illegally poach in order to feed the citizens of a poor Alpine town, he gets into a blood-soaked conflict with the German authorities.

Von einem, der auszog, das Fürchten zu lernen

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

Kein einfacher Mord

Nina and Paul's marriage is over, they are just waiting for an opportunity to teach it their son Tim. During a chance encounter, Nina flirts with Viktor, her son's hockey coach, and goes with him to his house. A decision

Eine wie diese

Bremen 1974: Siggi Thieme, 22, is in a hurry to leave the typing pool where she works as a secretary: she has to go for a job interview. Her dream is to become a detective inspector. The law has finally lifted the barrie

Zigeunerweisen: Vom Erfolg eines musikalisch-romantischen Stils

A Wave Standing Still

Lost in thought in the midsummer heat, Georg suddenly has only one goal. To make his huge, overgrown garden beautiful again at the weekend. But as he spends his days alone in the house he once shared with his ex-wife Sie

Charlotte, One of Us

Fourty-two year old Charlotte lives in seclusion with her father in Trentino. She is mentally impaired and lives in a world of her own. When her father is hospitalised for a heart attack, Charlotte's ten year younger bro

Berlin – Eine Stadt sucht den Mörder

Photojournalist Lena’s career soars when she captures the gruesome victims of the “Snow White Killer” who stages corpses artistically. When her sister’s friend becomes the latest victim, Lena hunts the murderer alone. As

The Ministry for State Security - Everyday life at a public authority

Former heads, senior officers and the rector of the MfS law school explain how the ministry functioned. The interviewees see themselves as legitimate actors with a clear mandate and political enemy image. They provide an

There Is Only One Love

The chamber singer Sir Henry Godwin and the ballet master Blattner need a vacation.

Raccoons: The New Europeans

Once raccoons were brought to Germany for their fur. Today many people wish them gone. There are approximately half a million raccoons living in Germany and they are spreading throughout Europe. It all started in the fir

Es ist eine alte Geschichte...

A classic love triangle is transposed onto the lives of three medical students in Leipzig. Udo loves Tini, his friend Tommy’s fiancée. Tini is torn between choosing one man over the other. Meanwhile, Britta has renewed h