A group of friends in East Germany undertake a daring plan to dig a tunnel under the Berlin Wall in order to help people escape to West Berlin. Their mission becomes more dangerous when they are discovered by the authorities and have to face betrayal, surveillance, and the constant threat of being caught. The film explores themes of friendship, loyalty, and the human spirit's desire for freedom.
Based on real events, '13 Minutes' tells the story of Georg Elser, a clockmaker who tried to kill Hitler with a bomb in Munich in 1939. The movie explores Elser's motivations, his planning, and his eventual capture and imprisonment by the Nazis.
In 'The Castle,' a land-surveyor travels to a remote village to assist in the construction of a castle. However, the bureaucracy and enigmatic nature of the locals make his job difficult. As he falls in love with a barmaid, he navigates the complexities of the village's strange customs and traditions. Based on the book, this Kafka-esque drama is filled with mystery and allegory.
Cherry Blossoms is a heartwarming film that explores the themes of estrangement, coping with loss, and cross-cultural relations. After the death of his wife, Rudi embarks on a journey to Japan to fulfill her last wish. In Tokyo, he forms an unexpected bond with a young woman named Yu, leading to a transformative experience that challenges his preconceptions and brings him closer to his own sense of self.
Wie erziehe ich meine Eltern? is a German television series.
The life of Nina Vandenberg, wife of Gero Vandenberg, whose family owns a successful coffee roasting company, is a disaster. First, she burns down the family villa in an alcohol intoxication and almost dies in the process, a little later Gero dies in a plane crash. But that's not all: A large amount of cash was found in the wreckage of the plane, from which no one knows where it came from - at the same time the company is missing 40 million euros, and it looks as if someone here has black money from the company wanted to smuggle past the tax office. All indications point to Nina, because she signed everything her husband presented to her without hesitation. Now she has to find out what's behind the matter, and she gets help from Gero's father, Gorm Vandenberg, who is already retired. Everything seems to be connected to a coffee plantation in Africa, so Nina travels to Kenya with her daughter Finja, where she is immediately arrested by the police.
A cynical and ruthless womanizer dies, but is given the chance to return to life if he manages to save three women within three days, whom he has deprived of their faith in love.
Mountaineering on enclosed terrain, the young doctor Clara Lang discovers a mummified corpse. Apparently, the dead has been in the ice for years. No one knows who it is at the bottom of the valley. When Clara's friend David wants to inspect the site more closely, he too is deadly. Clara is devastated. Her grief is compounded by the suspicion that David was murdered. Abandoned by the authorities, Clara stretches out her tentacles on her own and begins to investigate.
40 years after her husband is shot and killed by a terrorist while on duty as a police officer during a routine traffic check, Erika Welves (Senta Berger), aided by a journalist (Felix Eitner) finds evidence leading to the murderer. For the killer has vanished. Is living in freedom. Because the state is protecting him, keeping him safe. He in turn has supplied information concerning other terrorists. Erika Welves considers this blatant injustice. But now, finally, there is a chance at revenge...
When everything in his life seems to be going wrong, downtrodden and alcohol-dependent Karl has a fateful encounter in Munich with Yu, a mysterious Japanese dancer from his father’s past. Unexpectedly, Yu begins to help Karl confront his demons (both literal and figurative) and begin to heal.
Things could truly be better for regionally successful entrepreneur Manfred Brenner in the mid-1980s. For Brenner, however, there is no reason to worry, because he is firmly counting on a breakthrough with his newly founded company FlowTex. With innovative horizontal drilling systems, he wants to revolutionize underground pipeline construction. But at first the big success remains elusive. He finally succeeds by relying on drilling systems and orders that don't even exist, piling up loan upon loan and leasing contract upon leasing contract. He uses charm and persuasion, and for a long time no one notices that Brenner is building a fraudulent consortium of companies with just a few helpers and a lot of falsified documents.