During a robbery at KaDeWe, of all places, a magical encounter occurs between Hedi, a saleswoman in the textile department, and Fritzi, the daughter of KaDeWe owner Adolf Jandorf. It is love at first sight: Against all social and family odds, the two disparate young women begin a passionate relationship. At the same time, Fritzi's older brother and war returnee Harry is fighting for his father's recognition as the new junior manager of KaDeWe - and against his own despair. At Harry's side is Georg, a general manager placed in front of him by his father, who has worked his way up from a poor background to the top echelons of KaDeWe. Georg, of all people, will play a decisive role in the future fate of the department store...
A music journalist accompanies her father, a charmingly stubborn Holocaust survivor, on a journey to his homeland. While she's eager to make sense of her family's past, her dad has an agenda of his own.
A comedian named Hape embarks on a pilgrimage along the Camino de Santiago, a famous trail in Spain. Along the way, he encounters various challenges and experiences moments of self-reflection and enlightenment. Through this journey, Hape explores themes of fatigue, pain, and thirst, as well as encounters with nature and spiritual landmarks.
The summer break is over and the twins returned to Lindenhof. That has now changed a lot. Because Mrs Theobald had to travel, Mademoiselle Bertoux has taken the lead.
And Tomorrow the Entire World is a crime drama movie that follows a young political activist who joins an anti-fascist group in Mannheim, Germany. She gets caught in a dangerous battle against a right-wing politician and his followers. Alongside her fellow activists, she takes part in protests, police raids, and confrontations, risking her safety for her beliefs. As tensions rise, she must navigate the complexities of political activism and the personal sacrifices it entails.
As a nun, Katharina von Bora lives the life destined for her until she comes into contact with a completely new world of thought in the early 20s through the writings of Martin Luther. She flees with some of her co-sisters and comes without legal status, without income and rejected by her family to Wittenberg, where she meets Martin Luther personally. Katharina decides to marry the reformer and, as his wife, becomes a respected housekeeper, an equal interlocutor and the mother of their children together.
Noble Commitments is a thought-provoking documentary that explores the stories of people who are dedicated to making a difference in their communities. Through interviews and footage, the film highlights the challenges and triumphs of these individuals as they work towards creating positive change.
Carla, the runaway with high aims. Lucie, the street girl. Interchanged identities and a shared baby. Collage of a fateful year.
When Helen finds out about her husband Jörg's affair with her younger coworker, she is faced with the shambles of her previous life. At first, she tries everything she can to hold on to their relationship, because the desire for freedom would come at too high a price. Only when Helen becomes downright invisible does she realize that she has to let go of old role models.
A collective documentary film, from five european directors asked to witness the revolutions and dramas caused in their own countries by the pandemic. Among them, “Two Fathers”, directed by Julia von Heinz (20’). After the death of his father, Hans-Michael von Heinz, the director finds out the truth about her parent true sexual identity. In order to know more, she starts emailing persons who got to know him over the last years, among them his closest friend, director Rosa von Praunheim.
Five German directors celebrate the influence that famed filmmaker Rosa von Praunheim has had on their careers in honor of his 70th birthday. After discussing Praunheim's inspiration, each protégé presents an original short drawn from the experience.
A German girl travels to Israel to help people with disabilities, where she learns a lot about the role of her grandparents in WWII and meets a man who wants to move to Berlin.
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