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A promising career with the police, a baby on the way... Marc's life seems to be right on track. Then he meets fellow policeman Kay and during their...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Hanno Koffler

A 9th century woman of English extraction born in the German city of Ingelheim disguises herself as a man and rises through the Vatican ranks.

Genre: Drama

Cast: John Goodman

Lena is happily married. From the strange man in the S-Bahn but such a pull goes out that she gets involved in a spontaneous infidelity. The...

Genre: TV Movie

Cast: Ursina Lardi

For the first time since the legendary Apollo missions over 50 years ago, humans are once again setting out for the Moon on April 1, 2026....

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Sarah Liu

When terrorists try to seize control of a Berlin-Paris flight, a soft-spoken young American co-pilot struggles to save the lives of the passengers...

Genre: Thriller

Cast: Joseph Gordon-Levitt

Alma is a scientist coerced into participating in an extraordinary study in order to obtain research funds for her work. For three weeks, she has to...

Genre: Science Fiction

Cast: Maren Eggert

A character study of a family on vacation. The emotional abyss and problems are behind the seemingly nice facade of an intact family as they...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Martina Gedeck

Anna is 60 and her acting heyday is now behind her. She lives on her own but has a friend and confidant in her downstairs neighbour Michel, who is...

Genre: Romance

Cast: Sophie Rois

After an elaborate application process, Empress Elisabeth of Austria hires Countess Irma as her new lady-in-waiting and takes her to her summer...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Susanne Wolff

Germany in the early 19th century. "Die Vermessung der Welt" follows the two brilliant and eccentric scientists Alexander von Humboldt and Carl...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Florian David Fitz

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

Genre: Action

Cast: Ulrich Tukur

A documentary about Roland Emmerich, the most commercially successful German director in Hollywood, released on the occasion of his 70th birthday. It...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Roland Emmerich

After Sophie and Jessica had witnessed a brutal crime when they were kids, Jessica promised her younger sister Sophie: "I will always protect you!"...

Genre: Thriller

Cast: Frida Lovisa Hamann

Lena is a cheerful student who firmly believes in happiness and the good in people. As part of a social project, she is sent by the office as a...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Luna Wedler

A portrait of Rosa von Praunheim's neighbor, who worked for decades as a professional dominatrix in Berlin's Wilmersdorf district. While the real...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Katharina Gerhardt

Explores Jerry Lewis' unreleased 1972 film "The Day the Clown Cried," its mysterious disappearance, and the search for footage. Includes interviews...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Jerry Lewis

Skalde lives in a small rural community, far from a world that may no longer exist. She is an interloper in her own home, having been born to an...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Mathilde Bundschuh

Greta Thunberg, a 15-year-old student in Sweden, started a school strike for the climate as her question for adults was, if you don’t care...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Greta Thunberg

Three activists cobble together a kidnapping plot after they encounter a businessman in his home.

Genre: Drama

Cast: Daniel Brühl

A young man struggles with the pressure of caring for his terminally ill father while trying to unlock a secret that his father seems determined to...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Jannis Niewöhner