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Best friends Nini and Jameelah are both 14 years old and live in the same housing complex in Berlin. Jameelah's family is from Iraq and might be deported if their application for citizenship isn't approved, but right now, the girls try not to worry about these existential problems. They look forward to the Berlin summer and the school holidays.
Aug 2017
Constance, 1410. Marie, daughter of the richest bourgeois of the city, is on the eve of marrying a prestigious lawyer, son of an earl. Although the compromise fills with pride the girl's father, anxious to ennoble, Marie is not just convinced about her fiancé, who she has only seen twice. Her suspicions are confirmed tragically on the eve of the wedding when, after signing the marriage contract, a stranger breaks into the house ensuring that Marie has slept with other men in exchange for gifts, like a vile harlot. From that moment, the life of the girl will give a terrible unexpected turnaround. Alone, with his reputation ruined, she will have no choice to survive than partnering with a prostitute and lying on the roads.
Oct 2010
Henry is a playboy who has no idea that he is the father of a beautiful, cute girl out of a One-night-Stand. Her mother left the daughter in front of Henry door after her husband realized after 8 years of marriage that he is not the father so their relationship now is breaking up... By the way: Kokowääh, is how a German (in this case an 8 Year old child) that has never heard the dish before - would pronounce "Coq Au Vin" (chicken in a wine sauce).
Feb 2011
A coming-of-age story set in Germany in the 1960s. Siggi becomes involved in a love triangle when he falls for Luise, but the tightening political climate forces him to make a fateful decision.
Feb 2006
A social satire in which a chauffeur accidentally becomes the editor of an online newspaper.
Feb 2012
In his dreams Sammy is a rock star. But in reality he works and cleans in his brother Momo's hammam. Suddenly, a music label gives him the chance to become famous in a casting show. On one condition: The solo musician must form a band. So Sammy, his sister Jessi, the old temporary masseur Wolle and fat Mahmut quickly become the group "Hamam Hardrock". The audience celebrates the original newcomers but label boss Thomaschewsky wants to prevent the multicultural rockers' triumphant advance by any means necessary.
Mar 2018
Karla works in a call center. She marries Zaid Yakin and has a happy marriage with him. Even the death of her father-in-law gives Karla no reason to doubt the perfection of her family, until one night she discovers that her husband and son Hamy have disappeared without a trace. Shortly afterwards, she is made privy to the ongoing investigation by officials from the Federal Intelligence Service. It seems that her husband has returned to his home country, Sudan, to plan a terrorist attack. Karla travels to Africa to look for her son disguised as a Muslim woman wearing a burka and finds out that Zaid has been lying to her from the start: his relatives are by no means destitute, but arms dealers. He himself is a "sleeper" and is supposed to sacrifice himself as a suicide bomber: his target is the Christmas market...
Jul 2010
"Great, Chinese!" is the first exuberant reaction of Brian, Lisa and Michael Brücker's son, when the Chinese Wang family move into the house next door. But the very next morning, the Brückers realize that they have underestimated their new neighbors. The immigrants from the Far East turn out to be real high-flyers. The Wangs' offspring outperform the Brückers' offspring at school, father Wang snatches the coveted managing director position from under Michael Brücker's nose and mother Li is a university professor, while Lisa "only" has a small, poorly run flower store. Logically, the Brückers find so much perfectionism unbearable in the long run and prepare to strike back...
May 2014
A group of kids grow up on the short, wrong (east) side of the Sonnenallee in Berlin, right next to one of the few border crossings between East and West reserved for German citizens. The antics of these kids, their families, of the "West German" friends and relatives who come to visit, and of the East German border guards, all serve to illustrate the absurdity of everyday life on the Sonnenallee, and therefore throughout the former East Germany.
Oct 1999
Silesia, 1844. After her husband dies in a brutally suppressed weavers’ uprising, Mila emigrates to America. En route to Texas, she rescues Countess Cecilie Hohenberg from her violent husband. Captured by Comanche warrior Buffalo Hump, the women must navigate captivity, while Mila forges unexpected bonds amid the struggle for freedom.
Nov 2013
In this last film princess Fantaghirò ends up in a parallel dimension fairy land full of kids. Here the princess must fight against a villain called "Nameless".
Dec 1996
Mark's life couldn't be better. He runs a cool beach bar with his partner Peer, is happy with his beautiful girlfriend Greta, has all the freedom - and no children to make his existence hell! But that suddenly changes when Mark is caught up in an old sin of his youth. As a student he donated his seeds and now 99 of his offspring want to get to know him...
May 2015
Maria needs sex like others need air to breathe. Thanks to their attractiveness , there is always a willing bed play. Maria's 17 -year-old son Laurin is also the result of a one-night stand - and yet he is his mother's pride . However , Laurin is one of theirsEscapades unenthusiastic . Worse still, the devout boy thinks his mother is the walking mortal sin , which is just fine with his plan to evict the new pastor .
Sep 2011
In 2012 German Bundespraesident Christian Wulff declares his resignation in the great hall of Bellevue Palace. At the side of his wife, he had to face the pressure of the media for 68 days while struggling for office of head of state of the Federal Republic of Germany.
Feb 2014
Ernst Zoller is found dead. He is the fourth man in a short period of time to die from bleeding to death. All the evidence suggests that Lotte Zoller killed her husband. When the woman commits suicide, it initially looks like an admission of guilt.
Dec 1997
The Wagners' marriage is as good as over. But just as the couple are on vacation in Tenerife, a boat carrying black African refugees lands. Eleven-year-old Jamaal is hiding in the couple's vacation bungalow. Jamaal's father supposedly lives in Germany. Should the Wagners help him escape to Germany? And will Jamaal perhaps save the Wagners' marriage? Then: Thank you, colored refugee child!
Sep 2013
Three former classmates reunite for their 30-year high school reunion.
Sep 2018
Little Jan wants to matchmake his widowed father Peter. But dad gruffly rebuffs candidate Lisa. So Jan asks his mother in heaven for help. Whoosh: dog and pet pig can talk and help! Lousy computer animation, bored actors and unimaginative dialog: despite Ferkel and Fifi, it's a complete waste of time!
Mar 2012
Sina and Sophie are like two peas in a pod - but Sina doesn't even know that Sophie is her twin sister! This is because she was abducted from hospital shortly after her birth and grew up in a different family. She only finds out about her birth parents when her foster mother dies.
Fred Stromberg is a professional son whose path in life is already mapped out: He is to take over his father's business, marry his longtime girlfriend and provide for offspring. A business trip to Cologne changes Fred's life. After an assault, he wakes up in hospital and can't remember anything, not even his name. The Turkish nurse Sezen takes care of the amnesiac. While searching for his identity, the two grow closer. But their young happiness is in danger.
Mar 2000