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The world's most loved fairy tale is back in a whole new fantastic imagining in Pinocchio. When a piece of pine-wood falls into the hands of the poor old toy maker, Geppetto, he carves it into a puppet which he names Pinocchio. To Geppetto's delight, Pinocchio comes to life - and like most little boys, he's full of reckless whims and wild ideas! His crazy escapades lead him into a series of madcap adventures from joining the circus to visiting the inside of whale! Along his journey, and throughout all the fun, Pinocchio learns to be considerate and courageous and learns what it takes to become a real boy.
Dec 2013
Julian is a 12-year-old boy whose family is just scraping by in the Ruhr industrial region of Germany in the early 1960s . When his mother and younger sister go away for a while, he is left mostly alone in the apartment while his father works in the coal mine. He has to confront the confusing world of adults and older boys and the older girl next door on his own. Finally events build up and threaten to tear the family apart.
May 2016
There is no one-size-fits-all recipe for the right way to die. Cancer-stricken pensioner Hermann is having a hard time dealing with the inevitable: He doesn't want to wait for death and instead wants to give it a helping hand - but discreetly.
Jan 2023
Lawyer Bill Reynolds has earned a reputation for winning almost every case he takes to court. But in a mundane neighborhood dispute, of all things, he suffers a defeat. And that defeat is at the hands of Johanna Rashford, who has just received her license to practice law. Impressed by her performance, Bill spontaneously offers Johanna a job at his law firm.
Jan 2026
Working life was often no walk in the park for the resolute Henriette. Without any training and with many odd jobs, the now 58-year-old has struggled through life. And so Henni decides to take the bull by the horns once again and take her fate into her own hands. She reinvents herself as a "premium nanny" who only works for the best families in the world and dreams of carefree hours on the beach of a dream island. Of course, there is always a huge gap between her dreams and reality, and so her first job on the island of Mauritius becomes a real challenge.
Oct 2017
Rebecca "Becky" Taylor is a newly ordained young vicar of the Anglican Communion. Before officially starting her ministry, she visits her assigned parish in Cornwall. She comes within a whisker of colliding with an attractive cyclist.
Nov 2021
Virus alert in Cologne: a deadly influenza pathogen has been released. Shortly afterwards, Sonja Kessler finds her husband Reinhard, a virus researcher, dead in their apartment. Everything points to suicide, but an unusual trail leads her and her stepson Jan to an apartment rented by Reinhard. Reinhard was apparently secretly researching a deadly virus there.
Oct 1999
Colonel Mortimer's son Gregory, his pride and joy, returns to the ancestral Cornish estate by the sea for the summer after loosing that year's only Horse Guards officer promotion to his neighbor-buddy Eric. By ancestral tradition, that means another delay too for his long-planned marriage with neighbor's daughter Rebecca, who already doubts if the are actually in love. Mortimer's new housekeeper Elisabeth proves irresistible for father (platonically) and son, but is held back by a family secret concerning her late mother Catherine. Eric also has a confession to make.
Apr 2007
Sports photographer Amy Boyd's biological clock is ticking as she approaches the big 40. Nevertheless, her desire for a child is great, but she just can't get pregnant. She decides to go to a fertility clinic, but her partner Derek is not very enthusiastic about it. However, Amy is so desperate to have a child that she would go it alone. She is hoping for the support of her mother Libba, who also raised her alone. However, the death of her husband Jay almost 40 years ago still affects her, which is why she doesn't think much of Amy wanting to have a child from an unknown donor.
Nov 2023
Diana and Andrew Chelsom have been married and have now lived separated for a long time.Anne Chelsom ,their daughter comes now to Cornwall to spend some days with her mother.By chance Diana meets Andrew in the fruit market and Andrew presents her his new girlfriend Shirley (who is quite younger as their daughter Anne).Other surprise: Andrew has bought a mansion,the Wilson House as gift for Shirley in the wedding day.Anne will also encounter a surprise coming from the past the Doctor Justin Giggs.
Sep 2006
The accident during an air show in Ramstein in the summer of 1988 is one of the greatest tragedies in German post-war history. Against the backdrop of the momentous collision of two aerobatic planes on "Open Day" at the American air base, this film tells the story of four families in fictionalized form - they are visitors to the air show who lost their loved ones in the horrific inferno, and an emergency doctor who cannot forget the sight of the dead and injured. They all suffer from post-traumatic stress syndrome. Years after the disaster, they finally have the opportunity to share their experiences and come to terms with the trauma in a specially founded aftercare group. Meanwhile, a duo of investigators commissioned by the German Federal Ministry investigates the background to the air accident and uncovers massive failures in safety precautions and rescue measures. Beyond political responsibility on both the German and American sides, both come up against a wall of silence.
Jun 2022
Holly Shaw wants to prove her writing talent in a reading of her romance novel. But she achieves the exact opposite with the cynical reporter Aaron Kingsley. On the way to her car, Holly is attacked. Her papers, her books, her coat and her shoes are found by the police on the riverbank.
Oct 2019
Philipp Gabert and his best friend, Dr. Nicolas Amberg, are hiking in the mountains. Suddenly, Philipp suffers a strange attack of weakness and loses consciousness. Nicolas is only just able to prevent his fall. But the friendship between the two men is burdened by a problem: Nicolas is secretly in love with Philipp's wife Julia - and feels like a traitor. When the men set off on another mountain tour, only one of them returns. Was it an accident or murder?
Nov 1996
An advertising copywriter who has been left by his lover is struggling to come to terms with his “single” existence, falls into self-pity, lets himself go both personally and professionally and tries to win his lover back.
Feb 1989
Medical student Hanna works in the pathology department during her studies. On her very first day at work, she is confronted with the body of her ex-boyfriend Michael, who allegedly died as the result of an accident. However, when she discovers discrepancies in the patient file and a fresh surgical scar on the dead man, she begins to investigate - and discovers something monstrous...
Jul 2005
They failed as a couple, but as parents Julia and Tom share custody of their daughter Anni after their divorce. Driven by her hurt feelings, Julia begins to systematically alienate the girl from her father.
Jul 2019
At the beginning of 2000, the young commissioner Yvonne Weber moved from Frankfurt am Main to Eisenach. Together with the local colleague Frank Wolf, she is to review an unresolved murder case from the GDR era. The investigation team encounters inconsistencies in the file and it becomes clear that there is no interest in truth-clarifying the Eisenach department and the prosecutor's office in Gotha.
Jul 2014
Victoria Bradshaw was still very young when she fell in love with the playwright Oliver Dobbs. He left her one day for another woman and disappeared from her life. But the memory of him always stayed alive. Many years later, Oliver suddenly appears again, together with his little son ...
Oct 1994
Anne Harding looks after her small fruit and vegetable farm, her teenage daughter Jamie and her mother Molly, who suffers from arthritis. Then one day John Smith, her Aunt Sally's butler, turns up on her doorstep. The widow wants to lend John to her sister Molly for six weeks. With his discreet manner, John gets to the bottom of the family's little secrets and tries to help them inconspicuously.
Sep 2024
Tessa Grant, the feisty owner of a bed and breakfast in Cornwall, and David Johnson, an upper-class charmer, face an unexpected turn in their lives. After David's mother Carol loses her fortune to a swindler, they are left with their inherited bed and breakfast. With the aim of selling the accommodation quickly, they move in with Tessa. The Johnsons' chaotic lifestyle clashes with Tessa's regular life. However, when they try to win over Tessa's best friend Bruce, unexpected feelings develop between Tessa and David.
Jan 2024