Albrecht Schuch

While training for sculling championship at summer camp in Hungary in 1988 East German teenage twin sisters meet young guys vacationing from Hamburg. In the meeting of east and west the bond between sisters is tested. (imdb)

1980, West Germany. Frank Lehmann is drafted into the Bundeswehr because he neglected to object. As his bourgeois pa claims his room for TV repairs, Frank moves in with hippie squatters in his natal Bremen. Just as in the army, his big mouth and naive honesty keep causing trouble. He's appointed unit spokesman and shows courage standing up for a virtual deserter. Back home, pacifists keep blaming him as if he volunteered. Trouble at the Berlin Wall changes a lot. (imdb)

Germany in the early 19th century. "Die Vermessung der Welt" follows the two brilliant and eccentric scientists Alexander von Humboldt and Carl Friedrich Gauss on their life paths. (imdb)

Set around the turn of the 20th century, this movie follows the life of German artist Paula Modersohn-Becker. It especially focuses on her most productive years in Worpswede (N. Germany) and Paris (France). One central topic is the discrimination of women in the world of art, while the story also follows Modersohn-Becker's relationships with other artists and poets of her time, friends and family. (IMDB (slightly edited))

After German reunification, the neo-Nazi National Socialist Underground begins a killing spree while cops fight an uphill battle to catch them. (imdb)

Ambitious Jana is confronted with the unscrupulous machinations of the world of finance. Her working life is determined by egotism, the pressure to succeed and machismo. She soon has to decide how far she is prepared to go for her career. (imdb)

On her wild quest for love, 9-year-old Benni's untamed energy drives everyone around her to despair.

A modern adaptation of one of the greatest twentieth-century novels. (imdb)

1920s Berlin. Dr. Jakob Fabian, who works by day in advertising for a cigarette company and by night wanders the streets of the city, falls in love with an actress. As her career begins to blossom, prospects for his future begin to wane. (imdb)

To withstand the psychological torture of the Gestapo, a lawyer imprisoned by the Nazis rescues himself in the world of chess. (imdb)

A young German soldier's terrifying experiences and distress on the western front during World War I. (imdb)

Rebel. Poet. Revolutionary: LIEBER THOMAS is a declaration of love to writer Thomas Brasch, congenially brought to life by exceptional actor Albrecht Schuch. (imdb)

Away from the hustle and bustle of the big city, three different people seek to forget their everyday lives and find love. While security guard Erik meets a young woman from the East at the fence of the hostel for foreigners, cleaner Christa seeks comfort with a hairdresser she meets in a pub after work in the evening. Jens, a snack bar owner, is also looking for security and finds it in his neighbour, whom he bumps into in the stairwell.

For 15 years, the former piano wunderkind Jenny was sentenced to prison for a murder she didn't commit. Since her release, she's been trying to numb her self-hatred with prayers at a Christian halfway house. When she meets the Syrian war refugee Omar who has a talent for singing, she agrees to play the piano for him on a TV music talent competition. However, by appearing on this show, Jenny also has to face the man who actually committed the crime for which she was convicted. (imdb)