André Hennicke

It's the last days of Adolf Hitler, April 1945, and Hitler's personal secretary Traudl Junge finds herself in the Der Fuhrer's bunker. Facing inevitable defeat, Hilter's moods range from defiance to fight or flee, remain loyal or opt for self-preservation. Eva Braun parties while Magda Goebbels kills her children. The movie goes on to show how Hitler and Eva lived their last hours in the Bunker. (imdb)

The true story of Germany's most famous anti-Nazi heroine is brought to thrilling life in Germany's official Foreign Language Film selection for the 2005 Academy Awards. Sophie Scholl stars Julia Jentsch in a luminous performance as the young coed-turned-fearless activist. Armed with long-buried historical records of her incarceration, director Marc Rothemund expertly re-creates the last six days of Sophie Scholl's life: a heart-stopping journey from arrest to interrogation, trial and sentence. (Zeitgeist Films)

Tormented, small town German cop Michael Martens is obsessed with trying to solve the mystery of the murder of his son's girl friend. When a notorious serial killer is captured, Martens goes to Berlin in search of answers, convinced that the serial killer is behind the murder he is investigating. (Slowhand Releasing)

After nine years in psychiatric detention Theo, who has brutally assaulted and raped three women, is released. Living in a supervised community, he connects well with his social worker Sascha, finds a job at a print shop and even a girlfriend, Nettie, his principal's brittle and estranged daughter. But even though superficially everything seems to work out Theo's seething rage remains ready to erupt. (imdb)

A love story wrapped in a mystery. Set in Europe before WWII, a timid professor is changed by a cataclysmic event and explores the mysteries of life. (imdb)

Katrin, a young German delinquent, is sent to Portugal as part of a programme of social re-integration. Taking her problems with her to the desert-like landscapes of the Alentejo, she meets Julia, also placed there by social services, with whom she makes a desultory acquaintance, and Pedro, who lives in the area, and who is as lost and out of sorts as she is. (cineuropa.org)

The mysteries of the priesthood are cunningly examined in Saverio Costanzo's intriguing follow-up to Private, which garnered critical accolades three years ago. In telling the story of a young man who decides to join the ascetic life of a religious order, Costanzo opts not for a form of documentary realism - along the lines of Into Great Silence - but chooses instead to probe the spiritual realm into which his protagonist is propelled.

Off the beaten path of life, three people stumble into a fateful encounter. Thomas, young and strong, has been dishonorably discharged from the army. Ali, an affable Turkish businessman, has seen some hard times but now his primary concern is making sure the employees of his snack-bars don't cheat on him. Laura, an attractive woman with a dark past, seems to find refuge in the shadows of her marriage to Ali. (altinportakal.tursak.org.tr)

A TV movie that follows an East Berlin family torn by political strife and the fast-changing events that led to the fall of Berlin Wall in 1989. (imdb)

The story of a film director, Robert, and his beautiful girlfriend Marie, a doctor in a children's clinic. Their different attitudes toward life lead the two to constant fights and conflicts. When Robert finds out that his father is terminally ill, he feels guilty for not having taken more care of him. Marie tries to help, but when his father dies, Robert falls into a downward spiral of despair.

A lawyer sees an attractive woman at a swimming pool and is immediately attracted to her. After he sees her again in a café the same day and unsuccessfully asks her out when they meet again at the swimming pool, he follows her around and insists on taking her out to dinner. They end up spending the night together listening to music, but the next morning, she has seemingly vanished. The lawyer goes on a desperate search for her and finds out she quit her job and moved out of town without a trace. (Jan S.)

A pair of crew members aboard a spaceship wake up with no knowledge of their mission or their identities.

Eduart, a young man raised in a cruel and oppressive family environment, leaves Albania with the dream of becoming a rock star and living a better life. His reckless character lead him to commit a murder in Athens.Because of an old robbery he gets imprisoned in Albania under the harshest conditions. Eduart, assisting the German doctor of the prison, learns to feel sympathy for others and guilt for his crime. (angelikiantoniou.com/eduart)

When a deadly virus of unknown origins breaks out on a transatlantic flight, the plane is diverted, landed and quarantined. Soon, though, the passengers - infected or not - discover they are now prisoners and unwilling guinea pigs of the sinister government agents.

Jacob tries to hide the suicide of his father because he is afraid to have to live in an orphanage. (imdb)

Following her parents' wishes, spirited seventeen-year-old Effi Briest marries Baron von Innstetten - a former admirer of her mother - who is twenty years Effi's senior. This marriage of prudence heralds the beginning of a humdrum life, far from home, for Effi. (filmportal.de)

On the eve of WWI, Zurich and Vienna are the setting for a dark tale of sexual and intellectual discovery. Drawn from true-life events, the film takes a glimpse into the turbulent relationships between fledgling psychiatrist Carl Jung (Fassbender), his mentor Sigmund Freud (Mortensen), and Sabina Spielrein (Knightley), the troubled but beautiful young woman who comes between them. Into the mix comes Otto Gross (Cassel), a debauched patient who is determined to push the boundaries. (beyondhollywood.com)

Love story spanning 60 years of the lives of Charlotte and Hugo. As a teenager before the war she is in love with him, but he marries her sister. They share some brief happy moments during the difficult post-war period, then they are separated for the longest time. They meet again as 80-year olds. (imdb)

All of a sudden, 16-year-old Martha vanishes. Her father Lothar, who for years has had no contact with her or his ex-wife, sets off unwilling to find her. He soon realises other young people are also vanishing from the city inexplicably. Lothar follows their trail across the country. He meets the occasional young person but the trail goes cold. In the next city he encounters militia groups and a reinforced police presence. Children are forbidden to be on the streets unless accompanied by adults. (imdb)

Nothing will be the same at the end of this summer for Gelsomina and her three younger sisters. (imdb)

While on holiday in Berlin, a young woman finds her flirtation with a local man turns potentially deadly as their night out with his friends reveals a dangerous secret.

A young man learns that his dying father was once deeply in love with a man. (imdb)

The execution of 200 Greek resistance fighters and Communists by the German occupiers on May 1st, 1944 in Kaisariani, as reprisal for the Greek Resistance ambush against Nazis. (imdb)

An aggressive race of aliens took over Planet Earth and humanity's at its end, living in giant bunkers below ground. Young Military rookie S.U.M.1 (Iwan Rheon) is sent to the surface to save a group of unprotected survivors. (imdb)

Ötzi - The Iceman is one of the oldest and most well-known mummies in the world. With emotional impact, writer/director Felix Randau depicts the first unsolved murder case in the history of mankind.

A couple faces a tough choice when their daughter is diagnosed with a fatal heart disease. Staying within the confines of the law may not allow her the best chances, but alternative solutions may be even riskier, not to mention morally dubious.

Lisa is moving out. Mara is left behind. As boxes are shifted and cupboards built, abysses begin to open up and an emotional roller coaster is set in motion. A tragicomic catastrophe film. A poetic ballad about change and transience.

17-year-old Lucy discovers that her mother was once a porn actress and that her birth was the product of an accident "on set." She sets out to find her father, a journey that takes her into the depths of the adult entertainment industry. (imdb)

An examination of the architect Albert Speer's role in Nazi Germany, his trial at Nuremberg and conviction for war crimes, despite his claims of ignorance of the Holocaust. (imdb)

American journalist Ruth travels to Poland with her father Edek to visit his childhood places. But Edek, a Holocaust survivor, resists reliving his trauma and sabotages the trip, creating unintentionally funny situations.

A monk, dedicated equally to the discipline of the monastery and to the ancient secrets of martial arts, becomes a staunch defender of the poor. Wherever there is injustice or abuse of power, Lasko makes use equally of wisdom and kicks to help the weakest. (imdb)