Götz Schubert

Martin is poised to start on his doctorate, when he is diagnosed with testicular cancer. The removal of one testicle reduces the most immediate threat, but the cancer has already spread and Martin's doctor argues for an operation that would save him, but could also castrate him. Martin refuses to risk the remainder of his manhood and instead chooses a long and painful chemotherapy. The cancer ward becomes Martin's new home, patients Susanne, Harry and Nickel his new friends and fellow suff (german.cinema.de)

The Hoffman family find themselves in conflict with the regime of 1980s' East Germany.

This drama is based on the childhood memories of Hans Jürgen Massaquoi, who was one of the few black native Germans in Nazi Germany. In 1935 at the age of nine, he lives with his German mother in a small flat in Hamburg's working class district Barmbek, while his father and grandfather had left the country. Although the boy is not persecuted by the Nazis and dreams of joining the Hitler Youth, his skin color makes him a target for racist abuse...

Written by International Emmy winner Christoph Silber and Natalie Scharf, this three-part drama series tells Stasi spy stories centered around two young girls from East Germany on holiday at Lake Balaton. (imdb)

Big and small stories surrounding a police station in Berlin-Kreuzberg. (imdb)

The slow descent into family hell. Four brothers and sisters get together for the wedding of their youngest daughter. The atmosphere, initially joyful, grows heavier as old family grudges resurface. (imdb)