Jeanette Hain

A portrait of a single day in the late summer of 1956, toward the end of Bertolt Brecht's life, as he prepares to leave his lakeside home, surrounded by the women who form his extended family. (Film Forum)

In postwar Germany, a young man's decades-long obsession with an older woman runs headlong into a war crimes trial, where he learns an awful truth.

13 short movies about Germany in the year 2009.

Three women travel together to Spain for different reasons. The pregnant Mrs. Rettich wants to marry her Spanish lover in Barcelona, while Czerni, bored by her husband Bart, wants to have fun. Sophie, the 1st person narrator, tries to forget the man she admires not knowing that he and Bart follow the crazy ladies... (imdb)

In the summer 1914, on the eve of World War I, the young Oda von Siering leaves Berlin to return to her family home, an estate on the Baltic Coast, in a region shared by Germans and Russian aristocrats.

Futuristic capitalism meets old-fashioned colonialism in this crisp, cerebral science fiction morality tale in which an elderly white German industrialist and his wife of 50 years swap bodies with a couple of young, healthy, and breathtakingly beautiful African strangers. The discreet procedure is initially a great success, but there's a catch: for four hours each night, the young hosts regain control of their bodies and soon come to resent the exploitation of their privileged "clients." (FilmfestDC)

Biography about the post 2nd world war life of Kurt Landauer, president of football club FC Bayern Munich.

Pensioner Amandus lives together with his grown-up son Niko and his eleven-year-old granddaughter Tilda who has a special bond to her granddad. But then Amandus begins to show signs of dementia, and when his condition continues to get worse, Niko realizes that he can't take care of his father alone anymore and decides to move Amandus into a nursing home. When Tilda learns of this decision, she takes him on an eventful trip in order to fulfill his biggest dream: to visit Venice once more. (filmportal.de)

Bored of spending eternity with his current wife, the vampire Count Geza von Közsnöm seeks assistance from Dr Sigmund Freud. Meanwhile, the Count's wife is in despair because she can't see her own beauty in the mirror. A young painter is seemingly part of the solution, but his girlfriend's likeness to the Count's long-lost love is a dangerous new problem. (edfilmfest.org.uk)

Crime comedy set in a village somewhere in Bavaria, centering around a village policeman's attempt to solve a murder case, his chaotic private life and the dysfunctional relationship with his wacky father. (imdb)

Four teenage sleuths solve a case regarding abducted children and teenagers and a mind machine. (imdb)

An international expedition set in 1939 looking for answers that might unite us all turns into a deadly game of hide and seek as Germany changes its foreign policy.

Schweitzer's reverence for life leads him to speak out against the testing of hydrogen bombs.

Three former classmates reunite for their 30-year high school reunion. (imdb)

Claire embarks on a life-or-death mission that includes blackmail, nuclear sabotage, and deceiving the people she loves the most. (imdb)

Set in the World War I, a young nurse at Davos is recruited by a female master in a high-stakes power play deciding war or peace. (imdb)

A Kurdish man, working in Berlin as a teacher, tries to reconnect with his sister in the war zone back home and joins a group of activists bringing attention to the crisis.