Katharina Thalbach

An action-adventure about a school where the children are given a magical animal as a companion. It centers on the new girl Ida, who thanks to her magical animal goes from an outsider to a star student. (imdb)

Based on the book "Ich bin dann mal weg" by Hape Kerkeling where the author describes his journey on the Way of St. James, a pilgrimage route, and the people he encounters there. (imdb)

Franz Ferdinand von und zu Donnersberg and his best friend Max Drexel form a great team: Max can do everything, Franz Ferdinand can sell everything. The young nobleman wants to get into politics - with Max as his ghostwriter. He succeeds on his way up until he wants to join the cabinet. (sat1)

One night, a shooting star appears, whizzing through outer space towards the moon. Moon Man seizes his chance, grabs the speeding comet by the tail and hitches a ride to earth! This 'attack from outer space' sets the alarm bells ringing in the Presidential Headquarters. While escaping the President and his soldiers, Moon Man will set off on a long journey, where he will marvel at the many wonders the earth has to offer and realize how much children love and need him.

During a vacation on an island, two best friends from childhood are haunted by the ghosts of their past.

A movie about former german foreign minister Joschka Fischer and 60 years of political history in germany.

Three robbers pilfer from the countryside until they are charmed by a young orphan girl.

When the Ratcliffes move to East Berlin, the relationships between the memebers are being tested. The father, Frank (Glen), is enjoying himself with his fellow communists, the mother, Dorothy (Tate), is having a hard time, their oldest daughter, Alex (Ashworth), embarks on various adventures, the younger one, Mary (Barden), becomes a communist spy and uncle Philip (Betts), a cleaner and amateur photographer, falls for Anna (Thalbach), a rat exterminator and cigarette dealer.

Emma comes to her grandmother Dolly's for the summer holidays and learns to her horror that a dastardly neighbor - known by Emma and the local children as "the Alligator" - is planning to send his late uncle's horse Mississippi to the knacker's yard. Emma manages with the help of her grandmother and the local vet to buy Mississippi from the "Alligator". (cineuropa.org)

A movie about the different lives of families living next to each other on the 8th floor of a German apartment building, focusing on their different problems and interaction.

Strike is based on the true story of a remarkable and little known figure who was integral in beginning the Solidarity movement and setting Poland on the course to democracy. It is a touching tribute to a true overlooked hero, a woman who undergoes an important awakening -- the realization of an ordinary person who simply looks around her and distinguishes right from wrong. (Laemmle/Zeller Films)

When Bridunsa, a secretary in a Romanian printing company, annouces her plans to marry her German printer boyfriend, the extreme reaction of her excentric boss and ex-lover treaten to ruin both their upcoming marriage and their lives. (Sengir)

Based on the childhood memories of actor Michael Degen, the movie deals with the everyday struggle to survive as a Jewish boy in Nazi Germany. As his father had died in 1940 after being released from the Sachsenhausen concentration camp, Michael and his mother fear to be deported themselves. They manage to live in Berlin with false names and faked papers, hidden by several, often broken, people... (imdb)

Something special must happen to bring the whole family together at the same table. This time it is about father Horst's urn. It shall be moved to another grave, but it falls down and there is no ash in it. (ziegler-film.com)

Jung Henrik Heidler (Kim Fischer) wants to serve his time in the military as inconspicuous as possible. His comrade Krüger (Oliver Bröcker) in contrast will try anything to oppose his superiors and prove that he is definitely not a soldier. But none of these two strategies comes out even (IMDB Comments)

Two amateur circus kids from a poor Ukrainian village, ten-year-old Barbu and his older sister Mimma, are sold to a circus artist called Caruso who promises them a career in the West. Caruso smuggles them to Berlin and separates them from each other. Mimma is sold to prostitution, while Barbu is taught to snatch purses together with an older Albanian boy Marcel. Barbu finds out about Mimma's fate and decides to free her from the brothel. (imdb)

A group of kids grow up on the short, wrong (east) side of the Sonnenallee in Berlin, right next to one of the few border crossings between East and West reserved for German citizens (imdb)

Kaspar Hauser is the son of the duke of Baden. At the age of one he was swapped by another baby that has been killed right after the change. The real Kaspar Hauser grew up in prison without light, social contacts and education for more than ten years. As teenager he came to public again. First he had to learn a language and other basic skills. Before Kaspar Hauser, meanwhile well educated, found out his real idendity, he was killed. (imdb)

Swedish national Raoul Wallenberg, newcomer to politics and international machinations, travels to German-occupied Budapest during WWII in order to effectively intervene in the fate of trapped Hungarian Jews, by providing them with safe passage to Sweden. Based on a true story. (imdb)

A European director returns to Germany from Hollywood to shoot a World War II story. (mubi.com)

Viktor and Angelika are a straight couple. He is a professor of veterinary science and she has studied arts history. Both are more interested in their hobbies and professions than into each other. Additionally Viktor is not really interested in satisfying his wife anymore. Their in a way upright relationship changes dramatically when Viktor gets to know Lotte, a fomer school friend of Angelika. Back in school Lotte would have done everything for Angelika... (imdb)

Berlin, 1948/1949. The town is divided into two sectors. The world is close to World War III. West Berlin is kept alive by the biggest airlift in history. While the city is deadlocked, three teenagers set out to fulfil their dreams. (mubi.com)

Danzig in the 1920s/1930s. Oskar Matzerath, son of a local dealer, is a most unusual boy. Equipped with... (imdb)

Three people rob a bank to help a day care center that's in debt.