Katrin Saß

Many years have passed since Paul Averhoff celebrated the biggest triumph of his life, winning the marathon at the 1956 Olympics. Now however the former champion has to move to a retirement home with his wife. As soon as he gets there he just wants to leave again. Then, a thought is born. Every morning he puts on his sports shoes and heads for the park to run. The other seniors in the residence think he is crazy but Paul is convinced that he is going to run the Berlin Marathon - and win. (filmportal.de)

13-year-old Sinikka vanishes on a hot summer night. Her bicycle is found in the exact place where a girl was killed 23 years ago. The dramatic present forces those involved in the original case to face their past. (imdb)

A drama about the relationship between a young black man and a rich German girl. (imdb.com)

Twin 18-year-olds hitchhike to their mother's funeral in Spain. The journey changes their lives forever.

Years after the end of the Bosnian war, a woman finds evidence that her young daughter, who disappeared during the war, might have survived and been adopted by a German family. (imdb)

Götz runs a vinyl record store in Berlin Kreuzberg. One day he falls in love with turkish girl Aylin which is living in the neighborhood with her family. But Aylin is promised to Tarkan, a repectable turkish doctor. Götz tries everything to win Aylin's parents, but can he become turish enough to satisfy Aylin's parents? And is this what Aylin wants from him?

A human story of the reunification not only of an entire nation, but of a family living in East Berlin. (Sony Pictures Classics)

Nina, a young divorced mother, is in court to fight to keep her children, and she is partly successful as the judge decides to grant her one year of probationary custody to see if she can really handle the job adequately. She works scrubbing subway cars down. Now she leaves the two oldest children in a state boarding school and focuses on taking care of the youngest one at home. (imdb)

The wrenching story of a woman sentenced in 1934 to ten years in prison for antifascist activities. The love between her and her fiancée enables her to survive the tribulations of her time in prison, where she is one of few political prisoners. (DEFA Film Library)