Advanced search
- TITLES
- NAMES
- COLLABORATIONS
Search filters
Enter full date
to
or just enter yyyy, or yyyy-mm below
to
to
to
Exclude
Only includes titles with the selected topics
to
In minutes
to
1-50 of 1,236
- An anthology series that follows the work of homicide detectives in Germany, Austria and Switzerland.
- Set during the time of the first outbreak of bubonic plague in England, a young monk is given the task of learning the truth about reports of people being brought back to life in a small village.
- A historical drama that illustrates Russian author Leo Tolstoy's (Christopher Plummer's) struggle to balance fame and wealth with his commitment to a life devoid of material things.
- At work, Astrid is admired by her fans as a famous cabaret artist and privately a second child is on road to complete her family happiness.
- Trix Brunner, a single mother, has moved to the village from the city years ago. She accuses the gym teacher to have her daughter molested. The whole village is outraged.
- The king decides that since his daughter Snow White, whose mother died in childbirth, is old enough to marry an already-chosen prince, it's time now for him to remarry, but his evil bride stops at nothing to eliminate her stepdaughter as a 'beauty rival' and cut every other tie with the late queen. She mounts he throne after the softy king dies at the news that Snow White was devoured by a wild beast. In fact, she ordered the royal huntsman to bring her heart as proof of death, but instead he shot a deer and left the princess in the forest, where she found the messy home of the seven miner dwarfs and became their housekeeper. Informed by her magic mirror that princess lives beyond the mountain, she incarcerates the huntsman and repeatedly passes through in disguise to offer magical death sentences, which are accepted naively, but each time she's saved by the dwarfs, the last time mostly the prince who came looking for his bride, having been incognito at court as the huntsman's inconspicuous assistant.
- Hansi and Hubsi.
- One evening in the mid-sixties, Rolf Anschütz, a chef who runs a small restaurant in a town called Suhl in the middle of the East German province of Thuringen offers his guests a unique and exotic meal - Japanese Sukiyaki. It was intent to be a surprise for some of his best customers and it became a great success. Even the local paper wrote about it - and this should change the life of Rolf Anschütz forever. A couple of days after the "event" a real Japanese turned up at the restaurant and demanded the same meal again. From this moment there was no way back. The Japanese loved Rolf Anschütz cooking and his restaurant "Der Waffenschmied" (Gunsmith) soon was honored as the place which offered the best and most authentic Japanese cuisine outside Japan. In the shortest time the Japanese have accepted Rolf Anschütz as one theirs. They celebrate the Authenzität of his kitchen and the "original" Japanese washing rituals before the meals would be served. First diplomats, later Japanese economic bosses and sports delegations were sitting in the pool of the now famous restaurant "Waffenschmied - Japanese department" - naked and side by side with government officials and the brigades of the East German working class. And because the omnipresent communist party cannot close the popular place any more, the state security better known as Stasi took also their seat in the pool. The party soon discovered Rolfs restaurant as a foreign currency bringer and allowed the import of Japanese food and exotic ingredients from a delicatessen importer from West Germany. And while Rolfs Anschütz, in the meantime, wearing kimonos and East German geisha's on his side, philosophies about the peaceful coexistence of the people in the World his restaurant turns into the only really existing "theme park" in East Germany. Who wanted to go for a meal, must order two years in advance - at the end it will be 2 million guests!
- Model pupil Ben Winkler deserves only proud support, yet understanding stepfather Felix, a devoted youth worker, can barely keep bossy mother Johanna Winkler from having a go at Ben when he announces, out of the family's atheist blue, he discretely joined the Lutheran church's catechism class to do his confirmation like most classmates. Though she rages at the 'invasive' pastor Tabea, Felix talks her over to join the parents' group. Regretting to have opted out of every great celebration herself, Johanna decides to show off Ben's confirmation, but can't afford it due to her casino addiction and refuses to let his happily married father Simon help out. Gentle, sensible Ben quietly deals, helped little, with Felix 'cheating' on his ingrate mother with Tabea, suspected-queer classmate Konstantin's appropriate attention, the gambling problem, a party getting out of hand and his own failed attempt to win a US scholarship, having confided only into grumpy grandpa Alex and next Felix, who suggests visiting Nepal together first.
- This animated short follows the life of a poor, German coal miner, Peter Munk. Coal mining leaves Peter far from the riches he desires, yet when given the opportunity to have three wishes granted, things do not go as well as he had hoped.
- Two different mothers in two different worlds. The first one from comes from the western world, lives in France and after a tragic lost of her child is trying to continue living and find purpose of it. The other is coming from completely different world, very traditional, patriarchal society, where things change very slowly and where the women are married as exchange for money. The first one wants to die, the other wants to live. Their parallel paths converge when the one from the western society comes in the world of the other in the east. This intrusion turns, unintentionally and unconsciously into a very violent one.
- Joël is jealous and violent. After one crisis too many, Nicole, his young wife, returns to live with her parents with their three-year-old son. Joël hangs on, begs, threatens. One day, he kidnaps the little boy.
- Friendly, ever-helpful simpleton Till is his carpenter brothers Paul and Peter's dogsbody and the town laughingstock. When he generously shares his lunch with an old beggar, the character is actually a sorcerer and rewards him with a living golden goose. Till wants to offer it to the ever-sad Princess Louise, whose aunt and strict governess Edeltraud want to marry her off to haughty Prince Amandus and dreams of succeeding king Eduard herself, to cheer her up. The greedy townsfolk, including the curate, find that anyone who attempt to steal the goose sticks to it, while the bully brothers get their comeuppance in--and from--the forest.
- Vincent grew up in a violent surrounding, his own family. After a new family feud Vincent decides to call the police but is taken to a youth center unintentionally. There Vincent beats up the director who touched him improvidently. It seems that violence looms large in Vincent's life. Then he meets Butterfly, a diffident young boy who collects butterflies to bear his parent's death. Vincent gets curious about the butterfly boy and tries to empathize. Step by step Vincent gains the friendship of butterfly. But one day his mother reappears to tell him he is not wanted at home anymore. Vincent is stunned. All of a sudden his feelings burst out and he beats up his defenseless roommate: Butterfly.
- The courageous Marie Meyer fights as a bookseller with heart and chutzpah against the closure of a toy factory.
- 'Thumbelina' is a story about growing up and about the questionable necessity of rules. Wouldn't the world be better without restrictions? What if adults lived as carefree as children? These are issues that seven-year-old Anna thinks about a lot.
- Two librarians are working overtime at night. When they want to leave the library they can't unlock the front doors with their keys and the phones are offline. Suddenly, they learn that they aren't alone in the empty building. Together they start to look after the supposed intruder.
- Prisoner Edmund Frank is offered a large amount of money by the editor of a magazine, to tell the real story of his crime and the hiding place of the one million Mark he stole from the bank he worked for.
- After receiving a dubious Phone call at work, Eva Konalsky, a typist working at a Steel Factory disappears without a trace. The Saarbrücken Police sends the two cops Liersdahl and Schäfermann to investigate. Both of them have a very different view of how police work should be done and they are not very fond of each other at first. When another person of the Steel Factory's personnel is murdered they both have to do their best to solve the case.
- The East German authorities are calling the West German Police for assistance on a case. The body of a boy was found at a Truck Stop near Leipzig. The boy wears shoes made in West Germany. Some time later the assistance call is withdrawn. Phoning his colleague in East Berlin, a man he worked together with in the past, investigator Paul Trimmel in Hamburg is told: "There is no work for you here." But Trimmel investigates on his own. He finds out that the wealthy Erich Landsberger is the illegitimate father of the dead kid. Landsberger and his other son have moved to Frankfurt. Trimmel pays him a visit there. The man is of no great help for him, but Trimmel gets an unexpected clue from Landsberger's little son. He has to go to Leipzig himself to find out more. So he leaves the Transit Route near the city, pretending his car broke down, takes a Taxi and goes looking for Eva Billsing, the dead boy's mother. She is not home when Trimmel arrives. The next day Trimmel encounters Eva's boyfriend Peter Klaus, who works for the East German Police, and talks him into letting him have a word with Eva. At least Klaus gives in to Trimmel and the things Eva tells him help solve the case.
- A dead woman found in the Donau, is the wife of a very important guest of the Austrian Government. Oberinspektor Marek is asked to investigate the case very gently.
- Brigitta Beerenberg calls the police to inform them she has killed her husband in self-defense. Trimmel wants her to be examined by a psychiatrist.
- Max Bergusson hijacks flight AE612 from Milaan to Beirut. His wife's murderer is on board and he demands the captain to fly to Hamburg instead. Before he boards the plane, he informs Hauptkommissar Trimmel through a curious message.
- After a few days away from home with his girlfriend constructor Breuke from Sieverstedt hurries home to convince his wife he is not having an affair. On the road home he hits a bicyclist, but drives on instead of calling an ambulance. Arriving at his house he deliberately hits the post of the driveway gate to disguise the damage of the accident. All the while he is unaware that his wife is watching him. Hauptkommissar Finke arrives in the village after the local police has taken Peter Reichert as a suspect. His assistant wants to investigate further. Meanwhile Breuke is being blackmailed by an unknown person. Then an actual murder takes place.
- In Frankfurt con man Johannes Stein is making easy money with his latest trick: He is selling "Gold" to unsuspecting people. He too talks the Wimper family into buying some, later to be stored in a Swiss bank. After seeing proof, Grandpa Wimper is eager to buy. Little does he know about that "Gold". When Stein tries to sell some more to a business tycoon, he gets busted and has to flee. It's now up to investigator Konrad to track down the swindler and to arrest him.
- Kressin is back in Cologne, where he works for the customs office. Soon he is ordered to a new case. A gang of bootleggers keep outwitting the customs authorities. Kressin's colleagues can't find any evidence of a crime. Everytime the suspicious trucks are checked at the border, their load is always correct, as declared. Kressin now has to find the liquor and the bootleggers' HQ.
- Customs officer Kressin is on holiday in Hamburg and sees the tour guide acting suspiciously. He ignores it, but the day after the guide is found dead in the water.
- An American private eye is shot dead in Germany by an international extortion gang, and his partner arrives to seek revenge.
- Sixteen year old pupil Sina Wolf has a love affair with her married teacher Fichte. Also pupil Michael Harms, her ex-boyfriend, cannot resist her beauty. One day Michael follows Sina by the lake and sees her having sex with Fichte. Then he blackmails her and force her to meet him in the forest the following day, telling her that he can do what Fichte did to her. She accepts to show-up but he soon begins to kiss her wildly, she lay down quickly on the ground, not to be sighted. She finally stops him doing anything further by taking a big stone, later telling everyone that somebody tried to rape her in the forest while Michael was helping her. As the police begins to investigate Michael's death they regard teacher Fichte with suspicion. Things screw up for Sina as now Fichte stops dating her and police's questions are beginning to be uncomfortable.
- When an immigrant railway worker from Italy is found dead in Munich, homicide inspector Veigl and his team suspect murder. However, it turns out that the deceased died in an accident when he an his workmates did illegal construction work for one of their German colleagues who stole the building material from the railway company.