Weekly overview
24 Nov – 30 Nov
IMDb 6.9 A Stroll to Syracuse
In the middle of his life, Paul Gompitz from Rostock makes the decision to travel to Syracuse in Sicily. He is driven to follow in the footsteps of the poet Johann Gottlieb Seume. But: Paul lives in the GDR, behind the most annoying border in the world. His plan is impossible by legal means. So he has to prepare an escape.
- Drama
- Comedy
TMDB 65RT 76IMDb 5.4 Pinocchio: Unstrung
Influenced by a sinister Cricket and created by Geppetto, Pinocchio launches a violent crusade to carve himself into a real boy like his brother James, one piece at a time.
- Horror
- Fantasy
- Mystery
Souls Aflame
In a Swiss winter resort, Lydia Boysen, who has just divorced from her husband, meets the young ski instructor Dagfin Holberg. It doesn't take long before they both fall in love with each other. One day her ex-husband Axel shows up, not long after he had tried to set Lydia up with the much older, rich Turkish man Sabi Bey. A little later, Alex Boysen is found lying dead in the snow. Dagfin and Lydia suspect each other of killing Boysen. To protect Lydia, Dagfin takes all the blame. Not entirely unselfish, he receives full support in his actions from Sabi Bey, who also promises to help Dagfin escape. The Turkish general hopes to get closer to his goal in this way and finally win Lydia over. Lydia, in turn, is ready to sacrifice herself for Dagfin. In order to be sure of Sabi Bey's support for the fugitive Dagfin, she follows the Muslim despot, who was once responsible for a massacre of Armenians and only narrowly escaped an assassination attempt, to his castle in southern Germany.
- Drama
TMDB 81RT 99IMDb 8.5 Casablanca
In Casablanca, Morocco in December 1941, a cynical American expatriate meets a former lover, with unforeseen complications.
- Drama
- Romance
TMDB 62RT 50IMDb 6.4 Fatherland
Historisches – neu belichtet
Fictional account of what might have happened if Hitler had won the war. It is now the 1960s and Germany's war crimes have so far been kept a secret. Hitler wants to talk peace with the US president. An American journalist and a German homicide cop stumble into a plot to destroy all evidence of the genocide.
- Drama
- Thriller
- Action
- TV Movie
IMDb 7.0 Was haben wir gelacht
An entire generation of Germans was raised on male comedians. But what about their female counterparts? Maren Kroymann, Hella von Sinnen, Bettina Böttinger, Esther Schweins, and Gaby Köster look back at the way women were portrayed on TV in the 1990s and early 2000s, when jokes at women’s expense were the order of the day.
- Documentary
Prosecution
WIR in Wiesbaden
After surviving a racist attack, state prosecutor Seyo Kim takes her own case to court – confronting both the perpetrators and a justice system that turns a blind eye to right-wing extremism.
- Drama
All In Sneak Preview
Cheng Jialang and Wei Yifu are the contemporary poker twin stars, and they are about to have their first face-to-face confrontation. However, at this moment, Cheng Jialang accidentally transferred his poker talent to a small-time crook named Huang Xiaoqi, who had no previous experience. The two of them went through a wonderful journey and decided to join forces to challenge Wei Yifu.
IMDb 8.5 The Moelln Letters
Germany, November 1992. In a racist attack, three of İbrahim Arslan’s family members perish in a fire. Thirty years later, İbrahim discovers thousands of letters of solidarity, forgotten in the city archive. We accompany the family as they navigate their profound trauma.
- Documentary
Lügen über meine Mutter
Literaturverfilmungen
In the 1980s, the life of a family in a small village is determined by just one issue: the mother's body weight. Her husband Werner decides that she needs to lose weight, Cornelia suffers as a result and their daughter Ela is caught in the middle.
- Drama
IMDb 6.5 Schöne Seelen
Summer 1996: The eternally youthful day laborer Freddy has had enough of life in Germany and wants to start a new life in a Spanish vacation resort. At first he thinks he is in paradise, but before the first season is over, Freddy becomes the center of the grotesque disintegration of the drop-out community.
- Drama
- Comedy
TMDB 62RT 50IMDb 6.4 Fatherland
Historisches – neu belichtet
Fictional account of what might have happened if Hitler had won the war. It is now the 1960s and Germany's war crimes have so far been kept a secret. Hitler wants to talk peace with the US president. An American journalist and a German homicide cop stumble into a plot to destroy all evidence of the genocide.
- Drama
- Thriller
- Action
- TV Movie
TMDB 68IMDb 6.3 Chopin, a Sonata in Paris
Musik – Sprache der Welt
He is the talk of the town, the most romantic figure of decadent Parisian nights. When his lungs start bleeding, Chopin knows his days are numbered. Composing becomes his only obsession. The ticking clock rushes him to revolutionize music.
- Drama
- History
- Music
Helene Weigel - Revolutionärin im Rampenlicht
Who was Helene Weigel? Using impressive archive material, the film follows the convinced communist, acting icon, and free spirit from her early days in theater to her escape from the Nazi regime to the founding and management of the Berliner Ensemble. The result is a powerful portrait that finally puts the “woman at Brecht's side” in the spotlight.
- Documentary
Lügen über meine Mutter
Literaturverfilmungen
In the 1980s, the life of a family in a small village is determined by just one issue: the mother's body weight. Her husband Werner decides that she needs to lose weight, Cornelia suffers as a result and their daughter Ela is caught in the middle.
- Drama
Lügen über meine Mutter
Literaturverfilmungen
In the 1980s, the life of a family in a small village is determined by just one issue: the mother's body weight. Her husband Werner decides that she needs to lose weight, Cornelia suffers as a result and their daughter Ela is caught in the middle.
- Drama
TMDB 68IMDb 6.3 Chopin, a Sonata in Paris
Musik – Sprache der Welt
He is the talk of the town, the most romantic figure of decadent Parisian nights. When his lungs start bleeding, Chopin knows his days are numbered. Composing becomes his only obsession. The ticking clock rushes him to revolutionize music.
- Drama
- History
- Music
TMDB 74RT 65IMDb 7.2 Grease
Australian good girl Sandy and greaser Danny fell in love over the summer. But when they unexpectedly discover they're now in the same high school, will they be able to rekindle their romance despite their eccentric friends?
- Romance
- Comedy
IMDb 6.7 The Woman One Longs For
125. Geburtstag Marlene Dietrich
After a chance meeting at a train station, Henry and Stascha, unhappy with their circumstances, are determined to leave and be together.
- Drama
TMDB 68IMDb 6.3 Chopin, a Sonata in Paris
Musik – Sprache der Welt
He is the talk of the town, the most romantic figure of decadent Parisian nights. When his lungs start bleeding, Chopin knows his days are numbered. Composing becomes his only obsession. The ticking clock rushes him to revolutionize music.
- Drama
- History
- Music
Lügen über meine Mutter
Literaturverfilmungen
In the 1980s, the life of a family in a small village is determined by just one issue: the mother's body weight. Her husband Werner decides that she needs to lose weight, Cornelia suffers as a result and their daughter Ela is caught in the middle.
- Drama
RT 88IMDb 7.8 Gabriele eins, zwei, drei
Gabriele Bordersen, a woman from a good home, wants to see what real life is like among the common folk. With her stewardess Fanny Flint and the tour guide Simikry, she goes off to visit a sailors' bar. Fanny and Gabriele change clothes, which allows the stewardess to introduce herself as a fine lady. When Gabriele asks Fanny to leave with her, Fanny begs her to give her an hour more out of fear of embarrassment. Gabriele, however, is thrown out of the bar by the owner without money and papers; is picked up by the cops; and suffers a nervous breakdown, leading to her being sent to a hospital. No one believes in the slightest that she's really Gabriele Brodersen.
- Comedy
TMDB 77RT 92IMDb 7.8 I, Daniel Blake
A 59-year-old carpenter recovering from a heart attack befriends a single mother and her two kids as they navigate the impersonal, Kafkaesque benefits system. With equal amounts of humour, warmth and despair, the journey is heartfelt and emotional until the end.
- Drama
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