Nico Hofmann

An intrepid team of 300 scientists spend a year in harsh conditions deep in the Arctic, on a pioneering expedition to secure vital answers to help us deal with climate change.

It's the largest Arctic expedition of all time. In September 2019 the German icebreaker "Polarstern" is on its way to the North Pole. The best scientists of their generation are on board. Their job are to collect data about the ocean, ice, atmosphere and life. The mission is to understand climate change, because the changes in the Arctic have an impact far beyond the region. The documentary provides spectacular close-ups of the MOSAiC expedition under the direction of the Alfred Wegener Institute together with the Helmholtz Center for Polar and Marine Research (AWI) and shows the world of the Arctic during the polar night, from which hardly any data and images existed until now. A scientific, logistical and also human adventure of a community of researchers and crew members who let themselves be frozen with the ship for a year in the ice desert near the North Pole in order to use the natural drift of the ice, captured for the audience in impressive images.

Hannelore Kohl was the brave political wife, the wife of the Eternal Chancellor. The reliable companion on his way to power. His campaigns were hers too. Last but not least, his success was based on her strength. Hannelore Kohl lived in her husband's iron power system. When she fell seriously ill, Hannelore Kohl retreated more and more from the light of the public to a life in the dark. Until she put an end to her life on July 5, 2001. The documentation chronologically traces the life of Hannelore Kohl using archive recordings from over half a century of German history.

Tras un accidente María, la madre de la presentadora de televisión Lisa Wartberg, sufre de pérdida de memoria. Todo lo que puede recordar es que nunca ha estado en Nueva York. Sin más preámbulos, la anciana se sube de polizón a bordo de un crucero.

Weimar, 1921. La vida de Lotte Brendel, de 20 años, parece estar predeterminada. Su padre la ve como una futura esposa y madre del lado de un hombre que se hará cargo del negocio de carpintería de sus padres. Pero la peculiar Lotte se une a un grupo de jóvenes artistas contra la voluntad de su familia, se postula en la Bauhaus y es aceptada. La Bauhaus de Weimar, bajo la dirección del visionario Walter Gropius, aspira no sólo a combinar artes y oficios, sino también a encontrar un lugar para el "Hombre Nuevo". Lotte encuentra en el estudiante Paul Seligmann un apoyo y su gran amor.

Hans-Peter (Julius Weckauf) es un niño regordete de nueve años que crece en un entorno familiar seguro y armónico en la Alemania de 1972. Sin embargo, los problemas aparecen cuando su madre, que era una mujer alegre y vital, cae en una depresión tras sufrir una operación. El padre trabaja sin descanso y le deja a menudo al cuidado de sus abuelos, dos personas de gran corazón y con una fuerte personalidad. Gracias a su amor y dedicación, Peter logra sobrevivir al caos emocional de su interior, utilizando su sentido del humor para aliviar sus penas y hacer que la gente se ría con él.

The intricate history of UFA, a film production company founded in 1917 that has survived the Weimar Republic, the Nazi regime, the Adenauer era and the many and tumultuous events of contemporary Germany, and has always been the epicenter of the German film industry.

Utilizing potent TV interviews and many forgotten performances from his 30-year career, we are immersed into Frank Zappa’s world while experiencing two distinct facets of his complex character. At once Zappa was both a charismatic composer who reveled in the joy of performing and, in the next moment, a fiercely intelligent and brutally honest interviewee whose convictions only got stronger as his career ascended.

The adolescent Milan discovers his own suspected homosexuality at the age of 17 and the consequences for him and his family but also the liberation as he understands why he has been so down and rebellious.

In the young Federal Republic of Germany, which in the late 1950s in politics and justice is still interspersed with only superficially purified Nazi cliques, leads the Hessian Attorney General Fritz Bauer a lonely fight against the coverup of Nazi crimes and the restorative policy of the government Adenauer - he is firmly convinced that only in this way can the young democracy be consolidated. Not only his attitude, but also his temperament make Bauer vulnerable, again and again resistance forms from politics, intelligence services and the judiciary against the lone fighter.

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.

An insight view on the life of Udo Honig, successful football manager with a gambling addiction (similarities to a successful football manager in real life being purely coincidental).

Cuando un grupo de prisioneros es transferido al campo de concentración de Auschwitz, un niño judío de cuatro años aparece en el campo dentro de una maleta. Un grupo de prisioneros decide ocultar y proteger al niño. (FILMAFFINITY)

A lighthearted look at the opening of the border crossing of Bornholmer Straße in Berlin from the point of view of the confused border guards.

Ambientada en el siglo XI en Inglaterra, narra la historia de Rob Cole, un joven que se queda huérfano, tras morir su madre por una extraña enfermedad. Decidido a convertirse en médico por la tragedia sufrida, el joven decide ir a Persia a estudiar medicina a las órdenes del sabio doctor Ibn Sina.

The Lindenhof School is expecting a busload of proper young English ladies as exchange students. The shock is great when the students turn out to be teenage boys! But while Mademoiselle Bertoux is delighted to stage “Romeo and Juliet” with real boys, both Hanni and her sister Nanni fall for their “Romeo,” Clyde.

Lissie soñaba con ser una pincesa y aprendió a leer gracias a las revistas del corazón. Ahora trabaja en una de esas revistas y sueña con ser redactora. Una noche, en una fiesta, tiene una aventura con un atractivo desconocido que desaparece a la mañana siguiente dejándose olvidado el móvil en su casa.

Después de una relación fallida, Alexandra Fuchs no quiere mas hombres. Pero cuando conoce en su nuevo trabajo a un tímido hombre de negocios, Gregor, ella no puede escapar a su encanto. Ademas tiene una manía creativa que al final despega con un cuchillo de durabilidad indefinida para alimentos.La abogada de patentes, Fiona, una antigua compañera de clase debe ayudarla. Pero Fiona tiene un doble juego, inventa la suya y también tiene su ojo sobre Gregor.

Erwin Rommel fue el general más famoso de Alemania y el único oficial del Ejército de Hitler que tuvo el honor de ser un militar admirado y respetado en todo el planeta. Por si fuera poco, gracias a sus habilidades de estratega, su valor personal y una ambivalente posición con respecto al régimen nazi, Rommel terminó convirtiéndose en un mito del capítulo más oscuro de la historia reciente de Alemania. En el film se muestra al famoso militar como un hombre débil, desgarrado por su lealtad a Hitler y consciente de que, al mismo tiempo, estaba sacrificando la vida de sus soldados para servir a un demonio que había perdido todo el contacto con la realidad que vivía su país y su ejército

In this vivid historical drama set in 1980s East Germany, two dockworkers and best friends who dream of escaping the repressive regime are forced to choose their loyalties when the state police promise them safe passage out of the country — if they inform on their co-workers and union leader.

Un periodista descubre una trama terrorista en Moscú mientras investigaba al servicio secreto ruso.

Esta vez, Hanni y Nanni fueron demasiado lejos. Todo comenzó como una simple broma, pero terminó en una persecución salvaje por un centro comercial. Para colmo, las dos niñas fueron acusadas de robo. Las mellizas son expulsadas del colegio y sus padres deciden mandarlas a un internado llamado “Lindenhof”. Allí comienza una nueva vida para ellas. Mientras que Nanni, con su tranquila personalidad, rápidamente hace nuevas amistades, Hanni, con su fuerte carácter, tiene más problemas para adaptarse. La primera prueba crucial surge cuando el equipo de hockey de “Lindenhof” debe jugar contra JoCats, el equipo tan querido de su antiguo colegio; Hanni y Nanni deben decidir a quiénes van a ser fieles. Un descubrimiento inesperado les ayuda a tomar la decisión. Cuando “Lindenhof” también se enfrenta a un peligro, Hanni y Nanni finalmente comprenden que allí es donde pertenecen. Es así que las mellizas hacen un plan audaz… (FILMAFFINITY)

Después de que sus padres separados y él pierde su lugar en el equipo de fútbol, Moritz debe reunir un equipo nuevo con todo en su contra.

The incredible true story of Lufthansa Flight 181, which was hijacked by the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine in October of 1977, and the noble efforts of stewardess Gabriele Dillmann (Nadja Uhl) to ensure the safety of the terrified passengers throughout the harrowing ordeal. When terrorists sympathetic to the cause of the German Red Army Faction seize control of the flight, German chancellor Helmut Schmidt refuses to negotiate. Meanwhile, terrorist leader "Captain Martyr Mahmud" grows increasingly agitated, and the Yemeni government refuses to let the plane land on their soil. After Captain Schumann (Thomas Kretschmann) makes an emergency landing in the sand, he is brutally executed in front of the passengers by "Captain Martyr Mahmud" (Said Taghmaoui), who then forces the co-pilot to fly the plane to Somolia. Once there, counter terrorism measures quickly get underway as the passengers brace themselves for the worst.

Ben Winter returns from his tour in Afghanistan with the German ISAF. Having survived a suicide bombing, which claimed the life of his best friend, he is trying to find his way back to his old life, with his girlfriend, family and friends. But his memories are catching up with him. Increasingly, he is losing contact with reality and his trauma gets the upper hand. A near-accident makes him and his family finally aware of the deep-rooted trauma and feelings of guilt he brought back from Afghanistan and he checks into a veterans' hospital for treatment.

Susanne, una meteoróloga de Hamburgo, ha detectado indicios de una incipiente tormenta marítima que podría asolar la ciudad. Aunque da la voz de alarma, las autoridades locales no escuchan sus advertencias. Para asegurarse de la magnitud del maremoto, Susanne decide trasladarse a una plataforma petrolífera situada en alta mar, donde comprueba que sus terribles predicciones se van a convertir en realidad, ya que la tormenta alcanzará pronto la costa, poniendo en peligro la vida de miles de personas.

When wealthy college student Richard Oetker is kidnapped and held for a hefty ransom, state police officer Georg Kufbach becomes obsessed with bringing the kidnapper to justice. This film is based on a true story.

Año 1961, República Democrática Alemana. Harry Melchior (Heino Ferch) es un alemán anticomunista de la Alemania del este que consigue escapar del régimen comunista nada más completarse la construcción del muro de Berlín. Entonces decide ayudar a escapar a su querida hermana, que se tuvo que quedar al otro lado.

Berlin, Germany. A cruel murder took place in an appartment building. Somebody bit off quite a piece of the victim's penis, who then, of course, lost a lot of blood, before being struck down at the head. Leading investigator Bernhard Kominka, being in stress due to a mentally retarded son and a problematic wife, seems to be the only one to see a lady in a red coat. After a while, his theory of her being the murderer may prove to be true, but the Cop also kind of fell in love with this new, interesting person in both of his lives: professional and private as well. Borders dissolve. His decision may be disastrous in any way.

The ambitious young Ina Littmann is an investigative journalist for the TV talk show "Eye in Eye". Her current subject is Henry Kupfer, who wrote a bestseller about a psychopathic killer after he was himself in prison for 8 years for manslaughter. As an entry for the show Ina plans to use a current series of brutal murders among prostitutes. When Ina meets Kupfer, she is despised and fascinated at the same time. Soon she's convinced that Kupfer not only writes about murders, but commits them himself. She smells a smash hit and prepares to prove him guilty on the show.

A science fiction comedy directed by Nico Hofmann.

A young journalist researches the life of his father which leads him to path of contradictions until he uncovers a gruelling truth.

A young journalist researches the life of his father which leads him to path of contradictions until he uncovers a gruelling truth.

A young journalist researches the life of his father which leads him to path of contradictions until he uncovers a gruelling truth.

Munich Film Festival 1985.