Doris Dörrie

From the 1950s onwards, Erika and Ulrich Gregor brought countless film historical milestones to Berlin and shaped cinema discourse in post-war Germany. A look at the life and work of the couple without whom Arsenal and the Forum wouldn’t exist.

It's summer and very hot in Germany's only open-air swimming pool for women. There, women bathe topless, in a bikini, bathing suit or burkini. Each follows different rules. This always leads to friction, which the overwhelmed lifeguard is not quite able to control. When a group of completely veiled women enthusiastically discovers the women's bath for themselves, rags literally fly: Who owns the bath and who makes the rules? Who owns the female body? And when is a woman a woman at all? The lifeguard resigns, exasperated. But when a man of all people is hired as the successor as lifeguard, the situation escalates in unpredictable directions.

It's summer and very hot in Germany's only open-air swimming pool for women. There, women bathe topless, in a bikini, bathing suit or burkini. Each follows different rules. This always leads to friction, which the overwhelmed lifeguard is not quite able to control. When a group of completely veiled women enthusiastically discovers the women's bath for themselves, rags literally fly: Who owns the bath and who makes the rules? Who owns the female body? And when is a woman a woman at all? The lifeguard resigns, exasperated. But when a man of all people is hired as the successor as lifeguard, the situation escalates in unpredictable directions.

Tras su regreso de la Primera Guerra Mundial, ya no hay trabajo para Fidelis en la carnicería de sus padres, en Suabia, Alemania. Para conseguir una vida mejor para él y Eva, antigua prometida de un amigo caído en batalla, emigra a Argus, un pueblo de Dakota del Norte, en los Estados Unidos. La artista Delphine, en la que Eva encontrará una amiga, también se traslada allí. Para aliviar la nostalgia de Eva, Fidelis funda un club de canto.

When everything in his life seems to be going wrong, downtrodden and alcohol-dependent Karl has a fateful encounter in Munich with Yu, a mysterious Japanese dancer from his father’s past. Unexpectedly, Yu begins to help Karl confront his demons (both literal and figurative) and begin to heal.

When everything in his life seems to be going wrong, downtrodden and alcohol-dependent Karl has a fateful encounter in Munich with Yu, a mysterious Japanese dancer from his father’s past. Unexpectedly, Yu begins to help Karl confront his demons (both literal and figurative) and begin to heal.

Una joven alemana entabla amistad con una mujer mayor japonesa durante un tour por la región de Fukushima, una zona afectada por el terremoto en del 2011 en Japón. Marie (Rosalie Thomas) ha decidido viajar de Alemania a Fukushima para cambiar su vida. Con su trabajo en la organización Clowns4Help espera llevar un poco de esperanza a los supervivientes del desastre nuclear. Pronto se da cuenta que no está capacitada para hacer más llevadera la tragedia de los afectados. Pero en lugar de huir decide quedarse con la arisca anciana Satomi (Kaori Momoi), la última geisha de Fukushima que decidió volver a su casa en ruinas en la antigua zona de exclusión. Dos mujeres totalmente diferentes pero que, cada una a su modo, están atrapadas en el pasado y deben aprender a liberarse de la culpa y de la carga de los recuerdos.

Una joven alemana entabla amistad con una mujer mayor japonesa durante un tour por la región de Fukushima, una zona afectada por el terremoto en del 2011 en Japón. Marie (Rosalie Thomas) ha decidido viajar de Alemania a Fukushima para cambiar su vida. Con su trabajo en la organización Clowns4Help espera llevar un poco de esperanza a los supervivientes del desastre nuclear. Pronto se da cuenta que no está capacitada para hacer más llevadera la tragedia de los afectados. Pero en lugar de huir decide quedarse con la arisca anciana Satomi (Kaori Momoi), la última geisha de Fukushima que decidió volver a su casa en ruinas en la antigua zona de exclusión. Dos mujeres totalmente diferentes pero que, cada una a su modo, están atrapadas en el pasado y deben aprender a liberarse de la culpa y de la carga de los recuerdos.

Football seen through the eyes of some of the best directors of the world.

In the macho world of Mariachi music, very few women can hold their own. Just like the songs they play, this film is a snapshot of life, death and the things in between - seen from a bird's-eye perspective.

In the macho world of Mariachi music, very few women can hold their own. Just like the songs they play, this film is a snapshot of life, death and the things in between - seen from a bird's-eye perspective.

After a series of catastrophically failed marriages, Apple is single again. Blame on Apple's attachment is in her opinion, her mother Ingrid. Because this Apple has punished not only with her hippie name, but was in every way a raven mother. When Ingrid spends an All Inclusive vacation in Spain, her mother and daughter are confronted with a dramatic event from their past.

After a series of catastrophically failed marriages, Apple is single again. Blame on Apple's attachment is in her opinion, her mother Ingrid. Because this Apple has punished not only with her hippie name, but was in every way a raven mother. When Ingrid spends an All Inclusive vacation in Spain, her mother and daughter are confronted with a dramatic event from their past.

After a series of catastrophically failed marriages, Apple is single again. Blame on Apple's attachment is in her opinion, her mother Ingrid. Because this Apple has punished not only with her hippie name, but was in every way a raven mother. When Ingrid spends an All Inclusive vacation in Spain, her mother and daughter are confronted with a dramatic event from their past.

Two young people in Berlin, a refugee and a homeless punk, form a relationship.

Two young people in Berlin, a refugee and a homeless punk, form a relationship.

When a salon refuses to hire her because of her plump figure, irrepressible hair stylist Kathi plots revenge by opening her own beauty parlor next door. But when she faces a cash-flow problem, Kathi resorts to some creative means of raising capital.

This is not merely another film about cinema history; it is a film about the love of cinema, a journey of discovery through over a century of German film history. Ten people working in film today remember their favourite films of yesteryear.

Trudi es la única que sabe que su marido Rudi está gravemente enfermo de cáncer. Siguiendo el consejo de su médico, deciden hacer un último viaje juntos. Trudi convence a su marido y van a visitar a sus hijos y nietos en Berlín. Sin embargo, éstos están demasiados inmersos en sus propias vidas para ocuparse de ellos. Tras ir al teatro a ver un espectáculo de danza Butoh, Trudi y Rudi deciden marcharse y pasar unos días en un hotel en la costa del mar Báltico.

Trudi es la única que sabe que su marido Rudi está gravemente enfermo de cáncer. Siguiendo el consejo de su médico, deciden hacer un último viaje juntos. Trudi convence a su marido y van a visitar a sus hijos y nietos en Berlín. Sin embargo, éstos están demasiados inmersos en sus propias vidas para ocuparse de ellos. Tras ir al teatro a ver un espectáculo de danza Butoh, Trudi y Rudi deciden marcharse y pasar unos días en un hotel en la costa del mar Báltico.

Doris Dörrie acompaña al maestro zen Edward Brown en sus conferencias y en sus clases de cocina para comprobar que cocinar, o mejor dicho, saber cómo cocinar, es cuestión de cuidarse uno mismo y cuidar a los demás. (FILMAFFINITY)

Doris Dörrie acompaña al maestro zen Edward Brown en sus conferencias y en sus clases de cocina para comprobar que cocinar, o mejor dicho, saber cómo cocinar, es cuestión de cuidarse uno mismo y cuidar a los demás. (FILMAFFINITY)

Doris Dörrie acompaña al maestro zen Edward Brown en sus conferencias y en sus clases de cocina para comprobar que cocinar, o mejor dicho, saber cómo cocinar, es cuestión de cuidarse uno mismo y cuidar a los demás. (FILMAFFINITY)

A shared love of fish leads to a variety of romantic predicaments in this offbeat comedy from writer and director Doris Dörrie. Otto (Christian Ulmen) and Leo (Simon Verhoeven) are two men from Germany who have launched a successful business in which they import koi, the beautiful Japanese fish, for collectors in their native land. While on a business trip to Japan, Otto and Leo meet Ida (Alexandra Maria Lara), a German tourist who is studying fashion design. Ida begins traveling with the two men, and surprisingly develops an infatuation with the rumpled Otto instead of the handsome Leo. When Ida discovers she's pregnant with Otto's child, the two marry, and upon their return to Germany, Ida attempts to join in the business by creating a line of scarves decorated with koi patterns. However, the honeymoon proves short-lived, and Ida's presence creates a rift between Otto and Leo, as the latter sets up his own concern, raising koi with his new bride, Yoko (Young-Shin Kim).

Emilia y Felix, Annette y Boris, y Charlotte y Dylan son amigos íntimos desde hace muchos años. Pero los buenos días han pasado hace tiempo. Emilia y Felix ha roto recientemente y todavía está pasando por los duros trámites de la separación. Felix está financieramente mal, mientras que el fulgurante éxito de Dylan con sus inversiones en bolsa le han convertido, a él y a su mujer Charlotte, en millonarios, aunque no más felices. Por su parte Annette y Boris parecen realmente felices a primera vista pero... ¿Lo son realmente? Una noche comienzan a jugar a ver si son capaces de, con los ojos vendados, reconocer a su pareja exclusivamente por el tacto de sus manos. Entonces descubren más de lo que nunca quisieron saber acerca de las feromonas y sus sentidos... y que estar desnudo es mucho más que quitarse la ropa.

Emilia y Felix, Annette y Boris, y Charlotte y Dylan son amigos íntimos desde hace muchos años. Pero los buenos días han pasado hace tiempo. Emilia y Felix ha roto recientemente y todavía está pasando por los duros trámites de la separación. Felix está financieramente mal, mientras que el fulgurante éxito de Dylan con sus inversiones en bolsa le han convertido, a él y a su mujer Charlotte, en millonarios, aunque no más felices. Por su parte Annette y Boris parecen realmente felices a primera vista pero... ¿Lo son realmente? Una noche comienzan a jugar a ver si son capaces de, con los ojos vendados, reconocer a su pareja exclusivamente por el tacto de sus manos. Entonces descubren más de lo que nunca quisieron saber acerca de las feromonas y sus sentidos... y que estar desnudo es mucho más que quitarse la ropa.

After Sam, a penniless Afro-German singer, discovers he's HIV positive, he gets utterly drunk, spends a few miserable days, but promptly falls (back) in love. Amidst a crumbling former East Berlin (its bulidings, cars, people & culture), Sam develops a "family" for the new millenium, for the new generation of post-drug cocktail AIDS victims. The fragile "family" he forms includes his on-again-off-again boyfriend Rainer, and his best friend Bastl with his latest fling, Mike. Like the old, schmaltzy East German songs which Sam is recording, the sweet innocence of the characters struggle to prevail, the misfortunes of the characters nothwithstanding.

The film consists largely of a series of interviews with female filmmakers from several different countries and filmmaking eras. Some, such as Agnès Varda and Catherine Breillat (both from France), have been making films for decades in a conscious effort to provide an alternative to the male filmmaking model; others, such as Moufida Tlatli (Tunisia) and Carine Adler (England), are relative newcomers to directing, and their approaches seem more personal and less political. The film as a whole manages to cover some important topics in the feminist debate about film -- how does one construct a female gaze, how can one film nude bodies without objectifying the actors (of either sex), what constitutes a strong female role -- while also making it clear that “women’s film” comprises as many different approaches to filmmaking as there are female filmmakers.

Dos hermanos están viviendo una etapa difícil en sus vidas: Gustav es un experto en feng shui e intenta buscar su paz interior y Uwe no encuentra sentido a su existencia desde que su mujer le abandonara. Juntos emprenden viaje a Japón para alejarse de su entorno cotidiano y encontrar la tranquilidad, pero los problemas les persiguen allá donde van: nada más pisar tierra pierden sus pasaportes, se quedan sin dinero y no saben volver al hotel en el que se hospedan.

In 1996, cinematographer Helge Weindler died in Almeria, Spain, while shooting his wife Doris Dörrie's new film. A year later, she set out to retrace her grief and pain in a very private film.

German people having trouble with love and identity.

German people having trouble with love and identity.

Documentary by Eckhart Schmidt.

Fanny Fink (Maria Schrader) acaba de cumplir los 30 y siente que su vida se está consumiendo, y que no encontrará el amor. Uno de sus vecinos es Orfeo (Pierre Sanoussi-Bliss), un africano gay, pintoresco y encantador, que no puede pagar el alquiler, y se refugia en casa de Fanny. Entre ambos comienza una relación de amistad que deparará a Fanny muchas sorpresas.

Fanny Fink (Maria Schrader) acaba de cumplir los 30 y siente que su vida se está consumiendo, y que no encontrará el amor. Uno de sus vecinos es Orfeo (Pierre Sanoussi-Bliss), un africano gay, pintoresco y encantador, que no puede pagar el alquiler, y se refugia en casa de Fanny. Entre ambos comienza una relación de amistad que deparará a Fanny muchas sorpresas.

Kemal Kayankaya, a private detective, was hired by a Turkish women, Ilter, to search for his husband, Amend, who has been missing since the death of her father, Vassif. Unknownst to him, he was about to unravel the secrets of his client's family, as well as their various dealings with the underworld and the police. Moreover, being a Turk raised in a German foster family, he has also begun to understand and accept his own ethnicity.

Kemal Kayankaya, a private detective, was hired by a Turkish women, Ilter, to search for his husband, Amend, who has been missing since the death of her father, Vassif. Unknownst to him, he was about to unravel the secrets of his client's family, as well as their various dealings with the underworld and the police. Moreover, being a Turk raised in a German foster family, he has also begun to understand and accept his own ethnicity.

A man's enthusiastic penis starts talking to him, getting him into awkward situations and convincing everyone he tells that he's completely insane.

A man's enthusiastic penis starts talking to him, getting him into awkward situations and convincing everyone he tells that he's completely insane.

Viktor y Angelika son pareja desde hace tiempo, pero están más interesados en sus hobbies que en su vida conyugal. Él es profesor de veterinaria y ella estudia historia del arte. Todo cambia cuando Viktor conoce a Lotte.

Viktor y Angelika son pareja desde hace tiempo, pero están más interesados en sus hobbies que en su vida conyugal. Él es profesor de veterinaria y ella estudia historia del arte. Todo cambia cuando Viktor conoce a Lotte.

Los celos hacen que un marido espíe a su mujer y descubra que esta mantinetiene un romance con otro hombre. Con el paso del tiempo, entre el marido y el amante surge una relación que se transforma en amistad.

Los celos hacen que un marido espíe a su mujer y descubra que esta mantinetiene un romance con otro hombre. Con el paso del tiempo, entre el marido y el amante surge una relación que se transforma en amistad.

Berlin Film Fest 1984. The best place for every cinema fan. Everyone wants to be in on the festival, but that may be really difficult, if one has no accreditation. Also Journalist Matthies gets to know the rules of being in or out when he wants to see a screening and is not welcome. Thus he watches an old German silent flick which he is barely interested in. The next day the newspapers are full of reports about a newly discovered German masterpiece from the silent era. It seems that Matthies had luck. He just saw *the* film everybody is talking about now. Also everybody is speculating about its director, who remains unknown. When Matthies talks to Ackrewa, an old befriended projectionist, about the film, the latter seems to recall the name of the director. Matthies decides to research the case. An odyssey into film-history begins and if it is successful Matthies will come up with a top story.

Released in Germany in 1983 as Mitten Ins Herz, Straight Through the Heart was director Doris Dorrie's first feature. Beatte Jensen portrays an odd, quirky young girl. She inaugurates a romance with divorced middle-aged dentist Sepp Bierbichler. Both lovers are neurotic, and both seem to thrive on feeding off each other's neuroses. Director Dorrie, who'd first gained critical acceptance with her 1978 short subject The First Waltz, furthered her reputation with the highly original and perceptive Straight Through the Heart, but wouldn't achieve worldwide fame until her second feature, Men... (85).

Film by Doris Dörrie.

Film by Doris Dörrie.

Pepe is 15. His life in social misery changes completely when he is chosen as the main character of a film production. Shot on location where he lives with his primitive, brutal and authoritarian father, a pig farmer.

On December 12, 1945 Maria Stadler got (as one of the first from the American occupying power) the license to operate a movie theater. At first she ran a traveling cinema, which went so well that she opened on 30 October 1953 Maria's Kino in Bad Endorf, which still exists today. In the winter of 1976/77 students of the Munich University of Film and Television made a documentary about the idealist, who had since become a movie legend.