Pinkas Braun

Crime Movie from and with Jerry Cotton / George Nader expert Christos Tses as well as Yvonne de Bark, Erik Schumann, Brigitte Grothum, Hans von Borsody, Luca Maric and Pinkas Braun.

In Hamburg, an aged sorcerer is searching for a replacement. Freddie, who's about 12, finds the wizard's book of spells and knows enough to read a few lines to his friend Emma. She repeats the lines adding exasperation about Mickey, a boy who's often mean to her. The next morning, Mickey finds himself in Emma's body, and Emma finds herself in Mickey's body. The wizard tracks down the book, takes it back, and disappears, leaving Freddy with no way to reverse the spell, which becomes permanent in 54 hours. Freddy, Emma, and Mickey must work together to search out a solution, while making discoveries about sex roles, courage, friendship, and each other

Vera and Erich Dorfmeister benefited from National Socialism . Times may have changed , but their spirit has stayed the same. Daughter Isolde in particular suffered from this , which is why her marriage to jazz musician Paul Richter broke up . Now their daughter Anna is returning Accompanied by her Jewish boyfriend Sidney after a year abroad .

Roni Beck is a man whose only thought in life is to become a professional comedian, but who due to his lack of success must live hidden in his mother's appartment in an old people's home, continuing to believe firmly that his day in the limelight will come. One day Serge Grätzer, the director of the old people's home, discovers Roni, and makes him help out with the work. Serge then decides to take a hand in Roni's career, embezzling money to launch the budding comedian. Once again however success eludes Roni. In the end Serge decides to fulfil his own secret longings to be on the stage. This leads to a row between the two men. Despite a reconciliation, they never again appear together on the stage. And when Serge's embezzlement is discovered he has to flee with the police at his heels and the home has to be closes. In the end, Roni persuades Mr. Klein, an eccentric old man who likes to play the stock market, to save the home with the millions he has stashed away.

In this French crime film, set during the time of the Gulf War, an elderly German tourist is murdered in Paris by junk dealer Joseph Katz (Pinkas Braun), a friend of Paris detective Sam Bellamy (singer Patrick Bruel). Romantically involved with the victim's daughter Emma Guter (Isabella Ferrari), Bellamy covers up the crime he witnessed. Joseph then mysteriously vanishes, and Bellamy heads for Berlin where the victim's possessions are auctioned. After Bellamy finds the source of the well-hidden traffic in art stolen by Nazis from French Jews, he discovers a Nazi war criminal is blackmailing past associates. Incorporating background from journalist Hector Feliciano's Lost Museum, the film is adapted from Guy Konopnicki's novel, Pas de Kaddish pour Sylberstein (No Kaddish for Sylberstein).

Debido a las ofensas cometidas contra Dios, los israelitas viven como esclavos bajo el dominio de los filisteos. Pero el Señor escucha las plegarias de su pueblo y les envía a un niño llamado Sansón, que llegará tener la fuerza de cien hombres y les ayudará a vencer a sus enemigos. Pronto, la noticia de la descomunal fuerza de Sansón llega a oídos del Rey Hanun y de la bella cortesana Dalila, a la que Sansón salva del ataque de un león.

Whenever a criminal is killed in London, a black Jaguar is nearby, with a white cat always sitting in the passenger seat. Inspector Higgins and Inspector Lane find a joker card on all the victims. Their investigation leads them to a diamond smuggling ring.

An economics expert from the West is contracted by a large firm to assist in the reorganization of a debt-ridden steel plant in the former Eastern Bloc. Believing himself to be eagerly awaited, he finds that his position has already been taken: Another man has already begun the job in his name, obviously with official approval. What first appears to be a strange mix-up soon turns into a threat to his existence when he discovers that not only his professional, but also his private identity has been assumed by the stranger.

Blues hommage by Sönke Wortmann.

A native of Sennwald, Anna Göldi arrived in Glarus in 1765. For seventeen years, she worked as a maidservant for Johann Jakob Tschudi, a physician. Tschudi reported her for having put needles in the bread and milk of one of his daughters, apparently through supernatural means. Göldi at first escaped arrest, but the authorities of the Canton of Glarus advertised a reward for her capture in the Zürcher Zeitung on February 9, 1782. Göldi was arrested and under torture, admitted to entering in a pact with the Devil, who had appeared to her as a black dog. She withdrew her confession after the torture ended, but was sentenced on June 18, 1782 to execution by decapitation. The charges were officially of "poisoning" rather than witchcraft, even though the law at the time did not impose the death penalty for non-lethal poisoning.

The Sultan awaits the arrival of his son, Prince Omar, who has brought up in a distant land. The master tailor and his assistances are making clothes for the prince. Labakan, the most gifted of his assistances, craves to be a Sovereign's heir so he steals the princely garments snd poses as the Sultan's son.

German TV comedy.

Marie (Marlene Jobert) is a pretty female physician who attracts the strong romantic interest of two brothers during World War I in this uninspired drama by Gérard Vergez. The brothers meet her when she is on duty in Turkey -- one brother is stationed there and the other becomes her ambulance driver. Since Marie has just lost her husband in combat, she is not at first open to another relationship but finally begins an affair with the older brother. Jealousy rears its ugly head, and the younger and older brother start to compete for her favors. She is eventually separated from the two brothers after the oldest -- imprisoned for supposed sympathy with the Russians -- is sprung from jail. Marie is later imprisoned herself, and it will be a long time before she is able to find out the fate of those she knew during the days of combat, including the two brothers.

Felix, a young projectionist, daydreams himself out of the loneliness of his projection booth and into a fantastic universe in which the characters in the films become his own. His dreams, wishes and reality become one in the fuzzy reflection on the projection window. A surreal play by Peter Patzak.

Victor Valance, an absent father and gambler, works with shady casino operations abroad. When he returns to Paris in need of money, he plans to take advantage that Pauline, his eldest daughter now fully responsible for the whole family, has begun to work for the Ministry of Finance. Pauline thwarts his new projects but when she realizes gangsters are looking for Victor she will put her life at risk to help him and save their family.

The time is the 1930s and two Soviet spies (both Frenchmen by nationality) have been helping Communist factions during the Civil War in Spain. It is the time of Stalin's iron rule in the USSR, and the two agents are suddenly called to Moscow by the KGB. Knowing that they are in trouble for no fault of their own, fear drives one of them to suicide while the other gets his lover and her child and begins a run for his life, knowing that the KGB will never let him go free.

Charlie Muffin, top British Intelligence operative, has just broken up a major Soviet spy network in England. However, a new Director with new ideas takes over and wants Charlie out. But then a high-ranking Soviet spy-master hints that he wants to defect, and both British Intelligence and the CIA want him and will do anything to get him. Charlie may be the only man who can bring the defection off successfully, but is the whole thing an elaborate set-up? And when your so-called allies are stabbing each other and you in the back to get this prize, whom can Charlie trust on either side?

Elizabeth Roffe, heredera de un gigantesco imperio farmacéutico, sigue el ejemplo de su padre y mantiene el carácter familiar de la empresa. Sin embargo, algunos familiares que necesitan dinero la presionan para que venda las acciones; uno de ellos intenta incluso eliminarla. Averiguar quién puede ser el asesino no es tarea fácil porque no puede confiar en nadie.

When they start losing family members and neighbors due to WWII and the Nazi government's policies, a quiet married couple becomes disillusioned and begins spreading leaflets against the government - a crime punishable by death.

El fin de la 2 ª Guerra Mundial. Las fuerzas aliadas entran en una base de cohetes alemán bien guardado y secuestran entre otros, el genio Dr. Von Heinken. Cuando tratan de escapar son seguidos tanto por alemanes y rusos que tanto quieren tener en sus manos el médico.

Un asesino en serie, que se autodenomina "El cadáver risueño", se disfraza de esqueleto y mata a sus víctimas con una anillo en forma de escorpión, lleno de veneno.

Bill MacLean is a former CIA agent living in London. He had been fired when he stuck up for one of the men in his command who turned out to be branded a Russian defector. The embittered ex-agent combines forces with another operative to deliver a top Russian secret police official for a price. Before he can deliver the Russian, a trail of corpses and double crosses changes his plans. When his partner who concocted the scheme is murdered, MacLean returns the check to the CIA. They offer him his old job back, but the proud man refuses.

Un equipo de astronautas es enviado a la luna para rescatar a un extraterrestre que busca ayuda para salvar a su raza moribunda. Son atacados por una fuerza de bandidos robot y descubren que espías enemigos quieren matar al alienígena.

Clint Harrison es un temible pistolero, que siempre anda perseguido por los que le quieren retar para ganar fama. Mientras continua su eterna huida, Clint busca de forma desesperada a su mujer y a su hijo.

A woman is kidnapped and her identity is stolen by criminals attempting to collect her inheritance.

Cuando un antiguo colega es asesinado, el agente secreto Superdrago sale de su retiro para investigar un caso de una goma de mascar envenenada que lleva inexplicablemente a un sindicato del crimen internacional de planificación para dominar el mundo con drogas psicotrópicas de contrabando en falsos jarrones Ming.

Un reportero canadiense se ve mezclado en la política de la Guerra Fría, un romance y espionaje tras el Telón de Acero.

Con el fin de apoderarse de unas tierras, un ranchero provoca la discordia entre blancos e indios, por lo que el jefe de éstos´, Águila Negra, se dispone a volver a la guerra. Dos hombres intentarán poner fin a las intrigas... (FILMAFFINITY)

Tres ladrones roban un envío de dinero usado que es devuelto a los EE.UU. Tras haber tomado un rehén, emprenden la huida y van a parar a una isla, en la que hay un hotel que funciona como centro de salud mental.

English millionaire Sir Cyrus Bradley is being blackmailed by “The Tortoise” Crime Syndicate. He is to pay £ 100,000.00 Pounds to stay alive and not be murdered. After his refusal to pay the money, he is quickly killed. Cyrus‘ nephew, Don Micklem, plans to avenge the death of his uncle and sets out on a quest to expose “The Tortoise“…

A Chinese cult bent on taking over the world uses an idol called The Golden Reptile that they believe can give them the power to achieve their goal.

En la estación londinense de Waterloo un hombre muere sin causa aparente, y un desconocido intenta sin éxito apoderarse de la llave que el fallecido lleva en el cuello. Con él, son ya dos cadáveres en los que se han encontrado una llave similiar, lo que lleva al inspector Martin a sospechar un nexo común. Sus investigaciones le llevan al despacho del abogado Haveloc, albacea de la familia Selford, quien le cuenta que el anciano Selford, repartió 7 llaves entre amigos de confianza, con el encargo en que el día en que su hijo y heredero llegue a la mayoría de edad, deben reunirse y abrir con las 7 llaves una puerta tras la cual se encuentra la herencia.

Bandas rivales de Chicago se trasladan a Londres, con la intención de extorsionar a los británicos ricos.

Las fervientes oraciones de un monje producen un verdadero milagro en una ciudad industrial de Alemania del Oeste, que, sin embargo, no es entendido por la gente más que como una acción con afán lucrativo.

Kurt Hoffmann′s satire concerning Germany′s development during the first half of the 20th century tells the story of two schoolmates - Hans and Bruno. They could not be more different. While Hans is ambitious and must always work hard for his career, it seems that the happy go lucky Bruno is carefree.

Anna es trabajadora de una fábrica en Alemania Oriental. Su hijo Jochen, de cinco años, vive con sus abuelos en el oeste y Anna quiere que viva con ella, por lo que lo secuestra. En el camino conoce a Carl, quien la ayuda con su hijo y se enamoran.