Peter Rühring

"Was ist, wenn man strampelt und strampelt, um an die Spitze zu kommen, und dann merkt, dass man nur davongelaufen ist?" Diese Frage quält Hanna Meiwald (Sophie von Kessel). Just als die gewiefte Münchner Geschäftsfrau einen Riesendeal über die Bühne bringen will, wird sie von der Vergangenheit eingeholt. Ihr dementer Vater wurde von einem Zug überfahren, nun muss sie in ihr Dorf zurückkehren. Sie war fünf, als ihr Vater für den Mord an ihrer Mutter verurteilt wurde. Jahrzehntelang hat "Mörderbalg" Hanna das Heimatkaff gemieden. Dort, wo nach wie vor Engstirnigkeit und Tratsch regieren, stößt Hanna aber auf eine Spur, die Zweifel an der Schuld ihres Vaters weckt. Mit Kommissar Arnsberger (Brandt) rollt sie den Fall neu auf…

Bettina Hinrichs, who owns a flower shop, has been nominated to act as Schöffin (a german version of jury member) at court. Robert Wrengler is accused to have murdered his wife with a letter bomb. Bettina Hinrichs has mixed feelings about her duty: How can she decide who is telling the truth? Should she believe the tears of the bereft widower or the accusations of his brother-in-law? Her life is turned upside down even more when she finds out that a detective is following her and her daughter, uttering threats in case she makes the wrong decision. And what about Peter, the nice guy she met by accident right after the trial started - is he really on her side? Weighed down by doubt, she finds Wrengler guilty - but that's not the end of it all.

Francia, 1914, durante la Primera Guerra Mundial. En Nochebuena, un extraordinario acontecimiento tiene lugar en la sangrienta tierra de nadie que los franceses y los escoceses disputan a los alemanes...

Tres años después de la pesadilla de las ratas en Frankfurt, los supervivientes se reúnen para celebrar la boda de Axel. Mientras festejan su despedida de soltero, una chica de la localidad aparece muerta en su bañera después de haber sido atacada por roedores. (FILMAFFINITY)

Upon learning that his deceased ex-lover has willed him a substantial sum of money after succumbing to AIDS, a young Swiss man finds his life endlessly complicated by the deceased man's homophobic mother and headstrong recent boyfriend in director Christof Vorster's heart-rending drama. Steff and his ex-lover Martin Hilder had some great times together before parting ways, and when Steff learns that Martin has named him as the sole beneficiary to his substantial fortune, Steff finally begins to consider fulfilling his lifelong dream of starting his own business. It's not going to be as easy as it sounds, though, because in order to get the money, Steff is going to have to go through Martin's controlling, vehemently anti-gay mother. Add to that the fact that Martin's most recent ex-boyfriend, Rex, is determined to fulfill the deceased's wishes of having his ashes scattered in the Atlantic and Steff soon finds himself forced to reexamine his life and reassess his priorities.

Alemania, Periodo de Entreguerras (1919-1939). El polaco Zishe Breitbart (Jouko Ahola), hijo de un herrero judío, causa sensación en el Berlín de la República de Weimar (1919-1933) actuando como un forzudo propio de tiempos mitológicos. Hanussen (Tim Roth), el empresario que lo contrata, sueña con crear dentro del Gobierno nazi (1933-1945) un todopoderoso "Ministerio de lo Oculto". Mientras Hitler se va consolidando día a día en el poder y en Berlín estalla el furor antisemita, Zishe, que sufre terribles pesadillas, pide consejo a un rabino local y llega a la conclusión de que ha sido elegido por Dios para advertir a su pueblo del grave peligro que se cierne sobre él.

Due to a delayed flight a group of German flight passengers have to wait in the hall of the airport of Manila. The crowd is quite mixed, ranging from an cultivated east German teacher couple up to sleazy sex tourists. As the waiting prolongs, more and more aggressions and long repressed behaviors shed their way to the surface.

The famous Nazi-Doctor Dr. Josef Mengele - the "death angel of Auschwitz", who killed more than 300.000 people - comes back from his hide out in Argentina to Germany as a 87 year old man. He must stand up in front of a court for his crimes. The young solicitor Peter Rohm has to defend him. But Peter Rohm - himself an expert on Josef Mengele and his crimes - feels unable to do this. When he decides to take on the case he endangers not only the relationship to his wife but also their lifes. A fictional story around the non-fictional person of Josef Mengele who died in 1979.

Andreas Brandt is the head of the research department in a pharmaceutical company. He earns enough to build a future with his wife Monica and his daughter Eva. But a merger puts his position in jeopardy. Brandt randomly observes Larssen, who’s responsible for the merger, raping the waitress Vanessa. Instead of helping her, he takes a file which has previously been stolen by Larssen. It contains incriminating evidence against Larssen. Brandt tries to blackmail Larssen, but Larssen is capable to shift the buck back to Brandt. Slowly Brandt’s family becomes involved...

Un clon de dinosaurio se escapa de un laboratorio científico. Nada a través del río Rin hasta el lago más grande de Alemania - el Lago de Constanza - y comienza a matar a gente inocente. Todos los clichés comunes se utilizan: los principales científicos (una pareja divorciada, que encuentra juntos otra vez durante la historia!) Han sido despedidos antes del experimento final; los niños van a nadar en la noche, aunque todo el mundo sabe que hay algo peligroso en el lago; el equipo está completamente destruido porque alguien dispara en su pantalla...

Marcus Voss, máximo responsable de la construcción de un túnel, vive momentos dramáticos cuando un autobús lleno de pasajeros se hunde justo encima del túnel, y la vida de las personas que van en él, entre ellas su hijo, corre peligro.

Four female cons who have formed a band in prison get a chance to play at a police ball outside the walls. They take the chance to escape. Being on the run from the law they even make it to sell their music and become famous outlaws.

Finales de la Segunda Guerra Mundial. Un hombre herido viaja en una caravana por una carretera de Italia, pero su estado es tan grave que se tiene que quedar en un monasterio deshabitado y semiderruido, donde se encarga de cuidarlo Hana, una enfermera canadiense. Su cuerpo está totalmente quemado a consecuencia de un accidente sufrido en África, pero todavía tiene tiempo para contarle la trágica historia de su vida.

This TV-Movie is based on real events that took place in southern Germany in the mid 80's. A policeman tries to build a house for his family while he experiences financial troubles; everything goes tragically wrong from then on.

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.