Traute Hoess

ARTE documentary about a stage director Robert Wilson.

Newlyweds Hedda and Jorgen Tesman are just returning from their honeymoon to a villa by the edge of the forest with a breathtaking view on the city. Restoration work on their home has not yet been completed, and Jorgen will soon be running out of money. That's if he doesn't succeed Dr. Franck Brack as head physician of the city hospital. Jorgen and Hedda prepare dinner for Brack, when two uninvited guests emerge. As the evening progesses the group becomes entangled in a weave of guilt, love and betrayal and when morning comes disaster has struck.

Berlin, the vibrant life. Only cashier Emma feels really lonely. There is nothing wrong with her, she just goes underground in the big city. Her desire to meet people has brought Emma to a strange idea: she lets go in the supermarket purses of customers and later presents herself as a hospitable finder, who invites you to pick up at the laid table. Unfortunately, the visit remains short. Only the shrewd homeless August who sees through her starts to get interested in Emma.

Dark comedy about a german probation officer and some of his clients...

Eva lives a happy life with her ​​father, an unsuccessful but always optimistic car salesman, her consumerist mother, and her quirky grandmother. But Eva is a tad different - she suffers from Tourette's syndrome. Her family has long been accustomed to her tics and the accompanying insults and bullying, and Eva has come to grips with her role as an outsider. When her father gets a job offer to work in Berlin, they must suddenly leave their familiar surroundings. But Eva won't have it, this move must be prevented - at any price!

Después de 50 años de feliz matrimonio, Anita y Fred viven la etapa final de sus vidas.

The comedy about men and their struggles in life and love.

The lonely bank-employee Phillip follows a strict pattern of somewhat compulsive actions keeping his encounters with strangers to a minimum. When his home one day is robbed of all content and he later meets the enchanting blind cellist Lina, he finds, however, he needs to start improvising and taking chances.

Martin, un trompetista de nu-jazz con un estilo único, lucha contra las convenciones y la mediocridad. No acepta ningún compromiso, ni en la música ni en el amor. Cuando percibe que Kristina, el amor de su vida, sólo le ama por sus talentos musicales, se siente profundamente herido. Decepcionado, se despide de ella y de toda su vida anterior. En los márgenes de la sociedad, conoce a una mujer mayor, Hanna, que le lega todo su dolor en forma de poemas. Martin se queda inmediatamente fascinado. ¿Podrán guiarle de vuelta a sí mismo, a Kristina o a su música?.

Durante el verano de 1936, dos militares bávaros, Toni Kurz y Andi Hinterstoisser, deciden lanzarse a la conquista de la cara norte del Eiger, en la más pura tradición del alpinismo alemán. Conocida por ser una de las escaladas más difíciles de la cordillera de los Alpes, esta legendaria ascensión en condiciones climatológicas adversas será narrada por varios periodistas entre los cuales se encuentra la novia de Toni, que trabaja para una publicación alemana. Por si fuera poco, Goebbels no dudará en transformar a ambos alpinistas en héroes del Tercer Reich, a pesar de que ninguno de ellos era miembro del partido nacionalsocialista.

Something terrible is about to happen in a small town in Germany. Nobody knows the reason why, except one person: Rico Bartsch. The 15-year old grammar school pupil, an absolute outsider, is in love with the most beautiful girl at his school. What in the beginning is a longing that can never be fulfilled will come true at the end of the story. Beautiful Regine will beg for Rico’s love. Until then several inhabitants of the town will die an unnatural death...

Wolfang Zenker es un vendedor ambulante de ropa femenina, de mediana edad, que está en un aprieto: su joven competidor a muerte amenaza con robarle sus mejores clientes ya que Zenker ha perdido el carnet de conducir. Agobiado ante la perspectiva de quedar rezagado, decide cancelar las vacaciones de su hijo y emplearlo en contra de su voluntad como conductor. Las cosas van de mal en peor: el banco le persigue, Hacienda da con él, su mujer le deja, su hijo le informa de su homosexualidad ¡y se enamora del adversario de su padre! La familia y el enemigo se reúnen en un clamoroso enfrentamiento final en el que volarán los malos entendidos y las balas.

Two very different love stories cross each other in warm and magical way. A humanistic and yet mysterious film about love and death near the German/Danish border.

Verano en Berlín. Katrin y Nike son dos amigas que viven en una casa antigua de lo que fue Berlín Este. El piso de Nike tiene un balcón, donde pasa noches enteras charlando con Katrin, que vive con su hijo en la planta baja. Suspendidas entre el cielo y la tierra, se instalan en el balcón y observan la existencia diversa y compleja de los hombres, reflexionando acerca de sus propias vidas y de sus deseos.

The true story of Otomo, a black man seeking work and asylum in the German city of Stuttgart. However, all he finds is racism, police trouble and his final destiny.

Two young and attractive social workers/nuns bring fresh air into a city missionary station, but are also challenged by lust and money, offered by a millionaire.

Sabine works in a hairdressing salon in Berlin. In order to keep the job, she has to occasionally grab the boss. She also feeds her boyfriend Frank. Sabine has simple dreams: sleek-cars and holidays on the beach.

A woman reflects on her romantic relationship with a young moroccan years ago. Her daughter travels to Morocco, attempting to relive her mother's past.

Episode movie about the no-future generation of the early 1980s.

A horror comedy directed by Helmer von Lützelburg.

Lili Marleen es la historia de una canción que, durante la Segunda Guerra Mundial, llegó a convertirse en un himno, primero del nazismo y después del bando aliado. En 1936, Norbert Schultze, un pianista de cabaret, le puso música a la letra que había escrito años atrás un soldado alemán. Tres años más tarde la grabó en disco una bella pero mediocre cantante, Lale Andersen, que consiguió un éxito y una popularidad tales que los servicios de propaganda del Tercer Reich decidieron hacer suya la canción.