Wolfgang Menardi

When 22-year-old Rainer Werner Fassbinder storms the stage of a small, progressive theatre in Munich 1967, and seizes the production without further ado, nobody suspects this brazen young rebel to become one of the most important post-war German filmmakers. Despite early setbacks, many of his films breakout at the most renowned films festivals and polarise audience, critics and filmmakers alike. His radical views and self-exploitation, as well as his longing for love, have made him one of the most fascinating film directors of this time.

German TV adaptation of Wilhelm Hauff‘s fairy tale “Heart of Stone“.

Notoriously hip Berlin based hairdresser Tom Herzner falls in love with beauty parlor owner Heidi, turning both of their worlds upside down. So far so good. Only one problem: Tom is gay.

裕福な商人だった父が財宝を積んだ船を嵐で失い破産、娘のベル(レア・セドゥ)たちは都会の贅沢な暮らしに別れを告げ、田舎へと引っ越すことになった。母亡き後、わがままに育てられた3人の兄と2人の姉は田舎暮らしに不満を募らせるが、ベルは家族が一緒にいるだけで幸せだった。そんなある日、船が一隻だけ見つかったという報せが入り、父は喜び勇んで街へ駆けつけるが、借金のカタに船を奪われてしまう。失意の帰り道、吹雪に見舞われ死に瀕した彼は森の奥にたたずむ古城を発見。城の中に入ると、豪華な食事やワイン、そして家族が望んでいたドレスや宝飾品の山がそこにあった。

Set in the 1800s when Napoleon’s French ruled Europe, the film follows young Austrian carpenter Franz and his Bavarian wife, Katharina as an unforeseen event forces them to flee from Augsburg, Bavaria for Franz’s family home in Tyrol, Austria. Tyrolian sentiment is rising strongly against Napoleon and trouble is stirring. In no time it sweeps up Franz and his brothers along with the whole town.

In an attempt to save their troubled relationship, Stefan (Wolfgang Menardi) and Claudia (Stephanie Schönfeld) go on a camping trip to the coast. They pick up Uli (Norman Schenk), a professional puppeteer who turns out to be quite entertaining. But when the puppet develops a life of its own, and Stefan seems to remember Uli from the past, they are already caught up in a mysterious and dangerous game.

If things were up to General Donovan, then the Military Secret Service of the United States would take care of really important things, of which there are plenty in this Autumn of 1942. Let the Waffen-SS search for Atlantis and dance around Germanic Druid Stones - who believes in the occult of "Wunderwaffen" or "miracle weapons" anyway? At least no straightforward American patriot, only pathetic wimps like William Blazkowicz, the only person at the OSS who wears glasses. But then ... can you dare risk to ignore explicit warnings? Secretly shot films? Evidence? What is really happening in Kottlitz Castle? Who killed Smokey Savallas? What kind of research is the "Ahnenerbe der SS" involved in? Who stole Count Dracula's bones from a crypt in Wallachia? And where's the connection between a fanatic SS General, underground laboratories full of German scientists, and a huge pit filled with molten gold? Questions, questions ...

Inge arrives at the palace. Something disturbs her. An uncanny experience has left its mark. Viktor, the assistant of the count, shows her to the countess. Inge has to tell her of the terrible incident. A little, mean picture, colored with postmodern sensations.