Alexander Scheer

The war in the Ukraine has changed the way many European countries view Russian politics. Suddenly it became clear how dependent countries had become on Russian gas imports for decades and what Vladimir Putin was up to. However, no country needs more gas than Germany. It was only after Russia's invasion of the Ukraine that the German government realized that Russia had long used gas as a weapon to impose its will on states. The instrument created for this purpose is the natural gas production company GAZPROM. So how did Germany become so dependent on Russian gas? The documentary shows how, over several decades and several changes of government, a broad alliance of politicians and business representatives did everything possible to secure Germany's energy supply with cheap Russian gas, while the Kremlin's foreign policy became increasingly aggressive and the warnings of experts went unheeded.

The true story of an operation which was a revolution, not only for the world of medicine. Frankfurt 1967. A young doctor called Lisa Scheel is trying to get a foothold in the male-dominated world of transplant surgery. But after she is passed over by her main professor in favour of a male applicant, on the spur of the moment Lisa heads off to Cape Town. Here, she starts work for Dr. Barnaard, who, like his colleagues in Frankfurt, is planning a heart transplantation. Together with the surgeon Hamilton Naki, who due to apartheid can only join the team secretly, Lisa is a major contributor to the first heart transplant in history.

East Berlin, early 1980s: Ludger is hired by the Stasi to spy on the oppositional arts scene in Prenzlauer Berg. But when he falls in love with the mysterious Nathalie, he has to choose between a life as a celebrated underground poet and his career as a Stasi agent. A choice that will turn back on him 30 years later.

Rabiye Kurnaz é uma mãe turca-alemã e está determinada a lutar pela liberdade de seu filho, que foi acusado pelo governo norte-americano de terrorismo

Uma mulher com uma doença misteriosa precisa revelar um segredo obscuro para proteger o filho de terroristas que querem sequestrar o avião em que viajam.

Em 1982, o genial cineasta alemão Rainer Werner Fassbinder morreu de overdose, com apenas 37 anos, deixando uma obra impressionante para sua pouca idade. Em menos de duas décadas, ele produziu mais de 60 filmes e diversas peças, além de colaborar em outras funções, como ator, montador, roteirista. Essa é a fascinante história de um dos mais importantes representantes do Novo Cinema Alemão, cuja ascensão fulminante como um dos principais diretores da Europa coincide com sua queda mental e física, que levaram à sua morte prematura.

Sonja Wigert é uma diva e estrela em Estocolmo quando estourou a 2ª Guerra Mundial, recebendo rapidamente a atenção do oficial nazista Josef Terboven. Ela então é recrutada pela inteligência sueca como espiã, mas Terboven a faz espionar os suecos.

After two years, after a tip from Shukshin, Blochin finally got the chance to lure the child murderer Kyrill to Berlin. In addition, the self-proclaimed avenging angel takes his lover Pheline hostage, who is found shot shortly afterwards.

Recém-chegada em Hamburgo, Rachel Morgan é afetada de imediato pelo clima sombrio que a cidade conserva depois de ter sido inteiramente destruída durante a Segunda Guerra Mundial. Seu marido, o coronel britânico Lewis , foi encarregado de coordenar a reconstrução da região por tempo indeterminado. Em uma decisão unilateral, Lewis estabelece que o casal ficará hospedado na casa de um viúvo alemão, provocando sentimentos conflituosos em sua esposa.

Nobody captured the atmosphere of 1990s Berlin better than German photographer Daniel Josefsohn, who died in 2016 at the age of 54, leaving his mark in advertising with his irreverent aesthetic and punk sensibility. It was his spontaneous, imperfect images shot for an MTV campaign in 1994 that first made him famous.

Two friends want to stay awake as long as possible - without drugs. C. and Nike are 17, but pretend to be 20. They want to get out. Get out of the confines of the suburbs. They want to feel themselves.

The real life story of East German singer and writer Gerhard Gundermann and his struggles with music, life as a coal miner and his dealings with the secret police (STASI) of the GDR.

Volksbühne am Rosa-Luxemburg-Platz 1992-2017. The end of the GDR gave rise to new artistic freedoms in reunited Berlin. Shortly after the fall of the Wall, rebel director Frank Castorf was appointed artistic director of the Volksbühne. His way of working altered the public’s perception of this theater. The chronological history of the Castorf era between 1992 and 2017 is told here in excerpts from the productions and in a series of conversations conducted on the long sofa in the theater's foyer.

O Capitão Jack, que anda passando por uma onda de azar, sente os ventos da má sorte soprando com muita força quando os marinheiros fantasmas assassinos, liderados pelo aterrorizante Capitão Salazar (Javier Bardem), escapam do triângulo do diabo decididos a matar todos os piratas em seu caminho, especialmente Jack.

Karl Marx, de 26 anos, embarca com sua esposa, Jenny, na estrada para o exílio. Em 1844, em Paris, ele conhece Friedrich Engels, filho de um industrial, que investigou o sórdido nascimento da classe trabalhadora britânica. Engels, o dândi, fornece a última parte do quebra-cabeça para a nova visão do mundo do jovem Karl Marx. Juntos, entre a censura e a repressão da polícia, os tumultos e os conflitos políticos, eles liderarão o movimento trabalhista durante seu desenvolvimento em uma era moderna.

With a t-shirt sale the two friends Günther and Wolfgang finally want to turn their backs on unemployment benefits. But this plan is not as easy to implement as expected and in the end, almost everything is different than it initially looks. But one thing is certain: there is always time of a Schnitzel.

After several strokes of fate ends a rage eruption of the otherwise so quiet power engineering technician Felix Grünler with a criminal complaint for assault. A grateful affair for his sister-in-law Karin, who forges an intrigue to gain the inheritance of her mother-in-law. She succeeds in having Felix admitted to psychiatry as incompetent. He is determined not to get into therapy. For doctors, this confirms the picture of the labile patient. But in the other patients Felix gives his consistent anti-attitude in the long run benevolent recognition.

Após roubarem um carro, dois amigos embarcam em uma aventura que mudará suas vidas para sempre.

A escritora e psicanalista Lou Andreas-Salomé decide reescrever suas memórias aos 72 anos. Ela relembra sua juventude em meio à comunidade alemã de São Petersburgo. Desde criança, sonhava em ser intelectual e estava determinada a nunca se casar ou ter filhos. Além de trabalhar com nomes famosos, ela escreve sobre os relacionamentos conturbados com Nietzsche e Freud, além da paixão por Rilke e conflitos entre autonomia e intimidade, junto com o desejo de viver sua liberdade.

Mirko Talhammer is beyond himself when two strange guys show up in his noble insurance office and remind him where he really comes from: from a scrapyard in the provinces, where careers are not what counts, other things are more important: scrapping things, the family, and every once in a while, a nice fist fight. Mirko left all that behind, but his father messes things up big time when he dies and leaves his son the run down scrapyard - together with his brother Letscho. And Letscho is still ticked off that Mirko deserted the clan. But soon the brothers realize that the Talhammers only have a future if they can pull themselves together and fulfill their father's last wish: to rob a train like real professionals! The coup itself is like a suicide mission, but then Kercher, the Talhammer's biggest nemesis, gets wind of things...

Tina is a 17-year-old girl. After a massive party one evening, she begins experiencing nightmares in which she is haunted by an unusual creature. As reality and dreams collide, Tina finds herself befriending the monster and forging a relationship that will change the lives of everyone around her.

1980: 19 year old Robert, fed up with Hippy phoniness and bourgeoise narrow mindedness alike, flees the German provinces for West Berlin. A tour de force through the glorious dirt of West Berlin ensues. Full of sex, drugs, love and PUNK.

East Germany. Summer, late 70's. Three years after her boyfriend Wassilij's apparent death, Nelly Senff decides to escape from behind the Berlin wall with her son Alexej, leaving her traumatic memories and past behind. Pretending to marry a West German, she crosses the border to start a new life in the West. But soon her past starts to haunt her as the Allied Secret Service begin to question Wassilij's mysterious disappearance. Is he still alive? Was he a spy? Plagued by her past and fraught with paranoia, Nelly is forced to choose between discovering the truth about her former lover and her hopes for a better tomorrow.

The two friends Nora and Isabel, both disabled, try to lead normal lives. Strangely enough, it is their family, well-meaning friends and care workers who appear not to want normality at all. When Nora decides to marry her immigrant lover Amadou, her family does everything in its power to stop her.

A última coisa que Charlotte e Ben esperavam é que o Papai Noel caísse do céu nas ruas pouco antes do Natal no meio de uma tempestade. Este é apenas o começo de uma série extraordinária de aventuras natalinas, incluindo perseguições, Papais Noéis falsos, quebra-nozes perversos e por aí vai...

Hanna e Simon estão casados há 20 anos. Vivem em Berlim e são atraentes, modernos, cultos, práticos. Não têm filhos e dão-se bem um com o outro mas a paixão desapareceu há muito da sua relação. Ambos desejam conhecer novas pessoas. Um dia, Hanna conhece Adam, um jovem cientista, e apaixona-se por ele. Ao mesmo tempo, e em circunstâncias diferentes, Simon conhece Adam, e também se apaixona por ele. Hanna e Simon não sabem que estão apaixonados pela mesma pessoa.

A German flight attendant's life spirals downward after she leaves her husband, quits her job, and joins a radical group of animal rights activists.

Um relato épico e extremamente detalhado da vida do infame terrorista internacional Ilich Ramírez Sánchez, também conhecido como Carlos, o Chacal. Ele viveu várias vidas sob diversos pseudônimos, ultrapassando as complexidades da política internacional.

The era of the feared sea pirates Klaus Störtebeker and Gödeke Michels is coming to an end. After a long period with no booty at last a bulging ship appears on the horizon. However, Störtebeker is badly wounded in the attempted capture and the pirates suffer ignominious defeat. Not only their ship is down the drain - Störtebeker himself is suddenly plagued by anxiety and doubt about his very existence as a pirate. He is drawn to the beautiful country girl Bille, while Michels gets rebuffed by the friesian princess Okka. In the very moment that the crew have mutinied and co-captain Michels is literally at the end of his tether, they discover on board their ramshackle old tub a most unique wonder weapon. Glory days are quickly revived - until the mighty Hanse consolidate their power and weaponry and go to war against the pirates. Störtebeker and Michels are forced to decide: To live as a farmer or to die as a pirate.

Amira, an aspiring young dancer, is cast out of her uncle's home in Tangiers when she refuses to either get married or become a housemaid. She finds refuge in the apartment of some girlfriends who earn their living as prostitutes. Pia and Tom, a young German couple, have come to Morocco seeking musical inspiration. When they meet her in a nightclub, Amira's sensual dancing inspires the thought of a potential love triangle that might help stimulate Pia's stagnant relationship with Tom. Amira, with ulterior motives, embraces the idea of an affair with Tom, hoping this might provide an opportunity to change her fate.

My foreign subsidiary: TV-drama about a retired civil servants (Götz George) who wins a new relationship with his unloved son by the sudden death of his daughter.

Based on a true story, Mrs. Ratcliffe's Revolution is the tale of a family from Bingley in Yorkshire, who defect to East Germany. Here they find a nightmare of rationing, censorship and the most spied upon people in history rather than the Marxist utopia they were expecting. But if they thought getting in was difficult wait until they try to get out.

A história gira em torno da vida inquieta de Uschi Obermaier, ícone rebelde do movimento cultural alemão em 1968. Aos 16 anos de idade, Uschi entediou-se com seu trabalho num laboratório de fotografia e logo tornou-se figurinha fácil na cena de Munique - sendo chamada de "A Garota". Ao conhecer Rainer Langhans, decide se mudar com ele para Berlim e viver no "Kommune 1", a primeira organização política comunista da Alemanha. Mas ela era vista como uma garota pouco politizada. De fato, Uschi queria epenas se divertir, trabalhar com moda e acompanhar estrelas da música internacional, como Keith Richards, Mick Jagger e outros...

A great mosaic, a labyrinth of scenes, dialogue splinters, interviews, portraits of people surrounding Hamlet and wanting to be part of his story.

Josh is about to turn 30; he's mentally retarded, and likes to play at being a vampire. His sister Nicole is 15, and dealing with her impending womanhood; middle brother Mike is the "normal" one, but in some ways the most childish - his latest conquest is Nadine, who runs the dog kennel at his security guard job. Nic is fixated on getting laid, and watches Mike and Nadine through the skylight with Josh. Josh also gets fixated on sex, though he has no clear idea what it's all about, and in particular on Nadine; to Mike's chagrin, she seems more interested in Josh than in him.

A man's wife has disappeared; her diary gives the police detailed account of their sexual life.

Edward Kaminsky, an aging ad man, wants a golden parachute from his agency; he must first land the Opel auto contract. Rosa, a youth with wealthy parents, wants to establish herself as an artist. The clumsy and enthusiastic Viktor, not quite honest, wants work. When he wanders into Kaminsky's meeting with Opel and says something about irony, the Opel director wants him in on the campaign. Then he steals an idea from Rosa that the Opel director loves. Before Rosa discovers he's expropriated her idea, Rosa and Viktor become lovers. Father-son feelings materialize between Kaminsky and Viktor. Can the impulsive Viktor hold it together before Rosa learns the truth and flies away?

A group of kids grow up on the short, wrong (east) side of the Sonnenallee in Berlin, right next to one of the few border crossings between East and West reserved for German citizens. The antics of these kids, their families, of the "West German" friends and relatives who come to visit, and of the East German border guards, all serve to illustrate the absurdity of everyday life on the Sonnenallee, and therefore throughout the former East Germany.

During World War I, a group of women who are left behind in an English farming community become romantically involved with several German prisoners of war.