Wilfried Hochholdinger

ALMA AND OSKAR explores the passionate and tumultuous three-year relationship between the Grand Dame of Viennese society Alma Mahler (1879-1964) and the Austrian artist and enfant terrible Oskar Kokoschka (1886-1980). In the early 1900s, Kokoschka was an up-and-coming painter, influenced by the work of Gustav Klimt yet with his own distinctive expressionist style.

Two girls from very different social backgrounds discover, at the age of 25, that they had been switched at birth.

For Pastor Judith Ehrmann, her job as an emergency counselor is more than just part of her job: giving people assistance is a vocation for them. But when a classmate of her son dies in a car accident, that's unusual. Judith begins to doubt: herself, her job - but also her family. For all at once everything seems to indicate that her own husband and son were involved in the accident and now want to cover this up. The emotionally intense drama of award-winning director Aelrun Goette raises fundamental themes without giving easy answers.

King Wenzel is worried about his succession. He gets older and his son, Prince Marius, shows no interest in state affairs. One day, during a walk in the forest, Marius is trapped by a demon. He agrees to release him and let him join his father if he finds true love in a limited time, with a bear skin making him monstrous...

The young actress Käthe is not 18 when she conquered Berlin's theater stages. Privately she finds her luck alongside the famous artist Max Kruse, but the wild marriage is considered scandalous and has a negative effect on the sale of his art. Thus, Käthe moves without him into an artists' colony on Monte Verità on Lake Maggiore. Out of necessity, she creates a doll that has never been seen before: with a natural expression and vivid facial expressions. What follows is a blitz career. But the phenomenal success of their handmade dolls causes unpleasant imitations - their company is about to go out.

Joseph Komalschek was sentenced to 30 years in prison for cruelly murdering a young mother and her newborn baby. He never confessed his crimes and the bodies could not be found. After being released from prison, he returns to his hometown. People there treat him with distrust and disdain.

The story of Sister Pascalina Lehnert, who was the personal confidant and secretary to Pope Pius XII for forty years, when he was the papal nuncio in Germany, and then for his whole pontificate. The Pope had great confidence in her wisdom, energy, and loyalty, and she became known as "the most powerful woman in the history of the Vatican."

No início dos anos 1960, durante o auge da Guerra Fria, um mutante chamado Charles Xavier conhece um mutante chamado Erik Lehnsherr. Apesar de suas origens muito diferentes - Charles cresceu em uma família rica enquanto Erik perdeu seus pais em Auschwitz -, os dois se tornam grandes amigos. Enquanto o mundo oscila à beira de uma guerra nuclear, Charles e Erik unem forças com outros mutantes para salvar a humanidade. No entanto, um acontecimento separa os dois amigos.

Jerry Cotton is the best agent of the FBI and suspected of murder. So he has to find the real killers from gangster boss Serrano.

No primeiro ano da ocupação de França pelos alemães, Shosanna Dreyfus testemunha a execução da sua família pela mão do Coronel Nazi Hans Landa. Shosanna escapa por pouco, fugindo para Paris onde falsifica uma nova identidade como proprietária e operadora de um cinema. Noutro local da Europa, o Tenente Aldo Raine organiza um grupo de judeus americanos, soldados, para executar investidas rápidas e chocantes de retribuição. Conhecidos pelos seus inimigos como "os sacanas", o bando de Raine une-se à actriz e agente infiltrada alemã Bridget von Hammersmark numa missão para destruir os líderes do Terceiro Reich. O destino de todos eles converge sob um letreiro de cinema, onde Shosanna está determinada em criar o seu próprio plano de vingança...

Leon has banished everything from his life that could remind him of his childhood. As an orphan, he grew up with his uncle Walter, the owner of a china factory, where he is currently working as a designer, trying to bring a breath of fresh air to the company. But Walter is a traditionalist. Since Leon’s girlfriend Marina is also dedicated to the company, children have no part in Leon’s life. Until he meets Esther who is raising 13 at once. Leon is trying to convince Esther on Walter’s behalf to forfeit her run-down house, so that Walter can use the estate for his investment plans. But then, Leon falls in love with Esther, and all his plans begin to crumble…

A gently humorous look at otherness and xenophobia in modern day German with this tale of a black Berlin teen named Leroy who rediscovers his roots after falling for a pretty white girl and meeting her racist family.

Based on Michel Houellebecq's controversial novel, Atomised (aka The Elementary Particles) focuses on Michael and Bruno, two very different half-brothers and their disturbed sexuality. After a chaotic childhood with a hippie mother only caring for her affairs, Michael, a molecular biologist, is more interested in genes than women, while Bruno is obsessed with his sexual desires, but mostly finds his satisfaction with prostitutes. But Bruno's life changes when he gets to know the experienced Christiane. In the meantime, Michael meets Annabelle, the love of his youth, again.

Um novo esporte é uma febre entre ricos executivos: viajar no tempo para caçar dinossauros. Trata-se de um esporte caro, que envolve milhões e que possui uma regra básica: o passado jamais deve ser violado. Desta forma é proibido trazer do passado qualquer objeto ou animal, esteja ele vivo ou morto, já que isto pode gerar uma série de reações que modifique drasticamente o presente. Até que um acidente misterioso faz com que Travis Ryan, líder de um grupo, precise retornar ao passado para devolver a ordem das coisas ao seu lugar.

Focuses on three very different siblings, all searching for happiness. Hans-Jörg is a sex addicted librarian, who is interested in young students. Werner is a successful politician with a dysfunctional family. Agnes, a trans woman, works as a table dancer in a night club. The three brothers just have one thing in common: their longing for a happy life.

"Inspector Susanne Beckert doesn't make it easy to be liked. Thanks to her tenacity to follow through on her ""intuition"", she soon has the entire precinct on her back. Her first case involves a fire in which the mother and daughters escape but the father dies. Susanne is convinced the man was murdered. Though she still has the support of her partner Weber, she puts everything on the line when she begins to investigate into similar cases that occurred in the past - against the will of her colleagues. With the help of former pathologist Gerit, Susanne discovers a trail of cover-ups and irregularities that ultimately lead her and Weber to the serial killer's lair. Before they can seize him, however, Susanne is knocked unconscious and Weber is shot with Susanne's gun. Suspected of attempted murder, she must now prove her innocence and catch the killer - the only way to prove to her colleagues that her instinct was dead right.

True story of boxers Joe Louis and Max Schmeling and their enduring friendship.

Emotionally stormy Bibiana, temperamental Claudio, sexually adventurous Harald, and secretive Tamara were close friends in their college days, but the four had a falling out and have not seen one another in close to a decade. As the four are edging into their thirties, Bibiana decides its time for a reunion, and invites Claudio, Harald, and Tamara to her apartment for a dinner party. However, after a long evening of conversation, Bibiana has a surprise for her guests...

Insatisfeito com o regime comunista da Alemanha Oriental, o campeão de natação Harry Melchior decide fugir. Mas ele não quer abandonar sua irmã Lotte e promete que voltará para resgatá-la. Após conseguir atravessar a fronteira com documentos falsos, Harry procura a ajuda do amigo Matthis e de mais dois jovens ativistas, Fred e Vic, e propõe a construção de um túnel por baixo do muro que separa Berlim Oriental da parte Ocidental para buscar seus familiares do outro lado da fronteira. O projeto é aceito por todos e, para financiá-lo, Harry faz um acordo com a rede de TV norte-americana NBC, que terá exclusividade na cobertura do plano.

Angel Express is a film about people restlessly seeking for the ultimate experience. Set in late nineties Berlin, it shows images of radical change: Young urban heroes in the glare of flashlights; an environment in which coldness and affection or lust for power and friendship go hand in hand.

The British parliament has decided to get rid of the royal family. All of them have to leave the county and so they move to Germany, where they want to live by their distant relatives, the Bettenberg family. But these are not amused about their snobbish visitors, which all want to reside in their little house without doing any work to earn their living.

Lady Osborne's gardener becomes the victim of a burglar when he catches him in the Lady's house. Soon more mysterious murders occur and Inspectors Higgins and Lane suspect a connection between the victims and the Lady's long-dead husband.

Anna, 17 years old, is happy to throw her first big birthday party without her parents, but some of her guests are so stoned that they leave a big chaos and, even worse, destroy the favorite record of Anna's father. After the return of her shocked and angry parents, Anna runs away to Munich with her admirer Simon. They discover the nightlife jungle and get to know some typical urban guys. Meanwhile, Anna's parents get in touch with Simon's and try to find their children. On the way across Munich, they remember their own wild and restless youth…

A married couple has problems and he wants to solve these against her wish by consulting a psychiatrist. As both expect an older woman they are very surprised when the psychiatrist reveals to be a good looking younger woman of the same age as they are. Especially he likes it this way whereas she becomes kind of jealous. But as things happen in relationships of three persons the women fall in love.