Katharina Lorenz

A Imperatriz Elisabeth da Áustria é idolatrada pela sua beleza e moda. Mas em 1877, ´Sissi´ comemora seu 40º aniversário e deve lutar para manter a sua imagem pública. Com um futuro de apenas deveres cerimoniais à sua frente, ela rebela-se contra a imagem hiperbolizada de si mesma e apresenta um plano para proteger seu legado.

Martin Behrens é um especialista em Oriente Médio da agência de inteligência alemã BND, de quem obtém informações que levam a um ataque de drone dos EUA contra um terrorista procurado no Zahiristão. Poucos dias depois, acontece um novo atentado terrorista e Martin crê que foi uma vingança pelo ataque do drone que atingiu todos perto de casa. Abalado o especialista começa a investigar os ataques por conta própria e o que ele descobre o levara à conclusão de que a linha entre o bem e o mal é muito mais estreita do que ele poderia ter imaginado.

The film is set in the near future, in a world of perfect capitalism. Society is sustained by a class of top achievers; meanwhile, so-called minimum recipients live under sedation in Fortresses of Sleep. The great majority of top achievers view themselves as happy. An outsourced agency has been established for the rest: Life Guidance is charged with turning these individuals into optimal people as well. Alexander has internalized the system but one wrong word to his child triggers Life Guidance. He starts to rebel and encounters the horror of the system in all its brightness and affability.

Thanks to the latest DNA technology, Bruno van Leeuwen finally has a proof in his hands, with which the rapist of the then nine-year-old Vicky can be convicted. Piet Martens, the neighbor of the girl's family, was the culprit. But despite the new evidence, he can not be brought to justice because the crime is now time barred. Martens leaves the police headquarters as a free man. Then Vicky falls on Martens and hits him with a bottle. The police separate the two and Martens' lawyer reports to Vicky about dangerous assault.

Germany, 1931. The youth novel "Emil and the Detectives" is being filmed, which will make its author, Erich Kästner, world famous. An unusual friendship begins between the childless author and fatherless Hans, the 9-year-old playing the character Little Tuesday. Their friendship is put to the ultimate test in the Third Reich when Kästner's books are banned and little Hans becomes a Hitler Youth. Based on a true story.

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.

A boy feels neglected by his parents because they grieve for his older brother, who went missing in the aftermath of the second world war.

After getting his cancer diagnosis, Holm decides to die in Switzerland. With a last big appearance he wants to say goodbye to his family. Holm invites family members and close friends to a dinner to review his successful life. But the evening is not a wistful-emotional family reunion, but a settlement with the head of the family. Old wounds break open, long kept secrets come to light, the different views of the people, the others and the life leads to hard argument and to many a surprise.

Até meados dos anos 70, permaneceu ativa na Alemanha Ocidental, uma escola cristã em que a violência e repressão prevaleceram como formas de aprendizagem. Elas eram verdadeiros santuários de terror; reformatórios para caras durões, jovens revoltados nascidos no pós-guerra. Este filme nos leva a cenários reais dessas instituições, concebidas como campos de trabalho e prisões de alta segurança, isoladas por pântanos lamacentos e vastas planícies.

A lighthearted look at the opening of the border crossing of Bornholmer Straße in Berlin from the point of view of the confused border guards.

Commercial photographer Richard, very satisfied with himself and his life, considers himself the perfect spouse. But only until his wife Charlotte discovers her dream man on a dating portal.

A former Olympic champion wants to compete in the Berlin Marathon one last time.

A man and two women are trying their luck in the red room in the countryside. The older (but therefore not wiser) Fred, freshly divorced as a kisser who still desires his ex, meets the self-confident Lucy, who feels called to explore the soul of men in her novels. She lives with her intimate friend Sibil in a Vorpommern house in the countryside. Fred decides to move from Berlin to the two women and try a ménage-à-trois. They get to know each other and themselves.

Melanie und Wolf lernen sich bei einer Party kennen. Der sympathische Anwalt erobert Melanies Herz im Sturm. Für beide steht schon nach kurzer Zeit fest, dass sie keinen besseren Lebenspartner hätten finden können. Die Zeit ist reif, und so einigt man sich schnell auf den Termin für die Hochzeit. Im Familien- und Freundeskreis ist man zwar etwas irritiert, doch die bedingungslose Liebe der beiden scheint über jeden Zweifel erhaben. Melanie zieht in Wolfs Wohnung am Rande der Stadt. Doch bald schon schleicht sich in Melanies neues Leben ein Unbehagen...

Slovakia's submission for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film in 2007