Axel Prahl

January 1990: After they got deposed and the fall of the wall, Erich and Margot Honecker are virtually homeless. Because the government housing estate in Wandlitz got dissolved. The Modrow government offers no protection to the former dictator couple. Solely the protestant pastor Uwe Holmer and his family, who, like many others, have suffered under the GDR regime, offer the Honeckers refuge. In front of the parsonage, fierce protests take place, so that Pastor Holmer and his wife have to personally obstruct the primed for violence protestors. The half-hearted attempt of the Modrow government to accommodate the Honeckers in a state-own vacation home in March 1990 fails due to massive political protests and violent attacks against the motorcade. Once again, the Holmers have to take the couple in. All in all, for 10 weeks, the staunch socialists and the devout Christians are living under one roof in the parsonage.

For Marko, life mainly consists of frozen pizzas and back pain. For almost 30 years, the widower has been hauling frozen goods for the company "Eisland" to the front doors of his mostly older customers. When Marko has to take early retirement due to illness, his life gets into imbalance. Thereby Marko has only one goal: his studying son should have it better one day. Lawyer or judge, that would be something. The main thing is no work where you have to wear a name tag. The decease of an old female customer unexpectedly opens up a whole new business model for Marko. Unfortunately, he reckoned without the nosy neighbors. To make matters worse, his own son also finds out about it. Marko's house of cards threatens to collapse. Then he meets his idol Roland Kaiser at the bar.

Together with his students, Ralph is faced with an unpleasant task: The evening school is moving to an innovative educational center. Ralph thinks this is a bad joke.

Избалованная рыжая кошечка Марни живёт в доме со своей хозяйкой в тепле и уюте и в ус не дует. Но её жизнь радикально меняется, когда она становится жертвой грабителей-преступников, которые отправляют её в коробке в другой город. В дороге коробка теряется и Марни оказывается где-то в глухой деревне, один на один с реальной жизнью. Она встречает Пса, Петуха и Осла и тут начинаются приключения... Марни и её новым друзьям предстоит найти того, кто стоит за загадочными ограблениями в городе и обезвредить эту банду.

Мартин Беренс - эксперт по Ближнему Востоку, работающий на немецкую разведку BND. Его жизнь выходит из-под контроля, когда террористы нападают на мюнхенский ресторан, и одной из жертв оказывается его подруга Аурис Кёлер. Но действительно ли Аурис просто случайная жертва теракта?

The whole country wants an end of the drought. Maren has even more reason to wish for rain, her austere father,the rich hay farmer Iven, will approve her marriage with her beloved Andrees only if the rain falls before the next sunset.

The worn-out ex-journalist Ralph has to work as a substitute teacher at an evening school and in the end learns more than his protegees.

Капитан Шарки может и маленького роста, но он твердо верит, что он самый грозный пират семи морей. Он и его корабль готовы отправиться в свое первое плавание и всё, что нужно Шарки — компас и настоящая команда. На борту судна случайно оказываются сразу два пассажира: примерный и воспитанный мальчик Мики и бойкая девочка Бонни — дочь Адмирала. Вместе эту разношерстную компанию ждут захватывающие приключения!

Музыкальная карьера Герхарда Гундерманна, простого водителя экскаватора, началась в Восточной Германии, когда он стал известен своей умной, часто грустной лирикой, на социальные темы.

Маленькой ведьме всего 127 лет, и она слишком юна для ежегодного шабаша. Хоть она и недостаточно взрослая, она хочет стать действительно хорошей ведьмой. И это приносит немало проблем в ее волшебном мире.

On the North Sea coast, jack of all trades Knud tries his hand at crab fishing, betting on sports and small-time cons. He’s just trying to score an award for his Shanty Choir, which has seen better days, when his son Lenny shows up for the first time in a decade.

Тим Талер беден, но очарователен и очень любит смеяться. Однажды состоятельный господин делает ему заманчивое предложение: если Тим согласится продать ему свой смех, любая его ставка будет победной…

After eight years Udo Lindenberg started his comeback in early 2016 with the new album "Stärker als die Zeit". After the release of his new album the panic rocker No. 1 went on a big tour, where he - among other locations - also stopped in Leipzig. The live recording “Stärker als die Zeit - Live” documents this gigantic show. The recording from Leipzig is a colorful mix of Udo classics and hits from his new album, including "Cello", "Wozu sind Kriege da", "Der Greis ist heiß", "Ich mach mein Ding" and "Durch die schweren Zeiten". At least as impressive as the tracklist is the list of guest singers who were at Udo's side during the various appearances. Participants include Clueso, Helge Schneider, Till Brönner and Stefanie Heinzmann, Gentleman, Daniel Wirtz and Ole Feddersen, Axel Prahl, Otto Waalkes, Johannes Oerding, Jan Delay, Stefan Raab, Klaus Doldinger, Adel Tawil, Max Herre, Bülent Ceylan and many more.

One day before Waldemars big birthday party, the excitement rising in Mullewapp. Waldemar may withhold the chocolate-creamy strawberry pie that is to give it to celebrate, to eat up already, but then appeared unexpected walk on the quiet farm on barely. The rude boar bristle Horst and his gang have his eye on the birthday treats and take Mollywoop residents hogging. The three friends Waldemar, Franz von Hahn and Johnny Mauser guessed immediately: Here's wrong! But they are tricked by windy boar chief Horst and with a trick he sends them thereby unintentionally on a particularly adventurous bike tour. How can they now liberate their beloved home only by the invaders?

Настоящий рыцарь должен быть мужественным, смелым, отважным, каким угодно, но главные составляющие успешной героической карьеры - дама сердца и немножечко препятствий, чтобы завоевывать было интереснее. А там уже и замок, и полкоролевства, и слава под фанфары - все как всегда. Вперед - навстречу приключениям, чтобы успеть позавтракать кашей и не забыть меч...

Single mother Maria falls from the clouds when the police come: She does not believe for a second that her son, Matis could have killed the pretty Lea from next door. He is in his early 20s, but still thinks and feels like a child - right? After his arrest, Simon finds a sex booklet belongs to him that the bus driver Bacher sold him. Matis actually makes a confession, to which, however, the psychologist Benjamin doubts. In the meantime, mother Maria is investigating on her own. The thriller gradually increases its level and excitement.

KAFKA'S THE BURROW tells the story of a man's "metamorphosis" (as Kafka would put it) in a rapidly changing and increasingly isolated world. A man (Axel Prahl), who has seemingly achieved everything, ensconces himself in his burrow, a fortress-like apartment complex. But no matter how hard he tries to keep the outside world at a distance, he gets more and more entangled in his own web of fear and paranoia: those outside know he is there, they want him, they want his wealth, and they are inevitably going to get him ...

Рико — не совсем обычный ребенок, многие элементарные вещи даются ему с большим трудом. «Необычно одаренный» — называет его любящая мама. «Придурок» — попросту говорит злобный сосед сверху. С таким, как Рико, мало кто хочет дружить, но однажды ему повезло — он познакомился с Оскаром (тоже не совсем обычным мальчиком — вундеркиндом, который на всякий случай никогда не снимает с головы синий мотоциклетный шлем). И ради своего нового друга Рико берется распутывать дело, которое уже полгода ставит в тупик всю полицию Берлина.

After a series of catastrophically failed marriages, Apple is single again. Blame on Apple's attachment is in her opinion, her mother Ingrid. Because this Apple has punished not only with her hippie name, but was in every way a raven mother. When Ingrid spends an All Inclusive vacation in Spain, her mother and daughter are confronted with a dramatic event from their past.

After 16 years in jail is Harms attracted by the big bucks: a raid on the central bank, 70 to 100 millions in cash. A former staff member can arrange access to the bank. However, the team needs to be careful - too many bills, too many problems. One third of the money should suffice but Harms underestimated the deadly power of greed. The project gets out of control...

The North Sea, the largest sea on our doorstep, has many faces: wide tidal environments, high dunes, flat holms and rugged coastlines. Its beaches attract every season not only tourists but also countless seals. And beneath the cool sea surface hides a varied and fascinating underwater world: whether majestic basking before the chalk cliffs of Dover or combative gray seals on the beach of Helgoland, whether mighty squid on the Dutch Oosterschelde, or creepy Greenland shark in the Fjords of Norway.

Despite the threat of war in the fall of 1939, the Germans decide to launch a sea expedition in search of evidence for Pangaea. Although the multi national geologists embark enthusiastically on their research mission, the growing political tension between their countries soon affects their work. With Britain and France declaring war on Germany, the civilian scientists now find themselves mere pawns in a global power struggle.

Mina, a poor girl with a big heart sees stars falling from the sky and turning into Gold Talers before they land. With that money the girl can ask the king to let her parents go home.

A teacher's colleague is critically wounded by a student. Traumatized, she attempts to cope.

Music student Eva has fallen head over heels in love with musician Jo. They have a burning passion for one another and discover that they are able to communicate without auxiliary means, even across great distances. Their love is so great that Eva even follows her boyfriend into heroin addiction. But now this has to come to an end: Eva is pregnant and the two of them plan to go cold turkey in the solitude of New Zealand.

Английский учитель в 70-е годы ХIX-го века поступает в немецкую школу для мальчиков. Чтобы наладить контакт с учениками он представляет им практически неизвестную в Германии игру — футбол. Вскоре его методы работы начинают вызывать недовольство со стороны руководства школы.

A nine-year-old girl who has just moved with her parents to Hamburg, Germany, is desperate for finding a best friend. The daughter of a Brazilian father and German mother, Lola is a little girl who dreams she's a rock star, but mostly dreams of having a best friend.

It is the summer of 1984 in Schmalenstedt, in the middle of Holstein Switzerland, directly on the Baltic Sea. The 17-year-old Malte Ahrens, who calls himself Roddy Dangerblood, lives with his elderly parents in a farmhouse, is trained as a potter and has discovered for himself the punk that has made its way into Schmalenstedt with some delay.

Berlin 36 is a 2009 German film telling the fate of Jewish athlete Gretel Bergmann in the 1936 Summer Olympics. She was replaced by the Nazi regime by an athlete later discovered to be a man. The film is based on a true story and was released in Germany on September 10, 2009. Reporters at Der Spiegel challenged the historical basis for many of the events in the film, pointing to arrest records and medical examinations indicating German authorities did not learn Dora Ratjen was male until 1938.

Based on one of the most spectacular series of bank robberies in Germany, Zwölf Winter tells the story of Klaus and Mike, two criminals who became friends in prison. When they happen to meet each other again after they have been released they begin to plan the perfect bank robbery, and it seems to work. For twelve years the two keep on robbing banks, always in winter. The police are in the dark for years. But they won't stick to their guns...

Sommersonntag (Summer Sunday) is the dramatic story of Bruno Hansen, a bridge guard of a huge lift bridge in Hamburg. As his 7-year old deaf-mute son climbs down into the restricted area of the lifting equipment while a train is approaching, he has to decide whether to sacrifice his son or to let the fully occupied train drown in the river.

What child doesn’t dream of finding some secret door to the past! For Stella, a sassy 10-year-old, this dream comes true when she finds a magic wardrobe that transports her back to the early 20th century. There she must find a precious stone, the “Star of the Orient”, and ward off criminals who also want the treasure. Both haunting in its dream-like atmosphere and rousing through its spirited young protagonists, the film sweeps youngsters into a magical story of friendship and discovery.

Барон Манфред фон Рихтгофен является самым опасным и знаменитым пилотом военно-воздушных сил Германии в Первой мировой войне. Для него и его соратников воздушные бои являются спортивным состязанием, техническим вызовом и почётной обязанностью, несмотря на весь ужас войны. Но после того как он влюбился в медсестру Кейт, Манфред понимает, что он используется только как средство пропаганды. Выбирая между его ненавистью к войне и ответственностью за его отряд истребителей, фон Рихтгофен решается лететь снова…

After her release from prison Alex, who has lost her faith in love, tries to reclaim her psychic balance through a retreat into loneliness. A man and a child interrupt her plan and force her to reengage. Alex dares to emerge from her shell and learns again how thin the ice is and how fragile happiness is, small though it may be.

Master painter Hans Moll and his wife, the television announcer Ms. Wellinek and her husband, and the German-Russian Jew Yevgenia have many things to live on: food, drink, an apartment. What they do not have is work. They all discover the yearning for a chance to start all over again and bring themselves back to life.

Based on the childhood memories of actor Michael Degen, the movie deals with the everyday struggle to survive as a Jewish boy in Nazi Germany. As his father had died in 1940 after being released from the Sachsenhausen concentration camp, Michael and his mother fear to be deported themselves. They manage to live in Berlin with false names and faked papers, hidden by several, often broken, people...

Sprotte is about 12 years old and has a "gang" with her three friends Frieda, Melanie and Trude. Together the girls take Care of Sprottes grandmothers chickens. The new girl in School, Wilma, wishes to join the group, which Melanie is very unhappy about, and on top of all of that they have an on going revalisasion with a group of boys. Sprottes grandmother is planning on slaughtering the chickens! Will the Wild Chicks put Down their war with the boys? And Will they be able to save the chicken?

Жаркое лето в Берлине: Нике и Катрин живут в одном и том же многоквартирном доме в Восточном Берлине. Нике не умеет скрывать своих чувств и у нее всегда на все готовый ответ. Такая она и в своей работе — она ухаживает за стариками. Катрин разведена, много лет искала работу и воспитывает сына-подростка. Теплые летние ночи подруги проводят на балконе в квартире Нике: они пьют, смеются, сплетничают и им вполне хватает общества друг друга. Пока в их жизнь не врывается водитель грузовика Рональд.

Second-hand car sales man Willenbrock has everything that he could ever wish for. He is married, has two lovers, a cottage in the German city Grünen, and a BMW. Yet one day while at his cottage he gets mugged and his life is drastically changed. Little by little the world he once felt safe in falls apart around him.

Robert, a recently widowed engineer from Cologne, decides to change his life. He invests all he has in a new business in Southeast Germany - a network of coin operated telescopes, hoping to profit from the breathtaking vistas of the Saxon "Switzerland" area of the East. Once in that region, Robert meets Christiane, who uncanningly resembles his deceased wife. Christiane is also at a crossroads. She has a secret plan to recover something of great value lost after the fall of the Berlin Wall.

Passport Forger Ricki must appease a principal Rickis parolee sister Jenny and the German-Russian Mitja should help. But everything turns out differently: The outsider Jenny and Mitja discover their common ground - and a lot more ... The delicate and excellently staffed love story gets under your skin.

A financially devastated German town receives an encouraging boost with the arrival of a popular soccer star, though a heated love triangle threatens to overshadow the good vibes in this sexually liberated comedy from filmmaker Norbert Baumgarten.

Лукас занимается доставкой горячей еды в дома престарелых вместо службы в армии. У него почти нет друзей, и его жизнь была скучна, пока он не встретил Изабеллу. Привлекательная девушка вскоре становится его лучшей подругой. Лукас узнает, что у неё сексуальные отношения с отчимом, и решает завоевать Изабеллу, убив этого человека.

Фильм снят по автобиографии Владислава Шпильмана, одного из лучших пианистов Польши 30-х годов прошлого века. Главный герой фильма — Владек — занимается искусством до тех пор, пока территорию Польши не занимают нацисты. Жизнь всех евреев меняется: их помещают в Варшавское гетто, запрещают работать, унижают, заставляют носить отличительные повязки, а через некоторое время отправляют в концлагерь.

Четверо на пороге сорокалетия в бывшем гэдээровском захолустье, почти на границе с Польшей.

Anyone can hold a mini-DV camera. Anyone can get 99 euros in credit. And everyone has already written a five-minute story in school. So everyone is actually prepared to make a 99euro-film. but "99euro-films" is more. It is the proof that German films can also be wild, new, modern, funny, political and entertaining. And all that in 80 minutes. 12 young German filmmakers come together, inspire exciting young actors and go: have an idea and simply film it. Just do it and be independent.

A female teenager witnesses a murder in a desolate high density housing area on the outskirts of Berlin and is henceforth in danger.

Die Polizistin is a documentary by Andreas Dresen about the life of a young police woman who is faced with the difficulties between her responsibilities at work and her personal responsibilities.

Папа римский вылетел в Берлин, но для одиноких, бесприютных странников ночного города это вряд ли станет благословением. Бродяжка Ханна нашла банкноту в 100 марок, но удастся ли ей осуществить свою мечту – провести одну ночь в отеле с тёплой ванной? Элегантный немолодой карьерист Пешке должен встретить в аэропорту японских партнёров по бизнесу своего шефа, но вместо это судьба сталкивает его с маленьким ангольцем Фелизом. Йохен, сын зажиточного крестьянина, прибывает в Берлин в поисках любви и душевного тепла, но уже на выходе из вагона у него крадут сумку, а мечта о женщине воплощается в дешевой проститутке. Так или иначе, все герои фильма, сами того не желая, пускаются в одиссею по самым темным дырам Берлина...