Wolfgang Packhäuser

Franz and Lilly run their father's cattle farm together. While Franz is perfectly happy with his life as a cowboy, Lilly dreams of a bigger life. That's when she meets Chris, a musician, with whom she starts a romantic affair.

The last un-renovated building in a trendy Berlin neighbourhood is being vacated. The former tenants are moving out, but Dietmar refuses to budge. His son Tobias tries to convince him to move into social housing. However, his father resists and the situation between Tobias, his father, and the building's realtor, who seems to be there by chance, escalates and gets completely out of hand.

The last minutes before the greek heroes are about to leave the Trojan horse.

1942 - Fritz and Emma are hiding Albert, a Jewish refugee, at their remote farm. Since their marriage has remained childless, Fritz asks Albert to sleep with Emma and conceive a child on his behalf.

Канада, лето 1898 года. Разгар Золотой лихорадки. Группа немецких переселенцев держит путь на далекий север, в сторону Доусона. Там, на Клондайке, на недавно открытых приисках каждый сможет мгновенно разбогатеть, надо пройти «всего лишь» 2000 километров, а затем найти золотую жилу. Но причина отправиться в этот полный опасностей поход не только в жажде наживы. Журналист Густав мечтает прославиться, а ковбой Карл надеется скрыться от преследования убийц. Лишь мотивы холодной красавицы Эмили, с железной невозмутимостью переносящей тяготы путешествия, поначалу неясны. Все эти люди, случайно оказавшиеся в одной группе, и представить себе не могут, что богини судьбы уже начали неумолимый отсчет последних часов жизни для большинства из них…

The budding friendship between two very different neighbors takes a tragic turn when David runs over a young woman and causes her death. At Robert's insistence David leaves her lying and flees. While Robert hopes his new neighbor will now be irreversibly bound to him, David is increasingly devoured by feelings of guilt. When he meets Vanessa, the sister of his victim, he believes he can put things right. But he hasn't taken Robert into account. Robert is prepared to do anything to keep his neighbor to himself.

The holiest night, the loneliest people. A singer, a killer and Santa Clause. United in their destiny.

After a few years working like intern, Till, eventually becomes head of his own company, job counseling for young trainees. In turn, comes Sydelia, left-wing activist, idealist and combative. Their paths will soon cross youth. She is determined to start it the capitalist world in which we now live in a revolutionary way. But really, two people so different can be attracted?

Мартин — молодой джазовый музыкант, идеалист с трудным характером, не привыкший идти на компромисс. Узнав, что Кристина — любовь всей его жизни — любит только его музыкальный талант, он решает порвать с прошлым, и в результате оказывается на улице. Среди бездомных он часто видит немолодую женщину, которая кажется ему неординарной личностью. Женщина умирает, и в руки Мартина попадают ее дневник и стихи. Смогут ли они привести Мартина назад: к Кристине, его музыке и самому себе?

Having just landed a gig with a trendy magazine, young photographer Nadja celebrates at the local disco, where she bumps into Darius, a 20-year-old skateboarder. Although her frankness at first scares him, the two quickly become a couple, and as their intoxicating affair takes off, they seem like passionate soul mates. Soon, however, career demands and emotional intensity gradually put a strain on their rapport, and things turn even more complicated...

A short movie about people trying to forget about their everyday life in the Weimarer Republik. But it was not an ordinary day, it was the dark friday - the last night of the golden 1920s.

The 30-year-old Fabo wanders aimlessly through the night and drowns his frustration in alcohol.

It is set in a dreary village in the Schwabian-Frankish Forest where the seemingly reserved Lena lives with her tyrant of a husband, Johannes, in a loveless marriage. Johannes is the village's spiritual leader and Lena is his faithful, ever-ready-to-serve wife. Lena's daily life is characterized by grinding monotony, a life narrowly circumscribed by nursing, organ playing and the duties of the marriage bed. The mysterious murder of a village girl suddenly knocks this humdrum existence off its tracks. In the wake of these events Lena discovers the affection and tenderness for which she has always longed in Paul, the village mechanic. This encounter is the start of an emancipation that leads her not to reveal Paul's secret regarding the girl's murder, for fear of losing her newly won piece of happiness. In turn it means she has to remain silent, as she has always done in her many years of marriage. So it is that this love ultimately turns Lena herself into a fallen angel.

Margarethe von Trotta's TV movie focuses on a woman whose life is destroyed by her addiction to alcohol. Angela Rinser is a happy mother of two children and quite successful in her job as bilingual secretary. The sudden death of her husband changes everything. She starts drinking and loses her job. Her children Felicitas and Max try to hush up their social decline for years because they don't want to live in a foster home.