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- 24-year-old Freud is a free spirit known for his unorthodox methods. He knows how to make war criminals talk. So he comes across a crime that has hardly been known before, the murder of 20 children in Hamburg in the last days of the war.
- In the final movie about Swedish special force policeman Johan Falk, he tries to solve the problem with the Eastern European mafia, who is threatening his family. Meanwhile, his co-workers get hold of some papers that is critical in the chase of a big, multinational criminal network.
- Former Hamburg cop Hauke Jacobs helps Schwanitz police officer Lona Vogt with their cases while he works as the new veterinarian in town with their assistant's support Jule Christiansen.
- The Grump goes to search for a second-hand car in Germany to replace his broken one but ends up settling accounts with his past.
- GSI (Group of Special Investigations) investigates a weapon deal made by the mafia. GSI sends in an undercover agent to investigate what the mafia is up to. At the same time Johan Falk confronts a mysterious woman who threatens his family.
- Spreewaldkrimi is a German television crime series by ZDF.
- Kicks Carter, a streetwise Las Vegs cop, is out to shut down an upscale hotel that is actually a front for a host of illegal activities. A gang headed by the scuzzy Ziggy is running everything from gun-running and loan-sharking to prostitution and drug-dealing, and a beautiful but nosy reporter keeps getting in Kicks' way.
- The movie "Lockdown" is a part of the Johan Falk series that takes place under a lockdown of the police station. A snitch is compromised. Drastic and unexpected events take place. Both inside and outside the police station.
- When Johan and his colleagues are watching Seth and his gang member Jack, they stumble on a larger case than they expected. Seth is selling arms to terrorists, but without Jack's knowledge, in a car where Johan's old colleague Pernilla mysterious appears. While Johan begin researching what Pernilla and SÄPO is doing, Jack suspects that everything is not right with Seth and that he's working with the police.
- Johan Falk is with the wife of a dead mob boss down to Latvia to try to solve a mystery that has eluded him for three years. What Johan finds downstairs in a cottage outside Riga shocks not only himself but also the Gothenburg police special unit GSI 's new chief Sophie Nordh and the former chief Patrik Agrell. At the same time a Latvian mafia group is picking up hidden and forgotten Soviet military containers from the water-filled pits nearby. Containers filled with weapons. And everything is heading to Sweden! At the same time most of the original members of the Rydellgang are being released from a long prison sentence.
- This drama is based on the childhood memories of Hans Jürgen Massaquoi, who was one of the few black native Germans in Nazi Germany. In 1935 at the age of nine, he lives with his German mother in a small flat in Hamburg's working class district Barmbek, while his father and grandfather had left the country. Although the boy is not persecuted by the Nazis and dreams of joining the Hitler Youth, his skin color makes him a target for racism.
- Julia Heininger (Uschi Glas) is being transferred by her bank employer from Munich to Hamburg with her son Maximilian and her housekeeper Fanni. Talk about clashes between Bavarians and Prussians. To Julias dismay a colleague of hers, Dr. Sagerer, is moving to Hamburg to keep a watchful eye on her as she is granting loans to customers. It is a light hearted series.
- A documentary exploring the legends of vampires, using books, paintings and early films on the subject.
- Set in 1815, a young Englishman touring Europe encounters more than he bargained for. His pursuit of the beautiful Countess St. Alyre brings him into contact with the Marquis D'Armanville and other odd characters. A series of bizarre murders occur, bringing our hero to the borderland of nightmare.
- In his family's picturesque patrician estate near Hamburg, successful business attorney André von Nauenstedt lives happily with his staff-spoiled, lazy, barely maternal wife Stefanie 'Nina' von Nauenstedt and their doted pre-teen son Philip. Yet Andre, whom she finds somewhat boring and 'too perfect', was Nina's breadwinner second choice over his hedonistic, unreliable brother David, who left the for a life of adventure in Caribbean. After seven years, David returns without fortune and Nina realizes after André lets him move into the guesthouse she still desires him as the better lover, practicing winning her back as his customary womanizing sport. Andre soon realizes neither is loyal, naive attempts to keep Nina shattering, and considers his marriage a lost cause, .ignoring Nina expects heir second baby.
- "Germany, 1945: The 25-year-old Ellen is active in the resistance movement against the Nazis. When she meets Robert, a charismatic English secret agent, the two begin to have an affair. "Ellen is ordered to spy on the German naval officer Hans. He is scheduled to serve as Chief Officer aboard the submarine U 864, which has been given a secret mission. Against her will, Ellen falls for Hans. Although he is engaged to another woman, Hans is strongly attracted to her as well. "Eventually, Ellen succeeds in delivering critical information the submarines precise route to Japan. The English had suspected that Hitler planned to deliver his ominous wonder weapon to the weakened Japanese. The U 864 leaves its port. Because the war has been going badly for the Germans, the mood onboard is grim. "Meanwhile, Ellen learns from Hans that he has broken off his engagement and wants to marry her as soon as he returns from Japan. Ellens excitement rapidly turns to panic when she finds out the English have changed their plan instead of capturing the sub, they now want to sink it. What has she done?" From: Red Arrow International GmbH www.redarrowinternational.tv/fiction/events_unlimited/adventure/fateful_love.php
- In 1938 Paris, Vera von Schalburg, a young German with Russian, Danish, and Polish roots, is a very special woman. She speaks several languages fluently, has a photographic memory, intelligence, and presence of mind, and is callous. Except for her little son Christian, she has no one in the world. In order to keep Christian and herself afloat, she works as a prostitute in an elegant brothel. But then she gets an unusual offer.
- The Zurich engagement - screenplay for love.
- Evelyn Hamann's stories from life.
- What to do when the children move out and leave the parental home for good? The trilogy "Parents alone at home" tells humorously about this new phase of life.
- Between 1949 and 1975 more than 800 000 German orphans have lived their post-war years in Church Institutions. They have endured terrible abuses. Everyone knew but no one spoke. In 2012 the Church admitted her wrongdoings. The movie tells the story of a German woman (Senta Berger) living in New York coming back to Germany to bear witness in front of a board of enquiry. During her stay she remembers her traumatic experience.
- CICERO pays tribute to the brilliant musicians Roger and Eugen Cicero, who died tragically unexpected and far too early. 'Mr. Golden Hands' Eugen in Zurich, 1997, and his son, singer Roger in 2016 when the shooting process was already ongoing in Germany. Both were master of their trades, with their their deep musicality, their technique and impressive skills to improvise. The story reveals two remarkable biographies, enormous parallels and differences how to manage their way of life on stage and in reality. The cinema movie entails the uniqueness of the protagonists relationship and focuses on the peerless life's path of the artists: colourful, intense, varied, with humorous moments, and deeply engaging for the audience. With the dense interviews of close companions, family members and friends the film creates a great cinematic and musical experience combined with legendary archive, concert moods and recording footage. --- An homage to Roger Cicero and his father Eugen - two exceptional musicians who died too young, but left behind an inimitable musical legacy. Piano player Eugen Cicero was considered a wunderkind. But he had problems with the communist regime in his home country early on in his career. During a tour to East Berlin in the 1960s, he fled to West Germany, where he played with the RIAS orchestra and many of the era's jazz greats. His son Roger became one of Germany's best known singers. Father and son both had extraordinary music careers, both of which ended in similar tragedies. Their life stories were marked by genius coupled with passion, by surmounting obstacles, and by a balancing act between commercial success and artistic integrity. In this film, friends and colleagues give insights in the two's work and creativity. It is a portrait of special father-son relationship, accentuated with their sublime concert moments, musical cosmos and their bright personalities they left behind. --- Eugen Cicero played with fabled singers as Shirley Bassey, Ella Fitzgerald, Caterina Valente, or legend Oscar Peterson and many more exceptional musicians. He recorded at the MPS studios with tremendous success. His son Roger created sensational concerts in his career i.a. at Montreux Jazz Festival.
- Carla, a stressed-out real estate broker, retires and plans to enjoy her new-found freedom. But she can't cope with not being needed and succumbs to heavy drinking. Only janitor Horst, a former alcoholic, finds ways to address her problem.
- A 70-year-old lady is faced with the wear of time as her memories fade away. Then, she as well as her family have to face the reality...
- Nina loves her small family and is passionate about her job as an architect. When she returns to work after parental leave, she is able to save the office from bankruptcy with a brilliant idea. The only catch: She has to pretend to be a single person who is married to his job. Because the client, Lene, is a dragon and doesn't think much of working mothers at all. Nina doesn't get any help from her husband Torsten because he sees her dream job as a threat to the family. The police officer is currently completing his high school diploma. The fact that his wife is surpassing him in career matters and will soon be bringing home more money than him scares him. In times of need, Nina passes him off as her brother and secretly hires the rental grandma Irmgard (70). Between lies and success, Nina's life gains so much momentum that she soon can no longer find the emergency brake.
- The retired teacher Katharina Krohn can look back on a fulfilled life. However, the 76-year-old no longer wants to experience what lies in front of her. Because she suffers severely from osteoarthritis and a chronic lung disease. The proud lady does not want to allow that to become a nursing case in the foreseeable future. Because she still has it in her own hands, Katharina plans to kill herself with the support of a Swiss euthanasia association. Her daughters absolutely want to prevent that: While the lawyer Maren hopes to give her mother new courage, Heike is ready to go to extremes. The civil engineer tries to incapacitate the elderly woman despite her razor-sharp mind. Although the sisters have the same goal, they soon face each other in a bitter argument. Because Katharina forces Maren to represent her in court. A painful argument begins that dramatically revives old family structures.
- In September Christa Seeliger is preparing the Hamburg chocolate company's Christmas party which has always celebrated at this time, because that is when the busiest production phase of the year begins
- Hanna Berger has no idea that she will soon be begging herself when she slips her change into a homeless person as she passes by. Her husband Walter has long been hiding how bad things are with his small wine business and their joint finances. When he finally wants to tell her, Walter suffers a fatal heart attack. Hanna, from whom he also concealed his health problems, now finds out everything at once: They have been living on credit for a long time - most recently with dubious loans at usurious interest rates. Now even the apartment can no longer be held, and the bailiff will soon come. Despite the blows of fate, Hanna bravely tries to take her life into her own hands. However, there is an insurmountable hurdle: in order to be able to receive social benefits, her daughter Elke must also be brought in. That is out of the question for Hanna because her only child broke up with her. No matter where she turns - to her friends Gabriele and Klaus or the specialist advisor at the social welfare office - everywhere she is referred to her daughter. Hanna would rather sleep in the homeless shelter or under a bridge than let Elke pay for her. More and more she takes on life on the street: She picks up leftover food from plates and drinks bottles that have been thrown away, she rummages through garbage cans and doesn't let men like the bottle collector take anything away from her. Hanna finds shelter and protection with Mecki, who lives with other homeless people. There she also learns that many like her have ended up on the street despite work. Hanna's daughter Elke cannot continue as before. She had told her friend Lars, as well as daughter Paula, that her parents were long dead. Now when the truth comes out, Lars urges a reconciliation. To do this, mother and daughter have to tackle a conflict about which both women have been persistently silent for a long time.
- Curate Pfarrer Quendolin Roggenwiller of a Tyrolian village insists widow Rosa Mayrhofer, a recluse Alpine cow farmer since her beloved Franz's fatal mountaineering accident 37 years ago, must personally enter the world wide 'golden praline' chocolates competition in mundane Hamburg, all expenses paid, with her family's secret 'wedding' recipe. It wins, causing the ruthless unrelated Viennese homonymous market leader Ignatz Mayrhofer to demand his heir Bertram gets the recipe from her, his charm and simple bids being waved he resorts to professional gigolo Matteo di Monte Caprese, whose true identity is well-hidden. Meanwhile Rosa falls fro the modest charms of desperate Hamburg fish dealer Hannes Seeger, whose business is near bankrupt, having met on the luxury hotel roof by mistake. The fight for her and/rather the recipe is on.
- Maria Nikolai was once a celebrated musician. 20 years ago she came to Hamburg with her husband, who has since died. But her neighborhood, which used to be a neighborly neighborhood, is gradually threatening to turn into a social hotspot: the streets are dirty, young people are killing time in front of the supermarket and alcohol is a constant companion for many. Foreigners have also been increasingly moving to the district for some time. Maria is now almost the only German in her house. Above all, the large Roma family on the upper floor watches them with distrust and full of prejudices - the fact that they themselves came to Germany as a destitute Eastern European migrant is something different for them. Her attempt to get the police on her unloved neighbors fails. The police officer Susanne knows the resentment against the Roma only too well - she keeps her own Roma origins secret for fear of discrimination. When a racist youth clique carries out a brutal attack on Maria's neighbors, she grants 16-year-old Roma Bero and his younger siblings refuge in her apartment. She had already noticed the modest-looking boy positively. Now she notices by chance that he has an extraordinary musical talent. Maria decides to give Bero private music lessons and register him for auditions at the conservatory. For her, this role as a mentor is also a way to give her lonely life meaning again. At the same time, through her contact with the likeable teenager, Maria learns to slowly break down her prejudices against the Roma. Bero's older brother Rudko watches his little brother's new friendship with jealousy. He himself has no prospects and is excluded by the other young people as "gypsies". One day, in his bitterness, Rudko allows himself to be persuaded into a plan that not only endangers the unsuspecting Maria, but also betrays his own brother.
- Robert Wilson and the Civil Wars is an in-depth documentation of Robert Wilson's ambitious attempt to stage an epic, twelve-hour, multinational opera for the 1984 Summer Olympics.
- Luise was there for her husband and their two children her whole life. In the meantime, however, daughter Charlotte and son Daniel have long since grown up and are able to stand on their own two feet. And since the death of her beloved husband, Luise has been living alone with her faithful housekeeper Rita in the elegant Hamburg villa. In the meantime, not the slightest thing has changed in Luise's strict solicitude. With the dominance of a woman who has always known exactly what she wants, she tries to interfere in her offspring's life plans. Above all, the unmarried Daniel worries her. The good-looking man in his mid-thirties is adored by women, but doesn't want to get involved in a permanent relationship. In Luise's opinion one cannot live happily like that. So she does everything in her power to find a (wife) wife for her unruly darling. With Charlotte, however, it is exactly the opposite: she is married, but unfortunately with the wrong person. In the meantime, Luise tries to suppress her own problems: Despite recurring dizzy spells, she keeps putting off a long-overdue examination. The fear of a bad result is too deep in the former cancer patient. When she finally makes an appointment with her doctor, to her great surprise, she meets his representative, Dr. Ellen Burscheid - a welcome excuse for Luise to turn around without being examined. But the sensitive Ellen is also a woman who knows how to achieve her goals. And so Luise returns after initial rejection, has the necessary examinations carried out - and immediately considers the attractive doctor as a potential wife for Daniel. At first he is anything but enthusiastic about Ellen, as he suspects - wrongly - that she does not treat his mother with the appropriate care. Thanks to Luise's active "mediation", not only does the sympathy between the two grow - it even seems to be working. The test results are a severe blow for Luise: the cancer is back. However, she does not want to go through the tormenting strains of lengthy chemotherapy She decides to let fate take its course.
- The German lightship (permanently anchored floating 'lighthouse') Borkum Riff is about to be decommissioned. For his last tour of duty, Captain Johann Freytag brings along his near-adult, estranged son Fred. The ship picks up three men stranded in a broken-down boat--who are armed. The captain tries to avoid trouble, but the crew, his son, and the trio of violent robbers on the run keep rejecting his nonviolent advice, which leads to repeated bloodshed.
- A bungling cop on his last day on the job becomes eager to leave town quickly when he learns that a certain gangster is about to be released from jail that same day.