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- Katja and Isabella are happily married and feel the time is right to have a child. As the weeks and months pass by, it becomes clear that the process will be far more fraught than either were prepared for.
- A criminal subculture operates among U.S. soldiers stationed in West Germany just before the fall of the Berlin wall.
- Marc and Anna decide to change houses with Hans and Olga, a German retired couple they met online, little by little the change of houses becomes a nightmare for Marc and Anna who discover that they have other plans for them.
- Near the Franco-German border, in the heart of the Black Forest and the binational military base; 12 bodies are found in a mass grave. All the victims are men, both French and German.
- Christian begins to work as a shelf stacker at a supermarket and finds himself in a new, unknown world: the long aisles, the bustle at the checkouts, the forklifts.
- Markus, a good-looking, likable and respected architect, is a paedophile. Bodies of little boys excite him. He suffers tremendously because of this inclination. He tortures himself for it and is disgusted by himself. Nevertheless, the arousal is there. And there is nothing he can do about it. He struggles the most when he is about to become sexual with a boy for the first time. That is when he senses that he will not be able to keep his desire under control for much longer. He is getting more and more isolated. Markus struggles to resist the ever-rising calls in his head to finally 'do more' with a boy.
- One day in 1932, Arnold Richter disappears, only to re-appear moments later in a totalitarian future. And that's only the beginning of a travel through time, space and emotion, exposing the nature of power in a wild mix of genres and styles. A film about time-travel, girls, art and revolution!
- Complete access to the IOC Refugee Olympic Team which were part of the Tokyo Olympics.
- Ultimately stunning in its revelations, Lutz Dammbeck's THE NET explores the incredibly complex backstory of Ted Kaczynski, the infamous Unabomber. This exquisitely crafted inquiry into the rationale of this mythic figure situates him within a late 20th Century web of technology - a system that he grew to oppose. A marvelously subversive approach to the history of the Internet, this insightful documentary combines speculative travelogue and investigative journalism to trace contrasting countercultural responses to the cybernetic revolution.
- As an awkward idealistic high school teacher begins her first job in the city, things turn out to be much tougher than she had imagined.
- Three monks are making their way from Germany to a monastry in Italy, because they cannot afford the rent for their facility any longer.
- An accidental hit and run jeopardizes the friendship between a journalist and his quirky neighbor.
- Film based on the rise of The Red Army Faction, German revolutionary terrorist group founded by Andreas Baader and Ulrike Meinhof.
- Alexander is 30 years old and has never been in love - or has never been in love. He then sees in Paula, a theater actress, the possibility of sharing a future with someone.
- Kaspar Hauser is the son of the duke of Baden. At the age of one he was swapped by another baby that has been killed right after the change. The real Kaspar Hauser grew up in prison without light, social contacts and education for more than ten years. As teenager he came to public again. First he had to learn a language and other basic skills. Before Kaspar Hauser, meanwhile well educated, found out his real idendity, he was killed.
- As Felicitas' life is turned upside down she doesn't know if her nightmares are taking over or if something bigger is trying to control her - and the only way to find out the truth is her best friend Natascha who is locked up in an asylum.
- Ruth Halbfass has been married to the industrialist Erich Halbfass for sixteen years in a loveless marriage and they have a fourteen year-old teenage daughter, Aglaia. Ruth has a love affair with Aglaia's art teacher Franz Vogelsang, who is estranged to his wife Doris Vogelsang, and they are in love with each other. Ruth is afraid to ask for the divorce to Erich, who has also a lover, Helga, and she meets Franz in the afternoons. One day, Franz seeks out Ruth's hairdresser Francesco and hires him to kill Erich. Francesco introduces his friend, the killer Bonaparte, to the teacher and they buy a rifle with an arms dealer. Meanwhile Ruth decides to open a business and meets the bank director. She gets 80 thousand Marcs and rent an apartment to meet Franz in his name. Franz freaks out and Ruth gives a three thousand-Marc check to him to close the rental and ends their affair. However, Franz uses the check to call off the deal with Francesco and Bonaparte. The smalltime crooks decide to use the check to blackmail Erich. And Doris Vogelsand lures Erich and brings him to the apartment rented in the name of Franz to kill him using the rifle her husband had bought. In the end, life goes on in a hypocrite society.
- Shows people who have been under surveillance by undercover police officers for years. The focus is on the manifold individual and social effects of surveillance.
- While protecting a crime boss's home in the Carpathian Mountains, a contract killer and his old friend get into a dangerous situation when the boss's wife is accidentally killed.
- Tom is a perfect macho, whose prejudices are challenged when he loses his job, his apartment and his girlfriend and has to move in into a house with three feminists. Without his knowing the three start an experiment to convert him into a sensitive person showing respect for women and her problems. Not able to pay his rent Tom is forced to earn it by doing the housework and babysitting. This helps him changing his attitudes towards women and his housemates who at first treated him indifferently, start to fall in love with him.
- In 1980 Franz Josef Strauss competed against Helmut Schmidt for the Office of the Government of the Federal Republic of Germany.
- Franz is a bartender at a bar named "Cindy Does not Love Me". He's a laid back sort of a guy who is quite content to drift. Then he meets Maria. Her uncompromising manner is so different to that of everyone else he knows and Franz soon finds himself falling in love with her. But then, one day, Maria simply disappears. Just like that, without saying goodbye or leaving a note. Franz sets off in search of her and soon comes across David, an up and coming public prosecutor who is the complete opposite of Franz. David seems to know exactly what he wants and has it all mapped out. The two men are flabbergasted to learn that Maria had a relationship with both of them at the same time. The bereft lovers decide to look for Maria. They pay a visit to her mother, who is not prepared to tell them much about her daughter. David steals a letter from the mother's house that appears to indicate a spell in a psychiatric clinic. As soon as the men arrive at the clinic they run into a shifty carer who is able to divulge a little more about Maria's time there. The more difficult their search becomes and the more time the men spend together, the more Franz begins to realize just how much he loves Maria. He won't be able to bear it if she turns out to love David more. Nonetheless, the rivalry between Franz and David gradually transforms into a weird friendship. And then they come across an address in Maria's medical file that leads them to Denmark. That's where they meet Olaf.
- "Big Manni" tells of the rise and fall of the cheater Manfred Brenner and his company "FlowTex" in the 90s. Using a snowball system, he quickly creates a huge consortium of companies. Manni leads a life in the lap of luxury.
- Claire loves her husband David more than anything. His unexpected death shortly after returning from a business trip to Africa, where he managed development aid projects, throws her into a severe life crisis. Adding to the grief is a painful discovery: Claire finds out he was in a relationship with a high-end call girl. Without sparing herself, the widow now wants to know who the man really was with whom she unsuspectingly lived. Neither David's boss Hagedorn, a friend of the couple, nor his discreet assistant Michael support their investigation. Claire stumbles upon large bonus payments for David from his publicly listed employer, which is actually dedicated to fighting poverty, secret photos of a massacre of defenseless farmers in Africa and accusatory reports on the Internet about bloody deals. Not only do these discoveries make Claire shudder, but she always feels like she's being watched and strange things happen when she's alone. Now the woman, who has been under psychiatric treatment for years, begins to distrust everyone around her. Even herself. Claire suspects implications that terrify her beyond belief.
- GG 19 is a cinematic journey through Germany within 19 articles. Á la short cuts, in 19 stories, the fundamental rights of the Federal Republic of Germany become an emotional experience. Not didactic or even edifying, but always experience-oriented, the spectator is sent to an exciting tour through Germany with humorous, dramatic, also absurd, but unfailingly with stories that are obliged to the acting characters. An experiment, 1 film with 19 stages, an adventure for every participant and a totally new experience with the own home country, with Germany - a tour d'Allemagne.
- The series tells the story of the publishing family Labaule from Germany.
- The year is 2044 in the midst of a new world order and the European Federal State of Germany. All resources have been privatized, including the police and unemployment services. Norman Bauer, a down-and-out freelance detective is tasked with solving a murder case on the outskirts of his hometown. He finds clues to the crime in a menacing and mysterious environmental no-go area called the "Zone". Broke and bored of his everyday life, Bauer accepts the assignment despite its dangers. His investigation uncovers not only the murderer, but a confounding conspiracy involving the officials in the government that employ him. Increasingly he finds himself tangled in a web of mystery and insanity that distorts his understanding of his own consciousness. This blurs the lines of his escapist virtual, and explicit realities.
- General Heinz Büchner is in charge of a special unit of the German army. His son Christopher is a member of the unit. They get the mission to take out a band of terrorists that plan an attack on the American headquarters in Heidelberg.
- In this controversial mini series professor Kathy Sykes embarks on a journey to discover the truth about Acupuncture, Healers and Herbs, and tries to answer one simple question, do they really work?
- The story of an unlikely friendship which leads an unemployed and xenophobic German to teach a young African immigrant how to ice skate.
- The frustrated husband of a stripteaser takes revenge for suffered humiliation by haunting the nightclub milieu as a mass murderer.
- The pilot of the new TV Reality Show "Liebe ist moeglich" ends with the death of Ilona and Armin.
- Andreas had left his small hometown to become an architect in Berlin. On a visit home, he is unable to admit to the family that he has not been very successful. Instead, he acts like a "high flyer" who is only home for a short break.
- It acts as a parable on the inevitability and the hopelessness of sentimental love.
- Frank is well-organised, due to a wealthy social background he can study without concerning about money and will get a secure job in the company of his father. But only one week changes his life. Within this week he meets his first real live. But suddenly the Spain Erasmus student Mercedes disappeared without any words. The only thing she left besides his bed is an address in Lyon, France. Without thinking about the consequences he packs his stuff and lifts a car. The driver Tom seems to be on an arcane mission. Two guys with a completely different character and view of the world together in one car on a trip to an unknown destination. Tom is a simple man who enjoys the bright side of life and don't concern about anything. Together they get to know the meaning of friendship and for the first time they took responsibility about their own life.
- A portrait of the Swiss architect, artist, painter, graphic artist, and industrial designer Max Bill. His 'concrete art' was based on mathematical / geometric principles that he acquired during his studies at the Bauhaus in Dessau.
- This thrilling drama focuses on two people fighting for the truth, their lives and their emotions. After being sentenced to life, Johanna Schneider succeeds in escaping from prison. As she considers the verdict unjust, she breaks in the apartment of Friedrich Thomasius, the blind judge, and wants to convince him of her innocence. Although Johanna puts a knife to his throat, Friedrich doesn't doubt his decision...