Barbara Auer

Miroirs No. 3 (2025)

After a car crash kills her boyfriend, piano student Laura is taken in by Betty, who witnessed the accident. Living with Betty's family brings comfort, but Laura starts questioning their intentions as time passes. ...

Cloud Under the Roof (2022)

Paul, Julia and Lilly are a happy family, until Julia dies unexpectedly. For the sake of his daughter, Paul wants to function and suppress his grief. Lilly keeps challenging him with her imagination and her very own view of Mum's death. ...

Sugarlove (2021)

The marriage between sociology professor Patrick and psychotherapist Julia is a successful, stable union, a relationship many envy. It is a partnership in which both find a sense of security and inspiration. The only thing missing is sex. Julia has lost al ...

Das Versprechen (2021)

Playing God (2020)

The 78-year-old former architect Richard Gärtner (Matthias Habich) wants to put an end to his life. However, this should not be done abroad, but quite legally with the help of his family doctor. For Dr. Brandt (Anna Maria Mühe), out of personal convictio ...

What Doesn't Kill Us (2018)

As a divorced father of two teenage daughters, with a head-strong ex-wife for a best friend, too many peculiar patients to keep up with and a new dog, psychotherapist Max certainly doesn't need another challenge. But when Sophie, a compulsive gambler with ...

Vakuum (2018)

Amidst the preparations for her 35th wedding anniversary, Meredith is surprised by the discovery that she is HIV-positive. Only her husband André could have been the carrier of the virus. ...

Transit (2018)

In an attempt to flee Nazi-occupied France, Georg assumes the identity of a dead author but soon finds himself stuck in Marseilles, where he falls in love with Maria, a young woman searching for her missing husband. ...

The Carlos Benede Story (2017)

Carlos Benede is in his thirties, single and helps minors cope with the after-effects of crime. Alexander is a strong-willed and precocious eleven-year-old, who witnesses the horrific death of his mother by his own father. Benede mentors Alexander and the ...

Brandnächte (2017)

To find out the truth about her sister's death, lawyer Julia returns to her home village in the foothills of the Alps, where the gruesome murder took place eight years ago. A mysterious email she receives opens up old wounds and makes her doubt whether the ...

Der Tod und das Mädchen - Van Leeuwens dritter Fall (2017)

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, ...

Fremder Feind (2017)

It was a devastating day for Arnold and his wife, Karen when their son, Christian, a soldier in the German armed forces, told them he was going to be deployed abroad. Everything is different now. Arnold has decided to retreat to a secluded mountain hut in ...

Jonathan (2016)

A young man struggles with the pressure of caring for his terminally ill father while trying to unlock a secret that his father seems determined to keep from him. The story takes another dramatic turn when Ron, Burghardt's long-lost friend from his youth, ...

Mona kriegt ein Baby (2014)

The 14-years old Mona becomes pregnant. Problems in the family are the result. ...

Take Good Care of Him (2013)

The Book Thief (2013)

While subjected to the horrors of WWII Germany, young Liesel finds solace by stealing books and sharing them with others. Under the stairs in her home, a Jewish refugee is being sheltered by her adoptive parents. ...

Verratene Freunde (2013)

Two married couples, in their mid-40s, have been friends for a long time. Until one husband believes he has to bring an indiscretion to the public about the other and the respective life plans and moral concepts are called into question. Matthias Brandt, B ...

Vier sind einer zuviel (2013)

On her wedding day, Lisa discovers that her husband Felix is making her crossly unhappy - and vice versa. She moves out head over heels. While Felix quickly descends into homelessness, Lisa ends up in a shared flat with two men: Chris and Edgar. They are o ...

The Weekend (2012)

Based on a novel by Bernard Schlink (The Reader), The Weekend follows Jens as he leaves prison 18 years after being arrested as an RAF terrorist in Germany. ...

Das Ende einer Nacht (2012)

Judge Katarina Weiss must decide whether the allegations against millionaire businessman Werner Lamberg—that he beat and raped his wife, Sandra—are valid or not. In court, Katarina faces a defense attorney Eva Hartmann who actually manages to refute al ...

Aschenputtel (2011)

Once upon a time there was a orphan. The new stepmother and her daughter, Annabella, treat her badly and let her sleep in the ashes. One morning, in the woods, Cinderella meets a hunter who turns out to be Prince Victor. ...

Verschollen am Kap (2011)

19-year-old Karla wants to make the world a better place in a Cape Town township - much to the annoyance of her father Claas Lohmann, who worked as a manager for a Berlin-based energy company in Africa. In the Cape, Karla falls in love with the activist Ma ...

Ich habe es dir nie erzählt (2011)

Divorced and single bailiff Carla Schön has many problems with her pubescent daughter Eva. However, she cannot use these problems because she has to work in her everyday life. Even in her hobby, orchestral playing, she is absolutely tense. But then she me ...

The Last 30 Years (2010)

It is the love story of Resa and Oskar who meet in the 1970s in the midst if the leftist studen movements. For Resa it is love on first sight when she encounters the handsome and self-confident activist Oskar and is willing to do anything to get his attent ...

Effi Briest (2009)

Following her parents' wishes, spirited seventeen-year-old Effi Briest marries Baron von Innstetten – a former admirer of her mother – who is twenty years Effi's senior. This marriage of prudence heralds the beginning of a humdrum life, far from home, ...

In jeder Sekunde (2008)

Dr. Frick is head of the psychiatric ward of a clinic. He and his wife Anna have an eleven-year-old daughter who suffers from a hereditary disease. Anna finds it very difficult to cope with her child's illness. The fact that Frick only concentrates on the ...

A Night at the Grand Hotel (2008)

Warten auf Angelina (2008)

Nothing is more persistent than an unconfirmed rumor. And the less likely it sounds, the more seriously some people take it. Years ago, when reports circulated in the German media that Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt were about to take up residence in Berlin, ...

Eine gute Mutter (2007)

Paul is a gifted boy and his parents Gesine and Uwe are proud of him. One day Gesine meets a former neighbor: Kathrin, who, like Gesine, gave birth to a child seven years ago, but lost the baby in a tragic house fire shortly afterwards. Gesine finds Kathri ...

Yella (2007)

A young East German woman leaves her controlling husband/business partner and relocates to a West German city to start anew as an accountant, but he soon catches up with her. ...

Der andere Junge (2007)

Evchen and Winnie Morell are very busy - with work and themselves. Just like the Wagners' neighbors and friends. None of them notice that the Morells' son is constantly being bullied and ripped off by the Wagners' big-headed boy. When Paul threatens the sh ...

Der Novembermann (2007)

For ten years Lena Drömer has been traveling to Tuscany alone for four weeks every November - at least that's what her husband, the Protestant pastor Hermann, and her daughter believe. But this time it will be a journey without return. Shortly after her d ...

Meine böse Freundin (2007)

Impossibly Yours (2007)

Anja, a student, and Leonhard, a judge, meet at Marlene, his ex-wife, and Paul's house, marry shortly afterwards and have a son, Daniel. However, Anja's desire for love is not fulfilled in their relationship. When she is not careful, Daniel scalds himself ...

Einfache Leute (2007)

A boy has to decide between coming out and being a professional swimmer. He takes the latter, marries and gets a son. 19 years later the whole thing explodes. ...

I Am the Other Woman (2006)

Successful architect Robert has a one-night stand with a mysterious lady in red. The next day they meet again, but Carolin is now a corporate lawyer working on a major contract for Robert ... ...

Ultima Thule - Eine Reise an den Rand der Welt (2005)

Stockbroker Fred Böhler has an accident on his way to work. While his seriously injured body is taken to intensive care, his soul flies away as an eagle to another world. His journey first takes him into space, where he is repelled by the cold. In his enc ...

Der Mörder meines Vaters (2005)

Wen die Liebe trifft (2005)

The attractive young Franka runs the traditional porcelain manufactory Rhomberg with her father. In contrast to her fun-loving sister Joe, the sensible Franka has no time for men. That changes when she meets the sensitive, good-looking Luca - who unfortuna ...

The Young Schiller (2005)

The young Friedrich Schiller begins his life as a poet with a dramatic escape. After the sensational success of his first drama "The Robbers", he deserts from the Duke's army. At the Mannheim Court and National Theatre, he initially receives a friendly rec ...

Sergeant Pepper (2004)

A dog who was named after the Beatles album, inherits his master's fortune. His owner's two children, however, devise a plan to make off with his wealth. ...

The Other Woman (2004)

A German couple travels, shortly after reunification, to the Netherlands. Happiness does not last long. The wife receives a letter from an unknown woman. ...

Twin Sisters (2002)

1920s Germany. Two sisters aged six years, no sooner see their remaining parent buried when they are torn apart. Lotte goes to live with her upper middle class Dutch aunt in Holland, Anna to work as a farm hand on her German uncle's rural farm. The World W ...

Mord im Haus des Herrn (2002)

Weihnachtsmann gesucht (2002)

A hired Santa makes promises to a little boy he can't really keep. ...

Liebe. Macht. Blind. (2001)

Planet der Kannibalen (2001)

A television reporter searches for alien life forms and gets entangeled in a web of intrigue. ...

The State I Am In (2001)

Clara and Hans are left-wing terrorists who have been sought by police for almost fifteen years. Their increasingly rebellious daughter Jeanne begins to pose a threat to their security when she falls in love with a boy she meets on the beach. ...

Liebesengel (2000)

Scheidung auf Rädern (2000)

Kein Weg zurück (2000)

Stille Nacht, Heilige Nacht (1999)

Five friends go to a ski lodge on Christmas Eve in a good mood to spend the Christmas vacations together. At the same time, three gangsters attack a department store - the robbery ends in disaster. The three perpetrators manage to escape, but one of them i ...

Warten ist der Tod (1999)

The Love Servant (1999)

She regularly dances at her friends' weddings. And they usually have her to thank for their marital bliss. She clearly has a knack for setting the right "amorous vibes." But for her, love isn't working out so well. A single mother, single for years, she un ...

Der Hurenstreik - Eine Liebe auf St. Pauli (1999)

Romeo and Juliet on the Kiez with Cupid in the form of the attractive sex worker Elisa: the young artist Nikolaus falls in love with the well-behaved law student Sandy. He ends up in prison for an extraordinary declaration of love. ...

Picknick im Schnee (1999)

Johannes Breutigam, a successful architect, is confronted with his real life on a New Year's Eve. His wife is cheating on him, his partner Losfeld has betrayed him and his company is on the verge of bankruptcy. Deeply depressed and desperate, he rents a ho ...

Solo for Clarinet (1998)

Berlin, Germany. A cruel murder took place in an appartment building. Somebody bit off quite a piece of the victim's penis, who then, of course, lost a lot of blood, before being struck down at the head. Leading investigator Bernhard Kominka, being in stre ...

Weihnachtsfieber (1997)

Successful radio presenter Charlotte Becker is a Christmas grouch. To escape the hateful hustle and bustle, she plans a vacation in the sunny south. When her train stops due to a breakdown on the open track, she makes her own way through the deep provinces ...

Maria (1997)

María has fled her home of Germany in the wake of the aftermath of the second world war and comes to Iceland to work on a farm. ...

Vergewaltigt - Die Wahrheit und andere Lügen (1997)

A doctor is raped by two of her colleagues. In the trial, the tide initially turns against her when the video recording of the crime disappears and her turbulent love life is revealed. ...

Irrlichter (1997)

A television reporter and the subject of a scientific experiment to investigate the sense of time underground fight for survival inside a natural cave system after a landslide blocks the exit. ...

Journey to Weimar (1996)

The Burning Snail (1996)

In this grim German drama, a troubled 14-year-old boy's pent-up rage and frustration leads him to involvement with a bad crowd and gets him caught up in an inescapable spiral of increasingly self-destructive and deadly violence. ...

Nikolaikirche (1995)

The story of a Leipzig family from 1987 to the Monday demonstrations in 1989. After the death of her father, a high-ranking officer in the People's Police, the daughter joins the resistance movement around St. Nicholas Church. Phenomena such as obedience, ...

Der große Abgang (1995)

The young and ambitious prosecutor Gudrun Lambert has a big fish on the hook: Axel Bode. The notorious hitman has already confessed to four murders. But he stubbornly refuses to name his client. However, Lambert wants more than just Bode's conviction. She ...

Frauen sind was Wunderbares (1994)

An attractive teacher is faced with a big problem: she can't decide which of her two "men of the heart" she should choose. She has to choose between her current boyfriend, who is a free-spirited womanizer, and a reserved university lecturer who has a six-y ...

Der letzte Kosmonaut (1994)

Shokov is the last cosmonaut of the "Mir" station. On board: the secret satellite weapon "Medusa". A corrupt minister wants to sell them abroad. Shokov, fearing for his life, causes galactic chaos. ...

Madregilda (1993)

Madrid, Spain. On Monday, December 22, 1947, Charles Vidor's Gilda, starring Rita Hayworth and Glenn Ford, premieres. That same week, as every first Friday of the month, Hauma organizes a peculiar card game in an old tavern. ...

Tödliche Lüge (1993)

TV superstar Claudia Fischer basks in the fame she has earned with her erotic "Domino Show." On her show, she mercilessly exposes her contestants' most intimate feelings. However, she has wisely kept her own life lie hidden from the public until now. ...

Probefahrt ins Paradies (1993)

For young priest Strobel, a bus trip from Lake Constance to Lourdes turns into an ordeal. Accompanying a group of Catholic pilgrims, he not only has to deal with a recalcitrant bus driver and an overly serious nun. He is horrified to discover that his love ...

Night on Fire (1992)

Enquiries into the murder of a young woman take the private investigator Peter Keller to the idyllic village of Schwant in Emmental. But, the more entangled Keller gets in the treads of the apparently clearcut case of sex murder, the more obvious the flaws ...

Moritz (1992)

My Daughter Belongs to Me (1992)

A Greek father, estranged from his German wife, kidnaps his daughter from her busy career mother in Berlin, and brings her home to live with his family. An international custody battle follows. ...

The Terrible Threesome (1991)

Black comedy about a lucrative business. Grandmother, mother and daughter live together in a love-hate-relationship and run their business with divided responsibilities: via marriage ads they are looking for candidates. It's the daughter that gets dressed ...

Herz in der Hand (1991)

Robin Krinsky works on a dredging ship. In the evenings he grinds crystals. Then Robin falls ill - from toxins in the port of Duisburg? He meets the beautiful dancer Pia from Africa, who is to be deported. The two try to help each other. ...

Eine Wahnsinnsehe (1990)

A trusting, naive police officer is prepared to follow the ever new ideas and quirks of his spirited, enthusiastic wife out of honest conviction. However, he cannot keep up with the pace of her willingness to turn to the next new thing. As a result, he is ...

Café Europa (1990)

A pair of mismatched cops stumble onto a major protection racket involving a seedy restaurant. ...

Herzlich willkommen (1990)

Friedrich manages to escape from East Germany to the West in the 1950s. On his arrival, he is greeted with the words Herzlich Willkommen, or "cordial, heartfelt welcome." However, once he finds employment, what he experiences is anything but a cordial welc ...

Verfolgte Wege (1989)

Post-war Germany in 1946 while people are struggling to make ends meet, the film follows Hermann, a war veteran who finds employment at a train station. As he falls in love with an agricultural worker and starts comitting thefts, his fragile psyche seems t ...

Das Milliardenspiel (1989)

The young toolmaker Gerd Asselt knows how to exploit his acquaintance with the influential Albrecht Maybach for a breathtaking career: With pumped money, he takes over companies in need of reorganization and quickly racks up an entire business empire. But ...

The Boss from the West (1988)

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Felix (1988)

Within four episodes ("Er am Ende", "Muss ich aufpassen", "Eva" and "Are You Lonesome Tonight?" ) are being told adventures of love sick Felix. On Sylt he meets two nymphomaniac women, in Hamburg he meets Eva, a girl who is even more love sick and later he ...

Datenpanne - Das kann uns nie passieren (1983)

The Power of Emotion (1983)

Emotions and feelings should not be confused with sentimentality. Emotion is ancient and more powerful than any artistic expression. The film observes young couples facing difficulties while trying to move their love experiences towards clear decision maki ...