Dagmar Sachse

Every You Every Me (2024)

Factory worker Nadine falls in love with her colleague Paul. Years later, she questions her view of him. A romantic social drama about the magic of falling in love and the pain of falling out of it, set in the Rhineland lignite mining region. ...

Ein Wahnsinnstag (2022)

Casual single man with daughter meets smart single parent with son - sounds like a good start! Unfortunately, the omens are anything but favorable: neither of them feels like getting to know each other today of all days. The perfectionist chef is under pre ...

Ein Sommer in Salamanca (2019)

Even though everyday life separates them, sisters Rike and Nicola go on vacation together once a year. They take it in turns to organize their trip. Their trips are just as different as the two of them themselves, so that the trip to Salamanca in Spain onc ...

The Famous Five and the Valley of Dinosaurs (2018)

En route to a party they are not keen on attending, the Famous Five are almost relieved when Aunt Fanny's car breaks down, stranding them in a small town. To pass the time, they visit the local natural history museum, where some newly-discovered dinosaur b ...

Schnitzel geht immer (2017)

With a t-shirt sale the two friends Günther and Wolfgang finally want to turn their backs on unemployment benefits. But this plan is not as easy to implement as expected and in the end, almost everything is different than it initially looks. But one thing ...

Das beste Stück vom Braten (2016)

"Cooking is war" - that is the motto of the ingenious, but self-centered celebrity chef and women's hero Michi Griesebach, who has been in trouble for years with the autocratic restaurant critic Harry Dumont. Now the showdown is due to the opening of his n ...

Marie räumt auf (2016)

Marie is dyslexic and cleans for the wealthy von Schermann family. Her mother Greta, who suffers from dementia, has just scared off her carer and her son Niklas has to travel with his wife. Marie decides to help out for a few days. While the two women get ...

The Lost Brother (2015)

A boy feels neglected by his parents because they grieve for his older brother, who went missing in the aftermath of the second world war. ...

Sein gutes Recht (2015)

Frau Müller muss weg! (2015)

Because of their children's bad grades, some parents want the teacher Mrs. Müller gone. They meet with Mrs. Müller and try to convince her to leave the class. ...

To Life! (2014)

Fate has taken its toll on the aging cabaret singer Ruth and the young but terminally ill Jonas. Yet despite their great age difference and their entirely opposite experiences in life, they form an intense bond and give each other a reason and purpose to l ...

Sternstunde ihres Lebens (2014)

Bonn 1948. The member of parliament and lawyer Elisabeth Selbert fights tirelessly for the inclusion of the sentence "Men and women have equal rights" in the Basic Law of the future Federal Republic of Germany. Despite the opposition she encounters during ...

Nichts für Feiglinge (2014)

Student Philip grew up with his grandma, now he has to look after her: Dementia! Philip moves Grandma into his shared flat. His friends play along, Grandma blossoms - at first... Complex characters, the courage to face uncomfortable truths: The drama portr ...

Ohne Dich (2014)

Martina and her partner Ralf, who run a restaurant together in Cologne, enjoy their holiday in Brittany - until one day Ralf does not return from a sailing trip. The Breton police believe in a sailing accident and make Martina little hope that her friend h ...

Abseitsfalle (2013)

The story of Karin and Mike. They work at Perla, a washing machine manufacturer. She is a career woman, he is on the assembly line and plays for the factory soccer team. The company is owned by an American corporation. Until now it has been business as usu ...

Life Is Not for Cowards (2013)

After the sudden death of his wife, the lives of Markus Färber and his daughter Kim fall into disarray. Markus' attempt to bring back normality into their everyday lives fails - he can't let go of the past. 15 year-old Kim feels left alone with her feelin ...

The Pursuit of Unhappiness (2012)

Based on the best-selling psychology book by Paul Watzlawick, the film tells the story of Tiffany Blechschmid, a neurotic, moony, superstitious, contradictory and, no surprises here, single young woman in her late-twenties. ...

Mit geradem Rücken (2012)

State guests, international nobility, stars - Hella Wiegand loves her work as a housekeeper in the elegant grand hotel in Hamburg. Appreciated by her colleagues and superiors and popular with the maids under her supervision, she has a promising career ahea ...

Wir haben gar kein Auto (2012)

The Education (2012)

Jan is in the last year of his apprenticeship. He wants to be taken on and he wants to do everything right. But what is the right thing to do when restructuring increases the pressure on Jan and his colleagues, when redundancies are the order of the day an ...

Neue Chance zum Glück (2011)

Occupation, children and marriage - everything is right with Merrit. But on the day when she wants to go on vacation with the family and her best friend Bea, she learns that her father has suffered a heart attack. Instead of going to Italy she drives to th ...

Arschkalt (2011)

Rainer Berg is a frozen food delivery man who has been let down by life. He has withdrawn from the world in order to avoid emotional trauma. His outlook on life is shaken when he is assigned a new colleague, ex-hairdresser Moerer, who turns out to be a pai ...

Wunderkinder (2011)

Three musically talented children look to the future, but their hopes crumble when Germany and Russia enter into war. ...

A Good Summer (2011)

A tragicomedy about the trials and tribulations of life: three lonely hearts find each other, drift apart and experience the happiness of the moment together ...

Vorzimmer zur Hölle - Streng geheim! (2011)

Secretary Jule fights for the love of her boss Phillip and against shady investors who are not only cutting into his chair... ...

Jetzt sind wir dran! (2011)

When courier driver Georg loses his job, he and his buddies plan the big thing! ...

The Lost Father (2010)

The Murder Farm (2009)

Bavaria, Germany, 1950s. The sudden return of the young Kathrin to the small village where she was born stirs up the feelings of guilt and personal ghosts of its inhabitants, haunted by dark memories related to a multiple murder that happened two years ear ...

Vision - From the Life of Hildegard von Bingen (2009)

Hildegard von Bingen was truly a woman ahead of her time. A visionary in every sense of the word, this famed 12th-century Benedictine nun was a Christian mystic, composer, philosopher, playwright, poet, naturalist, scientist, physician, herbalist and ecolo ...

A man, a fjord! (2009)

A fast-paced comedy full of misunderstandings: Norbert Krabbe from pan, unemployed Bürokaufmann and passionate contest participant wins a fjord in Lofoten. But how to get only to Norway - for "Norbert Crab Fjord" including his own cabin - when you're brok ...

Selbstgespräche (2008)

With a smile and beautiful words, you can create trust, build sympathy and sell your counterpart everything within four minutes. Welcome to the call center, the collection point for lifelong dreams in financial straits. If you're young and need money, you' ...

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. ...

Grimm Love (2006)

In Germany, as graduate student Katie Armstrong researches cannibal killer Oliver Hagen for her thesis, she becomes obsessed with her subject and ultimately plunges into a lifestyle similar to Hagen's and the thousands of people like him. ...

Liebe in der Warteschleife (2004)

Jazzclub - Der frühe Vogel fängt den Wurm (2004)

A musician tries to get by working several jobs. ...

Ein Zwilling ist nicht genug (2004)

Katharina and Maria are identical twins. They were separated as babies and have no idea about each other. Katharina is a single mother of three children and earns a living by working hard in a bakery. Maria is a successful bathroom designer with her own co ...

Samba in Mettmann (2004)

Olaf is to take care of the family's cleaner's store, while his dad is away on a fair. In the evening he runs into three Brazilian ladies thrown out of a limousine not knowing where to go. Olaf invites them to stay with him and his deaf pot-smoking grandfa ...

Späte Rache (2001)

Stundenhotel (2000)

Rembrandt (1999)

This French-German-Dutch biopic on the life of 17th century Dutch master Rembrandt van Rijn is told in flashbacks from the point-of-view of the aged artist. Soon after establishing his career as a painter in Amsterdam, he marries the radiant Saskia. As he ...

Wettlauf mit dem Tod - Das Geiseldrama von Gladbeck (1998)

Train Birds (1998)

Hannes is a beer truck driver in Dortmund. His biggest dream is to win the first prize at the International Timetable Contest in Inari (Finland). When his new boss cancels his extra holidays to go there, Hans goes mad… On his journey to Finland by train, ...

Ab nach Tibet! (1994)

An anarchist surrealist film. ...