Daniel Zillmann

School of Magical Animals 4 (2025)

Ida's friend Miriam visits the school for three months, but a secret threatens to tear them apart. Miriam is entrusted with the tarsier Fitzgeraldo, while Max, deeply in love, is given the owl Muriel. Meanwhile, the sale of the school is imminent, and the ...

Manitou's Canoe (2025)

Abahachi, the Apache chief, and his white blood brother Ranger fight tirelessly for peace and justice - but a new, up-and-coming gang is making life particularly difficult for them! They lure Abahachi and Ranger into a trap in order to get their hands on t ...

Akiko, the Flying Monkey (2025)

The monkey child Akiko lives in the zoo, but his family sends him on a big mission: he is supposed to go out into the world and get his relatives out of the forest. ...

Mountain of Miracle (2025)

Lonely online miracle worker Olli Hermes cannot accept that his favorite show "Dr. Burg - der Herzchirurg" is being cancelled after 35 years. During the last episode, his reality merges with the world of the series. Now Olli is faced with the big questi ...

Schlussklappe (2024)

Rebecca is undecided about what her future life should look like. ...

The Fourth Generation (2023)

Professional provocateur and artist Maven Shegula has returned to Berlin after a hiatus in Zürich. She's back to celebrate her 50th birthday, and to appear on a popular German talk show. As she wanders the streets of Berlin with her girlfriend and friend, ...

Geschlechterkampf – Das Ende des Patriarchats (2023)

Marga is a forty-two-year-old actress who seems to have already passed the peak of her career. After starting her career in theater on the country's major stages (Volksbühne Berlin, Berliner Ensemble, Maxim Gorki Theater), it is becoming increasingly diff ...

The Kangaroo Conspiracy (2022)

The cabaret artist Marc-Uwe and the kangaroo are faced with a problem: Lisbeth, the mother of Maria has taken a wrong turn somewhere and is now denying the climate crisis on the Internet. How can she be brought to her senses? The two make a bet with each o ...

Die 2050er - Everything will change (2022)

In a dystopian 2054, three young rebels go on a journey to find traces of the long lost beauty of nature, hoping to discover what happened to their planet. ...

Zwerg Nase (2021)

The fairy Kräuterweis transforms the boy Jakob into a dwarf. No one recognizes him now. But Jacob does not lose his courage to face life. Because he still has a trump card up his sleeve! When 12-year-old Jacob mocks an old woman at the market because of h ...

Immer der Nase nach (2021)

Sorted out - and at almost 50! Both professionally and privately, window dresser Tanja feels like she's been left behind. But she bravely sticks her chin out. Of course she can still keep up, and after one order after another falls through, Tanja is eager ...

Freaks - You're One of Us (2020)

After having a chance encounter with a mysterious character, Wendy, a young working class mother, discovers that she has super powers. ...

The Kangaroo Chronicles (2020)

A communist kangaroo moves in with an artist in Berlin. ...

My Brother’s Name Is Robert and He Is an Idiot (2019)

For teenage twins Robert and Elena, a weekend can seem endless yet still fly by. Time almost stands still while discussing philosophy, lying in a blissful cornfield near a remote gas station. They are in their own little world, a twin world of twin games a ...

Böhmermanns perfekte Weihnachten (2018)

Schattengrund (2018)

Jim Button and Luke the Engine Driver (2018)

A young orphan boy Jim Button, his best friend Luke and a magical steam engine called Emma travel across the world in search of the truth about where Jim came from. Battling pirates and dragons, outsmarting make-believe giants, they must travel through the ...

Away You Go (2018)

Young Berlin schoolteacher Charlie no longer wants to continue as usual on her chosen path and asks herself what she really wants and needs. ...

Partisan (2018)

Volksbühne am Rosa-Luxemburg-Platz 1992-2017. The end of the GDR gave rise to new artistic freedoms in reunited Berlin. Shortly after the fall of the Wall, rebel director Frank Castorf was appointed artistic director of the Volksbühne. His way of working ...

Blind & Ugly (2017)

Ferdi thinks he's ugly – but likes the fact Jona is interested in him. Maybe because she's blind. What Ferdi doesn't suspect: She's just pretending to be blind to be able to live cheaply in subsidized housing. How long can she maintain her charade? Can l ...

King of Berlin (2017)

Full of anticipation, the young and ambitious Commissioner Carsten Lanner (Florian Lukas) is moving from Berlin Cloppenburg in Lower Saxony for a further education. However, he did not expect the outspoken chutzpah of the Berliners and, above all, the rude ...

Ein Dorf rockt ab (2017)

Allmen and the Pink Diamond (2017)

After his successful first "case", Allmen decides to make finding lost art objects his profession and thus avoid financial misery in the future. ...

Vampire Sisters 3: Journey to Transylvania (2016)

Vampire sisters Silvania and Daka try to rescue their baby brother, a half-vampire, from the clutches of the evil vampire queen Antanasia, who wants to crown him as her heir. ...

Heiraten ist nichts für Feiglinge (2016)

Actually, Kathi should be happy: her best friend Caro marries and wishes on top of Kathi as a maid of honor. Would not it be the unspeakable coincidence that the wedding is also Kathi's ex-boyfriend Markus and his new super-girlfriend Maria invited. For Ka ...

The Last Pig (2016)

Plum out of luck, Swabian farmer Huber's farm goes under. Then his girlfriend Birgit takes over her father's newly-acquired firm – in former East Germany. That's reason enough for Huber to bail on his debts and head out on a road trip through southwest G ...

Two People Meeting (2016)

Senta and Thomas are dying to fall in love - just not with one another. Still, when two people - a hopeless romantic and a system analyst - meet, an unexpected amour fou ensues. ...

The Wild Soccer Bunch 6 (2016)

To this very day, kids believe that the stories of "The Wild Soccer Bunch" are the best in the world, and that's why Leo, Elias, Finn, Joshua, Oskar and Matze, replay their heroes' legendary games every spare minute. One day a darkly dressed young man hand ...

Oskarreif (2015)

Viewers of the short film as a real film always in new excerpts. Oskar just doesn't understand why nobody wants to film it. For his friend Benny, however, who works in a video store, the situation is crystal clear: there are simply no highlights. So Benny ...

Und ich so: Äh (2015)

A day in the life of Berlin cab driver Klaus Grill. ...

Die Klasse - Berlin '61 (2015)

In the motley final-year class 13e at Kepler School in Neukölln, children who have moved to the western part of the city legally as well as border crossers who live in East Berlin but commute to the West every day come together for lessons every day. Afte ...

Me and Kaminski (2015)

Young journalist Sebastian Zöllner is writing an article on artist Manuel Kaminski. Zöllner hopes that Kaminski dies soon, so that he can cash in on his article. ...

Heil (2015)

An African-German Author loses his memory and is used by a modern National Socialist Party as promotion-figure for more political power over Germany. ...

Punk Berlin 1982 (2015)

1980: 19 year old Robert, fed up with Hippy phoniness and bourgeoise narrow mindedness alike, flees the German provinces for West Berlin. A tour de force through the glorious dirt of West Berlin ensues. Full of sex, drugs, love and PUNK. ...

Wildwechsel (2014)

Thomas is trapped in a loveless relationship, even though he has already fallen in love again, Anton can't manage to introduce his boyfriend to his parents, who have their own problems, and after a party they all get together. ...

Buddy (2013)

Inexperienced guardian angel, Buddy arrives to assist Eddie with getting his life back on track, but instead only causes more chaos. ...

Robin Hood und ich (2013)

Marion, a Berliner facing child custody and job loss as her ex Felix oversees her factory's insolvency, scoffs at the idea of a savior, until Robin Hood appears in her kitchen. Believing medieval justice can fix modern woes, he takes on Felix to help Mario ...

The Girl with Nine Wigs (2013)

The true story of a young woman whose lust for life means she is determined to be so very much more than just another cancer patient. ...

The Secret Society Of Fine Arts (2012)

The tusk from a mammoth and a whale skeleton are found in a grotesque mix of bricks and destruction - a zoological museum has been blown up. Images of the bisected building with all the scattered remains of stuffed animals are broadcast worldwide along wit ...

Fly Away (2012)

Proud Annegret Simon is new to the retirement home. She doesn't particularly like the change of scenery. And rightly so, says Mr. Tiedgen, who would also rather live alone than be looked after. Exercise therapy and reading afternoons are the epitome of bor ...

Willkommen im Krieg (2012)

A dusty stretch of desert through which a Bundeswehr tank is struggling. The hungover Martin dozes off inside the vehicle. Suddenly shots ring out, grenades explode, and all of a sudden he is wide awake - and in the middle of a war ... Just a few hours ago ...

Zettl (2012)

A social satire in which a chauffeur accidentally becomes the editor of an online newspaper. ...

Lindburgs Fall (2011)

Peter Lindburg played the role of "Kommissar Kämpfer" in the crime series "Blaulicht" for decades. Now the series is to be canceled, which doesn't sit well with the star who has been spoiled by success. Offended, he returns to his hometown in Thuringia, w ...

My Life in Orange (2011)

A look at a Bavarian commune of the Indian Bhagwan cult. ...

Homesick Scientists (2011)

Four field researchers want to go home. Unfortunately, one of them apparently lost his mind. Since the return is not possible, as long as they remain in this state, ignited a controversy about what to do with him. Where do they come back and what was the o ...

St. Christophorus: Roadkill (2011)

Chris, a young lawyer, drives on a nightly road heading towards Hamburg. But his ride takes an unexpected turn as he witness a tragic accident. A crime, two sadistic police men and a bestial ranger: The angst-ridden Chris realizes, that this horrifying nig ...

Life Is Too Long (2010)

No crisis is as disastrous, overwhelming and unjust as that of Alfi Seliger. The Jewish filmmaker, hypochondriac and family man is up to his neck in problems: his pubescent children Romy and Alain find him ridiculous, his wife Helena would be happy if she ...

Die kluge Bauerntochter (2009)

The Farmer's Daughter is given a riddle to solve by the king: "Come to me, neither naked nor clothed, neither walking nor riding, nor driving, neither by day nor by night, neither with gift nor without gift." If she solves it, she had proved her cleverness ...

13 Semester (2009)

When Momo leaves his small home town to go to university, he is full of enthusiasm and confidence, but slowly the pressures of study and campus living begin to grind him down. Half way through his course he finds himself at a crossroads with both his relat ...

Kill Your Darling (2009)

Young people disappear in Berlin's subway shafts, near the "Kill Your Darling" disco. ...

Gonger (2009)

A man decides to sell his grandparents' house when he finds out that the death of his parents seems to be connected to a legend about a murdered child. ...

Machen wir's auf Finnisch (2008)

Intern Annika gets the chance for a permanent position at the record company "GrandMusic". As a rehearsal, she is supposed to prepare the Finnish boy group "Ripili" for a youth competition in Germany. When the band arrives at the airport, Annika realizes t ...

Finnischer Tango (2008)

Alex is a passionate musician. He travels from one gig to the next with his tango band. He can't make a living from his music, but he doesn't really care. This changes when he and his bandmates steal a rocker band's tour bus and there is an accident. Alex' ...

Armer schwarzer Kater (2008)

Berlin am Meer (2007)

Tom and Malte are best friends; they make music together, DJ in Berlin clubs, dream of a career together, party until they drop, wait tables at a casting service and yet they are very different: Tom struggles with himself, his life and the future. When one ...

Where Is Fred? (2006)

In order to catch a basketball from the favorite team of his girlfriend's spoiled son, Fred poses as a numb, wheelchair-bound fan. But when he catches the ball, he also catches the attention of young, attractive filmmaker Denise, who wants to feature an in ...

Black Sheep (2006)

Stories of the Berlin city life, separated into five episodes. A hopeless impostor. An East German couple who dreams of the big money. Three Turkish teenagers who do everything to have sex. Two hapless Satanists. And gay boys who dream of a better world. ...

Schüleraustausch (2006)

Florian, Matthias and Enrique drive to school full of anticipation: the exchange students are coming today! A bus full of attractive French girls! That means three weeks of partying, fun and coitus! Unfortunately, their rival Henk crosses their path and ru ...

NVA (2005)

Somewhere in the GDR, in 1988: young soldier Henrik Heidler starts his service in the National People's Army, a whole new world. Together with the weighty troublemaker Krüger, Heidler and his fellow soldiers try to somehow do their time between old hands ...

Girl's Life, Boy's World (2003)

At seventeen, girls are all about looking good, dressing right and making out with the cutest boys. Or they're like Luka, who's an ace in boxing and couldn't care less about her looks or her appeal to boys. When she breaks a schoolmate's nose, her parents ...

Die Friseuse und der Millionär (1998)

Eleven-year-old Nick, son of a wealthy, single-parent architect, is being robbed by street children in Berlin. The blonde hairdresser Anna takes care of him. When Nick learns that she is looking for a partner, he brings his father into play ... ...