Detlef Bothe

Deine schöne Hölle (2023)

Yann, a photographer recently divorced, meets Alicia in a bar. Attracted to each other from the very first glance, they quickly embark on an affair. After a short while, Alicia leaves her husband and moves in with Yann, which leads to power struggles and p ...

Sky Sharks (2020)

A team of Arctic geologists stumble across an abandoned laboratory in which the Nazis developed an incredible and brutal secret weapon during the final months of WW2. Deep in the ice, they accidentally awake a deadly army of flying zombie sharks ridden by ...

Enfant Terrible (2020)

When 22-year-old Rainer Werner Fassbinder storms the stage of a small, progressive theatre in Munich 1967, and seizes the production without further ado, nobody suspects this brazen young rebel to become one of the most important post-war German filmmakers ...

Der Sportpenner (2019)

Charlie Meinhart lands on the bank in a Berlin park during his alcoholic search for happiness. Tired of homeless life in Germany, he makes his way to Biarritz in southwestern France on the Atlantic. Through this heavenly and, above all, sport-loving patch ...

Deathcember (2019)

Advent – a time of joyful anticipation. You will surely remember the feeling you had as a child, waking up on the first December morning. Rising early, ready to open a new door for 24 consecutive days. ...

New Gods Outta Munich (2019)

On the run from her ex-lover, Judith hides in the toilet at the Munich Art Academy. In the basement. She wants to hijack the snobbish art scene with a scandal video. ...

Bad Girl Avenue (2018)

Disturbingly, but believably, women turn their husbands into shrinking violets, only to release them into the wild when the situation calls for it. ...

Four Hands (2017)

After Sophie and Jessica had witnessed a brutal crime when they were kids, Jessica promised her younger sister Sophie: "I will always protect you!" Growing older, this promise became an obsession. Now, Jessica (28) is suffering from paranoia and sees threa ...

Anthropoid (2016)

In December 1941, Czech soldiers Jozef Gabčík and Jan Kubiš parachute into their occupied homeland to assassinate Nazi officer Reinhard Heydrich. ...

Hubert und Staller - Unter Wölfen (2016)

Spectre (2015)

A cryptic message from Bond's past sends him on a trail to uncover a sinister organization. While M battles political forces to keep the secret service alive, Bond peels back the layers of deceit to reveal the terrible truth behind SPECTRE. ...

Harro #KillThemAll (2015)

Into the Suite (2014)

A video journalist who converted to Islam out of love for a woman, is about to interview a young, wild American actress with Russian roots who is in Berlin for the premiere of her new controversial song. ...

Nemez (2013)

Right out of jail, Dima tries to make a new beginning in Berlin, Germany. But his past holds him back. His criminal associates continue to rely on Dima and his father wants to take his family back to their native Russia. Only the relationship with art stud ...

Anonymous (2011)

Set against the backdrop of the succession of Queen Elizabeth I, and the Essex Rebellion against her, the story advances the theory that it was in fact Edward De Vere, Earl of Oxford who penned Shakespeare's plays. ...

Pilgerfahrt nach Padua (2011)

Gundula Glöckner is very worried about the salvation of her daughter Lena. Again and again, the young woman gets to the wrong men. To help her child's happiness, the resolute widow shortly sets out on a pilgrimage: in Padua she wants to pray for Lena at t ...

Men in the City 2 (2011)

The sequel of the "Men in the city" movie which reunites all the characters. ...

The Butcher of Prague (2011)

Czechoslovakia, 1941. As the war continues, Reich Protector Reinhard Heydrich arrives in Nazi-occupied Prague and establishes a regime of terror that will force freedom fighters to act. But the price to pay will be too high. ...

Wolfsfährte (2010)

A dead girl at the Elbe beach gives riddle to Chief Commissioner Jan Fabel. However, it does not stop at this one murder. Alluding to the literary models of Sleeping Beauty and Cinderella, a bloody trail soon runs through Hamburg. In his new novel, writer ...

Max Schmeling (2010)

Based on the true story of Max Schmeling. A national hero in the 1930's when he became World heavyweight champion. He lost favour with the Nazi regime when he lost to a black man, Joe Louis, and is sent to the front in the hope he will be killed in battle. ...

Snowman's Land (2010)

When the wife of a crime boss is accidentally killed, the hit man who was hired to protect the remote house in which she was living tries to keep her death under wraps. Fearing vengeance from the gangster, he's soon locked in a fight for survival. ...

Mein (2010)

Maggie (21) and Klaus (45) are touring in Germany in a camper and they seem to be lovers despite their age difference. However, at a camping site Maggie shows some affection for another man. The unavoidable conflict escalates fatally. ...

Neben der Spur (2008)

The Charlemagne Code (2008)

An action-packed race to find the legendary treasure of the Nibelungen hidden by Charlemagne and thought to be the biggest lost treasure in the world. ...

Gwendolyn (2007)

The Wild Soccer Bunch 3 (2006)

After Leon left his team in the historic 25-1 defeat against the national team, Die wilden Kerle broke up. Only the little Nerv still believes in his old heroes and tries to bring the grown-up guys back together with the help of his dreaded side puller. Le ...

Meine Frau, meine Freunde und ich (2004)

About a man who suffers hell on earth after accidentally hitting his girlfriend. Richard, actor in a daily soap opera, wants to brighten up his crisis-prone girlfriend Katja and organizes a birthday party. After the guests had left, he wants to sleep with ...

Vinzent (2004)

The new tenant in a strange house: Vinzent. ...

Abgefahren (2004)

Mia is dreaming of one day being the youngest driver in the Dakar Rally. She's pretty and loves the challenge. One day she gets to know the driving instructor Sherin, an exotic beauty of mid-twenties. She takes Mia to a secret car race out of town. ...

Gone - Eine tödliche Leidenschaft (2004)

Die Musterknaben 3 - 1000 und eine Nacht (2003)

While getting a beer in the police canteen, Docker is spied on by the BKA for a special secret mission: an attack is planned on an Indian maharajah during his visit to Germany. In the operation 'Falscher Hase' (False Rabbit), Docker is to serve as convinci ...

Baltic Storm (2003)

A journalist from Berlin, Germany, and a Swedish lawyer discover the truth behind the sinking of the "MS Estonia" in 1994, where more than 850 people drowned. ...

Extreme Ops (2002)

While filming an advertisement, some extreme sports enthusiasts unwittingly stop a group of terrorists. ...

Vienna (2002)

A comedy about three men who have reached the lowest rung on the social ladder. This story about lust for life and miracles that are possible only with the aid of extraordinary women unfolds at a place which reflects life, love and death like no other. ...

Feiertag (2002)

Six city dwellers meet in a Tyrolean mountain hut for a New Year's Eve party, but they soon get bored. ...

99€ Films (2001)

Anyone can hold a mini-DV camera. Anyone can get 99 euros in credit. And everyone has already written a five-minute story in school. So everyone is actually prepared to make a 99euro-film. but "99euro-films" is more. It is the proof that German films can a ...

The Calling (2000)

On her wedding night, a young woman conceives a child during an hallucinatory encounter. Several years later, as her friends and family begin to behave strangely, she pieces together clues that lead to one conclusion... ...

Dreamboy macht Frauen glücklich (1999)

After a series of career setbacks, a young man tries his hand at working as a sexworker, only to discover that this job has its own set of challenges. When he falls in love with a college student, making a living becomes even harder for him, because at fir ...

After the Truth (1999)

Famous Nazi doctor Josef Mengele — the 'Death Angel of Auschwitz', who killed more than 300.000 people — emerges from his hideout in Argentina to Germany as a 87-year-old man, and must stand for his crimes in court. The young solicitor Peter Rohm is as ...

Bang, Boom, Bang (1999)

Bank robber Kalle Grabowski escapes from prison while his unemployed smalltime crook buddy is sitting around doing nothing after he just lost all their money. A fast paced comedy from German director Peter Thorwarth. ...

Der Mann für alle Fälle: Ein ganz gewöhnlicher Totschlag (1999)

Schmetterlinge der Nacht (1999)

Der Mann für alle Fälle: Die Hure Babylon (1998)

Appetite (1998)

The guests of the Station Hotel have assembled to play a game of cards. The loser will sleep in room 207, a room rumored to be haunted. It hasn't been slept in for 20 years. As their lives tangle in a paranoid deadlock, the only escape becomes murder. ...

Ballermann 6 (1997)

Tommie and Mario travel to Mallorca in search of a vacation fueled by alcohol and the desire for women and parties. ...

14 Days to Life (1997)

Konrad von Seidlitz is a young yuppie lawyer currently celebrating his engagement with Cornelia, daughter of minister of justice Volkerts. As a public relations gag, he hasn't paid his parking fines for two years and now insists on being sentenced to jail ...

Brother of Sleep (1995)

In the beginning of the 19th century, Johannes Elias Alder is born in a small village in the Austrian mountains. While growing up he is considered strange by the other villagers and discovers his love of music, especially rebuilding and playing the organ a ...

Ärztin in Angst (1995)

Deine schöne Hölle (2023)

Yann, a photographer recently divorced, meets Alicia in a bar. Attracted to each other from the very first glance, they quickly embark on an affair. After a short while, Alicia leaves her husband and moves in with Yann, which leads to power struggles and p ...

Kleine große Kämpfer (2019)

A man wants to give new life to the sport of rugby in Germany and has founded an inclusive rugby team. ...

Eva. S - The Nationalist (2015)

An actress takes on the role of the prostitute Eva.S, who waits for clients in hotel rooms. While waiting, she contemplates her situation as a follower of Socialism and as a woman with her own wishes and desires, but also her nationalistic character. Ficti ...

Into the Suite (2014)

A video journalist who converted to Islam out of love for a woman, is about to interview a young, wild American actress with Russian roots who is in Berlin for the premiere of her new controversial song. ...

Mein (2010)

Maggie (21) and Klaus (45) are touring in Germany in a camper and they seem to be lovers despite their age difference. However, at a camping site Maggie shows some affection for another man. The unavoidable conflict escalates fatally. ...

Neben der Spur (2008)

Meine Frau, meine Freunde und ich (2004)

About a man who suffers hell on earth after accidentally hitting his girlfriend. Richard, actor in a daily soap opera, wants to brighten up his crisis-prone girlfriend Katja and organizes a birthday party. After the guests had left, he wants to sleep with ...

Feiertag (2002)

Six city dwellers meet in a Tyrolean mountain hut for a New Year's Eve party, but they soon get bored. ...