Edgar Selge

Leibniz – Chronicle of a Lost Painting (2025)

Out of her love for the great thinker Leibniz, Queen Charlotte commissions a portrait of him. During the portrait sessions, the philosopher and the young painter engage in a passionate struggle for truth in image and likeness, and ultimately for love and d ...

Mariana's Trench (2024)

Since her little brother Tim drowned in Trieste, Paula has lost the will to live. When she encounters old Helmut, a widower who wants to drive the ashes of his late wife to South Tyrol, she sees a way out – to go to Trieste and take her own life on Tim's ...

Skin Deep (2023)

At first glance, Leyla and Tristan are a happy couple. When they travel to a mysterious island, a game of identities begins that changes everything – their perception, their sexuality, their entire selves. But not only their relationship threatens to bre ...

Love Your Enemies (2022)

GDR, January 1990. After his ouster and the fall of the wall, dictator Erich Honecker and his wife Margot find themselves virtually homeless. Only Protestant pastor Uwe Holmer and his family, who, like many others, have suffered under his tyrannical regime ...

Ökozid (2020)

The consequences of the climate catastrophe are dramatic in 2034. Drought and floods destroy the livelihoods of millions of people. After the third storm tide in a row, the headquarters of the International Court of Justice in The Hague was evacuated. In a ...

The Weight of Steel Title (2020)

Who knows Berthold Beitz? Fewer and fewer people. He shaped the history of Germany like no other, be it as the leading industrial manager of Krupp or as the rescuer of numerous Jews during National Socialism. ...

Unterwerfung (2018)

François is a literary scholar and drinker. His relationships with women are limited to one year, his life is sufficiently happy. Until the day when charismatic Muslim politician Mohamed Ben Abbes becomes president in France, introduces patriarchy and pol ...

In the Fade (2017)

Katja's life collapses after the deaths of her husband and son in a bomb attack. After a time of mourning and injustice, Katja seeks revenge. ...

Your Will Be Done (2017)

For Johannes and Lydia Klare, their faith in God comes first. Together they lead a small community in Stuttgart, successfully. People listen to them, they are becoming more and more close to them. There are even plans to make the donor-funded community muc ...

Mata Hari – Tanz mit dem Tod (2017)

In 1916, the officer of the German secret service Elsbeth Schragmüller trains the end-of-career exotic dancer Mata Hari as secret agent. Schragmüller has finally an ear directly in the influential circles of Paris, while Mata Hari can uphold her mundane ...

Bach in Brazil (2016)

Inspired by true events, this is a story about what happens when two outsiders from opposite corners of the world are thrown together: Brazil and Germany. Marten Brueckling, a retired music teacher from Germany, has inherited an original sheet of music fro ...

Ein großer Aufbruch (2015)

After getting his cancer diagnosis, Holm decides to die in Switzerland. With a last big appearance he wants to say goodbye to his family. Holm invites family members and close friends to a dinner to review his successful life. But the evening is not a wist ...

Fatal News (2015)

West Germany, 1987. The politician Uwe Barschel (1944-87), member of the Christian Democratic Union party and Minister-President of the Schleswig-Holstein region, is found dead in very sinister circumstances. Reporter David Burger pledges to find the truth ...

Nie mehr wie immer (2015)

Melanie and Walter seem to be happily married but then strange incidents begin to occur. Their house is broken into but nothing is missing. Someone is observing them and Walter is even pursued and harassed by a young man. The situation escalates when they ...

Das Zeugenhaus (2014)

Witnesses about to testify at the Nuremberg War Trials needed a safe place to wait. All under one roof, each with their own secrets. And the countess assigned to take care of them. What was her secret? ...

Miss Sixty (2014)

Now that we're all living longer and "40 is the new 30," why can't 60 be the new 40? That's what Louise and Frans think when they embark on bold new life adventures. Louise is a molecular biologist who decides to make a withdrawal from the sperm bank and h ...

A Blind Hero: The Love of Otto Weidt (2014)

A Blind Hero depicts Otto Weidt's story as told by award-winning journalist and author Inge Deutschkron, who tells the incredible tale of Weidt's efforts to save her and the rest of his employees from the Nazis, including Alice Licht, the love of Otto Weid ...

Wetlands (2013)

Helen is a nonconformist teenage girl who maintains a conflictual relationship with her parents. Hanging out most of her time with her friend Corinna, with whom she breaks one social taboo after another, she uses sex as a way to rebel and break the convent ...

Hattinger und die kalte Hand (2013)

A summer's day on Lake Chiemsee: children discover the body of a man on a sailing boat. Inspector Hattinger and his colleagues from the Prien police start investigating. Shortly afterwards, a second body is found: The author Annette Kaufmann has been murde ...

Ludwig II (2012)

A dramatic retelling of the life of Ludwig II, King of Bavaria, one of the most fascinating monarchs of modern times. From his accession to the throne at the age of 18 to his passionate support of Richard Wagner and his music. From his ingenuous political ...

Rotkäppchen (2012)

One day Little Red Cap's mother tells her that her grandmother is sick, and sends her to her house to bring her a piece of cake, a bottle of wine and medicine. To arrive at her grandmother's house the girl must cross the woods, and there she meets a bad o ...

Bankraub für Anfänger (2012)

Hannas Entscheidung (2012)

Hanna Forster is still waiting eagerly for the return of her husband Karl, who has been in Russian captivity for seven years. Hanna brought the family and joinery on her own through the war and post-war years. When Karl finally returns, Hanna is overjoyed, ...

The Poll Diaries (2010)

In 1914 on a family estate, Oda helps a wounded anarchist, and as their illicit friendship deepens, a family turmoil erupts as the war closes in. ...

The Lost Father (2010)

The Day of the Cat (2010)

The Swiss President, called by all only "big hangover", is in trouble: the election is coming and according to surveys his chances are not very good. From a meeting with the Spanish royal couple, he hopes media attention and a popularity boost. He does not ...

Lippels Traum (2009)

Eleven-year-old Philipp, known as Lippel, travels from Passau in Bavaria to the Orient without a flying carpet: because his father, the posh chef Otto Mattenheim, is on a business trip, the new housekeeper Mrs. Jakob looks after Lippel. But she turns out t ...

Beyond the Wall (2009)

In September 1974, at the Bösebrücke border crossing between East and West Germany, Heike and Ulrich Molitor, along with their two little children, are caught trying to escape to the West. As a punishment the parents are presented with a terrible decisio ...

Im nächsten Leben (2009)

A in the former GDR well-known sports reporter, has since the turn nothing more got done. He is always on the search for the great Sensation to it again to show everyone, but then brings him to his own past again a... ...

Die Freundin der Tochter (2009)

Neben der Spur (2008)

The Debt (2007)

The year is 1964. Rachel Brener is one of 3 young Mossad agents teem who caught "THE SURGEON OF BIRKENAU" - a Nazi monster who was never brought to trial in Israel. The official reason was that he was shot to death while trying to escape from Israeli capti ...

Angsthasen (2007)

Adrian Zumbusch is an extreme phobic and hypochondriac rolled into one. His life is like one long panic attack. The news that he has leukemia and only three months to live is like a liberating blow. Now that he has nothing left to lose, he blossoms and dar ...

Fashion Victims (2007)

At 52, traveling salesman Wolfgang Zenker (Edgar Selge) is in old school territory: he peddles the company's classic clothing line to boutiques that cater to women over 35. When Wolfi loses his drivers license in his brand-new Mercedes but can't afford to ...

Im Chaos der Gefühle (2007)

Väter - Denn sie wissen nicht was sich tut (2007)

A recalcitrant, low-energy boy causes problems for both his stepfather and his biological father. ...

In a Sweatbox (2005)

The "Schwitzkasten" is a sleazy sauna located in a undistinguished neighborhood in Berlin, Germany where several persons are used to meet day by day, discussing their personal problems and feelings. ...

Bibi Blocksberg and the Secret of Blue Owls (2004)

Poor Bibi - due to her bad marks in maths she has to spend the whole summer in the boarding school of Altenberg to scrape through a series of exams - otherwise she'd stay down in school, being forced to repeat the year. No camping, no white-water rafting, ...

Die Wasserfälle von Slunj (2002)

Briton Robert Clayton's business flourished and when his son Donald reached the right age he became a partner. The Claytons have found irreplaceable help and a friend in the board of directors and authorized signatory Josef Chwostik. But gradually the auth ...

Suck My Dick (2001)

Story of the successful author Dr. Jekyll. One day, Hyde, one of his invented characters, detaches himself from the story and enters Jekyll's life. With the help of the fairy Jeanny, Hyde takes away Jekyll's penis, and later also his hair and teeth, and in ...

The Experiment (2001)

20 volunteers agree to take part in a seemingly well-paid experiment advertised by the university. It is supposed to be about aggressive behavior in an artificial prison situation. A journalist senses a story behind the ad and smuggles himself in among the ...

Double Pack (2000)

Naive, talkative Hoffi and mouthy Lehmi are as different as can be. But this doesn't dampen their friendship. When they wake up one morning in the middle of Dortmund Zoo instead of in their beds among the water buffaloes, it doesn't upset them, because the ...

Three Chinamen with a Double Bass (2000)

After a night of partying, Paul finds the body of his girlfriend in their shared apartment. Even his best friend Max believes he killed her in a drunken stupor. Nevertheless, he takes action to make the corpus delicti disappear - with a bone saw and a grai ...

Die Rache der Carola Waas (1999)

Der Erlkönig - Auf der Jagd nach dem Auto von morgen (1999)

The debt-ridden bon vivant Marlow is mistakenly transferred a million marks. The money was actually intended for a killer. He wants to get it back by force. Marlow and his daughter find themselves in mortal danger. ...

At Fifty, Men Kiss Differently (1999)

A married former art student decides to start painting again, because her children are out of the house and her husband neglects her. However, that is not easy. ...

Requiem for a Romantic Woman (1999)

In the summer of 1807, Clemens Brentano stumbles into the most extreme love affair of his life. The woman, who, aged barely 17-years-old, throws herself at him with such terrifying brutality, is called Auguste Bussmann. ...

Schlange auf dem Altar (1998)

Kai Rabe gegen die Vatikankiller (1998)

Director Rufus Lindner is shooting his first film: " Die Vatikankiller". With audience favorite Kai Rabe in the leading role, success is guaranteed. But suddenly chaos descends on the film team: A starlet is murdered, the bitchy leading man goes increasing ...

Das Böse (1998)

Rossini (1997)

Zigeuner is on the hunt for the woman of his dreams, a woman who should also play the main role in the film. Meanwhile, ruthless producer Oskar Reiter wants to buy the film rights at all costs - and he is struggling for the love of the beautiful Valerie. ...

Hamsun (1996)

Knut Hamsun is Norway's most famous and admired author. Ever since he was young he has hated the English for the starvation they caused Norway during WWI. When the Germans occupy Norway 9 April 1940 he welcomes them and the protection they can give from Gr ...

Rudy, the Racing Pig (1995)

Flat-dwelling urban family win a pig in a raffle, and decide to keep it. They lose their flat (no pets allowed) but eventually Rudi the pig makes good. ...

Ausgespielt (1994)

Single parent Katarina Arndt is desperate because her son Roger is addicted to gambling. He is in the red and urgently needs money. His mother refuses to give him any more. Roger is forced to rob a store in order to pay off his gambling debts. However, thi ...

Zärtliche Erpresserin (1992)

After the death of her mother, Alice, who was born out of wedlock, learns that her father, who was thought to be dead, is still alive. Unopened letters from the estate put the 18-year-old on the trail of the composer Max Rab, one of her mother's ex-lovers. ...

Abgetrieben (1992)

TV-movie based on the trial of Memmingen gynecologist Dr. Horst Theissen, who was sentenced for illegal abortions. ...

Der nächtliche Besucher (1992)

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 ...

Der neue Mann (1990)

Schön war die Zeit (1988)

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Herschel and the Music of the Stars (1986)

Not far from Windsor Castle, the Austrian composer Joseph Haydn visits the German astronomer Friedrich W. Herschel in the summer of 1792. But what begins as an informal afternoon ends in disaster for Haydn: his traditional world view is shaken by Herschel' ...

Fathers and Sons (1986)

Follows two wealthy families in Germany during the first half of the 20th century. One of them is German, the other one Jewish. ...

Betrogene Liebe (1986)

The Shipwrecker (1984)

Three actors portray scenes from the life of Sterling Hayden, with a particular focus on his appearance before the House Un-American Activities Committee. Inspired by Hayden's memoir "Wanderer. ...

War and Peace (1982)

The third episodic film, after Deutschland im Herbst and Der Kandidat, in which notable German filmmakers reflect on the state of their country. A collage of documentary and dramatised sequences dealing with such topics as overkill, peace demonstrations, N ...