Heiko Pinkowski

Thirty Years with the Whip (2024)

A portrait of Rosa von Praunheim's neighbor, who worked for decades as a professional dominatrix in Berlin's Wilmersdorf district. While the real Lady MacLaine reflects authentically and wittily on her life and work, her life is retold in dramatized scenes ...

School of Magical Animals 3 (2024)

Ida wants to perform with her class at the annual Forest Day to campaign for the protection of the local forest. Even Helene is there, as she hopes to use the footage of the performance to build up her influencer channel. What nobody knows is that Helene's ...

What the Finn?! – Summer of Surprises (2023)

Finn has some bad luck. First, the paddling trip with his father falls through, and then he is robbed on the train to Berlin. On top of that, neither the conductor nor the police believe that his backpack and ticket have disappeared. Luckily, he meets the ...

The Ordinaries (2023)

Paula, a young supporting character, studies at the Main Character School and dreams on graduating to become a lead. ...

Zitterinchen (2022)

Alma manages to obtain a job as a court painter with the bourgeois prince Philip, passionate about botany. When he sees a portrait of her sister, the beautiful Christine, he immediately falls in love. But the Baroness has plans for her own daughter. Fortun ...

Orphea in Love (2022)

Nele is a young call center agent who moonlights as a cloakroom attendant at the State Opera. When she falls in love with the small-time street dancer Kolja, she must confront the demons of her past and descend into the underworld. At the same time, talent ...

Aphasia (2022)

The twins Cosmo (André Lewski) and Carmen (Sandra Tirre) return to their former childhood home for the first time in 15 years. While Carmen attempts to come to grips with her childhood traumas, her efforts are met with resistance by her brother, who bring ...

School of Magical Animals 2 (2022)

The students of the School of Magical Animals want to perform a musical for the school's anniversary. Will rehearsals end in chaos or will the class pull together? And what's up with the strange holes on the school grounds? ...

The School of the Magical Animals (2021)

Ida Kronenberg must transfer to a new school, where she soon realizes the students are unkind to each other. However, that all changes when a new teacher, Miss Cornfield, begins to educate them on the value of friendship and magic. ...

Werkstatthelden mit Herz (2020)

Until now, Carlo thought he was living a quiet, manageable life. And he seemed content with his "small world". But somehow, things have not been running smoothly in Carlo's life for a few weeks now. At home, problems are emerging with his son Hendrik and w ...

Johannes Kepler - Storming the Heavens (2020)

Nowadays we associate Johannes Kepler with his famous laws of planetary motion. But the history of his discoveries is a drama of Shakespearian proportions - full of intrigue, passion, depravity and corruption. ...

A Last Hurrah (2020)

This year Christmas is different. Mother is dead and the siblings Brandt now try to make the best of this situation. Everyone in their unique way. Because one last time they can still celebrate all together, right? ...

Das vergessene Dorf – Cora Steins erster Fall (2019)

Cleo (2019)

Can Cleo turn back time? It seems that misfortune has been haunting her loved ones since she was born. A legendary treasure sounds like the solution to her problems, but Cleo will have to let go of the past. ...

The Most Beautiful Girl in the World (2018)

17-year-old Cyril is funny, smart and an all-round good guy. Just his somewhat overlarge nose spoils the picture. On a school trip to Berlin with Roxy, a stunning new classmate, Cyril is not the only one taken with her. Benno, the class Casanova has his ey ...

Endlich Witwer (2018)

Georg Weiser has learned all his life not to feel emotions, to ignore the opinions and rights of others and to give free rein to his resentment. When he loses his wife, it seems as if he is not particularly affected. But his children will not rest. ...

Chaos-Queens - Ehebrecher und andere Unschuldslämmer (2018)

Lux - Krieger des Lichts (2018)

The shy late twenties Torsten tile lives with his mother in a bleak Berlin slab. In the guise of his alter ego "Lux - Warrior of Light" he tries to make the world a little bit better. He distributes food to the homeless and helps out on his forays through ...

Tiger Milk (2017)

Best friends Nini and Jameelah are both 14 years old and live in the same housing complex in Berlin. Jameelah's family is from Iraq and might be deported if their application for citizenship isn't approved, but right now, the girls try not to worry about t ...

Sissi ohne Franz (2017)

Luther and I (2017)

As a nun, Katharina von Bora lives the life destined for her until she comes into contact with a completely new world of thought in the early 20s through the writings of Martin Luther. She flees with some of her co-sisters and comes without legal status, w ...

Schlimmer geht immer (2016)

When is a man a man? For Kai, the answer is clear: planted a tree, started a family, now he has to renovate his newly acquired home. Armed with the latest DIY tools, Kai and his buddies Pedro and Ulf tackle the charming old house. They are doweling, screwi ...

Familie Lotzmann auf den Barrikaden (2016)

In a single afternoon, the early retiree Hubert Lotzmann manages to dupe his sisters-in-law, to betray his autonomous daughter Bille to the police and to forget his wife Annemarie's birthday. And when she finds out that he has sucked her beloved budgie int ...

Plötzlich Türke (2016)

Things couldn't be going better for young musician Jim from Hanover: his girlfriend Jule is expecting a baby, the couple have found a great new apartment and he and his band are about to sign a contract with a record company in England. But after a visit t ...

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 ...

Hands of a Mother (2016)

A family reunion aboard a ship becomes a turning point in the life of 39-year-old engineer Markus. When his son Adam (4) gets a little cut after going to the bathroom with his grandmother Renate, Markus recalls for the first time what his mother did to him ...

Scrappin' (2016)

Mirko Talhammer is beyond himself when two strange guys show up in his noble insurance office and remind him where he really comes from: from a scrapyard in the provinces, where careers are not what counts, other things are more important: scrapping things ...

The Pasta Detectives 3 (2016)

The friends and amateur detectives Rico and Oskar experiencing their last adventure together. Here everything is really only one well, because now they live next door to. Ricos mother Tanya and Buhl are together, Oskar is with his father Lars pulled to Ric ...

Shakespeares letzte Runde (2016)

I'm Off Then (2015)

Based on the book "Ich bin dann mal weg" by Hape Kerkeling where the author describes his journey on the Way of St. James, a pilgrimage route, and the people he encounters there. ...

Alki Alki (2015)

Tobias and Flasche are childhood friends. However, their alcoholic friendship is doing more harm than good to Tobias, who realizes he should focus on his family and career. Everything changes when Tobias tells this to Flasche. ...

Einer für alle, alles im Eimer (2015)

Engel unter Wasser - Ein Nordseekrimi (2015)

A dead girl, a suspicious suspect, a lost family, a dark secret. Two policemen and a young mother in search of the truth. ...

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. ...

Open Cage (2015)

Anna, a young photojournalist from Berlin, travels to Serbia to make a photo documentary about refugees. Upon her arrival to Belgrade, Serbia's capital, Anna finds out that she can't go about her task the way she had planned. Through the cabdriver Dzeki, s ...

Like a Cast Shadow (2015)

Sibylle, a pragmatic architect, mother and wife, witnesses a suicide of a woman her age while on vacation in Italy. Devastated by this incident, it causes the perception of her life and her family to change. Something inside of her has been set in motion t ...

Out of Frame (2015)

Von einem, der auszog, das Fürchten zu lernen (2014)

Once Upon a Time there lived a brave man, Michael, who was unaware what fear is. At the same time, Princess Elisabeth lived with her father, the king, in a makeshift tent city, because their castle was uninhabitable and haunted by ghosts, its treasure cur ...

Reuber (2014)

Robby screwed up. And because he is afraid of going home, he escapes head over heels into the wood. But there are living some dark 'friends', who are just waiting for such a young desperate boy who get lost in the wood! The Magician Stefan wants to have Ro ...

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. ...

Die Fahnderin (2014)

The state of North Rhine-Westphalia has purchased a CD containing files from a Swiss bank. It contains files on more than 800 tax evaders. However, there is not enough tax investigation staff to process all the cases before the statute of limitations expir ...

Helmut Schmidt - Questions of life (2013)

On December 23, 2013, former Federal Chancellor Helmut Schmidt will be 95 years old. As the second Social Democratic head of government in the Federal Republic of Germany, he shaped the country like few other chancellors. Even 30 years after the end of his ...

I Feel Like Disco (2013)

A youth in middle of self-discovery, offending with his father, just discovering his sexuality and hiding it again. A boy who's often lonely loses a loved one and is in love with the wrong one. ...

Helden - Wenn Dein Land Dich braucht (2013)

Scientists try to simulate the Big Bang and the experiment gets out of control. While satellites come down and chaos arises, the stories of several people trying to survive is told. ...

Da Blechhauf’n: Ghostriders in the sky (2013)

Stufe 3 (2013)

Kohlhaas or the Proportionality of Means (2013)

Deep in the Bavarian countryside Kleist's historical drama Michael Kohlhaas is being shot. But instead of shooting a huge epic with impressive costumes and extraordinary props, grown-up men in suits fight with imaginary weapons. What has happened? Young di ...

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 ...

Doll, The Fatso And Me (2012)

A comical road movie about friendship and happiness with unique protagonists. Bomber is a small man. And he has just lost his job as a courier. He decides to rip off his boss and keep the money from his last delivery trip to Paris. Europe is a beautiful bl ...

Heavy Girls (2012)

Sven lives with his mother Edeltraut, who is suffering from dementia. He shares his entire life, the apartment, even the bed with her. During the day he works at a bank. While he is at work, Daniel comes to the apartment to look after Edeltraut. He takes h ...

Hanni & Nanni 2 (2012)

The summer break is over and the twins returned to Lindenhof. That has now changed a lot. Because Mrs Theobald had to travel, Mademoiselle Bertoux has taken the lead. ...

Die Apps (2012)

Idiotentest (2012)

In a driving school, three women of different ages meet for the so-called idiot test. There is a close friendship between the women. Annette, Katja and Isabel unite dislike for the macho driving instructor Marius, but also enthusiasm for Erik, who also has ...

Offroad (2012)

Meike has had enough of a comfortable life and ventures out on a risky off-road adventure in a jeep she bought at auction. ...

The Royal Siren (2010)

Constance, 1410. Marie, daughter of the richest bourgeois of the city, is on the eve of marrying a prestigious lawyer, son of an earl. Although the compromise fills with pride the girl's father, anxious to ennoble, Marie is not just convinced about her fia ...

Golm (2010)

Four stories dealing with the dialectics of enlightenment, with the randomness of love, birth and death. Aleks participates in an experiment facing civil war in former Yugoslavia. Sarah tries to escape loneliness by investigating a murder. Bastian has to d ...

The Hairdresser (2010)

When a salon refuses to hire her because of her plump figure, irrepressible hair stylist Kathi plots revenge by opening her own beauty parlor next door. But when she faces a cash-flow problem, Kathi resorts to some creative means of raising capital. ...

Betty B. & the The's (2009)

Tobias B's life is not crowned with success. A short man with no work and no friends and no smile on his face. One evening he comes across Betty B. The huge chanteuse of the Band: Betty B. & the The's. ...

Lenz (2009)

Barefoot to the Neck (2009)

A nudist site in eastern Germany is sold to Dieter Lohe, a conservative textile manufacturer from Bavaria. He visits his new property with his daughter Natalie, and plans to use the property as a hunting ground. ...

Licht über dem Wasser (2009)

After the death of his wife, successful author Seefeld has retreated to a lighthouse on the Irish coast. His nervous publisher is waiting in vain for a new bestseller and sends a spy: psychologist Carolin is to find out what Seefeld is up to. She disguises ...

Alles was recht ist - Die italienische Variante (2009)

Das total verrückte Wochenende (2009)

Hannah and her husband, the insurance agent Reinhard Petzold, initially lead a quiet life in Swabia. However, when daughter Lina goes to Berlin for a weekend and Hannah and Reinhard secretly follow her, this throws the orderly family life into disarray. In ...

Ganz nah bei Dir (2009)

The lonely bank-employee Phillip follows a strict pattern of somewhat compulsive actions keeping his encounters with strangers to a minimum. When his home one day is robbed of all content and he later meets the enchanting blind cellist Lina, he finds, howe ...

Glioblastom (2009)

Mein Schüler, seine Mutter & ich (2008)

Music teacher Carlo, an easygoing old rock'n'roller, meets doctor Ellen in hospital. She is completely stressed out, so that even son Franz often falls by the wayside. A short time later, Carlo makes an unforgivable mistake: fed up with the pupils' never-e ...

Die Lüge (2008)

Financial advisor Nadja Trenkler and housewife Susanne Lasko look like twin sisters. When they happen to run into each other in the elevator one day, Nadja suggests to her doppelgänger that they occasionally switch places for a fee. ...

Ein starker Abgang (2008)

When the writer Heinz Kilian goes to the doctor because of stomach problems, the doctor urges him to be accompanied on his upcoming reading tour by nutritionist Vera Hartel. The two elderly gentlemen, who are driven by long-time publishing house employee H ...

Mordshunger (2008)

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Narzissen (2007)

Throughout his whole life the boy – tortured by his mother's disdain – has been struglling for love. Katharina, the girl next door, raises new hope. For her, he cultivates a garden. ...

Six Dead Students (2007)

Rosa von Praunheim, the director of the film, parodies himself and his time as a professor at the Film School in Potsdam Babelsberg, where he taught for six years. ...

Hounds (2007)

Despite having lived in the East German countryside for several months, teenager Lars and his dad, Henrik, are still treated as unwelcome guests. Henrik is building a "marriage barn," a proposed bed-and-breakfast for newlywed Berliners. ...

Der Butler und die Prinzessin (2007)

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Kings vom Prenzlauer Berg (2007)

Brautpaar auf Probe (2005)

Alleinerziehende Mutter Leslie geht aus lauter Verzweiflung eine Scheinehe mit Koofi ein, der seinen Job als Computerfachmann aufgrund einer Flaute in der Branche verloren hat und damit auch seine Blue Card. Ein Beamter der Ausländerbehörde jedoch schöp ...

Asyl (2004)

Documentary about refugees in Berlin ...

Orphea in Love (2022)

Nele is a young call center agent who moonlights as a cloakroom attendant at the State Opera. When she falls in love with the small-time street dancer Kolja, she must confront the demons of her past and descend into the underworld. At the same time, talent ...

Alki Alki (2015)

Tobias and Flasche are childhood friends. However, their alcoholic friendship is doing more harm than good to Tobias, who realizes he should focus on his family and career. Everything changes when Tobias tells this to Flasche. ...

Reuber (2014)

Robby screwed up. And because he is afraid of going home, he escapes head over heels into the wood. But there are living some dark 'friends', who are just waiting for such a young desperate boy who get lost in the wood! The Magician Stefan wants to have Ro ...