Ingeborg Westphal

Der Doc und die Hexe: Katastrophenalarm (2012)

In the fourth part of the story about Dr. Sophie Schöner and Dr. Wu, the two work together again in their old clinic after their "joint practice" project ended sooner than expected. Dr. Wu is standing in for the seriously ill clinic director Professor Fri ...

Boxhagener Platz (2010)

Feature adaptation of adaptation of Torsten Schulz's novel set in East Berlin in 1968. ...

Frösche petzen nicht (2010)

Ex-policeman Eddie is a dedicated private detective blessed with a healthy dose of audacity. His scruffy appearance and unconventional investigative methods are garnished with curiosity and clever remarks that lead him into unusual situations. At the airpo ...

Fresh Breeze (2009)

Teresa Weißbach makes this film about a widower, who finds new life courage with the help of a young woman, to a remarkable romantic drama. In memory of his deceased wife, the Hamburg glove manufacturer Tobaben spends some days in her favorite hotel in Tr ...

Für meine Kinder tu' ich alles (2009)

After her husband's fatal accident, Marie is forced to leave her cozy home with her three children, move to a high-crime neighborhood, and, to make matters worse, work as a prostitute—because that seems to be her only way to make any money at all. In the ...

Evet, I Do! (2008)

The movie revolves around three different couples who have to overcome familial and cultural obstacles to be with their ones they love. A man looking for a bride-for-hire also learns the hard way that expectations and reality do not always come together we ...

Meine fremde Tochter (2008)

My foreign subsidiary: TV-drama about a retired civil servants (Götz George) who wins a new relationship with his unloved son by the sudden death of his daughter. ...

Summer (2008)

Because he can't accompany his father, a German army officer, on his next deployment in Somalia, 15-year-old Tim has to move in with his grandmother on the North Sea island of Amrum. There, the cool skater from Berlin, who seems to magically attract proble ...

Wenn Liebe doch so einfach wär’ (2007)

Ticket seller Katrina is unexpectedly declared co-heiress of a shipping company. Thrown out of her simple life, she now has to deal with Hamburg's high society. ...

Der Tote am Strand (2006)

After 15 years in the USA, a woman in her mid-30s returns to Germany to reconcile with her father, who had broken off contact with her. Before the discussion can take place, the father is murdered. In the course of the investigation, long suppressed secret ...

Brennendes Herz (2006)

Der blaue Affe (2006)

A short movie about people trying to forget about their everyday life in the Weimarer Republik. But it was not an ordinary day, it was the dark friday - the last night of the golden 1920s. ...

Urban Guerillas (2006)

Danger and Kaspar are graffiti artists who have each been ejected from their respective crews. They decide to work on a project in honor of one of their deceased brethren. ...

The Red Cockatoo (2006)

A coming-of-age story set in Germany in the 1960s. Siggi becomes involved in a love triangle when he falls for Luise, but the tightening political climate forces him to make a fateful decision. ...

The Elementary Particles (2006)

Based on Michel Houellebecq's controversial novel, Atomised (aka The Elementary Particles) focuses on Michael and Bruno, two very different half-brothers and their disturbed sexuality. After a chaotic childhood with a hippie mother only caring for her aff ...

Die Nachrichten (2005)

Jan Landers made it: Grown up in East Berlin, he quickly made his career after the turnaround: from the weatherman of a local station to the newsreader in Hamburg. ...

Der Job seines Lebens 2 - Wieder im Amt (2004)

Shortly before the election, Prime Minister Achimsen has a heart attack. Double Erwin Strunz has to step in. While the politician is treated in hospital, Strunz establishes a policy for the little people... ...

Off Beat (2004)

Traumatised paramedic looks for the woman of his dreams. ...

Vinzent (2004)

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

Alltag (2003)

Berlin Kreuzberg: Veit Bischoff keeps his head above water with a dry-cleaning business and reluctantly looks after his mentally disturbed mother on the side. His dreary everyday life is only brightened up a little by his flirtation with the cashier from t ...

Der Job seines Lebens (2003)

Externally, they could be twins. But really only outwardly: the unemployed, disillusioned toolmaker Erwin Strunz and the dynamic, power-infested Prime Minister Uwe Achimsen. There's the inevitable confusion - and everyone thinks Erwin is for Prime Minister ...

Gun-shy (2003)

Dito Tsintsadze's drama focuses on a loner whose life changes dramatically, when he gets to know a beautiful, but strange girl. Lukas, a young man doing "meals on wheels" instead of military service, doesn't have many friends and leads a boring life, until ...

Ein Engel und Paul (2002)

Beautiful and mysterious Marie seduces Paul, a successful lawyer and loyal family man, who becomes obsessed with her. However, what he doesn't know is that she was hired to do it. She takes pity on him and confesses. ...

Siemensstadt (2001)

One of the first short films from filmmaker Felix Randau ...

Liebe, Tod & viele Kalorien (2001)

Paula, the wife of a busy estate agent, wants to help her sister's orphaned daughter Maggie restructure a debt-ridden inn after the unexpected death of her sister. In doing so, she gets in the way of her own husband, who wants to sell the property behind h ...

Liebe ist das beste Elixier (1999)

Paths in the Night (1999)

Set against the backdrop of post-unification Germany, the film explores the breakdown of relations in a decaying social structure. ...

Paradise Is a Trap (1999)

After his company went bankrupt, hobby musician Erik toured furniture stores on behalf of a furniture company to advertise their products. A task that would be easy to accomplish if it weren't for the criminal brother who steals some furniture and promptly ...

Das vergessene Leben (1998)

A drama directed by Claudia Prietzel ...

Life Is All You Get (1997)

After he loses his job, his father, and his girlfriend, Jan's life is a shambles. Then suddenly he meets freakish street musician Vera, and a bittersweet romance unfolds... ...

Nadine, nackt im Bistro (1996)

Mutter der Braut (1994)

Im Spiegel (1982)

Jürgen Matthes, Horst Knüpfer, Peter Vorberger - three men of different ages who are entrusted with the same large-scale IT project. In the context of this project, they begin to reflect on their work, the quality of human relationships and the meaning o ...

Schwarzes Gold (1981)

East German television film. ...

Our Short Life (1981)

The fun-loving, 26-year-old architect Franziska Linkerhand (Simone Frost) works for a famous professor. Yet, she feels restrained by her dependence on him and longs to take risks. When her marriage falls apart, she moves to a small town for a fresh start. ...

Der Direktor (1980)

The school authorities want to read success stories in director Joachim Faber's reports. But they cannot simply be produced on an assembly line. Pupils, for example, use the wrong tone. The matter draws circles until the superiors finally talk about refusa ...

Lachtauben weinen nicht (1979)

The film tells the story of the smelter brigade of a steel mill whose members are connected by a strong comradeship. Among the workers are, for instance, young Rolf, whom everybody just calls "Lachtaube" and who always comes through for his co-workers, or ...

Nach Jahr und Tag (1978)

Two people meet again by chance after years of separation: Monika and Winfried. Monika used to work as a sales clerk, now she works as a kindergarten teacher. She has a son by Winfried, but he knows nothing about it. Winfried graduated from university and ...

Maria und der Paragraph (1974)

Maria is a record saleswoman by profession. She is lucky to have a job, because the year is 1930 and a major economic crisis has hit the world, accompanied by an army of unemployed people, especially in Germany. Maria is aware of her good fortune; in order ...