Janek Rieke

Bump (2025)

An absurd comedy about a couple whose perfect façade is becoming more and more cracked. Olli and Anja are a happy couple – but then Anja gets pregnant and her body releases hormones that turn her into a different person for a few weeks. A stressful pers ...

Der Dänemark Krimi – Rauhnächte (2021)

During the pagan Rauhnächte, unbridled revelry reigns in the former Viking town of Ribe. Even at the police station, where conscientious patrol officer Ida Sörensen is helping out on the night shift, chaos reigns. At this moment, no one is thinking about ...

Das Kindermädchen - Mission Italien (2021)

Henni enthusiastically gets off the Munich-Bari intercity bus in sunny Apulia. Her new assignment takes the globetrotting nanny to a German expat family with two teenage children. Rosa Westphal, who runs a picturesque olive farm with her husband Benno, has ...

Ein Sommer auf Elba (2021)

Although Maja and Thorsten have been divorced for two years, it is important to them to go on vacation with their sons once a year. The thought is good, the execution miserable. ...

Weihnachten im Schnee (2019)

A family celebrates Christmas in a Norwegian log cabin. Old conflicts and a tragic secret cloud the mood. ...

Ein Ferienhaus auf Teneriffa (2019)

Finally holidays. Tinka can hardly wait to be away from everyday life for the first time with her twelve-year-old son Paul and her dream man Jürgen. A relaxed holiday is also the right opportunity to convince Jürgen, who is not a wedding person, to take ...

Chaos - Queens - Für jede Lösung ein Problem (2017)

Gerri does not like anymore. Stylishly she wants to promote herself to the hereafter. She does not mince words in her farewell letters. But then the tablets do not work. "You are not the problem, you are the solution!" Her friend Charly tries to comfort he ...

Einfach Rosa - Die zweite Chance (2016)

Rosa can only dream of romantic togetherness with her husband Mark. Temporarily homeless, her mother Ruth has taken up residence in the middle of the living room. Things get tricky for Rosa when the landlord also sues for personal use. She loses in court, ...

Einfach Rosa - Verliebt, verlobt, verboten (2016)

Einfach Rosa – Wolken über Kapstadt (2015)

"Are they corrupt?" After arriving in Cape Town, Johann and Inge are amazed by the swanky estate of their son Mark's future mother-in-law. His wedding to Nandi is to be organized by Rosa, a childhood friend of the groom who has flown in from Berlin. Of cou ...

Utta Danella - Lisa schwimmt sich frei (2015)

Lisa faces a difficult decision. The landscape architect is heavily in debt. The bank is urging her to sell her villa on Lake Starnberg, in need of renovation, where she lives with her two children. In this depressing situation, she meets Hugo again, her e ...

A Spicy Kraut (2014)

Hatice has a problem: she desperately needs a man. Because her younger sister Fatma is pregnant and must marry immediately. However, that is only allowed when Hatice is under the hood, as the old Anatolian tradition, to which the father Ismail firmly cling ...

Sisters in Strife (2014)

For years, the dairy farmer Klara has tried to keep the court of her deceased parents. But the business is running badly, a sale of the farm seems inevitable. If necessary, Klara asks her sister Mika for help. She lives as a successful gallery owner in the ...

16 Overnight! (2014)

Claire's family life is not very harmonious at the moment: her marriage to teacher Frank is in crisis and her children Betti and Daniel are distant. In a quiet moment, Claire immerses herself once again in the world of Shakespeare's "A Midsummer Night's Dr ...

Der Weihnachtskrieg (2013)

The Wieland and Aschenbach families urgently need daycare places. Fortunately, the director of the municipal daycare center, Johannes Herder, is moving in right next door to them. However, there is only one free daycare place left. That's why every family ...

Die Kinder von Blankenese (2010)

Tamar, Josef, Bracha and Wolfgang survived the persecution and the camps. May 1945. The children do not know where their parents are. In the former Bergen-Belsen concentration camp, they now live next to English soldiers and broken concentration camp inmat ...

Das Glück ist eine Katze (2010)

Frido Schulz and Rosa Schätzlein have known each other since their student days. But while Rosa made a career as a lawyer, Frido had to take over his father's electrical store. Since then, he and Rosa have been like cats and dogs, even though they are nei ...

Jerry Cotton (2010)

Jerry Cotton is the best agent of the FBI and suspected of murder. So he has to find the real killers from gangster boss Serrano. ...

Ken Folletts Eisfieber (2010)

A deadly virus is stolen from the high-security laboratory of a biotechnology company. Although the thief can be found, lifeless and bleeding from the nose and ears, the danger is not over yet: A gang of unscrupulous criminals is also on the hunt for the v ...

Lilys Geheimnis (2009)

Lily wants to be run a brothel. But corrupt cops threaten her with violence. Lily needs help. ...

Killing Is My Business, Honey (2009)

A hit man whose mission is to prevent the printing of a tell-all book written by a former Mafioso, falls in love with the employee who may lose her job if the book doesn't get published. ...

In letzter Sekunde (2008)

The plan seems to be working. The beautiful policewoman takes up a position in Deniz's company and quickly gains the trust and affection of her young compatriot. Gradually, she learns details about the planned attack from Deniz, who is actually in contact ...

Die dunkle Seite (2008)

After greengrocer Mehmet Üsker is murdered, police detective Inspector Menemenci is put on the case. At the same time, detective Vera Gemini is on the lookout for a former foreign legionnaire who, however, has been presumed dead for years. It soon turns o ...

Mütter Väter Kinder (2008)

Back then they were just friends, now they are a couple: "Mothers, Fathers, Children" is the sequel to the comedy "How do I raise my mother?". This time it's about the joys and sorrows of the patchwork family: Ginger, the eternal flower child, has to look ...

Nicht ohne meine Schwiegereltern (2006)

Psychotherapist Ulf has finally managed to marry his Sarah and become Heinrich's son-in-law, but that's only where the problems begin. Just now, Sarah's parents have planned to visit Ulf's parents for a weekend. ...

Nichts als Gespenster (2006)

Episodes about different stages of relationships: from flirtation to falling out of love. ...

Tod einer Freundin (2006)

When Tina arrives at home, another young woman has just been murdered in the village - the third victim of a serial killer ...

Freundinnen fürs Leben (2006)

One last wish: In this tragicomedy, three women are asked to repeat their Interrail trip together after the death of their childhood friend - with her daughter. ...

My Ex-Boyfriend's Wedding (2006)

Paula, a primary school teacher from Berlin, was left by her then boyfriend Jan eight years ago. Now she unexpectedly gets an invitation to his wedding. Paula agrees because she doesn't want to show any weakness. She is accompanied by her neighbor Ben, who ...

Nicht ohne meinen Schwiegervater (2005)

Psychotherapist Ulf Weiß and his girlfriend Sarah Gievenbeck want to get married. They go to Sarah's parents' house for a weekend. Sarah's father, Heinrich Gievenbeck, a judge at Münster District Court, is extremely pedantic and keeps a close eye on his ...

The White Masai (2005)

A girl, Carola, whose vacation in Kenya takes an interesting turn when she becomes infatuated with a Masai. Carola decides to leave her boyfriend to stay with her lover. There, she has to adapt to the Masai's way of life and get used to their food which in ...

Scratch: The New Sound of Terror (2004)

Frank and Katrin return to Frankfurt to stop the scientist responsible for unleashing the plague of genetically mutated vermin upon the city. ...

The Family Jewels (2004)

Martin is the ambitious one in the family. He is poised to start on his doctorate, when he is diagnosed with testicular cancer and all his future plans begin to unravel. The removal of one testicle reduces the most immediate threat, but the cancer has alre ...

Berlin Blues (2003)

In October 1989, the part of the West Berlin borough of Kreuzberg called SO 36, had been largely shut off by the Wall from the rest of the city for 28 years. A lethargic sub-culture of students, artists, bohemians and barflys had flourished among crumbling ...

Distant Lights (2003)

Lichter is an episodic tale from Hans-Christian Schmid about the life on the border between Germany and Poland. The film sheds light on the everyday stories of escape and desperateness. ...

Sag einfach ja! (2002)

Vera and Hans have been happy for 15 years - only the marriage certificate is still missing. Vera's mother wants to help the couple on the jumps and proposes them to the local radio station as "the perfect couple of the week". This means that if they marry ...

Revenge of the Rats (2001)

A municipal worker's strike combined with Frankfurt's hottest summer in 150 years brings infected rats out onto the streets. ...

Die Einsamkeit der Krokodile (2001)

Journalist Elias investigates the background to a suicide in a village in East Westphalia. Günther Sperl, son of the local butcher, has taken his own life after years of humiliation and despair. His oversensitive talent was not appreciated in the stuffy p ...

Härtetest (1998)

Jonas is in his mid-twenties, still lives with his parents and gets dumped by his girlfriend. He soon gets to know Lena, a tough young woman with ideals, and immediately falls in love with her. However, to prove he is worthy of her love, he has to pass an ...

Bump (2025)

An absurd comedy about a couple whose perfect façade is becoming more and more cracked. Olli and Anja are a happy couple – but then Anja gets pregnant and her body releases hormones that turn her into a different person for a few weeks. A stressful pers ...

Härtetest (1998)

Jonas is in his mid-twenties, still lives with his parents and gets dumped by his girlfriend. He soon gets to know Lena, a tough young woman with ideals, and immediately falls in love with her. However, to prove he is worthy of her love, he has to pass an ...