Laura Tonke

Mrs Winkler Leaves the House (2026)

In 2030, retired actress Mrs. Winkler lives bitterly and marked by pain. When her daughter Emi accepts a theater offer, a care robot named Pavlovich takes over the care of her mother. Unexpectedly, his knowledge of classical plays seems to reawaken Mrs. Wi ...

Ach, diese Lücke, diese entsetzliche Lücke (2026)

Twenty-year-old Joachim is unexpectedly accepted at drama school in Munich and moves into his grandparents' upper-class villa. From then on, he tries to find his identity as a young man between the world of theater and the everyday life of his eccentric gr ...

Amrum (2025)

On Amrum Island in spring 1945, twelve-year-old Nanning hunts seals, fishes at night, and works the fields to help feed his family. When the war ends, his mother sinks into depression, and he must navigate new conflicts while struggling to find his own pat ...

The Diaries of Adam and Eve (2025)

Eve and Adam meet in Eden. It soon becomes apparent that they don't find each other particularly attractive. But do they have a choice? Writing helps. They each start keeping a diary about this first encounter between two human beings — from very differe ...

Long Story Short (2025)

A group of close friends celebrate parties over an extended period of time. They experience a lot of fun together, but also tragic moments that prove that love and friendship are the most important gifts of all our lives. ...

Everything's Fifty Fifty (2024)

Marion and Andi thought they were happily divorced until their old love unexpectedly reignites during a family vacation with their son Milan. ...

Zwischen uns der Fluss (2024)

Alice, a political activist, has been found guilty of civil disobedience while taking part in an environmental protest and has been sentenced to community service in a psychiatric hospital. She has to look after Cam, who has been traumatised by a racist at ...

Maret (2023)

After losing part of her memory, Maret, 44, sets out to find out who she used to be. She learns about the many different life paths she followed, in none of which anything was ever really achieved. A profoundly unhappy person in a never-ending, headlong ru ...

When Will It Be Again Like It Never Was Before (2023)

Growing up on the grounds of one of Germany's largest psychiatric hospitals is somehow - different. For Joachim, the director's youngest son, the patients are like family. They are also much nicer to him than his two older brothers, who drive him into fits ...

Caveman (2023)

Robert Müller has wanted to be a comedian since he was a kid, but he's only made it as a car salesman so far. This is about to change when he takes part in an open-mic show. He puts the program together with his imaginary friend, the stone-age Caveman. Th ...

Jupiter (2023)

A teenage girl's family falls for a cosmic cult promising salvation in a higher existence on Jupiter. As flashbacks leading deeper into the past unravel the family's struggle to get a hold on life, the girl has to decide if to follow her parents or to make ...

My Life as Lotta - Okey Dokey Alpaca (2022)

Lotta Petermann is looking forward to her first class trip. Finally without parents and with her best friends Amrum unsicher machen - that promises pure adventure! But Mama Sabine sabotages Lotta's plans and suggests Papa Rainer, of all people, to accompan ...

A E I O U – A Quick Alphabet of Love (2022)

Anna is 60 and her acting heyday is now behind her. She lives on her own but has a friend and confidant in her downstairs neighbour Michel, who is also single. Reluctantly, Anna accepts a job as a language coach for 17-year-old Adrian who has a speech impe ...

Kein einfacher Mord (2020)

Nina and Paul's marriage is over, they are just waiting for an opportunity to teach it their son Tim. During a chance encounter, Nina flirts with Viktor, her son's hockey coach, and goes with him to his house. A decision with serious consequences because N ...

My Life as Lotta - Bingo Flamingo (2019)

Lotta, 11 years old, and best friend Cheyenne don't get along with the arrogant Berenike, so they don't want to let it bother them when they're the only ones not invited to her party. ...

Totgeschwiegen (2019)

TKKG (2019)

When Willi's father is abducted and is only released for a valuable statue from his art collection, Tim is the only one who believes Willi that the police are on the wrong track. Together with the smart policeman's daughter Gaby and the highly intelligent ...

Jupiter (2019)

Travelling to a remote cabin in the Alps, a shy teenage girl has to decide whether to pursue her own path on Earth, or to follow her parents-members of a cosmic cult, through a fatal procedure into a higher existence on Jupiter. ...

So viel Zeit (2018)

Five old friends have to prove themselves one last time. ...

Bist du glücklich? (2018)

After 13 years, Sonja and Marc have separated. The love was lost to them like other people a stick or hat. To sell their weekend home, the two embark on a final trip together. Along the way, they realize that by far not all is said and that they still feel ...

Mission: Love (2018)

Hans calls his girlfriend Heinz, which tells you everything you need to know about their relationship. They're a typical couple who're stuck in a rut after eight years. Hans works at a copy shop and Heinz is an actress relegated to voicing a cartoon stopli ...

The Garden (2017)

In the summer of 1976, a shared family yard becomes the setting, as the adults bicker over selling the garden and the kids are free to explore the mysterious neighboring lot. Then they hear about a girl that has disappeared... ...

Axolotl Overkill (2017)

Mifti is a teenager as beautiful as she is reckless. Mentally unstable, fed up with her dysfunctional family, oblivious to the youthful world, and aware of the sexual magnetism she gives off with her peculiar appearance, she wanders through the dark path o ...

Too Hard to Handle (2016)

It's no surprise when Karo is fired. She is loud, over-emotional and egocentric, more so than the average Berliner wise-ass, says her best friend Anna. Karo is not one to give up easily, though: she opts for radical change and goes into therapy. Although h ...

The People vs. Fritz Bauer (2015)

It is the late 1950s. Flourishing under the economic miracle, Germany grows increasingly apathetic about confronting the horrors of its recent past. Nevertheless, Fritz Bauer doggedly devotes his energies to bringing the Third Reich to justice. One day Bau ...

On the Beach (2015)

Laura and Clemens spend their holidays at the sea in Northern Germany. Laura is bored and invents a game: She pretends to be blind. Over the course of a few days the couple gets entangled in their lie, revealing the emptiness of their relationship. ...

Hedi Schneider Is Stuck (2015)

A model family's happy life unexpectedly goes off the rails when the carefree Hedi, played by Laura Tonke, suddenly starts having panic attacks. First mental illness and then drug dependency – the happiness that these happy-go-lucky thirty-somethings onc ...

Take What You Can Carry (2015)

A character study as well as a meditation on communication, creativity, and physical space, Take What You Can Carry is a picture of a young woman seen through the interiors she occupies and the company she keeps. A North American living abroad, Lilly aspir ...

Worst Case Scenario (2014)

An upstarting film production is abruptly cancelled by the financiers. But the director tries anyway to realize his movie. ...

Mord in den Dünen (2013)

Leichtmatrosen II (2012)

Two sailors meet again years later in Berlin. ...

The Drifter (2011)

Berlin. Greta, 40, architect, mother of a 12-year-old son, recently unemployed. She does everything in her power to keep hanging on in there, torn between the pressure to conform and the spirit of contradiction. ...

Bedways (2010)

A huge, run-down apartment in Berlin Mitte. Two women and a man, rehearsals for a movie about love and sex, that will never be shot. Acting and reality mingle into a dangerous mélange. ...

Madly in Love (2010)

A young man from Sri Lanka, living in Switzerland, loves a Swiss woman, whom he met at the Restaurant he works at. But his parents have already set the engagement with a Tamil woman. ...

Viva Europa! (2009)

Circus clown Jonathan loses his job and meets the desperate hooker Olga, trapped in an aggressive environment. The pair spend the night together in a hotel room, where they look back melancholically on their lives, as well as on the changes in Europe over ...

After Effect (2007)

Berlin in the 3rd millenium. Rather by chance Kai Starel gets into the newly founded CC Institute "Carl Celler Culture", where hip creative minds buzz around in bleak spaces and think about company logos with animals. This brings up art, campaigns or somet ...

Day of Disaster (2007)

In 1978, a serene Spanish beach campground bursts into chaos when a devastating accident shatters a summer getaway for German tourists. As paradise ignites, their lives intertwine, revealing hidden fears and unbreakable bonds amid the flames. ...

Zwei Goldfische (2007)

A man who has problems meeting women visits his psychiatrist. ...

Sunday Girls (2006)

'Sunday Girls' is a portrait of four young German actresses: Laura Tonke, Nicolette Krebitz, Katharina Schuettler and Inga Birkenfeld. They are members of a new group of young actresses who try to put their passion for films into practice, away from the ma ...

Warum Ulli sich am Weihnachtsabend umbringen wollte (2005)

Ulli is a lonely soul. He doesn't have many friends. He spends his days at work, as a programmer in an office. At the weekend, he reads a lot or watches TV. ...

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. ...

I Am Guilty (2005)

Armin Steeb is adrift: just finished with school, living with his middle-class parents, clueless about finding work. He tries connecting with a girl, he engages in risky sex with strangers in public toilets, he goes to job interviews. He also sends an anon ...

Farland (2004)

Axel and Karla are an ill-matched couple in a borderline situation. The two meet in the hospital. Axel is keeping watch at his son′s bedside and Karla is waiting for some sign of life from her sister. None of the doctors can tell them whether the young c ...

Hamlet_X (2003)

A great mosaic, a labyrinth of scenes, dialogue splinters, interviews, portraits of people surrounding Hamlet and wanting to be part of his story. ...

Pigs Will Fly (2003)

A man struggles with memories of his violent childhood. ...

Gangster (2002)

The crook Vincent loves Mona, the daughter of a policeman. When Mona's father finds out what Vincent does for a living, he puts him behind bars. After Vincent is released from prison after a year, he meets up with the pimp Siggi for a poker game and gamble ...

Baader (2002)

Andreas Baader starts out as a small-time criminal. In Berlin, he is recruited by a revolutionary cell. They plan to overthrow the state. ...

June Moon (2002)

JUNIMOND tells the tragic-romantic story of Paul and Nele, two loners who rediscover a lost faith in the power of love. The two of them have nothing to lose and risk everything... ...

Herz (2001)

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 ...

Dich schickt der Himmel (2001)

Ebene 9 (2000)

A short by Maren Ade. ...

Dragonland (1999)

Hannes left Berlin seven years ago. As a computer kid from the very beginning, he quickly made a career in the USA. ...

Bitter Innocence (1999)

Andreas Brandt is the head of the research department in a pharmaceutical company. He earns enough to build a future with his wife Monica and his daughter Eva. But a merger puts his position in jeopardy. Brandt randomly observes Larssen, who's responsible ...

Der Mörder meiner Mutter (1999)

At the age of six, Anne witnessed the murder of her parents. Twenty years later, the convicted perpetrator Marc Balthasar is released early for good conduct. Anne, now a popular children's book author, is greatly disturbed by this news. ...

Just Married (1998)

Friedrich, a successful Berlin cinema tycoon, marries Frangipani, the daughter of a retired Berlin cinema chain owner, to become the king of the city's cinema. After two years of marriage, the relationship between Frangipani and Friedrich has finally reach ...

Angel Express (1998)

A film about people restlessly seeking for the ultimate experience. Set in late nineties Berlin, it shows images of radical change: Young urban heroes in the glare of flashlights; an environment in which coldness and affection or lust for power and friends ...

Silvester Countdown (1998)

A young Berlin couple travel to a friend's place for the celebration of Silvester and New Year's Eve. During that period, we witness today's juvenile sub-culture, especially the ways of keeping a partnership - or breaking it up in between. ...

Der Pirat (1998)

Hamburg, end of the 1960s: occasional pothead Jan, also known as "the pirate", makes a career for himself in the local drug scene. He quickly becomes the "hash prince of Hamburg". But when he starts dealing heroin, he also draws his brother Ludwig into his ...

Winter Sleepers (1997)

Young blonde translator Rebecca lives with her boyfriend ski instructor Marco in a mountain villa owned by her friend, nurse Laura. Rene, local cinema projectionist, steals Marco's car and gets into a car crash with local Theo, whose daughter, after being ...

Geisterstunde - Fahrstuhl ins Jenseits (1997)

While they are stuck in the elevator, three employees of a TV station tell each other stories about supernatural phenomena. They tell of the "dream girlfriend" of a 16-year-old girl who fell victim to a crime 33 years ago; of a bully who turns out to be an ...

Silver and Gold (1997)

German short movie ...

Gnadenlos - Zur Prostitution gezwungen (1996)

A Czech woman is kidnapped in Berlin and forced into prostitution. The man behind the kidnapping is a respected businessman. He is on the wanted list, but so far nothing has been proven against him. This changes when a young female detective becomes involv ...

2 ½ Minuten (1996)

November 1990. Weekend. Three young turk men accompanied by two German women were taking the subway. They were in an exuberant mood and wanted to visit a discotheque. When a group of drunken neo-nazi youngsters entered the train an open confrontation arose ...

Turn Down the Music (1994)

In Essen, four ordinary teenage Death Metal fanatics are looking for the best way to kill time. There are girls, cigarettes, drive-ins and petty larceny but nothing moves the needle. ...

Eastern Cross (1991)

15-year-old Elfie literally and metaphorically inhabits a no-man's-land between the two Germanies shortly after the fall of the Berlin Wall. The film deploys a neorealist aesthetic to reinforce the difficulties confronting the girl, and by inference, Germa ...