Michael Brandner

The Academy (2025)

Jojo, a young art student, discovers the microcosm of an art academy with all of its opportunities and contradictions. ...

Hubert ohne Staller - Dem Himmel ganz nah (2024)

After a life-threatening operation, Hubert and Girwidz try to clear their minds on a mountain hike. At boundary marker 147, they come across two bodies — one on the German side and the other on the Austrian side. ...

Plan A (2021)

Germany 1945, Max, a Jewish Holocaust survivor, meets a radical group of Jewish resistance fighters, who, like him, lost all hope for their future after they were robbed of their existence and their entire families were killed by the Nazis. They dream of r ...

Zum Glück zurück (2021)

The self-sacrificing mother Anne has lost her happiness somewhere between family and work. She receives little support with her children and she loses touch with them more and more. ...

Meister des Todes 2 (2020)

In court for violations of the Foreign Trade and Payments Act and the War Weapons Control Act, the managers of HSW try to wriggle out of the trial while their opponents in Mexico search for evidence. ...

Vom Traum zum Terror - München '72 (2019)

Hubert und Staller – Eine schöne Bescherung (2018)

During the Christmas holidays, Hubert and Staller investigate the demise of an elderly pensioner who died suspiciously but unnoticed a year earlier. ...

Eine Hochzeit platzt selten allein (2018)

When the rich brewer Dillinger wants to withdraw 100,000 euros in cash, Gerhard Schwegler, head of the Volkskassen, refuses to pay out the money: Dillinger's son Daniel had abandoned Schwegler's daughter Marie two days before the wedding. Dillinger fumes, ...

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 ...

Von oben nach unten (2016)

The quirky bestselling author Paul Legert suspects that his lost novel has been published by a competitor. In order to convict him of plagiarism, Legert has to find the impostor in Ibiza and force him to confess. There he is soon confronted not only with t ...

Hubert und Staller - Unter Wölfen (2016)

Jana und der Buschpilot - Einsame Entscheidung (2015)

Utta Danella: Lügen haben schöne Beine (2015)

Meister des Todes (2015)

Based on explosive investigations, the thriller "Meister des Todes" ("Master of Death") tells of a German arms manufacturer and their questionable weapon exports to Mexiko. ...

Mordsfreunde (2014)

The Monuments Men (2014)

Based on the true story of the greatest treasure hunt in history, The Monuments Men is an action drama focusing on seven over-the-hill, out-of-shape museum directors, artists, architects, curators, and art historians who went to the front lines of WWII to ...

Hubert und Staller - Die ins Gras beißen (2013)

Hubert and Staller find the first body in the forest, the second practically falls into their laps. The trail leads to a retirement home, of all places. The old men finance their retirement by growing cannabis, and they have also been blackmailed, but that ...

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. ...

My Husband, An Assassin (2013)

Minette and Paul are married and seem to lead a happy family life. But when Paul began gradually to move away from his wife, it decides to spin and managed to watch the tryst he gave Nora, his new conquest, in a hotel room. The betrayed wife keeps to herse ...

Nicht mit mir, Liebling (2012)

Nina is married to the conservative mayor Robert von der Heyden. The lawyer finally wants to step out of Robert's shadow. Now she learns from the television that her husband is once again running as a top candidate against all agreements. Nina's disappoint ...

Das große Comeback (2011)

Hansi Haller was a successful pop singer in the 1980s. But now that he only performs in Bauhaus and his fame has faded, he is struggling with life. Even his agents Swens and Dreher can't help him. There is the only Hansi Haller fan club in the Eifel villag ...

Kann denn Liebe Sünde sein? (2011)

Maria needs sex like others need air to breathe. Thanks to their attractiveness , there is always a willing bed play. Maria's 17 -year-old son Laurin is also the result of a one-night stand - and yet he is his mother's pride . However , Laurin is one of th ...

Flesh and Blood (2011)

Franziska had to release her newborn son for adoption on pressure from her parents as she was a teenager. Now 25 years later she has a successful career as a businesswoman. When her friends Bogdan and Mimi adopt a Ukrainian child, she remembers her own chi ...

Wunderkinder (2011)

Three musically talented children look to the future, but their hopes crumble when Germany and Russia enter into war. ...

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 ...

Der Psycho Pate (2010)

Crash Point: Berlin (2009)

After a mid-air collision, an uncontrollable passenger plane with 90 souls on board speeds through the skies over Germany. The impact point for the inevitable plane crash is easily calculated: the center of Berlin. Now the race is on to prevent the catastr ...

Hanna und die Bankräuber (2009)

On her 35th birthday of all days, Hanna catches her boyfriend Robert in flagrante delicto. Hanna would like to be done with her life. But after a rather involuntary dip in the Isar, she goes to the bank and falls into the hands of three chaotic bank robber ...

Durch diese Nacht (2009)

Jan wants to come clean, break up with his friend and business partner Tom and confess to his partner Karla that he's having an affair. But then he suffers a brain hemorrhage. ...

Männersache (2009)

During the day Paul works in a Berlin pet shop and in the evening he works on his career as a comedian. Things are going really badly until he cracks jokes about his best buddy Hotte and his girlfriend Susi. The audience goes wild with excitement! But Hott ...

Tischlein deck dich (2008)

No one takes the clumsy Max Klopstock seriously. Even the gluttonous goat makes fun of him. Max wants to prove his worth to his father and lovely Lotte. So he packs his knapsack and heads out into the world like his older brothers Emil and Joeckel did. ...

Die Jahrhundertlawine (2008)

In the Austrian Alps have found the body of a young woman who died in a skiing accident eight years earlier. Dr. Marc Pelletier decides to return to the scene, as it is the brother of his ex-girlfriend. When he reach the ski resort, a dreadful avalanche bu ...

Gefühlte XXS - Vollschlank & frisch verliebt (2008)

Dette is chubby and her boss won't move her to the counter until she loses a few kilos. Dette doesn't think about it and goes to a hypnotist. Afterwards, she feels slim and trim. With her new self-confidence, she even dares to approach Jakob, whom she secr ...

Hurenkinder (2008)

Utta Danella - Mit dir die Sterne sehen (2008)

Pretty Floriane does not believe in love anymore, since she has learned that her boyfriend is really married and does not even think about leaving his wife. Surprisingly, the charming townspeople Sebastian comes into their lives: The handsome contractor wa ...

Ossi’s Eleven (2008)

Finally out again. The attempt to cheat his boss out of a truckload cost haulage driver Oswald a year of his life and his job. Now it's back home to the prefabricated building. It's just in time that Oswald's buddy Karl knows about trophies made from old D ...

Erlkönig (2007)

A woman dies in the morning in a mysterious accident on an empty highway. Her son survives seriously injured. Since the mother had taken out a large life insurance policy shortly beforehand, suicide is suspected. Insurance employee Marlies Heidorn investig ...

Die Masche mit der Liebe (2007)

Eva, a single mother of two children, like many job seekers before her, falls victim to a fraudster who talks her into buying a knitting machine. What initially looks like a huge flop turns out to be a real gap in the market thanks to Eva's cleverness. Sho ...

Military Academy (2007)

The movie deals with a guy who gets to join the German Bundeswehr involuntarily because a colleague loses his denial papers in order to get the chance to get down on his girlfriend. When entering the Bundeswehr he acts like a giant idiot and of course gets ...

Der Mann im Heuhaufen (2007)

In the Name of Love (2006)

A funny story about bachelor party went wrong... ...

Als der Fremde kam (2006)

Heirate meine Frau (2005)

Emilia – Familienbande (2005)

Siegfried (2005)

The tale of Siegfried, a fearless dragon slayer who wins the heart of Celtic beauty Kriemhild. ...

Wenn der Vater mit dem Sohne (2005)

Paul, a former concert pianist, lives in the picturesque town of Krems with his adopted son Rico. Since the accidental death of his wife Anna, he has been living alone with his son. When Paul falls in love with the beautiful Luisa, he starts playing the pi ...

Die Bullenbraut (2005)

Giacomo Casanova (2004)

Sergeant Pepper (2004)

A dog who was named after the Beatles album, inherits his master's fortune. His owner's two children, however, devise a plan to make off with his wealth. ...

Crazy Race 2 - Warum die Mauer wirklich fiel (2004)

In 1989, Jenny Ecker, an 18-year-old daughter of an entrepreneur, flees from Hildesheim to the east - out of love. The teenager has fallen hopelessly in love with an East Berliner. Jenny's parents are foaming from wrath and offer a reward: One-hundred thou ...

Royal News (2004)

A princess falls in love with a paparazzo who is using her to become famous. ...

Downfall (2004)

In April of 1945, Germany stands at the brink of defeat with the Russian Army closing in from the east and the Allied Expeditionary Force attacking from the west. In Berlin, capital of the Third Reich, Adolf Hitler proclaims that Germany will still achieve ...

Girls on Top 2 (2004)

Inken and Lucy are facing hard times when their parents' money is radically cut off. Together with Lena, who is fed up with her boyfriend, they desperately search for money, an apartment and love. But because each individual point is difficult to realize o ...

Zerbrechliche Zeugin (2004)

A male prostitute and a handicapped girl witness a murder. ...

Tiger Eyes See Better (2003)

Judith leads a busy life with her daughter Lissi and her job as statistician. ...

Tochter meines Herzens (2003)

Sabrina learns that she cannot be the biological mother of her daughter. As soon as the youth welfare office learns of the result, they will take Laura away from her. Unless she can prove that Laura was switched at the hospital after birth. ...

Problemzone Mann (2002)

The well-known and successful fitness trainer Vic has the world of women at his feet, but actually none of them are good enough for him. Any blemish will give him a rash! Cleo is completely different: she is fat, a self-confessed hater of sports and loves ...

Leo & Claire (2002)

In 1933 Nuremberg, successful Jewish businessman Leo Katzenberger owns an apartment building and runs a shoe store. A devoted family man, he has a good relationship with his loving wife Claire. As the climate in Germany grows increasingly dangerous, bombsh ...

Bis dass dein Tod uns scheidet (2002)

Horrifying certainty about the date of his death drives one man crazy. ...

If It Don't Fit, Use a Bigger Hammer (2002)

Frustrated with their lazy new intern, a trio of offbeat builders decide to teach him a lesson with a series of escalating pranks. ...

Ein Sack voll Geld (2002)

Nice gift: Shortly before Christmas loses parcel delivery Wolfgang Paschke the debit card, the driver's license and his job. Famously, he also stumbles on a money bag, but a little later he is gone again. Great excitement before the festival! ...

Ich bring Dich hinter Gitter (2002)

Forensic scientist Jakob Schaller leads a happy life with his family. Until the day a brutal killer of girls turns up. The desperate Jakob hunts down the killer, because the next victim is to be his daughter Rebecca... ...

Es muss Liebe sein (2001)

No overview found. ...

Venus and Mars (2001)

After years of absence 26-year old Kay returns to her home town. Her soccer coach died and the girls from the team all gather for the funeral. The stories of Celeste, Lisa and Marie seem to prove what Kay has long suspected: love makes you unhappy. But Kay ...

Ein unmöglicher Mann (2001)

Ich beiß zurück (2000)

Die Unbesiegbaren (2000)

A Good Opportunity (1999)

Gosbert Klee and Thilo "Abo" Abogast are anything but down on their luck. Nothing in their pockets, nothing on their minds and nothing but trouble to boot! But just as Gosbert's caravan has been blown up in an accident and Abo is being pursued by a bailiff ...

Verschwinde von hier (1999)

Six-year-old Lukas is growing up in chaotic family circumstances and wants nothing more than a real father. He finds one in Janosch, his teenage mother's new boyfriend. The shrewd and cunning drifter and small-time hoodlum takes Lukas under his wing and sh ...

Ein Mann wie eine Waffe (1999)

Criminal psychologist David Bornett is investigating a series of murders in which a police pen is stuck in the victim's ear. The team includes his godson Michael, who is new to the police force, and his colleague Max. Bornett suspects the murderer is among ...

Einfach raus (1999)

"Einfach raus!" is the wish that 18-year-old Andreas has had for a long time. Simply get out of the GDR and go to the West to realize his life's dream and study physics. Suddenly, in the historic summer of 1989, his dream becomes reality. The Hungarian-Aus ...

Mein Papa ist kein Mörder (1998)

Die Schläfer (1998)

Claire suffers from memory loss, but is constantly tormented by fragmentary memories. The search for the truth leads the psychiatric patient to the Baltic Sea island of Tradum. Claire firmly believes that she will discover her lost identity there. The inha ...

Der Kuss des Killers (1998)

A policewoman is put on a man with organized crime connections to gain access to a trafficking ring. However, she does not know that he is a hit man for this ring and so they start an affair that can mean many problems for both of them. ...

8cht (1998)

In a perfect commercial style we are introduced to a beautiful woman working for spiritual welfare. ...

60 Minuten Todesangst (1997)

Sterben ist gesünder (1997)

Tresko – Amigo Affäre (1996)

Journalist Katrin Tresko is on the trail of a criminal gang that is laundering money on a grand scale. But then she is murdered by their masterminds. Her husband, former BND agent Joachim Tresko, swears revenge. He sets out on his own to track down the cri ...

Blackjack (1996)

The washed-up pop star "Black Jack" meets the young burglar Jeff Stankowski. He helps him out of a dangerous situation, takes him to Hamburg, and befriends him. Jakob is fascinated by Jeff's profession and the thrill that comes with it. Jeff trains him to ...

Der Sandmann (1995)

The ambitious young Ina Littmann is an investigative journalist for the TV talk show "Eye in Eye". Her current subject is Henry Kupfer, who wrote a bestseller about a psychopathic killer after he was himself in prison for 8 years for manslaughter. As an en ...

Club Las Piranjas (1995)

Karl-Heinz, a filling-station attendant, and his family, Herta, a retiree, Kurt, a drugstore branch manager, and Margot, a divorced man-hunter, have only one thing in common: they have booked a holiday at Club Las Piranjas, where they want to relax from th ...

North Curve (1993)

Drinking, fighting, sex and soccer matches - on Saturday, the people in the Nordkurve have nothing but pleasure on their minds. It's all about lust at any price, fighting with all means, intrigue, deceit and blackmail. After all, the all-important game tak ...

Elfenbein (1991)

Ein Treffen mit Rimbaud (1988)

A young hitchhiker is picked up by an ageing gangster on his journey south and slowly becomes familiar with his mysterious past. But their journey together ends in death. ...