Michael Rotschopf

The Investigation (2024)

Peter Weiss' monumental 1965 stage play, among the greatest artworks on the Holocaust, condenses the testimonies of witnesses and the accused during the Frankfurt Auschwitz Trials of 1963-1965. This ultra-faithful film adaptation builds, across four hours, ...

Shadows of the Past (2022)

As a 16-year-old girl, Christina experienced her great love – with 39-year-old Jakob. When he died in an accident, he left an irrevocable gap in her life. Twenty years later, young Patrick rescues Christina from a thunderstorm. From the beginning, he rem ...

The Guardian Angel (2022)

When a body is found floating inside a pond deep in the forest, Detective Paul Werner is faced with a mystery. ...

Spurlos in Marseille (2020)

Bruno and Katja Bassmann are on their way to the Côte d'Azur. During a stopover at a bistro, Katja disappears without a trace. Bruno is convinced that she has been kidnapped. But neither the police nor the embassy can help. Only the German-speaking taxi d ...

Tödliche Geheimnisse - Das Versprechen (2020)

On a Berlin construction site, the former editor-in-chief Karin and her journalist Rommy happens to witness a fatal accident. From Taras, the accident victim's brother, they learn that this is not an isolated coincidence: The Eastern European workers who t ...

Angelo (2019)

In early 18th century an African slave boy is chosen by a European Comtesse to be baptized and educated. Reaching adulthood, Angelo achieves prominence and soon becomes the Viennese court mascot until he decides to secretly marry a white woman. ...

Die Auferstehung (2018)

Dad is dead. For years he wanted nothing more to do with his children because they didn't agree with his lifestyle. Now daughter Linda alerts the three brothers Joschi, Jakob and Uli, and they all gather together with their spouses Fred and Franziska at th ...

Der Kroatien-Krimi: Mord auf Vis (2018)

Stalin's James Bond (2017)

An account of the troubled life of Richard Sorge (1895-1944), a Soviet spy of German origin who played a decisive role in the outcome of World War II. ...

Harter Brocken: Der Bankraub (2017)

Ironically, the law enforcement officer of integrity Frank Koops is forced by his old colleague Simone Schmidt to take part in a bank robbery... ...

Der Kommissar und das Kind (2017)

Two-year-old Paulina is suddenly no longer in her crib, and everything points to an abduction. But the hijacker does not answer. ...

David Hockney: Time Reclaimed (2017)

He is a major figure in the pop art movement; one of the most popular and influential artists of his generation. The motifs and colors of his canvasses have been widely reproduced, and are now part of the 20th century art pantheon, changing the way we view ...

Dead Man Working (2016)

The senior investment banker Jochen Walther is at the peak of his career at the Deutche Bank. He just finished the deal of his life along with his personal assistant Tom Slezak, when during the celebrations he suddendly jumps from the roof of the bank's he ...

In der Falle (2015)

Simone Carstensen-Kleebach actually has everything one could wish for in life: a husband who supports her and with whom she has been married for almost 20 years, a daughter and great career success. But the pressure to be perfect in all these roles lends S ...

Passion (2013)

The rivalry between the manipulative boss of an advertising agency and her talented protégée escalates from stealing credit to public humiliation to murder. ...

Liebe, Babys und gestohlenes Glück (2012)

Der Heiratsschwindler und seine Frau (2012)

Marriage swindler Herbert Krugschenk is a master of his trade. His success is based on meticulous planning, and his wife "Schnuck" is responsible for this. Herbert's life is promptly turned upside down when she dumps him one day. At least the way is now cl ...

Bankraub für Anfänger (2012)

Mahler on the Couch (2010)

Alma Mahler's affair with the young architect Walter Gropius sets in motion a marital drama that forces her husband Gustav Mahler to seek advice from Sigmund Freud. ...

Kein Geist für alle Fälle (2010)

Jana hits a man who crosses the road without looking at her. Even though she is not to blame, the thought of Tom, who is now in a coma, never leaves her mind. One day he stands in front of her, complaining about what has happened - but no one can see him e ...

Mein Flaschengeist und ich (2009)

Lilys Geheimnis (2009)

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

Verrückt nach Emma (2008)

The beautiful Emma is not only a notorious kleptomaniac, but also walking proof of the chaos theory: although she usually only has good things in mind, her life is a trail of destruction. When she is no longer even wanted in prison, Franz Berger has to dea ...

Blindflug (2007)

Rainer has everything he needs to be happy: a great job, a gorgeous wife and a designer apartment. And tonight, he absolutely wants to have a baby, which is bound to be great. Except that his partner would have liked to talk about it first. Lotte is feelin ...

Ein toter Bruder (2005)

Jakob and Annette are on their way to Arved. An "alumni party" is being held there with fellow students. Host Arved is now a successful politician who has offered the previously unsuccessful journalist Jakob an attractive job. But when Annette sees Arved's ...

Clarissa (1998)

Vienna before the First World War: Clarissa Schuhmeister grows up in the monastery. Strict discipline determines her life until she meets the Frenchman Léonard and falls in love with him. Just when she expects a child from him, the First World War tears t ...