Nikolaus Benda

Merz gegen Merz - Geheimnisse (2024)

The Merz exes are back. Anne discovers that she has a half-sister who has been hidden from her for years. And her name is also Anne, and she's a much better version of Anne. ...

Merz gegen Merz - Hochzeiten (2023)

Meine Mutter raubt die Braut (2022)

Eifel landlady Toni Janssen wants a child, but not necessarily a man. After an alcohol-fueled slip, her ex-boyfriend Hajü, of all people, gets her hopes up. Meanwhile, Heidi accidentally meets an old childhood friend. ...

Meine Mutter gibt es doppelt (2022)

An inheritance dispute causes unrest for the crisis-tested mother-daughter duo. An unpaid bill from Aunt Claudia is not just about money, law and justice... ...

The Final Twist (2022)

After three unsuccessful attempts at the Olympics, the 30-year-old Aljona Savchenko finally wants to win a gold medal with a new partner in four years. A rather bold plan, especially since the young Frenchman Bruno Massot, chosen by the German-Ukrainian ic ...

Meine Mutter traut sich was (2020)

Eifel landlady Antonia "Toni" Janssen and Rufus van Berg want to get married without fanfare and in a small circle. Unfortunately for the bride, her mother Heidi has completely different ideas for her only daughter's wedding. She would like to invite the w ...

Meine Mutter spielt verrückt (2019)

The couple Antonia, or Toni, and the former star chef Rufus run the country inn "Kupferkanne" together. They keep getting into arguments about it. When Toni's mother wins a wellness vacation for two to the Baltic Sea in a competition, Toni decides to go al ...

Label Me (2019)

Sex is power, and Waseem, a Syrian gay-for-pay hustler seeking asylum in Cologne, wields it like a shield. Keeping his johns at an emotional arm's length while satisfying their most carnal desires in order to eke out a living, he meets his match in Lars: a ...

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 ...

Zu schön um wahr zu sein (2012)

Barbara Köster is suddenly alone: her baby daughter Leonie moved out when she was eighteen, as did her husband Walter years ago, who left the family for a younger woman. At 58, Barbara is left alone - alone in a house that is too big for her, alone in a j ...

Für den unbekannten Hund (2007)

Almost casually, the young concrete worker Bastian kills a tramp. The police believe it was an accident and so the murder remains undiscovered for the time being. ...