Oliver Schmitz

Carolin Kebekus: The Last Christmas Special (2021)

One of the biggest comedians in Germany, Carolin Kebekus, mixes festive nostalgia and social commentary with her signature edgy wit to poke fun and challenge 'the most wonderful time of the year'. ...

Klara Sonntag - Kleine Fische, große Fische (2021)

Klara Sonntag, probation officer, believes in the good in people. Everybody deserves a second chance. This is how she tackles her work. The judge Thomas Aschenbach, with whom she is secretly together, is at her side. ...

Geisterschiff - Der Usedomkrimi (2019)

Amokspiel (2018)

When a single phone call is the difference between life and death: Jan May holds five hostages captive in a radio studio and plays a perfidious game of amok with them every hour. If a caller answers with the wrong slogan, a hostage is killed. Criminal psyc ...

Liebling, lass die Hühner frei (2017)

In the third part of the TV movie series about the Teuffel family, it is once again family man Steffen who shakes up everyday life in the Brandenburg village of Krummenwalde in a remarkable way. He has been doing this regularly since the family of five mov ...

Shepherds and Butchers (2017)

A lawyer takes on a case of a prison guard in South Africa who is traumatized by the executions he's witnessed. ...

Familie mit Hindernissen (2017)

Katrin can only dream of a happy family. Because the patchwork constellation with several involuntarily connected families puts their nerves to the test. To kitten the fragile relationship with her 14-year-old daughter Saskia, she has invited all family me ...

Schandfleck - Der Usedom-Krimi (2015)

A supermarket operator from Ahlbeck (Usedom) is found dead, naked, in the spa gardens of neighboring Swinemünde in Poland. Inspector Julia Thiel and her Polish colleague Marek Wozniak are investigating together. Only initially does everything look like a ...

Reiff für die Insel - Katharina und der Schäfer (2015)

Alle unter eine Tanne (2014)

Elli and Robert have been divorced for three years. But for the festive season, they pretend to be a happy couple for their children, while the crisis-ridden offspring pretend to be in harmony with their parents. This year, the tree will burn: Robert's new ...

Allein unter Ärzten (2014)

Bella Dilemma (2013)

Bella is in a dilemma: She lives with her ex Martin and her new boyfriend Sebastian in a shared flat. Neither does she dare to pour Martin pure wine, nor to quit. Just when Bella has come to an end to the secrecy, a bad news arrives by phone: Two very good ...

Willkommen im Club (2013)

The Wagners' marriage is as good as over. But just as the couple are on vacation in Tenerife, a boat carrying black African refugees lands. Eleven-year-old Jamaal is hiding in the couple's vacation bungalow. Jamaal's father supposedly lives in Germany. Sho ...

Allein unter Nachbarn (2012)

Ex-army soldier Harald Westphal moves into a larger apartment in Berlin-Neukölln with his second wife, their child, his two younger daughters from his first marriage, his son-in-law and his granddaughter. Problems soon arise with the multicultural neighbo ...

Willkommen im Krieg (2012)

A dusty stretch of desert through which a Bundeswehr tank is struggling. The hungover Martin dozes off inside the vehicle. Suddenly shots ring out, grenades explode, and all of a sudden he is wide awake - and in the middle of a war ... Just a few hours ago ...

Allein unter Müttern (2011)

Life, Above All (2010)

A touching mother-daughter relationship that reflects the modern South Africa. ...

Deadly Harvest (2008)

Marisa and Frank honeymoon in South Africa. A particularly favourable offer lures them to a lonely and run-down hotel. There, they are attacked by men. Frank is beaten and kidnapped, while Marisa barely escapes. She receives help from the young South Afric ...

Allein unter Töchtern (2007)

When her mother dies in an accident, 17-year-old Jessy takes responsibility for herself and her two younger sisters. One day, her father Harald, a battle-hardened ex-military soldier who once left his wife and children for combat missions, turns up at the ...

Paris Je T'aime (2006)

Olivier Assayas, Gus Van Sant, Wes Craven and Alfonso Cuaron are among the 20 distinguished directors who contribute to this collection of 18 stories, each exploring a different aspect of Parisian life. The colourful characters in this drama include a pair ...

Plötzlich berühmt (2005)

Was Sie schon immer über Singles wissen wollten (2005)

Royal News (2004)

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

Das beste Stück (2002)

Mark Demski discovers his girlfriend is cheating on him and thinks it has happened because of his small penis. Sad, he dumps the girl and promises himself never again to fall in love, but he fails. When he encounters Lara Singer he must fight with his own ...

Hijack Stories (2001)

A young Soweto actor joins a gang to study up and be more convincing in a gangster role he wants. ...

Joburg Stories (1997)

Directed by Oliver Schmitz, Brian Tilley. ...

Hlanganani : A Short History of COSATU (1991)

A short history of the Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU) from 1991 ...

Mapantsula (1988)

A petty gangster inevitably becomes involved in the growing anti-apartheid struggle and is forced to choose between individual gain and a united stand against the system. ...

Alaska's Giant Bears (2023)

In Canada and Alaska, the consequences of global warming are being keenly felt by brown bears - but in different ways by different populations. Their survival depends mainly on the quantity of wild salmon available in the region, as it is the fruit of thei ...

Yellowstone: The Mystery of the Wolves (2018)

70 years after the last wolves roamed the national park, a total of 41 wolves were reintroduced between 1995 and 1997. A globally unique experiment that had many supporters, but also resolute opponents, then as now. ...

In Darkest Hollywood: Cinema and Apartheid (1994)

A documentary overview and ideological critique of the South African film industry and cinema's historical relationship with apartheid. ...