Peter Maertens

Am Ende ist man tot (2018)

The two washed-up TV stars Micki and Ginger and the unemployed physicist Reno try to kidnap a young woman. But one of the three kidnappers suddenly doubts the value of the money and drives his accomplices mad. The kidnapped woman is already missing. Three ...

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 ...

Teufelsmoor (2018)

After the death of her father Georg Inga Hauck drives together with her son Max in their home village. In her old home she meets Anna Kertesz. Inga's parents had taken Anna 28 years ago after her adult brother Zoltan mysteriously disappeared. Since the sam ...

Hands of a Mother (2016)

A family reunion aboard a ship becomes a turning point in the life of 39-year-old engineer Markus. When his son Adam (4) gets a little cut after going to the bathroom with his grandmother Renate, Markus recalls for the first time what his mother did to him ...

Toilet Stories (2015)

Five toilets - five stories! This pitch black comedy relentlessly illuminates the darkest corners of society, thereby revealing a colorful potpourri of human perfidy. The five intertwined episodes are staged in the manner of an intimate play, occasionally ...

The Wild (2013)

In addition to demonstrating the unexpected complexities of individual life paths, THE WILD establishes the possibility of "cinematic space" becoming a type of "third space". Two seemingly contrasting spaces merge to construct a new space. The first space ...

Die Räuber (2009)

Die Nacht der großen Flut (2005)

The major flood disaster on February 17, 1962 hit Hamburg completely unprepared. It left 315 dead and 10,000 people homeless. Almost a fifth of Hamburg's urban area was under water. In times of need, the people of Hamburg followed their young police and in ...

Die Wildente (1994)

Dragon Chow (1987)

Shezad is a Pakistani refugee seeking his fortune in Hamburg. At night, he sells roses in pubs. During the day, he is looking for a job. He starts working as a dishwasher and soup cook in a Chinese restaurant. Xiao, the waiter, and Shezad dream of opening ...

The Baader-Meinhof Gang on Trial (1986)

Based on the research for his non-fiction book "Der Baader-Meinhoff-Komplex", "Spiegel" journalist Stefan Aust wrote the screen play to Reinhard Hauff's controversial feature film that re-narrates the startling trial against the RAF terrorists Baader, Mein ...

Tod eines Schaustellers (1984)

Die Kugel war Zeuge (1974)

Doppelagent George Blake (1969)

For ten years, the government official George Blake, recruited by the British secret service, also spies for the Soviet Union. Over 40 Western agents lost their lives behind the Iron Curtain as a result. In May 1961, Blake is sentenced to 42 years in priso ...