Petra Kelling

Kaiserspiel (2021)

On operated by Prussian prime minister Otto von Bismarck the German Empire is finally founded in 1871 on the floors of Versailles castle, ancestral seat of the French monarchy. ...

Armans Geheimnis, der Film - Teil 2 (2018)

Armans Geheimnis, der Film - Teil 1 (2018)

Ausgerechnet Sylt (2018)

Project manager Kevin returns to his childhood on the island of Sylt on a vacation with his daughter, motivated by closing a big deal there, since his company plans to build luxury apartments on a piece of land. ...

Jenseits des Spiegels (2018)

Julia moves with her family to the remote courtyard of her deceased sister. Despite the gruesome memory, she hopes for a reconciliation with her traumatic past. But for Julia her sister Jette remains omnipresent. She soon believes she hears her voice and i ...

Eltern und andere Wahrheiten (2017)

Nina (38) loves her little family and is passionate about her job as an architect. When she returns to work after parental leave, she is able to save the office from bankruptcy with an ingenious idea. The only catch: she has to pretend to be single and mar ...

Keine Ehe ohne Pause (2016)

No marriage without a break, no career without a crisis: writer Max Mangold experiences both. First, the highly successful author of fiery heartbreak novels under the pseudonym Jana van Hausten suffers a severe writer's block, then his wife Susanne tells h ...

Einfach Rosa - Die zweite Chance (2016)

Rosa can only dream of romantic togetherness with her husband Mark. Temporarily homeless, her mother Ruth has taken up residence in the middle of the living room. Things get tricky for Rosa when the landlord also sues for personal use. She loses in court, ...

Einfach Rosa - Die Hochzeitsplanerin (2015)

Rosa Winter has a lot of experience with wedding planning. She has stood at the altar with Sam three times - and each time her groom has seen her flee at the last second! Can such a woman organize a beautiful wedding celebration for other people as an even ...

Ihr und eure Welt (2014)

Short film about family relations. ...

Utta Danella - Von Kerlen und Kühen (2014)

Anna is a farmer with heart and soul. Until now, there has been no room for men in her life, but now it's high time. Her father Hans and mother Elisabeth want to retire and hand over the farm to her. But Anna can't manage the work alone, and she can't affo ...

No Time for Dreaming (2014)

Merle is often distracted by daydreams. When her teacher Heinicken threatens her parents, Kathrin and Roman Falkrät, with expelling the 11-year-old from high school due to her bad grades, the mother sends her to a psychologist. She diagnoses her with ADD, ...

Wie Tag und Nacht (2013)

A notoriously overtired master baker Oliver Maibach has been working late at night in the family bakery to provide fresh bread and rolls together with his mother Elisabeth. One day, when he meets the attractive cellist Greta, the widowed father begins to d ...

A Good Story (2013)

A woman offers to pay an exorbitant amount for a beat up old jug in an antique store, but the owner says he will only part with it if she tells him a good story about herself. ...

Balthasar Berg - Sylt sehen und sterben (2012)

Liebe am Fjord - Abschied von Hannah (2012)

After the death of his wife, respected writer Henrik Agdestein won't let anyone get close to him, neither the kind-hearted teacher Sonja nor the feisty policewoman Laura. And certainly not top politician Leif, whose homosexuality he disapproves of. ...

Fischer fischt Frau (2012)

All is no longer right with the world in East Frisia. The weatherproof crab fishermen who take their boats out into the North Sea every night are fighting for survival. In these times of globalization, the North Sea crabs travel thousands of kilometers to ...

4 Days in May (2011)

Germany, Baltic Sea coast, May 1945, a few days before the end of World War II. A small Soviet patrol arrives at an isolated house where an elderly baroness gives shelter to a group of orphan girls and a boy who is determined to continue the fight. ...

Homevideo (2011)

Shy, sensitive high school outsider Jakob Moormann is miserably lacking immaterial support at home, where his strict father, uniformed cop Claas, and selfish mother are too busy breaking up to be there for him. Jakob focuses on class dream-girl Hannah, wit ...

Schicksalsjahre (2011)

Erzählt wird die authentische Lebensgeschichte der Ursula Heye, Mutter von Uwe-Karsten Heye. Der Bogen reicht vom "Wegschauen" beim Nazi-Terror gegen die Juden Ende der 1930er Jahre über die Trennung und die erzwungene Scheidung von ihrem Mann Wolfgang, ...

Katie Fforde - Glücksboten (2010)

Blessed Events (2010)

A few weeks after palliative nurse Hans spends New year's eve completely with new acquaintance Simone, she finds herself pregnant, unplanned. At another surprise meeting, handsome Hannes surprises her by reacting to the news by offering her to move into hi ...

Mommy Comes Over (2010)

Single mother and trauma surgeon Christiane juggles work, her teenage daughter Jette, and a secret affair with younger colleague Lars. When her meddling mother Luise arrives unannounced and moves in, chaos erupts. Luise takes over the household and Christi ...

Nebeneinander (2010)

While Rosemarie is waiting for her husband in the park, she meets Walther. ...

Im Schatten des Pferdemondes (2010)

Two family owners of important horse stables living faced by old rivalries. When one of them asks the help of a doctor of horses to treat the disorder one of the most outstanding equine, the conflict passes into the field of the personal. ...

Die Gänsemagd (2009)

Princess Elisabeth, the beautiful only child of a widowed queen is sent off to marry the prince Leopold to whom she is betrothed. Before she leaves, her mother presents her with a small token. This token provides her with magical protection. However, the ...

Die Ex bin ich (2009)

Berlin, an old building around the time of reunification. Squatter Bert is dead, suicide. His three ex-girlfriends Brit, Sandra and Anne search together for the reason. In the process, they become painfully aware of their different life plans. ...

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 ...

Die Schimmelreiter (2009)

In today's Friesland, Fuchs, a food inspector in the district, is always in a good mood and committed to investigating North German snack bars. He dreams of a career in Hamburg, for which he works hard. But his superior at the public order office, Sigmar K ...

Ein Ferienhaus in Marrakesch (2008)

Money alone does not make you happy. This is something the newly minted millionaire Kurt Basinski finds painful when his wife leaves him. To cheer up the sad lucky guy, his resolute mother Edda booked a holiday together in a luxury holiday home in Marrakec ...

Im Meer der Lügen (2008)

Stefanie Ritter is actually quite happy with her life. When the charming pilot Kai Mertens turns up one day, Stefanie feels that tingling in her stomach again for the first time. For her birthday, he surprises her with a dream vacation in Mexico. When she ...

Messy Christmas (2007)

A holiday celebration with the extended family gets stretched to the breaking point in this comedy from Germany. Sara is happily married to Jan, though this wasn't always the case -- Sara is Jan's second wife, while Sara has three ex-husbands, Gunnar, Andi ...

Ein verlockendes Angebot (2007)

Tim Trageser's TV drama focuses on a couple whose love passes through a crisis when they start a weekend relationship. Jan and Maria are a young and happy couple, living in the country with their little daughter. When Maria gets the tempting offer to work ...

Der falsche Tod (2007)

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Alle Alle (2007)

Ina, just released from prison, returns to the place of her childhood in search of life and meets the occasional desperado Domühl in her mother's house, which has been empty for thirty years. Hagen, a mentally handicapped resident, also ends up in this un ...

Vaterherz (2007)

Everything seems to be going according to plan for graduate engineer Oliver Berger. He has only just landed a lucrative contract for his employer when he is already entrusted with the next major project. He willingly puts up with constant trips abroad and ...

Neger, Neger, Schornsteinfeger (2006)

This drama is based on the childhood memories of Hans Jürgen Massaquoi, who was one of the few black native Germans in Nazi Germany. In 1935 at the age of nine, he lives with his German mother in a small flat in Hamburg's working class district Barmbek, w ...

Zwei Millionen suchen einen Vater (2006)

Little Theresa is the sole heir to a hotel on Usedom after her mother's death. Mother's friend continues to run it. When greedy relatives demand custody, Gabriela searches for Theresa's father. Chef Thomas gets in touch... ...

Zores (2006)

Die Frau im roten Kleid (2006)

Ines Kupfer is a famous, universally acclaimed and popular actress. But her career has meant she has never had much time for her only daughter Nathalie. Now Nathalie's wedding to the charming Stephan de Groot is just around the corner, and Ines wants to th ...

Das Geheimnis des roten Hauses (2005)

Thuringia, around the turn of the century: Eva Hermsdorf takes up a position as governess at the court of Count Rudolph von Plessen. A deep affection quickly develops between the two, but a secret makes their love impossible: Rudolph is said to have killed ...

Sophie Scholl: The Final Days (2005)

In 1943, as Hitler continues to wage war across Europe, a group of college students mount an underground resistance movement in Munich. Dedicated expressly to the downfall of the monolithic Third Reich war machine, they call themselves the White Rose. One ...

Sehnsucht nach Liebe (2004)

The widowed, single-parent pastor Anja has a silent admirer in Herbert. But then she falls in love with Jochen. ...

Die Blindgänger (2004)

Marie is a 13 year old girl and blind. When she meets Herbert something wonderful begins. ...

Für immer im Herzen (2004)

The life of the successful publishing house manager Julia Berger is fully aligned with her job. This attitude not only suffers from the relationship of the career woman to the lawyer Fred, but also the contact with her family. However, one day, when her t ...

Ein Schiff wird kommen (2003)

Bruno, a bus driver in his mid-50s who was a surgeon in the GDR, has lost his job. ...

Spurlos - Ein Baby verschwindet (2003)

Frühlingshymne (2002)

It is the spring when Iris is 9 years old. It is the spring when Iris is in love for the first time. And it is also the spring when her mother again begins to cry, when the Grandmother is desperate and when the teacher Mrs Linke wants to rehearse a fairy-d ...

Wie buchstabiert man Liebe? (2001)

Anna is illiterate. Her patronizing husband Rolf has always taken advantage of this to patronize his wife. But that is over now. Anna took the difficult step and moved into her own apartment with the children. Fortunately, her best friend Maria lives next ...

Einmal Himmel und retour (2000)

Wenn man sich traut (2000)

Liebe ist stärker als der Tod (1999)

Shortly before her wedding to her long-time boyfriend and colleague Marc, successful neurosurgeon Judith Weiß falls in love with musician Daniel. However, Daniel is seriously injured in a tragic accident and falls into a coma. All medical efforts fail, an ...

The sweetness of strangers (1997)

Once upon a time very much alike the twenties in Germany, a little town is frightened to death by an uncaught child murderer. Since somebody has to be blamed the townspeople turn against an inconspicious policeman, a family-man who becomes suspected of the ...

Natalie II - Die Hölle nach dem Babystrich (1997)

After a long stay in the clinic, Natalie Schneider returns home. When her friend Annemarie secretly sleeps at the Schneider's and steals money from Peter, a scandal breaks out. Natalie takes the train to Frankfurt. ...

Katrin und Wladimir (1996)

Adamski (1993)

Horst Adamski takes a job as a department store detective and promptly falls in love with busy shoplifter Lili. His special approaches, however, rather intimidate Lili and call her unscrupulous boyfriend Wolf into action. To make the chaos perfect, the co- ...

Ein Mord danach (1993)

Goldstaub (1993)

Kerstin, daughter of a Stasi officer, escaped East Berlin life but is pulled back when her father secretly manipulates her career. After the Wall falls, she and former West programmer Reginald use forged documents and hidden cash to build new identities an ...

Silent Country (1992)

A young, naive and enthusiastic theater director named Kai comes to a grim provincial town to put on Beckett's Waiting for Godot. Although the lethargic theater company shows no interest in the play, his spirit remains undaunted.Meanwhile, it is fall 1989. ...

The Suspicion (1991)

Two people love each other when they know they should not. Their parents' and friends' pleas, their social backgrounds and reputation, their careers; everything is used to make them give each other up. Flattery, lies and threats finally drive Frank to desp ...

Unser Haus (1991)

Letzte Liebe (1991)

Jahreswechsel - Zeitenwechsel (1988)

Jonny Comes (1988)

Twelve year old Jonny lives in foster home. Suddenly the family of a local doctor decides to adopt him. But it's not so easy... ...

Interrogating the Witnesses (1987)

A teenager is found murdered, and the examining doctor recognizes her son's knife. The film works its way back to reveal how this situation came about; a rare treatment of the taboo subject of youth criminality in Socialist society. ...

Der Vogelkopp (1986)

White Cloud Carolin (1985)

It's no big secret that twelve-year-old Hannes is in love with his classmate Carolin, who he compares to a beautiful white cloud in the sky. But when Carolin spends most of her time exploring the village's history with Benno, Hannes becomes increasingly je ...

Der Mann und sein Name (1983)

The young Walter Retzlow, drafted into the guard team of a foreign labor factory in the last year of the war, receives the papers of a murdered anti-fascist by chance. He adopts the new identity, which promises him security. ...

Ein Mann und seine Frau (1979)

Nach Jahr und Tag (1978)

Two people meet again by chance after years of separation: Monika and Winfried. Monika used to work as a sales clerk, now she works as a kindergarten teacher. She has a son by Winfried, but he knows nothing about it. Winfried graduated from university and ...

Schach von Wuthenow (1977)

In 1806 Berlin, the salon of the beautiful Frau von Carayon and her daughter Victoire, who is suffering from illness, is a magnet for some of the officers of the elite regiment based here, such as the cavalry captain von Schach, but it also attracts the wr ...

Phillip the Small (1976)

Philipp is a small boy, who other guys pick on, because he's not as large as them. But when a musician gives him a magical flute, he can make objects bigger or smaller. ...

König Jörg (1975)

Hallo, Taxi! (1974)

The story of a philanderer behind the wheel of a cab, who gets into a series of hilarious but also adventurous situations, was based on the actual experiences of Berlin cab drivers. It is an entertaining portrayal of how the main protagonist, Eddy, is to b ...

Meine Schwester Tilli (1972)

Hannes, 22, and his girlfriend Tanja have to realize that there are things in their relationship that have an unfavourable effect on their togetherness; now they try to find out why their love should not last. Tilli, Hannes' 16-year-old sister, and her boy ...

We Buy a Fire Truck (1970)

Little Matti and his friends are restoring the old abandoned fire truck . ...

The Girl on the Diving Board (1967)

The 18-year-old Katharina Jens is a high diving champion and succeeds in everything she does. When she enters an international contest in place of her team colleague Claudia, expectations are accordingly high. However, when she misses the one-and-a-half so ...

The Journey to Sundevit (1966)

Little Tim Tammer, the son of a lighthouse keeper, lives right on the Baltic Sea beach, but his remote home often leaves him feeling lonely. When Young Pioneers pitch their tents nearby, he is overjoyed and quickly makes new friends. ...

Divided Heaven (1964)

After a breakdown, Rita returns to her childhood village in 1961. ...

In Search of the Magical Bird (1964)

A fantasy story about the young boy Lutz who is looking, with two friends, for a missing magical bird. ...

Erzählung über eine Liebe (1964)

A story about two young lovers in an East German coal mining town. ...