Rudolf Kowalski

Almost Brothers (2025)

Hardly released from prison, the real estate swindler Thomas tries to get rid of his half-brother Roland. Roland has Downs Syndrome and his mother has granted him a lifelong right to live in her house. But Thomas wants to sell it as quickly as possible. ...

Ein Wahnsinnstag (2022)

Casual single man with daughter meets smart single parent with son - sounds like a good start! Unfortunately, the omens are anything but favorable: neither of them feels like getting to know each other today of all days. The perfectionist chef is under pre ...

A Summer in the Vltava (2020)

After initially turning down an assignment to investigate whether a child is taken care of by her father, as children are not really her thing, Sophie reconsiders it when she needs an escape after her boyfriend suggests starting a family. ...

Hüftkreisen mit Nancy (2019)

Max Krenke, once a promising journalist, has made himself comfortable at a third-rate newspaper; as a husband and family man, he keeps the hamster wheel of everyday life running. Until he is laid off without notice on his 45th birthday of all days. ...

Mord geht immer - Der Koch ist tot (2019)

All About Me (2018)

Dramatised origin story of one of Germany's most beloved contemporary comedians, Hape Kerkeling. ...

Ich werde nicht schweigen (2017)

TV post-war drama about a gruesome chapter of the Nazi era. Nadja Uhl reveals "wild" euthanasia in psychiatry. Oldenburg, 1948: For Margaret Oelkers (Uhl) and her two little sons, the pension is not enough as a war-wittwe behind and in front. But the autho ...

Kalt ist die Angst (2017)

Claire and David have been happily married for years, but there seems to be a curse on their marriage. They have been trying to have a child for a long time, but unfortunately without success. When David dies unexpectedly, Claire's life is thrown into comp ...

Der Chef ist tot (2016)

The branch manager of a haulage company is found dead one morning, shortly before he had to dismiss an employee. All the employees are suspects and Inspector Maxi Schweiger tries to find out what really happened that evening. ...

Jella and The Pursuit of Happiness (2016)

Jella and her husband, Klaus, have moved to the other side of Germany to be close to their three grown children. Jella longs for the rich family life she once had; the children, however, have other priorities. ...

Hilfe, wir sind offline! (2016)

A Berlin family is totally hooked on new technologies. Nina, the mother, decides one day to requisition all mobile phones for a month and adhere to a digital diet. ...

Mein gebrauchter Mann (2015)

Sophie, a successful publishing editor in her mid-30s, is happy enough to be single. But deep down she'd love to have her own family. Then she meets Fritz Mertens: a newly-divorced dentist open to new relationships--but with no strings attached, please. He ...

Katie Fforde: Vergissmeinnicht (2015)

Sternstunde ihres Lebens (2014)

Bonn 1948. The member of parliament and lawyer Elisabeth Selbert fights tirelessly for the inclusion of the sentence "Men and women have equal rights" in the Basic Law of the future Federal Republic of Germany. Despite the opposition she encounters during ...

Der Geruch von Erde (2014)

While Dr. Ellen Bischoff celebrates success in her career, her family life is not at its best. Once she quarreled with her father Anton and turned her back on the local dairy farm. But now Anton is in the hospital after a severe heart attack. Ellen returns ...

Vom Fischer und seiner Frau (2013)

A kindly but poverty-stricken fisherman catches a magical fish. The fish begs him to let it go, claiming to be a prince. The fisherman lets it go and tells his wife all about it. The fisherman's wife is overbearing and greedy and she demands that he go bac ...

Blutgeld (2013)

The film is based on a true story about HIV-contaminated blood products in Germany in the 1980s. The brothers Ralf, Stefan and Thomas are hemophiliacs and live in constant fear of injury. When a new type of coagulant comes onto the market, they seem to be ...

Familie Fröhlich – Schlimmer geht immer (2010)

Eine Frage des Vertrauens (2010)

The exciting, highly emotional story of a "fake" doctor who falls in love with the father of a sick child. ...

Im Chaos der Gefühle (2007)

Pik & Amadeus – Freunde wider Willen (2006)

13-year-old Pauline, called Pik, has lived with her grandmother Wischonka since her mother died. Pik has never met her father. Her grandmother runs a boarding kennel that is on the verge of insolvency because many customers have handed in their animals at ...

Die Tote vom Deich (2006)

Lona Vogt is a target investigator and, together with her friend and colleague Simon Katzer, has been on the trail of the murderer Manuel Bove for some time. Then the body of a young woman is found in the Wadden Sea near Husum. ...

Die Pathologin - Im Namen der Toten (2006)

Eine Chance für die Liebe (2006)

Marianne is diagnosed with cancer. She doesn't dare confide in her stressed husband and two grown-up children. It is only when she meets her childhood friend Philipp that she learns to believe in the future again. ...

Das Zimmermädchen (2005)

Charlotte und ihre Männer (2005)

Sehnsucht nach Liebe (2004)

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

Zwischen Liebe und Tod (2004)

Drechslers zweite Chance (2004)

Towing contractor Drechsler doesn't like himself or anyone else. Together with the corrupt policeman Budde, he does crooked business. But when the Danish woman Iben desperately asks him for help, the sourpuss thaws... ...

Mein Weg zu dir heißt Liebe (2004)

Conny could be happy all round. Her bike rental business with a small workshop is going well, she is happy with her boyfriend Frank and the fact that Conny is pregnant rounds off her happiness. But Conny is struggling with the past. Years ago, she gave up ...

Loriot's 80th Birthday (2003)

TV special that aired in 2003 to celebrate Loriot's 80th birthday. It features classic sketches, interviews, and tributes to his career. ...

Claras Schatz (2003)

Verrückt ist auch normal (2003)

Mord im Haus des Herrn (2002)

Mörderherz (2002)

Große Liebe wider Willen (2001)

Die zwei Leben meines Vaters (2001)

Law student Ben has only ever received a monthly check from his father. So he moves in with him - and discovers the unexpected: grumpy loner Alexander Yorck (Heinz Hoenig) has lung cancer, is seeing a very young woman - and turns out to be a professional k ...

Emil and the Detectives (2001)

The twelve-year-old Emil and his father are haunted by bad luck. To take a break from a series of family disasters, Emil is allowed to spend a few days with a friend of the family, the female priest Hummel in Berlin. In the train he runs across the slick M ...

Romeo (2001)

Deutschlandspiel (2000)

Der Schnapper: Ein Toter kehrt zurück (2000)

Ich kaufe mir einen Mann (2000)

Helen's life is a chain of misfortune: She loses her job, she fails her final exams at university, and then she is dumped by her husband Jan on their wedding day - he moves in with his new girlfriend Jeanette. Her mother Ruth and her friend Olga try to che ...

Das Alibi (2000)

Duell der Richter (1999)

The 3 Postal Robbers (1998)

The Mupfer gang is again forced to admit defeat by the Schmutzer gang, and the Mupfers then begin to stir up trouble. If the bosses - Meier and Ferri - do not come up with a brillant idea soon, they will be toppled. Ivonka Pivonka, a 12-year-old girl who i ...

Der Mann für alle Fälle: Die Hure Babylon (1998)

Der Campus (1998)

A married university professor ends his explosive affair with a female student who then accuses him of sexual harassment. A satire with plenty of situation comedy about a misstep with consequences! ...

Maria (1997)

María has fled her home of Germany in the wake of the aftermath of the second world war and comes to Iceland to work on a farm. ...

Christmas at Hoppenstedts (1997)

Year by year millions celebrate Christmas with the Hoppenstedts. Where else would you learn how to have comfortable holidays (like with the game "Wir bauen uns ein Atomkraftwerk") and how to put secretly dispose of wrapping paper in the hallway? ...

Kalkuliertes Risiko (1997)

Secret service ace Ben risks his life every day. But the job pays badly. Ben can't even pay the lawyer who has to fight for custody of his daughter. Then the agent receives a lucrative offer: for one million marks, he is to crack the security system of arm ...

Die Friendensmission – 10 Stunden Angst (1997)

Die Stimme des Mörders (1996)

You Are Not Alone - The Roy Black Story (1996)

German TV movie chronicling the life of singer and actor Roy Black. ...

Tödliche Wende (1996)

The annual sailing trip of four respectable men from Baden-Baden turns into a horror trip when a drug-addicted occasional prostitute is killed by one of them. They want to cover it up, but the father of the deceased, a local editor, investigates and decide ...

Regular Guys (1996)

Christoph, cop and self-confident macho, has trouble with his fiance. After a long night he wakes up in the arms of Edgar, a good-looking, gay auto-mechanic. His live gets more and more troublesome after his girl friend throws him out of their apartment an ...

Risiko Null – Der Tod steht auf dem Speiseplan (1995)

Der Sandmann (1995)

The ambitious young Ina Littmann is an investigative journalist for the TV talk show "Eye in Eye". Her current subject is Henry Kupfer, who wrote a bestseller about a psychopathic killer after he was himself in prison for 8 years for manslaughter. As an en ...

Spur eines Zweifels (1995)

Der letzte Kosmonaut (1994)

Shokov is the last cosmonaut of the "Mir" station. On board: the secret satellite weapon "Medusa". A corrupt minister wants to sell them abroad. Shokov, fearing for his life, causes galactic chaos. ...

An Impossible Teacher (1993)

In contrast to his successful brother Ernst (Heino Ferch), Robby (Sebastian Koch) dropped out of teacher training early and ekes out a living as a taxi driver. When Ernst emigrates to New Zealand to find love, Robby spontaneously takes on his brother's tra ...

5 Rooms, Kitchen, Bathroom (1992)

A comedy directed by Rolf Silber. ...

Scheidung a la carte (1991)

In der Stille ... Mord (1989)

Loriot's 65th Birthday (1988)

TV special that celebrated the comedian and filmmaker Vicco von Bülow's 65th birthday. The special is a mix of retrospective and tribute to his incredible body of work, filled with humorous moments, interviews, and highlights from his career. ...

Loriot's 60th Birthday (1983)

It's Loriot's birthday. Reason enough to show him as he really is. Evelyn Hamann interviews him in the TV studio where he always records his show. A lot of guests are invited, mostly people who played in Loriot's show, and a big surprise is announced for t ...