Saskia Vester

Mein Vater, der Esel und ich (2023)

For single mother Tinka, a village policewoman, a sense of responsibility is paramount - but not for her father Hartmut "Bonanza" Zeller. When the once-successful rock musician drops in on her after years of radio silence, she wants to get rid of him right ...

Das Kindermädchen - Mission Italien (2021)

Henni enthusiastically gets off the Munich-Bari intercity bus in sunny Apulia. Her new assignment takes the globetrotting nanny to a German expat family with two teenage children. Rosa Westphal, who runs a picturesque olive farm with her husband Benno, has ...

Katie Fforde - Du lebst nur einmal (2021)

Das Kindermädchen - Mission Kanada (2021)

Henni can hardly believe it: Canada really is as beautiful as the Munich native dreamed it would be! Her ticket to the world is once again a fraudulent assignment as a premium nanny. German-born entrepreneur Christopher has hired her to look after his daug ...

Verliebt in Kroatien (2020)

Gisela and Werner Bauer are shocked: shortly before the wedding to their only son Sebastian, dream daughter-in-law Jana has pulled the ripcord. She desperately lacks passion in her long-term relationship with the down-to-earth but somewhat comfortable Seba ...

Wenn Frauen ausziehen (2019)

The sleepy village of Gendering is basically just a tiny spot on the map, but a very beautiful one. The village is so attractively located between the Alps and Munich that the young innkeeper Paula receives an offer to sell the village to an investor for 1 ...

Das Kindermädchen - Mission Südafrika (2018)

Henriette's second assignment as a premium nanny also takes her to an exotic location. The young-at-heart woman in her mid-50s travels to South Africa to look after two bored children on a farm in the wilderness. Anton and Linus are staying with their gran ...

Das Kindermädchen: Mission Mauritius (2017)

Working life was often no walk in the park for the resolute Henriette. Without any training and with many odd jobs, the now 58-year-old has struggled through life. And so Henni decides to take the bull by the horns once again and take her fate into her own ...

Austreten (2017)

At a press conference, Bavarian Minister President Reitmayer makes an unclear and ill-considered statement about Bavaria's possible withdrawal from the Federal Republic of Germany, sparking a discussion of unimagined proportions in the press and media. The ...

Beat Beat Heart (2017)

True love never dies, the loving heart never stops beating ... for Kerstin's ex Thomas, who she still hopes will come back some day. Instead of Thomas, her mother Charlotte shows up at her door, mid-50s and freshly single again, too. Charlotte moves in wit ...

Rosamunde Pilcher: Ex und Liebe (2016)

On the way to his mother's, Bruno has a breakdown in his vintage car that will change his life. Sophie, the former love of his life, suddenly appears before him. After a stormy night of love, she disappeared without a trace, and even now she wants nothing ...

Weihnachts-Männer (2015)

Fritz, Walter and Andi are caught red-handed in the event of a burglary. But are the three friends in Santa Claus costume really a wanted gang of criminals? Commissioner Bremer is supposed to find that out on Christmas Eve. While her family is already wait ...

Kubanisch für Fortgeschrittene (2015)

Five "60-somethings" with different motives travel to Cuba, which vehemently changes their view of life. In a lively clash of cultures, German determination meets Cuban casual joie de vivre. The five Germans' visions of the last third of their lives are tr ...

Die Dienstagsfrauen - Zwischen Kraut und Rüben (2015)

For over 15 years, Eve, Estelle, Caroline, Kiki and Judith have been eating every first Tuesday of every month. But that's just the end: Kiki wants to turn an old village school into an idyllic bed and breakfast near a picturesque lake. But the dream threa ...

Wealthy Corpses: A Crime Story from Starnberg (2014)

Starnberg. An idyll with fangs. This is where police master trainee Ariane from Dortmund ends up. Inspector Lu takes her firmly under his wing. Her first cases are typical and strange: the Kini is found dead in the lake - again. And then Sisi is kidnapped. ...

Meine Frau, ihr Traummann und ich (2014)

Commercial photographer Richard, very satisfied with himself and his life, considers himself the perfect spouse. But only until his wife Charlotte discovers her dream man on a dating portal. ...

Die Fremde und das Dorf (2014)

In the tranquil Styrian highlands, the waves rise when an Italian earthquake victim threatens to expose a dark family secret. Highly dramatic, enthralling and high-carat busy. Right down to the supporting roles, Austrian celebrities can be found in this mo ...

The Tuesday Women - Seven Days without (2014)

The five unlikely friends Caroline, Eva, Estelle, Judith and Kiki have been meeting on the first Tuesday of every month for 15 years to gossip and gossip - and once a year they go on a short vacation together. This time, at Eva's suggestion, they want to s ...

Schluss! Aus! Amen! (2014)

Honesty is the best? The original comedy tells of a farmer's clever family, which comes to this insight after some confusion. Director and author Thomas Kronthaler packages a fine morality about money, family ties and charity with a black sense of humor an ...

Utta Danella - Wer küsst den Doc? (2013)

The likeable, somewhat inconspicuous dental assistant Anna Maria has been secretly in love with her boss for a long time. However, the egocentric, always slightly stressed Dr. Leander Winter has no idea of his employee's feelings. Anna Maria is all the mor ...

Long Live Freedom (2013)

Elections are approaching and things don't look too good for the opposition. Their leader can't stand the pressure and disappears. To avoid a scandal, the upper echelons of the party concoct a risky plan: to replace him with his identical twin, a philosoph ...

Der Weihnachtsmuffel (2012)

Christmas Eve at the 14th precinct. While his colleagues go on duty, Dirk Matthies takes off. He has logged off from everyone to escape the Christmas hustle and bustle and enjoy a cozy solo evening on board his ship in peace and quiet. But then something b ...

Der Komödienstadel - Hummel im Himmel (2012)

Balthasar Berg - Sylt sehen und sterben (2012)

Herbstkind (2012)

After giving birth, Emilia becomes more estranged from her newborn and deal with postpartum depression. ...

Jeder Tag zählt (2012)

Heiraten ist auch keine Lösung (2012)

Worried about her missing daughter Fanny, Munich civil servant Lisbeth travels to Italy in a hurry. She is relieved to discover that the young student is safe and sound but, to her mother's horror, is about to marry the law student Luca, whom Fanny has onl ...

Emilie Richards - Spuren der Vergangenheit (2012)

Nach der Hochzeit bin ich weg! (2011)

As a housewife, wife and manager of a family business, Anne Stadler has everything under control. So the wedding of her only daughter Lisette should be a fantastic event, as she herself was not allowed to experience it. With Elan Anne organizes in the cont ...

Lindburgs Fall (2011)

Peter Lindburg played the role of "Kommissar Kämpfer" in the crime series "Blaulicht" for decades. Now the series is to be canceled, which doesn't sit well with the star who has been spoiled by success. Offended, he returns to his hometown in Thuringia, w ...

Die Dienstagsfrauen (2011)

Attorney Caroline, the sensitive Judith, the housewife Eva and the affluent entrepreneur Estelle have been friends for 15 years. Once a year, the ladies go on a weekend break, but this time the trip is not a good star: After the death of her husband Arne w ...

Almanya: Welcome to Germany (2011)

After living 45 years in Germany, the Turkish Hüseyin Yilmaz, seventy, announces to his family that he has bought a house in Turkey and they should return to make the necessary reforms. The idea is unwelcome and causes very heated discussions. In additio ...

Für kein Geld der Welt (2011)

After years abroad, the entrepreneur's daughter Isabella Meinhardt returns to Germany at the request of her widowed father Friedrich. But instead of accepting her onto the board of his automobile factory as expected, Friedrich presents his stunned daughter ...

Das Haus ihres Vaters (2010)

The happily married judge Susanne has been carrying a secret with her for many years. As a 17-year-old, she released her baby for adoption. But a letter now confronts them with the past: Paolo, the Italian father of her girl, has died and has inherited his ...

Ayla (2010)

After turning away from her Turkish family, young Ayla works as a kindergarten teacher and enjoys the liberties of being single. When she meet photographer Ayhan, she ignores all qualms and falls head over heels in love with him. Then Hatice, the mother of ...

Hochzeitsreise zu Viert (2010)

All You Need Is Love (2009)

When Katharina got an unexpected letter from her son Hans announcing that he was getting married and that he and his fiancé Nicki were leaving Berlin to come visit her... ...

Die göttliche Sophie (2009)

Pastor Jens Steffensen is actually a dyed-in-the-wool northerner. However, at the request of his old university friend Clemens Stölzer, he pulls up stakes in St. Pauli and takes on a small parish deep in the south. On his arrival in picturesque Fischbach, ...

Bleib bei mir (2009)

After the surprising death of his singing and life partner Charles, eccentric pop star Harry Hansen has lost all drive. Only his neighbor, the widowed surgeon Nicolaus Roeder, cares for him. To finally pull Harry out of his depression, he urges him to hire ...

Die Schnüfflerin - Peggy kann's nicht lassen (2008)

The best friend of bright flower seller Peggy comes under suspicion of having murdered her husband. Although detectives Schiller and Mauser want to close the supposedly watertight case, Peggy is convinced of Anja's innocence. She goes into the lion's den h ...

Don Quixote (2008)

After the death of his mother, 12-year-old Moritz begins to act in ways that distress the aunt he is living with, so she packs him off to Spain to be with his father. At the airport he meets "Don Quichote" - or is it? The lost boy and the deluded man have ...

In the Name of Love (2006)

A funny story about bachelor party went wrong... ...

Das Glück klopft an die Tür (2006)

At the reading of her late husband's will, Gila Maibach learns that there is a co-heiress to her beloved house! At first, Gila is convinced that the attractive Maja is her husband's mistress. However, the perky florist soon turns out to be Lothar's secret ...

Grave Decisions (2006)

In this black comedy set in small-town Bavaria, 11-year-old Sebastian thinks you can never be too young to be a murderer. He's convinced that he killed his mother on the day he was born and is certain he's already been condemned to purgatory. Deciding he m ...

Heirate meine Frau (2005)

Liebe wie am ersten Tag (2005)

Theresa feels neglected. When her husband Richard once again cancels an appointment on her birthday, she travels to Usedom for a spontaneous solo vacation. She receives a tempting job offer at the "Möwe" guesthouse, which is all the more attractive becaus ...

Grenzverkehr (2005)

When three teenage boys from Bavaria try to lose their innocence in the neighboring Czech Republic, they get themselves and a young pregnant Ukrainian immigrant into trouble with local pimps. ...

The Canterville Ghost (2005)

10 year-old Paul is an average but timid boy, subject to the typical fears of most kids his age. His overprotective mother Mona, believing Paul to be disturbed, sends him off to a psychotherapist. ...

Guys & Balls (2004)

Ecki is a sweet, closeted gay man who works in his family's bakery and plays goalie in his small town's soccer team. When he both loses the big game, and is caught flirting with another player, his homophobic teammates throw him out. He vows to return one ...

Ein Gauner Gottes (2004)

After 20 years, carpenter Johannes Keinath returns to his hometown on Lake Constance. When he fights off two crooks during a robbery, he believes he has fatally injured one of them. ...

Die Ärztin (2004)

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 ...

Im Zweifel für die Liebe (2004)

A widower man wants to cancel the lease of a religious orphanage, but when one of the nuns turns into the babysitter of his children, changes opinion. ...

Weihnachten im September (2003)

Christa Seeliger is proud and happy to work as a secretary for the boss of the traditional Hamburg company Hansecker, because his chocolate factory is famous for having invented the smiling chocolate Santa Claus. It would never occur to her that her boss w ...

Hilfe, ich bin Millionär (2003)

Mann gesucht, Liebe gefunden (2003)

Wieland Busch is a misogynist as it is written in the book. And he even wrote this book himself: Since his bestseller "The Love Lie", Wieland has been a fashion philosopher who defines people as pure instincts. The eloquent thinker brands love and romance ...

Gangster (2002)

The crook Vincent loves Mona, the daughter of a policeman. When Mona's father finds out what Vincent does for a living, he puts him behind bars. After Vincent is released from prison after a year, he meets up with the pimp Siggi for a poker game and gamble ...

Mutter auf der Palme (2002)

Helen doesn't want any more. She has "ironed herself sick, served herself to death and cooked herself stupid". ...

Rotlicht - Die Stunde des Jägers (2002)

Die Westentaschenvenus (2002)

Thé beautiful bookseller Sophie wants to realize her lifelong dream and set up a reading café in the old shed next to the house inherited from her aunt. But the house still causes problems, a plumber must come here. And it seems like this Phillip White c ...

My Mother (2002)

Anam, age 40, is a traditional Turkish wife and mother who lives with her family in a German city. She works as a cleaner and has made two friends: man-crazy German Rita and superstitious African Didi. When she finds out that her 20-year-old son Deniz has ...

Geht nicht gibt's nicht (2002)

Mein Vater und andere Betrüger (2001)

Teenager Charlotte adores her cool father until she realizes that he is leading a double life. ...

Ich beiß zurück (2000)

Vertrauen ist alles (2000)

Jennifer is the capricious daughter of hotel manager Dr. Karl Blankenburg. After all sorts of escapades by the prima donna in Berlin, her father gives his daughter one last chance: to discipline her, he orders her to work as a chambermaid under a false nam ...

Der Hahn ist tot (2000)

After work, only the canary is waiting for Rosi. Even her friend secretly giggles about the "old bag who's missed out. ...

Gestern ist nie vorbei (1999)

Zum Sterben schön (1999)

Eine schräge Familie (1999)

Supersingle (1998)

Solo for Clarinet (1998)

Berlin, Germany. A cruel murder took place in an appartment building. Somebody bit off quite a piece of the victim's penis, who then, of course, lost a lot of blood, before being struck down at the head. Leading investigator Bernhard Kominka, being in stre ...

The Key (1998)

First film by Su Turhan. ...

Der Fahrradfahrer oder Schröders Leidenschaft (1998)

Winter Sleepers (1997)

Young blonde translator Rebecca lives with her boyfriend ski instructor Marco in a mountain villa owned by her friend, nurse Laura. Rene, local cinema projectionist, steals Marco's car and gets into a car crash with local Theo, whose daughter, after being ...

Rendezvous des Todes (1997)

Der Testfahrer (1997)

Alle haben geschwiegen (1996)

In a small town in southern Germany, Rick, Lutz and Georg try to live out their frustrations in extended drinking bouts. In the "Paloma" pub, they look for confirmation in sexual adventures. They rape several girls, and none of the victims have the courage ...

Eldorado (1996)

The transport of a red Cadillac from Hamburg to San Remo poses serious problems for a car mechanic when his two passengers, whom he picked up at a carpooling agency, turn out to be rather shady characters. The vacation trip to sunny Italy turns into a wild ...

Japaner sind die besseren Liebhaber (1995)

Peter Merz is used to getting what he wants: this time, too, business success is as good as certain: the Japanese investors with whose help he wants to build a factory in Dresden will eat out of his hand. The beautiful and no less tenacious competitor Team ...

Ausweglos (1995)

Frauen sind was Wunderbares (1994)

An attractive teacher is faced with a big problem: she can't decide which of her two "men of the heart" she should choose. She has to choose between her current boyfriend, who is a free-spirited womanizer, and a reserved university lecturer who has a six-y ...

In dieser Stadt daheim (1994)

Four stories set in the city of Regensburg. ...

Abgetrieben (1992)

TV-movie based on the trial of Memmingen gynecologist Dr. Horst Theissen, who was sentenced for illegal abortions. ...

Falsche Spuren (1990)

Nach dem Essen (1989)

Short film directed by Elena Alvarez ...

Schatten der Wüste (1989)

Two Germans are stranded in the African desert. ...

Zwei auf der Straße (1987)

Dingo (1983)