Sophie Rois

The Blood Countess (2026)

The Blood Countess and her maid embark on a quest for the red elixir of life and a book that threatens the vampire realm. Hot on their heels are a police inspector, two vampirologists, a vegetarian nephew and his therapist. ...

Bibi Blocksberg - Das große Hexentreffen (2025)

Bibi, the young witch from Neustadt, is excited: the big international witches' convention is taking place on the Blocksberg and she and her friends Schubia and Flauipaui are allowed to be there as volunteers. But just as the future of the young witches is ...

School of Magical Animals 4 (2025)

Ida's friend Miriam visits the school for three months, but a secret threatens to tear them apart. Miriam is entrusted with the tarsier Fitzgeraldo, while Max, deeply in love, is given the owl Muriel. Meanwhile, the sale of the school is imminent, and the ...

School of Magical Animals 3 (2024)

Ida wants to perform with her class at the annual Forest Day to campaign for the protection of the local forest. Even Helene is there, as she hopes to use the footage of the performance to build up her influencer channel. What nobody knows is that Helene's ...

A Sacrifice (2024)

American social psychologist Ben Monroe investigates a local cult connected to a disturbing event. While he immerses himself into his work, his rebellious teenage daughter, Mazzy, gets involved with a mysterious local boy, who introduces her to the city's ...

Elfriede Jelinek: Language Unleashed (2022)

Wunderkind, scandalous author, traitor to the fatherland, fury of the theater, feminist, fashion-lover, communist, pessimist, language terrorist, rebel, enfant terrible, nest fouler, brilliant, vulnerable artist, Nobel laureate. This film about Elfriede Je ...

School of Magical Animals 2 (2022)

The students of the School of Magical Animals want to perform a musical for the school's anniversary. Will rehearsals end in chaos or will the class pull together? And what's up with the strange holes on the school grounds? ...

L'état et moi (2022)

Judge Praetorius-Camusot's legal routines are interrupted when the ghost of a member of the Paris Commune turns up at an event celebrating German-French relations. An anarchic comedy about the origins of German criminal law and much, much more. ...

A E I O U – A Quick Alphabet of Love (2022)

Anna is 60 and her acting heyday is now behind her. She lives on her own but has a friend and confidant in her downstairs neighbour Michel, who is also single. Reluctantly, Anna accepts a job as a language coach for 17-year-old Adrian who has a speech impe ...

The School of the Magical Animals (2021)

Ida Kronenberg must transfer to a new school, where she soon realizes the students are unkind to each other. However, that all changes when a new teacher, Miss Cornfield, begins to educate them on the value of friendship and magic. ...

Schlingensief – A Voice That Shook the Silence (2020)

Using unpublished and newly digitalised archive footage and film material, Bettina Böhler has brilliantly assembled this film about the life and work of the exceptional artist Christoph Schlingensief, who died in 2010. ...

Eltern mit Hindernissen (2020)

Katrin Wiedemann is on the verge of becoming a school principal. All she has to do is give birth to her third child and then she can start immediately after maternity leave. Katrin has no doubt that, as an experienced mother, she can juggle her child and h ...

The Audition (2019)

Violin teacher Anna Bronsky detects remarkable talent in a student, Alexander. Anna becomes obsessed with mentoring him, neglecting her family and spiralling under mounting pressure. As her fixation overtakes her, all is staked on exam day. ...

Music and Apocalypse (2019)

Phoebe Phaidon works as a climatologist at an institute of cybernetics which is about to be shut down. So there has to be a solution in the form of a successful evaluation. The strategy consultants now work against the student movement in a virtual reality ...

A Hidden Life (2019)

Austrian farmer Franz Jägerstätter faces the threat of execution for refusing to fight for the Nazis during World War II. ...

Happiness Sucks (2019)

Stefan Gabriel is an active father always looking at life positively. While he tries to give back to society, his daughters Jessica (12) and Sabrina (15) struggle with their own problems. Jessica is often mistaken for a boy and has to deal with her many ti ...

What Doesn't Kill Us (2018)

As a divorced father of two teenage daughters, with a head-strong ex-wife for a best friend, too many peculiar patients to keep up with and a new dog, psychotherapist Max certainly doesn't need another challenge. But when Sophie, a compulsive gambler with ...

Partisan (2018)

Volksbühne am Rosa-Luxemburg-Platz 1992-2017. The end of the GDR gave rise to new artistic freedoms in reunited Berlin. Shortly after the fall of the Wall, rebel director Frank Castorf was appointed artistic director of the Volksbühne. His way of working ...

Schreckenstein Castle 2 (2017)

Schreckenstein and Rosenfels outdo each other with acts of sabotage during the competitions at Kapellsee. But shortly before the end, the competition is called off because the Count's zeppelin crashes! Count Schreckenstein manages to save himself, but now ...

Hairy (2017)

Documentary about human hair, including its political significance. ...

Der mit dem Schlag (2016)

After several strokes of fate ends a rage eruption of the otherwise so quiet power engineering technician Felix Grünler with a criminal complaint for assault. A grateful affair for his sister-in-law Karin, who forges an intrigue to gain the inheritance of ...

Schreckenstein Castle (2016)

Eleven-year-old outsider Stephan arrives at Castle Schreckenstein, an all-boys boarding school, where he learns about life within a community and soon finds himself being part of a funny 'pranks-competition' the boys are currently fighting against the neig ...

Molly Monster: The Movie (2016)

Molly Monster is going to have a sibling soon, but his good friend Edison is a little bit jealous and worried she might forget about him. When Molly's parents have to travel to the Island where monster parents hatch their eggs, Molly is not allowed to go b ...

The Decent One (2014)

Through previously undiscovered private letters, photos and diaries that were found in the Himmler family house in 1945, the "The Decent One" exposes a unique and at times uncomfortable access to the life and mind of the merciless "Architect of the Final S ...

A Pact (2013)

A dark psychological thriller, A Pact tells the twisted story of a contentious love triangle. As teenagers, Paul tricked Georg into handing over his girlfriend Anna to him. Georg agrees, on the condition that he can have her back whenever he wishes. After ...

Molly and the Christmas Monster (2011)

A new film about Molly Monster and her best friend Edison. Christmas is approaching, and all the monsters in monster land are getting ready for the big day. One night, Molly and Edison find out about the mysterious Christmas monster. They set off on a jour ...

Three (2010)

Hanna and Simon are in a 20 year marriage with an unexciting relationship. By chance, they both meet and start separate affairs with Adam. Adam has no idea that his two lovers are married, until they are all found out when Hanna becomes pregnant, with the ...

180° (2010)

Early evening - a big city. Two teenagers shyly flirt with each other, a housewife sits down to watch her daily soap, nurses in a hospital gossip before the nightshift starts, a trendy couple drives through rush hour, so excited they can hardly wait to get ...

Böses Erwachen (2010)

The wealthy Birgit Amberg is married to Frederik and finances a car showroom for her husband. When Birgit discovers Frederik's relationship, she goes crazy and kills her husband. At the same time, Frederik's mistress involves her husband in a fatal acciden ...

Das Echo der Schuld (2009)

Kinder des Sturms (2009)

The film is set in post-war Germany. It tells the story of widow Rosemarie Hermann, who flees Silesia with her sister Bettina, her father, and their two children Maria and Johannes ("Jojo"). In the general chaos, she loses her daughter. In her attempt to f ...

Die Zofen (2008)

News from Ideological Antiquity - Marx/Eisenstein/The Capital (2008)

Alexander Kluge's News from Ideological Antiquity begins with Soviet filmmaker Sergei Eisenstein's ambitious but unrealized plan to combine Karl Marx's Capital and James Joyce's Ulysses. For over nine hours, the film expands in concentric circles as Kluge, ...

The Architect (2008)

Accepting a prize, architect Georg Winter explains that an architect has the good fortune of measuring every completed building against the rightness of his original idea. Soon Georg himself is forced to take stock of the achievements and mistakes he has m ...

Patchwork (2008)

Plump Jana is a single mother. She's not looking for a man at all, she assures us during speed dating, but she can't take her eyes off a handsome guy. Her friend Grit snatches him from under her nose, but Jana doesn't let up. Daniel is soon on the hook and ...

Ohne einander (2007)

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Der Idiot (2006)

Unites grotesque elements, tempo, quiet dream sequences, the thrill of a detective story, but above all, he manages to capture the temperature of an actor ensemble that throws itself into the world of Dostoyevsky with immense pleasure and passion. ...

Sergeant Pepper (2004)

A dog who was named after the Beatles album, inherits his master's fortune. His owner's two children, however, devise a plan to make off with his wealth. ...

Familie auf Bestellung (2004)

Alex can only accept his uncle's inheritance if he presents his wife and child. ...

Ich will laufen! Der Fall Dieter Baumann (2004)

Sports idol Baumann, advocate of strict controls, tested positive in 1999. ...

Fräulein Phyllis (2004)

'Clemence M. Schönborn"s first feature film is a typical Austrian black comedy, dealing with an easy-going forty-something, who likes playing games with others, which has serious consequences... Phyllis, in her early 40s, still lives together with her mot ...

Learning to Lie (2003)

18-year-old school boy Helmut falls in love with fellow pupil Britta. He starts working for a Peace movement to get to know Britta. Britta, however, suddenly moves to San Francisco to live with her father and whilst there, finds a new boyfriend. Helmut stu ...

Enemy at the Gates (2001)

A Russian and a German sniper play a game of cat-and-mouse during the Battle of Stalingrad in WWII. ...

Hand in Hand (2001)

Demons (2000)

In the last house just behind the western borders of Russia, between Paris/Texas and Korleput/Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Cindy Sherman, Dogma 95 and Duma 2000, Frank Castorf directs his virst video production "Dämonen" ("Demons") as a sort of post-Soviet-pan ...

Love Your Female Neighbor! (1998)

Two young and attractive social workers/nuns bring fresh air into a city missionary station, but are also challenged by lust and money, offered by a millionaire. ...

Mère Ubu (1998)

The Inheritors (1998)

In a small farming valley in Austria in the beginning of the 20th century a tyrannical farmer is found dead, and all the farmhands are relieved to be free of their tyrant. But the farmer was childless, so suddenly they all inherit the farm together. Now co ...

Ferkel Fritz (1998)

Doktor Knock (1997)

The diabolically brilliant doctor Dr. Knock from Karlsruhe takes over a rural doctor's practice in Bavaria. To achieve his goal of a lucrative sanatorium, he must overcome empty waiting rooms, empty coffers and gullible citizens. And so Dr. Knock intrigues ...

Weihnachtsfieber (1997)

Successful radio presenter Charlotte Becker is a Christmas grouch. To escape the hateful hustle and bustle, she plans a vacation in the sunny south. When her train stops due to a breakdown on the open track, she makes her own way through the deep provinces ...

The 120 Days of Bottrop (1997)

An eccentric homage to the Rainer Werner Fassbinder days of German filmmaking. ...

Der Hauptmann von Köpenick (1997)

Each is dependent on the other. He breaks into the passport office to get a passport. He is surprised and ends up back in prison, where he is trained in military drill. After his release, he once again lodges with relatives, his sister and brother-in-law. ...

Little Angel (1997)

Ramona lives her lonely life in Berlin working in a lipstick factory. One day she accidentally runs into Andrzei, a Polish mechanic illegally selling cigarettes in Germany during the weekend. One thing leads to another, and soon she finds herself pregnant. ...

Total Therapy (1997)

Nine persons sign up for a self-awareness course at an isolated country estate. Dr. Romero, a charismatic therapist, and his assistants confront the patients with their problems. Cut off from the rest of the world, the participants are increasingly drawn i ...

Viel Spaß mit meiner Frau (1997)

Kreuzfeuer (1997)

Des Teufels General (1997)

"The Devil's General" - A post war Germany pick up the involuntarily knowledge about the "black hole" of the 1950s. ...

The Killer Condom (1996)

In New York City, detective Luigi Mackeroni investigates a string of mysterious penile mutilations at the Hotel Quickie. After Mackeroni attempts to have a tryst with a gigolo he meets in the lobby, a carniverous condom bites off his right testicle and fle ...

Unter der Milchstraße (1996)

A young student travels through Europe as a sleeping car attendant. ...

Deathline (1996)

Conny works at the hospital. But she earns the real money together with her friend Bibi in a telephone sex agency. She has a special relationship with one of her clients who demands more than sex. He exploits her fantasies for his erotic productions. Conny ...

Up – Down (1994)

Comedy drama about one of life's perennial losers who finally strikes it lucky with a beautiful woman, but not before experiencing the usual seemingly endless pitfalls. ...

No More Mr. Nice Guy (1993)

The brothers Kipp and Most set off to inherit their grandmother's estate. Along the way, they meet Viktor, a deserted Russian soldier who kidnaps them, and Nadine, who joins them voluntarily. On their way to their inheritance, the protagonists get into som ...

Everything's a Lie (1992)

Erich Kasulke and Rudolf Portmann are comedian stars of the former GDR. When the Wall falls, so does their success. Portmann becomes a successful businessman, while Kasulke tries to continue working on the comedy circuit - without success. When his wife al ...

Eastern Cross (1991)

15-year-old Elfie literally and metaphorically inhabits a no-man's-land between the two Germanies shortly after the fall of the Berlin Wall. The film deploys a neorealist aesthetic to reinforce the difficulties confronting the girl, and by inference, Germa ...

Hopnick (1990)

A young customs officer is bored by his job and his situation at all. He tries to have some fun, but in a way that nobody else can enjoy. The situation changes when he decides to let his too long hair be cut. ...