Swetlana Schönfeld

Punching the World (2025)

Two brothers grow up in the Saxon province (part of Germany) at the turn of the millennium, where the dream of family happiness in a new house quickly turns into a nightmare of decay, violence and xenophobia as they desperately search for stability and bel ...

Wolfsland - Das Kind vom Finstertor (2020)

Sealed Lips (2018)

A German communist wrongly accused and sent to a labour camp has to keep her past life hidden for the sake of her and her family's freedom. ...

The Invisibles (2017)

Four young Jews survive the Third Reich in the middle of Berlin by living so recklessly that they become "invisible. ...

Ein Schnupfen hätte auch gereicht (2017)

At the height of her career, the well-known comedy and TV star Gaby Köster suffers a serious stroke. However, the multi-award winning artist does not give up, fighting back despite many ups and downs. ...

Four Against the Bank (2016)

After losing their respective nest eggs thanks to a bumbling bank employee, three men use him to plot a bold and batty heist to get their money back. ...

Big Girls Don't Cry (2002)

Kati and Steffi have been best friends since they were six. Now they're both 17 and enjoying the ups and downs of becoming adults together. While Kati's parents are religious and conservative, but argue constantly, Steffi comes from what appears to be a ha ...

Beloved Sister (2002)

Claire returns to her parental home as an adult. She has been in a wheelchair since childhood, having lost a foot in an accident at the age of six. She blamed her sister Rita for the accident, who has hated her ever since. When Rita learns that Claire has ...

Abgehauen (1998)

The movie tells a true story in the life of well-known German actor Manfred Krug. Living in the German Democratic Republic he is forced to leave the country after protesting against the expatriation of singer/songwriter Wolf Biermann in 1976. ...

Fire in Paradise (1997)

On her honeymoon on a ship the daughter of a rich plant owner realizes that she's not happy with her marriage. She meets a poor woman on the way to meet her future husband, a missionary in India. The women decide to swap roles... ...

Herberge für einen Frühling (1995)

Die Bombe tickt (1993)

The Land Beyond the Rainbow (1992)

A surrealist tale set in the East German village of Stalina. ...

Landschaft mit Dornen (1992)

Kein Wort von Einsamkeit (1990)

Hälfte des Lebens (1985)

This tragic love story relates ten decisive years in the life of the great Romantic poet Friedrich Hölderlin, played by a young Ulrich Mühe. ...

Unternehmen Geigenkasten (1985)

Ten-year-old Ole is full of mischief. He attempts to fly and is hospitalized with a broken leg. When he sees a Sherlock Holmes movie on TV, however, he forgets about the pains and comes up with a new plan. Disguised as Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson, he an ...

Der Mexikaner Felipe Rivera (1984)

Cascade Backwards (1984)

Maja Wegner is in her late thirties and a single mother of a teenage daughter. To give her stale life a new direction, she decides to start all over again in the big city. She sells her house in the countryside, quits her job, and moves with her daughter t ...

Sonjas Rapport (1982)

A young woman from a progressive middle-class family moves to Shanghai with her husband Rolf in the mid-1930s. Although she has a child, she is not prepared to retreat into private life. She meets Dr. Richard Sorge and decides to become a scout. After trai ...

Melanie van der Straaten (1982)

Melanie van der Straaten has the courage to separate from her wealthy, unloved husband and settle down with a new partner, defying all societal restrictions, in humble living circumstances. When her first husband blackmails her after the divorce with the c ...

Die Rache des Kapitäns Mitchell (1979)

The "Astoria", an English luxury liner, collides with a freighter shortly before the end of its voyage and threatens to sink. Captain Mitchell, successful and envied, sets in motion an expensive rescue operation. He manages to avert a catastrophe and bring ...

Sabine Wulff (1978)

Sabine Wulff is almost 18 when she is released from the juvenile detention center. She doesn't want to return to her unsupportive parents or to her former boyfriend Jimmy, who got her into trouble by persuading her to steal cigarettes. She instead chooses ...