Ulrich Noethen

Josefa’s Return (2024)

Over 40 years ago, Josefa left her home village in a dispute. A lot has happened in the meantime. Now she returns as a mature woman to where she is still known as a man. ...

Louis van Beethoven (2020)

1779. Eight-year-old Ludwig van Beethoven, called "Louis", is already known as a musical prodigy. He learns to go his own way - much to the dismay of the people around him. Some years later, he meets Mozart during times of political upheaval. The unconvent ...

St. Louis (2019)

Hamburg, Germany, 1939. Getting a passage aboard the passenger liner St. Louis seems to be the last hope of salvation for more than nine hundred German Jews who, desperate to escape the atrocious persecution to which they are subjected by the Nazi regime, ...

The German Lesson (2019)

In a small North German village a drama played out during and shortly after the Second World War about duty versus individual conscience and morality. ...

The Diary of Anne Frank (2016)

The story of Anne Frank, the Jewish girl who went into hiding with her family in Amsterdam and became a victim of the Holocaust. ...

The General Case (2016)

In the young Federal Republic of Germany, which in the late 1950s in politics and justice is still interspersed with only superficially purified Nazi cliques, leads the Hessian Attorney General Fritz Bauer a lonely fight against the coverup of Nazi crimes ...

Die Eisläuferin (2015)

Chaos in the Chancellery: Prime Minister Katharina Wendt loses her memory during a spontaneous trip with husband Helmuth and wakes up every morning since then with the knowledge of 1989. The therapy aims to activate her emotional center. No easy task with ...

Unexpected (2014)

Marie is a successful designer and has a loving husband and two children. But fate offers more. When she meets the fiancée of their friend Dom, the two women fall for each other. This comes out and life gets out of control. Can there be a long-term soluti ...

Pettson and Findus: A Little Nuisance, a Great Friendship (2014)

Old farmer Pettson gets a kitten from his neighbour Mrs Kosonen and calls the cat Viiru. When Viiru starts to talk, the two become inseparable friends. ...

Broken Glass Park (2013)

Teenage Sascha has two dreams: to write a novel about her mother and to take revenge on her step-father who brutally murdered her. When she meets the newspaper editor Volker, he invites her to come to his and his son's place. A subtle love triangle begins ...

My Husband, An Assassin (2013)

Minette and Paul are married and seem to lead a happy family life. But when Paul began gradually to move away from his wife, it decides to spin and managed to watch the tryst he gave Nora, his new conquest, in a hotel room. The betrayed wife keeps to herse ...

The Inventive Lady (2013)

After a failed relationship, Alexandra Fuchs does not want to meet men anymore. But when she meets her new job in a shy businessman Gregor, she can't escape to his charm. It also has a creative hobby that eventually takes off with a knife indefinite durabi ...

Allerleirauh (2012)

A king is married to a woman with golden hair. The queen falls ill, and realising she's going to die she asks her husband that, if he'd ever remarry, it would be only to a woman as beautiful as her with the same golden hair. Unfortunately, the only one to ...

Moon Man (2012)

One night, a shooting star appears, whizzing through outer space towards the moon. Moon Man seizes his chance, grabs the speeding comet by the tail and hitches a ride to earth. This 'attack from outer space' sets the alarm bells ringing in the Presidential ...

A Coffee in Berlin (2012)

Niko, a twenty-something college dropout, lives for the moment as he drifts through the streets of Berlin, curiously observing everyone around him and oblivious to his growing status as an outsider. Then on one fateful day, through a series of absurdly amu ...

Eine Hand wäscht die Andere (2012)

Chlodwig Pullmann is a tax inspector and is involved in a thousand little deals and tricks - with the knowledge of Mayor Karsten Leimer, who has a lot more dirt on him. Pullmann's wife Jenny, on the other hand, fights against corruption in a citizens' init ...

Zwei übern Berg (2012)

Alfons, the easy-going and extremely charming boss of "Betten Keilinger", can always rely on the loyalty of his secretary, the single Hannah Zorn: Tireless, creative, selfless, she has been at his side for many years. When he falls in love with the young d ...

Hannah Arendt (2012)

A portrait of the genius that shook the world with her discovery of "the banality of evil." After she attends the Nazi Adolf Eichmann's trial in Jerusalem, Arendt dares to write about the Holocaust in terms no one has ever heard before. Her work instantly ...

Sams im Glück (2012)

The Taschenbiers could actually lead quite a contented life - if it weren't for the strange fact that if you have a Sams in your home for 10 years, you slowly but steadily become a Sams yourself. And this is exactly what happens to Mr. Taschenbier. You can ...

Cracks in the Shell (2012)

An insecure drama student is given the lead role in a play by her director, but the role she is supposed to play is at odds with her real personality. The fusion of her stage persona and her real life persona becomes a psychological tour de force for the y ...

Kennen Sie Ihren Liebhaber? (2012)

Victoria Stellmann, head of a traditional cruise shipping company, leads a happy but routine family life. But then she meets the charming Jacques and gets involved in an affair. The angry awakening does not leave long to wait, her lover proves to be an uns ...

Es ist nicht vorbei (2011)

Carola Weber is shocked when her husband Jochen introduces his new colleague from the hospital: she knows this voice. Hearing it catapults Carola back to the worst time of her life, her imprisonment in the GDR women's prison Hoheneck. She is convinced that ...

The Invisible Girl (2011)

Eleven years ago, an 8-year-old girl disappeared from a small German town on the German-Czech border. Although her body was never found, nor were there any traces of blood or DNA evidence, a mentally-disabled man was coerced to confess to the crime. Even t ...

Der Mann mit dem Fagott (2011)

Bremen, 1891. Udo Jürgens' grandfather Heinrich strolls thoughtfully about the Christmas market. For days, the young man has suffered a momentous decision: should he emigrate to America or seek his fortune in Moscow? The touching performance of a street m ...

Von Mäusen und Lügen (2011)

The ENT doctor dr. Arnold Fischer, called Arnie, always tries to please everyone. His friend and colleague Gregor is quite different: Purposeful and enterprising, he thinks especially of his own progress. Together, they want to expand the practice to a sta ...

Lügen haben linke Hände (2011)

Home improvement queen Mona Nagel can't believe her eyes: her boss Timmermann's newly acquired finca on Mallorca, which she was supposed to "renovate" with just a few simple steps for the media, is a construction site. There is more to do here than Mona ha ...

Trau’ niemals deinem Chef (2010)

On his birthday of all days: Oskar Moedebeck, a long-serving sales manager, is demoted and put in front of a boss half his age. And this Raphael Bluhm also turns out to be the new neighbor with whom the staid Oskar had a run-in first thing in the morning. ...

Rumpe und Tuli (2010)

Aghet (2010)

2010 documentary film on the Armenian Genocide by the Young Turk government of the Ottoman Empire during World War I. It is based on eyewitness reports by European and American personnel stationed in the Near East at the time, Armenian survivors and other ...

Henri 4 (2010)

A wide-ranging, energetic period piece tracing the rise of the Protestant Henry of Navarre as he goes from battlefield warrior to France's beloved King Henri IV. Director Jo Baier's epic is a classically entertaining adventure, albeit one with more than a ...

Erntedank - Ein Allgäu-Krimi (2009)

Chief detective Kluftinger from the Allgäu can't believe his eyes. A dead crow lies carefully draped on the murder victim. In the course of the investigation, Kluftinger comes across a perpetrator who murders according to Allgäu legends. ...

Meine Tochter und der Millionär (2009)

Hannes Schmitz works as a garbage collector in Hamburg. The ex-soccer player now coaches the youth team of a suburban club. His sayings are just as feared as his unconventional ideas in labor disputes. Hannes lives on a houseboat that he restored himself a ...

Kommissar Süden und der Luftgitarrist (2009)

Inspector Süden's friend and colleague Martin Heuer is in the final of the German qualifying round for the air guitar world championship. Suddenly his toughest competitor is nowhere to be found: Edward Loos, an architect and loner in real life, who is bet ...

Kommissar Süden und das Geheimnis der Königin (2009)

Long Shadows (2008)

After two decades in prison Widmer, a former German RAF-terrorist, is released. He meets Valerie, his next door neighbour. The young woman tries to get her life back on track after she lost child custody for her little son. She shows some interest in Widme ...

Ett enklare liv (2008)

A successful stockbroker gets in trouble and has to escape from Hamburg in Germany to Vänersborg in Sweden with his two children. ...

Was wenn der Tod uns scheidet (2008)

Sophie is admitted to hospital with a fainting spell. She has recently started feeling sick all the time and has a headache. She fears she might be pregnant again. And now she is diagnosed with a brain tumor. Her husband Joachim is never around and their t ...

Ein starker Abgang (2008)

When the writer Heinz Kilian goes to the doctor because of stomach problems, the doctor urges him to be accompanied on his upcoming reading tour by nutritionist Vera Hartel. The two elderly gentlemen, who are driven by long-time publishing house employee H ...

Runaway Horse (2007)

Helmut and Sabine Halm have always managed vacations of lazy privacy at their favorite retreat on Germany′s Lake Constance. So when the energetic, handsome Klaus Buch turns up with his beautiful girlfriend Helene, Helmut is quite ready to dismiss this di ...

Life Actually (2007)

Inner chaos breaks free in two families. ...

My Führer (2007)

Hitler no longer believes in himself, and can barely see himself as an equal to even his sheep dog. But to seize the helm of the war he would have to create one of his famous fiery speeches to mobilize the masses. Goebbels therefore brings a Jewish acting ...

Tsunami oder: Die Maximale Mitmenschlichkeit (2006)

A German couple reacts to the news coverage of the tsunami catastrophe in 2004. ...

TKKG - The Secret of the Mysterious Mind Machine (2006)

At first, friendgroup TKKG have no idea that something is amiss when "Jugend forscht" winner Kevin behaves strangely during the presentation of his "Mind Machine" - they blame his nervousness and his unexpected termination of the speech on relationship str ...

Brecht - Die Kunst zu leben (2006)

He wanted to revolutionize theater practice and at the same time social awareness: Today Brecht, who was born in Augsburg in 1898 and died in East Berlin in 1956, is one of the most important playwrights of the 20th century. ...

Silberhochzeit (2006)

Based on a short story by Elke Heidenreich, this TV movie focuses on a couple's silver wedding party and the revelation of some bitter, long hidden secrets. Alma and Ben invite their best friends to celebrate their 25th wedding anniversary, but what was me ...

Ausgerechnet Weihnachten (2005)

Like many other couples, teacher Sina and doctor Carl have lost their love in everyday life. They have filed for divorce, and their last words together were exchanged a long time ago. But on Christmas Eve, the disappointed husband and the overwhelmed singl ...

The Airlift (2005)

Two-part historic drama about a difficult love affair between a German woman and an American soldier during the Berlin Airlift. After her husband Axel is declared dead, Luise Kielberg must survive as a single mother of a 12-year-old boy in post-war Berlin. ...

Polly Blue Eyes (2005)

Polly, a 20-year-old released from juvenile detention, wants to lead an honest life away from her petty criminal family. She takes a job at a fast food restaurant and falls in love with Stefan, a police officer. Meanwhile, Ronny, Polly's sister's new boyfr ...

Hitlers letzte Tage - Der Film "Der Untergang" (2005)

Documentary about the 2004 movie 'Der Untergang' aka. ...

The Young Schiller (2005)

The young Friedrich Schiller begins his life as a poet with a dramatic escape. After the sensational success of his first drama "The Robbers", he deserts from the Duke's army. At the Mannheim Court and National Theatre, he initially receives a friendly rec ...

Bibi Blocksberg and the Secret of Blue Owls (2004)

Poor Bibi - due to her bad marks in maths she has to spend the whole summer in the boarding school of Altenberg to scrape through a series of exams - otherwise she'd stay down in school, being forced to repeat the year. No camping, no white-water rafting, ...

Downfall (2004)

In April of 1945, Germany stands at the brink of defeat with the Russian Army closing in from the east and the Allied Expeditionary Force attacking from the west. In Berlin, capital of the Third Reich, Adolf Hitler proclaims that Germany will still achieve ...

The Boxer and the Hairdresser (2004)

"The Boxer" is Mirco, a naive daredevil who easily slips his fist. "The Hairdresser" is the gay marriage swindler Fränki. Both are in jail, sharing a cell and a bed. Fränki adores Mirco. But when they are both free again, everything seems different: Mirc ...

Off Beat (2004)

Traumatised paramedic looks for the woman of his dreams. ...

Mörderische Elite (2004)

Secret Stories (2004)

Jargo (2004)

Jargo is a German teen brought up in Saudi Arabia. Moving to Berlin, Jargo maintains his Arabian clothing until he encounters a similar aged German Turk Kamil and here begins his introduction into the world of juvenile cool (read delinquency). He then has ...

My Magical Friend Sams (2003)

Sams in danger, it is said, when Mr. Taschenbier's son Martin brings the Sams back into the household, which, however, is kidnapped shortly afterwards by the sports teacher because of his special skills. ...

The Flying Classroom (2003)

A boy who was once a perpetual outcast finds friends in a new boarding school. United with his new peers, he gets involved in a heated rivalry with a group of students from a neighboring school. ...

I'm The Father (2002)

Marco and Melanie, a young married couple, are living a life of passion, chaos, and all the little frustrations of everyday existence. Their love for each other seems like a beacon on heavy seas. But career pressure, burned toast, and dirty laundry are ero ...

Bibi Blocksberg (2002)

Elation in Neustadt: by the means of a little witching, Bibi Blocksberg saved two kids from burning to death. While her mother Barbara, a witch of flesh and blood herself, is very proud of her daughter, father Bernhard, overworked and stressed, disapproves ...

The Red Jacket (2002)

A German father's soccer-playing son is hit by a car and dies. The father donates the boy's red jacket to charity, where it ends up in war-torn Sarajevo. The boy's parents are killed, and he almost is. Some UN soldiers find him, and send him to a hospital ...

¿De qué lado estás? (2002)

A former East Germany secret agent runs away fron his past and lands in Mexico under a fake identity. However he's caught by the Mexican secret police and forced to infiltrate a political activist group in the movement of 68. Helmut Busch (now Bruno) meets ...

The Slurb (2001)

One Saturday, the Slurb, a strange little creature with a proboscis nose, enters Mr. Taschenbier's life. Slurb, who immediately adopts the shy Mr. Taschenbier as his "daddy," is, however, his sheer opposite: he is cheeky and chaotic and throws his well-ord ...

Heirate mir! (2001)

"Get on board" is the slogan used by a bus company to attract bachelors looking to get married. A few village simpletons, including the shy gravedigger Eugen, gladly accept the offer. And off they go to Poland to the marriage market. Eugen's acquisition is ...

Das Rätsel des blutroten Rubins (2001)

Vera Brühne (2001)

Gripsholm (2000)

Kurt and Lydia are planning a relaxed vacation at the Gripsholm castle in Sweden . What Lydia does not know is that for Kurt, a well-known publicist, the journey is actually a flight from encroaching fascism and a direct threat from the Nazis. ...

Bonhoeffer: Agent of Grace (2000)

The story of Dietrich Bonhoeffer, a German clergyman of great distinction, who actively opposed Hitler and the Nazis. His convictions cost him his life. What is a moral person to do in a time of savage immorality? That question tormented Dietrich Bonhoeff ...

The Green Desert (1999)

Katja and Johann are two teenagers who are the best of friends. They spend most of their time in a ruined fort, fantasizing about an ideal world. Their relationship becomes threatened when Johann is taken ill with leukemia, and Katja's mother is undecided ...

Jew-boy Levi (1999)

Benjamin Levi (Bruno Cathomas) is a Bavarian cattle dealer traveling to pre-World War II Germany on his annual trip to a remote farming village. Levi hopes to do some business and, more importantly, win the hand of the lovely Lisbeth (Caroline Ebner). But ...

Beresina (1999)

A naive girl's love for Switzerland is put to the test in this satiric comedy. Irina is a woman from Russia who all her life has always been fascinated by Switzerland and longs to live there some day, though her notion of Swiss life has more to do with Hei ...

Beckmann und Markowski: Gehetzt (1999)

Bangkok - Ein Mädchen verschwindet (1999)

Busenfreunde 2 - Alles wird gut! (1998)

The Harmonists (1997)

Comedian Harmonists tells the story of a famous, German male sextet, five vocals and piano, the "Comedian Harmonists", from the day they meet first in 1927 to the day in 1934, when they become banned by the upcoming Nazis, because three of them are Jewish. ...

Mein ist die Rache (1997)

The Scorpion (1997)

Josef Bertholt is head of operations of the Munich Police's drug squad. When his wife Lily is the victim of a hit by drug dealers, he becomes even more obsessed with his work. ...

The Deep End (1997)

Busenfreunde (1997)

Lautlose Schritte (1996)

Der Parkhausmörder (1996)

A psychopathic killer hunts young, attractive blond women in a parking lot. For the police and psychologist Ingrid Berger, it's a tough job because the killer has chosen another victim: Anna Stein, a successful art director who also has family problems. ...