Wolfgang Packhäuser

Die Verteidigerin - Der Gesang des Raben (2023)

The Black Square (2021)

VINCENT, a struggling art-thief and failed artist, stole Malewitsch's legendary abstract painting the „Black Square". The sale and handover to a Russian Oligarch and his designated art expert MARTHA is set to take place on a cruise ship. When Vincent and ...

Darling.Sister (2019)

Franz and Lilly run their father's cattle farm together. While Franz is perfectly happy with his life as a cowboy, Lilly dreams of a bigger life. That's when she meets Chris, a musician, with whom she starts a romantic affair. ...

The Last Berliner (2018)

The last un-renovated building in a trendy Berlin neighbourhood is being vacated. The former tenants are moving out, but Dietmar refuses to budge. His son Tobias tries to convince him to move into social housing. However, his father resists and the situati ...

Fette Kumpelz (2018)

Emma nach Mitternacht - Frau Hölle (2016)

Emma Mayer works as a presenter for a radio station. In her show 'Emma after midnight', she listens to the concerns of callers. She discovers that Katharina Holl, who is about to go on trial for involuntary manslaughter during the construction of an indoor ...

It was damp, dark and smelled like wood (2016)

The last minutes before the greek heroes are about to leave the Trojan horse. ...

Closed Season (2013)

1942 - Fritz and Emma are hiding Albert, a Jewish refugee, at their remote farm. Since their marriage has remained childless, Fritz asks Albert to sleep with Emma and conceive a child on his behalf. ...

Gold (2013)

Canada, the summer of 1898. A group of German settlers travel towards the far north in covered wagons with packhorses and their few possessions in tow. The seven travellers set off from Ashcroft, the final railway station. Along with their leader, flamboya ...

Die Schäferin (2011)

No job, no plan. So lawyer Svea returns to her old job as a shepherdess on a temporary basis. Back home, she meets her childhood sweetheart Hannes again, who is now married to Svea's school friend Ute... ...

The Good Neighbor (2011)

The budding friendship between two very different neighbors takes a tragic turn when David runs over a young woman and causes her death. At Robert's insistence David leaves her lying and flees. While Robert hopes his new neighbor will now be irreversibly b ...

The Night Father Christmas Died (2010)

The holiest night, the loneliest people. A singer, a killer and Santa Clause. United in their destiny. ...

Résiste - Aufstand der Praktikanten (2009)

After a few years working like intern, Till, eventually becomes head of his own company, job counseling for young trainees. In turn, comes Sydelia, left-wing activist, idealist and combative. Their paths will soon cross youth. She is determined to start it ...

Böseckendorf - Die Nacht, in der ein Dorf verschwand (2009)

Autumn 1961: The GDR regime secures the border between the workers' and peasants' state and the class enemy in the West. To ensure this, the leadership also orders the use of firearms against those fleeing the republic. In Böseckendorf, close to the borde ...

Jakobs Bruder (2009)

Jakob and Lorenz are brothers who couldn't be more different: While Jakob is a successful, dogged star chef, Lorenz is not particularly successful in his job or financial matters, but clearly has more fun in life. One day, when he persuades his brother to ...

Sleeping Songs (2009)

Martin, a nu-jazz trumpet player with a unique style, is fighting against convention and mediocrity. He will not accept any compromise, neither in his music, nor in love. When he gets the feeling that Kristina, the love of his life, only loves him for his ...

The Papal Council (2008)

An assassination attempt on the highest dignitary of the Catholic Church? According to providence, this is exactly what is supposed to happen on a certain day in September. When parts of the prophecy actually come true, the Vatican is seriously worried. Th ...

Alles Lüge - Auf der Suche nach Rio Reiser (2007)

Intercut with concert recordings and contemporary interviews, social and personal conflicts are brought to life in scenes from the Scherben. Actor and musician Nick rehearses for the role of Rio Reiser in a theater production by the old-left director Heine ...

Kahlschlag (2007)

GG 19 – Deutschland in 19 Artikeln (2007)

Breaking the Surface (2006)

Having just landed a gig with a trendy magazine, young photographer Nadja celebrates at the local disco, where she bumps into Darius, a 20-year-old skateboarder. Although her frankness at first scares him, the two quickly become a couple, and as their into ...

Der blaue Affe (2006)

A short movie about people trying to forget about their everyday life in the Weimarer Republik. But it was not an ordinary day, it was the dark friday - the last night of the golden 1920s. ...

Lulu (2006)

Everyone is addicted to Lulu. As a symbol of the seductress, she drags everyone around her into the abyss: the elderly Dr. Goll, the mediocre painter Schwarz, her foster father Dr. Schön and the lesbian Countess Geschwitz - all succumb to her beauty and p ...

The Man (2003)

The 30-year-old Fabo wanders aimlessly through the night and drowns his frustration in alcohol. ...

Treibjagd (2003)

The love of his life, Svetlana, chose suicide twelve years ago. At that time, Stein resigned from the Federal Intelligence Service. Since then, the ex-agent no longer searches for criminals, but is a professional hunter on the prowl. One morning, Stein com ...

The Longing (2002)

It is set in a dreary village in the Schwabian-Frankish Forest where the seemingly reserved Lena lives with her tyrant of a husband, Johannes, in a loveless marriage. Johannes is the village's spiritual leader and Lena is his faithful, ever-ready-to-serve ...

Because I Am Good! (2002)

A teenage car thief is incarcerated in a home for the hard-to-educate. He gets a second chance when he's offered a job at a car dealership that cares for juvenile delinquents. There, he is confronted with his past and becomes the target of a youth gang tha ...

Kelly Bastian - Geschichte einer Hoffnung (2001)

Rillenfieber (2000)

www.maedchenkiller.de - Todesfalle Internet (2000)

Paulus is a criminal psychologist who was forced to kill an inmate in self-defense. A few years later, he becomes involved in a series of murders, all linked by a common thread. The ruthless killer has the strange habit of announcing his crimes in advance ...

Dark Days (1999)

Margarethe von Trotta's TV movie focuses on a woman whose life is destroyed by her addiction to alcohol. Angela Rinser is a happy mother of two children and quite successful in her job as bilingual secretary. The sudden death of her husband changes everyth ...

Eduard's Promise (1998)

In the twenty-four hours after breaking off their relationship, Eduard and Julia take a journey through a desolate urban landscape. The poetic Eduard and the enterprising Julia do not seem destined for each other. But they try again anyway. ...