Movies: Michael Mendl

Konrad von Seidlitz is a young yuppie lawyer currently celebrating his engagement with Cornelia, daughter of minister of justice Volkerts. As a public relations gag, he hasn't paid his parking fines for two years and now insists on being sentenced to...

Since the death of her husband, ex-teacher Franziska has had to look after her son David and his disabled brother Bobby on her own. Their new neighbors, Professor Maximilian and his wife Mechthild, bring a breath of fresh air into their lives....

In the chaotic, highly emotional period after the First World War in 1918, the foreign ministers Gustav Stresemann (1878-1929) and Aristide Briand (1862-1932) put all their energies into trying to lead their countries, Germany and France, which were ...

Three musically talented children look to the future, but their hopes crumble when Germany and Russia enter into war....

Documentary about film director and actor Bernhard Wicki....

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When dishwasher Ingo, whose girl-friend has just left him, returns a borrowed bar stool to the Folkwang Acting School in Essen, he stumbles into the audition for next year's new students. He lets Johannes, the broke and unsuccessful applicant, stay w...

When wealthy college student Richard Oetker is kidnapped and held for a hefty ransom, state police officer Georg Kufbach becomes obsessed with bringing the kidnapper to justice. This film is based on a true story....

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A Black Forest timber industrialist has to assert herself against male supremacy and economic difficulties in the first half of the 20th century....

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Heligoland, April 18, 1947: Preparations for one of the largest non-nuclear explosions in history are almost complete. The British want to raze the island to the ground with more than 6,000 tons of explosives - nothing should remind of the sea fortre...

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As a 25-year-old legal trainee Sebastian Haffner experienced the assumption of power of Hitler in Berlin in 1933. He became a witness of a dramatic upheaval which changed also his life fundamentally. His best friend had to emigrate hastily, the love ...

Paula, a 26‑year‑old Berlin woman, plans to introduce her boyfriend Daniel to her parents on Mother’s Day—but the day turns chaotic when she discovers she’s unexpectedly pregnant and her mother Clara suddenly announces she’s leaving her father after ...

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Just as 16-year-old Miki Witt is about to steal a few beers, he witnesses Lebanese clan boss Ahmed Sayed shooting an LKA officer. Even though the teenager is aware that he was seen doing it, he still decides to testify as a key witness. This is a dif...

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