Arved Birnbaum Movies

Based on the true story of Max Schmeling. A national hero in the 1930's when he became World heavyweight champion. He lost favour with the Nazi...

When Germany is hit by a drought, the Ruhr area is threatened with the collapse of drinking water. Meteorologist Martina Fechner is appointed head of...

Wolfgang Stein spends years in Bautzen prison for attempting to flee the republic. He was ransomed by the West German government in 1971 and ended up...

Fabian Groys, a renowned journalist for a political news magazine, enjoys great freedom, since the stories he uncovers make for good sales. When he...

1818 in the Münsterland: Innumerable pilgrims seeking comfort and consolation visit the bedside of Anna Katharina von Emmerich, a nun whose body...

The Bachmann family's life is falling apart at the seams. Little Florian needs his dad - Peter Bachmann. Peter, his wife Maria and daughter Sophie...

Gisela is a young wife and mother, living in a working class German Housing Scheme. She is a supermarket cashier, her husband a delivery driver. The...

Teacher Gerrit Suicker's body is found murdered in Amsterdam's Red Light District. A prostitute lies to the police but says she saw the murder on the...

A 14-year-old girl is found murdered in the park. As the police suspect a sexually motivated crime, ‘Die Sitte’ is called in - a special...

With the help of airport technician Dak, Alexej breaks out of the holding area for refugees. Dak puts up the Russian, who yearns to become a pilot,...

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...

In 1938 Hans Zeisig, an apolitical comedian, impersonator and cabaret actor, flees with a Russian passport (instead of American, which he would have...

Kummerow - a small town somewhere in Germany. Young people are moving away, jobs are scarce. Oskar Kubiczek, mayor, pub owner and optimist, is...

A tragicomedy about the trials and tribulations of life: three lonely hearts find each other, drift apart and experience the happiness of the moment...

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...