Production

Nico Hofmann

Born 1959-12-04 · Heidelberg, Germany

Acting credits

Behind the camera

The Physician poster
7.3

England, 1021: Born in a miserable mining town, Robert Cole swears to become a physician and vanquish disease and death. His harsh path of many years, a quest for knowledge besieged by countless challenges and sacrifices, leads him to the remote Isfahan, in Persia, where he meets Ibn Sina, the greatest healer of his time.

The Physician

2013

The Tunnel poster
7.2

Inspired by true events, Olympic swimmer Harry Melchior defects from East Germany in the 1960s and hatches a daring plot to help his sister and others flee East Berlin through a 145-yard underground tunnel.

The Tunnel

2001

Open the Wall poster
7.3

A lighthearted look at the opening of the border crossing of Bornholmer Straße in Berlin from the point of view of the confused border guards.

Open the Wall

2014

Rommel poster
6.0

The story of the final seven months in the life of German Field Marshal Erwin Rommel.

Rommel

2012

Mogadischu poster
6.5

The incredible true story of Lufthansa Flight 181, which was hijacked by the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine in October of 1977, and the noble efforts of stewardess Gabriele Dillmann (Nadja Uhl) to ensure the safety of the terrified passengers throughout the harrowing ordeal. When terrorists sympathetic to the cause of the German Red Army Faction seize control of the flight, German chancellor Helmut Schmidt refuses to negotiate. Meanwhile, terrorist leader "Captain Martyr Mahmud" grows increasingly agitated, and the Yemeni government refuses to let the plane land on their soil. After Captain Schumann (Thomas Kretschmann) makes an emergency landing in the sand, he is brutally executed in front of the passengers by "Captain Martyr Mahmud" (Said Taghmaoui), who then forces the co-pilot to fly the plane to Somolia. Once there, counter terrorism measures quickly get underway as the passengers brace themselves for the worst.

Mogadischu

2008

Die Grenze poster
5.0

Germany in the near future: the economic situation has deteriorated dramatically, the social mood is simmering and the political camps are becoming more radicalized. Chaotic conditions are driving people onto the barricades and into the arms of the extreme right-wing DNS party, which is planning to secede economically and socially from individual federal states. To prevent this nightmare, the federal government sees only one option: to secretly build up the leading candidate of the opposing left-wing party.

Die Grenze

2010

The Fourth State poster
6.0

A journalist gets caught up in a terrorist plot in Moscow while investigating the Russian secret service.

The Fourth State

2012

Pigeons on the Roof poster
6.6

Youssef's falafel are the bestseller. Unfortunately, his small snack bar on Berliner Sonnenallee lacks the required splash guard. The meticulous Peggy of the Public Order Office knows no mercy: The desperate Lebanese has to close the shop, but then the unlikely happens: The shy official falls in love with the spirited Orientals. In this episodic big city comedy, the elementary particles of love collide. Katja Riemann and Olli Dittrich prove their incredible versatility in ten different roles

Pigeons on the Roof

2011

Shed My Skin poster
6.5

The adolescent Milan discovers his own suspected homosexuality at the age of 17, and the consequences for him and his family, but also the liberation as he understands why he has been so down and rebellious.

Shed My Skin

2016

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NR

In a small Spanish town, teenager Mio's parents mysteriously disappear, forcing him to undertake an odyssey between childhood and adolescence that demands everything of him in his quest to find himself.

Mio

Naked Among Wolves poster
7.3

Taking place at the Concentration camp Buchenwald at the end of March 1945, prisoner Hans Pippig discovers in a carrying case of an incoming prisoner a Jewish child. If reported the three-year-old is sure to die. On the other hand, a violation of the rules of the camp would threaten the long prepared uprising of the concentration camp prisoners against the SS.

Naked Among Wolves

2015

The Secret of the Whales poster
2.5

In New Zealand, a scientist, his family and down-on-his-luck investigator are trying to prove that the beaching of the local whale population is caused by activities of a corporation which is searching for natural gas in the area.

The Secret of the Whales

2010

All About Me poster
7.4

Dramatised origin story of one of Germany's most beloved contemporary comedians, Hape Kerkeling.

All About Me

2018

I'm Off Then poster
6.1

Based on the book "Ich bin dann mal weg" by Hape Kerkeling where the author describes his journey on the Way of St. James, a pilgrimage route, and the people he encounters there.

I'm Off Then

2015

No artwork available
7.0

A neurosurgeon hits a child one night and, in a panic, commits a hit-and-run. The next day, she finds the boy on her ward of all places, a Romanian street kid who is being forced to pick pockets by a gang. The boy, who recognizes the driver from the accident, blackmails the doctor out of fear of the police and his gang. She is forced to give him shelter, but the two soon become friends and form a tight-knit community.

Eine Handvoll Glück

2001

Hanni & Nanni poster
6.2

Hanni and Nanni are not only sisters, but also best friends. The twins are inseparable and always up to something. When they cause a wild chase through a department store, their wealthy parents have had it: They send the girls to the posh boarding school Lindenhof in order to teach them some manners. While sweet-tempered Nanni quickly makes new friends, the impulsive Hanni has a hard time accustoming herself.

Hanni & Nanni

2010

The Devil's Kickers poster
6.4

After his parents separate and he loses his place on the soccer team, Moritz must put together a new team against incredible odds.

The Devil's Kickers

2010

No artwork available
8.0

The docu-drama paints a portrait of the man and revolutionary Rudi Dutschke as well as a picture of a generation with its utopias and disappointments.

Dutschke

2009

Der Tanz mit dem Teufel - Die Entführung des Richard Oetker poster
7.0

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.

Der Tanz mit dem Teufel - Die Entführung des Richard Oetker

2001

It Happened in Broad Daylight poster
6.9

Several young girls were killed in a rural area. Thus Inspector Matthaei has to travel to the region where it happened and has to search for the killer. When all the people suspect a roamer to be the killer he gets lynched and everybody thinks that the crimes will stop now but not Matthaei who searches for a blond girl that looks just like the ones that were murdered. He finds one and stays with her and her mother, attracting the murderer with the girl trying to catch him this way.

It Happened in Broad Daylight

1997

Mein Herz in Chile poster
NR

Laura returns to Chile, after thirty years, to say goodbye to his old and sick mother. In this bitter journey she is accompanied by his daughter Elizabeth, who still did not know her grandmother. When the old woman meets her granddaughter, she decides to change her will and leave the young Elizabeth as heir of the family mansion. When soon after the grandmother dies, Elizabeth examines the inheritance, and discovers with surprise that the mansion was donated to a foundation.

Mein Herz in Chile

2008

Land der Väter, Land der Söhne poster
9.0

A young journalist researches the life of his father which leads him to path of contradictions until he uncovers a gruelling truth.

Land der Väter, Land der Söhne

1989

Land der Väter, Land der Söhne poster
9.0

A young journalist researches the life of his father which leads him to path of contradictions until he uncovers a gruelling truth.

Land der Väter, Land der Söhne

1989

Land der Väter, Land der Söhne poster
9.0

A young journalist researches the life of his father which leads him to path of contradictions until he uncovers a gruelling truth.

Land der Väter, Land der Söhne

1989