Karola Hattop

Directing

Karola Hattop

Born

1949-12-26 (76)

Place of birth

Berlin, Germany

Known for

Directing

Credits

40 titles

Known for

Das Weibernest poster
5.2

Franziska's decision between career and family is made easier when her childhood friend Marie, an ambitious fashion designer, moves in with her to take care of the chaotic children together with her lively, lively mother-in-law Alma. When it turns out that Franziska and Marie are expecting a child by the same man, the women's relationship is put to the test.

Das Weibernest

2001

The Snow Queen poster
5.9

A young girl must journey through the seasons to rescue her boyfriend who has been kidnapped by the evil Snow Queen.

The Snow Queen

2014

Tierärztin Dr. Mertens poster
8.0

No synopsis available yet.

Tierärztin Dr. Mertens

2003

Meine Mutter, meine Männer poster
3.6

For Jenny, in her mid 30s, everything is going great: Her career at the Munich Opera House is going uphill and in her friend Tobias she seems to have found the ideal man. But then the events rush: The new stage designer at the opera proves to be her ex-boyfriend Erik and a pregnancy test turns out to be positive. That's not enough, Jenny's free-spirited mother Jutta lodges with her and Tobias indefinitely. The casual hippy lady soon shakes up the orderly life of the couple. At the same time, Erik Jenny turns his head violently.

Meine Mutter, meine Männer

2014

Die Drachenprinzessin poster
10.0

Fairytale teleplay based on the fairytale "The Water of Life" by the Brothers Grimm. The wizard, ruler of the black forest, can be defeated if someone manages to draw water from the spring containing the water of life. The princess sets off to find the water of life for her terminally ill father. The sorcerer transforms the girl into a dragon. A fairy gives the king new courage to face life. He defends himself against the sorcerer. He is supported by the blacksmith, who takes up the fight and defeats the wizard.

Die Drachenprinzessin

1980

Second Hand Child poster
5.3

Tobias, aged 13, lives in an East German city and has learned to get by on his own. Then Max moves into the neighboring apartment, and he keeps it just like Tobias. He likes to determine how things should go by himself. Without further ado, Tobias decides to pass Max off as his father!

Second Hand Child

2004

Behind the camera

Das Weibernest poster
5.2

Franziska's decision between career and family is made easier when her childhood friend Marie, an ambitious fashion designer, moves in with her to take care of the chaotic children together with her lively, lively mother-in-law Alma. When it turns out that Franziska and Marie are expecting a child by the same man, the women's relationship is put to the test.

Das Weibernest

2001

The Snow Queen poster
5.9

A young girl must journey through the seasons to rescue her boyfriend who has been kidnapped by the evil Snow Queen.

The Snow Queen

2014

Tierärztin Dr. Mertens poster
8.0

No synopsis available yet.

Tierärztin Dr. Mertens

2003

Meine Mutter, meine Männer poster
3.6

For Jenny, in her mid 30s, everything is going great: Her career at the Munich Opera House is going uphill and in her friend Tobias she seems to have found the ideal man. But then the events rush: The new stage designer at the opera proves to be her ex-boyfriend Erik and a pregnancy test turns out to be positive. That's not enough, Jenny's free-spirited mother Jutta lodges with her and Tobias indefinitely. The casual hippy lady soon shakes up the orderly life of the couple. At the same time, Erik Jenny turns his head violently.

Meine Mutter, meine Männer

2014

Die Drachenprinzessin poster
10.0

Fairytale teleplay based on the fairytale "The Water of Life" by the Brothers Grimm. The wizard, ruler of the black forest, can be defeated if someone manages to draw water from the spring containing the water of life. The princess sets off to find the water of life for her terminally ill father. The sorcerer transforms the girl into a dragon. A fairy gives the king new courage to face life. He defends himself against the sorcerer. He is supported by the blacksmith, who takes up the fight and defeats the wizard.

Die Drachenprinzessin

1980

Second Hand Child poster
5.3

Tobias, aged 13, lives in an East German city and has learned to get by on his own. Then Max moves into the neighboring apartment, and he keeps it just like Tobias. He likes to determine how things should go by himself. Without further ado, Tobias decides to pass Max off as his father!

Second Hand Child

2004

Der Schulweg poster
8.0

Anne is a sixth grade student. Every school day, with beating hearts, she waits for her to meet Tom in the stairwell to go to school with him, and perhaps there are signs that Tom may return Anne's feelings. The boy is for her something like the first love, which always changes something every day. But more and more Anne has to realize that Tom is interested in another girl, whereby the disappointment with her is great. But when Jens Anne's new companion on the way to school, Anne can overcome her first heartache.

Der Schulweg

1987

Jan Oppen poster
8.0

The Oppen family has lived in Berlin, Griesener Straße, for generations. The first names of the family members are also repeated, so the grandson Jan has the same first name as his grandfather. The Oppens' husbands have maintained a tradition up to now: they were or are all carpenters. But the latter does not yet fall on fertile ground with 16-year-old Jan, whose passion is the moped, his "machine". Of course, he is a newcomer among the motorcycle fans around the black Jonny, but he loves to be in their company to experience adventures, and of course he wants to be able to "keep up" with them. Jan has already developed a strategy for how he can do this.

Jan Oppen

1987

Jan Oppen poster
8.0

The Oppen family has lived in Berlin, Griesener Straße, for generations. The first names of the family members are also repeated, so the grandson Jan has the same first name as his grandfather. The Oppens' husbands have maintained a tradition up to now: they were or are all carpenters. But the latter does not yet fall on fertile ground with 16-year-old Jan, whose passion is the moped, his "machine". Of course, he is a newcomer among the motorcycle fans around the black Jonny, but he loves to be in their company to experience adventures, and of course he wants to be able to "keep up" with them. Jan has already developed a strategy for how he can do this.

Jan Oppen

1987

Everyone Dreams of a Horse poster
7.0

Everyone dreams of a horse - and especially four Kulman family children...

Everyone Dreams of a Horse

1988

Everyone Dreams of a Horse poster
7.0

Everyone dreams of a horse - and especially four Kulman family children...

Everyone Dreams of a Horse

1988

Holiday Storm poster
NR

Summer holidays are beginning for 13 years old Daniel, a boy from East Berlin. He does not know yet that his parents are going to get divorced. They are afraid of Daniel`s reaction, so they have not told him about their decision until now. Together they drive to a village in the mountains. There Daniel finally recognizes the truth about his parents marital problems. When Daniel has an accident, this brings his parents together again, at least for the moment...

Holiday Storm

1989

Holiday Storm poster
NR

Summer holidays are beginning for 13 years old Daniel, a boy from East Berlin. He does not know yet that his parents are going to get divorced. They are afraid of Daniel`s reaction, so they have not told him about their decision until now. Together they drive to a village in the mountains. There Daniel finally recognizes the truth about his parents marital problems. When Daniel has an accident, this brings his parents together again, at least for the moment...

Holiday Storm

1989

Die sechs Schwäne poster
5.9

On her 18th birthday, Constanze encounters a highly guarded secret. She discovers in amazement that she has six brothers, who have been transformed into snow-white swans by a careless word from their father on the day of Constanze's birth. Constanze is stunned when suddenly the six swans appear. They explain to her sister that only she alone can curse the curse: for six years Constanze could not speak a single word and has to sew shirts made of stinging nettles. The shirts will be able to turn the swans back into people.

Die sechs Schwäne

2012

Herzdamen poster
4.5

Three seasoned women, successful and in the prime of their years, have had enough of the masters of creation. Maria finally leaves her husband Josef, to whom she led the common starred restaurant in Vienna in spite of his affairs during the marriage. The family judge Steffi wants to find a new beginning after their early retirement, and the pharmacist Carola is tired of being the eternal lover of her married friend. The trio travel from Vienna to Saxony, where Maria inherited a small castle-like estate.

Herzdamen

2006

Tuition for Dad poster
6.4

A tale of two youngsters who want to reunite their estranged parents. Because of her work commitments, Mum has to leave the children with their absent father for an extended vacation and so he has to learn how to be a proper Dad to them. Meanwhile, the kids do their best to bring the family back together.

Tuition for Dad

1984

Tuition for Dad poster
6.4

A tale of two youngsters who want to reunite their estranged parents. Because of her work commitments, Mum has to leave the children with their absent father for an extended vacation and so he has to learn how to be a proper Dad to them. Meanwhile, the kids do their best to bring the family back together.

Tuition for Dad

1984

Gelübde des Herzens poster
7.5

Shortly before the wedding, the fiancé of the young art restorer Sophie Schumacher dies in a tragic car accident. To get some distance, Sophie takes on a job in a Tuscan monastery. There she falls in love with theology student Luca Divalle, without knowing that he is to be ordained as a priest very soon.

Gelübde des Herzens

2003

No artwork available
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Paule und das Krippenspiel

2020

No artwork available
10.0

No synopsis available yet.

Die Zeit mit dir

2002

No artwork available
7.0

No synopsis available yet.

Ich schenk dir meinen Mann 2

2001

Wie verführ' ich meinen Ehemann poster
4.7

A married housewife with two teenage children realizes that things are no longer working out with her husband. By chance, she meets her former gay classmate, a photographer with a camper van, who shows her that she is still sexy. He has to sell his parents' house. She comes up with the idea of using this house as an erotic Frenchwoman to attract her husband's attention again.

Wie verführ' ich meinen Ehemann

2007

No artwork available
8.0

No synopsis available yet.

Wie verliebt man seinen Vater?

2002

My Father Is Confused poster
7.0

Two young boys are trying to organize a wedding of the father of one of them and the mother of the second.

My Father Is Confused

1983

My Father Is Confused poster
7.0

Two young boys are trying to organize a wedding of the father of one of them and the mother of the second.

My Father Is Confused

1983

Prinz und Bottel poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Prinz und Bottel

2010

Lilly Schönauer: Liebe mit Familienanschluss poster
3.5

The divorced Johanna wants to contract with her new friend Klaus, as she completely unexpectedly met her great ex-love Walter again. Twenty years ago, the renowned professor of literature emigrated to the USA and for the first time returned to his homeland. At that time Johanna had taken on an affair with Walter and still does not know whether her daughter Marie, with whom she subsequently became pregnant, is from him or her former husband. When Marie falls in love with Walter's son Tom, it's high time to find out.

Lilly Schönauer: Liebe mit Familienanschluss

2013

Elephant in the Hospital poster
10.0

No synopsis available yet.

Elephant in the Hospital

1993

Der Rekordbeobachter poster
4.8

Marvin Feldmann has an unusual job: he works for the "Book of Records". His new order leads the strict and incorruptible record watcher to the Finnish island of Föglö. There is said to be a boy there who can make a stone jump 52 times on the water. Marvin does not have a great desire for the arduous journey, and when the twelve-year-old Elias barely fails in his attempt to set a record, he wants to leave immediately. However, Marvin did not count on the shrewd islanders who want to give the life-threatening boy a second chance - especially Elias' aunt Fanny.

Der Rekordbeobachter

2012

No artwork available
9.0

No synopsis available yet.

Das Schloß meines Vaters

1999

Mutter wider Willen poster
6.1

No synopsis available yet.

Mutter wider Willen

2000

Imaginative King poster
7.0

No synopsis available yet.

Imaginative King

1990

Linda geht tanzen poster
3.8

Linda Hessler and her husband Frank have been running a small gourmet restaurant for years. The business is going well, and with his talent, Frank has made a star. But that does not satisfy the ambitious perfectionist: he wants a second star, no matter what he wants. No wonder that the romantically inclined Linda feels increasingly neglected by her workaholic spouse - until she finds a charming admirer in the florist Peer. The passionate dancer brings new life into her life and leaves no stone unturned to win her heart.

Linda geht tanzen

2011

No artwork available
9.0

A little girl who is eagerly awaiting the day she starts school falls ill and misses the big moment. Her disappointment is alleviated by loving parents and friends.

Weiße Kreide für Franziska

1989

Das Morphus-Geheimnis poster
4.3

Never until the end of their days - so swears a mysterious group - will they reveal the secret location of Beethoven's will. For this is where his magical Morphus composition is hidden, which puts anyone who hears it into a deep sleep. Generations later, this confidential knowledge has been passed down from a great-great-great-grandfather to a favorite grandson. And he has discovered how to use it to make a profit. Together with his crook friend, he is just about to get hold of the notes when he is interrupted by the unsuspecting and shy Nicki. The Morphus secret ends up in Nicki's pocket, of all places, in the hustle and bustle of the chase that ensues. Nicki and his father arrive at a completely snowed-in hotel, an old castle.

Das Morphus-Geheimnis

2008

Ladies Only poster
7.0

Eva has mainly cared for her young son in recent years, but now the charming mid-thirties wants to return to her job as an interior designer. The talented designer applies for the equipment of a hip scene, but does not receive any support from either her busy husband or her retired father. In this emergency, the old childhood friend Lucy comes in, who makes the prototypes for Eva's designs in her small carpentry shop. Even as a substitute father for Eva's little son Jona makes the carpenter a good figure.

Ladies Only

2013

Wink des Himmels poster
5.9

Seven-year-old Moritz lives with his father Ben Sanddorn in Saxon Switzerland. Since the death of his mother many years ago, he has wanted nothing more than a new mother and, of course, a new wife for his father. And so he sends his pigeon Sammy on a search. Sammy flies to Salzburg, where the Sanddorn family used to live, and ends up with architect Paula. She is about to get married, but first she wants to take a break and bring the pigeon back. Paula spends a few days at Ben's guesthouse and makes friends with Moritz. She is fascinated by the introverted, likeable Ben and her emerging feelings are reciprocated by him. A loving romance develops, which Moritz pursues with enthusiasm. But then the budding love almost falls victim to an intrigue.

Wink des Himmels

2005

Scheidung mit Hindernissen poster
5.1

The ambitious business newcomer Marc wants to marry the successful lawyer Sandra. On paper, he is still married to Katrin, from whom he lives separately. The divorce thus appears as a mere formality, but when Katrin says the wrong word in front of the judge at the wrong time, the two spouses receive a second chance against their will.

Scheidung mit Hindernissen

2002

Schöne Lügen poster
5.7

Interior designer Kim Joosten is like many modern women: self-confident, successful and always concerned about her appearance. When she saves a child's life at a barbecue, she suffers severe burns and is disfigured by a large facial scar. However, representation and good looks are a must in her job, in which she is now increasingly marginalized. When she also discovers that her husband Max is having an affair, Kim no longer knows what to do.

Schöne Lügen

2003

No artwork available
8.0

No synopsis available yet.

Ich schenk dir meinen Mann

1998