Asad Schwarz

Acting

Asad Schwarz

Born

1963-12-07 (62)

Place of birth

East Berlin, Germany

Known for

Acting

Credits

33 titles

Known for

Film credits

2020s · 10 titles

Gropiusstadt Supernova poster
NR

Berlin-Gropiusstadt, a prefabricated housing estate on the outskirts of the city. On the last day of the year, three young people are at a turning point: Tarik receives a letter about his impending deportation, Stella gets accepted to an acting school abroad, and Luan wakes up from a nightmare in which he is left behind by both of them.

Gropiusstadt Supernova

2026

The Fool poster
6.0

A jester costume worn by dressmaker Dolores comes to life when she is diagnosed with breast cancer. Haunted by the gloomy jester, Dolores tries to maintain her normal life and vehemently refuses to tell her family about the diagnosis.

The Fool

2025

Jonja poster
4.0

13-year-old Jonja goes on vacation with the wealthy family of her best friend Paul. None of this would be a problem if the girl had told her mother about it - but she hasn't. Meanwhile, the days at the lake turn out to be extremely idyllic: Jonja falls in love with a girl and her friendship with Paul is strengthened even further. When it becomes clear that Jonja has lied, emotions run high...

Jonja

2023

Ladybitch poster
7.5

Ela, a young actress, gets a role with the well-known theatre director Franz Kramer. The production is a great opportunity for Ela, but also comes with pressure. Kramer constantly oversteps Elas boundaries, and the situation worsens when Kramer sexually harasses her. Ela struggles to reconstruct her role as a self-confident character-and realizes that to do so, she has to take the same steps of self-empowerment in her real life.

Ladybitch

2022

Gasman poster
2.3

Speedy, merciless and with plenty of black humor Gasman shows the picture of a man searching for his inner soul.

Gasman

2021

Holy Meat poster
8.0

Father Iversen has a mission: to save his parish. He already has an idea. With a spectacular performance of the Passion story, he wants to convince the theater-loving archbishop to keep the parish. But director Roberto, who has been canceled by the Berlin theater scene, and Mia, the butcher who has returned involuntarily, thwart his plans.

Holy Meat

2026

Ein Sommer auf Langeoog poster
8.0

Antonia Hofmaier and her son Linus actually only want to pay a short visit to the North Sea island of Langeoog: Antonia needs the signature of her father, with whom she has had no contact for almost twenty years, to sell her parents' house in Munich.

Ein Sommer auf Langeoog

2022

Good Old Days poster
NR

Four young skaters spend an afternoon claiming an abandoned factory as their playground, moving from one forbidden urban spot to the next. When the security abruptly cut their session short, the day ends with one of them under arrest. Years later, one of the skaters looks back on a fleeting moment of youth, freedom, and friendship that has stayed with him ever since.

Good Old Days

2026

Returning South poster
NR

Father is dead. Daughter and son carry his corpse south of the border. Despite the risk this journey entails, they set out to bury him at the place that used to be home. A migrant family story.

Returning South

2022

On the Brink poster
NR

When Mara, a social worker at a drug consumption room, meets the heroin addict Ole, the boundaries between work and friendship between to blur. Now she is faced with the question of whether she can handle the job or if her friendship with Ole will get in the way.

On the Brink

2023

2010s · 10 titles

Mute poster
5.6

A mute man with a violent past is forced to take on the teeming underworld of a near-future Berlin as he searches for his missing girlfriend.

Mute

2018

System Crasher poster
7.6

Wherever 9-year-old Benni ends up, she is expelled. She has become what child protection services call a “system crasher.” But she is not looking to change her ways, and has one goal: go back home to her mother. When anger management trainer Micha is hired to help, suddenly there is hope.

System Crasher

2019

No artwork available
2.0

The feature film 'After Spring Comes Fall' tells the story of a young woman who tries to escape the turmoil of the Arab Spring...

After Spring Comes Fall

2015

Richard & Gilbert poster
4.0

A small village is haunted by strange and awful murders. The scared villagers turn to two officials in search for help to solve the crimes. The investigations point to a very perfidious kind of murders: All victims were nibbled off shortly before or after their death. Could an animal be the cause of the strange bite tracks in face and arms of the dead bodies?

Richard & Gilbert

2015

Monday – A German Love Story poster
NR

Klaus has a new job. And it's brilliant. The best job in the world. There is just one small snag: after work.

Monday – A German Love Story

2017

Heute oder morgen poster
3.6

A young couple with an open, long-term relationship, engage in a three-way relationship with Chloe in the free-spirited city of Berlin.

Heute oder morgen

2019

Wacht am Rhein poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Wacht am Rhein

2017

A Gentle Noise Between the Lines poster
NR

George is in his 40s, a family man, on the fast track in his job - until one day a stranger claims ownership of 2m² of his house, enters the home, sets up his bed in the living room and stays. While the stranger is expanding his space in the house bit by bit, a gloomy feeling is taking hold of George.

A Gentle Noise Between the Lines

2017

Besuch für Emma poster
6.0

Berlin, the vibrant life. Only cashier Emma feels really lonely. There is nothing wrong with her, she just goes underground in the big city. Her desire to meet people has brought Emma to a strange idea: she lets go in the supermarket purses of customers and later presents herself as a hospitable finder, who invites you to pick up at the laid table. Unfortunately, the visit remains short. Only the shrewd homeless August who sees through her starts to get interested in Emma.

Besuch für Emma

2015

The Void in Between poster
NR

Driven by childlike curiosity and the desire to get to know his new German home better, 9-year-old Hamid has made it his business to observe his surroundings with his binoculars and to document the actions of other people in his neighborhood. When one day a homeless woman comes into his field of vision, he realizes that the time has come for him to leave his observation post on his balcony at home.

The Void in Between

2019

1990s · 4 titles

Series credits

Scene of the Crime poster
6.2

Tatort is a long-running German/Austrian/Swiss crime television series set in various parts of these countries. The show is broadcast on the channels of ARD in Germany, ORF in Austria and SF1 in Switzerland.

Scene of the Crime

1970

Scene of the Crime poster
6.2

Tatort is a long-running German/Austrian/Swiss crime television series set in various parts of these countries. The show is broadcast on the channels of ARD in Germany, ORF in Austria and SF1 in Switzerland.

Scene of the Crime

1970

Polizeiruf 110 poster
6.2

Polizeiruf 110 is a long-running German language detective television series. The first episode was broadcast 27 June 1971 in the German Democratic Republic, and after the dissolution of Fernsehen der DDR the series was picked up by ARD. It was originally created as a counterpart to the West German series Tatort, and quickly became a public favorite.

Polizeiruf 110

1971

Polizeiruf 110 poster
6.2

Polizeiruf 110 is a long-running German language detective television series. The first episode was broadcast 27 June 1971 in the German Democratic Republic, and after the dissolution of Fernsehen der DDR the series was picked up by ARD. It was originally created as a counterpart to the West German series Tatort, and quickly became a public favorite.

Polizeiruf 110

1971

SOKO Wismar poster
5.9

No synopsis available yet.

SOKO Wismar

2004

Der Staatsanwalt hat das Wort poster
3.8

Der Staatsanwalt hat das Wort was an East German television series.

Der Staatsanwalt hat das Wort

1965

Unter anderen Umständen poster
6.7

No synopsis available yet.

Unter anderen Umständen

2006

The Institute - Oasis of Failure poster
8.8

At a poorly-funded German cultural institute in the fictional "armpit" of the Middle East, efforts by interns and staff to promote German language and culture have decidedly mixed results.

The Institute - Oasis of Failure

2018