Katharina Stark

Acting

Katharina Stark

Born 1998-09-26

Katharina Stark (* September 26, 1998 in Fellheim) is a German actress. She appeared in the short films Superheroes (director: Volker Petters; 2016), Mimikry (lead role of "Lara"; director: Anika Mätzke; 2017) and Take me to the land of Jihad (lead role of "Samra"; director: Philipp Dettmer). On television, she appeared in the ZDF episode Inga Lindström - Schlaflos in Stockholm as "Lissi" (director: Matthias Kiefersauer; episode 65; 2016) and in Lieblingsgeschwister as "Klara" (director: Agnes Hertwig; 2016). She became known for her role as "Similde" in the fantasy film King Laurin. From 2018 to 2022, she completed her acting training at the Otto Falckenberg School in Munich. In December 2023, Stark was named one of the ten European Shooting Stars of 2024 by European Film Promotion. In May 2024, she became a member of the European Film Academy.

Acting credits

23 000 Lives poster
6.0

A group of young people sets sail for the Mediterranean to save the lives of refugees — a mission that puts their ideas of law and justice to the test.

23 000 Lives

2026

Franz poster
6.1

Conceived as a kaleidoscopic mosaic, the film follows the imprint Franz Kafka left on the world from his birth in 19th-century Prague to his death in post-WW1 Vienna.

Franz

2025

Franz poster
6.1

Conceived as a kaleidoscopic mosaic, the film follows the imprint Franz Kafka left on the world from his birth in 19th-century Prague to his death in post-WW1 Vienna.

Franz

2025

Ach, diese Lücke, diese entsetzliche Lücke poster
7.6

Twenty-year-old Joachim is unexpectedly accepted at drama school in Munich and moves into his grandparents' upper-class villa. From then on, he tries to find his identity as a young man between the world of theater and the everyday life of his eccentric grandparents.

Ach, diese Lücke, diese entsetzliche Lücke

2026

Nuremberg 45 poster
6.3

At the end of 1945, the Nuremberg trials against Göring, Hess, von Ribbentrop and other Nazi officials began. The young Jewish reporter Ernst Michel and the witness Seweryna Szmaglewska, both concentration camp survivors, struggle not only with their deep traumas, but also with some uncomfortable insights that the trial brought to light. Carsten Gutschmidt's thoughtful docudrama sensitively interweaves dramatised scenes, flashbacks, colourised original footage and new material in which witnesses and descendants visit the original locations and comment on the action.

Nuremberg 45

2025

Luna's Revenge poster
5.8

When Luna’s family is killed in cold blood on a mountain vacation, she barely escapes, and has to discover she’s been living a lie: her dad was a Russian secret agent, and her family was just a front. Luna has the opportunity to flee the country. But first she wants revenge.

Luna's Revenge

2018

Storm & Stress poster
NR

Knittlingen, 1789: To escape her father's clutches, Cornelia decides to run away and buy herself a marriage that will take her to Paris, where she hopes to lead a free life. When a stranger turns up with his pregnant wife at the meeting with her future husband and invites everyone to a picnic, everything turns out differently than planned and Cornelia has to fight for her freedom once again.

Storm & Stress

2024

Paula Modersohn-Becker - No Compromises poster
NR

Documentary Today German artist Paula Modersohn-Becker (1876-1907) is famous worldwide. But during her lifetime, her unconventional painting irked her contemporaries as she radically broke taboos, anticipating both Expressionism and Modernism. This documentary portrays an artist who unwaveringly pursued her vision for art, ahead of her time and without compromises.

Paula Modersohn-Becker - No Compromises

Dead Girls Dancing poster
4.4

On a road trip across Italy, recent high school graduates Ira, Malin and Ka pick up the intriguing backpacker Zoe. As the four girls stumble across an abandoned village, they start to experiment with the limits of their newly found freedom, away from the expectations of their parents and teachers.

Dead Girls Dancing

2023

I Am the Greatest poster
7.0

Daniel gets jostled on a crowded street and imagines teaching the stranger some manners. For Marie, a first date is one thing above all else: pure stress! What if he notices how disturbed she is...? Robert sees the other parents at the playground and is overcome with self-doubt. Alone in her room at night, Yara hears strange noises—a monster or her mom? Karsten is in the fast lane. Whoever slows down loses. Agathe seeks inner peace after a breakup, but the anger remains. And Lenny dreams of Mo, his idol—and of finally being seen.

I Am the Greatest

2025

December Evening poster
10.0

Student Annika returns home for Christmas, but the anticipation of the family dinner is overshadowed by tensions: stepfather Thomas invites business partners, mother Monika is focused on sister Maya’s career, and uncle Detlef stirs things up with his comments. When Maya decides she’d rather celebrate with her boyfriend Barir, Annika covers for her with a lie.

December Evening

2025

King Laurin poster
6.5

In a kingdom where plants are banned, the king's short son befriends Laurin, ruler of the dwarves, who is a great plant lover. But things spiral out of control when he steals his magical power belt to win a jousting tournament.

King Laurin

2016

Du bist nicht allein poster
6.0

When Eva returns to her house on the day of her divorce, she finds a bouquet of red roses outside the door. Attached is the note: "You are not alone." The sender is anonymous.

Du bist nicht allein

2018

Und ihr schaut zu poster
6.0

After her daughter's fatal accident at a busy intersection, Jenni is confronted with videos on the web of Mia dying. Instead of helping, passersby were filming with their cell phones. The horrific images won't let Jenni go. Horror and rage at the gawkers' pitiless curiosity take her completely captive. There is hardly any room for her grief; instead, she obsessively searches for the accident spectators in order to confront them with the consequences of their sensationalism. She finds what she's looking for – but her first encounters don't help her. No one seems aware of any wrongdoing, or capable of admitting it. Supported by a tough lawyer, Jenni decides to take action against the sensationalists.

Und ihr schaut zu

2022

Till poster
NR

In a world where humanity counts for nothing, a man has lost his value for society and is therefore to be transformed into an uncaring artificial intelligence.

Till

2022