Peter Rappenglück

The villages of Greisendorf and Neubrunn are competing for the grave of the former silent film star Gaby Gruber. But even at 114 years old, Gemany's oldest woman still has a lot of life left in her. When Greisendorf's undertaker suddenly passes away, the gardener and the garbage woman are quickly assigned to replace him.

Nick Gutlicht lives of illegally selling valuable books, owes money to a bunch of other crooks and has to hide from them. By chance he ends up in the mansion of the famous, now very old philosopher Curt Ledig, who despite the age related forgetfulness and pathological kitchen phobia resists to move to his daughter. Nick is hired by the family as watchdog. Now Curt can work on a presentation for the upcoming symposium, which anybody thinks he's capable of anymore. Nick thinks he has an excellent hiding place. This partnership of convenience of the two individuals quickly develops its own momentum. Curt regards Nick as an exciting research object and subjects him to an absurd therapy. For Nick it's a unique opportunity to fund his finances with Curt's phenomenal library. The strange couple is going through turmoil of incalculable proportions.

Under false pretenses, Pitschi flees from a mutual holiday with his girlfriend on Mallorca only to escape to Buenos Aires and from the responsibilities of having a baby and building a house.

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The real life story of East German singer and writer Gerhard Gundermann and his struggles with music, life as a coal miner and his dealings with the secret police (STASI) of the GDR.

At a press conference, Bavarian Minister President Reitmayer makes an unclear and ill-considered statement about Bavaria's possible withdrawal from the Federal Republic of Germany, sparking a discussion of unimagined proportions in the press and media. The excitement surrounding his words quickly becomes too much for Reitmayer and so he withdraws from the public eye and flees to a remote area in the Bavarian countryside. In doing so, however, he offends his family, to whom he has not revealed his whereabouts: Without further ado, his children Kathi and Martl set off in search of him. In the process, they not only learn a lot about their family, but also about their native Bavaria and its various regions. Meanwhile, the Minister President who has gone into hiding has found happiness, but for better or worse he must return to the public eye in order to calm the still raging debate...

The last few years have been no walk in the park for Richard Beller. The separation from his wife and the hard work at the architecture firm have taken a lot out of him. His relationship with his 14-year-old daughter Marie has also suffered enormously as a result. She blames him for her parents' separation. To make matters worse, his 78-year-old mother Hilde has also become a "problem" for some time now, showing undeniable signs of Alzheimer's disease. She is due to move into a retirement home this weekend. Now, of all times, the most important job of his life is in danger of being canceled due to a technical problem in the office.

Three friends on a journey to Moskow and themselves.

Sometimes it takes a miracle for the attraction of opposites to work: Fabian Lauber and Janne Jarst are fascinated by each other, but couldn't be more different. The headstrong country doctor is an adrenaline junkie who gets his kicks from wingsuit jumping and fast driving. He obviously only took over his father's practice after his death for his mother's sake. For Janne, a specialist in Chinese medicine, on the other hand, calmness and attentive treatment of her patients are very important.

The true story of a journalist who investigates the backgrounds of the Oktoberfest terror attack of 1980.

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The true story of pianist Władysław Szpilman's experiences in Warsaw during the Nazi occupation. When the Jews of the city find themselves forced into a ghetto, Szpilman finds work playing in a café; and when his family is deported in 1942, he stays behind, works for a while as a laborer, and eventually goes into hiding in the ruins of the war-torn city.

A 14-year-old orphan named Krabat flees the horrors of the 30 Years War by becoming an apprentice to an ominous master of a mysterious mill. Krabat is not only taught the craft of milling, but is also instructed in the sinister world of the darker arts. When the life of his friend and protector is threatened, Krabat must struggle to free himself from an evil sorcerer's control in a gripping fight for freedom, friendship and love.

Three years ago, Benedikt caused a car accident in which a child died. Now he returns to the scene of the accident, to the small Upper Bavarian village of Baching. Benedikt's return opens up wounds that have only healed superficially. Six people, all involved in the accident back then, desperately struggle to live with their shared history. A movie about love, death and home. Told with human warmth and staged with astonishing ease.

Editor Eckernförde has come into the possession of an audiocassette that contains a recording of the last minutes of deceased politician Uwe Barschel. The circumstances of his untimely death have never been completely resolved - until now. Unfortunately, the editor's daughter Nina accidentally takes the tape with her to Munich, where she is about to visit her paralyzed Mom in a sanatorium. When this information reaches the CIA and the BND, both organizations compete to get hold of the tape. Meanwhile Erkan & Stefan, two loveable wannabe supercheckers from Munich, are assigned as bodyguards for Nina - of course, they are expected to mess up their job, so that the tape can be retrieved. But the two friends prove to be a bit more streetwise than CIA or BND ever expected.

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Mia is dreaming of one day being the youngest driver in the Dakar Rally. She's pretty and loves the challenge. One day she gets to know the driving instructor Sherin, an exotic beauty of mid-twenties. She takes Mia to a secret car race out of town.

Wide-legged gait, hair on her teeth, hands on her hips: carpenter Katharina has a brash appearance. But beneath the rough exterior lies a poetic core. This comes to light when she writes tender letters to the restorer Jakob. In fact, the art-loving guy takes a shine to her tender words. The only annoying thing is that he thinks they are from Katharina's friend Marie. The blonde ditz asked the carpenter to write the love messages to Jakob for her.

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The crook couple Peter and Gwen have run away from Germany and are dreaming of a sweet life on Mallorca. During a break-in at the villa of multimillionaire Walter Ekland, Peter discovers by chance that the old man is using a detective agency to find his son, who was given up for adoption years ago. Ekland has never seen his supposed last family member and heir and therefore does not know that he has long since died. Peter sees the great opportunity of a lifetime. He assumes the identity of the lost son in order to get his hands on the big money. But the unscrupulous Decker, a private detective who was tasked with finding Ekland's real son, discovers the fraud and blackmails Gwen and Peter...

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'Hood' is a modern interpretation of the Brothers Grimm fairy tale 'Little Red Riding Hood'. In a crappy small town, a girl wants nothing more than to finally grow up. To do this, she swaps her boring communion cross for a necklace with three cool pendants. She doesn't yet know that each of these followers brings harm. She doesn't yet know who the hunted and who the hunter is. But she knows there is something waiting for her. Something magical. In the dark of the night.

The 12-year-old Toni, known as "Toni Goldwascher", is an outsider. He lives with his mother Maria in a disreputable house outside the community by the river. The son of a large farmer, Hans Beil, harasses him because he is after Gold Bay. Herbert, the mute Elfie and the chaplain are on his side, but when Toni actually finds gold, the situation comes to a head.

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The Hobeditz farmer, threatened with ruin, is promised 53 million euros as an inheritance when his will is opened. The only condition: He is to revive the custom of hobeditzing in memory of his grandfather. The only problem: there is no one far and wide who can remember the Hobeditz...

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Jenny is on the road in her film producer's Rolls-Royce, which she has to drive to a film shoot and a wedding. When she gets lost at night, she finds a wrecked car in the ditch and rescues a skinhead.

Eva works as a decoy. Her job is to test husbands for their fidelity. Her good friend Corinna gives her a particularly well-paid assignment. She is to seduce Stefan, the husband of the very wealthy Christiane Reedmann, and lure him into a trap. A short time later, Christiane is killed and all the evidence points to Eva as the murderer. Now Eva herself is caught in the trap.

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In a small town in southern Germany, Rick, Lutz and Georg try to live out their frustrations in extended drinking bouts. In the "Paloma" pub, they look for confirmation in sexual adventures. They rape several girls, and none of the victims have the courage to talk, because everyone in the small town knows each other. Then one day, the body of a strange 20-year-old girl is found behind the rest area not far from the town, abused and strangled. She was hitchhiking to Landshut. The police initially investigate without success. No one claims to have seen anything and the case is finally filed away as unsolved. Only years later does Andi, one of the suspects, begin to talk, apparently driven by his conscience. He claims to have been there when Lutz, Georg and the landlord of their local pub committed the crime. The wall of silence threatens to topple...

A night full of coincidences. Without knowing each other, Pierre and Jasmina break into the same museum and head for the self-same painting – problems that are difficult to solve amicably. Plus there is Martin, the only watchman on site...