Rolf Giesen

Writing

Rolf Giesen

Born

1953-07-04 (73)

Place of birth

Moers, Germany

Known for

Writing

Credits

17 titles

Known for

Tigerenten Club poster
7.0

Tigerenten Club is a German children's television programme. The programme involves a mix of games, quizzes, cartoons and outside reports from the presenters and children, with the aim to educate and entertain. It is produced by SWR in co-operation with other regional broadcasters, and is broadcast on ARD and KiKa. The logo and the name of the programme is based upon the Tigerente or 'Tigerduck', created by German cartoonist Janosch.

Tigerenten Club

1996

Terra X History poster
6.8

The spectrum of topics ranges from political history with a focus on contemporary history (especially National Socialism and post-war history) to cultural history and social history. In addition, ZDF-History also regularly deals with pre-modern history, art and cultural history.

Terra X History

2000

The Little Polar Bear 2: The Mysterious Island poster
7.1

New adventures from Lars, the cheeky little polar bear who loves nothing more than to explore the big wide world. This time Lars and his friend Robby start out for a rescue mission for their friend Caruso leading them all the way to the Galapagos Islands.

The Little Polar Bear 2: The Mysterious Island

2005

Laura's Star poster
6.4

Laura sees a shooting star falling to earth and finds it in a park, down on the floor and with a broken point. The star is a living being, and Laura takes her home to reattach its point with a band-aid. The little star has special powers and can make people fly, or bring inanimate objects to life. But the more she stays on Earth, the weaker she becomes and her colors fade away and her powers start to fail. Laura must find a way to send the little star back into outer space.

Laura's Star

2004

Nosferatu: A Film Like a Vampire poster
5.0

From Murnau to Herzog, and until modern incarnations, a mischievous exploration of a cinematographic legendary character, with Nosferatu himself as a guide...

Nosferatu: A Film Like a Vampire

2022

Nazi Titanic poster
6.7

During a bizarre chapter of WWII, Nazi propaganda minister Joseph Goebbels decided to make a movie based on the sinking of the Titanic. This epic film was so large in scale that the Nazis were forced to divert men, material and ships from the war effort in order to complete it. Titanic was filmed aboard cruise ship SS Cap Arcona in the Baltic Sea. The movie’s director Herbert Selpin was arrested by the Gestapo over comments he made about the ship’s crew and he was questioned by Goebbels. Selpin was found dead the next day in his cell. The Gestapo’s verdict was suicide. Titanic never received the impressive premiere that Goebbels intended, being first shown in Nazi-occupied Paris in 1943. We reveal this little known but fascinating story by looking at the making of the film, as well as the fate of the German ship Cap Arcona.

Nazi Titanic

2012

Film credits

2010s · 2 titles

Series credits

Behind the camera

The Little Polar Bear 2: The Mysterious Island poster
7.1

New adventures from Lars, the cheeky little polar bear who loves nothing more than to explore the big wide world. This time Lars and his friend Robby start out for a rescue mission for their friend Caruso leading them all the way to the Galapagos Islands.

The Little Polar Bear 2: The Mysterious Island

2005

Laura's Star poster
6.4

Laura sees a shooting star falling to earth and finds it in a park, down on the floor and with a broken point. The star is a living being, and Laura takes her home to reattach its point with a band-aid. The little star has special powers and can make people fly, or bring inanimate objects to life. But the more she stays on Earth, the weaker she becomes and her colors fade away and her powers start to fail. Laura must find a way to send the little star back into outer space.

Laura's Star

2004

Laura's Star and the Mysterious Dragon Nian poster
5.4

Laura gets the chance to fly to China with her family. Her mother is supposed to give a concert with Chinese musician to celebrate the New Year.

Laura's Star and the Mysterious Dragon Nian

2009

Lauras Stern und die Traummonster poster
5.9

No synopsis available yet.

Lauras Stern und die Traummonster

2011

Midnight Men: A John Schlesinger and Michael Childers Story poster
NR

A documentary on John Schlesinger and Michael Childers.

Midnight Men: A John Schlesinger and Michael Childers Story

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King Kongs Faust poster
8.0

Berlin Film Fest 1984. The best place for every cinema fan. Everyone wants to be in on the festival, but that may be really difficult, if one has no accreditation. Also Journalist Matthies gets to know the rules of being in or out when he wants to see a screening and is not welcome. Thus he watches an old German silent flick which he is barely interested in. The next day the newspapers are full of reports about a newly discovered German masterpiece from the silent era. It seems that Matthies had luck. He just saw *the* film everybody is talking about now. Also everybody is speculating about its director, who remains unknown. When Matthies talks to Ackrewa, an old befriended projectionist, about the film, the latter seems to recall the name of the director. Matthies decides to research the case. An odyssey into film-history begins and if it is successful Matthies will come up with a top story.

King Kongs Faust

1985

Laura's Star Xmas Special poster
4.0

Just when Laura and her family were preparing to spend the Christmas holidays at Aunt Martha, the car breaks down and must spend Christmas at home, and without a tree. A fun adventure for the whole family.

Laura's Star Xmas Special

2006