Oliver Storz

The leitmotif for this film portrait is Oliver Storz’s autobiographical novel Die Freibadclique, which tells the story of a group of friends drafted into the army as fifteen-year-olds just before the end of the Second World War. Again and again, Dominik Graf reads passages from this account and, by juxtaposing them with clips from Storz’s films, reveals the echoes of the past they contain. Whether in his more experimental television plays or his Willy Brandt film "Im Schatten der Macht", Storz always provided new perspectives on the war and on Germany itself. Via a series of personal interviews Graf held with the journalist, director and producer shortly before the latter’s death in summer 2011, we are introduced to an analytical, unconventional man who witnessed the course of history. Graf takes up Storz’s reflections in his commentary, throwing light on an unexpected history of German television.

No synopsis available yet.

No synopsis available yet.

No synopsis available yet.

Shortly before the end of the war in 1945, the Allies can already be heard in Nesselbühl in Swabia when three freight cars are uncoupled at the station. The screams of the starving concentration camp prisoners inside can be heard throughout the village, but nobody dares to help them. Only the innkeeper's daughter Anna takes heart...

Richard Mertens, a successful magazine editor with a cold, empty marriage to Lucy, seeks excitement through an affair with younger colleague Eva. Yet his need for status traps him in superficiality, undermining genuine connection. A legal battle with old friend Ferrow, won through perjury, reveals Mertens’s moral emptiness, shattering his relationship with Eva. Alone, he finds solace only in listening to bartender Brigitte.

No synopsis available yet.

Late fall 1947: The inhabitants of Frauenburg, a US garrison town, are facing another harsh post-war winter. But a social sensation causes a stir: Freya Sonnenberg, one of the three daughters of the former mayor, is to marry the American base commander Bellmont. Each of the sisters has her own hopes for this event: For Freya, the wedding is the start of a carefree and prosperous life after the war. For the older sister Nora, it means belated satisfaction for the early death of her beloved father. And Gudrun, the youngest, is looking forward to an uninhibited sex life. But one evening before the wedding, a blackmailer threatens to destroy the sisters' plans. Compromising details from Freya's time in the army emerge. Was she really the playmate of a prominent Nazi bigwig...?

Late fall 1947: The inhabitants of Frauenburg, a US garrison town, are facing another harsh post-war winter. But a social sensation causes a stir: Freya Sonnenberg, one of the three daughters of the former mayor, is to marry the American base commander Bellmont. Each of the sisters has her own hopes for this event: For Freya, the wedding is the start of a carefree and prosperous life after the war. For the older sister Nora, it means belated satisfaction for the early death of her beloved father. And Gudrun, the youngest, is looking forward to an uninhibited sex life. But one evening before the wedding, a blackmailer threatens to destroy the sisters' plans. Compromising details from Freya's time in the army emerge. Was she really the playmate of a prominent Nazi bigwig...?

Munich cab driver Herbert Sponer picks up American businessman Jack Mortimer at the train station. Suddenly Mortimer is shot while driving and Sponer has to try to avoid being suspected as the perpetrator.

August 1945. In a remote mill in American-occupied Württemberg, a quintuple murder takes place. The miller and his wife, their two sons, and their daughter Irma were executed, and the daughter was then hanged and smeared with SS runes. However, a young refugee woman named Karin Katte, whose origins and history are unknown to anyone in the village, survived the massacre by chance. The investigation is led by Dave Gladbaker, a Jewish employee of the American secret service whose parents were murdered in a concentration camp. His investigations soon focus on Karin Katte, who Gladbaker suspects must have been the real target of the attack. Katte is suspected of being a former concentration camp guard.

August 1945. In a remote mill in American-occupied Württemberg, a quintuple murder takes place. The miller and his wife, their two sons, and their daughter Irma were executed, and the daughter was then hanged and smeared with SS runes. However, a young refugee woman named Karin Katte, whose origins and history are unknown to anyone in the village, survived the massacre by chance. The investigation is led by Dave Gladbaker, a Jewish employee of the American secret service whose parents were murdered in a concentration camp. His investigations soon focus on Karin Katte, who Gladbaker suspects must have been the real target of the attack. Katte is suspected of being a former concentration camp guard.

Germany, mid-1950s. Dr. Gerd Vorweg, Lord Mayor of a district town, can be completely satisfied with his life. A few years after the end of the war, he helped his town to regain prosperity and prosperity by setting up a large textile company. He is popular with the locals and has a showcase marriage with his wife Katharina. When Katharina suddenly disappears without a trace, this idyll is suddenly destroyed.

Germany, mid-1950s. Dr. Gerd Vorweg, Lord Mayor of a district town, can be completely satisfied with his life. A few years after the end of the war, he helped his town to regain prosperity and prosperity by setting up a large textile company. He is popular with the locals and has a showcase marriage with his wife Katharina. When Katharina suddenly disappears without a trace, this idyll is suddenly destroyed.

Former prisoner Frank Gormann is given a suitcase full of hundred-mark bills, which also contains a pistol and a photo of a man who is to be killed. Coincidence or an offer? Frank's "luck" seems perfect when he meets the beautiful Julia, with whom he wants to spend the money. But the coincidences soon turn out to be a calculated crime.

No synopsis available yet.

a tv-movie by Rainer Erler