Jonas Nay

Acting

Jonas Nay

Born

1990-09-20 (36)

Place of birth

Lübeck, Germany

Known for

Acting

Credits

56 titles

Known for

Film credits

2020s · 6 titles

Persian Lessons poster
7.6

Occupied France, 1942. Gilles is arrested by SS soldiers alongside other Jews and sent to a camp in Germany. He narrowly avoids sudden execution by swearing to the guards that he is not Jewish, but Persian. This lie temporarily saves him, but Gilles gets assigned a life-or-death mission: to teach Farsi to Head of Camp Koch, who dreams of opening a restaurant in Iran once the war is over. Through an ingenious trick, Gilles manages to survive by inventing words of "Farsi" every day and teaching them to Koch.

Persian Lessons

2020

The Four of Us poster
5.5

After their partner swap experiment takes a turn, four friends arrive at a remote beach hut to face the fallout and purge themselves of deeper truths.

The Four of Us

2021

A Thousand Lines poster
6.0

Star reporter Lars Bogenius is a respected journalist and knows how to wow his readers and critics with emotional reportage. Emotional, realistic and moving, his style regularly promises to win him the industry's most coveted awards. His publishing house is also grateful to the exceptional journalist, because the paper's numbers are sinking and are being cushioned by Bogenius' reportage, among other things. Everything sounds too good to be true - at least that's the opinion of freelance journalist Juan Romero, who takes on the inconsistencies and looks deeper behind Bogenius' research and reportage. It's a dangerous plan that faces numerous obstacles. But what he discovers turns out to be the biggest journalism scandal in Germany.

A Thousand Lines

2022

No artwork available
NR

Cast and crew discuss the making of Sky Studios' The Tattooist of Auschwitz

The Making of The Tattooist of Auschwitz

2024

My Lady in Blue poster
5.0

After a terrible car accident resulting in death and serious injury, Denis was given a suspended sentence. Following a psychological assessment to get his driver's license back, he contacts the surviving victim, Alfred. Alfred has lost all memory of the accident and his deceased wife. The planned short visit to Alfred does not go as planned, and Denis is drawn deeper and deeper into Alfred's world.

My Lady in Blue

2025

No artwork available
NR

An orphan boy seeking stability; a drug dealer in the struggle for power; and an alcoholic longing for love; they're fighting for their lives. One's decision means downfall for the others. They can't escape this downward spiral...

Three Lives Long

2025

2010s · 16 titles

Summer Solstice poster
5.9

Romek is a Polish railway worker and Guido is a German soldier. They are both 17, in love with jazz and the same pretty girl. But it's 1943 somewhere in German-occupied Poland, and their lives are bound to change soon.

Summer Solstice

2015

A Minute’s Silence poster
5.8

The end of a summer, a sleepy fishing port on the Baltic Sea and the beginning of a great feeling that must not be: Shortly before the start of the new school year, the 18-year-old Christian falls in love with his new English teacher Stella Petersen. In a moment of unexpected lightness and freedom, in the dunes and seascape far away from the small town, Stella and Christian discover a shared longing and an attraction to each other, the intensity of which both overwhelmed. But soon after class has begun again, the secret relationship between the young teacher and her pupil threatens the scandal ...

A Minute’s Silence

2016

We Are Young. We Are Strong. poster
6.8

On 24th August 1992 in the eastern German city of Rostock, a rampaging mob, to the applause and cheering of more than 3,000 bystanders, besieged and set fire to a residential building containing, among others, more than 120 Vietnamese men, women, and children on what has since become known as "The Night of the Fire." The riots became a symbol of xenophobia in the just-reunited Germany. This film recounts the incident from the perspectives of three very different characters.

We Are Young. We Are Strong.

2014

The Master Butcher poster
7.8

After his return from World War I, there is no more work for Fidelis in his parents' butcher shop in Swabia, Germany. To make a better life for himself and Eva, the former fiancée of a friend who fell in battle, he emigrates to Argus, a town in North Dakota, in the United States. The artist Delphine, in whom Eva will find a friend, also moves there. To relieve Eva's homesickness, Fidelis founds a singing club.

The Master Butcher

2019

Dear Courtney poster
NR

For many years, 17-year-old Paul has been in love with Saskia, the prettiest girl in school, who is two years older than him. Unfortunately, she doesn't feel the same way about him, but Paul doesn't give up. He composes a song for his beloved in order to win her heart—and start a music career. Later, Paul realizes that his song has been stolen and can be heard on a Nirvana album under the name "Smells Like Teen Spirit"! He feels triple betrayed: robbed of his just reward, his record deal, and Saskia's love. So Paul decides to complain to Nirvana frontman Kurt Cobain and follows the band, which is on tour in Germany in 1991, from concert to concert. But when he finally meets the crazy Hamburg woman Tolle, he slowly realizes that there are more important things in life than fame and glory.

Dear Courtney

2014

Hirngespinster poster
5.5

Simon falls head over heels in love with pretty and quick-witted Verena. When his father, who suffers from schizophrenia, has a relapse, Simon devotes himself completely to his mother and little sister and endangers his budding romance. Maneuvering himself into a near-fatal situation, Simon realizes that he cannot change the others' lives, but only his own.

Hirngespinster

2014

Homevideo poster
6.7

Shy, sensitive high school outsider Jakob Moormann is miserably lacking immaterial support at home, where his strict father, uniformed cop Claas, and selfish mother are too busy breaking up to be there for him. Jakob focuses on class dream-girl Hannah, without much luck. His secret recording of himself masturbating gets into class bullies Henry and Erik's hands through the mother's thoughtlessness. The rascals blackmail Jakob and post the video on the Internet. After a raging lecture phase, dad stands up for Jakob, but his life is already wrecked more than anyone realizes.

Homevideo

2011

Death on the Baltic poster
6.0

A man goes over a girl and is in a village on the Baltic Sea henceforth as a "murderer" - until he lies dead in his garden. An accident, everyone says. But the autopsy shows that Ralf Kossak was killed. The police consider Stefan Hansen, the father of the dead Lisa, for the murderer, because he has the strongest motive: revenge. But Hansen was not, his wife Meike not. In the village begins a veritable witch hunt on Kossak's widow and her sons. The police discover what a shattering drama is in the Kossak family.

Death on the Baltic

2013

The Accidental Rebel poster
5.8

Karim, a student from Syria, lives peacefully in Hamburg with Lilly, his pregnant girlfriend. One day, he hears that his brother is imprisoned in the infamous jail in Aleppo. He leaves for Syria to find his brother.

The Accidental Rebel

2019

Die Frau von früher poster
5.4

The suitcases are packed: Frank, Claudia and their 17-year-old son are heading to Toronto, a professional fiasco is forcing the family to make a fresh start. But suddenly Frank's childhood sweetheart Romy appears on the doorstep. Frank swore eternal love 24 years ago. And Romy is now demanding eternal love. A demand that pushes everyone involved to their limits and reveals their darkest sides.

Die Frau von früher

2013

No artwork available
5.3

No synopsis available yet.

Comrades and Cash - Geheime Geschafte unter dem Eisernen Vorhang

2018

Jorinde und Joringel poster
5.1

Jorinde and Joringel are lovers and would like to get married. But on a walk in the forest, they find themselves near a castle belonging to an wicked witch. She is jealous of their love and wants to destroy it. She decides to set Joringel free after taking away Jorinde, content with that the lovers will never see each other again.

Jorinde und Joringel

2011

Sechzehneichen poster
5.7

A young couple moves to a gated community (named Sechzehneichen), where soon the creative wife (a photographer) gets bored and the husband joins a secret mens' club. All the other wives seem strangely conservative and shallow. Basically a thinly veiled take on the Stepford Wives, just without any bit of humor or atmosphere, but instead filled with the sterile, unflinching and dry seriousness that makes watching a lot of our German films such a drag and a miserable experience.

Sechzehneichen

2012

King Ordinary poster
5.7

Thomas Müller is spotted by a marketing agency for his exceptional normality.

King Ordinary

2013

Regrettably Kin poster
2.6

On the North Sea coast, jack of all trades Knud tries his hand at crab fishing, betting on sports and small-time cons. He’s just trying to score an award for his Shanty Choir, which has seen better days, when his son Lenny shows up for the first time in a decade.

Regrettably Kin

2017

Nichts mehr wie vorher poster
6.5

The life of gay 16-year-old Daniel goes completely off track as he is being held responsible for the killing of a small boy who was abused and killed.

Nichts mehr wie vorher

2013

Series credits

DAS! poster
4.7

Every evening at 6:45 p.m. sharp, a prominent guest takes a seat on the red sofa—and DAS! provides daily updates on what's hot in the north.

DAS!

1991

No artwork available
4.4

No synopsis available yet.

Volle Kanne

1999

No artwork available
7.0

No synopsis available yet.

ZIBB

2003

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

Leute heute poster
5.2

No synopsis available yet.

Leute heute

1997

MDR um 4 poster
5.0

No synopsis available yet.

MDR um 4

2014

Kölner Treff poster
6.8

No synopsis available yet.

Kölner Treff

1976

Wer weiß denn sowas? poster
7.4

No synopsis available yet.

Wer weiß denn sowas?

2015

Letzte Spur Berlin poster
5.4

No synopsis available yet.

Letzte Spur Berlin

2012

Der Kriminalist poster
4.5

Der Kriminalist is a German television series produced by Monaco Film Hamburg, subsidiary of Odeon Film. Directors during the first season were Sherry Hormann and Torsten C. Fischer, during the second: Thomas Jahn, Jobst Oetzmann and Torsten C. Fischer.

Der Kriminalist

2006

No artwork available
NR

Annual awarding of the Grimme Awards.

Grimme Award

1964

No artwork available
8.5

A 30-minute weekly cultural magazine program. The head of aspekte, Wolgang Herles, describes the program as follows: "For 40 years, "aspekte" has repeatedly set out to enrich television with cultural contrasts. "aspekte" understands culture not as the sum of facts and events, but as the taste, the sound, the rhythms of the times. It has proven itself as a journal of true luxury and fashions as well as an instrument of public education and information."

aspekte

1965

The Peppercorns poster
6.9

Die Pfefferkörner is a German television series produced by Der Kinderkanal. The peppercorns are five friends from Hamburg: Jana Holstein Coutre, Natasha "Tascha" Jaonzäns, Philip "Fiete" Overbeck, Cem Gülec and Vivien "Vivi" Overbeck, Fiete's eight year old sister. After school, the young detectives meet at a high level of a spice warehouse of the company Overbeck & Associates, which belongs to Fiete and Vivi's parents in the first part, but is later given to Fiete and Vivi to look after. Here, in the historic warehouse district, the five friends have their headquarters. With smarts, combined delivery and support of the Internet, they find their cases here. The detectives convict polluters, animal dealers and drug smugglers. They also help each other with personal problems they encounter. Cem has lost his parents in a car accident and sometimes feels sad and lonely. Jana lives with her divorcee mother, a lawyer who is rarely at home. Natasha comes from Latvia. Her parents initially have very strict rules in terms of her education, that make Natasha unhappy. Fiete has problems showing his feelings and hides them behind grumpiness and hostility towards girls, until he falls in love with Natasha. Vivi is suffering from her role of the youngest member of the group. She believes that she must constantly struggle for recognition.

The Peppercorns

1999

The Tattooist of Auschwitz poster
8.0

The powerful real-life story of Lali Sokolov, a Jewish prisoner who was tasked with tattooing ID numbers on prisoners' arms in the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp during World War II.

The Tattooist of Auschwitz

2024

No artwork available
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Bavarian Film Awards

1979

Deutschland poster
7.4

A gripping coming-of-age story set against the real culture wars and political events of Germany in the 1980s. The drama follows Martin Rauch as the 24 year-old East Germany native is pulled from the world as he knows it and sent to the West as an undercover spy for the Stasi foreign service. Hiding in plain sight in the West German army, he must gather the secrets of NATO military strategy. Everything is new, nothing is quite what it seems and everyone he encounters is harboring secrets, both political and personal.

Deutschland

2015

Deutscher Fernsehpreis poster
8.0

No synopsis available yet.

Deutscher Fernsehpreis

1999

Bookish poster
6.4

Gabriel Book, proprietor of an antiquarian bookshop, relies on his vast collection to unravel baffling cases. He nurtures a group of lovable yet troubled individuals, providing informal protection and guidance.

Bookish

2025

Transatlantic poster
6.3

Two Americans and their allies form a scrappy rescue operation in 1940 Marseilles to help artists, writers and other refugees fleeing Europe during WWII. Transatlantic is a historical drama television miniseries created by Anna Winger and Daniel Hendler, based on the 2019 novel The Flight Portfolio by Julie Orringer. The novel explores the historic Emergency Rescue Committee that operated in Marseilles, Spain, and Portugal in 1940 after the fall of France. The series includes or refers to well-known artists or scholars of the time who were saved by the Committee or interacted with it. The series closed the 2023 Series Mania festival in March, ahead of its Netflix premiere on 7 April 2023.

Transatlantic

2023

INTIMATE. poster
8.5

No synopsis available yet.

INTIMATE.

2023

INTIMATE. poster
8.5

No synopsis available yet.

INTIMATE.

2023

Line of Separation poster
7.6

After the fall of the Third Reich, the small town of Tannbach is cruelly divided between East and West regimes and the town’s inhabitants suffer the consequences. A gripping historical drama exploring the devastating effects decades of conflict had on communities from the end of the Second War War to the fall of the Berlin Wall.

Line of Separation

2015

No artwork available
NR

No synopsis available yet.

KRIMI.DE

2005

No artwork available
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Pantoffelkino

2013

Little America poster
4.5

In a small area of West Germany, the American military presence opened up a new world in the early 1950s and paved the way for individual freedom, freedom of movement and capitalism in Germany. In this time of upheaval, two friends are looking for their place and have to fight time and again with the 'old order', the conservative forces from politics, church and society. Confronted with the seductions of the new world, the two dissimilar women make an opposing development that puts their intimate friendship to a severe test ...

Little America

2021

Uppsala Doctor's poster
9.5

No synopsis available yet.

Uppsala Doctor's

2009

Final Hours poster
6.8

Prague 1942. The city is occupied by German troops. As the end of the war and the advancing Russian army comes ever nearer, the Czech chief inspector Beran and his assistant Jan Morava are hunting a serial killer. During his investigation, every step Morava takes is observed by Gestapo man Erwin Buback. Buback’s brief is to report to his Nazi superior Meckerle how closely the Prague police is linked to the Czech resistance movement. Then the Soviet troops reach Prague and in the armed rising against the occupiers even the most innocent become murderers.

Final Hours

2026

4 Against Z poster
8.0

Vier gegen Z is a German children's television program shown on ARD and KI.KA in which four children are appointed as "Wächter" by their deceased aunt Hedda to prevent Zanrelot, the "Herrscher der Finsternis" from leaving the underworld and gaining control over Lübeck. As of September 2006, two seasons of 13 episodes each have been broadcast. The show's success has sparked the creation of a total of 6 novelized versions of the television episodes.

4 Against Z

2005

Jennifer – Sehnsucht nach was Besseres poster
6.0

No synopsis available yet.

Jennifer – Sehnsucht nach was Besseres

2015

Messiah Superstar poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Messiah Superstar

2025

Der Club der singenden Metzger poster
6.4

A young man and his wife struggling to create a good life for themselves in a new country. Based on Louise Erdrich's novel 'The Master Butchers Singing Club'.

Der Club der singenden Metzger

2019

No artwork available
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Ponyhof

2015