
Acting
Stephan Grossmann
Born 1971-09-02 · Dresden, Germany
Acting credits
6.8When Adolf Hitler reawakens at the site of his former bunker in present-day Berlin, he is mistaken for a comedian and quickly becomes a media phenomenon.
Look Who's Back
2015
6.6At the end of World War II, a German soldier is looking for his daughter while an SS troop is looking for a Jewish treasure.
Blood & Gold
2023
6.4How should you spend your time if your days are numbered? This is the question facing Linda, a young woman suffering from a congenital heart defect. Contrary to her doctors’ expectations she has managed to survive to celebrate her thirtieth birthday, but with an operation looming, Linda nonetheless feels a deep need to spend what might be her last weekend with her two sisters: Katharina who is older, and Clara who is younger than her. Linda must use their journey, which begins at their family’s weekend house and ends in Paris, to examine the ways in which her family has been fundamentally affected by her illness; she must also consider how much she can expect from herself and her sisters – faced as they are with the possibility of her death.
My Sisters
2014
5.7A stage actor's turn as GDR leader Erich Honecker inspires an outlandish scheme to keep his daughter safe during the Leipzig protests of 1989.
Forwards Ever!
2017
6.3Schmitke is an old German wind turbine engineer. One day, he is dispatched to the Czech side of the Ore Mountains to fix an old squeaking wind turbine. His colleague disappears and mysterious things begin to happen in the forest.
Schmitke
2014
8.0At the height of her career, the well-known comedy and TV star Gaby Köster suffers a serious stroke. However, the multi-award winning artist does not give up, fighting back despite many ups and downs.
Ein Schnupfen hätte auch gereicht
2017
6.8From the youth directed novel of the same name by Greogor Tressnow comes a film by Detlev Buck that is a realistic portrait of life in the section of Berlin called Neukölln. It’s about power and weakness, delinquents and victims, and the difficulties a 15-year-old faces in a poor and criminal environment.
Tough Enough
2006
6.3The sequel of the "Men in the city" movie which reunites all the characters.
Men in the City 2
2011
NRMartin wants to catch up on his exams. In order to be admitted as a hardship case, he "borrows" his neighbor's child. His buddy Lars, a successful lawyer, wistfully remembers his old student days and wants to let it rip again before he gets married.
Geile Zeiten
2006
6.8It is the late 1950s. Flourishing under the economic miracle, Germany grows increasingly apathetic about confronting the horrors of its recent past. Nevertheless, Fritz Bauer doggedly devotes his energies to bringing the Third Reich to justice. One day Bauer receives a letter from Argentina, written by a man who is certain that his daughter is dating the son of Adolph Eichmann. Excited by the promising lead, and mistrustful of a corrupt judiciary system where Nazis still lurk, Bauer journeys to Jerusalem to seek alliance with Mossad, the Israeli secret service. To do so is treason — yet committing treason is the only way Bauer can serve his country.
The People vs. Fritz Bauer
2015
7.2Summer 1968. 14-year-old Wolfgang is deported from his family in the secluded Church Welfare Institution sanctuary. One thing is clear for Wolfgang: His yearning for freedom, he will not soon buried in the bog.
Sanctuary
2015
5.4Kishori, unmarried and mother to a daughter, and her sister Sonal live in a house in Berlin. The house and a cafe on the ground floor are led by Kishori. All of a sudden, her strict and traditional grandmother comes for a visit from India. She wants to sell the house unless Kishori agrees to marry the father of her daughter, Robert. As Kishori feels obliged to all the befriended inhabitants of the house, including Robert, to keep the house, Kishori und Robert prepare to have a traditional Indian wedding.
Marry Me!
2015
6.5After the death of their child, the Hradschek couple consoled themselves with gambling and shopping orgies. After the creditor increases the pressure on them, Ursel and Abel decide to kill him.
Unterm Birnbaum
2019
6.5Heinrich wishes to conquer death through love, and when he meets Henriette, the wife of a business acquaintance, she expresses interest in a suicide pact when she learns she has a terminal illness.
Amour Fou
2014
6.6Just before the fall of the Berlin Wall, the birthday celebrations of an East German family turn into a tragicomical moment of political and personal breakdown.
In Times of Fading Light
2017
6.0When Tina discovers her current boyfriend, Frank, has been cheating on her, she rewrites his text to a competition in a male magazine as a story about his small penis. When the story wins, Tina dresses as a man to collect the prize as Frank Schmidt. She is instead offered a job at the magazine and has to deal with pretending to be a man as well as her developing feelings for the chief editor, Moritz.
Mann kann, Frau erst recht
2012
6.2A woman discovers the man she has lived with for years is not who she thought he was...
Above Us Only Sky
2011
6.0A chemical engineer of foreign origin faces discrimination and bullying at work, plunging him into an identity crisis.
Exile
2020
5.2Now that we’re all living longer and “40 is the new 30,” why can’t 60 be the new 40? That’s what Louise and Frans think when they embark on bold new life adventures. Louise is a molecular biologist who decides to make a withdrawal from the sperm bank and have a baby. Meanwhile, gallery owner Frans decides to re-boot his career by finding the hottest new talent on the art scene. While attempting to recapture their lost youth and avoid total ridicule, Louise and Frans accidentally cross paths.
Miss Sixty
2014
6.0GDR, January 1990. After his ouster and the fall of the wall, dictator Erich Honecker and his wife Margot find themselves virtually homeless. Only Protestant pastor Uwe Holmer and his family, who, like many others, have suffered under his tyrannical regime, offer them refuge.
Love Your Enemies
2022
6.7Journalist Sandra Harkow produces a promotional film for the RFID industry. Through a time traveler, she learns about the dark future triggered by RFID chips. Her encounter with the time traveler makes her prick up her ears and she researches the radio chips. The so-called docu-fiction style, which coherently combines real interviews with film scenes, gives the viewer the impression of being part of this reality.
To Make Sure?
2007
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Schmidt & Schwarz
2012
The funny and disillusioned portrait of a farmer who, after the death of his wife, sets off in search of a companion for a great trip to Iceland.
Zepp
2007
2.8Heidemarie pays her husband back with her last breath: one of her three children was the result of an affair, she breathes - and dies. Ulrich, a newly retired airline captain and old Casanova, gets the moths. Accompanied by the mocking spirit of his "Heide-Maus" and dog Specki, the Berlin widower jets from Hamburg via Hanover to Kassel to collect samples for a genetic test from his now grown-up offspring. It turns out that the marriages of daughter Bettina and son Christian are also on the rocks. Only his future daughter-in-law Jessica, the bride of Ulrich's flighty son Thomas, is happy about the widower's visit.
Eins ist nicht von dir
2015