Cuando su tía se cansa de cuidarla, Heidi, una niña huérfana, debe ir a vivir a las montañas suizas con su arisco abuelo (Jean Hersholt), un ermitaño que pronto se encariña con ella. Pero la tía regresa para llevársela a vivir con una familia que necesita una compañera para su hija inválida (Marcia Mae Jones). A pesar de que una malvada institutriz (Mary Nash) le hace la vida imposible, Heidi consigue ganarse el cariño de todos los de la casa y no ceja en su intento de volver a reunirse con su querido abuelo.
Tras la Segunda Guerra Mundial (1939-1945), Leo Kessler, un joven americano de origen alemán, se traslada a Alemania para trabajar con su tío en una compañía de ferrocarriles. Su trabajo le permitirá viajar, fascinado, por un país destruido por la guerra; pero también tendrá que enfrentarse poco a poco a los horrores de la barbarie nazi.
Se dice que en el Año de la Luna, que tiene lugar cada siete años, las personas más sensibles sufren fuertes depresiones. Si el Año de la Luna resulta ser a la vez un año con trece lunas nuevas, pueden sufrir incluso grandes catástrofes personales. "Un año con trece lunas" narra los últimos días de la trágica vida de Elvira, un transexual (llamado antes Erwin, casado y con hijos), que se ha transformado en mujer por el amor de un hombre. Cuando su amante la rechaza, incapaz de soportar la soledad, intenta volver al pasado, buscando cariño, comprensión o una razón para seguir viviendo.
Tres años después de la pesadilla de las ratas en Frankfurt, los supervivientes se reúnen para celebrar la boda de Axel. Mientras festejan su despedida de soltero, una chica de la localidad aparece muerta en su bañera después de haber sido atacada por roedores. (FILMAFFINITY)
Beautiful, detached, laconic, consumptive Lily Brest is a streetwalker with few clients. She loves her idle boyfriend Raoul who gambles away what little she earns. The town's power broker, called the rich Jew, discovers she is a good listener, so she's soon busy. Raoul imagines grotesque sex scenes between Lily and the Jew; he leaves her for a man. Her parents, a bitter Fascist who is a cabaret singer in drag and her wheelchair-bound mother, offer no refuge. Even though all have a philosophical bent, the other whores reject Lily because she tolerates everyone, including men. She tires of her lonely life and looks for a way out. Even that act serves the local corrupt powers.
Although sisters Alex and Juli are twins, they couldn't be more different. While Alex failed her A-levels, Juli not only passed with flying colors, but also has clear plans for the future. But after graduation, they have a cool summer ahead of them at the skate park. Together with the daredevil Ewa and the complete skate newbie Nia, the four girls found the skate crew GetUp and want to win a contest together. The prize is a joint Interrail trip and new boards for all of them! They win the pre-selection, but now the problems really start: the first great love, the common past of the twins, quarrels in the crew and last but not least Nia gets cold feet shortly before the skate contest...
Elena, una chica griega joven y cualificada, pero con pocas perspectivas de futuro en su país natal, decide marcharse a Frankfurt en busca de una vida mejor. Allí empieza a trabajar de niñera para Tessa, una directiva de éxito que intenta encontrar el equilibrio entre su reciente maternidad y su carrera profesional. Tras las dificultades de los primeros días cuidando a Lotte, de año y medio, Elena empieza a disfrutar del tiempo que pasa con el bebé e incluso se hace amiga de Tessa. Pero un descuido hace que Elena pierda un día de vista a la pequeña Lotte. A partir de ese momento sus vidas cambiarán para siempre.
During a visit to the US consulate in Frankfurt, the young son of former Special Forces soldier Sara suddenly disappears without a trace. And not only that: no one seems to remember him ever entering the building. Sara is asked to leave the consulate. But she knows that the German authorities have no access to the consulate. If she leaves now, she may never be allowed to enter the premises again. In her desperate search for her child, Sara disappears into the labyrinth of the consulate, unaware that the noose of a dangerous intrigue is tightening around her neck.
Malte Rauch and Esther Zeschky portray Frankfurt citizens.
Roland, un banquero influyente conoce por casualidad a Svenja en una exposición de arte contemporáneo. Este hombre poderoso se siente fuertemente atraído por la joven mujer, cuyo marido trabaja para él. Entre ellos nacerá una relación secreta, que se vuelve cada vez más seria.
Un obrero de una planta química, inesperadamente, en un acto de rebelión, asesina al hijo de su jefe, suicidándose a continuación. Este hecho transformará por completo la vida de su mujer (Emma Küsters) quien, con la falta de apoyo que recibe de un hijo (dominado por su mujer) y de una hija (que sólo busca su propia gloria), iniciará una odisea personal en la que tendrá que enfrentarse a manipulaciones mediáticas e ideólogos políticos que buscan utilizarla para sus propios fines, ignorando la única razón que a ella le mueve: defender y devolver la dignidad a la memoria de su marido.
Follows filmmaker and actress, Maryam Zaree, on her quest to find out the violent circumstances surrounding her birth inside one of the most notorious political prisons in the world.
Katja Flint, Hannelore Elsner and Heiner Lauterbach star in this German film about a woman who climbs the social ladder by sleeping with those she encounters on her way to the top. When she's discovered dead in her apartment in 1957, the police try to piece together the clues to find out who murdered her … but to no avail.
A scary serial killer is around: he cuts off young women's tongues. Commissioner Michelle Eisner notes striking similarities between the three victims so far: They were customers of the "loverboys". Behind this is a callboy ring, which also includes the attractive and inscrutable Lanou. Michelle reluctantly accepts the help of the experienced police psychologist Busch to clarify the case. He is a master at thinking his way into the psyche of the perpetrator. The main suspect for him is call boy Lanou. This suspicion is supported by the tabloid reporter Eva Hellmann, who is also researching the series of murders. While Michelle's environment became more and more vehement on LanousIf arrest is urgent, she is less and less able to evade his erotic charisma.
Remember the culture clash in THE GODS MUST BE CRAZY? This time it's real. One of the most ancient cultures on our planet is undergoing a major change. The Ju/Hoansi Bushmen in Namibia are not allowed to hunt anymore and need to converge with our so called “civilized” lifestyle. For the first time the Ju/Hoansi Bushmen travel through the Kalahari and then right into the heart of Europe. What starts as a look at their fascinating culture becomes an even more fascinating look at our Western lifestyle. A warm and humorous reflection of our habits through the eyes of people who are about to give up their million year old traditions.
After his wife Anara's serious car accident, Max searches for answers behind the glossy facades of Frankfurt and gets caught up in a downward spiral of intrigue. Anara is comatose but alive. The police suspect that her car has been tampered with. Max suspects his colleague and rival Patrick of being involved. Together with him and his colleague Saskia, he is pitching software successfully to a powerful sheikh. Max is cornered from all sides - even the sheikh could be part of the conspiracy. Saskia is his last ally, but she has to limit the damage to prevent the deal from falling apart. All the threads seem to converge in a mysterious club, and Max has to take drastic measures to regain his perfect life.
Bored with her stuffy village life, teenager Susanne decides to run away to the bright lights Frankfurt, while her boyfriend does his military. Caught in the swamp of drugs, prostitution, violence and human trafficking, Susanne experiences the dark side of the big city.
Marc, an unexperienced medical doctor from Germany arrives at the Hospital Universitario del Valle in Cali, Colombia for his internship and soon finds himself in-between a raging gang war in Siloé, a Cali barrio. In the hospital he has to care mostly for shotgun wounds, while in the streets he falls in love with a stall-holder who cares for some of the children involved in drug trafficking and criminal violence. Alienating his colleagues and his host family while befriending the kids, he soon finds himself trapped in the center of the violent conflict between the gangs and has to come to a decision.