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Der Tote bin ich (1979)
Character: Schröder
Stefan Schröder is a trainee teacher for Latin and German. He has just moved into an apartment in an old, desolate house in the Berlin suburbs when he receives a letter from the school authorities: they have doubts about his loyalty to the constitution! From now on, Stefan feels persecuted, constantly watched and monitored in his apartment. Added to this is the fact that the actual, mysterious main tenant is away for an unforeseeable period of time and keeps one room locked. The suspicion that someone is going in and out of his apartment and that the people surrounding him are not who they claim to be becomes ever stronger. Stefan frantically searches for a motive.
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Die Patriotin (1979)
Character: Fernsehlieferant
Gabi Teichert, a history teacher, is unhappy with the way history is portrayed in textbooks and is looking for an alternative, more practical approach to 'uncovering' the past, quite literally digging with the spade and dissecting books with hammers and drills.
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Verlorenes Leben (1976)
Character: Wenzel von Sigorski
In this docudrama, police in the countryside near Berlin attempt to trick a confession out of a Polish guest worker for the 1927 murder of an eight-year-old girl.
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Klaras Mutter (1978)
Character: Kupka
A little village in Franconian Thuringia in the early 1930s. The family Falk belongs to the non-natives: The villagers treat them with suspicion due to their unconventional lifestyle and call them communists. One day, the young Polish man Kupka comes to their house. Film about the coming of nazism.
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Der Gehilfe (1978)
Character: Frank Alpine
In 1930s New York, Morris Bober runs a grocery store that barely keeps his head above water. When his store is robbed one day and the few takings from the till are stolen, his wife Ida and daughter Helen continue to run the store until one day a young man turns up...
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Der Madonna-Mann (1987)
Character: Martin Graves
Australian geologist Graves meets Juliane in a Hamburg variety show. She mistakes Graves for a killer and lures him to gangster Tanzmann. When the mistake is discovered, they only have ten hours to find the real killer...
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Der Unfall (1968)
Character: Jürgen Zwionatzki
The brother of a Spanish immigrant worker comes to Germany just to find out that his brother was the victim of a freak accident.
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Flirt (1970)
Character: N/A
Men and women meet by chance, as it seems. They have played this game before.
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Das zweite Erwachen der Christa Klages (1978)
Character: Werner Wiedemann
Three people rob a bank to help a day care center that's in debt. Wolf is captured, Werner identified, police suspect Christa is the third. She and Werner ask Hans, a clergyman, to launder the money and give it to the kindergarten. He refuses. They try Ingrid, Christa's friend, who tries to help, but the school rejects the money. When tragedy strikes Werner, Hans helps Christa bolt to a collective in Portugal. Ingrid visits her; their relationship makes the collective nervous, so she returns to Germany and ceases living in hiding. The police are still looking for her and so is a witness to the robbery, Lena, a bank clerk. Lena's interest brings Christa's second awakening.
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Theo gegen den Rest der Welt (1980)
Character: Theo Gromberg
Theo is having some bad luck. His barely paid-for truck has been stolen, and credit collectors are after him. The chase leads him across Europe.
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Iris Berben - Ein persönliches Porträt (2024)
Character: N/A
She is the grande dame of German and international cinema, always a bit of a rocker chick, freedom-loving, adventurous and willing to take risks. This portrait unfolds Iris Berben's career, which has spanned more than five decades - between the art of film and television, between rock 'n' roll and political commitment.
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Westernhagen: MTV Unplugged (2016)
Character: Self
On July 16 and 17, 2016 German rock icon Marius Müller Westernhagen invited to two very special concerts in the Berlin Volksbühne. The reason: the production of an MTV unplugged. So far, only a few German artists have had the chance to present their songs completely unamplified as part of the famous concert series, that is, as acoustic versions and in front of an intimate backdrop. Now he was finally allowed to take it: "Westernhagen: MTV Unplugged" is the name of the new concert film and the live album. And the singer took his audience on a musical journey through his previous work, which has lasted around 40 years. On »Westernhagen: MTV Unplugged« you can find numerous classics such as »Weil ich dich liebe«, »Freiheit«, »Sexy«, »Wieder hier« and of course his famous whiskey anthem »Johnny Walker«.
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Aufforderung zum Tanz (1977)
Character: Theo Gromberg
Theo Gromberg is a bon vivant, apparently with built-in guarantee to failure. Faithful to his side is his friend Enno, an Italian guest workers. Both have a dream: to which they want to get into the trucking business its own trucks.
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Sympathisanten - Unser deutscher Herbst (2018)
Character: Self
West Germany in the 1970s. Many artists, journalists and intellectuals were branded as sympathizers of Baader-Meinhof's left-wing terrorism. The parents of the director, too: Margarethe von Trotta and his stepfather, Volker Schlöndorff. With extensive archive materials and film clips as well as Margarethe von Trotta's private diaries the film portrays one German family and the society of the time.
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Der Schneemann (1985)
Character: Siegfried Dorn
Dorn, a young adventurer and survivalist, is trying to sell 50,000 porn magazines in a flophouse in Malta when he is interrupted by the police. On the run, he finds a luggage storage ticket from Frankfurt Central Station. Together with his friend Lazlo, he sets out to retrieve the contents of the locker - 5 kilograms of pure cocaine. Dorn, who is completely out of his mind, does not hesitate for a second to turn the substance into money. In doing so, he completely overlooks the danger he is putting himself in. Two rival gangs are hunting him down and trying to seize the drugs with all their might.
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Otto - Geboren um zu blödeln (2015)
Character: Self
The East Frisian has been on stage for an incredible 50 years, delighting audiences with his anarchic, silly humor. Many Otto sketches, songs, rhymes and sounds have long been part of the collective memory, have become cultural assets and are quoted by heart by adults and children alike. At this big comedy get-together, the stars of the scene pay tribute to Otto and his timeless classics. The comedy party pulls out all the stops: the most popular sketches are reinterpreted on stage, films show the highlights from 50 years, and of course there is also lots of music. Bully Herbig, Bülent Ceylan, Jürgen von der Lippe, Ralf Schmitz, Sascha Grammel, Max Giermann and Cosma Shiva Hagen are among those taking part. The Friesenjungs, the Spider Murphy Gang, Erste Allgemeine Verunsicherung, Wolfgang Ambros and Ingrid Thurnher will provide plenty of music.
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Der Mann auf der Mauer (1982)
Character: Arnulf Kabe
An East German man finds a way to cross the border between East and West Berlin. But when he succeeds in bringing his wife out as well, things are not quite as expected.
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Rudi Völler – Es gibt nur einen (2025)
Character: Self
Former national player, team manager, manager, and current sporting director Rudi Völler provides insights into his professional and, for the first time, his private life between the club and the DFB, between Leverkusen, Frankfurt, and Rome, the home of his wife Sabrina.
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