Katharina ist nach einer künstlichen Befruchtung Mutter geworden, als sie bei einem Verkehrsunfall ums Leben kommt. Ihre Frau Ellen ist zwar Vormund des kleinen Franz, das Sorgerecht hat sie - anders als in heterosexuellen Ehen - ohne Adoption aber nicht. Und nicht nur der biologische Vater des Kindes, auch die Eltern der verstorbenen Katharina melden Ansprüche an.

When a viral video of a student threatening his classmates surfaces online, the school spirals into escalating violence. Crushed by the pressure of teachers and parents, three outcasts take refuge in a nearby forest. There, play hardens into ritual and pain becomes an escape, until old wounds surface and the boundaries between them are redrawn.

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Hamburg, Germany, 1939. Getting a passage aboard the passenger liner St. Louis seems to be the last hope of salvation for more than nine hundred German Jews who, desperate to escape the atrocious persecution to which they are subjected by the Nazi regime, intend to emigrate to Cuba.

2023 film by Christian Werner

West Germany, 1983. Seventeen-year-old Ursula wants it all and is thus too much, although all she's looking for is love. Enter Siegfried Grimm, the charismatic new teacher who finally recognizes Ursula's true potential. She falls for him, head over heels. A pity that Grimm sexually liberates the entire village - except Ursula. While the Grimm acolytes fight for the favor of their idol, Ursula resorts to more radical measures. Whatever it takes, she'll get back at Grimm.

Berlin, 2004, Yusuf wird mitten auf dem Fußballplatz festgenommen. Der Vorwurf: mehrfacher Bankraub. Die Frage: Wer waren seine Komplizen? Schweigen bedeutet Gefängnis, Reden Verrat. Doch wer hat ihn verpfiffen und warum ausgerechnet ihn? Nichts ist wie es zunächst scheint.

When mafia lawyer Björn attends a mindfulness class to find a better work-life balance, he discovers surprising new coping strategies — including murder.

Journalist Gerd Heidemann always gets his story. When he hears of a diary written by Hitler, he can’t resist the scoop of the century. Except the diary is the creation of charismatic art dealer, petty criminal and prolific forger.