Mitteldeutsche Medienförderung Popular Movie

Denmark, 1755. Captain Ludvig Kahlen sets out to conquer a Danish heath reputed to be uncultivable, with an impossible goal: to establish a colony in...

Genre: History

Cast: Mads Mikkelsen

The story of Michael Berg, a German lawyer who, as a teenager in the late 1950s, had an affair with an older woman, Hanna, who then disappeared only...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Kate Winslet

Cairo, 2011. A police officer investigates the murder of a woman in a luxurious hotel in the days leading up to the Egyptian revolution.

Genre: Thriller

Cast: Fares Fares

A 9th century woman of English extraction born in the German city of Ingelheim disguises herself as a man and rises through the Vatican ranks.

Genre: Drama

Cast: John Goodman

In the 16th century in the Cévennes, a horse dealer by the name of Michael Kohlhaas leads a happy and prosperous family life. When a lord...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Mads Mikkelsen

Insurance broker Max's life is about one thing - keeping his walnut brain tumour in check. He eats properly, exercises and lives properly, but all of...

Genre: Mystery

Cast: Nikolaj Coster-Waldau

A ghost and a French marquis wander through the Winter Palace in St Petersburg, encountering scenes from many different periods of its history.

Genre: Drama

Cast: Sergei Dreiden

When Daantje was a withdrawn child, her mother told him that somewhere there was a girl waiting for him who danced beautifully. As an adult, Daantje...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Anastasia Weinmar

This 2004 documentary by Werner Herzog diaries the struggle of a passionate English inventor to design and test a unique airship during its maiden...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Werner Herzog

Marlena (62) and Tomasz (42), hidden away from the world in a small seaside town, have been in a happy relationship for many years. Their intricately...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Dorota Kolak

An apocalyptic female buddy movie. Two years ago zombies took over the earth. Weimar and Jena are the last places of human civilisation. Vivi and Eva...

Genre: Horror

Cast: Gro Swantje Kohlhof

Emeryka loses control of her life through the intrigue of a mysterious character named The Something and is led to an adventurous escape to a female...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Laura Benson

In a village on the Hungarian border, two young brothers grow up during war time with their cruel grandmother and must learn every trick of evil to...

Genre: Drama

Cast: András Gyémánt

A story about two sisters - Małgorzata, who is single by choice, and her younger sister, Łucja, a mother of two and an assistant in...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Magdalena Cielecka

In the Andes, a Belgian doctor and his photojournalist wife become ensnared in a native tribe's struggle with a mining company.

Genre: Drama

Cast: Jasmin Tabatabai

A man comes home to meet his mother and sister after many years away. He finds his mother living with a new boyfriend, and his sister to be grown-up....

Genre: Drama

Cast: Orsolya Tóth

Genre: Drama

Cast: Corinna Harfouch

In the city of Jaffa; a young girl plans to run away with her secret lover, when a tragedy forever changes the course of their lives. Jaffa is a...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Dana Ivgy

A post-apocalyptic story about a rich family living in a salt mine converted into a luxurious home. The earth around them has apparently been...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Tilda Swinton

Coming of Age Drama in rural Poland in the summer of 1943.

Genre: Romance

Cast: Jonas Nay