Today, continued payment of wages in the event of illness is a matter of course. But in the 1950s, workers in the FRG - unlike salaried employees - did not receive a single penny during the first days of illness. "Drunk on Sunday, blue on Monday,"…

Now it's clear that the series will be continued with another episode. Filming of A Case for Conti - Who We Were will continue until mid-July. Also in the upcoming part, star lawyer Anna Conti (Désirée Nosbusch) and prosecutor Henry Mahn (Malaya…

Spy / Polit-Thriller spanning from the 1920's to the 1990's, written, camera operated and directed by Sebastian Gilmano Ugovsky-Strassburger, which took researches of over 16 years global politic affairs and its effects - is a monster…

Two fundamentally different families each inhabit a " twin house half ", which leads again and again to conflicts. Milan Peschel, Minh-Khai Phan-Thi, Benito Bause and Maryam Zaree play the two couples who have to come to terms with each other as new…

Police officers Hubert and Girwidz are back on patrol, as they will soon be facing 12 new cases in the cult series "Hubert ohne Staller" Season 11. It is not yet known what awaits Hubert and Girwidz in the eleventh season. However, one thing should…

"A Room for Dad" is a feature film production by Pyjama Pictures and was shot in Hamburg in the fall of 2022. How does a father remain there for his child - despite separation from the mother and living far apart? This is a question that David Rott…

"Willkommen im Hotel Mondial" is a German eve series on ZDF that has been in production since the end of June 2022. It is to comprise twelve 45-minute episodes and is expected to be broadcast on Wednesdays in early 2023.The exterior shots will be…

The short film "Yaya - a life" is based on the tragic fate of the girl Yagmur, who died in 2013 due to abuse by her mother, although the family was supervised by the youth welfare office since the birth of the daughter. The film shows how the girl's…

Born in the World War II, grew up in the zones and behind the Iron Curtain and on the stage we call the world, when the curtain has fallen. The film and theater actress Karin Ugowski was regularly in front of the camera over 8 years for the filming…

Milan Peschel, Minh-Khai Phan-Thi, Benito Bause and Maryam Zaree play the two couples who have to come to terms with each other as new neighbors in the new ZDFneo comedy series with the working title "Doppelhaushälfte" (Twin Houses). Eight episodes…

"Death is Great" is a 2-part special of the popular TV series "Letzte Spur Berlin" in which a fictional unit of the Berlin State Criminal Police Office, the independently operating Missing Persons Unit, attempts to clarify the fate of recently…

The film was shot from the beginning of July to the beginning of August 2018 in Frankfurt am Main, Darmstadt and the surrounding area, including a prefabricated housing estate in Darmstadt-Kranichstein and a workshop in Frankfurt. The working title…

"A Perfect Crime" is a 2020 German documentary series released on Netflix on September 25, 2020. It centers around German politician Detlev Karsten Rohwedder, head of the Treuhandanstalt responsible for the privatisation of state-owned property in…

Shooting for the ARD Degeto production "Mein Altweibersommer" (My Indian Summer) with working title "Ein Sommer" (A summer) with Iris Berben (in the foreground) and Peter Mygind, Rainer Bock, Leslie Malton and Martin Brambach ends today in Poland -…

For the music video for the song "Tilidin weg" by Bonez MC, the rapper himself and rap fellow Raf Camora as well as the dancers were transformed into zombies with a lot of make-up and prosthetics. The similarities to "Thriller" by Michael Jackson…

With its popular Tuesday format "Deutschlands große Clans" (Germany's powerful clans), ZDF has been portraying world-class domestic corporate families for years. And although this one seems a bit, well, provincial compared to global players from…

Music video production for original Hamburg band "Liedfett" for the song titled "Zeit" (Time). The clip was filmed in the legendary club "Uebel und Gefaehrlich". The different motifs like "Petrified", "Rain" and "Pigments" were made with makeup…

Merkel (Original: Die Getriebenen) is a 2020 German historical film. The screenplay is based on the non-fiction book The Restless: Merkel and Refugee Policy by journalist Robin Alexander and reconstructs the refugee crisis in Europe from 2015. The…

With a campaign against Salafism among young people, the North Rhine-Westphalian Office for the Protection of the Constitution will in future also use its own sketch and satire channel on YouTube. Under the title "Jihadi Fool," new comedy clips will…

The well-known vehicle manufacturer from Japan has been advertising zombies in its commercials for several years, which are broadcast worldwide and enjoy great popularity on the internet. The new spot will be released in 2020.In recent years, the…

A comedy crime series about two police officers who solve criminal cases in Bavaria in an unconventional way. This popular series has aired on ARD (Germany) and ATV (Austria) since November 2011. The series "Hubert und Staller" (Hubert and…

Tatort ("Crime scene") is a German language police procedural television series that has been running continuously since 1970 with some 30 feature-length episodes per year, which makes it the longest-running German TV drama."Das Leben nach dem Tod…

Terra X is a brand used by the German public broadcaster ZDF since 2008. Between 1982 and 2008 the brand name was ZDF Expedition. Some topics under the brand Terra X are documentaries about history, nature, archeology, and science. The documentaries…

Based on genetic and forensic analyses, the ARTE documentary shows how radically the human way of life changed 7,500 years ago. It quickly becomes clear that the era was brutal and not at all idyllic. The people of the Neolithic period begin to…

Iron Sky: The Coming Race is a 2019 Finnish-German comic science fiction action film directed by Timo Vuorensola. The sequel to Vuorensola's 2012 film Iron Sky, its production was crowdfunded through Indiegogo. Like its predecessor, the film mixes…

Nord bei Nordwest - Frau Irmler is a 2019 German television film directed by Felix Herzogenrath. It is the eighth episode of the ARD crime film series Nord bei Nordwest starring Hinnerk Schönemann and Henny Reents.    Plot:…

2018, it was announced that production preparations were underway for the new series "Der Bulle und das Biest" (The Cop and the Beast). It comes from the production company Bantry Bay Productions and is being produced with the involvement of TV…

"Ein Fall für Dr. Abel" (A Case for Dr. Abel) is a German crime movie series (3 episodes à 90 min.) which has been produced and broadcast since 2018.It is a film adaptation of the crime thriller series "Fred Abel" by forensic doctor Michael Tsokos…

Cut Off (German: Abgeschnitten) is a 2018 German thriller film directed by Christian Alvart. It is based on the eponymous novel written by Sebastian Fitzek and Michael Tsokos, a medical examiner. The film stars Moritz Bleibtreu, Jasna Fritzi Bauer,…

The German series "Arthur’s Law" shares the most similarities with Fargo‘s first season. The dramedy centers around the deeply unlucky Arthur Ahnepol (Jan Josef Liefers). When we first meet Arthur - on his birthday, no less - everything about Arthur…

With the slogan "search less, find more" and "cult films and insider tips from film experts", TMG is advertising for their on demand channel "Filmtastic" for services like Amazon Prime. Actors and filmmakers present their personal…

"Sanft schläft der Tod" (Your Children) is a German television psycho thriller from 2016. The premiere was on October 5, 2016 at the Filmfest München, the first broadcast on October 7, 2017 on ARD.  Later, the film is also available on Amazon…

Blaumacher is a black-humored German television series, which represents a highly suicidal duo - a husband, entrepreneur and family man in their mid-forties Frank Sporbert (Marc Ben Puch) and a half as old high school graduate Sascha (Laura…

With the art film project, Audi has added an innovative facet to the sponsorship of the 2016 Bayreuth Festival. Inspired by Richard Wagner's "Parsifal", the film "Black Mountain" was realized for Audi, which surprises with a spectacular cast.…

On May 10, 2014, the first take will be made in Berlin for the short feature film "Und ich so äh" (And I'm like: What?) by Steffen Heidenreich. It is the second of a total of six new films that will be shot by winter 2014 for another season of "RBB…

"Starfighter - Sie wollten den Himmel erobern" (They Wanted to Conquer the Skies) is a 2015 German television drama directed by Miguel Alexandre and written by Kit Hopkins and Thilo Röscheisen. The film deals with the Starfighter Affairs that…

"The Barschel Case" is a three-hour German political thriller that premiered at the Munich Film Festival in 2015 and was broadcast on ARD in 2016. Using the fictional character of a journalist, it deals with the real-life theories surrounding the…

Image film for the Berlin streaming service Tweek. The app was presented at IFA and IBC. Since 2017, it has been merged with the dailyme service.

"Im Wilden Westen" based on Paul Steinmann's play of the same name, is a unique blend of feature film and theatrical elements. The first Swiss western since 1979, it is the story of a director who fights for her artistic freedom and against the…

"Biester" (Beasts) is a co-production between the German Film and Television Academy (dffb) and Rundfunk Berlin-Brandenburg (rbb). Filming took place in October 2013. Plot: Thirteen-year-old Lia is in love with the fourteen year-old, perfect…