Burghart Klaußner

Alex Kerner's mother was in a coma while the Berlin wall fell. When she wakes up he must try to keep her from learning what happened (as she was an avid communist supporter) to avoid shocking her which could lead to another heart attack.

Dir. Wolfgang Becker · With Daniel Brühl, Katrin Sass, Chulpan Khamatova

An aged tailor recalls his life as the schoolteacher of a small village in Northern Germany that was struck by a series of strange events in the year leading up to WWI.

Dir. Michael Haneke · With Christian Friedel, Ernst Jacobi, Leonie Benesch

Three activists cobble together a kidnapping plot after they encounter a businessman in his home.

Dir. Hans Weingartner · With Daniel Brühl, Julia Jentsch, Stipe Erceg

On the night of August 24, 1944, the fate of Paris rests with General von Choltitz, who plans to destroy the city on Hitler's orders. As the general prepares to detonate explosives throughout the capital, Swedish consul Raoul Nordling uses diplomacy in a desperate bid to convince him to defy the orders and save Paris.

Dir. Volker Schlöndorff · With André Dussollier, Niels Arestrup, Burghart Klaußner

An English teacher brings soccer to a German school in the 19th Century.

Dir. Sebastian Grobler · With Daniel Brühl, Burghart Klaußner, Thomas Thieme

It is the late 1950s. Flourishing under the economic miracle, Germany grows increasingly apathetic about confronting the horrors of its recent past. Nevertheless, Fritz Bauer doggedly devotes his energies to bringing the Third Reich to justice. One day Bauer receives a letter from Argentina, written by a man who is certain that his daughter is dating the son of Adolph Eichmann. Excited by the promising lead, and mistrustful of a corrupt judiciary system where Nazis still lurk, Bauer journeys to Jerusalem to seek alliance with Mossad, the Israeli secret service. To do so is treason — yet committing treason is the only way Bauer can serve his country.

Dir. Lars Kraume · With Burghart Klaußner, Ronald Zehrfeld, Sebastian Blomberg

The breathtaking story of a man who nearly would have changed the world. In 1939, when Hitler tricked millions of people at the height of his power, radical Georg Elser — disparaged as an assassin — is one of the greatest resistance fighters.

Dir. Oliver Hirschbiegel · With Christian Friedel, Katharina Schüttler, Burghart Klaußner

The movie's plot is based on the true story of a group of young computer hackers from Hannover, Germany. In the late 1980s the orphaned Karl Koch invests his heritage in a flat and a home computer. At first he dials up to bulletin boards to discuss conspiracy theories inspired by his favorite novel, R.A. Wilson's "Illuminatus", but soon he and his friend David start breaking into government and military computers. Pepe, one of Karl's rather criminal acquaintances senses that there is money in computer cracking - he travels to east Berlin and tries to contact the KGB.

Dir. Hans-Christian Schmid · With August Diehl, Fabian Busch, Dieter Landuris

13-year-old Sinikka vanishes on a hot summer night. Her bicycle is found in the exact place where a girl was killed 23 years ago. The dramatic present forces those involved in the original case to face their past.

Dir. Baran bo Odar · With Ulrich Thomsen, Wotan Wilke Möhring, Katrin Sass

Michaela, an epileptic, enrolls in college to study education. She goes off her medication and soon begins hearing voices and seeing apparitions that tell her to avoid religious objects, although she is devoutly Roman Catholic. One priest scoffs at the idea that Michaela could be possessed by demons, but a younger pastor arranges an exorcism for the young woman.

Dir. Hans-Christian Schmid · With Sandra Hüller, Burghart Klaußner, Imogen Kogge

A young East German woman leaves her controlling husband/business partner and relocates to a West German city to start anew as an accountant, but he soon catches up with her.

Dir. Christian Petzold · With Nina Hoss, Devid Striesow, Hinnerk Schönemann

Benjamin, a 16-year-old with lousy grades, switches to a boarding school in order to eventually reach grammar school. Adjusting to his new environment is difficult as he has to struggle with being a teen... specially when he falls in love to the school's dream girl, Malen.

Dir. Hans-Christian Schmid · With Robert Stadlober, Tom Schilling, Oona-Devi Liebich