Frederick Lau
notum enim: Acting
dies natalis: 1989-08-17
Locus Natus: Berlin, Germany
Et ut:
The Flying Classroom
A boy who was once a perpetual outcast finds friends in a new boarding school. United with his new peers, he gets involved in a heated rivalry with a...
release : 2003.01.16popularis : 4.883
The Wave
A school teacher discusses types of government with his class. His students find it too boring to repeatedly go over national socialism and believe...
release : 2008.03.13popularis : 35.372
Head Under Water
Something terrible is about to happen in a small town in Germany. Nobody knows the reason why, except one person: Rico Bartsch. The 15-year old...
release : 2007.09.05popularis : 4.706
An die Grenze
19-year-old NVA soldier, Alex Karow, is sent to the West German-East German border in May 1974, shortly after Willy Brandt's resignation and during...
release : 2007.07.27popularis : 2.346
One for the Road
As a construction manager, drinking is more of a normality for Mark than not drinking. In addition to his work on construction sites, during business...
release : 2023.10.26popularis : 4.988
Der weiße Kobold
Haulage dispatcher Freddy Sternthaler suddenly finds himself hopelessly involved in an absurd dispute in the art scene and experiences what is...
release : 2023.04.03popularis : 2.449
Cloud Under the Roof
Paul, Julia and Lilly are a happy family, until Julia dies unexpectedly. For the sake of his daughter, Paul wants to function and suppress his grief....
release : 2022.04.28popularis : 3.29
Neue Vahr Süd
Frank Lehmann, 20, still lives with his parents in the dreary high-rise housing project "Neue Vahr" in Bremen. It's the year 1980 and Frank gets...
release : 2010.11.30popularis : 3.496
Fugitives
East-Germany, 1984: Frank Korbach is looking forward to attending drama school, while his rebellious best friend Thomas is refusing to do military...
release : 2010.12.06popularis : 1.367
Chantal in Fairyland
Chantal is at the beginning of her career as an influencer when she steps through a mirror and finds herself in a fairy tale. She identifies as...
release : 2024.03.28popularis : 12.128
Hotel Desire
Antonia is a single mother who works as a hotel maid in Berlin. A normal hot summer day takes a dramatic turn when she crosses paths with a...
release : 2011.12.07popularis : 76.574
What You Don't See
Two strangers have a strong impact on a young man who's spending some time with his family in this drama from Germany. Seventeen-year-old Anton has...
release : 2009.10.30popularis : 2.307
Picco
Kevin is new in youth prison. Due to over-occupancy he has to share a cell with Tommy, Andy and Marc. A partnership of convenience in a system where...
release : 2011.02.03popularis : 2.185
Second Hand Child
Tobias, aged 13, lives in an East German city and has learned to get by on his own. Then Max moves into the neighboring apartment, and he keeps it...
release : 2004.11.06popularis : 0.772
Not My Day
When Banker Till (Axel Stein) is kidnapped during a bank robbery, he has the time of his life...
release : 2014.01.16popularis : 5.803
Rock Crystal
The towns of Gschaid and Millsdorf are in a constant state of feuding with each other. Nevertheless Gschaid's Sebastian and Millsdorf's Susanne are...
release : 2004.11.18popularis : 3.681
Bibi Blocksberg and the Secret of Blue Owls
Poor Bibi - due to her bad marks in maths she has to spend the whole summer in the boarding school of Altenberg to scrape through a series of exams -...
release : 2004.09.29popularis : 7.026
Ein todsicherer Plan
A married self-employed carpenter on the verge of ruin raids the bank that did not extend his credit.
release : 2014.05.14popularis : 4.138
Back on Track
A former Olympic champion wants to compete in the Berlin Marathon one last time.
release : 2013.10.10popularis : 6.703
Turkish for Beginners
During an emergency landing on a deserted island suddenly traumatized by antiauthoritarian education Lena Schneider together with the Turkish Super...
release : 2012.03.14popularis : 7.179
Roccos Reise
A surfeit of misfortune and a traumatic childhood lead Rocco, in times of isolation and ignorance, to rid himself of his possessions and tidy up the...
release : 1970.01.01popularis : 0.852
Liebling, wir haben geerbt
Hannah hero finds out that her husband Martin is cheating on her. Angered, she announces that she wants a divorce. But Hannah is waiting for the...
release : 2007.06.08popularis : 2.956
Life Is Not for Cowards
After the sudden death of his wife, the lives of Markus Färber and his daughter Kim fall into disarray. Markus’ attempt to bring back...
release : 2013.04.18popularis : 2.605
Ein Dorf schweigt
Spring 1945: After successfully fleeing, Johanna is stranded with her two children and a teenager whom she has taken under her care in a village in...
release : 2009.04.09popularis : 1.5
The King's Surrender
Violent youth gangs and a police force way out of its depth. When a police operation goes awry and two policemen die, the powder keg threatens to...
release : 2014.11.13popularis : 4.837
Open the Wall
A lighthearted look at the opening of the border crossing of Bornholmer Straße in Berlin from the point of view of the confused border guards.
release : 2014.11.05popularis : 2.775
Coming In
Notoriously hip Berlin based hairdresser Tom Herzner falls in love with beauty parlor owner Heidi, turning both of their worlds upside down. So far...
release : 2014.10.23popularis : 2.908
Neger, Neger, Schornsteinfeger
This drama is based on the childhood memories of Hans Jürgen Massaquoi, who was one of the few black native Germans in Nazi Germany. In 1935 at...
release : 2006.10.01popularis : 2.793
3 Türken und ein Baby
The Yildiz brothers - Celal, Sami and Mesut - still live under one roof - despite their differences. The family bridal shop is doing really badly and...
release : 2015.01.22popularis : 7.044
Dreamgirls
Parallel love stories of three young women in Berlin: Hannah - an unhappy attorney who sexually demeans herself in order to get at least some love...
release : 2015.02.19popularis : 5.258
Victoria
A young Spanish woman who has newly moved to Berlin finds her flirtation with a local guy turn potentially deadly as their night out with his friends...
release : 2015.06.11popularis : 12.891
Punk Berlin 1982
1980: 19 year old Robert, fed up with Hippy phoniness and bourgeoise narrow mindedness alike, flees the German provinces for West Berlin. A tour de...
release : 2015.03.26popularis : 3.397
Nachspielzeit
Cem is mid 20's and is making its voluntary service in the retirement home. There he falls in love with Astrid, which helps as a dance therapist...
release : 2015.01.20popularis : 1.034
Outside the Box
Frederick Schopner, a young management consultant, has been invited to participate in a special kind of team-building event. He and his colleagues...
release : 2015.07.01popularis : 3.936
A Coffee in Berlin
Niko, a twenty-something college dropout, lives for the moment as he drifts through the streets of Berlin, curiously observing everyone around him...
release : 2012.11.01popularis : 10.804
Mordkommission Berlin 1
A crime movie directed by Marvin Kren.
release : 2015.12.01popularis : 2.515
Scrappin'
Mirko Talhammer is beyond himself when two strange guys show up in his noble insurance office and remind him where he really comes from: from a...
release : 2016.05.05popularis : 2.636
The Countess
Kingdom of Hungary, 17th century. As she gets older, powerful Countess Erzsébet Báthory (1560-1614), blinded by the passion that she...
release : 2009.03.13popularis : 10.133
Heart of Stone
Peter and Lisbeth are two young but unfortunate lovers living in a rigid rural community in the Black Forest. She comes from a wealthy family of...
release : 2016.10.20popularis : 4.336
Seitenwechsel
The relationship of Alex and Teresa has hit hard times. After 15 years of marriage, the passionate football coach and the sensitive psychoanalyst do...
release : 2016.06.02popularis : 2.712
How Men Talk About Women
Tine wants to find her dream boyfriend, but can't find him that easily. Her male best friend enjoys his single life, until they feel attracted to...
release : 2016.05.12popularis : 1.081
Text for You
Sports writer Mark is baffled when he receives romantic text messages on his cell phone. What he does not know: His new number once belonged to the...
release : 2016.09.15popularis : 6.753
My Brother Simple
Ben and Barnabas are unseparatable since they are small. The two of them, however, are no ordinary pair of brothers, for Barnabas, with his...
release : 2017.11.09popularis : 4.089
Gutland
Early one summer morning a young man, with a secret stashed away in a duffel bag, emerges from the forest. In a nearby village he asks around for...
release : 2018.05.13popularis : 3.294
The Call of the Toad
A Polish woman and a German man fall in love against the odds and decide to set up a cemetery for exiles. But can their daring venture survive the...
release : 2005.09.22popularis : 1.436
The Captain
Germany, 1945. Soldier Willi Herold, a deserter of the German army, stumbles into a uniform of Nazi captain abandoned during the last and desperate...
release : 2018.02.02popularis : 10.976
Playmaker
Ivo is a former pro footballer and jailbird with nothing to lose. He is a betting natural and his talent and background attract the interest of...
release : 2018.04.12popularis : 2.652
Wuff
Romantic comedy about the love confusion of four girlfriends, whose lives are properly turned upside down by their four-legged friends. After being...
release : 2018.10.25popularis : 2.042
Kanun
Agim is homeless in Berlin. When he hears that Yon is also in the city, he panics. His past from his childhood in Albania catches up with him. Yon...
release : 2018.10.26popularis : 1.26
Sweethearts
It's double trouble when fate and an ill-executed diamond robbery throw Mel and Franny together in a race and chase against time.
release : 2019.02.14popularis : 5.034
Close to the Horizon
Jessica knows exactly what her life is supposed to look like and where it takes her. But then she meets Danny. He has a complicated past and could...
release : 2019.10.10popularis : 14.37
The Perfect Secret
Seven friends - three women and four men - meet for dinner. Everyone should put their cell phone on the table. No matter what message comes in -...
release : 2019.10.31popularis : 5.53
Man from Beirut
Out of the dark - this is true for this film both on the story level and in terms of production. A hard-boiled thriller with a high-concept twist set...
release : 2019.11.25popularis : 2.356
Nightlife
Milo works as a bartender in Berlin and one night gets to know his dream woman Sunny through a series of coincidences. The two meet for a date, but...
release : 2020.02.13popularis : 8.806
Charlotte Link - The Decision
Simon's spontaneous decision to help a stranger embroils him in a murder plot.
release : 2020.01.09popularis : 1.819
Rising High
Charting the rise and fall of three corrupt real estate agents who accumulate absurd wealth in no time but fall into a vortex of fraud, greed and...
release : 2020.04.17popularis : 12.598
In Berlin wächst kein Orangenbaum
After 14 years of prison Nabil is released and thrown back into his live.
release : 2020.09.24popularis : 1.781
Oskarreif
Viewers of the short film as a real film always in new excerpts. Oskar just doesn't understand why nobody wants to film it. For his friend Benny,...
release : 2015.12.31popularis : 0.906
Commitment Phobia
Like most singles of his generation, Tim has a "problem": he is apparently unable to have a relationship. But when he falls in love with his female...
release : 2021.07.01popularis : 4.653