Torsten Michaelis Movies

In this vivid historical drama set in 1980s East Germany, two dockworkers and best friends who dream of escaping the repressive regime are forced to...

Sonja Brunner works as a prison officer in a prison. She has been earning money for the family for years, providing a living for her stepdaughter...

Kai, a young boy, living in 1923 Berlin tries to convince an American businessman that he can market his chewing gum better than anyone else in town.

In 1938 Hans Zeisig, an apolitical comedian, impersonator and cabaret actor, flees with a Russian passport (instead of American, which he would have...

The Lübeck merchant Friedemann owes his crippled figure to a wet nurse "devoted to drink". He lives a secluded life with his three simple-minded...

Rebecca Thalberg escapes from a psychiatric ward to finally clear up the dark history of her husband Henry's family in the Ore Mountains. The locals...

KAFKA'S THE BURROW tells the story of a man's "metamorphosis" (as Kafka would put it) in a rapidly changing and increasingly isolated world. A man,...

Meike has had enough of a comfortable life and ventures out on a risky off-road adventure in a jeep she bought at auction.

Anne Marie Fuchs' ex-husband Konrad Gelden was shot dead in his villa. This shatters the private detective's hope of solving the riddle of the...

Mid-fifties Anne Marie Fuchs lives modestly and withdrawn in Düsseldorf. When a murder happens, it becomes clear that the inconspicuous lady,...

Ferdinand's father, the president of the residence, can not tolerate a serious relationship between his son and a commoner, and moreover intends to...

A divorce lawyer and a couples therapist, both completely different, must, as witnesses, save their best friends' wedding at all costs.

Maria Theiss is a good policewoman, but she is unpopular. For a long time she was the "holy virgin", but since she reported her corrupt partner, she...

The unsuccessful writer Max Rhode is a law-abiding citizen. But what Max doesn't know yet: In a few days he will commit a crime so horrific that it...

Jost roams through the streets of Berlin. He opposes the world enraged, aggressively and furiously in a self-destructive way. He continuously...