Benjamin Sadler
Birthday: Born in 1971-02-12 in Toronto, Canada
Deathday: Alive
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Benjamin Sadler (born February 2, 1971) is a German actor who was born in Toronto, Canada, the son of a German graphic designer and a British teacher. He lived in Canada until he was five. In 1976 he moved with his parents to Germany. After studying at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London, his career as actor started in 1994 with roles in German thrillers such as Wolffs Revier and SK-Babies. In 2001 he appeared in the German-Italian film Maria Magdalena in the role as John the Baptist beside Maria Grazia Cucinotta and Danny Quinn. In 2002 he worked on two further religious films: The Bible - The Apocalypse with Richard Harris and Luther with Joseph Fiennes and Sir Peter Ustinov. He also appeared as the young emperor Augustus (Peter O'Toole was the emperor in later life). In 2006 he played the part of a physician in the film Dresden. In 2007 he starred as a lawyer and father of a thalidomide-handicapped daughter, for which he received a Bambi Award in 2007. He explained in an interview that he was proud to be a part of the film, which influenced the German parliament to pass a law giving greater financial compensation for victims of thalidomide. Description above from the Wikipedia article Benjamin Sadler, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Lexx
Character: Nool
A Time Prophet predicted that Kai would be the one to destroy the divine order in the league of the 20,000 planets, someday that will happen, but not today. Today a cowardly security guard, an undead assassin, a female with a body designed for sex and a robot head madly in love with her all make up the crew of the spaceship Lexx, the most powerful weapon in the two universes....
Augusto - Il primo imperatore
Character: Gaius Octavius
Old and ill, Augustus, the man who changed the fortunes and destiny of an empire by completing Julius Caesar's project, recounts the two most important phases of his life: his rise to power and his fight against the pressure of his family....
Dresden
Character: Alexander Wenninger
In January 1945, the young nurse Anna Mauth, working at a hospital in Dresden, becomes engaged to senior physician Benjamin Wenninger. At the same time, an English Lancaster bomber is shot down. The pilot Robert Newman, the only survivor, manages to reach the city severely injured and hides in the hospital's cellar. Anna discovers him incidentally thinking he is a German deserter, but finally decides to help Robert......
Contergan - Eine einzige Tablette
Character: Paul Wegener
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War and Peace
Character: Dolokhov
War and Peace is a 2007 Russian-French-Italian-German miniseries directed by Robert Dornhelm. It was broadcast in Belgium and in France in four parts during October and November 2007. It was inspired by Leo Tolstoy's novel War and Peace, which also is divided into four parts. The actors are of different nationalities....
Impact
Character: Roland Emerson
Impact is a mini-series about a meteor shower which eventually sends the moon on a collision course with Earth. The two-part mini-series premiered February 14 and 15, 2009 on the Canadian premium television channel Super Channel and was also shown on ABC on June 21 and 28, 2009 and on Alpha TV on September 2011 ....
Tatort
Character: Gert Mewes
Tatort is a long-running German/Austrian/Swiss, crime television series set in various parts of these countries. The show is broadcast on the channels of ARD in Germany, ORF in Austria and SF1 in Switzerland....
Tatort
Character: Jan Liebermann
Tatort is a long-running German/Austrian/Swiss, crime television series set in various parts of these countries. The show is broadcast on the channels of ARD in Germany, ORF in Austria and SF1 in Switzerland....
Rosa Roth
Character: Fuhrmann
Rosa Roth is a German television series....
Spuren des Bösen
Character: Johannes Rink
The criminal psychologist Richard Brock teaches at the University of Vienna. He used to work as a psychologist until his wife took her own life and he lost his license on suspicion of incorrect treatment. In the meantime he has developed a reputation as a particularly good interrogation specialist and is therefore called in by the police in special cases....
Ein starkes Team
Character: Thomas Overbeck
The unlikely police pair Verena Berthold and Otto Garber are part of a special task force investigating organized crime in Berlin. He comes from the east, she from the west of Berlin. He's a redneck, she's from a better background. This causes conflict. Over time, things start to sizzle between the two. Their team includes the agile German-Turkish Yücsel and the sluggish Georg, who, like Verena and Otto, are constantly bickering. The department manager is Lothar Reddemann. Sputnik is a former co...
Wolffs Revier
Character: Fjodor Romanow
Wolffs Revier is a German television series....
Wolffs Revier
Character: Philipp
Wolffs Revier is a German television series....
SK-Babies
Character: Sylvester
SK-Babies is a German television series....
Drei zum Verlieben
Character: Robert Holler
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Girl friends – Freundschaft mit Herz
Character: Stefan Ahlbaum
Girl friends – Freundschaft mit Herz is a German television series....
SCHULD nach Ferdinand von Schirach
Character: Thomas
In the final analysis, it all comes down to guilt, different shades of guilt that one assumes in a single moment of thoughtlessness or in months of premeditated planning. Defence Attorney Friedrich Kronberg knows he must tip legal scales of justice in favour of his client for crimes that are never black and white and what they may seem. In German with subtitles....
Spuk im Reich der Schatten
Character: Friedrich von Kuhlbanz
Spuk im Reich der Schatten is a German television series....
Letzte Spur Berlin
Character: Andé Jünger
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Anna Karenina
Character: Aleksej Karenin
Anna and Kitty. Two lives. One of desperate passion that ends in tragedy, the other, an existence made real through love. Two destinies that interweave, giving rise to two, so very different stories, yet lived in pursuit of the same desire- to find a love that lets them fully be themselves, to live without having to conform to society’s pretenses....
Krupp - eine deutsche Familie
Character: Alfried Krupp von Bohlen und Halbach
The Krupps were one of Germany's most powerful and controversial families until their downfall....
Das Weiße Haus am Rhein
Character: Fritz Dreesen
In 1918, at the end of World War I, young Emil Dreesen returns from the battlefield with the intention of taking over the family business, an elegant hotel on the banks of the Rhine....
Tatort
Character: Christian Mertens
Tatort is a long-running German/Austrian/Swiss, crime television series set in various parts of these countries. The show is broadcast on the channels of ARD in Germany, ORF in Austria and SF1 in Switzerland....
Bambi-Verleihung
Character: Self
The Bambi, often called the Bambi Award and stylised as BAMBI, is a German award presented annually by Hubert Burda Media to recognize excellence in international media and television to personalities in the media, arts, culture, sports, and other fields "with vision and creativity who affected and inspired the German public that year", both domestic and foreign. First held in 1948, it is the oldest media award in Germany. The trophy is named after Felix Salten's book Bambi, A Life in the Woods ...
Wer weiß denn sowas?
Character: Self
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Pinocchio
Character: Antonio
When a piece of pine-wood falls into the hands of the poor old toy maker, Geppetto, he carves it into a puppet which he names Pinocchio. To Geppetto's delight, Pinocchio comes to life - and like most little boys, he's full of reckless whims and wild ideas! His crazy escapades lead him into a series of madcap adventures! Along his journey, and throughout all the fun, Pinocchio learns to be considerate and courageous and learns what it takes to become a real boy....
Das Netz - Prometheus
Character: Andreas Müller
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Kölner Treff
Character: Self
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Furia
Character: Ruben Voss
Policeman Asgeir moves to an idyllic town in the west part of Norway. After a local conflict, he meets a mysterious woman named Ragna, and soon they are both trapped in a network of right-wing radical forces that threaten Europe....
DAS!
Character: Self
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Hart aber fair
Character: Self
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Schatten der Mörder – Shadowplay
Character: Leopold Garten
In 1946 Berlin, an American cop searches for his missing brother while helping a novice German policewoman fight the violent crimes engulfing the city....
Ostfriesenkrimis
Character: Dr. Gerd Weber
Headstrong but successful Chief Inspector Ann Kathrin Klaasen and her team use unorthodox methods to investigate cases against the backdrop of the beautiful and tranquil landscape of the North Sea coast....
Francesco
Character: Ugolino
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Luther
Character: Georg Spalatin
During the early 16th century, idealistic German monk Martin Luther, disgusted by the materialism in the church, begins the dialogue that will lead to the Protestant Reformation....
The Charlemagne Code
Character: Eik Meiers
An action-packed race to find the legendary treasure of the Nibelungen hidden by Charlemagne and thought to be the biggest lost treasure in the world....
Das Tattoo - Tödliche Zeichen
Character: Fred
Karl and Paula work as specialist divers in Vienna, while their former friend Fred runs a diving school in Croatia. While surveying Vienna's underground, Karl and Paula come across a system of catacombs in which they discover valuable burial objects and a mummified corpse with numerous tattoos. When Karl has an accident during his explorations, Fred is asked for help by Paula. Neither of them suspect what they will soon be involved in....
Das Mädchen auf dem Meeresgrund
Character: Hans Hass
When Hans Hass seeks a secretary for his Viennese office in the summer of 1947, Lotte Baierl applies for the job. She has just graduated from high school and is a big fan of Hass. Lotte is learning how to handle diving equipment and underwater cameras, as she wants to participate in the next expedition. Hass, who is initially against the participation of a woman, changes his mind. The TV movie tells the story of the two diving pioneers....
If Not Us, Who?
Character: Walter Jens
In the early 60s, Bernward Vesper and fellow university student Gudrun Ensslin begin a passionate love in the stifling atmosphere of provincial West Germany. Dedicated to the power of the written word, Bernward and Gudrun found a publishing house whose first publication is, paradoxically to many, a controversial past work of Bernward's ostracized father, an infamous Nazi author. Bernward defends his father's writing ability, even if he is haunted by his father's suspicious past....
Nur Anfänger heiraten
Character: Hannes Mack
" Finally find yourself a man!" Nina ignores her grandmother 's request - and unexpectedly falls in love with Hannes , whose wedding she is supposed to organize ......
Mary Magdalene
Character: Giovanni il Battista
Employed as a spy and given the task of investigating the threat posed by John the Baptist, Mary Magdalene is overwhelmed by John's powerful message of the coming of the Messiah. Gazing into John's eyes before he dies, Mary is left with the certainty that her place is at the side of this great man, Jesus Christ....
The Apocalypse
Character: Valerius
While Emperor Domitian persecutes the Christians, the aged apostle John has prophetic visions....
Augenzeugin
Character: Tom Schreiber
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Passion
Character: Prosecutor
The rivalry between the manipulative boss of an advertising agency and her talented protégée escalates from stealing credit to public humiliation to murder....
Antonia - Zwischen Liebe und Macht
Character: Moritz Ahrendorff
Stunningly attractive law student Antonia Scherer and her girlfriend Judy are earning vacation money as Paparazze for a slimy gossip columnist named WALZ. Part of the job involves trying to snap photos of famous people on the Cote d'Azur. The two girls promptly catch a snap of the eldest son of a mega rich banking family, in a suggestive situation. Realizing that she has been spotted by him, Antonia runs off with the film but is then involved in an accident and loses consciousness. She wakes up ...
The Hustle
Character: Tony
Maya and Tony are a modern-day Bonnie and Clyde. Maya seduces businessmen while Tony copies their credit cards. It's a smooth con until one of their victims, Pierce, pulls a gun. Instead of killing them, Pierce offers the desperate couple a chance at the biggest score of their lives....
Italiener und andere Süßigkeiten
Character: Paolo Fabrelli
Designer Charlotte's monotonous single existence is thrown into turmoil when one day she meets businessman Paolo Fabrelli. She thinks she recognizes him as the ice cream seller who proposed to her in Italy years ago. In reality, however, Paolo is his cousin. Confused at first, then amused, Paolo doesn't even think about clearing the mix-up. He has fallen madly in love with Charlotte and hopes for true love......
Der Tote im Eis
Character: Gregor Lucius
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Annas Alptraum kurz nach 6
Character: Lukas Walser
Anna Marek is looking forward to a break in her hectic life as a midwife and single mother of two daughters: for the first time in years, she will be taking the children on vacation. But then her neighbor Lukas rings the doorbell. He asks for Anna's help. His Chilean friend Maria went into labor unexpectedly. Anna can be persuaded to go to the clinic. She helps the baby into the world, quarrels with her mother, drives to Italy with her children. But the next morning Anna wakes up in her bed in M...
Das Jerusalem-Syndrom
Character: Peled
A young pregnant woman who lives in Jerusalem believes she is going to bring the son of God into the world. Her older sister tries to convince her to return with her to Germany. Then the young woman disappears....
Pinocchio
Character: Antonio
The world's most loved fairy tale is back in a whole new fantastic imagining in Pinocchio. When a piece of pine-wood falls into the hands of the poor old toy maker, Geppetto, he carves it into a puppet which he names Pinocchio. To Geppetto's delight, Pinocchio comes to life - and like most little boys, he's full of reckless whims and wild ideas! His crazy escapades lead him into a series of madcap adventures from joining the circus to visiting the inside of whale! Along his journey, and througho...
The Pursuit of Unhappiness
Character: Frank Henne
Based on the best-selling psychology book by Paul Watzlawick, the film tells the story of Tiffany Blechschmid, a neurotic, moony, superstitious, contradictory and, no surprises here, single young woman in her late-twenties....
The German Friend
Character: Michael Tendler
It’s the late 1950s, and in an affluent and quietly respectable part of Buenos Aires, young Sulamit Löwenstein strikes up a friendship with her next-door neighbour Friedrich over the whereabouts of her family dog. She is the daughter of German-Jewish immigrants to Argentina, he is the son of a senior SS officer, a tragic political legacy from whose shadow both characters struggle to escape over the next three decades. Following the teenaged Friedrich to Germany, Sulamit finds him caught up in th...
Bettgeflüster & Babyglück
Character: Uli
A baby is supposed to crown the dreamlike marriage of the divorce attorneys Pia and Uli, but the success of all their efforts – ranging from “sex on a schedule” to artificial insemination – fails to materialize. When Pia learns that Uli has cheated on her during this difficult period, she immediately files for a divorce. But Uli fights stubbornly for the custody of the deep-frozen oocytes which have remained from the artificial insemination....
Rommel
Character: Hans Speidel
The story of the final seven months in the life of German Field Marshal Erwin Rommel....
Der Untergang der Pamir
Character: Victor Reetz
The story of the German sail-training ship Pamir that sunk in a hurricane....
Das Wunder von Lengede
Character: Salvatore di Pietro
The film is based on the events surrounding the Lengede mining accident in 1963....
München '72 - Das Attentat
Character: Ulrich Wegener
Munich 1972: The Olympic Games are supposed to show the world a new, different Germany: the spirit of Munich - cosmopolitan, relaxed and free. But then the unthinkable happens: in the early hours of September 5, Palestinian terrorists enter the Olympic Village and storm the Israeli team's quarters. Shortly afterwards, security forces find a dead Israeli. The rest of the team is in the hands of men who clearly have nothing to lose. When the leader of the terror squad asks for a negotiating partne...
Bocksprünge
Character: Silvan
Two couples and two singles are confused by their enotions to each other....
Sehnsucht nach Liebe
Character: Jochen Hofmann
The widowed, single-parent pastor Anja has a silent admirer in Herbert. But then she falls in love with Jochen....
Alles muss raus
Character: Henry Bergmann
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Das Lächeln der Frauen
Character: André Chabanais
Aurélie, a young restaurant owner, is unhappy because her boyfriend has left her overnight. Desperate with lovesickness, she wanders the streets of Paris trying to forget her pain, but by chance she comes across the novel "The Smile of Women" in a small bookshop, which seems to refer to her restaurant and her life. Intrigued by the book and full of curiosity, she does everything she can to get to know the author Robert Miller. What she doesn't know is that Robert Miller is actually the Parisian ...
Zwischen den Zeiten
Character: Michael Rosch
On a class trip to the GDR in 1986, Annette flirted with the East German Michael. Today she is working on reconstructing shredded Stasi files and comes across a photo of him. Annette finds Michael and their love flares up again. Not just out of jealousy, Annette's boyfriend Johannes investigates whether her rival was a Stasi victim or possibly a perpetrator......
Mörderischer Besuch
Character: Theo von Gelden
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Verführt - Fatal Online Affair
Character: Josef
Changing jobs and changing boyfriends - until now, the beautiful Sonia has cheated her way through life. She found the support she needed with her sister Karin. But then Karin doesn't return from a supposed business trip. Sonia sets off with her dog Bigfoot in search of her sister. The first clue leads to an internet chat room where Karin regularly logged in under her alias Demi Moore and indulged in provocative sex talk....
Tag der Wahrheit
Character: Jean-Luc Laboetie
The truth about the ailing state of the Haut-Rhin nuclear power plant in the tri-border region is to come to light - this is the goal of the assassin David Kollwein. He brings the power plant in his power and extorted policy and operating company. The German prosecutor Marie Hoffmann has only three hours to procure explosive information together with the French policeman Jean-Luc Laboetie and to prevent the meltdown in the reactor ......
Das Programm
Character: Simon Dreher
A banker's family is to be included in a protection programme after the family father became involved in negligent transactions with a gangster. But he will only receive comprehensive protection if he provides the needed information....
Babyraub - Kinder fremder Mächte
Character: Thomas
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One Breath
Character: Jan
A nightmarish crisis occurs after a pregnant young Greek immigrant takes a job as a nanny to a young professional couple, in this stunning drama from Germany’s Christian Zübert....
Das Dorf der Mörder
Character: Dr. Jeremy Brock
A murder in a Berlin zoo puts a policewoman on the trail of a mysterious series of murders that claimed the lives of several men in a Brandenburg village 20 years earlier. Based on Elisabeth Herrmann's novel of the same name, the film tells the story of a crime whose causes reach far back into the past and whose investigation could cost the investigator her future....
Spuk aus der Gruft
Character: Friedrich von Kuhlbanz
The young Friedrich Freiherr von Kuhlbanz died almost 300 years ago, but he is cursed beyond death. "I will not rot in my grave if I have committed the murder of the shepherd Dühn", the squire once swore and became a legend as the mummy of Roggelin. One night, Maja meets the ghost of Friedrich in the crypt. And with his sad story, he is able to win her over to help him. Maja is determined to prove Friedrich's innocence....
Die Wallensteins - Dresdner Dämonen
Character: Rolf Koch
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Within the Whirlwind
Character: Pavel
During Stalin's reign of terror, Evgenia Ginzburg, a literature professor, was sent to 10 years hard labor in a gulag in Siberia. Having lost everything, and no longer wishing to live, she meets the camp doctor and begins to come back to life....
Zimmer der Angst
Character: Daniel Neymann
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Francesco
Character: Ugolino
Depicts various periods in the life of Saint Francesco: Youth and the first conversion in 1206, the process that inflicts his father, the birth of the historical nucleus of Fraternitas and the departure for the Holy Land up to the writing of rules and death, addressing the problem of the legacy of his message in the different interpretation that Chiara and Elia will give it....
Luna's Revenge
Character: Jacob
When Luna’s family is killed in cold blood on a mountain vacation, she barely escapes, and has to discover she’s been living a lie: her dad was a Russian secret agent, and her family was just a front. Luna has the opportunity to flee the country. But first she wants revenge....
Wendy - Der Film
Character: Gunnar
Twelve-year-old Wendy is not at all happy that she has to spend her summer vacation with her parents at her grandma Herta's run-down riding stables. Wendy has been afraid of horses ever since a riding accident. But then she meets the pretty mare Dixie, who has run away from the butcher. Slowly, a deep friendship develops between the horse and the girl, and while Wendy does everything she can to save Dixie, she also manages to overcome her fear....
Der Gutachter: Ein Mord zu viel
Character: Dr. Robert Siedler
Dr. Robert Siedler is an experienced forensic psychologist who is asked to prepare an expert opinion for the mentally disturbed ex-alcoholic Friedhelm Knecht, who has been in custody for a long time. According to his expert assessment, he is in favor of releasing the offender, whereupon Knecht is released from prison. Shortly afterwards, however, there is a murder in which the evidence points to Knecht as the perpetrator. The suspect goes on the run and when the case causes a stir in the press, ...
Tödliche Geheimnisse – Jagd in Kapstadt
Character: Prof. Jonas Schwarz
Where is Paul Holthaus? The investigative journalist Rommy Kirchhoff, together with his son Max, is looking for the disappeared lobbyist Paul Holthaus, who has negotiated several times in Cape Town on behalf of Lilian Norgren for their agricultural corporation Norgreen Life. Norgren makes it clear to Rommy that the search for the whistleblower is unwanted and puts her and the boy in danger....
Der blonde Affe
Character: Andreas Prolsch
The wealthy Hamburg gallery owner Elaine Troost dies mysteriously on a stormy fall night and her body is subsequently found in the bathtub by her daughter Gabrielle. The autopsy of the body reveals that her death was caused by violence. A witness testifies shortly afterwards that she saw the art forger Jan Vleuten outside the gallery owner's house on the night of the murder. He is nicknamed "the blonde monkey" because of his strange fondness for primates and his light blonde hair......
Wendy 2 - Freundschaft für immer
Character: Gunnar
Her grandmother's riding stable, where Wendy lives with her parents, is on the verge of bankruptcy. When she hears about a youth tournament, she wants to take part so that she can use the prize money to save the farm. But she doesn't have the right horse. Her former circus horse Dixie is not ready to jump hurdles. The show horse Penny is traumatized. So Wendy has to look after Penny and make sure Dixie doesn't get jealous at the same time....
Wir sind doch Schwestern
Character: Heinrich Verhoeven
Hiltrud Janssen soon achieves what only a few people in her life are able to do: she celebrates her 100th birthday. It's just a shame that she fell out with her younger sister Betty many years ago. Back then, Betty worked as a housekeeper for the influential CDU politician Heinrich Verhoeven and had an affair with him. Verhoeven was accused of adultery, but Betty was able to convince her sister Hiltrud to make a false statement. Verhoeven was acquitted and Hiltrud never spoke to Betty again. Hil...
Hotel Meina
Character: Hans Krassler
How will the Germans react to the armistice of the 8th of September 1943, due to which Italy betrays them and sides with the allied forces? This is the distressing questions that a group of 16 Italian - Greek Jews evacuated at The Meina Hotel ask themselves....
Charlotte Link - In the Valley of the Fox
Character: Matthew
Andrew continues searching for his missing wife years after the police close their investigation....
When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit
Character: Heinz Rosenfeld
In 1933 in Berlin. Anna is only nine years old when her life changes from the ground up. To escape the Nazis, her father Arthur Kemper, a well-known Jewish journalist, has to flee to Zurich. His family, Anna, her twelve-year-old brother Max and her mother Dorothea, follow him shortly thereafter. Anna has to leave everything behind, including her beloved pink rabbit, and to face a new life full of challenges and privations abroad....
Jenseits der Angst
Character: Ronald Kärger
Renowned fashion designer Lisa Hembach irritates her surroundings with her behavior. She looks erratic, unfocused and feels persecuted....
Tödliches Erwachen
Character: Jan Brenner
The lover of a policeman is strangled in his house....
Duisburg - Linea di sangue
Character: Thomas Block
After a brutal mafia-led massacre in the city of Duisburg, two detectives - one Italian, one Gernan - team up to investigate.Based on true events....
Eine harte Tour
Character: Clemens
A mountain hiking tour of friends brings to light unexpected conflicts....
Pohlmann und die Zeit der Wünsche
Character: Tom Pohlmann
Everything in architect Tom Pohlmann's life is optimized down to the last detail. He even works on his weakness, his panic fear of speaking in front of people, with the help of a psychology app - in parallel to his morning sports program. Sarah Wünsche's chaotic everyday life feels completely different: she is raising her twelve-year-old son Paul alone, working night shifts and fighting for a mini-loan to get her bankrupt kiosk back. In order for two such contrasting people to come closer togeth...
Caravaggio
Character: Onorio Longhi
The tumultuous and adventurous life of Michelangelo Merisi, controversial artist, called by Fate to become the immortal Caravaggio. A violent genius that will dare to defy the ideal vision of the world imposed by the Renaissance painters. A provoker that scandalized patrons and institutions, raising the altars the outcast figures he knew so well: drunkards, vagrants and prostitutes....
Leben über Kreuz
Character: Sebastian Blumberg
Two couples who can't stand each other need to become friends. Because this is their only chance for a life-saving organ donation....
Ohne jede Spur - Der Fall Nathalie B.
Character: Georg
The reconstruction of the dramatic abduction of triathlete Nathalie Birli, who was hit by a car during training and then held against her will in the driver's house....
Augustus: The First Emperor
Character: Gaius Octavius
Old and ill, Augustus, the man who changed the fortunes and destiny of an empire by completing Julius Caesar's project, recounts the two most important phases of his life: his rise to power and his fight against the pressure of his family....