Anke Engelke
Birthday: Born in 1965-12-21 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Deathday: Alive
Anke Engelke, born in Montreal/Canada in 1965, grew up trilingual. As a child, she gained early dubbing experience and hosted TV and radio shows. Engelke was part of the weekly show ensemble, her series Ladykracher is considered the most successful German sketch format with eight seasons. Since 2000, Anke Engelke has appeared regularly in feature films, soon in leading roles in Mein Sohn, Der Onkel and Mutter. Currently, Anke Engelke can be seen in the leading role in the Netflix series Das letzte Wort and on Amazon Prime Video in the first season of the acclaimed comedy format LOL - Last One Laughing. As a voice actress, she lends her voice to various characters: Marge on The Simpsons, Dory in Finding Nemo and in Finding Dory, Captain Ericka in Hotel Transylvania 3 and Silver in Angry Birds 2. In the pre-school television series Die Sendung mit dem Elefanten, Anke Engelke has been the inhabitant of Anke's World since its launch in 2007. Together with Kristian Thees, Anke Engelke can be heard on the SWR3 podcast Wie war der Tag, Liebling: Every Tuesday and Thursday, SWR3 presenter Kristian Thees calls his best friend Anke Engelke and the two tell each other their little stories of the day. Anke Engelke is on the road with various reading programmes: currently with KOMISCH - Iris Berben meets Anke Engelke and Letters of Note - Anke Engelke, Devid Striesow & Jörg Thadeusz, among others. Between 2003 and 2019, she presented the opening and the Bear Awards Gala of the Berlinale 13 times as host. In 2011, she co-hosted the German preliminary round of the Eurovision Song Contest (ESC) with Stefan Raab and Judith Rakers. From 2012 - 2017, Anke Engelke taught television dramaturgy and creative television production at the KHM in Cologne as a substitute professor. Alongside Dirk von Lowtzow, Prof. Diedrich Diederichsen and Prof. Dr. Christoph Jacke, Anke Engelke is a member of the advisory board of the Pop Institute of the Folkwang University of the Arts. Anke Engelke has been an ambassador for the medical aid organisation action medeor since 2003.
TV Credits
Die Wiwaldi Show
Character: Self
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LOL: Last One Laughing
Character: Self
Ten top stars of German comedy join in the ultimate battle to find out who laughs last! Who will be able to stay serious? Which performance won't leave a dry eye in the house? And who will be the last one standing?...
Wetten, dass..?
Character: Self
A long-running German-language entertainment television show based on the format of the British show You Bet! and the American show Wanna Bet?....
Die Wochenshow
Character: Self
Die Wochenshow is a German weekly comedy sketch show that aires on Sat.1 and is produced by Brainpool TV. It started on 20 April 1996 and was cancelled early in 2002. Almost a decade later, eight new episodes have been broadcast since 20 May 2011....
Ladykracher
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Ladykracher is a German sketch comedy show starring Anke Engelke. The show ran on Sat.1 from 2002 to 2004 and was produced by Brainpool. In 2008 the show was reproduced....
Schmidt & Pocher
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Schmidt & Pocher is a German late night talk show hosted on Das Erste by comedians Harald Schmidt and Oliver Pocher in the Thursday 10.45 pm time slot from 25 October 2007 to 16 April 2009. It was the successor of Harald Schmidt on the same network....
Tatort
Character: Anke
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....
Deutschland
Character: Barbara Dietrich
A gripping coming-of-age story set against the real culture wars and political events of Germany in the 1980s. The drama follows Martin Rauch as the 24 year-old East Germany native is pulled from the world as he knows it and sent to the West as an undercover spy for the Stasi foreign service. Hiding in plain sight in the West German army, he must gather the secrets of NATO military strategy. Everything is new, nothing is quite what it seems and everyone he encounters is harboring secrets, both p...
Kommissarin Lucas
Character: Rike
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Die Harald Schmidt Show
Character: Self
The Harald Schmidt Show is a German late night talk show hosted on Sky Deutschland by comedian Harald Schmidt. The show first aired from 5 December 1995 to 23 December 2003 on Sat.1. Schmidt then moved his show to Das Erste as Harald Schmidt and Schmidt & Pocher, but he returned to Sat.1 on 13 September 2011. After cancellation on Sat.1, the show continued on Sky Deutschland in September 2012....
Circus Halligalli
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A late night talk show, hosted by Joko and Klaas....
Genial daneben
Character:
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Böhmi brutzelt
Character: Self
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Kurzstrecke mit Pierre M. Krause
Character: Self
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Durch die Nacht mit …
Character: Self
Durch die Nacht mit … is a German documentary film television series produced by ZDF for Franco-German television channel ARTE. Locations are mainly in France or Germany. The title of the French version is Au cœur de la nuit. Two Celebrities spend an filmed evening together. One of them is the host who sets the location and the program. There is no moderator....
Perfekt verpasst
Character: Maria Lampe
The first series with Anke Engelke and Bastian Pastewka. Maria and Ralf are both stuck in their lives. Together, however, they would be the absolute dream team - if only they would finally meet ......
Tatort
Character:
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....
Late Night Berlin
Character: Self
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Die Carolin Kebekus Show
Character: Self
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Pastewka
Character: Anke Engelke
Pastewka is a German television sitcom that began airing on German TV channel Sat.1 in 2005. The series, currently in its sixth season, is set in Cologne, with German actor Bastian Pastewka starring as a fictionalized version of himself. It has been compared to Seinfeld and Larry David's Curb Your Enthusiasm. The series was awarded, among others, the Rose d'Or and the German Television Prize. Series was directed by Joseph Orr and Jan Markus Linhof....
Wer stiehlt mir die Show?
Character: Self
Three celebrities and a wildcard candidate quiz their way through this show to win the ultimate prize: the show itself....
Derrick
Character: herself
Derrick was a German TV series produced by Telenova Film und Fernsehproduktion in association with ZDF, ORF and SRG between 1974 and 1998 about Detective Chief Inspector Stephan Derrick and his loyal assistant Inspector Harry Klein, who solve murder cases in Munich and surroundings....
Krömer - Die internationale Show
Character: Self
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Blind Date
Character: Div.
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LOL: Last One Laughing - Xmas Special
Character: Self
This year there is a special package under the Christmas tree: LOL, Germany's most successful comedy show, returns as a special edition at Christmas time! In three episodes, Michael Bully Herbig welcomes eight genuine LOL all-stars who compete in teams of two. The special feature this time: If one laughs, both are out!...
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 ...
Das Konzert mit dem Elefanten
Character: Moderation
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Genial daneben
Character: Self
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Pinocchio
Character: Stimme von Coco (Voice of Coco)
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....
Zimmer frei!
Character: Self
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Neo Magazin Royale
Character: Guest
Neo Magazin Royale is a satirical late night show hosted by Jan Böhmermann....
alfredissimo! Kochen mit Bio
Character: Self
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Kölner Treff
Character: Self
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TV total
Character: Self
TV total is a German late-night television comedy talk show. The set of TV total includes a floating interview stage that can be moved from one studio corner to the other. The show featured buttons with sounds and clips before Craig Ferguson's The Late Late Show....
Boulevard Bio
Character: Self
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Deutsches Haus
Character: Edith Bruhns
Eva Bruhns is about to get engaged when she is asked to interpret at a trial of SS officers. Her parents and fiancé-to-be try to dissuade her, but she follows her instincts and accepts the job. She soon realizes that she has a more personal connection to the trial than she could have ever imagined....
Eurovision Song Contest
Character: Self - Host
The Eurovision Song Contest is an international song competition, organised annually by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and featuring participants representing primarily European countries. Each participating country submits an original song to be performed on live television and radio, transmitted to national broadcasters via the EBU's Eurovision and Euroradio networks, with competing countries then casting votes for the other countries' songs to determine the winner....
NDR Talk Show
Character: Self
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Stern TV
Character: Self
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Das letzte Wort
Character: Karla Fazius
A story about a funeral eulogy speaker who loses faith in her work and tries to sabotage her husband's funeral....
Joko & Klaas gegen ProSieben
Character:
Joko and Klaas are teaming up against ProSieben. In this game show, the duo must duel against various team-ProSieben celebrities to gain an advantage in the final round. If Joko & Klaas emerge victorious, they can do whatever they want the following day for 15 minutes at 8:15pm, during prime time. If they lose the finale, their channel can decide on an adequate punishment - funny, embarrassing, or annoying....
Die Discounter
Character: Self
A group of young supermarket employees face the everyday challenges of the branch. Under the direction of branch manager Thorsten, the employees try to cope with all catastrophes and dramas, such as stealing employees, a mouse plague or dissatisfied customers, from store opening to closing time. It is not uncommon for employees to reach their limits....
Die Carolin Kebekus Show
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Movie Credits
About the Looking for and the Finding of Love
Character: Helena Stokowski
Director helmut Dietls and Patric Susskinds illustrate a legendary story of two lovers who cant keep themselves away from death....
Vollidiot
Character: Chefin
Based on Tommy Jaud's bestselling novel, this comedy focuses on a dispassionate clerk and his set-backs in life. 29-year-old Simon works in a phone shop, but his thoughts just circle around finding a new girl-friend after being left by his last one year ago. While his Croatian cleaner tries to procure him, his efforts to chat up women in clubs also fail. However, he finds the woman of his dreams (and mother of their future children) in his most hated coffee shop, although not having a clue how t...
Germanikus
Character: Mrs. Senator
The work-shy, lazy Germanicus is taken to Rome by slave traders and sold straight to the nouveau riche Roman Tusnelda. He manages to escape, but only to end up in the next misery as a taster at the imperial court. When the emperor dies, he is arrested as an emperor's assassin and is to be thrown to the tigers in the arena.With the help of the black slave Saba, he manages to win the deadly fight and is proclaimed - against his will - the new emperor of the Roman Empire.His pragmatic ideas as a st...
Freche Mädchen
Character: Mila's Mother
Teenage best friends Mila, Hanna and Kati play matchmaker to their teachers while helping each other through their own budding romances....
The Trixxer
Character: Doris Dubinsky
A mysterious serial killer is shocking the underworld. Scotland Yard is investigating the case. Clues lead the detectives to Blackwhite Castle....
Impy's Island
Character: Wutz (voice)
On a magical tropical island, a fun-loving group of misfit animals and people discover a baby dinosaur frozen since prehistoric times. When a king from a faraway country vows to capture the loveable baby dino for his private collection, all the inhabitants must join together to save their new friend....
The Little Polar Bear 2: The Mysterious Island
Character: Iguanita (voice)
New adventures from Lars, the cheeky little polar bear who loves nothing more than to explore the big wide world. This time Lars and his friend Robby start out for a rescue mission for their friend Caruso leading them all the way to the Galapagos Islands....
The Trip to Panama
Character: Fisch
The two friends Little Tiger and Little Bear live happily together in a little house by the lake. But when they find a strange wooden crate from Panama, they both fantasise about a beautiful place where everything is bigger, better and more beautiful....
Locked in Society
Character: Heidi Lohmann
On a Friday afternoon, there was an unexpected knock on the door of the staff room of a city high school. An ambitious father is willing to go to extremes to get his son admitted to high school. The six teachers who are still at school so shortly before the start of the weekend now have to find out the hard way. After some unexpected twists and embarrassing revelations, true abysses open up for everyone involved......
Fröhliche Weihnachten
Character: Anneliese Funzfichler / Various
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Freche Mädchen 2
Character: Mila's Mother
After Kati, Hanna and Mila first experiences with guys, it is now necessary to cultivate those relations. The jealous Mila thinks that her friend Markus, would cheat on her with Vanessa. Kati, who is actually together with Tobi, finds that Robert, whom she met during a shooting, more than just cool. Only with Hanna everything seems to work perfectly. Branko is a real gentleman and does everything for her musical career - but not entirely unselfishly, as soon turns out. Problems therefore pre-pr...
Lippels Traum
Character: Frau Jakob / Böse Tante
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Impy's Wonderland
Character: Wutz (voice)
A winged baby dinosaur inhabits an island in the middle of the ocean with a group of loveable animal friends. Everything changes when a dimwitted dinosaur hunter turns up and lures the creature back to captivity with rather sinister plans for his discovery....
The Hawk
Character: Gloria
The long-lost bon vivant Mike Bittini learns that his brother has fallen into a coma. He returns to his family, sneaks in like a hawk in the chicken coop and mixes things up properly. The uncle comes to help, brings chaos and finds love....
Best of Harald Schmidt - Respektlos und Rezeptfrei
Character:
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Frank Elstner - Noch eine Frage
Character: self
On his 80th birthday, show legend Frank Elstner ventures into unfamiliar territory. It is not he who is asking the questions this time, but: Anke Engelke, Jan Böhmermann, Barbara Schöneberger, Michelle Hunziker, Thomas Gottschalk, Günther Jauch and Jean-Claude Juncker....
Pastewkas Weihnachtsgeschichte
Character: Anke Engelke
It is Christmas eve but Bastian has not bought a Christmas tree yet. Furthermore he has to prepare a Christmas gala with Anke Engelke and he soon gets in trouble trying to do everything at the last second....
Fröhliche Weihnachten 2
Character: Anneliese Funzfichler / Various
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Mother
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Bewildering, amusing, insightful: Anke Engelke acts out eight authentic interviews, assembling them into a gigantic mosaic about motherhood....
Shock
Character: Irina
Bruno has lost his medical license and is now practicing illegally, no questions asked. His interest is aroused when a lawyer offers to have him treat a leukemia-stricken mafioso. This not only gets him caught between rival gangs, but also puts his old life further and further out of reach....
The Pasta Detectives
Character: Eisverkäuferin
The child-duo Rico and Oskar, one of them is quite more sluggish, but precisely because of fantasy and own world view; the other one is a smart whiz, but scared for life....
Unsere Väter – Die größten Showmaster Deutschlands
Character: Narrator (voice)
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Fröhlicher Frühling
Character: Anneliese Funzfichler
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Der zweite Kurzschluss
Character: Bettina Maurer
Bettina and Martin meet again, one year later on New Year's Eve. This time, they are trapped in the backroom of Moosbach's sports hall since Martin risks being beat up once he comes out....
LiebesLuder
Character: Christine
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Frau Müller muss weg!
Character: Jessica Höfel
Because of their children's bad grades, some parents want the teacher Mrs. Müller gone. They meet with Mrs. Müller and try to convince her to leave the class....
The A-Z of Eurovision
Character: Self - Presenter (archive footage)
Rylan Clark-Neal narrates a guide to all things Eurovision and takes a sideways look at the greatest singing contest on the planet. The A-Z of Eurovision features all the disasters, the costume changes and memorable musical moments from 65 years of Eurovision....
Kurzschluss
Character: Bettina Maurer
Bettina and Martin get stuck in a bank during New Year's Eve and attempt to get help....
Ghosthunters: On Icy Trails
Character: Hetty Cuminseed / Hedwig Kümmelsaft
They couldn't be more different, the members of the trio that allies in the fight against an Ancient Ice Ghost (AIG): Tom, an easily scared boy, Hetty, a professional ghosthunter and the loveable, but pretty slimy Hugo - a ghost. Will the team manage to save their town from the next ice age?...
Pinocchio
Character: Coco
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...
Mind Your Body
Character: Secretary
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Überlast
Character: Prof. Dr. Kuhn
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Just Get Married!
Character: Ina
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Kalter Kaffee
Character: Simone
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Einmal Hallig und zurück
Character: Fanny Reitmeyer
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Herman the German
Character: Dr. Werner
After an accident Herman learns that the suffers from a very rare illness which causes him that the emotion "fear" falls out whereby he is forced to try out all phobias to become normal again....
Doctor Proctor: Bubble in the Bathtub
Character: Resepsjonist
The lovesick Doctor Proctor has traveled back in time in a desperate attempt to alter history. He wants to stop the wedding between his beloved Juliette and the terrible Claude Cliché, but is trapped in time. Lise and Bulle have to help him back....
Lena, Stefan & Co. - Peter Urbans 25 legendäre ESC-Jahre
Character: Self
Peter Urban has commentated Eurovision for German audiences for 25 years and as he is stepping down he takes a look back at his memories and the evolution of the contest during that time....
Happy Burnout
Character: Alexandra
An unemployed with diagnosed burn-out is getting a therapy in a clinic....
Wellness für Paare
Character: Therese Pönsgen
A wellness hotel in a small German castle specializes in well-off couples, offering a wide range of services, including one some partners feel trapped into : relational therapy. It's truth time, for some liberating, forcing others to face their secrets of dysfunctional relationship....
Operation Dance Sensation
Character: Veronica Rell
After escaping from the terror of Vietnam, Jackson works as a headhunter. His old enemies from Vietnam open up a disco near the American-Iraqi border. They try to sell dangerous weapons to the Iragi government. Jackson is the only one who can stop them. Besides, he must care about his daughter, age 5. On the birthday party of his daughter, the situation escalates... and there is still a dance competition to be hold....
Nur ein Tag
Character: Zweite Eintagsfliege
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Brett vor’m Kopp
Character: herself
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Tödliche Geheimnisse – Jagd in Kapstadt
Character: Karin Berger
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....
Deadly Leaks
Character: Karin Berger
Journalist Rommy Kirchhoff wants to interview a whistle-blower. Paul Holthaus, lobbyist on behalf of the agricultural company Norgreen Life Inc., is ready to report on the background negotiations on TTIP. But as soon as the explosive interview begins, Rommy is overwhelmed. When she regains consciousness, there is no trace of the informant. Rommy realizes she has entered a story of unprecedented proportions....
Südstadt
Character: Anne Lehmann
One house, three apartments and three friendly couples, who have to put their relationships and life concepts to the test. After 20 years of marriage, Anne and Martin are close to separation. Eva and Thomas are freshly in love and want to do everything right. The relationship between Saskia and Kai gets into a crisis when she returns to work and takes care of the daughter....
The Most Beautiful Girl in the World
Character: Cyrils Mutter Anja
17-year-old Cyril is funny, smart and an all-round good guy. Just his somewhat overlarge nose spoils the picture. On a school trip to Berlin with Roxy, a stunning new classmate, Cyril is not the only one taken with her. Benno, the class Casanova has his eye on the girl too and makes a nasty wager. Roxy is more interested in the introverted Rick, who is not only shy but also slow. Cyril hastens with his spoken word skills to Rick's aid, and falls head over heels in love with Roxy himself. So whos...
Rate Your Date
Character: Angie
Teresa und Patricia are best friends. Despite the big differences between date-experienced Teresa and romantically predisposed single-mother Patricia, they have one thing in common: they have enough of bad dates and are sick of stupid dudes, bad surprises and broken hearts. When Teresa meets the neurotic programmer Anton, who is completely inexperienced in the field of romance, they come up with a genius business idea: together with the womanizer and start-up founder Paul, they develop an app wi...
The Little Polar Bear
Character: Mutter Eisbär (voice)
This charming animated adventure follows a young polar bear, Lars, as he befriends Robbie, a seal. Together, these two form a friendship that proves different breeds of animals can get along perfectly well....
Doctor Proctor's Fart Powder
Character: Leder for Patentstyret
By helping Doctor Proctor getting recognition for his amazing invention in a world quite different from ours, two lonely children gets help to stand on their own two feet....
Tödliche Geheimnisse - Das Versprechen
Character: Karin Berger
On a Berlin construction site, the former editor-in-chief Karin and her journalist Rommy happens to witness a fatal accident. From Taras, the accident victim's brother, they learn that this is not an isolated coincidence: The Eastern European workers who toil on the construction site for cheap wages have to do their day's work under the most precarious conditions and beyond give a large part of their wages to shady "intermediaries"....
My Son
Character: Marlene
Love and loss are closely linked in MY SON, an emotional drama about a teenager and his mother who go on a journey together after nearly having lost one another....
Hape Kerkeling – Total Normal
Character: Self
To mark the 60th birthday of the multi-talented comedian, singer and author Hape Kerkeling, the two documentary filmmakers André Schäfer and Eric Friedler have created a quiet, thoughtful and entertaining portrait of this often anarchic humorist. The film tells of his rapid rise as a teenager, his time and the blows of fate during the AIDS epidemic, the controversial forced outing, his confident exit from the show business and his new beginning. The film is a sensitive insight into the family hi...
Iris Berben - Ein persönliches Porträt
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Kurzschluss hoch drei
Character: Bettina Maurer
This New Year's Eve, Bettina meets Martin in Berlin and yet again, they get into a difficult situation....