Doris Dörrie Movies

After finding out that her husband, Rudi, has a fatal illness, Trudi Angermeier arranges a trip to Berlin so they can see their children. Of course,...

The film consists largely of a series of interviews with female filmmakers from several different countries and filmmaking eras. Some, such as...

A young German woman bonds with an elderly Japanese woman while touring the Fukushima region of Japan in the aftermath of the 2011 earthquake.

On December 12, 1945 Maria Stadler got (as one of the first from the American occupying power) the license to operate a movie theater. At first she...

When a salon refuses to hire her because of her plump figure, irrepressible hair stylist Kathi plots revenge by opening her own beauty parlor next...

It's summer and very hot in Germany's only open-air swimming pool for women. There, women bathe topless, in a bikini, bathing suit or burkini. Each...

Nicholas McGegan conducts the Festspieleorchester Gottingen in this production of Handel's opera, recorded live at the Internationale...

From the 1950s onwards, Erika and Ulrich Gregor brought countless film historical milestones to Berlin and shaped cinema discourse in post-war...

Football seen through the eyes of some of the best directors of the world.

Documentary by Eckhart Schmidt.

Why does Doris Dörrie have a bag on her head in the interview? Consistent in the sense that in her works she always poses the question of how we...

A Zen priest in San Francisco and cookbook author use Zen Buddhism and cooking to relate to everyday life.

Robert, a masseur who is hard of hearing, is unaware that he has inherited millions. Four people want to take it from him: stockbroker Kuhl, his...

This is not merely another film about cinema history; it is a film about the love of cinema, a journey of discovery through over a century of German...

In 1996, cinematographer Helge Weindler died in Almeria, Spain, while shooting his wife Doris Dörrie's new film. A year later, she set out to...

What happens when famous directors stage an opera? Eckhart Schmidt shows successful and failed attempts.

Documentary about the Maximilianstraße in Munich.

After a series of catastrophically failed marriages, Apple is single again. Blame on Apple's attachment is in her opinion, her mother Ingrid. Because...

After Sam, a penniless Afro-German singer, discovers he's HIV positive, he gets utterly drunk, spends a few miserable days, but promptly falls (back)...

Tells the stories of a few people who are driven by different dreams, needs, and fears. At some point or another in their lives, IKEA plays a fateful...