Philip Bender

A team of inspectors investigates murders in and around the small Upper Bavarian town of Rosenheim, and they still have plenty of time to see idyllic landscapes and luxurious pre-alpine villas and enjoy sumptuous Bavarian fare with beer.

Der Kriminalist is a German television series produced by Monaco Film Hamburg, subsidiary of Odeon Film. Directors during the first season were Sherry Hormann and Torsten C. Fischer, during the second: Thomas Jahn, Jobst Oetzmann and Torsten C. Fischer.

Several years after we last saw him in “Pitch Perfect,” Bumper Allen moves to Germany to revive his music career when one of his songs becomes big in Berlin.

Toni, who has Asperger’s syndrome, and Valerie, who has Tourette’s syndrome, have been a happy couple for over a year. When Valerie’s grandmother dies, however, the two face a major decision: whether to buy her grandmother’s run-down house in the village and start a new life. A life in which the routine-loving Toni cannot hold on to the structures he is accustomed to.

Berlin is intoxicated by the summer carnival. Noah, 12, was actually only planning to visit his father, but suddenly he finds himself in the middle of it all.

'Street Samurai' is a doku-noir film that explores the lives of an unusual group of bouncers making their way in Berlin's hip night-life. The film follows five protagonists as they struggle to find balance while surrounded by excess, and come to terms with the uncertainty that the life of a bouncer can bring.