Gerhard Polt

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 statesman explain why the Roman Empire ended so abruptly. At the side of Saba, who is elevated to empress, he returns to his home village of Sumpfing, where he now promises himself completely new perspectives ...

Documentary about German comedian Loriot alias Vicco von Bülow, who would have been 100 years old in 2023.

A very middle-class Bavarian family spend the last day of their Mediterranean vacation on the beach, day-dreaming and muttering racist remarks about Italian people.

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.

The big opportunity has come for amateur filmmaker Pospiech: The local bank director has announced a film competition. Pospiech wants to win with a portrait of Hitler the private man - and show it to his rival. Nagy, director of an amateur film club and failed real estate agent, claims to be the greatest film connoisseur in town, just like Pospiech. The battle for the crown can begin.

Cannabis farmers from outer space awaken Wolpodzilla, a giant Wolpertinger, to destroy Munich's Oktoberfest 'cause the Theresienwiese is their preferred location for a new plantation. When Wolpodzilla gets high and goes on a rampage Wolpertinger hunter Toni and Godzilla expert Mariko come to the rescue.

Boris Ruf is an investigator with the Swiss Federal Criminal Police and is on a secret mission in Italy. He has to solve a money laundering case that has so far only caused Ruf's boss and secret lover Christa Oberholzer expense and headaches. But Ruf soon stumbles upon a crucial clue. Will he succeed in breaking up the money laundering ring surrounding Swiss trustee Raoul Furrer without putting his daughter Anna in danger?

Ferdinand Weitel, a forklift driver, is desperate: Insurance agent Arno von Mehling, a true sales talent, has had contracts signed in record amounts. Now Weitel is wandering through the corridors of the insurance company trying to save what can still be saved - on Shrove Tuesday of all days. The department for customer service and complaints is in a colorful mood and has no ear for Weitel's worries. Finally, secretary Annerose Waguscheit takes heart and tells him about the evening carnival ball "Traum-Police", where he can safely find Mr. Mehling.

A musician beds down a prostitute he knows is diseased in order to gain inspiration, an act he later believes to have been a tacit pact with Satan

The former waiter Ernst Held believes himself to be called higher and seeks self-realization as a poet. When he recites poems to his wife's beautician in an ambiguous situation, his wife puts him out the door. Completely destitute, the thwarted poet must therefore return to the lowlands of life and become the head in the Munich pub "Goldener Löffel".

The Bavarian trio "Die Biermösl Blosn" travels to Africa with child, cones and instruments to compare themselves with the music world there.

A long-running German-language entertainment television show based on the format of the British show You Bet! and the American show Wanna Bet?.

Neues aus der Anstalt is a political cabaret program on German television station ZDF, hosted by Urban Priol and Frank-Markus Barwasser, who replaced Georg Schramm. Broadcast monthly since 2007, it usually features three guest cabaret artists in addition to the hosts.

A Munich detective falls into various misadventures as he pursues criminals and tries to evade women across the city.

Scheibenwischer was the name of a long-running German Kabarett show. It was founded in 1980 by Dieter Hildebrandt and produced by BR / RBB to be broadcast on Das Erste. The show ended in 2008 after 28 years on the air.

Fast wia im richtigen Leben is a German television series that portrays bizarre situations of everyday life in a inimitable comedic way.