Karin Baal

Germany in the autumn of 1957: Lola, a seductive cabaret singer-prostitute exults in her power as a temptress of men, but she wants out—she wants money, property, and love. Pitting a corrupt building contractor against the new straight-arrow building commissioner, Lola launches an outrageous plan to elevate herself in a world where everything, and everyone, is for sale. Shot in childlike candy colors, Fassbinder’s homage to Josef von Sternberg’s classic The Blue Angel stands as a satiric tribute to capitalism.

The story of a German singer named Willie, who while working in Switzerland, falls in love with a Jewish composer named Robert, whose family is helping people to flee from the Nazis. Robert’s family is skeptical of Willie, thinking she could be a Nazi as she becomes famous for singing the song “Lili Marleen”.

After several Catholic school pupils are murdered, a teacher who is having an affair with one of his students becomes a suspect. When other gruesome murders start occurring shortly thereafter, the teacher suspects that he may be the cause of them.

Tek amacı, aynı ırktan oldukları halde Almanların komünist Doğu Almanya'dan özgür Batı'ya kaçmasını engellemek olan Berlin Duvarı'nın inşasının başladığı yıllardayız. Su sporları şampiyonu Harry Melchior, konumundan ötürü kolayca diğer tarafa kaçabilecek durumdadır ama sevgili kızkardeşi Lotte'yi ardında bırakmayı içine sindiremez. Sonunda dayanamaz ve sahte belgelerle sınırı geçer ama geride kalan Lotte'yi de kurtaracağına yemin eder.Genç adam, bir mühendis olan en iyi arkadaşı Matthis ile birlikte bir plan yapar: Lotta'yı kurtarmak için duvarın altından bir tünel kazacaklardır. Matthis de kaçarken yakalanıp Doğu'da kalan sevgilisi Carola'yı bulmayı hayal etmektedir. Gruba annesini kurtarmak için katılan Fred ile tek amacı özgürlüğe hizmet etmek olan idealist Vic de dahil olduğunda harekete geçerler...Gerçek bir hikayeden yola çıkan Tünel, aslında soğuk savaş süresince insanlık dışı bir şekilde ikiye bölünen bir halkın dramını arka planına yerleştiren heyecan dolu bir film.

A disfigured killer with glazed-over white eyes is doing the dirty work so that an insurance agent-doctor can get the victims' insurance money.

Bir hayvanat bahçesinde çalışan İngiliz bir savaş esiri, Almanlardan kaçma şansı yakalar ve kaçarken yanında baktığı fili de götürür. Birlikte İsviçre sınırına ve özgürlüğe doğru yola çıkarlar.

1919'da, Alman ordusu özel birlikleri tarafından katledilen, barışsever ve devrimci kişiliğiyle tüm zamanların insanlık anıtı Rosa Luxemburg... Seçkin bir aydın olmasının yanı sıra, meydanlarda bilimsel sosyalizmi kararlılıkla savunan Rosa Luxemburg, barışçı ve eşitlikçi bir dünya için mücadele veriyordu. Buna ulaşmak için de, kendi deyişiyle, nefret etmeyi öğrenmesi gerekecekti. Ama nefret etmek, onun yaşamı boyunca öğrenemediği belki de tek şeydi. Bu film, hem kendine, hem de çağdaşlarına karşı, ilkeli tutumuyla ikilem içinde çırpınan akıllı ve cesur bir kadının yaşam dönemeçlerine ışık tutuyor...

A young woman devotedly runs her father-in-law’s construction company, but her husband’s reckless lifestyle threatens the company’s very existence. Together with the company’s authorized signatory, she plans the perfect murder, which seems to be going according to plan. But when the investigating detective falls in love with the attractive widow, things start to spiral out of control.

An American filmmaker travels to modern day Berlin to make a film based on a real-life incident from 1942 in which 13 Jewish prisoners from a concentration camp were promised freedom if they appeared in a German propaganda film. Unfortunately, the Germans lied. The psychological process undergone by the modern filmmaker while shooting the story provides the basis of this arty and challenging film.

Scotland Yard must discover why people are being murdered by a monstrous dog at Blackwood Castle.

An East German man finds a way to cross the border between East and West Berlin. But when he succeeds in bringing his wife out as well, things are not quite as expected.

After the fall of the Berlin Wall, Cosima Richter's East Berlin apartment building is to be renovated. Cosima is furious about the project and visits the landlord to dissuade him from his plans, but she is shocked when she comes face to face with a homeless alcoholic. Her plan is in danger of failing unless she can turn the bum into a decent person.

After serving a conviction for fraud Mario tries to continue with his life and promises Marisa to marry her...

Due to a lack of money, Hamburg pub owner Jonny Jensen brings two partners on board. As soon as the contract is finalized, the ex-sea bear is almost struck by a blow: the shady duo want to turn his quaint harbour bar "Herz von St. Pauli" into a demimonde pub with lingerie shows. Jonny can't let that happen!

An American polo player in Paris gets roped into intrigue when he's asked to find a family friend whom has gone missing.

Homeless Alfred would like to spend his life on Mallorca. A destination far away. But one day he meets the policeman Erwin.

A large German city at the beginning of the 1960s. This is where the well-to-do Berger family lives. Outwardly a bourgeois idyll, but behind the scenes the family is in turmoil. The relationship between father and son in particular is extremely tense. Martin Berger is seduced by the attractive Britta. It is the beginning of an affair that ends tragically. When the young man finds out that his father is also having sex with the young woman, Martin decides to kill her and also cleans up his friends who are not averse to the vices of life...

West Germany in '50s is becoming an economic superpower. In such climate, Rosemarie is just one of many enterpreneurs who wants her piece of new fortune. She uses her charms to bring members of West German industrial elite to her bed. There she finds business secrets and later sells them to French competition. However, when scandal errupts, Rosemarie would find that she can't beat the system.

A roving Roman's weekend becomes a nightmare of traffic mix-ups, marital mix-ups and hilarious make-ups.

The new tenant in a strange house: Vinzent.

A woman discovers with astonishment that her husband has committed suicide. Sumida in great pain decides to investigate the reasons that drove her husband to make a decision as tragic. But the symptoms of incipient disease begin to limit their target.

Diziye konu olan olaylarda hep tanıdık temalar hakim. Almanya’da gündelik yaşamı etkileyen ya da geçmişte etkilemiş olan her konu, dizide ele alınıyor ya da alındı: Almanya’nın birleşmesi, terör, organ ticareti, küreselleşme, ırkçılık, uyuşturucu kullanımı, çevre skandalları, çocuk istismarı, işsizlik, sanayi suçları, yaşlı bakımıyla ilgili sorunlar, ya da eş bulma hizmetleri. Gerçek yaşamdakinden farklı olarak, toplumsal ayrılıklar “Tatort”ta her zaman çözülmese de, cinayetin faili her zaman bulunuyor ve pazar akşamı herkes yatağına huzur içinde gidiyor. Edebiyatbilimci Jochen Vogel’in sözleriyle “Tatort, Alman toplumunu anlatan bir roman.”

A police department, lead by an older, experienced detective solve crimes together.

Every evening at 6:45 p.m. sharp, a prominent guest takes a seat on the red sofa—and DAS! provides daily updates on what's hot in the north.

Polizeiruf 110 is a long-running German language detective television series. The first episode was broadcast 27 June 1971 in the German Democratic Republic, and after the dissolution of Fernsehen der DDR the series was picked up by ARD. It was originally created as a counterpart to the West German series Tatort, and quickly became a public favorite.

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.

The SOKO Köln investigates the cathedral city with humor and often with hard work. Their cases take them into a variety of environments, from the Cologne clique to the terraced housing estates on the outskirts of the city.

Ein Fall für zwei is a German television series, which premiered on September 11, 1981 on ZDF. The series, located in Frankfurt am Main, features two main characters who solve crimes: a defense attorney and a private investigator. Josef Matula, a former German police officer, has gone into private business. His method of investigation is very effective and direct, and he sometimes even resorts to dirty tricks. Claus Theo Gärtner has portrayed the role since the start of the series.

The series is about a cruise ship that travels to places around the world.

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 colleague of Otto's from the People's Police and is constantly coming up with new business ideas for stores and pubs where the team meets.

Der Kommissar is a German television series about a group of detectives of the Munich homicide squad. All 97 episodes, which were shot in black-and-white and first broadcast between 1969 and 1976, were written by Herbert Reinecker and starred Erik Ode as Kommissar Herbert Keller. Keller's assistants were Walter Grabert, Robert Heines, and Harry Klein who, in 1974, was replaced by his younger brother Erwin Klein.

Alphateam – Die Lebensretter im OP was a German hospital drama television series which aired on Sat.1 between 1996 and 2005. The series covered the work of a team of doctors, nurses and caregivers in the fictional Hamburg Hansa Clinic, located in the Altona district.

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